The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-22
NOTES OF THE DAY

y Eighty per cent Of the cattle Of Umguay are
80 iof the purpose u making 'tasaio' jeTked
b. Tor expectation 10 Brazil, Cuba. and Porto
Chicago knights Of Coluub,. are p.rfe,tin.
pans 20 preserve the ctrsvel Santa Maria which
: nov FALLING into decay in the lagoon az Jack
bet%sei The beginning Of April Is99 and the
ce~5 ~ january, 1900. Great Britsin-s public. ey-
pentiture increased $50 500.008 cor a. an.
months IN The preceding year
Tie material. used by the Swedish shin and
l-llhe engine ouiiders are AZ rule. mauuisr-
ISL Material is airays specified.
The American Indians who have been r.p,rts5
from time 10 time. sy increasing In uun,l,,rs are
now said 80 be- dsindliug away. Noiods ever helrs
ne came story tfice about Indians.
Malta is one Of the most importsut coaIine port,
IN me Aediief4un'an. and consequently there ar,
l'@hs nfins there dealing in coal. o. which there
Z l. az al times large stock on hand
The Chicago postofice shows great decrease n
/ ne sac Of post1ee-due stamps since tie rules
I pIgAltp!lihg the forwarding o. underps.d SECOND
daa tniTd-ciah5 matter went into effect
Poets have TO wait a long time Tor pub7iritv
contains a poem written by Philip Frenrau in
l77l, which nov frst sees the light o. print
Near Contui in santo Domingo. q small town
inland about City miles from the head Of Sam4n4
Bay, there II said 10 be a valuable and extensive
/ -l-fli-u4G ltltc-l A4G 44N4 DtloA4s 10 the Gov
I eminent
! The rubber plantations q Mexico as a rule are
, remote from centres Of population. They are al
: ways thiuly inhabited. Oriental Iabor must be
! imported The APPROXIMATE wage Is 81 silver a.
/ cents gold per day
! II is a wcLl-known fact that American footwear
is not only the cheapest and best, but also the
most stylish in the world It's lasts and shspes are
! readily copied by English firms. Who seIi thrir
goods as American shapes"
There are so many languages spoken IN the
provinces Of Austria-Hungary that interpreters
are employed IN the various Parlizmeuts % iu-
/ tcrpret the speccheo Of the deicgates and make
Them intelhgib.e to all the members.
On thing in New York society is bridge whist.
and the women IN particular are little short OF
crazy over IT, is played in the most ez-
elusive sets ~ town ira lieu o. poker, and the
amounts that are staked at il are considerable
bitches can be rapidly dug in soft earth by
new machine, which is mounted Or narrow trucks
I and has endless chain Of small buckets % scoop
up the earth as the machine is drawn beck and
/ forth ID the trench. depositiug the dirt either
In the United Kingdom tae aerm asaoer Is
applied only to footwear the sides o. which reach
iust under the ankle Boot is the term used
for footwear reaching above the ankle. and this Is
The iorm of footwear most widely used in this
country.
TIE P1y Of south African Li=h, Hor-s r. sI25
day t0r troopers and up 10 81 day for serzeants
with r1rous. Men who bring their own horses
'Ea equipments receive $40 o day Tie pay Of
officers De- - Tor licuteaauts g for captains. and
$50 ior uajlrs-
Uruguay has always been great cattle country
IT, cattle -''cria'l1'-wCre similar to our Tex
cattle and even smaller ir sTz. wilder in ua-
tHre. and very light ir weight. Iu The past
fifteen lr twenty YEAR these small -e-iHa' .atrls
hare been graded up ard greedy improved.
Naraos.. iu Brazil l.ell miles MP The Auazaa
has population tar--lTa.iFt.s t.r.ua-rf sf be-
tween 10000 and 5a.rlH. and 5- tls depot fur 90
the rubber gathered iu taa upper valley Tie eiry
lf'Ss- however. Two essential elements Oh, proc
PeltE banking facilities and faI--ara-. COM
lauul--'..u- Elra flr .ul-la. world
A French newspaper announces -uen ee.,n-
tr'-ity q Anne .l4u Illie-.'' II seems. according
to the authority. that il tLis country japanese
mice are supI-sIflrz dogs as ladies pete uue
mouse costs 500 The French newspaper init
rstes tsat o. the r..r talHEe -a exhibition 1i
these pets IS 10 Dc held, '.y follow t-- exhibition
81 cate"
mining COMPANY a. Marquette Nieh-. las
discovered that rst- are the best and cheapest
underground sgav~ngsr-- Before Jls men 20 10
work iu Be-, new shaft 8, wants OBJ have al least
the uuoIa.l. ~ a colony 0i rats iu The pit. .1
that the scraps and fragments ot the miuer,
dinners. which are thrown ahaut underground.
may De disposed of
From south Africa war crrF--nau3,Ht ~rt.s
Co the London Daily Mail A certain ElIlau.
corps % Caieve'ey camp provided -h- guard iall
should pr.t.g, our precious bee. rib ta-i~ru.a-
Day lT t.g morning TWO dozen gaI..a- Vers miss
ing 'Ui--rlcgiul" said rho 4H-nc.iii.~. 'Gguh.,
the guard And they doubled BE- Next day tHu.
dozen bottles were missing
T.---b,. the most famous woman gambler OF
English history was Nell Cvguus. The agy1e--
Manners were mach the same as they were a. t.
French court Nell GUyuur I1-t $1,000 &C. tae
duchess % Cleveland. and iu one wear last -p-
Z ward OIL. $500 90. There bad r,yeg been known
80 much gambling among women us ul- carried
ru iu faaf reign After the au. hes NJ AaZarrH,
niece oi tae cardinal, had Iasr $4,000. Hl she det
boz absolute want
Iadg tcorgisua GREY. The .ILls, iHlabirlut Of
Hampton Court palace Of England has just eu-
tered upon her Tooth year Illy Ge5rgiaua, who
occupies an apartment Oh tEl ground ao1l looking
into the public gardens. given rooms early lH
The COS She u TIE daughter &C i.r famous re.
tom statesman ami PRIME minister me second
E8rl Grey 10 whom she acted as private ~erre-
tary Lady Clor-iaL4 is frequently mentioned
10y literary men aEc statesmen iu ra-lI memoirs
and letters. Lord Nslmt-bUry. BOB Dis memoirs
relates bow beautifully she played Jac harp
A recent number OF the .Pmlozarlicll Mag
zine contains O. paper on earthquake sounds. hy
Dr. G. DAVIDSON. q somewhat neglected branch Cd.
cosmology. The sound is described. -51~ -Nr-
ture" as generally deep and rumhliuE. IKE tlI-
. az a heavy wagon uls-il.. d. sometime re~euI.
bile. thunder OF wind more closely the fll "i
3 heavy stones OF the fire of distant cannon.
Near the erygutcr Ut the earthquake iaud crashes
/ are heard hy some. hur not all, Observers lt Che
I time when tho SHOCK D, the strongest. farther
7 away DC becomes r0uEhgT and IDsre grinding at
Z this moment. while al greater distance Oh"
[ sound Is throughout smooth and almost m1rat-
Z on0us. like the low rolf of distant thunder The
Z neigEbarurod of tac sound no tHg bower lIml e
sudibiity g.. shown hv the fact tlgt DO IS heard h1
-1ug Observers ike the rUmhlUc oi heavy
Traction engine posing Wilf Others 'g1aiH alert
h.a- no sound aJ all
By studying the map of Brazil. -sy- writer
iu ,.Au~lec's." -ou can see that tHc Para River
extend, almost due west. south of The Island 'i
Marlfo. 90 70 network Of narrow streams. known
a. the Passes. which connect the Para with tIe
Amazon TIe,e numerous channels are from 90 60
, 80 wards in width. and some Of them are nlvi-
gable for vessels OF Is TO 20 feet draft. These
Passes are interesting enough 90 those trIvcr-iug
them in small craft, boat 90 the officers and salsr-
of such steamers as the United states ship WI
! miugton they are JTebly So At night there IS
little 10 arrest the attention othr JhIn ,he weird.
dark shapss Of tine banks. which ever seem clos.
aboard The land being low and Cat. and iHr
trees near the waters edge, d. seems as if the
.hip has farsaken her natural element lu5 IS
running overland on invisible wheels. When dIy-
light comes ia sudden burst uf light like th5 uu-
haralded fash OF the theatres illumination. tacrc
Is revealed each side Of tbe narrow channel che
I forests solid wall. exposing t1 view panorama
I of 0vcrhaugiug yiue-. of CTecpers and foliage and
. branches brilliant with the multiJUdiU0Us Hu"s
/ of tropical vegetation. There Is o. strange chat
teriug OF animal life aud wiiU of winged in