The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.


mere than ]. 100
Jerusalem has fifteen hospitals. the Baron Rot's-
ehllds and others being very fine, all free and az
full 20 overlooking
The 3-ceut piece is not entirely cut q circuIs-
non, according 10 Pennsylvania baker tie TOOK
IN go Of them last year.
The olive crop Of the past year Of Southern
vas estimated at 100000
Iadysmith's death list from all causes during
the siege was OG5 az the rate q , so a year
IN population Of 1900.
IL Is computed that there l. ESQ. 100000 worth
o. gold and Jewels At the bottom Of the sea on the
route between England and India
The civil code in Alaska is that Of Oregon.
which was taken bodily and dumped on the Ter
r'ory without regard to application.
Many physicians have left Dawson Tor want c
practice and no less than I'VE private sanitariums
have closed on account Of lack Of patronage.
The superintendent Of a chiIdren's home in
CINCINNATI refuses % send any childrcn TO Ken
she State.
4 new shirt takes just about twice As much
TIME 20 be laundercd one that has been through
the process before. This IS particularly true @.
cDlOred shirt.
A St. Louis judge has ruled that If a husband
be lockea ''it by bis wife be may chop down the
door II nece-sary. TO gain entrauce-but ne has
20 pay Cor the door.
The latest plan 20 rid Chicago Of "hoId-ups-' Is
20 TT out the city arc lamps with proj-ctor,.
which viii flash the rays like a sCucblisht N the
dingy thOrOUghflrps.
American exports 20 Africa have decreased
slightly 10 the seven months ending with Jan
usry. showing that the war has lost US more
than IL has 1rohted.
The population Of Hungary has increased from
s.nO0oO0 % ls.u0DO00 this century. The capital
Of the country counts $1,000 inhabitants against
2O,O0o m the 3ear l500.
Herat. 20 the Moslems. leaving the steppes Of
Iurke-tan presents the effect that Palestine pro-
duced on the Hebrews when they auDrosched
from the Arabian desert
In 1s7O the United States mined $500. SEQ tons
Of coal and Great Britain I23. 6s2 SO The figures
IN Ias9 were Julted States, 2iiOOO,OJ0 tons;
Great Britain. 2Sf. 900 900.
minister Of finance has persuaded ,he Em--ror To
[ permit foreign coal 20 be imported free oi duty
| for the use OF the railroads
Twelve pounds only j. the weight Of the new
automatic machine gun under experiment in The
United States Army l. fires 458 shots q minute
and can De fred 10y one man.
German military experts are just now making
! elaborate experiments in order to test the value
u the sugar diet in cases where troops are CALI
Cd upon for exceptional eSerJi0ns in a brief per-
I iod
Last Christmas in Jerusalem was bitter cold,
/ the ths-uomctrr showing p to 20 degrees every
day. There Is no provision for heating the hotels
and all tourists In winter suffer much from the
sold
I Damascus Is said TO be he oldest city IN tie
world. daring back 400 years Is present p1pu-
/ Iation 8, eoJ.005 tenth being Christians The
mosques are numerous, there being more than
| fifty.
New inventions and modern improvements are
charging the Spanish Vocabulary, rich In colo
Gui4I and literary words. richer than English in
this respect, but poor and inadequate Ira technical
terms.
There are some queer experiences out in he
Alaskan country says a returning miner. L
saw man bring in I.olJ gallons Of whisky He
sold out his cargo in les than three hours II
800 per gallon"
The Houston and Texas Central Railway has
created the Office OF chief gardener This official
sill have charge Of making and caring for rhc
Z station grounds and flower gardens al all points
I along The line from Gr.sebegz 10 Dallas T-1-
In the free textbook system. in operation in
Yaaktou. :. D.. the children rent the books. the
yearly charge ranging from 20 cents in the first
grade 10 50 cents in The eighth grade The ice
entities the pupil 90 al the books available COR
his grade
The ragpiekers OF Paris. 10 the number Of some
thing like 5000, who make their living By pick
ing over rubbish put out from houses, are greatly
agItItcd over new boxes. which are 30 be used 10
hold the rubbish. and which cannot be opened
except b. the clr-men, who carry il away.
A folding la, has been patented by Scotch
woman, single sheet OF stiff paper or other ma
tcrisl being folded into transverse plaits with
crease through the centre al right angles with TN.
pialts. which allows one portion 70 bend Olt and
! form the brim after the sheet is bent into
tube
Teu,yRic peasants were the providers Of blond
hair for rich Roman princesses, vho loved the
contrast Of its aaxeu hue uish their black ewes
l They even Lad morning Nigs. small and tightly
ougled, OF any eolor, and kept the beautiful. FAIR
ones wear when receiving their admirers IN the
! evening
There Is no trouble experienced in making
sugar from Kaasas cane" says 4 Kansas paper.
I The grief CORES when It Is put on the market
and sells for less than cost 90 produce. because
/ Of the sorghum tang. Laboratory experiments
| and research 10 improve the quality Is what IS
J wanted"
! One result OF The NolincuV trial is the svovcd
decision Of one Of the iIrymsn-an undertaken,
( by the way-never 60 serve a. juryuar again. Il
/ snail simply 20 ard pay ny me OF SOD ur 500
as the case may be, BE- says, and Jet % 80 at
I that. ] wouldn't q through another sUgl case As
I that again for o good farm
novel use has been found for an electrical
stove by the water board Of Marquette Mich
4 The stove has been put In the intake pipe which
I supplies the water 20 the city works from lake
I Superior. ard it's purpose d, 10 keep anchor or
needle ice from forming on the sides OF the pipe
Z and hually stopping The low
Among the thirteen countries which add largely
/ to the supply Oi new books The United States oc-
cupie, the f5yr,h place. Germany provides nearly
/ twice Is many new publications as the United
/ States and England combined The circulation
figures OF successful books are however. much
/ larger In these countries thln in Germany
Recently a curious accident occurred at Quebec.
which resulted in the fatal injury Of a man lie
was pressing ashes into a cylinder holding In his
hand a long iron rod, the rod IA some way met
with an obstruction, causing LIm 10 raise il up
I quickly, thus breaking globe of Gu are Light
Z which was over his head. and so forming d eil-
cult 10y which the curcut passed into body, Te-
sUltiHg in his death
Gen. W. 4 O.mstead, who has just been or
dained a priest Of the Roman Catholic Church
Al NOtrc Dame. Ind entered the army during the
civil war Is a captain IN the second New York
Infantry. and lose 90 the colonel az the tulI-
ninth New York Volunteers lie was mustered
out 6 breYet briEadier He entered Notre Dame
| University Is a student six ans ago, having
previously been an army surscoL
The indifference Of the Indian to death was
forcibly illustrated in Milwaukee the other dag.
One Of the name Of Seymour WaUketch was on
| trial in the Emitted states District Court for
| murder. aud though the evidence was strong
against him. he had little interest in the pro-
ceedinsS that he went % sleep and sumb.red
peacefully until taken back 10 his cell ~ adj
1 lournmeut Of court a half hour later
People who are loag-,iysd ali have ccrtlia
physical traits that are not noticeable. In the