The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Ontario produced 2oIss0o0 bushels of wheat
last year.
TIE latest estimate Of the population Of the
world Is hazardej at fifteen hundred millions.
It Is estimated that %. oo00oe pounds worth Of
gold has disappeared from use liz the past sd
years
The hunters in south Africa have nearly de-
stToyed host Of Wild aaimaIs-the quagga among
them
There are in the state Of Washington. a. nearly
as can be estimated 1902 c8.0G3 feet Of stand
ing timber and approximately, 5,053999 acres o.
irrIga5le lands
The slowest sailing vessel on the seas is said
to BE the Italian brig Anita 8 which recently
arrived at Nantes, France f-on Martinique. after
an unusually long voyage Of teu months.
4 small public house in London. leased for only
twenty-eight years more at ground rent Of SEQ
has changed for $3.50. while a freehold estate
N Suffolk Of 5f9 acres has fetched gl3g less
Agricultural statistics show that the average
yield Of wheat per acre IN the United states fs a
little less Than thirteen bushels. and that Of
indian corn little less than tenty-sevcn bushes
More than oae-ffth Of the population Of View
York is employed in her common schools. either
as pupils or teachers The total enrolment OF
5l,oc0.
Gently had szaassed the very comfortable sum Of
g42 DO This he bequeathed to the University of
PressbuTg. where he had made much money in
his early days BY swindIing.
4 statue Of cupid, dating from the Roman
period has been discovered near the village Of
Nontegant, n the Canton Of Fribourg. S7yitzer-
land The remnants Of a Roman wall and some
pottery were also discovered.
speaker at the recent annual dinner Of the
National Association for the Prevention Of Con
sumption said that he had seen this notice posted
in a church IN Normandy Avoid splitting in
the church as much as possiblei'
woolvrich Cfe.) man has filed his ice house
with cakes which have Hoated down with
freshet. All he had to do was 10 watch for
the fine blue cakes. and then ioat them into the
dock and hoist them into the ice house
The Italian postofice IS about to introduce the
automobile into its service particulars between
railway stations and neighborinr viIIares They
VIII probably be used for postal deliveries IN the
larger towns, such as Rome, Naples. and Milan-
Albert C. Case. CT the Carnegie Company, whe
viii become president Of the American Cotton
Company on June I. was born in New JERSEY. and
began life at seventeen as telegraph operator on
the New York division Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road.
Dr. Bryan, who vii 20 to Manila as principal
Of the new normal and trade school announces
that his working staff VIII be made Nd mainly Of
young men and women who have graduated from
the University OF Indiana. with which he him
self has been long associated.
The canal system in China IS the most extensive
in the world with the possible exception Of that
Of Holland. Wherever the la Of the land permits
the thrifty native has made a canal Thus ne Is
enabled 70 carry the products OF his labor 10
market with the minimum expense.
The Eastern Canadian seacoast IRON the Bav of
FJndy to the Straits Of Belle Isle covers distance
OF 5.C19 miles and British Columbia vEith its
multitude OF BAYS and mountainous Islands has
a seacoast Of Il5J miles and a salt water inShere
area, not including miner fluctuations, OF 800
square miles
During the winter IgG3-IgU there were 9i.nz
students BsatFieulated at Te tzye7ty-three ufver-
sites Of Germany OF these 1895 vere STUDYING
for the Protestant ministry. and 1.515 10 become
t2tnoIc priests There were 10 343 students OF
law. 7,4I6 Of medicine and Iz,7I5 enrolled az
students Of philosophy.
The Pope OF Rome IS a great chess PLAYER. His
principal competitor Is Father Gufta, priest.
who N addition TO being marvellous manipulation
OF chessrHeu- Is very irascibIe clergymen When
he Is playing chess With the Pope ne Is 4 rcrv
different individual fron what he IS when he Is
religious favors from the pulpit
oce@u steamships nowadays are as regular as the
railroads N carrying the nails They have their
habItuai rates OF speed and are expected TO make
the voyage OF 300 miles over q trackIess ocean
through wind and storm IN tbe Ssrue number Of
hours and minutes winter and summer never
Sowing down or heaying to except on the very
rsrest occasions
The home Of the late ex-C5ngressruan Charles
A BouteIIe, n BzRsor Ne. which has Just been
sold IS one Of the oldest Of the quaint colonial
mansions Of that city, and It has an interesting
political and social history. AaaonE- the famous
men who have been entertained N It As guests OK
G. Blaine, President Mckinley. William P Frye.
and Nelson Dingiey.
William Barrow. tiraekeeper at Ciilow's cabinet
works. Lancaster, England has been IN tire en-
pi0y Of the firm Cor sizty-sx years Although evc,
eighty years Of age. he Is still active. beng III
varlably the first on the premises ever morning
ana the last 70 leave at night His father he'd the
keys before hin. having ioIned the ho1se OF Gil
lows in IsOI so that the present year crowns "A
century Of service By father and son.
An authority On dieting says: The average
palate has been gradually educated to reIisa
cheese alter It has undergone butyrc acid ferrca-
tation and Is IN fact putrid- This IS plain Eng
lIsh. and 1t flies IN the isce Of tho TeiEnIny
thoTities on gustatoFy standards Certain brands
Of cheese such as ROgUeiort. LiTnburger. and sew
erai other varieties, sell at eRoFH05E prices simply
because they represent ideal degrees Of rsukness-
putridity-''
Potatoes contain the aIkaloid soIanin although
this fact Is not generally recognized. New po-
tatoes contain comparatively little of this poison
unless they grow above the surface % the grouu.
and have Z green skin when they are generally
known 10 be poisonous Il 5 not. however.
known generally that old potatoes contain much
OF this poisonous principle, and that many Cdss5
OF serious poisoning have occurred lzte summer
when old potatoes were used
Among the adventurous exnIorers zaow planning
an exhibition search Of the ksrd-to-reaeh Norta
Pole is Captain Be-Hier Of Quebec, who VIII tzke
gith him strong kites fitted with cameras. BY
which. even if be fails 10 get near the pole ne
purposes 10 take photographs OF such points
he cannot reach. The success that has attended
the Of the camera by the aid Of kites 81 great
heights leads him to believe that the method
may be practicable IN the Arctic regions
The initial letter J. as someone has discover
ed, figured prominently in tie recent great hnaH-
ciaI game IN Val Street In former times of
storm and stress J. Gould and J. Fisk ueIe con
stsntIy before the speculative public. Now we
have ! PieTpoRt Morgan, J. r. Ksene J. J.
Hill. = StillElan. ! Schiff. J H. Moore. J. v.
Gates. J. Loeb. and George J Gould-to say
nothing Of the numerous JAYS who bought and
sold small margins in a fsverish market snd
lost their money IN the t"inkling OF an eye
A young PTo5atioRer vas preaching his trial
in the church IN one OF the inland villages
81 Scotland, says the Scottish American Al
ter finishing the discourse he leaned over the
pulpit and engaged IN silent PrayeT-an art which
rather surprised the congregation who were IN
accustomed 70 such procedure Suddenly the
young preacher felt someone SlappiBS him gently
,n the shoulder and turning around he beheId
tax it sac uuckie 70 bert; ven maybe dae bstter
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