The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

* Is eatitnated that 600 men viii 90 70 Nome
In search o. gold during the present month.
The Hartford Conn. school children or their
way 10 and from school have 70 pay only Scent
fares on the street railways
About 200 Ieelan5ers are coming this spring %
take Up farming in British America in the neigh
bofhood Of the Doukhobor settlements
Dr. Pieiher. an expert in influenza. Laws sae
cause Of the disease TO the handkerchief. and
recommends the japanese paper nose-uipe
The cradle il which Napoleon II was rocked BE-
longs 70 the Emperor OK Austria. who is about 70
loan il for exhibition al the Paris Exposition
A faster says that The diseonlforts Of living
without eating for several weeks are not serious.
aad after the FIRST week Of fasting they are hardly
Hcticezble
The Freneh color manufactures are rot credited
with one new product this year. while the Dutch.
Swiss and Germans are fully represented uith 4
generous quota
Orchids which have only recently achieved gen
ersi soPseeiaton are asserting their ae=si great
ness ever Gay row N the windows Of florists
throughout the country.
The Empress Of Russia has lad made for her
magnificent piece Of GcbeiiH tapestry which bars
9 reproduction Of portrait Of Marie Antoinetss
painted BY Nine LcbTun-
For the 6-st fortnight Of the Newfoundland
bunting season those engaged in the hunt have
secured something like $4,000 seals. amounting
in value 10 about $4,000
From the Beirut district. Syria. were exported.
lat year TO the United States goods valued az
$4,000. chiefly wool. rugs. Damascus inlsid wood
work, cotton lace, and soap
At their entry into Bloemfouteiu the Wel=h
regiment vas headed BY the regimeutal goat.
which seems 10 have thrivsn on the hard fare
necessitated by the campaign
Dr. Edzsrd Gseig recently gave a eonceft in
Copenhagen. at which only small shopkeePers
were invited. his idea being that as IL Greece Of
old, ART should appeal to all classes.
western engine broke On 4 recent night. and the
whistle screeched incessantIy until tie end Of the
engines run, about sirty-hve miles
This is the worst season London jewellers have
known Tor years Orders are few and far be-
tween and but for the inevitable wedding presents
their business would be al a standstil-
Divers in the British Navy. before being passed
ar proficient IN their craft. have 10 be able L.
work in twelve fath0ms Of water f0r an hour and
twenty fathoms for quarter Of hour
Logs are the cheapest thing in Siberia; but II
the forests are cut a. rapidly for tire next century
a. they have been OF late years. ref0TesiatiOu vii
Become as pressing question as Il IS in America
When rats have the plague they look IN sad ar,
in dazed condition, their eye are Fztery and
bleary their coats are partly deprived Of hair and
they h0bble aSout with difficulty and zl4gser AID
fan
Ii has been arranged that the hospital ship
Maine sial return to South Africa She VIII
cary women MUSES. tins time the Work being
done 5y meH trained in the American lmbulanct
school
some foreign capitalists are threatening to leave
Japan, because the government. after seven
months delay, still E-fuzes 20 sanction the per
Psru7l leases in accordance With international
agreement
People are beginning 20 guess on the popula-
fi0H o. the United states As Il VIII Be exhibited
By the Twelfth Census returns The reckouIngs
average al the way from 70.o0o.00o 10 I00.000.005
Inhabitants.
Tie Philadelphia Law LiD-ary has received as
sift from lord Salisbury. the English Premier.
twenty -rhree unbound volumes o. the report Of
the Erglish commission on the Nenezuelan bound
ary dispute
There Is an epidemic among italian and
French siikworHs the Consequence of which 5
likely 20 Dr. an increase in the price Of six. The
worms refuse 70 eat. and are dying on their null
bsrry leaves.
Few people know thar this Government OWES
s0oO00.Ooo acres Of land outside OF ASK Much
nf this IS barren mountain and desert. but at
least o0ehfth Of II Is capable Of being developed
md improved.
The Transvaal committees in Brussels and
Amsterdam receive many applications from. young
men who want to serve in the 1umy If they car
get free transportation % south Africa but there
are no funds for such purpose
Gen. John B Gordon. commander in-ehief Of the
United Confederate Veterans. who Is on lee
turing tour through Texas, attended a revival IN
GatesEiiie Coryel cosnty- the other day preached
4 sermon, and corrected forty persons.
There were JO0Oo0.o0J fowls in the United
States last year, ard the number Of eggs laid
vas estimated al about l.455,O0o001 dozsn. Or
Il .iol eoJ.000 Cggs The value Of these fowls aud
their prOiuet : set down al SOLOMON.
recent ordinsnee OF the Butte county, Cal.
council provides that anyone riding a wheel On
a sidewalk in any incorporated town OF Butte.
on meeting pedestrian. must disrrouur and
main Al rest while such pedestrian passes"
4 eorustalk recently grown on a farm near
Ovrensboro, Ky is seventeen feet four inches
long and has tvezty-seven joints. Two feet and
six inches Of the stalk have been cut Of. the stalk
being originally nineteen feet ten inches In length
The Kaiser has shown his increased interest in
the building Of the Kaiser Wilhelm Church At
Ems by another donation Of 1900 marks CSl.J7Ol-
his viii make tOIll Of 5000 UETks (SI1-g00)
granted FROM the imperial Treasury Tor this pzr-
Pose
tablet in honor Of the heroes Of the American
Revolution has been placed in she ves,ry OF he
Dutch Reforrned Church in New York at Fifth
Avenue and Forty-eighih Street. Il was the GIFT
Of the New York state Daughters Of the Rey0lu-
zion.
In opening Cuban orphans fair in New York
recently the procession headed by eighty
japanese. including q woman and two girls in
iinTikishas. The Sudden increase IN the japanese
population OF this country is a notable eircuni-
stance.
The STATE Of Washington promises TO be large
producer Of beet sugars in the early future. *
nerimeuts carried on during a Number Of wears at
the STATE experiment station have shown that
sugar beets Of high suerOse contents can be readily
Produced
Queen Victoria. 1t IS related. adheres 10 the
dinner table customs of her grandfathers and pre-
serves the rule which originated in the time %
George II. As each dish l. placed upon the
table, the name Of the cook who prepared il Is
announced
The Northern Pacific Railroad has adopted cleo
tric headlights and incandesceut electric lighting
for the engineers cab and on the locomotive for
0iIine purposes This applies only 70 through
trains The current Is supplied from 4 snail
series dynamo
In a Russian Journal writer estimates that to
reach the level Of other European countries
Rt.Ssia would have 20 construct % Oo0 additional
miles Of railroad. including siberia in order
10 have the length OF It's railways commensurate
with the population
Wall paper having an apparent value Of $780,.
900. but in reality worth nothing, decoTates the
study OF : New York b,zsiness man Il Is COM
posed Of thousands Of 6 per cent bonds. engraved
and printed at q cost Of s, 500 for a company
which, failing to attract investors, died before Il
could be foated.
An English paper. commenting upon school boy
fighting. and comparing juvenile pngilism between
England and America. says: In America. when
hes Szht Il i because they are angry with each
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