The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Vienna's great municipal railway system is now
N perfect running orcer-
II is the pride Of Denmark that every adult
person within her borders re=d and write
Bordeaux buys about 100000 barrel slaves
per year. all bat 100000 Of which come from
German gas companies pay SIS a ton for
1851 ees1i-Iian coal and from s5.95 TO $s.52 Cor
Nearly all the bees in SALT Lake CITY Save
t 9een eestroyed by smoke from the s1nelters in
Bulldog operations in Winnipeg are active. and
the large number Of immigrants arriving macs
It is expected that during the coming summer
tie number OF Scotch and English tourists in
Ireland will top the record
sta sites Of the criminal population OF the
/ United States show that only q per cent Of the
total number Of criminals are women
Ten years ago the 81 Louis directory con
tanned I55.429 names This year the number IS
zzs,zt1- An increase Of nearly % per cent.
The Prince Of Wales stiIi pursues his law stud
les most =. systematically. He was chosen bencner
Of the Aidife Temple number Of years ago.
Germans principally make all the bread that
I = eaten IN London This fact revealed during
the recent bakers striAs in the English metropo-
A dock capable o. accommodating steamers &C
per cent longer and broader that the Oceanic Is L.
be built at Liverpool It viii cost nearly se.Ocl.-
Since 1858 the corn production Of this country
has increased more than IL per cent. while the
production Of wheat has increased nearly $50 per
oenL
IN Manitoba and Northwest Territories during
I the year 1859 there arrived from European coun-
tires 2O.S54 settlers and from the United States
! 9,sss-
In the Canadian Northwest provinces there are
] colo 81
the world
The Marquis IL Salisbury keeps about seventy
! indoor servants; mol counting dependents Of
rizns, and ehaplains--
The great demand for work through Nova
Scotia this year has kept many who have here
totore gone 10 the United states for the sum
( mer season Al home
It is said that some Of the Imperial Yeomanry
! are much taken with the agricultural qsiaii-
! ties Of the Free State that they think OF taxing
: n farms after the
Walnut logs from twenty-five TO twenty -Jhree
inches IN diameter are worth from 500 % sll5
a thousand feet In Rotterdam Poplar Is worth
50; white oak, S45: hickory. 50
The largest hospital in Europe IS st Moscow
I SIX physicians and 900 nurses and about Is, 600
patients are cared for every year
/ Tho Dy,chess o. York has accepted for the in
J t2nl Frince PAIR 81 hand knitted b0otees. De
Z Of white Andalusian wool. the work Of Miss NJ
Fortune. Of John Street lane. PortObello-
( The Canadian Government has seat rep-esen-
Z tatiVe % lis census department. 70 New York 70
study the methods which VII be employed II
counting the population Of the metropolis
Beside her almost inrumerable load Of human
beings that the big Oceznic carried Of from New
/ York on " "Wednesday she took 10000 Young shad
which are 10 be planted in English water.
Isaiah C. Wears. oolored. OF Philadelphia. whose
death al the age q seventy nIne yezrs > znnOunc
ed W4s elected in Isf6 a member o. tie hrsr
( sUnr1ge convention ever held b. cClored meR-
Ofhcers Of the Colorado STATE Federation Of
I Labor are Arranging 70 lease from the state a
Z large amount Of coal and mineral land on which
I mines VIII BE- opened on the cooperative PLAZA
/ In Brazil parents and guardians nay. before
/ oOISeuting 10 the marriage Of their charges. Re
Gaire nledic4l certificate from the bride or bride
I groom certifying that he u she has been vacci-
/ mated
= Tie Prince Of Wales IS burdened With about
30 begging letters every day Il Is needless %
say that the task OF reading and responding 10
! the-e eDistles does not fall TO HIS Royal High
i ness personally
I Canada VIII have l6s7 EXHIBITS valued at
| $4,000. at the Paris Exposition The display
I embraces horticulture. agriculture, minerals.
timber-sH natural products manufactures and
I the Government exhibits Of fsh ard game
BY the laws Of 1855 and Of 1898 foreigners living
in Paris obliged % make declaration Ot resi-
4 6ence. since this law went into effect ISL. 76S
/ foreigners have been registered Of Whgm I1l,57o
E were men. 1885 women. and ss.sss ehildrea-
/ The natural coral formation Together with good
I workmanship, has made the roads Of Bernud1
famous in the cycling world. and enthusiasts Of
! the wheel who have been fortunate a. 10 visit
the islauds have called II the Cycler's Paradise.
! Chicago has made the startling discovery that
] = ~
! bacteria Beyond doubt such Is the case in
| every place Of public asSenblzce- whether thea
| ire OF church, Cry goods shops, OF trolley car.
| Psupsrs are no longer TO De employed as
I nurses az Bellevue Hospital This Is a distinct
advance in the treatment Of impecuuious patients,
and should tend 10 Lessen the dread that many
I poor People have OF being sent 70 that institu-
/ NIhaH Munkacsy. the great painter, recently de-
/ ceased. Was not a Magyar. as supposed by many.
I He was OF Jewish descent. his family belonging
Z 10 the class Of German Jews IRON which come
/ the land agents Of the Hungarian landed pro-
\ PrietOrs.
It VIII be surprise TO many people 20 learn
! that Florence Nightingale Is still living She has
reached the great age Of eighty wears and Is feeble
I IN health but takes keen interest in the South
African war and regrets that she Is unable 10 20 70
/ the front.
poor minister who has been preaching the
/ Gospel in Oakley. receiving therefor from his
/ HOek very meagre income. has Just fallen heir
| 70 large estate IN England He proposes to do
] nate naH million dollars for college and
hospital IN Oklahoma
I One Of the latest fads in New York Is the
/ Substitution Of oId-fashioned knockers for door
/ bells The older and more battered the knocker
0 the -elghCT the price II commands, and enter
prisinG dealers already manufacturing
/ IiqUities OF this kind Of iron and brass
An improved spade for breaking up earth into
/ fine particles has steel frame shaped Ike a
I shovel blade With the interior portion cut away
and strung With wires which are h.1ded in the
lower edge Of the blade, and have screw threaded
l ends which are frightened BY nuts ~ ssiaen ias
/ spade
| There has been patented By New York man
/ ! folding ladder comprising a tube cut IN Two
| sections iengJhwise, with 4 TOW Of pivot pias
| in each haf 10 support the rungs, which
/ loosely mounted TO allow the two parts OF the
! tube 10 be shut up and contain the rungs IN the
interior
| The Russian mode Of brewing tea Is 70 make
I a strong essence by inflsing a large quantity Of
| tea in small supply Of water. and a little Is
| put into glass. which : then hiied with hot
I or cold water, desired The true RUSSIAN
4 never puts sugar into his cup lie bites
! piece as he sips has tea
I Three Prussiah officers have made quick trip
! from Berlin TO Prague in balloon. They left
I al o'clncS having risen 20 q altitadc Of To-
( 900 feet during part of the journey, The dis
lance between the two cities Is cOv@red by
express train IN seven hours
The output Of native coal in Russia has enor-
TnOuSlv increased OF late xezrs At the same ting