The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

( Sausage castings are imported INTO Tins country
l in large quantities from New z. alafid-
! Mars and globe covers are ar ieieS OF iBfors
| into this country from Edinburgh. Scotland
| The italians in New York have iuaugurstci a
| movement 10 erect monument 10 the late Gni-
/ seppe Verdi
The United States is nearly thirty-tyyo times
/ as large a the United Kingdom OF Great Britain
/ and Ireland
The United States imports from Algeria cork
wood. goat skins, sugar, nolasses, marble. and
vegetable hair.
The United Kingdom has colonies and poses
sions whose area Is equal to more than twenty
seven times her OVH size.
Kangaroo skins to the value OF $685. s50-8s were
imported from australia into the uIteti states
| during the quarter ending September %. 1872
The Duke Of Devonshire owns the biggest
emerald IN the Wcrid. Il l. known te Devon
s!iire emerald. and was purchased by tbc present
Dukes father from Dom Pedro.
It is proposed to illuminate the Yosemite Fails.
/ 1900 feet in height by the use Of twenty arc
/ lights in connection with means for producing
color effects some Of the roads are also 70 %
! lighted with electricity
During the last year the average age of all the
Quakers who died in Great Britain and Ireland
was little over sixty-one years and seven
months. The returns also show a very loE NOR
tally rate among Quaker children.
Canada still has a herd OF wild buffalo Traces
OF the existence Of the animals were found in the
woods at the west Of Slave River. It was ascer-
tanned that the buffalo sas being mercile--ly
hunted and destroyed by the Indians
The smallest man in Scott county Ky, is said
to be Thomas Barlow. who is three and one-halt
feet tail and weighs ninety-niue pounds He is a
wid0WeT with seven children i've OF whom PROM
father.
Mrs Anna Douglass OF Clinton county. Ind,
has Just celebrated the one hundreHtH anniversary
Of her birth. She Is the mother Of 70 children,
the grandmother Of -. the great-graudmother OF
125. and the great-gFeat- grandmother Of 90
total Of 2l2 descendants
Dr. Chspot-Revost. who operated for the sepa-
ration Of the siamese twins. has come TO Vienna
10 study the ease of the Chinese twins now on
exhibition there with Bailey & BarRum's circus.
The doctor Is prosecuting his examination by the
aid Of the ROentgen rays.
Samuel H Davidson, Who died IN London Ohio.
few days ago. at the age Of lightweight years,
WAS locally famous for having kept an Uniuter-
rupted daily record Of the weather for the past
seventy years lie was the village oracle on this
subject and his record was accepted uuhe-itaE-
ingly by his townsmen Is accurate
During recent smallpox scare in the South the
mayer Of small town IN Alabama took the ez-
traoEd;Eary precaution OF appointing all the con-
ductors on city and sur6aban liHes rs quarantine
officers. and all persons coming from adjacent
infected districts were required 10 show a health
certificate before being allowed to enter the city.
Attempt Is being made to free the streams Of
Louisiana and Florida from the water hyacinth.
Hundreds OF skifs and small vessels have been
caught by the water hyacinths aBd are unable 10
get out OF the streams IN which they were used.
TIE drainage canals IL NeE Orleans are Ia peril.
and the logging industry Of Southern Louisan2
l. in danger of destruction.
Vatican journals announce that the Pope fz7
the production OF a book illustrating the two
Eneyelicals Christian Democracy For this
contest the Pope has decided to offer. for the
best series Of Illustrations prize OF 80 a1 francs
The book viii be published IN Italian, English,
French. German, and Spanish
1; Is SAID that Mrs Carrie Nation has deter
mined 10 sue Kentucky saloon keeper who has
been bold enough 10 eirIsten i cocktail after her.
II VIII be a notable trial in court when the case
comes up and # there are lawyers Of wit and
humor on both sides adiHittance TO the court
room should certainly command a Zood influence,
for there VIII be standing room only
Large sailing schooners are rapidly disappear
ing from the yachting list. Every year some Of
the sparse number left are sold for trading or
other purposes, and bat few built TO take
their places Many Of them find their last home
trading in the Pacific Islands ana 4 varr we'll
known vessel, the YeTena, has recently changed
hands 10 become German pilot boat
AT meeting OF the Paris Academy Of Medicine
Dr. Iarre announced the discovery OF remedy
for the foot and mouth disease which IS 50 fatal
to sheep. He saws he has successfully used the
remedy IA SO two years Il consists
OF concentrated solution Of chronic acid chemi-
cdLy pure at IS per cent This IS applied 4
caUstie 10 the sore. Tie cure Is rapid and Ger
tain
4 monument estimated 10 cost sl00e0o viii be
erected At Montreal in JOINT coInueTnoration oi
the fact that IN 1893 Canada for the first time took
. hand In the wars OF the British Empire and Of
Lord SJratbconas patriotism IN eqyiippTn at his
Own expense force OF rough riders for service
IN South Africa Separate memorials had been
planned, bar II was deemed expedient 10 unite
them
When Queen Victoria gave UP painting or the
death Of the Prince Consort she presented her
paint box 10 ;be late William Corden Nr Cor
den was then engaged IN making drawings Of
some OF The Prince C0nSorJ's rooms IN Windsor
Castle The paint box which Is made OF Japan
ned Tin, Is III the form Of q cylinder with fold
ing palette and d novel arrangement Tor holding
water
In the side Of the rock OF Gibraltar four huge
reservoirs have been cut capable OF holding >
091.G99 gallons of water Each tank. by means of
gauze wire can be made mosquito proof thus
preventing this pest prevalent in hot weather from
introducing any germs OF disease In the event
al siege tins wafer supply would be Invaiuable.
and for the present the troops and the poor VIII
be benefited alike
Agnes ReppIicr. the esssyfst. has remarkable
collection OF cats. only one OF which, prize
Angora Is alive Some Of the others are relics 81
ancient Egyptian rites. and others again are
souvenirs Of Holland. Switzerland and -Iapau-
Miss ReunIIer Slv- thar the reason the cat l.
not more generally eztolfed for fidelity and ia
tellisencc is partly her own fault-she Is -
unconinunicative. -
4 solid silver cross was recently received n
Montreal from Michael Cit Col, an Indian. s,ho
had found 1t while digging IN the Lake Leirar-
earufngue district. 4 Jesuit has recognized the
cross. which has two bars. Of the fifty silver
crosses presented 10 the Huron Indians in The
early part Of the sixteenth century hrihc them
% hsa- for France against the ITOquoiS indians,
who were then friendly 10 England.
Seven miles west of CoHneIIsyiIIe. Pa. a por-
ZION Of an Indian Mound has been uncovered and
innurnerabIe interesting relics have been found
a baby's remains had necklace Of beads made
out of cHFioUSiv wrought deer horns. Strangely
shaped pipes, many arrow heads sslndstons Wheels
which supposed to have been used by the abo-
rhymes ior the making of stone implements: ma
rinc shells and many other trinkets were also
found
! Hoilaudor who has returned from Curacoa.
Dutch Wess Indies. las been interviewed writes
Amsterdam correspondent. lie declares thlr
the islanders are beginning 10 long for American
rule, - the Government Of the Netherlaud, has
grown neglectful Of the staple industry the rx-
port OF salt which trade Is being killed by Porto
Rjean competition the salt from the latter place
being allowed free importation into the United
States
Kansas City Mo- Is claiming to BE 4 great
7litIistrifurfns point and in proof OF the same