The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-09
NOTES Cg THE DAY.

Rubber. spun glass, steel and ivory are the most
elastic substance
Persons employed in perfume factories are said
90 be exempt from cholera.
There are 22s travelling libraries in Wisconsin
and the number is constantly increasing
Chicago has big cooperative boarding house.
where If Is reported the members get good meals
n II cents each.
II the world be divided into land and water
hemisphere i9ndsn is the centre of TIE land New
Zealand Of the water.
II IS estimated that nom sIJGG000oo to 500
t"Jeo9 worth OF property IS every year Destroyer
by fire ali over the world.
The proportion Of passengers injured in the
good old stage cda D DAYS as compared with
the present is as siXt TO one
within the century the population CT the world
has doubled The population o. the United States
has been multiplied by fourteen.
Iowa has fortysix colleges. according TO the last
directory Of educazionat affairs. issued By the
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
London IS a great place for paxnbrokers. It IS
estimated that every week in that city over I.CO)
20 pawn tickets for under 10 shillinss are
issued
hungry python broke cut Of his quarters in
the Geological Gardens at Perth. invaded the
monkey honse, and made hearty meal OF two
oraag-outangs
Iowa gets its name Of the 'sHa,vkeve State
from the celebrated Indian warrior Hawkeye who
IN early times. gave the people along the western
border 10 small amount OF trouble
Russia spends nearly so. O08.ds0 on tea every
year which Is consumed within the limits Of its
own empire The Russian : an adept in hTeyyin,
the cup thar cheers and does not intoxicate.
William Waldorf Astor's business Office Is tine
handsoInest IN London, and is unique among those
OF Londons rich men, vino usually transact their
business in Offices fstisr shabby than otherwise.
Numerous beet sugar factories have recently
been established IN Spain This Is owing TO the
advanced cost Of cane importation since that na-
ton lost her colonies There Is a great demand in
that country for fertilizers
Three months have passed since the formal open
ing Of the PringIe Memorial Home n New YORK..
designed for the use OF aged literary men without
means of support. but 50 far it has had no innate
Nobody has ever applied for admission
Recently Institution was opened n Belgium
FOR the alleged cure Of tuberculosis BY the ex-
elusive raw meat diet After trial for few
months the experiment was abandoned As It was
found that there was no efficacy IN the Richet
cure
N. shimoda who Is connected with the Fishery
School Of Tokyo. japan, has been spending some
time a fshisg smack at the Banks Of New
foundl4nd and Is naH IN Nev York preparing a
report Of his Investigations for the japanese Gov
eminent
North Carolina. now known as the aOld Nortf
State has also been called the ''Turpentins
State" Ii was IN colonial times known az the
Old North COLONY. Some folks have been tukinG
enough 70 alude 10 certain class Of its citizen
as tar heels
One Of the American soldiers who has returned
from PekiH has in his possession what lie claims
to be the Great Seal oi China. The block Is made
Of piece Of Jade four inches square and beauti-
fully and ingeniously engraved large dragon
forms the handle
Rev u. B. Bo5rdnar. Of New Britain. Conn.
has IN his possession the original manuscript II
seruzon deliva-ed bv his grandfather TO the men
and women Of New Hampshire town 100 years
AGO. The sermon was sent 10 that town last New
Year and delivered mere again.
The value of the stamps sold in Borneo and
LabuaH during 1888 was e2O.9J0. but the postage
paid letters sent from those two colonies never
exceeds the sum of $500 year The stamps rep
resenting the remainder. Elaz00. may be pre-
suIned 20 have found their way into 5ums all
over the world
Various scientific departments IN England re-
Gently held conference N which they sought TO
obtain Government powers for protecting the
delicate instruments in the hew ana Greenwich
Observstores rom any magnetic disturbances that
arise from the working Of electric traEwsys and
railways IN their vicinity
When steel pens were first made they were 50
costly that the manufacturers advertised that
they would make sueh repairs TO eheir pens as
might be necessary for stated tme-eeneraily
about SIX months When damaged his pen
he carried II back 10 the factory and had Il mend
ed by an experienced mechanic
\ scheme has been started in New York 70 have
the city purchase Faunee's Tavern, the sole Revo-
lutionary relic IN the downtown district 1t was
there that Washington babe farewell his officers
on December I, I7S2-an event the one hundred
and seventeenth anniversary Of which was recently
celebrated IN the historic e6ifice
It seems how that the widowed Queen Narghe-
rita MI aiyer al ia UP her home in Rome and
devote her tiIre and money 10 the intellectual
culture and artistic development of her own coun-
try. She received under King Humbert-s viii
about =. 600 600. and the state makes her a dow
ager allowance of $4,000 year
4 Conger eel nearly nine feet long. two feet
and four inches in glrth and weighing us
pounds, was recently caught on the beach at
SnectishaE- near Htntstanton, England The
attention vas attracted to II BY some
seagIlls lowering ovcI shallow water where the
eel was captured after long struggle.
Probably the smallest horse thar was ever &C
corrmodated with 4 pair Of shoes was a shetland
pony Who was fitted at Petalurna- Cal. the other
dzv He was six months old, and the little fell
lows boots. which were fashioned out Of 4 steel
har trIde larger than silver dollar, and
their combined weight sSas iosr ounces
The Duke Of York Is one of the most eutllys-
iastic stamp collectors and he has collected to
such good purpose that he now possesses one OF
the finest private collections in the world. and its
value Is estimated at over $4,000 1T present
-uhilareiic-' prices The poet laureate Alfred
AUSTIN i another stamp enthusiast
Last year was the most prosperous in the his
tory Of the Indiana oil fed, notwithstanding the
slump in the price OF crude oil early in the
summer TIE record ~ the year. 1895 was phe-
norenal bat L was easily surpassed during &c.,
when Z-g33 oil wells were drilled IN the field, Of
which 30 were dry-tlaJ Is. non-prodrcerS-
TGere Is movement on foot 10 consolidate all
the creluatories OF the United states and Clrada
into one association There are nov seTsnIy-fve
tIcu.atUrics IN this 90 fntrT. The object Is -
make a uniform price o. IncineratIon- certificates
issued and when the holder dies the bodg max
e incinerated at any of the cramatorias which are
In the association
According 10 Sir Clements Markham President
OF the ROYAL Geographical Society Americans ara
responsible for forming such successful corner
in polar dogs that the pendiu. British and other
arctic expeditions are confronted with difficulty
nearly as ErsaJ tho zee fields i appears that
Baldwin an American explorer. has bc1SlIE
Ju Sl,el large supply OF dogs that their price has
risen from SIS 80 and th-y hard To gTc-
cure even N that prize.
4 little vhi-a ,sux that sits on the mu<fc-5ox
OF q Blind man in Minneapolis and permits people
10 drop pennies IL ext tied around his neck
pr u r5nhssn on last Fourth of July refused 20 at
slaried =rI showed his teeth when amy attempt
WIS made to put has Uniform The little ei-
low >f-ie.ed and gauboIad 7u-Eci II his chain.
b-r the ~tGEUy tail az MS stray companions, and