The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

because the water OF her principal STREAMS IS very
dark IL color.
Six Young ladies have learned ti,e Art Of bell
ringing in the village of Braddeld, England Ihet
rang IN 1901 at the church
Captain slocurn and his famous sloop The
! Spray. IN which he sailed around the world. VIII
| be 1t the Pan-Ameriean Exposition
The steamer Deutschland is probably the fastest
ocean liner aAoat, She has made So miles day,
with q consumption OF $40 tons OF coal
An educational deuartrr- in Wisconsin next
| summer viii be the openint OF a rmmer school
for apprentices and artisans at the State Uniycr-
sty.
Picked pigs heads are sent from Dlnmark 70
Ireland the food Of the poorer classes It Is
sort Of food that by NJ means IS to be despiSed
when one has an appel. te.
1t appears that in the United Kingdom there are
5000 p0Stmen. and in the course Of year close
upon 500 90 900 letters postcards. parcels, cir
cuars. boxes, and newspapers are delivered
4 number of small nuggets Of gold have been
/ found in the district of TroHsoe. in Northern
Norway The value of the auiferous tract cannot
be asceFtained until after scientific exarnina-
ton.
Lancashire. England. is on the eve Of losing part
of its textile machinery industry Belgium is be-
! ginning the nanufsC ture of spind,es and flyers
| OF which hitherto Lancashire has had almost 4
monopoly.
A big oyster bed near Mobile, Ala. has been
! sold for $4,000 It is estimated that there
10000 worth OF oysters in the bed at this time
/ Whether they viii approach in favor the fine
Chesapeake bivalres Is questionable.
1t is no wonder that Frenchmen have wine on
their tables every day 1t is cheaper than either
beer or milk. In the southern part Of the COM
Try beer costs 20 cents and milk Is cents per
quart New wine can be bought for cents
quart
\ bin has been introduced in the California
on all state contracts 1t is designed to take
the place Of a law with a ike purpose that
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
recently.
| The Colorado Legislature has voted to restore
/ the death per ty. 1t is to be inflicted by cleo
triciiy. Their some objection TO it on the
theory that Of en- %hen a man killed in the cleo
tric chair bought to be dead he still had
him spark Of lie
Special Unitei States Treasury Agent Particle
who owns violin collection valued at $1,000
| has pur hased frrm the estate OF the late Duke
OF Edirnurgh (Ddke Of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
his nine famous vioIins. among which are several
OF StradiFari-1' make
Probably She smallest monarch in the world
reigns over the Hindoo state Of BhopauI and gov
ems more than million people. This dwarf IS
a woman, Piihan-Begun by name. but although
she is about fifty years old she does not appear
/ larger than . child OF 10.
years work at Harvard that boys enter college
trife younger than they did a generation ago. and
/ few Of them proportionately prepared BY
private tutors. The number entering from public
schools IS steadily increasing.
Among the curiositics Of criminal law brought
I TO light b. The discussion OF the Cudahy kid
naping case Is the fact that Ia Tennessee the
punishment for stealing horse is Imprisonment
for not less than three more than ten years.
while for stealing child It Is only from one to
I'VE ye4rs-
According to statistics Just published the poprl-
lation OF Greenland At the end Of 1899 numbered
| 5.l74 males and $500 females-together 1904
| souls Since 1905 the population las increased
By s. The number OF births was 4e5 and Of
deaths 365 OF 81 fatal accidents q we're caused
by drowning.
The claim l. made for south Dakota that it has
for the third consecutive year produced more
wealth per capita than any other State in the
Union, the total Tor last year being sos 5OlOG0
| Of this sum 81 $1,000 comes IRON live stock.
100000 from CORR. Sl5Go.J93 from wheat,
and 100000 from minerals
Prof. J. PIayfar Mc3lurrich, OF the medical
department Of the University OF Michigan has
been asked by the Government Of the Netherlands
10 take charge Of and make report colec-
tIOn of actpauS secured from the neigh50rhood OF
the Malay Archipelago The collection includes
specimens from along the shore and from the
deep sea
The VIII Of Queen Victoria. London paper
says, VIII not be proved for the probate court
has power over the testament OF the sovereign
and there exists DO machinery by which probate
can be granted The exact contents OF the wiz
viii. therefore not be made Known to the public.
though doubtless information VIII be forth
coming As 20 the general tenor OF the document
South African pictures were recently being shown
on the einelnatograph IN London when some men
IN the audience recognized an officer friend The
wife Of the officer was informed and wrote to
II 49,
particular evening; when She would journey
from Glasgow She thus her husband for the
first time IN year-0n the ciuenatograph screen
Prot Lyle. Of the University Of Melbourne,
urges that professor Of military science IN the
university should be appointed and that instrue-
ton in the subject referred 10 should be made
compulsory Tor all male students who British
subjects and not physically unit In this way.
he says. all the advantages OF a military COLLEGE
| IN Melbourne would be gained At Z small ex-
pelse-
The Rev John Whitfield who died few days
ago in Evanston, I'll. at the age OF nInety-forr.
was prominent IN beth England and this country
in the early days Of the century q leading
aboliti"n5st and temperance advocate. lie came
| 70 America IN 1851 and actively engaged with
Wendell Phillips and William lloyd Garrison in
the anti-slavery agitation
| The introduction il the Montana House ct
| resolution for the appointment OF two uore NO
men clerks gave rise to interesting dise:ls-
SION the other day II pointed out that thsrc
! were already twenty -tive women clerks. who
eordine to member did listIe but sit around
/ the committee rooms all gay. reading novels OF
| doing fancy work. and drawing $ tay.
The Germans are claiming that in spite Of all
our boasting, they are increasing their proiuc-
| tior of pig iron faster than the United States,
This seems to be the fact. The German output Of
nig iron the past year was 3.55l.142 tons repre-
senJlng increase OF - per cent since 1850 The
United States output last year I3, 1929
tons representing increase OF 30 per cent since
1880
Large deposits OF Tnagne5tic have been found IN
Southern India. and the officers of Portland
cement works at Madras have succeeded IN produe-
ing white cement plaster which has magnesium
for basis This cement can be used for plaster
ing walls. and dries 50 speedily that rooms ara
ready Tor occupancy within fO-ty-eight hours Il
can be painted else col0red by mixing co.oFiug
matter
4 curious incident happened / Chicago the
other day when i passenger about to leave 4
station Of the Illinois Central Railway vas caught
IN tUTG stIie. He III a great hurry and
under the pressure Of his hand the gate moved
just enough 4 wedge Iira in in such Z way that
sary 10 lit the turnStile cut OF its socket before
the man could be released
The remains Of James Smitlson. the founder Of
the Smithsonian Institution At Washington his
rePoSed since his death in the English cemetery
at Genoa. which 1t is now proposed to abolish
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