The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-18
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NOTES OF THE DAY.


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There are 800 square miles Of coal field, in
Great Britain.
Among the flowers the ohrysanthsuam is said 20
live Longest after being cut.
The collar bone is more frequently broken than
any other bone iH the body
Mrs. Amelia =. Barr says men are s1ipplautfug
women as household servants
Since December ,he wages of 10000 gyorkmCn
n tins country have been raised.
The wages Of mill operatives in View England
are higher than Al any sime since ISL
It is computed that there ale 100000 men
capable Of bearing arms in Great Britain
Pretoria. the capital Of the Trau~aaI. is
small city q about 5000 white population
Tie Royal Irish Co1stsJulary fund for Irish
soldiers widows and orphans exceeds El.lo0-
During 1909 Brockton. Mas. smpped l29. 21T
cases q shoes, gan q 3. ,3l3 cases over ls9e-
Tie pas Of a private in The British army IS
three times high as that Of one In the French
Lamps oJrht 20 De used in rooms where plants
and flowers are kept Gas is detrimental 90 Them
The population o. London equals the combined
populations o, Paris, Berlin, 81 Petersburg, aud
Rome.
II all The MONEY in the world were divided
equally among ,he people eacn person would set
about $50
The uet bonded debt of View York city on No
vembcr ! reached the extraordinary sum 4
( SO, ,S59.69-
One Of the Australian contingent. a member Of
the Gold Field Rifles Is, curiousiy enough, nam
cd Paul Kruger
The New Zealand general elections have resulted
in victory for the liberal party fu the fourth
consecutive TINE
{ With The exception Of sydney possibly TO town
. iu Nova Scotia enjoyed greater degree OF pros
3 perity than pietou iu $500.
Some Of the Crimea widows are rtm receiving
( teT smIliugs a week. although THE war terminal
go more than forty yclrs ago
During the year 1889 there were more visitors IN
{ Atlantic CITY than were ever before gathered "a
the place during any twelve months
report shows that there were landed AZ New
York during lsq9 lOs.F5 cabin and $500 steer
age passengers They were brought over iH 80
ships
Applications viii be made 20 Parliament for su
act authorizing the construction Of a railway
tunnel under the Thames between Purheet and
Ciravcsenc-
The Ede Railroad Company has begun work 0u
. the Cnen cut which j. 90 d. made through Jersey
CITY Heights for the accommodation of the pas
seuger traffic
Since ISIS Britain has ruled India and Its 500
100000 gf people lis lou3o1o square miles 'i Ter
. ritorv. and it's rtvcuue 81 from SiuOOJlUly 10
SUI lti5uyo q year
There has never been such Industrial activity In
West Virginia az present There Dr. mol one
idle mill south OF the kanIWha River, and l2hpr
. Of all kinds is in great demand
The Traa,vaaI Government has reduced the
wages af the natives 40 an the mines that are be-
7 ing worked from So 90 20s per month ms
1 means a saving Of Gl.j00-o1o per 1nnum-
Lord Raglan in the Crimel. had under him
only 5000 British troops Lord Roberts VIII be
in command Of 10000 men-the largest army that
Great Britain has ever placed in the held.
The dum-dum bullet il shaped very much like
! . other ammunition, but has the pecuharlit 81
hatteuing out expanding on leaving lne rh'
barrel. and thus makes Jagged, torn wound
Two DAYS after the battle Of Omduman the rem
statment Of British rule in the Soudan was sol
cmnlv iuaugurated by an impressive religious sry
/ ice held amid the ruins Of General Gordon Pal
/ ace al khartum-
Jersey has a sliding population OF the 2,oo
600 (estiuatedD souls there are that many within
The borders at night; at noon there are 1850 5J1
) The other 20OovJ are AZ WoLA or are e----'o --
shopping in New York and Philadelphia
africa is the most elevated Of all the cont
p.nts. Il is the continent Of plateaus. TlS
,,+ taIlc land in the south has a mean altituG,
I OF over 800 feet the wide table land on yhS
north has an average elevation Of about l,So0 feet
The honesty Of the civil servants in Great Brit
ain is attested by the fact that during the pae
twenty years there have not been brought 10 light
| dozen cases Of official corruption in the higle
, | branches Of the service. which ADMINISTERS th'
affairs OF about 400 200 people
The second Canadian contingent FOR South AZ
rica will consist Of three squadrons Of mouutc.
, rides Of 5Sl men and SIS horses. Artillery, 5l
! men. Sg3 horses and Is guns The rifles VII %
. made I'D Of Northwest mounted police and otl
Z srs qualified as horsemen, crack shots and scouts
, In Janan a railway train was blown from
bridge recently. The train consisted Of two loco
motives three freight ears, and four passengc
cars carrying eighty passengers. While crossing 81
/ iron bridge the whole train. with the cNccpuo
I, / Of the locomotives was blown from the hudg
into the stream below.
Amateur photographers win receive eXeeiien
+-.,tr,-rt al Paris The French commissions
have made a ruling concerning the taking OF pc
t,,res At the exposition. Cameras viii b. alloWe
on the exposition grounds after permit shai
have been secured from the exposition au,h1i
a ties A charge oi 10 cents viii be made for this
and the applicant viii BE- required 90 furnish hi
! name axe and other personal data, together VT
his residence ia Paris Only the buildings 2u
general groups can be taken. Photographing II
dividual exhibits viii not be allowed. On
b patent laws Of France guarantee the pateutt
= against photographs Of articles exhibited
charge Of 3 was made for similar privileges
n the Worlds Fair in Chicago. and paotogtap-
were even ,hen taken with difficulty.