The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-21
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

mere VIII nc t-JZZ pOillHe F.Attr ia NV ION
this year. There are I,5S3 in Nebraska and LIB
in North Carolina
The of the street car companies Of
Buenos Ayres in the month Of April in tins year
amounted to Sl,lll,6 8l-63-
There are forty-one cities and o28 towns in the
State of New York, only two Of the cities having
more than 10000 population.
There were at the last count i2.i7s telephones
IN use in Manhattan borough This constitutes
the largest system in the world.
Sc useful toads in gardens that they are sold
in France by the dozen for stocking gardens, to
free them from many injurious insects.
South Dakota has an aggregate of Il, 10000
acres OF vacant Government land which is
subject TO entry by qualified applicants
Forty years ago Japan had only coasting yes
sells. Now it has several steamship companies,
the largest OF which runs thirty-three vessels.
The postal savings bank system is in operation
in Austria. Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary,
Italy. Netherlands Sweden. and in most Of the
colonies.
IT takes 5000 bees to weigh a pound, bat when
the insects come in fresh from the fields and
Movers, feIghted with honey, they weigh nearly
thrice much
A Canadian oil expert has discovered oil in
paving quantities near Port au- Prince Newfo1nd-
land. and is importing machinery from
Petrolia, Ohio, TO work the wells
Newark On. j., officials have decided that
automobile Is subject to the same law as
Waterman by at least eighth OF 4 nile.
People never kiss each other in Japan The
mother never kisses her baby no matter how
pretty that baby may be- Lovers do not kiss
their sweethearts Hugging, is however, another
matter.
The telephone has supplanted the telegraph
for the Transmission Of train orders on the EIio
Railroad This places the company in position
entirely independent of the teIegTaphers in
OF Tabor complications.
\ new legal record has been established by a
London police magistrate He disposed Of
docket Of 60 cases in an hour. Some of tie pris
oners were sent TO Jail almost before they knew
their cases had been called
A French statesman seriously proposed the e.
Enlistment in Paris of a baby market, where
the children Of indifferent poor parents may
be placed, to be sold to persons who give
security to care well for them.
immigration to the Argentine Republic Is in
| creasing. Official statistics Tor 1893 show the
number OF immigrants from other than South
American countries to have been s4,442, IN
crease over the preceding year Of HOS
After many years Of menace to navigation Shag
rock has been blown out Of San Francisco HarIor
a survey at the bottom Of the bay al the spot
! where the TocG had shown its head above The
| water vas made July and 81 feet Of water clcac
found
! Vast quantities OF shelled eggs are exported
! from Russia in Theoretically sealed tins and aFe
! drawn Of through tap one lin holds from
/ l-G00 to 100 eggs The eggs must be carefully
selected, or bad one would spoil al The others
in the can.
Japan has been called the ''Flowery Kingdom
1t has fairly good title to the appeIlation, but
the flowers that bloom in the Sandwich Islands
IN sIch constancy sufficient 10 make the
hoDyhocks II the Alk4dOs dominion blush tCr
I their httleneSS-
In the Vosees peasant children born at the new
moon are supposed 10 have tongues better hung
than others, while those born at tbs last quarter
are supposed TO have less tongue but better reas
oniDg powers a daughter born during IhezaaTi--
Ing moon Is always precoclous
1t pays to be a Presidential elector in New
York These gentlemen meet al Albany and re-
ceiye the OF SO for each days attendance
/ Ihsy also receive 10 cents per mile each way
rom their places Of residence by most
/ Travelled route 10 their place OF meeting
The soft hat was introduced to America about
! 1850 by Louis Kossuth- It became tha fashionable
head covering. and has remained SO ever since u
/ the Southern and Western States. The army cam
raien hat and the rough Iider hat had iheir origin
/ IN Tyrolean lst that was brought here By some
/ American Traveller.
Nearly century ago Robert Morrison sailed Tor
! the trading settlement OF Canton. the only CITY
! in China in which foreigners then permitted
/ to live, and began those labors which prepared
J
| q Ndnkin in 1872, foreigners were allowed 70
reside At FIVE ports.
| The system of economic living IS beginning
TO take effect in many communities At - cents
I per day each, for provender alone. family Of
/ ten persors can live like lords. When it comes
/ TO smaller family a larger family PrcPor-
tionate 10 the revenue, the bo,tain drops cut and
/ they cont i've we'll
When babies are born in the wise little King
J dom OF Holland they VIII find in their cradles,
II they look about them, a quantity OF garlic
sufficient for any infant salt and bread II
! has never Yet been observed that the pretty little
| Dutch babies avail themselves of the proycnGer.
( The only instance OF . child being born with
. teeth ! that OF the Third Richard
The sweet little humnIiRg bird, the butterfly Of
! Tie bird world. who Is immortalizeG N song and
story Is not such dainty morseI of nj species Is
+ iie is generally supposed 10 be lie i as FGGn.-
! cious sparrow Il his nest l. attacked i.ls
| neghbors quickly respond to his calls for help
and the invader if be survives, has good reason 10
wish Tor an emergency hospital IN the vicinity
! 1t Is not everyone who IS aware that the Bank
Of England note is not the same thickness al
! through. The paper Is tlickeEod IN The Iett-
hand conner, to enable it 10 retain keener I'M
preston Of the vignette there and II Is aISc COLI
+ sTderah;v thicker in the dark shadows Of The
centre letters and beneath The figures al the ends
Counterfeit notes are invariably of one thickness
only throughout
Il astonishes many of our British cousins. when
they visit their relations on this side Of the
Atlantic 10 see ice carted around in the cities
/ like milk. Such thing Is never seen IN tAe
! cities on the Continent but Is likely 10 be IN
the near future. the people there awaken
ing up to the comforts enjoyed by the
poorer classes in America compared with those
In European cities There Is plenty OF ice in
London for the rich and md;ile-ciaSSe=. hut il i
! luxury beyond all present dreams Of the vesy
/ poor.
An English shoe trade organ quo-es one OF the
travelling statesmen OF Liverpool house toI-
lows: In looking backward one feels that the
spring season has been especially noteworthy II
respect to one peculiar itern namely, every COM
| rlsrcial traveller representing British house las
felt American competition To he real live far,
| and far from being the bogy that II was said -
| be some time back. Slowly the American houses
have advanced and spread themselves around.
adapting themselves to the wants Of each par
ticular market with d CieyeTGcsS winch VIII a.
ways make them formidable competitors
There is pretty custom in vogue II Denmark.
During the summer holidays an arrangement Is
made by which little Danes from town and couu-
try change places. The parents Of town children
ceive in exchange country children. The result
IS that the town children strengthened and
gladdened with country air and sights, while the
little rustics enjoy the pleasure OF town life and
the festivals which foE their bentiet- This
change system results in 10000 children from Co
penhagcn getting country holiday and another
10000 are frightened up by visit 10 the Danish
capital.
What wonders in the shane of medals triukets