The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In the State Of Michigan there are III los
school houses.
II is claimed that this years apple crop VIII
, reach 60030,09o barrels.
Mount Eina is 1860 feet high and ninety miles
in circumference at It's base
An estimate of the rice acreage in eastern Texas
this year places it at 1860
Already nine Victoria Crosses have actually
been given for gallantry du-ing the present war
In South Africa
Young snakes are born with fangs and poison
glands in fun perfection, and are dangerous even
before tasting food.
wolfskin fo,ms an excellent parchment for
banjoe The best musical instrument OF this de-
scrption are so equipped
Calculated at the price paid by the private con-
sunler in Paris, the gas burnt daily at the Paris
Exposition costs about $50
1t least 7,00O persons were added TO the popuIa-
ton of Eenyer last year IT is probable that
IoGo0 will be added in 1850.
A Cherokee Indian, after having been in the p. n
itentiary five years, returned 10 his tribe, but he
had forgotten their language.
In 1897 the people of Nebraska paid off s19.
$4,000 OF mortgages; IN Io9s, $4,000 OJ9 in ls99,
! S'e'ayioV}-SI5G,t0O.Go in three years
Felix iiosenmller, who IS now seventy five years
| o!d, mas taught school III the same room at Ste.
! 8enlveVe, Mo, for more than fifty years
canal connecting the Mediterranean with tha
Red sea existed early $50 years before the
: Christian era. Its length WIS nlneJy-two miles.
II lakes long time to make q cashmere shawl
/ The constant labor of four persons for entire
year is required 10 make one Of the best quality
The largest stock farm in Iowa is IN Ida county.
| II consists Of 800 acres and has 1850 head OF
/ cattle and so hogs il nearly ready for mar
| ket.
| Twenty five thousand acres Of the Nourne noun
| tains. in County Down. Ireland. have been scheti-
uled area fcr military IsaDelFrvz to= troops
/ in the Belfast district
/ New YORK beggar, who vas recently arrested,
was found 10 have S5.3I in ms pocket. which he
had collected in half day. At this rate has IN
] GENE would be over S3.6c9 year.
The wife Of Count Won Waldersee the German
commander OF the allied forces in China. WAC was
IN American wcm4n- possessed S4-1t0.e09 when she
was married 70 that distinguished oitccr.
Last month the railway town Of Crews. IN
England, enjoyed a holiday and festival. the &C.
csaion being the completion OF the four thous-
andth locomotive built IN Tie great railway shops
I there.
When an army officer wearing his spurs attends
religious services al St Georges Chapel Wind
scr Castle, custom requires that he leave five sI
llrgs Tor the choir boys This little donation Is
known as spur money"
The mosquito enjoys life for period q 45out
three months. Tie great part Of which Is dc.Cted
TO making members Of tie human FACE a. uHcom-
Portable as possible. THESE insects have been hept
alive IN captivity Tor eighty days
Artificial stone steps are said TO be growing in
popular favor in Germany 4 design IL imitation
Of staircase carpet in any color, l. press into
the steps while they still soft. The figures
penetrate 10 considerable depth and last - long
Is the steps.
The Wandoo. or white gum Is colonial re
which acts as a signal to The settler The land
upon which II is found growing most IuNlIriaE-ly
j. invariably staG1.ant sour ard sandy. POISON
fff. Ion F-.rrT Dn %
i generally Wat5TIess-
The Princes Of Monaco is unique in That she IS
The inst Hebrew TO SIT European throne.
She vas a Miss Heine and vas frs married 10
the Duke Of RieEeieu. Her psc>eTis husband las
&tSo been twice married LIS FIST VIE having
been Lady Mary Hamilton.
Torty-t,yo motor cars nave been despatched hY
French automobile company, to Genital AREA,
10 serve in transporting goods between Busalo-=a
and Bumoka. Each car Is about four tons 10
weight, and has from nine to ten horsepoweE ~
is disposal - motive force
The eruption. IN 1888 Of Krakatua. a volcano on
the island OF that in the Strait Of Snnca-
which connects the Java sea with thu Indian
{ ocean between Java and SunatTa- East Indies, was
/ Jse and most destructive eruption ever
known including that Of Vesuvius IN % 4 D.
People may as well be prepared now IN ,he
/ vacation season for some wonderful sJorje. about
cxoursoai>ts in the mountains, capturing bears,
1 fightir- with wild cats. miSrlkinE companions
;ur animals and filing them fall of Head and all
such stories that 90 TO make up the history Of lie
. III tie wilds during the midsummer period
An unusual Circumstance Is connected with tAe
burial Of George T. Storer whose death occurred
it Lewiston, Ne, recently. The BODY VS. taken
10 Wluneearce Tor burial, where IN little Gene
! .ey there ,sa- already standing stone marked
. with his naIEe. lie had placed II there himself.
years ago, saying: Ii PIT i there InSseit
shall know nay grave viii net 90 unmarked
Inc longest lightning conductor IN the world /.
said 10 lie in Bavaria It rises some yards abJ"s
the top OF the meteorological station on tie
Zugspitze. the highest point in the German en-
/ pirc. and runs down the side q the mountain IL
the bottom Of the H0lenthal- where there Is run
Ming water all the year round. The length OF lis
nod IS FIVE ard half kilometres, nearly three
miles and hsli-
That things terrestrial have some enduring
qualities Is shown by tie shingles recently taksr
from the Iolf Of George Il HJmlin's barn Il
Avon Ne, when he r,shingIed the building. Tn
frame Of TIE harm was hewed out by the grand
father Of Thad3CuS Barker, ana the shingles were
I laid N $50 They OF drawn pine and are II
as good state Of pToservaIlon as are many oi
the shingles OF the present day after few year:
Of exposure
4 cor e.pondeat says that alJao. gh Hoe Cham
UerIain has ms picture or oaricature in fhe Eng
lisa paplr- mere often shan any public man o.
, England few recognize aim when they see Inn
ON the street He .lw8ys walks Gown TO JHt
House ot Commons. bur what with his stunt,
| ta.ure lis ungairIy st-iLy- tjS ErutrGdl2 head
! his concentrated lock, and The eternal H- hlICi
| cigar III his month"; BIC Is Htt'e or nothing lis
his conventional picture or Photograph
The American lee makes an immense amount q
honey every year The product of the hives !
/ at least 000J ca There j. immense deu.an'
abroad Tor honey from this country. England be
ing the chief buyer. Iowa produces @.GJ}gaf
! pounds annually and numerous other STATES pro
Cslce half As much more The finest honey i
| gathered from hives where white clover lli
bssSygood are accessible. but in quantity II fall
| behind that derived nom goidguroG and buch
wheat blossoms.
1 saleza. the operatic tenor, has received nor
Queen Victoria = complete silver coffee service !
appreciation Of his singing for her at WindFoI
At the time of the performance he had to leaT
The palace to take his role il the opcEa too 500
TO make his wishes known As tu the nature .
the customary present, and was requested 10 &
4 messenger sent to him When IEe Qutt
| learned that he wanted silver coffee F0J Tor IN
| new house in France she was 50 pleased that Sd
: sent him d whole service
It According to German statistjcians, there az
y nine cities with more than 10000 German uiI1'i
IS tants though the term German seems to be Tatae
= elastic They are: Berlin, 100000; Vienna
10000: Hamburg $4,000; New York, 5s5-e 500
Amsterdam. $1,000; Brussels. 5000; Nuuicl
Al, eco; Chicago 4U1 $50; LeiPS-c. 100000. Forty
four-others have over 600 including in til
United States: Philadelphia, Cleveland and b
IF timore The percentage OF Germans Is given Z
IS in New York. st. Louis, Milwaukee, tlEelE
% natl Buffalo: 81 in Chicago, and IS in Philade
phia-