The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.


The largest th,are DO The world l. the P.ris
/ opera House u covers three acres
The outlook for British Methodis,n is rero--sl
. brighter than FOR .nufnber ~ years.
The Christian Endslyor Society Is now reBre-
+ sented IN every country in the world
! Kentucky was The first state 20 give school
/ suffrage 20 widows granting it in ISIS
The four great wheat elevator centres are Min
neapoHs. Duluth. Chicago, and Buffalo.
Tho total distance q the projected ..Cape to
Cairo railroad in Africa is 1904 miles
- More mushrooms are raised in the vicinity q
rams ihan m any other place in the world
Inc salvation Army has opened a new food and
shelter depot az Wellington. New Zealand
uiiner's lamp. usin2 acctylcne gas. has been
( introduced into the seiheck mines Of germany
st. Louis woman lost her baby in a teua-E
msnt store waste basket while making purchases
Every circular printed iu Magdebure. Germany.
must be approved by the police before distribu-
/ ton.
/ Al Ahmcdabad. Guyarat. India, there are 300
/ Christians alone who arr suffering acutely from
England has the greatest number o. lighthouses
and laht-hif~-oue for every fourteen miles Of its
c9astliHe.
/ The grandson Of the first woman to become
Christian ia Zululaud was recently ordained 4
missionary
/ Competent judge have estimated the number
/ Of deer slain by sporiEnCn in Maine in one sea-
I son 90 be 1900
4 While cents is thc lowest price q, which one
can get shaved in view York the lowest price Ter
hair cut d cents
/ hunter las been employed by the Canadian
Cove umeHt % PIN Wild animals for its exhibit
3 a. tha Paris Expedition
/ It If estimated that greater quantities OF gold
I and silver have been SINK ia the SEA than are
I now IN circulation on earth
Texas is The greatest pecan nut growing State
f IN tho Union. Il produces tw0-tlirds 81 he
{ pecan nuts that are marketed
The Woml-i's West side Republican Club q
+ New York has undertaken 90 eec that the Rzines
+ liquor law is enforced on sunday
. - \ Chicago Company proposes 90 furnish electric
hg.t and trolley power for san Juan. Porto Rico,
q ana all the country Tor miles around.
1 lake shipping frui-he- she cheapest trnspor;s-
J lon ia the world. the rate being approximately
I tiTee-quirtcrs Of a mill per ton per mile.
] Eighteen thousaud- bills and joint resolutions
were presented by mrmhcrs iu the last Congress
[ l2-e1s ln the House and 5.S55 ~ the senate
( The year the United States viii export about
@!E",fnn bu-HeI. of IFS wheat crop. about So
. t-iU" 90 which VII De Do the form af -four.
/ The Salvation Army has taken han I'm Paris
close 90 the Exposition buildings. where services
. VIII De- conducted daily for thc benefit 10 visit
or--
New YORK State has 10000 more bachelors
than 5ViastcT- gl-iy one State fn she I-ui-a las
more female oelibates than male, and that Is CAL
ifJTnil-
In Chicago there is woman IN charge Of one
= the street cleaning districts and 90 Youke-s.
y. Y, a woman has just been appointed sanitary
inspector
The annual SALES Of German TOYS in Great Brit
ain amount 90 over -. 1J0.G1O. the greater pCr-
manufacturers.
Africa Is the last Of tie FIVE great continents to
be- opened mp 10 modern civilization. r. lies at
tie doors OF Europe and claims the Oldest civili-
zation known
The latest bangle charm worn in Paris IS 4
mans little bsttered-fn tall hat-s not particu-
larry crtditable souvenir q the Lon-champs-
Lcubet incident
Yieuna's great municipal street railway system
IS now in perfect running order Il cost $4,000
op1 and IL is estimated that 10 VIII pay for it.
self in ten years
A series q measurements made ar Wellesley b
a Yale scientist shows that Western Young women
have larger heads and greater lung capacity than
their Eastern sisters.
The chamber O. deputics 81 the Grand Duchy
Of Baden has. by large majority. asked the
government not TO make contracts with printing
hrrn~ not paying the recognized scale.
A doctor in Albany has withdrawn his chill
dreu from one Of the public schools in con-
sequence Of tho defective ventilation Of the buiIG-
ing and The board Of health viii make iuvos-
ugatiCr.
Az soeommodatiue trsdesmsn in Clruaryou,
Wales. announces that Pc sells wines and spirits
Of al classes supplies patent medicines for head
ache. and has IL his stock Bibles and common
prayerllosz-
In all ths developments ~ the petroleum IN
dustry iu the Rasu fields 80 has not proved pos
sibIe 90 make any considerable use of the natural
gas which i- ploduced In large quantities ia the
same reEiou-
Blackpo0I. England. O. city Of 5000 population,
owns and operates her street railways. 10 trans
ports passengers ior 10 cents per fare LAYS by
sinking fund, pave utsre-, and taxes. and
makes profit
For fancy drc-s eayetis- iu England Young w0-
men ore adopting novelties iu honor If soldiers
at the front. what sre known as "Khaki' and
Union Jack costumes which are said ta be
picturesque. 81 nor graceful
Connecticut received from she inheritance tax
during the year ended september 90. ls73 Sll5.-
1880 while ihe year before the receipts nom
this source were SI55-057.@7. The Treasurer SAYS
this decrease is only temporary
A threc-mile liquor lla io.bids al rum selling
within tI.at distance OF the Iowa state ASrleul-
tursI College. 40 Nmes. and az the next IeGi>la-
ture an attempt viii be made 10 afford the sama
protection Co ,he state University, az Iowa City.
The supply OF oranges this Christmas in Eng
land s.ls much below that Of the Christmas Of
that iu che week ending December % the imports
were $3.50 bushels, IN the same period last
wear. 545.7l2 bushels arrived
TIE rush OF new poSto.hces Co seeure The name
oi Dewey IS -tiH going and attests in some
measure 10 the continued popularity oi the Ad-
miEal- A Dewey pOstCfiCc was established the
other dly ia Wisconsin and on the heels az u
came an application from North Dakota.
novelty has just been introduced hy the
| WatcrworkS Company boz Dawson. To consists Of
1 a wooden house 6N6N6 which is placed over each
lv,irgur in The CITY, Each Of these houses con-
taius small stove. iu which nrc Dr. kept GAP ana
night Bv the payment Of Il "a week patrons can
secure water at any utne
Don Carlos. the King o. Portugal. has aa m
portaucc just now out Of an proportion with t1e
power of bi- state. The Kings title Is almost as
big as his domain il ,rlau he is liking q POP
tugal and the AlgauCs. Within and Beyond tUe
Seas IN Africa; Lord yf Guinea and OF che Navi-
cation and Commerce of Ethiopia. Arabia. Persia,
ana the indies Don Carlos owes his succession
many members of tine royal house of BrJ=aTzI
within the present generation. lie himself was
born I'm 1853 and succeeded t0 Che th-OIe iu Oc-
tObCr. 1850. In 1850 hC married Marie AugiTr,
daughter of Philippe Due dOrlcaus. .Jmtl de
Paris
General Manager Turner. Of the Vaadslia Line,
has issued q circular announcing that there has
been issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad passes
on a silver plate about the size Of the card annual
form. to Mrs J. Edgar Thomson, Mrs Thomas y
scott. Ms George b. Roberts, wives Of tie ex-
I presidents of the company and 20 Mss annie
Thomson daughter Of the late Frank Thomson.
read good during her life There has also
been issued 90 each 10 the members Of the board