The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-25
NOTES OF The DAY.

Paul of Russia was insane during the greater
part Of his life.
The sap Of the sugar cane produces from Is to
% per cent Of sugar.
The estate Of the late Marquis Of Butte has been
valued officially at IS. l01 $50
St Louis has named its newest and largest
school house after Eugene Field
The earliest mention of shoes Is in an Egyptian
paPyFus. about 2,z19 years before Christ
Sixteen solicitors we're struck Of the rolls in
four days in London recently for dishonesty
Two billion passengers and 9500o0.0oO tons Of
goods are carried in a year on the worlds ra:I-
Montana srst figured in the census returns
in 1870 Then her population was 20,585 Now it
IS z43, 329.
The Bible Is to be translated into ten Ian
Suages the Philippine Islands during the next
ten years
Count de MaquiIIe the last survivor Of King
Charles Ks pages, died recently at Nantes. aged
eighty-eight years.
Ms. Benjamin Harrison has presented 70 Che
Harrison public school in indianapolis portrait
Of the late ex-President.
Salmon fry in Oregon are fed on canned heads
and tails Of salmon until they are old enough 70
Re planted in the rivers
The human voice is produced by the assistance
OF eight pairs Of muscles. and fifteen ether pairs
contribute IN various ways.
4 strasburg newspaper reports the discovery
at NeIstadt Of the bones Of q reindeer while
digging cellar four yards deep
SIX yourg ladies have learned the art of bell
ringing in the village Of Bradaeld England
They rang in 1901 at the church
OF the trolley roads IN New York state only
about ten per cent have been enabled TO earn
dividen1s during the past three years.
Russian authorities begin to entertain the idea
that there are too many students IN the empire
and may take steps TO reduce the number.
4 big oyster bed near Mobile. Ala. has been
sold for SI2o.0O6 It l. estimated that there are
$4,000 worth OF oysters IN the bed at this
time
The heaviest precious stone Is the zircon. which
Is four and oDe-half times heavier than an eGuzl
quantity Of water: the Ightest IS The opal, oriy
twloe as heavy as water
cardinal Nezzofanti spoke ia languages and
dialects. fifty Of them with such ease and luancy
that ne was sometimes mistaken for a native Of
the lands where they we're used.
The statistical returns of New Zealand for the
past year show that the increase in the annual
value Of the trade Of the colony for the past five
years has been about e, 900 O0e
The State flower Of Louisiana Is the magnolia Of
missouri the golden rod, and OF Iowa the wild
rose The Arkansas Legislature has decided upon
the apple blossom as the State flower.
In Germany 247s2 books were published IN
I'c7- an increase over 1879 Of 10I1 The largest
increase vas IN educational works. the smallest
in books on war and military matters
The ezra Of julius Caesar began with the
reformation Of the calendar in IS B. c It pre-
vailed in England for civil purposes until I752
then being superseded by the Gregorian-
According to the Mosaic law, the locust vas
Clean and might he eaten BY the Jews
Italians cali Iocusts little horses and the
German term for these pests IS hay hcrses-'
Ex-Governor Morrill,. Of Kansas Owls what Is
said TO be the largest apple orchard In the world
hen work now IN progress shall have been CON-
pleJed the orchard VII contain 5000 trees.
The wheat fly feeds upon the flower Of wheat.
while the Hessian IL LAYS its eggs in the stem;
the former thus renders the flower abortiye. while
the injury done by the latter affects the whole
plant
The cost Of the police force OF Paris grows
steadily year by year In 1872 It was 81 03I.755.
Of which 3. go was paid by the city and the
rest BY the Government; in IsSj, S4-95I,S00; in
1892 S6,44s-Iz0.
Milan is adopting American and English ideas
II the matter Of model lodging houses large
hotel has been completed recentlE. in Milan
where good rooms can be obtained at a cost of
seven cents per day
local Berlin paper recently announced that
an invalid soldier had no other way Of passing
his tine than collecting picture postcards This
has been responded TO by some 500 cards from
al parts Of the world
A memorial brass has been placed in St
Patrick's Cathedral Dublin in memory of Dr.
Charles IngIis. Bishop Of Nova Scotia in ITs7 and
also rector Of Trinity Church IN New York during
the Revolutionary war.
Sir William Brampton Gordon, who IS cham
pioniug the deceased wife's sister bill in the
House OF Commons. was formerly private secre-
tary to Mr. Gladstone He has also served with
distinction on various parliamentary commissions
apartment house has been accomplished in Chi
oago. One enteTprising individual has found that
the bee keeps Just as busy storing away nectar
IN home on the third floor IN a hollow tree In
the woods.
The shipments OF lemons from California in
1903 were !, Al cars by rail- about 100 by water
and 80 in mixed cars Of oranges and lemons.
amounting TO 1000 cars. which is about oue-ffth
Of the lemons used IN this country; an increase
over 1880 OF nearly one-twelfth-
General Sakharoff, Russian commander Of the
new Nanchuria army corps, Is a brother OF the
chief of the Russian general staff and himself
commanded the frontier corps General Gem
gross hitherto commanding the protective foree
IN AanchuTIa, has been appointed his assistant
At a sale OF crown mining lands recently held
in the KIondike a man named Dawson purchased
a claim on Gold Bottom for 81. He Immediately
began digging and next day struck rich streak
Before the week was ended he had been offered
$4,000 for the claim, but refused to sell at that
figure.
Pierre PasceIe. an Indian who was arrested and
handcufFed in New Mexico. escaped from his
csptor and disappeared Next day he sent mes
senCer 10 the sheriff offering 10 return the hand
cuffs upon receipt OF the key to unlock them
The request was granted and al hands seemed
satisfied
4 complete set OF thirteen James silver apostle
spocIs belonging to Lord Dormer was sold IN
LONDON recently for $500. Only two other sets
are known. one IN Corpus Christi College. Cam
bridge the other IN GOIdSurths Han N London.
An EIizabethan sta5iInE salt cellar weighing 2O1Z
ounces, was sold for 5000 nearly $50 an ounce
One CT the st7argest botanical plants in the
world Is the Observation-Disclosures flower found N
the MALAY peninsula. 1t Is simply 4 blossom
without leaves vine or stem. and grows as
parasite on deCaycd wood This extraordinary
flower Is something like 4 yard IN diameter and
has globular cup IN the middle with capacity
Of five or slN quarts
For military and naval purposes the nations OF
Europe spend annually S75J-355,00l- They keep
under arms continually more than $500 l0 men,
with SIX times as many ready to fly TO arms
when the word '-mobiIIze'' Is spoken II Is esti-
mated that the community loses at least 500
year for each man who Is kept under arms, and
Is therefore. unproductive-
There IS plan aaoat in Denmark Of arranging
a Danish exhibition in London probably in Nay
Of next year. or when the coronation of the King
feature Of the show will be q department in
which collection OF things connected with the
childhood AID early life Of Queen Alexandra N
Denmark viii be exhibited