The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.


/ n the United states in November last
Nearly 80 per cent of the people Of France and
Germany are engaged ia farming pursuits
| Compared with the thoronghfaTcs Of Other IN
| lusirtai countries Giasgovs streets are mean.
A miEcr's lamp. using acctyIeHe gas. has been
introduced into the Selbeck mines 81 Germany
| The average charge for tuition fees in American
| onegcs is SO year, while the cost Go college,
| % sil5.
a month.
The Mexican nsniug ey4ibit al the Pans Expasi-
! ton promises 20 De- the finest exhibit Mexico has
ever MADE.
Prince AIbrecht Of Prussia. has bougbt Dot Of
| land in tine Narkobruuneu Rhine wine district III
! $4,000 an acre.
Il IS said ones nose is an unerriug guide 10. his
enaI-eter. Napoleon liked his generals TO De men
With aquillne Roses
Irrigation work in Mexico Is making a heavy
demand Tor iron pipe. dredging. cxcsvatine. and
pumping machinery.
Womans rights have made sleh progress 10
emile that already r90-thirds OF the public school
/ teachers are women
Desieested bananas are nov being prepared IN
jamaica T. takes SIX pounls II fresh blulnas
for one q the dried
Forgery can usually De detected because Che
imitat0r has certain Characteristic ct has own 4
| which he is not aware
Spiral armlets Of copper form good protection
Ger the ann in battle and the King u Dahgmey
| uses his defensive weapons.
TIE largest real estate owner Of al Americas
I institutions IL she University Of Texas, which
holds over 10000 acres Of land
The number Of physicians in the German Empire
1 in,ressed last year by 80 per cent. aud r. nov
$3.50. OF whom l6-lG2 are an Prussia
j. h. Huysrans. the author Of ..i.sbas" and
! Pm Route has decided 10 become q rnonE lie
trrI sarrf4r r. fffrr frfn
Mlroi-
Gen. G'ENc1 D0nmcrce. senior officer Of the
French army, Is Hinety-iour years old aud has
served under tlfee king, emperor. and two
! republics
! The Vermont STATE FEDERATION Of W0meu's Clubs
| b. attempting 90 seslre the appointments o. women
ON the state beard u penal and charitable in
s'ltuaous-
The aaHua! consumption OF cotton by mills in
Rus-ia has been about 10000 tons for several
years. and the industry Is growing steadily ln
importance there.
Capt william T. Dickson. tirz uell-knoUu hsrss-
owner. who died m s. Lsui,. Inc Other day. WIS
the hofse being Pilot Temple
Holland has a rational 01man's suffrage asso-
citation with fourteen brancLes- Al present the
franchise is limited 10 male citizen, who own
property and have their taEe> paid
Ez-Prcsideut Cleveland sends to % Cleveland
shoemaker for every pair o. -.5es that Doe vear--
This shoemaker hss bs,H furnishing t.c eA-
President 0ith footwear ior h.teeu year--
% The New EngIald Womer-s Pres As-aeiatiou
. has been giving Wdat are known ~ -seu,iemen's
I nights" 90 the ciutre"uS, and It r. proving a
, popular move among tle meU 81 Boston
Nis= Mary buchanan Randolph. who was buried
. I &c Nap,ewo0d, near Charlottesville. "a. al Mon
day l1-t was daughter ~ D. -. e. y. Ran
doiPh tor many years rector ~ the University of
/ Virginia ard great great .Taucd1tsLter Ct
Thomas Jetcr-rr.
!
him. u la- been -aid that he sleeps iu them,
and il IS known that De- eats with them before
his eyes They are big. bilcS-Ilullue gls--e--
uiyu a black string that T. hitched -a1ua'En here
} down ia THE Senator's Wsistcost-
I Prof Rsudalua Ceuec. the critic. historian. and
| orator. who has done 30 much 90 popnlariz,
Shakespeare Boa Germany. has Just celebrated his
seventy attn birthday. lie began lis public reel-
tati0ns 90 Sh4se-pesre's PLAYS in CobuIg about
forty yCsr- aga. but since 1870 Le has been sell
tied ir Berlin
Dean KitcAsn. Of Durham, Cataedrai England,
5 aa, brought down On his head EIe wrath a, ,he
CITY authoriJies by refusing 70 preach OF 60 pray
ia a varIike manner. They want 90 discharge
7 him from his post o. honorary chaplain 90 the
corporation aud erase lis name from the panels
p uf the town hail.
p The Queen 81 Roun4nis, known IN Htcr4iur,
uuder the nom de piumc q Carmen sylvia l.
so pa--icuattIy fond Of flowers that she seems
unable 10 m niN4e mere arc ID A4I'--
I sons As 20 writing without the ueighhaTLood
OF fowcrs tlat she has declared 90 De quite out
% 90 the question. Nearly al her literary WORKS
: have beeu composed out OF doors, IN roohe~s
room. built yi reeds and surrounded by hedge
, Of uuShes Ia the holiaHCs o. which Ctl..-
, uiLglv concealed cages fun Of birds The hOur
l. Of a mo~~v curt Ia one corner q tiny fountain
Paurs t'rta ptriuutd uslets; IN another swings
z luxurious silEcn hammock. IN which the Queen
can resi- -ud dream Her i messy hank. her
desk iichcued stcne carved into the shape u
writing table.
, Rational Danish Rat Eztsrm.uatins Society
, has been organized I'm CoppeuhaEea. wHieh has
built q crematory for the rats ii kills, it being
% found unhealthy TO bury them. This activity
ha- extended 90 the Danish provinces, AID thc
Norwegian Government has asked the eNtermina-
- tign society for Information and aid In Pans
the plague T. traced % the sewers, whence me
2, varruiu have bean driven hy recent Improvements
into the central market and the hcusr1 near The
seine Armies Of rats 30 great 20 defy attack
/ are r8YsEiug the food Ctpat>- The suburbs, TOO,
/ are threatened. and az ACLeres Plain over 1900
rat, were engaged ia devoursng two acres OF beet
. roots The Danes have thus lar been Inc Hl-L
successful in meeting me danger ana rams LaA
also consulted them. ile Pied Piper OF the
q modern rat VIII probably hail from topPen
hagen
!. The Monte Carlo correspondent Of a Paris ez-
+, change writes that there arrived al The famous
q watering place and gambling resort party OF
{, Young American ladies' having no gentlemen with
them They were ehaperoued by a somewhat
+ elderly lady and bad di-embsrked az Genoa They
l. were al gocd-lookiug lady-iike girls, AMI esi-
e IDENTIFY had a pleasant time Of IT, They stopped
r II the Hote. g. Paris and attracted much Stien-
i, ton eSreeilIIy from tn French ladies Ercausc
tbav we're uu1ccumpauri by gentlemen THE
u French p,,.r Thought them OVERHEAD 90 g. about
e tr1, without :aale attendants. but admired them
g for having the courage 20 do s9-all the more so
& as the American Young ladies paid no attention 90
the people about theu--iu fact one French lady
Z exclaimed: "Ellgs mont pas TAR dt.ttre cci
= Hirts" evidently beug under the impression tna,
l. all American girls were given 20 flirting l"e
:, marty left Tor Milan. Florence, Rome ana Ma
ID rles and wil be in Paris in March.
4 Complaints Of the scarcity Of coal arc made ali
O over Europe and are especially frequent IN Aus
= tria Germany. and Italy Even the naval au'
= thorfties OF Austria seem % be unable 90 GET
- enough fuel f.r their not very extensive Feet Il
N Is sid that the navigation Of the Rhine has d.
or ,iBjsrsd perceptibIv and that the price Of ccs
: Ias risen slarmingly az all the kHrnlsh towns,
,-bF fIc Rhrnisi- WcztPhallln coal syndicate ma
4S announced further increase In It1ly the r,a H
i 81 marked thar several Of the Lombard factories
Of have been Obliged 10 stop work, and IN A.iai'
~ lT;rnoa Naples and in Rome itself. appeals nave
al been made 10 the Italian Government % taEt
- some measure toward securing more sdeq15ts
and regular supply Tie ''CaPitale' Of Rome eN
: rres.as a suspicion that the coal lords Sc
20 cretlv adding 70 their stocks and boarding them
Is with a view 10 exporting huge profits Il is sait
% that a number Of factories in Genoa have beei
he Obliged 20 close, throwing many men and WQIncI
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