The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-21
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

| --fN uNcA 1LlCAt4 Win me OF ELEllrh o-luoLs
3foSn trout, salmon trout. and Loeb LsTen trout,
bred N the colony
| - Opener and closer is new feminine vocation
me l. sent Tor when family departs fren home
leipotsfliys putting things 70 rights then and
| repeating the Operation Iust before the return
The Yiceregal Lodge. Phoenix Park, Dublin. IN
land was buiit IN 1871 BY Mr. Clements me
founder Of the Leiirim family, for his own use
Maize Is the principal crop grown Ia Queer.s-
and, and also forms one Of the most important
products Of New south Wales, but the climate Of
! growth
The Nethe7lsnds Railway. connecting Pretoria.
the capital Of the South African Republic. and
johannesburg. has Of the fnest roadbeds 10
he iocnd anywhere and possesses modern up
to-oate equipment
The attempt to raise 10000 for the London
hospitals by church collections Is approaching
success OF the last $50 900 to be raised 5000
vas given upon hospital sunday recently in Lon
don. about l.so0 churches taking up o6erings-
Australians are with the exception o. Ameri-
cars, the greatest meat eaters in the universe
| The amount Of meat per head Of population in
| that colony Is more than double that consumed
by any OF the people on that side Of the world
German army authorities are now experiment
| ing on cotton stuff IS a material for balloons.
Il is treated with rubber before being used. The
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ter than SIX. which L apt 10 generate electricity
At the Paris Exposition there VIII be 30 barrels
| Of choice American apples in cold storage. SInau
| lots being taken from the supply from time 70
| time needed 10 keep Up continuous fresh fruit
| exhibit. Oranges VIII be treated IN the sane
manner.
The daily total Of water supplied TO London IN
November last Is said to have been POI. PSI. 6st
gallons for population estimatrd az 6.OI5. ia
| representing 4 daily consumption PEE head q
g. &c gallons. large percentage Of the water
was obtained from the Thames
In recent case OF pneumonia in BROOKLYN
$500 gallons Of oxygen gas were used. the sick
man was packed Il ice. alcohol hath vas given
every TWENTY-FIVE minutes. and four quarts Of
milk with three quarts q whisky was admins
tered daily The patient recovered
In Paris. where already people are forbidden 70
stand Up in street cars the police have Just made
a rule compelling eight seats in each car 20 be
| kept vacant from the starting point 70 the first
stopping place. 80 that people waiting Al the
latter point may Be accommodated.
Tie enlarged portrait sWindler, who has f1uHd
50 large and fruitful a field il this country. has
reached Paris The coneierges Of apartment houses
| IN the Eendone quarter have been worked 10 the
extent Of two francs each for frames 70 charged
photographs. which are never delivered
On tombstone IN an old Nev England church
yard there IS epitapb which never fails TO
bring smile 20 the face Of the reader To the
memory Of Ann sophia and Julia Hattie. his two
wives this stone j. erected BY their grateful Wi-
AIT AIT '-''s- D. A--' in'S mace nome pleas
It IS feared that the French railways which even
in Ordinary times have insufficient sccouroil-
tons for travellers, VIII be unable % handle tle
Exposition business One lne alone has been or
cered by the Government 90 add 100 engines %
passenger. and l-sli freight cars % It's rolling
stock
An eXrraCr1-uary occurrence happened one dlF
IN Brussels A woman vas Walking down one Of
the streets with her milk cart drawn By tao dogs
Suddenly the road opened and the dos and cart
disappeared Investigation proved that the rad
had been undermined By rats watch swarm n
T that neighbcrh00d-
The three Judges Of the appeal tax court in Bal
timore were recently required 20 determine b. iOt
their terms for one. tx0 and three wears one q
them l. opposed 20 glmes Of chance. and IN
. wiling % draw He vas persuaded q hold the
hzt AID found IN T. after the others had 1ravz1
the slip limiting his service 70 one year
The eightecn-year-oId Earl Of Dumiriez has GER
taiuly 4 bright future before him he IS the
heir Of v.st we.Irh and distinction. for his iath-
| eF. the marquis q Butte. i one Of the wsatthie=r
| Of the English peers Al present he Is the lord Of
HOO acres. holds sixteen titles ard hs lnrDuse
Is estimated AZ not less than $500 day
II Roumauia mothers bind red riJbo6s round
the arsles % .heir babes 20 keep them from hlrz-
/ II ireland a strand Of Wo1nsu's hair Is placed Il
! the cradle for the sane reason and II Holland
/ mother takes care 90 have bread. steak sa-L AID
! garlic pllced on the cot Of her newborn child
I Welsh mothers pllce Their faith In a kHIfe o.
/ pair Of t0ngs q charm against eyl % their
infants
pretty story Was once told by Sir EGEia
| Arnold OF three children Of his acquaintance.
| whom he asked a. their bed time, when about
they wanted most After tie tao eldest had
| made fhlir requests. the yourgest- q little Ei-L
knelt down and. putting her hands together. said-
~Dcar God, love me when ] am naughty Ike
mamma
/ Al BicsnolIer s. George. uea- Taunton. Eng
land there Is vigorous view tree growing on
/ the top Of the square church tower. and though
/ IL has been cemeuted around. 10 srlu hoUrlSias-
Z There is an Old yew tree IN the churchylr1, and
II is probable that birds had left seeds on the
| tover. while the mortar was soft and one %
these gerzsiEared- The yeW tree l. two feet eight
inches nigh with girth Of twelve inches It Is
thought 70 be AZ least loo years old
Gas liquor has been turned 20 a useful account
| Il Crzzies in France Beet root would not grow
/ IN the fields because they had become infested
with A beet-root parasite. but With one applica-
tion Of the gas liquor fifteen tons OF beet per
acre. with IA per cent or sugar. tour splendid
/ crops Of cere2ls were obtained and ~ anotleT
set OF trials using gas Iquor only Your successful
[ crops OF more than tvEeuty-f0uT tons 70 the acre
and a fifth Of over sixteen tons were secured
An ingenious arrangement 10 prevent over
erowdin Of bofh elevators and stairways Is in use
, in Scranton Pa The time Of entering and leav-
| ing a certain building Is regulated BY clocks on
( each OF the five floors On the lower floors the
! clocks are set correctly. but the upper a0srs
they are few minutes slow. 50 that the emp yes
{ on tie lower floors at their work before those
{ on the upper floors due and Of course those on
) I the upper floors do not leave their desks uutil
several minutes lsIer. thus avoiding al confusion
Many absurd things have been done by the dis
eiples OF Omar Khayyan. but the climax Ii
reached By one dev0tee, who has soemnly pre-
pared and published Concordance 20 FitzGersId's
translation. saws the Springfield Republican -
peare and sometimes useful ID the case Of lesser
2 4 n0ets whose works -voluminoJIs and not IA
2 r,ilisr throughout But FitzGerald's version has
. only 10 quarrains-4i0 lines, or perhaps 4.0r
I, / words Il can be read in q fraction OF an hour,
and auv passage car BE- found in 4 uirute or two
The siIliness Of publishing . concordance nlilsI
appear 10 all but the most solemn worshi2e1s-
1t Is possible that Sierra Leone VII be a good
source Of supply for India rubber The native
collectors in their endesvor to increase the weld
o. rubber are now frequently bleeding the root
OF the tree rs wei Is the body. This Is said tc
be fatal 20 them and ar the same time the rubber
gathered from this source : % interior quality.
should be refused altogether BY buyers in the loCa
! market ard in turn by the foreign markets. Il
| order 10 prevent the destruction Of the forests
| Unfortunately the demand for raw rubber prevent
! this being done The Government and officials ar
I | fostering a plan for planting rubber trees anc
vines II the colony
Shortly after Faster The duchess Of Albany XII