The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

aebunkPort Ne. which used % build great ,hips,
| and even noV launches an occasional schooner.
/ The pennant Of the Oregon which is again az
san Francisco. after many months Of hard service,
bears
| Two hours after being released from the count
/ Iali az Greenwood. Iowa, an expert sneak
| broke into the prison again and stole his phs
! -fapH ron the roEuss gallery
The only occasion upon which peer or pa
wears ooronet IS at the coronation OF a sove y
| eign AZ the moment when the Archbishop
| Canterbury places the crown on the head of ID
/ tons his own ccrout-
/ The sugar >cane Of China IL aid by botanists
| 20 be entirely distinct species from that %
India. and this fact il supposed 20 indicate thu
| The development OF sugar cane carried on IN -
/ dependentiy By two different nations az the ssni
! time
! An ear viii be- handed down. 10 20 speak. from
| father TO son for generation after gsnsraatior l.
| with comparatively little modification some au-
thorlties On criminoiogy assert that criminals
very APT 20 posses peculiar kind % car. which
/ is recognizable by an expert IN such matters
/ For many generation after the first bale %
| cotton raised in the United State vas sent %
market most Of the cotton plantations Of The
I country we're east Of the Mississippi But now
! nearly une-han ~ the entire American crop 7f
| cotton canes from the territog Eest Of the
river
Fifty counties Of Alabama 80 Of Arkansas 90
| o. Florida Is3 Of Georgia. % Of Eentueky - a
I Louisiana Is Of Maryland s. % Missouri 80 %
North Carolina. 20 Of Tennessee 40 Of Texas. s.
Of Virginia. and 40 o. West Virginia have adopted
| Temperance regulations which prohibit tie sale
al retail ~ liquor within their territory. ave
| on medical Prescriptions
Prof Dezter, o. the University Of Illinois who
has studied the effect Of weather on morals. ands
that the desire 70 fight rises with the thermome-
ter. but stops a. $ degrees, wits after that as
/ the mercury rises Assault ta-as are tIrrref..rr
c7mmoner in summer than in winter Dr,sukea-
ness however, lcssens with sumner and increases
/ with the coming o. cold Suicides are az a NAV
I irnum bright days with hizh barometer aud
| incrcasc as the wind rises
The boast comes from Kansas that no soldier
vas ever drafted from that state into the SERGE
| % the army February IS 1865 drat actually
l commenced in Kansas. and Was continued until
l March %. when perempt0ry onaer came from
I Washington % suspend the draft and release the
I uen who-had been conscripted- This order came
IN Response % Official protests from Eau~as n
I which the fact was set forth that the state had
I furnished more troops in proportion % her popu-
I latl0n than any other state IN the Union
The introduction in the Montana House q
/ resolution for the appointment Of two more won
Z en- az clerks gave rise 70 an intresting discus
: sion the other day It was pointed out that
F. there were already twenty -ive women CLERKS.
B Who. according 90 member. did little but sit
D novels or doing fancy work. and drawing $
day Another member told Of the struggle he
had to persuade one out q bevv o. aftcen Of :
. these CLERKS 90 DO little work Tor him en-
. typewriter-
I A Kansas CITY man has the original o. an essay
( on The Cow by a boyebeginning the study
. Of English in mission school in Samokov. Bull
CARA The boy wrote The COW Is very much
I useful in plcice The is anirnales. She
I is a big hlising about the Place whire there IS
rrrfIr "a rHHHa : -
| met meat and butter and other thing she carry
carriage Here theirs many COWS IN all the homes.
I Nr x THERE is one very fine COW, and she
Z much wllicd shat can % Tuns afIs- boy % bite
/ them She is very faeriy (iearsome)."
/ According 70 Cairo CORES. .ondent the d.
/ rect0rs Of the great French company enioying
I the practical monopoly Of the Egyptian sugar !
I and moiasses industry have just completed ar
I ranEements by which they become comes
| sionaIres for a number Of years ~ some 900
l works al Nag-Hamadi in Upper Egypt Thesd
1 lands viii De- devoted principally 10 the culture
I o. beet root The company already Possessed
I extensive fields Of canes Egypt IS nos not
+ cuiy able % cater fo- herself far sugar
/ Is concerned. bot has begun 10 successfully cam
/ pete with Preach and Austrian sugar IN the
Levant markets
/ In making special Inducements IN the way Of
salary 60 the school teachers n the islands which
have come into our possession this Government
Z is managing 60 call attention % the very poor
pay that school teachers receive az home,
and II is not surprisilE TO know that a protest
I j. forming al over the country. Several OF our
repreSg in Cuba and the Philippine &c
1 clare that the salaries there are too-AssAs=hut
such IS really ne1 the case Compared With me
I pay 1t political positions they are eNtrefneiy
moderate. They are only high when cau2Fayed
a with the pay the school teachers receive In the
United States. and the opinions Of the gentle
I test ar home has justice
The ..hrouu-tailed-' caterpillar has been Of
cialy considered by the Boston Board Of Health.
I whose members are ready % acknowledge that
4 this pest can produce the skin irritation CON-
I planned ol by some residents IN the suburbs Of
thar CITY The insect is destructive of irut tees
Tie hair of the woru Is brittle and tarbed, and
/ its action on she ssiu is rocaTdcd rs purely me-
cl-s-l.al- rather than poisonous lt . yet 90 be
. cCrrruincd whether actual contact with fhe
worm b. Necessary 20 cause the irritation OF
whether this msE result through the slowing
about Of the hair OF Cur 5y the wills TIE doc
tors incline 90 the latter belief However PRO-
dUced the irritation and resultant sickness are
/ described as being severe
/ Forest Park. chosen as the site Of the S. Louis
( Exposition Is the city's greatest and most cen
tralIy situated park Il is readily accessible be
{ inz the western terminus Of practically all the
crosStoun street railway lines In addition I'VE
7 steam railroads IN close proximity Much OF
Z the mark is IN natural condition covered Win
q large trees and watcred By the Bes Perez River
with its six small tributaries lr b nor the "a
D
[ known o. its visitors Is 'yhe wllderneSs- Ac-
! ditiOaaI land must be acquired in addition 20
Z the 66s acres Of park S-ea loaned b. the city,
and the I.50o acres q available ground on taree
I sides % the park factor in determining the
( site The presence % water in the PARK was als1
I a consideration, lakes and laGoonS play an
/ important part in exposition landScaping
/ The following list Of Andrew Carnegie's ben-
efactions Is compiled from sources believed 70 Be
/ accurate: To American Libraries. S11.799 100 -
] American Institutions SI7z7O 952-t1tal American
I gifts. S2gO7OO52- To European Libraries Sl,I54,
/ COO. II European institutions. S750.5o0; 20
4 Scottish universities SlO00O.0oO-t0tal Eu-
ropean gifts ST.. s94 SO Grand total Of gifts,
| $40 g64 So He has endowed Libraries in ninety
! five cities and institutes In eight places, has
endowed i've universities four clubs, two techni
/ cal schools one medical college. one academic
college one laboratory one observatory. one ZOO
logical society. and has given Si-2uopo 70 relief
| and pension funds Has given $1,000 for IT.
| Irarv IN Alameda. S95.o00 for a library IN san
/ DIEGO. and 5000 Tor library in Oakland An
/ between sl51Oo0.0QO and something over $780,
| GO coo This does not include the S4l,OooOo0 he
I he has already given away
/ Sailors as a rule do not like % buckle down %
/ stu,lv-uor to acquire nautical vocabulary,
I but they find that maritime terms and methods
have changed materially since the odesi Of them
used TO splice the main brace" Machinery has
| displaced sail power 10 slch an extent that a
saildr rarely has 60 20 alost- And on vsrSHlp7 10
one ever now hears the order run Out the stud
/ ding sau boom" lay aloft and loose the tip
glllaurslil' 80 nor Is the title Of captain Of the