The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Russian railway express trains have sleeping
cars even for third-ciass passengers.
Military engineers are agreed that no material
/ Tor iortinc2tioEs IS superior 20 earth
new delicscy IS promised Tor the British
breakfast table in the shape Of American tea
n Nebrasks there are III log school houses. 5Iz
oullt Of sod one Of baied straw. and Of stse,.
large Quantity Of Austraiasian apples will be
pnt upon the Scotch and English maar1ets TINS
An old undertaken died at wexford. Ireland. re-
Gently. who IN his time had buried over 5000
people.
has been made brevet 0sheer q the FfencB
Academy
According to the school Review" only ai.sl
Per cent OF the pupils in American high schools
are boys
Expensive as ice has become in SeH YORK. if
Is cheap compared Eith the prices in the Latin
1 American countries
loO funeral WTeaths-
The State Of New York has expended in the last
twenty years $500 for investigating commit
/ tees Of various kinds
Fer several years past American driving and
. bers into Switzerland
When the ra,'ray across Siberia Is competed
( II VII be easy f-r person 10 20 from London 70
/ Japan in thirteen days.
Tie income tax IN India i levied or al incomes
/ OF 80 and upward. and then only one man IN
100 comes within its scope
/ Nearly 0ne-half Of the ships sold by England in
lsS9 were built before ISs5. and more than three
I hfths were built before $50.
/ The municipal control Of the easvorks at Roch-
dale 5 80 successful that El3eS3 has been prom
/ ised for the relief OF the rates
Owing 10 the stubborn resistance Of the Sultan
I the cities Of the west coast Of Morocco still
without teicsT1phlc connection
/ Thomas DrummoHd died 100 years ago. after
Spending half lifetime on the threshold OF the
invention Of the electric light.
/ Acetylene gas seems destined 10 play an i'm
postaat role IN the Illuminating world in spain
l Large numbers q generators already in use.
There are no privates in the English mounted
police Zach member OF that corps holds tie
rank Of a n0n-couHIissioned officer Of some kind
An electric road viii IN . short time be il
Z operation between New York and Boston AID an
other iron the eastern TO the western boundary 0.
Z Ohio.
/ In New Haven. Conn. it has Just been decided
by court that VINO ask another for a
( chew Of tobacco cannot be held on a charge Of
I begging
A West Australian explariag party that recently
arrived ar OOcr2data reported that there had not
Z been drop Of RAN fer Two years n the region
trsversed-
There Is much indignation in Germany over The
slaughter Ct birds IN Italy. Very few swallows
Z from the south have reached the Kaissr-s En-
piTe this year
member Of the Chicago School Beard wants
% have the Czech language taught IA all public
SCHOOLS where - per cent OF tEe children are Of
3 Bohemian PareHtage-
School teachers in Iowa have 10 be content
WITH snail salaries Their incomes are lower
than those Of instructors l. any part OF the Md
de West, except Ohio
The Government Of Greece Is nov more liberal
with mining concessions and a. a result mines
are being worked IN the provinces OF Attica
Ihezsaly, Milo. ard Boe0tia-
4 receat shipment OF 5000 bushels Of wheat
from Portland, Greg, 70 Yokohama was the first
cargo made up exclusively Of this cereal that ever
crossed the Pacific % japan
An American company has received the contract
derrT1und Railway Of Pans and the suburban Ines
OF the Railroad dc rOVes1 Of France.
Il IS doubtful Il any other fruit could be found
At once 50 common cheap. and delicious as
dates They are most hezithful AID excellent for
children. and greatly relished by them
At midnight, Nay 81. the Iise-savin- stations
along the coasts we're abandoned. except for Z
keeper, who Is 70 remain II each station during
the next two months TO guard the property.
The South African passion flower Is forcing its
way into America. Is IL Is in other warm com
tTies, and now covers thousands OF acres Of truis
orchards In this country with its trsiling vines
British rule has added 10000 acres 10 the
whezt-bearlng AREA Of Egypt Al present British
contractors ere engaged n building two great
cams 10 gather and retain the waters Of the Nile
Mexicaus are leSitimatelv fn5ulyfu- in rrrst
boasts 70 their manufacturing and commercial
progress during the past decade. The revenues q
the country have been doubled within that period
Diversion Of Western fTeights 20 Gull parts Is
usoTc active this year tAs- ever before The
steamship agents are in Kansas ard Oklahoma en-
gazing wheat shipments VIA the NissiSsippi and
Galveston
Pour men in Fort wayze. Ind. were prosecuted
recently on a charge Of gambling. preferred by
their wives The men had been IN the habit Of
meeting AZ each others houses and playing poker
for stakes
In some parts Of Switzerland the foreign popu-
lation exceeds the native The Government IS
beginning 20 entertain considerable anxiety about
this prS?oHcerance. IN many cIutOIss, OF outsiders
over Eative-born citizens
There viii be held in london in June aid July
a meeting Of al the leading chambers Of COM
merce OF the empire. at which member Of ques-
tions Of frstcless importance 10 merchants AID
Others VIII he discussed
Influenza * prevalent throughout the West In
dies. In Kingston there Is hardly family with
out some member IL. ard the disease Is making
similar r4yages in Befnsrar4, Hliti, BaFba4os,
Martinique, and Dominica
It Is . curious fact that. despite the general
knowledge Of the deadly powers Of high-tensi0R
electric currents and their we-l-knovn use for
executing criminals. there Is no record OF Gelib-
crate suicide by electric shock
4 complete set Of The SaoJ'' ard 'sThe Gowns
man. with all OF Thackcray's contributions. vas
sold for $50 il London lately. The Orphan q
Pimlico'' brought So, The C7rsar'' (New XorEl
50. and VANITY FAIR" ISIS, sol
The Italian population has increased in the
course Of twenty-five years from 2SO00.O0O IN ISIS
to more than S10o0.O90 in 1900 In ISIS there
were g7-55 Inhabitants To the square kil0mster;
there today 100 for the same
In a short time a colony Of fifty rich English
bachelors VIII settle at St james. l. L They viii
the farmers Of Long Island how % cultivate lruit
and garden produce on scientific principles.
On land alone Britous have t. defend frontier
that Is quite : 200 miles long. which Is more
than twice the length OF that OF France more
than three times those OF Germany and Russia,
and but little les than those % France. Germany,
ard Russia combined
4 man recently disd in Delaware who had near
ed the century mark Of life and had never seen
a railway train. Ecver drank liquor, and never
smoked tobacco. He lived n a part Of the state
remote from railroads and never cared 10 20 lar
enough away from home 10 look a. the ca-s-
Snail change can be easily picked up from a
newly designed counter tray, which has con
cave bowl, provided with lip on one side. into
which the change IS drawn by the fingers. the
curvature Of the lip allowing two sides Of the