The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

me worlds production Of lead amounted In
ls9s 20 777.OJo tons.
Gondolas on the canals Of Venice are giving
place 70 naphtha launches.
About S9O00.0000e0 4, IN. ,,rl-.rt ~,-,-t,1iz,-
tion OF trusts ia tire United Static
At a temperance revival in kansas town last
week SJ" persons signed The pledge
The New York grape belt contains a0noo acre,
and the average yield is 1000 cars. 5000 baskets
10 the car.
BIN has been presented TO the senate Of
biazll authorizing women o. practice The learned
professions
Only by an expenditure Of $4,000 "a coubsttius
srasshoppcs was IL possible last yeu 70 save the
crops ia Aigiers-
Waiter girls In Munich restaurants work four
teen TO siTteeu hours Cay, without a single
holiday al The year round.
An English paper has been Offering prizes far
the best guess at TO the date which the british
nag VIII be h0isted az Pretoria.
Orchids have been popular gift OF the season.
IN New York 5000 blossoms OF one variety were
kept IN cold storage for the holidays.
The phosphate output Of the State Of Florida
last year amounted So $4,000 tons, and OF that
total 10000 tons were purchased by Germany.
The Italian railways have promised the Pope
20 per cent reduction In railway fares for the
jubilee year If they are assured Of 2JJ.0OO Fist-
ors-
Put mp selling out, sisn7 unless they are hoe
EFT. Dr. Mlyeuce a fine Of so marks is inflicted
Tor every traUegreS-ion Of this law.
At o. recent auction sale IN Pa1is copy of the
ls5j edition Of the Fables Of Laiont4in, brought
S. 100 francs. 10 belonged originally 10 one o-
TIDE court ladies a Queen Marie Aut0juette.
The casualties in the battles OF south Africa
remind tie st Louis ClObe-DCmocrat-- by WY
Of comparison. that one Confederate regiment sc
GETTY sbufg lost 20 killed and wounded our 81
500 men,
Bolivia is the most mountainous country IN the
world. and that portion Of the great chain known
a. the CordiUcu dc L. Paz Il a coIlonusdc q
pure Nhite SUBMITS extending more than $50
nHiie- siuf4-f bob "a direct line.
The German exploring vessel Move stopped n
lis last cruise 90 tao -Ha1 Isolated islands. Nasty
and DUrCur. tGC inhabitants Of which strikfur1Y
resemble The Japauc-r. though the islands are
only a sh0rl distance trom New Guinea
During the fiscal year just ended for-y-uiu-
men were killed through accidents IN Montana
mines. Tie per cent Of htsliues-3.g-- less
tl4n la any year since the Office of STATE mine
i,5,f.'''' was established with the exception Of
Al q recent congress Of Russian railway ply-i-
ciaus b. decided tHat there should BE- erected
a. various places hospital stations and baths. AMI
tdat boz some regions special bathing cars should
De- nam 81 i- ruE done along the siberian rail-
way
4 y.aHE uoar-I.iler E, En- the PEN teatiarg at
Nashville far-h.z father Tie Officers found a
sim iu bis father, cellar. and arrested Tire ola
man. IRE son tHrreuUou claimed chat he 0perst-
cd Tire srIi.. and r.ar bis father bad nothing 20
d. with &c.
The stealing of valuable paintings IS rather
useless operation. because Of the dfficulty tlat
the thief has IN disI,osiue of ti-em- Ii a maa
were foolish enough 90 steal a really crirbrsted
painting DE would have to wait yelrs before dis
posing OF Ir.
X is reported thst the loyelkecpers Of Pans
have formed trust and agreed % charre their
guests minimum Of - per day without meas
dining The exposition TINS is another iiilstrz-
non ~ rapid adoption 0f American Institutions
by foreign countries.
That venerable part of the Tower % Londoa
known as Jhc Bloody Tower Is undergoing cou-d-
ershle repairs The upper pzrt Of it, which EIcos
and rolorcd ~ resemble age The building l. -
b. restored an round
THe '-Iu,eruatioLlle- Criminal PoIizeiblaLt.-'
just started iF MayenCr. Germany. viI FURNISH
tiC police an over the world with the descrip-
tiou 81 criminals Who are wanted by the van
uus governments Tire paper is published Iu Ger
man. French. and English.
A New York ooHie,,i0uer cay: 4 have seId a.
least ~ per cent more confectionery ,his season
than quarter Of century ! have never lad -
vorh my Shop aud my st0res 30 heavily I din
during the month OF December
What is known to- -eog14phers Is jae CordilIa-
ras de- los AEde~ IS the Longest and the highest
rHHge = moun-sius I'm The world. IL extends from
Tierrs del FueE0 10 the I-thmu- o. Panama, ami
although some 81 Tie peaks Of the HImalllas ar-
higher, they are not ss numerous
A paper communicated 10 the Academic des
Sciences ol PARIS says thst the Herzi-u electric
waves employed ia wireless tclegraphy are easily
stopped hy sheets ~ metal or Cemeuted walls
A layer ~ sca ws1er arrests them more SUCCESS
fuiy than cemeuJed vail OF equal size.
One Of he most important epocbs in the his
tory Of German Jurisprudence began on the 6rst
dsy 81 Janusrg 1900. when the new German Law
went into effect. Under the new system Germany
has uniform legal procedure applicable 10 thc
yarious states comprising the German Empire
A preacher from the eastern part OF the state
visited this section recently for the purpose OF
hunting deer. SAYS the -'NauJau q. D. Times 20
He succeeded in killing one. and then found il
could not be- shipped Co bis home - Dee cu-
up the sHiuaI packed 20 IN a tr1nh- and took
il along a. personal baggage. tEus evsdiHg tie
law and beating the rair0ad COMPANY
A pair OF elephant tusss. the largest on record,
was found recently in the Kiimaudjar1 district
in Africa ard bought Tor an American museum
Tor S2500 TIE larger lusk measures ter feet
foHr inche~ along the outer curve and weighs -
pounds the other Is q trifc shorter. and weighs
ten pounds les. The record tusk before these was
nine feet i've inches long. and Is in England.
A younr man. OF Bath Mich. who was t0 Pc
married on Christmas, forgot an about his li-
rensc until the morning Of his wedding day In
stead q having the event postponed. De got On
his bicycle rude 10 the county seat through a
bowling blizzard. hunted up the county clerk,
and got his hCcrSc ard then rode back again,
arriving in time for the performance OF the cere-
mony az The l-arF which had been set Tor H.
Various fruits are colored on the surface OF in
their substance "a st the fanny Of purcha sers In
/ France. For example straUheTrics that are un-
/ ripe are given red color By raeaus q fucisinc
incarnation. Ordinary orguccs Of poor quality
Ar. made 10 pas for blood oranges by injecting
roce1line iuo their pulp; and melons urc rendered
& OF fri.. orange color hy injecting solution Vi
with an srtifcial melon essence. AZ q certain
dinner party the pears had the outward look
proper % pears. hut being cut open. displayed
on the section The national Colurs 81 France.
Prof J. Cesar Euayt in lecture on ''Zcbras
and Zebra Hybrids.- o. the ROYAL Institution,
London discussed the iu,isibiIity that bad been
attributed 90 the zebra at short distances. ard
described some Of the observations Le himself had
made on this point These quite bore ont the
belief shat IL was possible for q man not only
without being Sole 90 see IT, Young zeh.as wer.
less easily seen than adults. but IN his
neriucuts with @ fun grown one he found that
= starlight night DC became invisible at yards
I and In moonlight A. forty. After giving reasons
Tor supuo~fu. tlat not So very long ago The
/ horse was completely striped. be proceeded 60
consider why IFS stripes had disappeared and came
I'D the conclusion that thC reason To BE sought