The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

mill.
Germany mas twenty three boats Of over 17.olo
tone capacity.
There are 2,oeO miles Of railway open for traffic
IN New Zealand.
., In Austria coarse cloth Of good quality ana
'ne'p paper is made nom peas fibre
Pans has The largest library in the world. It
CONTAINS z.Uooo0 books and 100 manuscripts
Difing lso9 Brockton. Mas, shipped 523277
''''S q snoe-' a gain Of S7.Sc5 eases over Isas
rance has more persons over sixty wears q
-se 'lih any other country Ireland comes next
The Earl Of Rosebery has been initiated as an
honorary member Of the Ancient Order % Foresr-
The number Of women studying medicine in
london has increased NEARLY 50 pr cent in three
Rrssian photographers hang the pictures OF .hs
otilnqaenis upside down az the entrance % their
The peat boes in sweden. many Of them eight
40 zen yards deep, cover an area Of about s.0is-
Il is a Christmas custom in A,lants 20 r.1a,s.
an prisoners charged with offences against civ
The BLACK ilguar o. Central America VIII n.
tash any man by night or day whom be fnds
German experts estimate net import Of gold
Der L. 40 Ss.500.Oo0.
Nearly sJ.00o.00O we're taken in AZ one Of the
seven railroad station, 20 Berlin in ISIS and
nearly sfCJo.G1G at another.
The highest masJs OF sailing vessels are from
100 90 lnJ feet high. and spread from GlOJO 10
10000 square feet Of canvas
Brazilian cofIee-grovers are nov Experimenting
m shipping coffee iu casks instead Of bags 10
better preserve color and aroma
ne great ship canal between Lake Eue and
Montreal. az a cost Of s5O.O00009.
Sir Charles NicboIsou. the sole surviving mem
Der Of ti,c hr~t Ar-ysraiian psrliancut las j-s.
entered On his uiuety-sec0nd year.
Henry Shepherd an cighty-year-oId citizu
OF N1fthamptan- N----- took hor-eIack ride rc-
Gently Of 10 miles, covering weeks time
Rhartum may now be reached from Cairo by
boat and rsii and hotel with room for sixty
gufets mas Just been completed az Khartum.
Dr. William Nixon. pastor emeritus OF ST.
Johns Free Church. Moutrose- Is the oldest Iir-
ing Presbyterian clergyman iu Great Britain
An editor IN Tennessee town who stated in
His paper That the new century would begin Jan
uary /. 1901. Uas ridden out Of J0au on a rail
The Italian railways have promised the Pope
% per cent reduction iu railway f1re- for the
jubilee year u they are assured of $4,000 yisi,-
Crs
The amount Of silver dollars coined by our
Government unde. the act 81 ls8U restricted b.
the repeal vi Issa, has increased sj4Oyg.g0 in
three yeaIs-
A Jerscyite has successfully sued the New J-r-
sey Central, and recovered s25 lar blocking she
street and keeping A.m twenty five minute iu a
pouring rain
Tie Wosn4H-s branch 0t tie Church Il England
Temperance society UIl provide q raiarunt0ry.
available ior aI England Tor women iuebristes,
t0 cot 5000
li- golden wedding, Jlse hrtieth anniversary ct
his ordination and DIS seventy ninth birJhday. a.
on the same day-
The Rev Dr, George u. C-unIy. AGED NINETY
three. is the oldest clergyman iu England. and
T. SIM active ID the performance OF the duues OF
his pulpit and parish
The Rev. stopiorJ Brooke, friends are rai,in.
iuuis for iectuTr-lP in English literature s1
University College Oxford o. Dee called stop
ford Brooke LcltuTe~lip-T
Daring the first eleven months lf IslJ CaIve--
ton shipped l9-15s head OF ClItlc-Ihrec time, as
many IS iu ISIS. This pU; Galveston fourth iu
the list OF cattle c,Tcrting ports
a woman iuyc.tos q Bradford. EugI4aG, has
designed ana apparatus ,o remove wool from skins.
employing an electric fezhfn. knife which in
Iargs neither -4e wool NOT the pelt-
IN a sui, 10 recover the price Of bicycle sold
on the iHetallmeut plan, al Albany court has d.
cided that 4 bicycle = not necessity t1 giri
under age working OUT a. a domestic
Al the last meeting of the Society for Ethical
Culture boz Munich plan discussed o. ez,zb-
ii-h public libraries and re5,ing rooms taking
those OF Amcric4 and England models
Three Partisan women Mime. Gustayc Psraf,
Nine. George Ostheimcr. and Nine. Gus-ave Rie.as-
lot have offered prize OF S1o.0a0 20 the I-VeutI-
OF the best device for saving life az sea
A new steamship line VIII BE- established be-
tween ST Peis7zl=sss and New York, and another
line from s.. Petersburg 10 T!1di,ostock. Amen
can capital 20 the eSteus Of $4,000 j. O. b.
invested In those enterprises.
Amelia l. Barr. author OF many successful
books. ineludiug The Bow Of Orange Ribbon
has abandoned her country place al CouV4ll-0n-
the-Hud~0u for the winter. and is living Al the
Filth Avenue Hotel. New York
China boasts a breed OF dogs which As virtually
known in an Occidental lands. The sleeve pup
Ply" IS tbe tiny creature Is styled. Is dmiuu-
tive that in with ease De carried in the b4gsy
sleeve u the Chinese oycrsarmeuL
Niagara power was usod 20 long ago - I725.
when the French erected sawuiu near the cite
Of the pre-eu, factory OF the PiJtSbuFg Reduction
COMPANY 20 was used for the purpose q sup
plying sawed lumber for Port Niagara.
Coveul Garden. London. has contingent #
over loo old women who keep order, catching at
horses heads. ordering drivers % stop or move
on. and clearing lines oft traffic They receive small
salaries iIcm the market prupHators.
The enormous losses On the high seas ar not
always brought Co tie eyes OF the reading world.
During the past three months the Lloyds have
rcco7ds Of . loss % Il5 vessels. Of IIs-u tons
In the preceding quarter the loss was 2jd vl-scis,
" -5l.255 tons
There are 100000 postal savings depos.t9rs iu
Great Britain. who have accumulated $4,000
on which. in lS75 dividend 20 ~ per cent was
paid leaving a surplus 81 S5.51J.Og0 Tie cost Of
the management Was oii per cent Of the mean
amount OF tine deposit.
Aliuucsota Is the greatest q all the wheat
States. Lasl year her wheat fields covered nearly
5.OJg.0J0 acres. and she grew upward OF .s.ol0.-
zion OF the Continent Of Australia and more than
that Of Great Britain and Ireland
Tae latest available statistics Of the operation
OF the postal savings system in France Was lslj.
when 3.50JO0O accounts were handled. and per
profit q Slso.G01. The management cost O. - per
cent % the mean amount Of deposit
Paris has the largest library in the world 1t
contains upward Of 100000 printed books and
Ien 900 manuscripts The British Museum contains
about 10000 volumes. and the Imperial Library
If 81 Pettr-1urg about the same number These
ne the largest libraries in the world
The holly tree is mentioned IN the earliest days
Of Rome. Piiny wrote Of one that standing
ia his time and said to be then loo years old
Il is a tree that Will grow IN almost auv elm
ate. situation soil Many Of them in England
and Scotland grow to hcigEt OF forty feet.
A New York man has patented collar button
which viii save trouble in fastening stiff col
lar, the shank OF the button being telescope.
with an internal spring which prevents the shank