The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Japan still has coins mas Of iron
G. :: - =: ,rr,~-, ~ ,-.e-e.s ble

/ H'cASf N1i' y tst PAST e%f.
Forty Kentucky distiueries that have been idle
F! for some time viii begin work at once
The Tffnd0o chronology extends to 6174 B. C.5
] Babylon, 672S B. c.; China, 6l57 B. c.
There are several large factories in the United
states devoted to the manufacture OF rose water
EmeraIds have been discovered in Arizona and.
it IS said. in North Carolina. They are however,
very small
\ London journal declared That Of the 70oO0e
children OF school age IN the London School Board
area. 10000 are always absent
ne beautiful blue Danube flows through eoun-
tries in which ffty-two languages and dialects are
sp0kea- Il Is 200 miles in length.
One result Of the accession Of King Edward Is TO
elevate his eldest daughter. the Duchess OF Fife,
! to the position of Princess Royal Of England
Tie highest trees in the world belong 70
species Of eUcafpti found IN Australia Single
specimens have grown to height exceeding go
It Is predicted that the TriuznDhal Bridge at the
Pan-Amerlean Exposition viii surpass IN besuty
( the great Alexander Bridge at the Paris Expo
sitios
A bin is before she Federal Council Of Germany
providing that the time Of stz&y shall be for
medical students FIVE years instead Of the present.
term Of four years and half
In Tennessee the punishment for stealing horse
IS imprisonment for not less less than three
more than ten years. while for stealing = child it
The highest Price ever paid for Hereford COW
was brought BIZ Csrnation. which animal sold
TO J. c. Adams OF aoweaqua. IL, for $500 at
Kansas City exhibition recently
Professional samplers Of tobacco. it = said.
take a week OF every few months and never
look at the weed until they return to duty In
that way they keep IN condition
The Dominion OF Canada has determined to take
over the teIeSrsphic system Of the colony into
Government ownership and viii operate It as in
England. as part Of the Canadian postal system.
Wireless telegraph stations are to be erected at
inishtrahuil. II the north OF Ireland and at
KildonaH, Arran, Scotland, respectively for the
purpose OF reporting and signaling vessels at
sea
A new species of nasturtiurn. whose distinctive
feature IS It's profusion and continuous Towering.
has been developed in the greenhouses Of the Uni
yerslty Of Nebrassa, where experiments have long
been IN progress
In Sweden they have a land arrangement By
which farmers give tenants 50 many acres Of
ground, provided the tenant viii give him sa
many days labor for 50 many years. the labor TO
be paid a. wanted
Among It's many curious products South africa
includes tn ''sneeze-wood'' tree which takes its
name from the fact that one cannot cut 1t with
a saw without sneezing, as the fine dust has
sctiy the effect Of snuff.
the rarsst flower in Europe the edelweiss. ia
obtain which A1DiHists viii often risk their lives.
= becoming scarcer every year. AMI unless meas
tres are taken 70 indiscriminate gathering
II Is likely TO disappear altogether.
New York commission merchants arc sending
representatives, 70 Cuba to purchase produce for
shipment to this country It Is believed that
CubeE products IN large quantities VII make
tbelr appearance n Eastern markets
4 would pay@some confectioHer to invent gum
drops without an alcoholic ingredient Some years
ago his connection very popular. but the
genoa a regard Tor it vas spoiled By the introdue-
ti0n Of alcohol into its composition
There are four swords belonging 70 the city Of
london, and during the next twelve months the
sword Of state viii give place to the BLACK
Sword, which IS used at the death OF any OF the
ROYAL family IN Lent, and fast days.
The finest garden hedges IN England are at Hall
Barn. IN BuckinghamshiTe- They are over thirty
feet high. immensely thick and are clip3es
50 * 10 present the smooth yeiyety appearance
peer Tar to the finest yeB and box hedges
Bo-rien county, Mich. claims TO be the great
est plach-growin2 section n the world The
number Of acres cultivated last year WAS 4.75s
ard the total yie.d OF peaches 1882 bushels,
being more than half the entire Michigan crop.
According TO statement there we're no less than
80 binders sold last year in EsllnonstoG and
Strathcona in British Columbia The record Of
implement sales includes twenty -nine thresIfing-
ing machines. and the districts consumed 2695l5
pounds OF Irvine.
After the abandonment OF Britain by the Ro-
mans. the roads fel into disuse, and bride paths
formed the only means OF communication. Net
until the sixteenth year Of Charles II that Is,
lS46-ygas any systematic effort made ., improve
the roads OF England
CattIemen are considering the aar.issbflity of
rezeeding the Black HIS and Ee.t.Ea Wyoming
Ranges. aere native grass HIS bee2s early E5IIed
H. = - -.
Eve grasses and tvo alfaItas VII gr,=F ~ amt
section without irrigation
The German naval programme I'd. = ;lus>c=::-
ing 10 the original announcement not 70 be
completed until 1916 Is uow. It Seas. TO be I'm
isled by l9oo In that year Germany viii have
At least forty ships twenty I3.ge cruisers and
twenty weight small cruisers.
Probably the smallest monarch in the world
reigns over the Hindu vassal state OF BhopauI.
and governs a people Of more than million souls
This rlilar Is 4 woman. Pjihan- eEurn by name
but although she Is about nifty years old she does
Rot appear larger than girI Of ten
The art Of sponge fishing IS likely to be revolu-
tionjzed by the introduction Of submarine electric
arc Iansps - present the fishing apparatus Is
limited TO 4 long pole Tor spearing and water
glass- Il the lamps prove successful greater
depths NAV be reached and larger and finer
sponges secured
Auditor General Powers. OF Michigan. has been
scanning bills sent in by the State game warden
and his deputies aud has come 30 the conclusion
that they are made out rather a liberal scale
For the year 1900 the salaries amount to =. gSI
ard the expenses 10 - So. 4S. One man drew
- 5}2 80 salary and expenses. his salary being
81. $50
There are only two other States in the Union
that produce more gold annually than do the
three counties comprising the Black His in
South Dakota and they are Colorado and Cali
foruia- Tie gold OUTPUT Of the former for 1900
was S2955G.03o and OF the latter 81 So. 2g3 And
then comes South Dakota with S6.GI7. 574 10 her
credit
The total exports OF timber lumber. and manu-
featured wood for the fiscal year ending June 80
1872, amounted to SO, SOS, sI6. Imports OF cor
products. however. amounted 10 So
ofpexPorts OF this class imports About half
come from Canada. consisting mainly OF planNs,
boards logs. and shingles.
There are thirty social settlements in New York.
which are IN touch with more than 6OO93 people
In the settlement houses are SzS classes and rs
clubs with 4 membership of 1850. Social pur-
suits the obietfs of 1O2 clubs while recreativc
and instructive features combined in the 9th
ers- In twenty-five settlements there are twenty
IKE kinderz2rteus with So children
The members Of the Utah Senate and House Of
Representatives, are furnished with pocket knives
and fountain pens at the expense OF the State In
Connecticut and several other States-occas:onaIIy
IN PeEIsyl Eania-Such articles are furnished uuer
the head of ''stationery.'' and there have been
times II Connecticut when that term embraced
dictionaries. sets of Dickens. and gold headed