The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The Manufacture Of six Z Increasing in THIS
Cd last year.
" twenty four hours cloze upon 200 trains pass
g. tae New Street railway station. Biz
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than 5000 year.
Iona Island in the Hudson River. has become
the property OF the Government and vii BE- used
for E4Fal magazine
The wheat crop in Manitoba is expected to er-
coed last years BY zSVD.G59 bushels, and the ost
crop BY 6luOe0 busheLs-
greatest cOnsuners OF macaroui- There are about
sixty factories for preparing the edible II that
country.
Southern Russia promises a big harvest Of all
slI4 o. gram during the present session. The
ports fI0n that section Of the Cars domain are
unusually favorable
The new electric power plant AZ the Armour
p@eAIhg houses IN Chieago replaces MIR sty-three
stt4in baiiefs. sixteen ergines and seventeen re-
migrating machines
The restoration Of the Bloody Tower IN the
Tower Of London Is now completed all but few
repairs 10 tErret. and the repairs 70 the leu
tenants lodgings are finished
\ Caid in Morocuo who does not furnish the
suitan's officer the expected Of tribute IS
promptly sent 10 prison. and his place disposed
Of By auction 70 the highest bidder.
Social card playing is gradually diminishing
Old-iashicned people both here ana in England.
SAB cherish tie 2rlstocr2tlc game Of Whis-, but
gambling games take preference now.
The subjects q Abdul Haulid are beginning 10
find out that American -four is better thaa any
they can get in Europe Last year Turkey bought
about quarter q million dollars Uorth u the
American product
Burglars representing themselves As church
officials. stole all the movable property II Den
yer church recently and paWHed IT, asserting that
they were engaged IN raising funds 70 defT4y "a
. PeHses q their religious organization
some scientific deyotes are advancing the id1s
I that bsief sea voyage along the southern coast
/ would BE- Of decided advantage to those who d.
sire q witness the coming ECLIPSE People vyhc
stay az home VIII be within q hundred Hsiles VI
| the path q I0tslty.
The khaki craze has now gone so far that
statues in many West End London vil.as have beea
painted thar color, and in small area the St
james Gazette says, one DOW sees two Msrcurys.
Lzoco9n grocp. an Achilles, al Aphr0dite. and
Hercules al respleHcent in TIE popular hue
Mrs. W. R. Brown. who lives near Miner. Ca,
has goose that Is nearly hfty years old This old
year since ls54 up 70 tvgo years she h1s hatch
ed and raised saslinGs- The famous cid fowl was
given 70 Nrs- Brown by her mother in Is54
About thiry-hve miles fro.n Nishzp0ur. in the
Khorassan, are che celebrated turquoise mines Of
Persia, szid 70 be the Only mines In the world
Producing this fashionable stone. They are situ4t-
% ~ A mountainous region 500 or b-n5) feet
above the sea level and employ perhaps I--5J PEI
sons
some municipalities favor srulirs their police
men with canes having curryt handles These are
sometimes usef1l IN reaching for escapins law
breakers. aud ere much-E0re humane yhau ebony
wood b1tous- By WhIch many a poor wretca's skuIl
has hsen fractured when his offence CID not JUS
tlig sacA harsaness-
At the Lotus Club. New T0-k IS an interesting
exhibition Of decorative panels IN burnt wood
There are bowls and pipes from the Zulus f-tes
and vessels from Java, teapoIs and caddles nom
Japan. together with efforts lg the North Amer
can Indians. gE0 have heated wires and drawn
ta-.n across different articles WITH a rude idG4
% decoration
Some temper1Ece people OF Boston are consider
Ing the feasibility Of establishing d hospital in
Boston in which TO alcoholic madisizes shall BE-
used They sIy thar the Teuperauce Hospital q
London established Iu I-73. AID the Temperance
Hospital of CLie4sa. established In lSSi, have been
successful ID tEsir treatment Il patients. and rhsir
Death rate is lower than that Of the ordinary hos
pitais
There IS nothing mCdiaevll about the pilgrim
age 20 Rome IN thls year Of Jubilee. Within tie
Eternal City electric olEs and horse cars 70 St
Peters keep down the greed Of cab-,irlyers anx-
llus % CvCrCl-rEe, and a1N pilgrims nom P1lu1
VIII pedal their way 20 Rome o. bicycles along
the cd ia Aemi-Ia PuuC,Ured tircs VIII test the
pilgrims Patience n place Vi the peas a. his san
Cal shoC4-
There Is TO lesseuing in favor q frogs Is dainty
table escu,cHts. There are about forty species q
these believers Of the ponds ard swamps. the
largest Of which Is said 10 belong in Louisiana
TheSe fellows grow % a weight approximately
four pounds The Potomac. H!ia05S, and NesT
OK IlEs come next II the order named lc2u
crapeau Is dainty to be found IN every S-zte
In the Union
The riso-s Of Imprisonment in Sheris are almost
daily becoming les severe Prisoners net now
chained, and eat al the same table with their
guards The Government provides pension Of
- a month 70 the family q each prisoner ~
the expiration Of his sentence the prisoner can
take up his home in siberia. and the government
viii assist him Il allows him a home and I'M
plen,ents with which 10 WOrk-
SINE enthusiastic people in View YORK. gifted
with admiration for pueilisn, would Ike %
have Gentleman jim Corbett sent % Congress
There was in present recollection a person q
Ca-betts profession IN Congress from New York.
the Hon John Ncrrisey. Records Of debates
show that Mr. AorTiSgy confined the few remarks
he made in the House Of Representatives 70 the
words ave and no uttered generally under
instructions.
In the busiress Of manufacturing electricity for
public supply. where steam power Is used. TIE
only available by-product l. exhaust stem Tbs
steam contains much Of the heat q the furnaces
which are fred produce II when II Il di>ehars-
ed the air. ard Is entirely available for steam
I heating purposes In certain towns II she West
/ eru State. notably in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
where the winters long and severe. the electric
! light stations have laid systems Of underground
/ pipes ard have supplied steam heat and hot
water 10 Citizers through them The experiment.
/ has been an unqualified success
| Probably the greatest proSt ever enjoyed by tire
I Government As a result Of the destruction os
money was in connection with the fractional cur
/ rency OF shiunas,ers issued during the civil var
szys the 'Cticago Record Tie total amount Is
sued was S3Gs. 7e4.0-9. Of which -. $50. 55S has
] never been presented for redemption large
amount has been preserved Curlos BY collectors,
4 aud occasionally even nov II Is offered fCr ~
dsru3tiun- TINS especially the case earring
I the recent hard times. People who had the old
( zhinn'aStrrs Of w=r times IN their c1hIr,ts and
l =erapbools got hard up and sent them in Tor re-
I cempt-on-
| At Bosco Rc1lc on the slope Of Vesuvius rear
! Pompeii where the great silver treasure found
I a :ew years ago. recent excavations have brought
/ 10 Light some Of the most Te larkable paintings
I OF the Roman period yet covered In the
grounds Of the Del Psisco villa great peristyle
/ and four large ROOMS havs been uucarthed. the
; walls Of which covered Is twenty large frgs-
GOES o. riCh culorirg and more careful execution
than any hitherto known The f-1lres are Of life
I size, SAYS the Scientific Amer IL l. 20 be
hoped that process vii b. discovered % pre-
serve them more satisfactorily THAI those Al POM
/ peii and in the Naples M,-scJn.
Italy is ezsentially the land q pastcaris To the
collector il is at once JOY and a terror for the
ordinary postcard Of everyday use bears the date
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