The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

4 million pounds of six every week in the
yesf IS the worlds total production.
The largest enclosure Of deer is said to be ths
ROYAL park q C9ppeahsgen, Zoo acres
There are IN this country oTer 200 manufacturing
plants producing hats and caps for mea and boy =.
Three hundred and twenty-five miles in the day
Is the record for sailing slip, so FOR steamer
The Desert Of sahara is no little spot. Is covers
z'7'030o square miles between the Atlantic ocean
and the Nile valley
The latest Sviss mountain railway project is to
connect the Engsdine with the Italian lake By
road over the Beruia range.
Forty-four years ago the Kansas Raw River vas
navigated from its mouth up As far as Lawrence.
Now railroads do the business.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Is reported to have
over $500 individual shareholders who must be
notified Of the new stock allotment and receive
subscription warrants
At least one cooperative coIony-that located
N Dickinson county. Kan.-seems to be thriving
It vas formed three years ago and has made
money from the start
The historic plains OF Abraham. near sfantreaI.
have been appraised By ar expert in the pay Of
the Dominion Government. He declares the land
TO be worth $4,000 as real estate.
according to a recent regulation pupils IN
the schools OF SaxoEy viii hereafter be reQ11ires
70 commit TO memory 29I Biblical verses and
l9S verses Of hymns in addition to the eatechisTa
The natives Of the East Coast Of Africa have
a species Of cymbaI exactly resembling in shane
the dumbbeIIs used by athletes They are PLAYED
n pairs, one in each hand and vioscntIg sIuitten
together.
Tae Crown Prince OF Germany is going to
England to learn English ways and customs II
IS thought by the Emperor that he vii gain
valuable knowledge about commercial and mauu-
featuring affairs
There L great dearth of farm Iaborers in Eng
land The farmers are themselves to blame
chiefly, As by reducing the laborers' wages and
cutting on former privileges they have drivez
avaIiabie workers into the towns
In prehistoric times the rhinoeeros fo1risilsi n
California, while large lions and tigers lived in
the JungIes- We may believe that or not as "a
please concerning our own domain In prehistoric
times the rhiHoceros lived everywhere
one OF the smallest parishes in Wales IS the
historic parish OF Sher in the Bridgeud Union Il
has only, population Of eight or nine souls
Nash ard Stembridge. two other parishes, only
number fourteen inhabitants between them
Pierre LorilIard IS having built on the Hudson
the Host luxuriousIy-equipped houseboat of its
kind Il viii not have to depend on tows for
Us movements. as It is equipped with twin
screws and can 60 where It's owner pIeases-
Montreal reporter described Rudyard Ripling
as a ''red-haired squint-eyed little ponaposity''
An English commentator says the description Is
reservations First NIr. KipliHg Is not red-hafr-
ed; second, he does not squirt; third, he IS not
pomDoUs.
One Of the special bicycles built Tor the Use 81
tIse British troops IN South Africa, which went
through the campaign with General Ian HamiI-
tons column vas recently exhibited in London.
where its excellent condition considering the
knocking about It had received excited general
comment
The discovery Of coal in the Klondike has
brought forth order from Ottawa that roy
atty N 1st Le paid on coal Just as on gold This
order vas recently received at Dawson and
caused ~ general protest, as consumers saw the
the addition OF royalty.
At the Paris Exposition the United States
Weather Bureau awarded grand prix- Cold
medals were also awarded to Prof r G Marvin
Tor Instrument apparatus and appliances, and
70 PROT \ J. Henry for cloud photographs The
" Gather Bureau VIII make an extensive exhibit
at the Pan-American Exposition
The heaviest man IN America, Il not in the
world, Is Lee Tricky, Of Glenwood. Wis, who
tips the beam AZ so pounds 4 few years ago
he Weighed 10. but has fallen away 70 the for
IneF figure Trickey foIleVvs the occupation 81 a
tesmster for a living. having q I25-pOuHd wife
To support He Is Light eater.
GEe nIltlSA Var OLlLe mas issued Al order
which says that ANY officer OF soldier who. when
n the presence OF the enemy. displays 4 white
flag other token OF 81 rsnder viii be tried hv
general cOuTJ-IHaTuIal- This has been rendered
necessary b. the frequency with which British
troops have surrendered 70 the Beers
An Arkansas planter Is making arrangements
to start kangaroo ranch The hides are valuable
and the tendons much more So The latter can
be split extremely fine and are the best tfling
known to surgeons for sewing up wounds and
especially for holding broken bones together. be-
ing much finer and tougher than eatgut.
Near Pere Marquette. Wis, an old man an
ex-eabinetmaker, lived for several years IN the
stump OF a tree. The tree was a great linden
that had been sawed of about fifteen feet from the
ground, and the old man had used the skill OF his
craft TO make the interior OF his strange abode
and luxurious. The stump has
both door and window
In the new mint in Philadelphia the United
States VIII have the finest, eostliest. and most
complete mol-ey-TnakinE establishment of its kind
IN she world The granite structure was COM
ueneed two years ago and VII cost about 5000.
coo. including the mechanical equipment. costing
100000. There viii be rWeHty-fOT Coining
presses IN the new mint.
Rome viii soon be connected with Paris BY a
telephone line. The work has been IN progress
for many months and the Italian Government has
completed the installation Of the wires on the
Italian slope OF the Alps The French Government
Is at work on the line on It's side and II IS
thought that communication between the two
cities will be accomplished during the summer
st New Ha75or Ne the other day strange
freak Of nature vas presented 10 Warden. Hanna
BY one OF the lobster fishermen. It was lobster
with line drawn from the bone OF the nose 10
the middle ripper Of the tail exactly IN the een-
ire Of the back enc side OF the lobster being red
as thought It had been boiled. while the other
side was coal black Nobody had ever seen any
thing ike It before
The Russian Government Is about to construct
new transport intended to serve at The sane
time a. a training ship for st0kers and engineers
The proposed vessel Is TO be able 10 stow 1000
tons OF coal. and 70 be OF I20d0 tens disPIace-
nent- Her boilers VIII be OF -four types: Schultz
Belleviile. NiclausSe- and Yarrow, and she VIII
have two triple expansion engines Her estimated
speed Is eighteen knots
Some OF the privileges of members Of foreign
legislative bodies are unique. Danish n P's can
have a free seat in the Royal Theatre at Copen-
hagen whenever they ike. The lawmakers OF
Norway receive free medical attention and nurS-
M II they fall i'll during the session The n
P's have extended this privilege TO include
.ourses OF gymnastics. massage, baths wine, and
ientaI work, all gratis
The vessels in which the explorations toward the
North Pole VIII be made for the coming, season.
vii ali be models Of strength and resistance TO
iceberg shocks owing 10 experiences gathered
ly former Polar region adventures It l. expect
FL that they viii be able resist any ice pres
sure and that their crews VIII be as comfortable
= sailors on stout brig hove TO in gale in
he middle Atlantic Ocean
The noulder-strewn shores of New Caledonia
ire literally. as well as IN the metaphoricaI sense