The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

japanese florists have succeeded in cultivating
roe which looks red In the sunlight and Ehite
in the shade.
The fret German steamer for laying cables was
recently launched a. Glasgow. Il has crew Of
eighty-0ne men.
Among the Nohanunedans Of Calcutta the infant
per 1000 births
While cents IS the lowest price at which one
car gu shaved IN New York. the lowest price f0r
hair cut is 5 cents
Natural gas Is unknown In New York but ar
c'iciai gas y much USED Tor cooking and heating
as well as Illuminating.
Biefeld. in WCIphalia. has a special institu-
ton for epileptics. founded IN lsGs which nov
has about 800 patients
Brazilian coffee growers are now experimenting
in shipping coffee In casks instead Of bags 10
better preserve color aud aroma.
, Milwaukee florist thinks De has succeeded n
producing green carnations By the use Of cheIi-
Gals while the plants are growing
In Germany forestry Is reduced to an exact
science. Trees are never ruthessly destroyed and
reproduction is constantly going on
The French peasants. who live near the sew
age farms o. Paris have entered a protest because
q The contamination Of their wells
Electrically operated dredges are now used on
rivers and harbOrs whore immense quantities 4
material have to be handled quickly.
London is twelve miles broad one way and sew
euteen miles long the other and every year sees
about twenty miles Of new streets added 20 d..
Mexican capitalists are about 10 erect four or
five large cotton factories in that country. Ire
principal ones VIII be al Atatanilco. san Martin,
and ToTeoD-
The Southern Pacific Railroad has purchased
6,O00.0 feet Of heart long leaf pine and 40
sticks for pilings 10 build whares, sheds and
tracks at Galveston
ASSES are becoming more and more plentiful in
eHHnw
sleighs. novelty that has proved attractive 10
7 the people Of Berlin
The Disabling Company q America viii abandon
a good many o. lite smaller plants and apply the
money 10 the better equipment Of the larger and
more modern plants
( The municipality Of Pasadena. Cal. owns
sixty -two-aeTe grove q English wslnuts- Tbs
wear 10 yielded s. 900 pounds o. nuts for which
/ thr city received S5,O23.S9.
4 A copy Of Queen Victoria '.Ieayes from tie
Journal q Our Life 10 the Highlands, presented
. by Her Majesty 20 Charles Dickens. was sold 20
auction ia London the other cay Tor 500.
/ Almost all the corn which Europe takes Is con-
summed by animals 10 is the Increasing animal
deficiency q feeding -tufs abroad that explains
the large purchases u corn by Europeans
There is also the dentists loot" A New York
dentist saws that almost an dentists have trouble
with one foot owing 20 their Standing or leaning
nabitually on the same foot while At work
/ The popularity q golf in England Is proving a
godseud 90 the ilrmeIs and landlords ia the uc.r
vicinity Of the large towns II many case iaJl-
lous prices have been paid f0r club gr-uud--
Clicago las a versatile woman. who TO- ten years
ran a drug store and later AZ tire home II the
Young Ncneu's Cbris.i4n Association served -s ll
expert piuiu'i' pioieaioi--- nurse ana I1Hi'eL
There are abou, 1000 posrofiaes in the United
states. 81 which 5000 are money order Offices
In 1897 these 5000 ol5ces reported 100000
financial Transactions and handled over S-laOJJ.-
w.
The athletes Of Greece in ancient times. when
training Top pbrsfraI cCB.ssts were fed on nav
cheese. fgs. and boiled grain. Their drink vas
warm water. and ,hcy were net allowed 70 s-t
meAL
The London Standard SAYS that after tie
completion Of the Suburban Railway the Ru,-.4u
Government VIII build a line from This 20
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4 regular business. cameo % I'D france 2! a.
dies Of the highest standing. Is u secure --lA %
American brides for peHniiess men Of tide. These
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me RUSSIAN income FAX '''1'ls '' s-'
90 increase % s25oO1JOJ1 over those Of four Years
age The "FTaasilr'sF Lei'gHs e-linl-,es ne
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Inc noe IS very A--A alo s'ltils III sue s.-,N-
Vancouver NaIroVs, ara me -l-i power is 10
be used by ne eH-fTg iS OF Prince Eot1Ie -
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paIisl. been addressed 20 ali hsi-eei.4ii4L'- $40
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men o. overcome the l.thea-i5 81 as--'- -..9
m CARA H''''1s-
The sum u 5000 has been tyEiI.l-el ~ i.e
Queensland Government to the funds Of the ANTI
a,s.. ,,-i.i., -rrf.r is F-arc- .--7r11ar under
ne de-. sr,n.e, IF H. R5yal >eley and lie ROYAL
Geographical Society
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90. t- r55 tons. hrt under The 5uc1uraeemeut &
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