The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

the world is in south Carolina.
It Is claimed that Canada furnishes over llsper
cent OF the nickel Of the world
locomotive No ls.09a was recently turned out
OF the Baldwin locomotive works At Philadelphia
Experiunet- are being made in India wish the
| locust fungus in the hope Of DISCRIMINATING the
pest.
between Lake Michigan and AXE Titicaca. in
Peru
Al over northcra Sfbcria arc scattered men who
make business Of raising Eskimo dogs i0r the
market.
The baton now carried by German field nar=hals
while performing duties OF distinction resemble
riding Whlp.
There ace irrigating bitches at Las Cruces. y.
NJ. thar have been in continuous service for
three centuries
Land cultivated By irrigation Is more prodafr-
tive than land whore rainfall moisture alone i
sufficient 10 mature the crops
Glucose Is now manufactured largely froa, corn
starch It's commercial value lies IN its use ~
an aduiterant Of cane and beet sugar.
Lord Curzon calculates that the famine has cost
about 5000 lives in India, though a much
smaller number died directly Of starvation
The bottom of the ocean shines with phos-
phorescent light every fish that sNims IN the
sea contributing TO the Illuminating process
At numerous mines in Siberia 1880 men and
duce gold not exceeding s2.0o9010 per aHnum.
One of the greatest If not the cres test. incubator
in the world Is located near sydney in Australia
It accommodates lilo duck egSs or 1850 hens
eggs
Louisiana has frequently been called the Creole
state from the character OF the population, but
the more generally accepted appelistion IS the
Pelican State
The. number OF letters passing through the Ion
don postofce averaged - 100 daily in 1901
TO sa99.09g in 1910. to 2.650oo0 in ls7e, and To
s-SDJ.G00 IN 1880
Cinnamon always show great respect for the
dead. In all parts Of the Empire funeral pro
cessions have the right Of way in the streets and
all traffic must give way to them
There is only one light house in Alaska That
Is little concern of the bug light description,
which Is at Sitka. Narigators in that region are
however glad Of even this small favor
Eastern oysters do not reproduce wei IN the
colder waters Of Oregon and Washington An
attempt Is 10 be made. therefore, to acclimatc
there the fine large oysters Of Northern japan
There was no absolute necessity for the new
King OF England calling himself Edward vi It
was matter OF choice. he might have named
himself Albert / II he had thought 1t proper 60
ito
A proposition is being urged IN Tennessee TO
increase the salary OF the Governor to $500 a
year. It Is now - go It Is thought also that the
state should supply an executive mansion Tor
his I5e-
During the past year there was an increase Of
nearly $4,000 in the value Of monkey skins ex-
ported from the Gold Coast. 1t is estimated that
at least l,'z9990 monkess were killed IN that
district alone
Smoking pipe of medium size, says Stats
tician man blows out Of his mouth every time
he fills the bowl 700 smoke clouds Il he smokes
four times day for twenty ears he blows 20
10000 smoke clouds
one cannot 90 into Canada now. a. form
erIy the case ami carry bottle OF whisky over
the line into the United States According to
decision of the customs appraiser whisky cannot
be imported in less than case quantity
The Scripture makes frequent mention Of the
practice Of irrigation in the arid Holy Lands. and
from Persian Greek, and Roman writer's
learn that in all the Mediterranean countries OF
old the people were more Or less familiar with
the art.
\ private letter from China says that the sol-
diers At Tientsin are Using the cannon balls in
the arsenal to pave the roads. They have found
an enormous quantity Of iron shot and shell Of
different sizes which some ingenious Yankee sug-
2ested would be a good substitute for paving
stones
Praises are now beginning to shower upon the
ner English Monarch s,Icfl Is were never known
before Edward VII Is said to re the best diplo-
mat In Europe He has the tact. MS admirers
knowledge OF affairs which leads 10 A satisfactory
settlement.
There Is maidstone owned by someone IN cen
trsI Ohio which i now having about all the haSi-
ness on hand that II can well attend TO a. sey-
eraI persons in that section Of the state have
been bitten by rabid dogs recently and the aY-
plication OF the maidstone Is considered peri Get
IN preventing hydrophobla.
Rev. DR. Barclay. OF st. Paui's Presbyterian
Church Montreal vas one Of Queen Fictoria's
chaplafns. Dr. Barclay says that IN private con
ycrsation nothing 50 uniformly and 50 pl&asIntly
surprised those who came Tor the first time IN
contact with Her Majesty a. tie perfect natural
ness which dominated all her intercourse
4 marked rise IN the level Of the Dead sea has
been noted The ruin Fl Bahr that stood like an
island near the River Jordan IS completely
under water \ broad lagoon has formed the
north side Of the Jordan delta The water does
not sink in sumner. and II IS surInised that the
whole bottom Of the Dead Sea has been raised
los volcanic action
A man arrived from Germany ar New York
wearing belt IN which were concealed $1,000
worth of diamonds, He told the customs officer
that he had nothing dutiable. The officer WIS
about to pass on when he stumbled and caught
1T the mans waist TO keep from falling His
hand touched the belt. and the newcomer was
desp9Iled of his valuable shipment
When the war between the Beers and the Eng
lish began there Was great effort made IN this
country 10 enlist soldiers oF service in the South
Afrsucau Republic. without doubt many young
men did leave America for the purpose to bght
IN Paul Ringers army. but there never was any
regular recruiting station established That could
net have been allowed while this Government was
at peace with England
Prof Kaufman of Breslau IN comforting the de-
gree Of doctor OF philosophy Fraulein Inner
wahr, the first woman who has ever passed the ex-
animation at that university said that he earnest
Is hoped study among women would continue to
he the exception with the few capable indiyid-
Uai-'' ina~;such * desirable that they
should hold 10 their primary and nUbleSI calling
or wife and r=other which man Viii never be-
able 70 exercise
Thomas Paine. the author OF tie age of Res-
son. was born IN England just les years
ago. He died in Grove Street Nez York. June
o, 1913. At the home Of Nine Bonneville He
was buried on his own farm. in Westche~ter
county and a monument erected by public sub
sCrIption marks the site Of his old grave Ten
wears after his death his friend u ililm Goblet
took his body 70 England. and today
knows where II lies
A resident Of iowa city dashed into police head
quarters the other evening and announced that
lot Of grave robbers were At work IN lhe church
yard. Several officers started for the scene. and
found number OF figures grouped around one oi
the largest monuments The sleuths yvere about
TO spring forward when they discovered that tite
supposed grave despoilers Sere party of tni-
yersjty students initiating freshman into the
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