The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.


I miles by three. which Yields S20.GJe10 worth 81
gold a year and viii NOS be worked ouf for
century.
Contrary 90 the generally accepted opinion It Is
: asserted that more steam vessels are nov u~e-i
( on thc Mississippi River ami It's tributaries than
Z ever before
! >iNry-tvo per cent of the adults in the King
dom OF Great Britain. Scotland and Ireland ar.
! able TO read and write In Is0l only - per cent
/ could read ana write.
A new geser has been discovered in the Vel
/ iowst0He Park. which shoots continuous stream
/ OF hot water hundreds OF feet into the air and
/ plays regularly every two hour.
Tie Kansas House has passed an anti-cigarette
Dill II prohibits. under heavy penalties the sale
1 OF cigarettes or wrappers and the Senate passed =
/ bill prohibiting the practice OF hypnotism-
! IN recent years Great Britain has lost her ,,,-
/ pTemacy among the nations OF the world in the
manufacture OF hardware The United state.
now leads in the production OF that commodity.
/ Paper invented IN China about the CON-
mencf nent OF the second century OF the Christian
/ era. Deing made from the harks Of trees. from
/ bamboo. old rags. silk, hemp, or cotton reduced
/ TO pulp,
! Frau!ein Tburcius- lady physician in Berlin
has celebrated the twenty anniversary Of he5
! entrance into the medical profession She WIS
the 1irst lady doctor in Berlin, and started her
Practice IN 1876.
The opeiriug OF the Central London Railway has
resulted in loss to the District Railway Corn
pany during the past SIX months OF 80 900 pas
SenEcrs and 100 season ticket-h9lders Thi,
represents sum OF Eq4,5O0
1t Is contemplated to issue new coin from
the French mint OF the value of two and a hsR
eentimes- It would be principally Tor the use Of
Fery poor persons, Who would be able thereby
/ 70 buy the equivalent of iarthing's worth.
The German Postmaster General has forbiddes,
I the delivery OF postcards made in the shape OF
beer glasses, pets triangies. and also those with
holes Tor tie nose and eyes like masks Never
theiess, they being largely sold in the streets
A Boer prisoner who died IN Ceylon was m
sGFed against risks with Continental Life
office. The Latter now refuses TO pay. on the
ground that residence IN such a latitude As that
OF Ceyion vas stipulated IN the policy as extra
risk.
The Royal William. built IN Canada. WAS the
first ship 10 cross the ocean propelled ali the
way by steam The first iron transatlantic
steamship was the Great Britain which discarded
the pa,lofe wheel and adopted the screw pro
pelier-
despatch ron Halifax y :. says. Perry
Heath. recently First Assistant Postmaster General
Of tie -nited states. has purchased Big FI>h
Island in st NarsareJ's Bav forty miles from
mere He mas arranged To build PaI4tiaI summer
residence L,-ere
At Albany. y Y. articles Of incorporation OF
the Shakespeare Birthday Club Of Mex YORK
CITY lave been iled with the Secretary OF state.
The club Is a social organization ald II Iu--
poses u promote the celebration OF the birthdav
Of William Shakespeare
Al United states pennies are m5nted in Piil.-
delphia. The alloy, Of which they are made
consists Of % per cent copper. > per cent tin.
and per cent zinc II takes about rs o. them
70 weigh one pound. and the Government MAKES
800 on every pound HlinJed-
There are twelve agricultural schools and
rs4z-r III
has also provided ten expert specialists 10 give
personal advice 10 all VINO may ask on yarIot.
Subjects sdch is disease OF crops agricultural
machinery breeding Of stock, etc
Snow sells IN the north OF sicily for about
cent pound It Is a Government monopoly. and
the Prjn Of Palermo derives the greater part Of
his income from IT. The show j. gathered on tte
mountains IN ielE-cOyered baskets and Is sold IN
rhe cities for retrigeratiug purposes
The city of ST Petersburg has assumed con-
trol OF three OF The street car lines within ie5
limits. and expects soon 10 take possession Of the
remaining lines. When al the roads shall have
aeen secured the CITY WIu advertise for proposals
TO convert them 10 ihe electrical system
SIX ladies now rank IN the proieszorste Of Sa.iss
uHiveEsirie Berue has four one Is tie proGes-ar Of
the history OF philosophy. mo are IN The depart
ments Of surgery and Of the Tel.uTie Ot,servarorr
while the fourth Is civic librarian. It Zurich
there are two, beth 10 the department @; sgsy-
gery-
Already generous in It's contributions that relate
to the Aztees and CHR dweIlers. Mexico. Is now
yielding up az theological treasures Ia the form Of
buried cites and palaces some Of which reveal
IN amount ana quality OF carving and eonstrue-
-rve szlL Gult= unexpected by the men Of science
Who are emplo ed IN excavations
Jesse Powell, Of Emporia Kan SAYS his wife
figured Il ont recently that during the past thir-
ty-ffve years she had baked I9I. 625 hot biscuits
more than has OF which he had eaten They
hive hot biscuits AT one meal every day Powell
weighs than 20J pounds, ana attributes his
hne health 20 the h9r biscuit cure
There were primitive railroads IN the eight
centlI century, but 1t after 1872 when Richard
Trevirhick took out IN England the first patent
for high pressure engine adapted 7Gr motion on
roads; and in 1922 the Rocket which was
1uiiJ by Robert Stephenson drew forrE-f0ur tons
al the rate of over twenty miles an hour
IN i've years the Chicago anti-toxine stuH
has treated 5-727 cases CO diphJheria and Group
with autj-toxin. OF which number only 359 died.
The death rate for the disease IN the city IN
81 S1S ll25 per lh5.9 population, and IA
isg5-l9.1 II WAS ID Against annual average
at l,ts2 deaths IN the -rst term The average N
the second Is So.
since the Patent Office was first estalli~Hed. in
I7g1. only 5.751 patents have been granted To
women. There are other interesting figures
Here have been 80 patents issued 20 coLered u1E.
II whom tweurE-elEht were granted 10 one IN
rentor and thirty-two To another More than -
per cent OF the patents issued are 90 citizens u
he United States
\ eaIared woman IN Atlanta Cd has brought
iiy against street raIEroad company Cor 5000
ialulg=s account OF peculiar accident She
EsS seated IN q crowded car. Uheu the Vehicle
IddeulE started A TAT man. weighing about
30 pounds. who standing. grabbed a- a SJran,
missed II. and tell INTO the wuullu-s Ian tenn
aorarily crushing the breath ON OF her
At the present rate of the manufacture ri
pools and other articles the immense white
irrt1 forests OF Maine cannot last many Years
iJhgUEh the birch forests are extensive tHf Es-t
lar seventeen spool mills and large number Of
o-cllied uaycltE mills eating up the timber
{ the rate oj from 100000 to. 100000 feet
lgually eNcItes the apprehension OF fUresIcrs and
'-rlusarJurtT--
one Of the most prominent Baptist preachers
p TIE vicinity Of New York iE1s made it . prae-
ice in all his fasJgrates TO write his resignation
ItIIa 4 week vf his entrance upon 4 new fed
in. seal. and deliver 1t 70 the proper official
ltu the remark There. now Never ask me for
ev resignation Whenever ven want me TO 20
lSt brraz optG open the envelope write III a iate
she document and offer II % the congregatiun-'
The Chinaman is a great economist. and he does
OF figure upon modern fashion. All Chinese
IotAeS preserve their ancient stability The
Iothins that the lt-zreat-sreat-sranefatIler
one Is thus available for the son. the grandson
he great-gsr1ntSon, the erest-granlSoH and
} down the generations TO the dav thar thar.
mol a thread OF II left. The difference in the
o5hin@ of Il Chiulmau Is in the material and