The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-23
NOTES OF THE DAY


a private detective agency has been started in
Zurich. This IS the first OF its kind in Switzer-
/ land &.
The suez Canal Is eig' sy-eight miles long and
reduces the distance from England 70 India nearly
| 1000 miles Tor ships.
\ aoTer cut in the morning viii last twice as
| long as a flower cut Lster IN the dav when the
sun has been upon II.
The Tennessee House has concurred with tia
Senate in forbidding ths employment OF white
teachers IN negro public schools
The salvation Army is at work IN forty-seyen
different countries and has ffty-tiEe periodicals.
printed IN twenty-One 'angUages
Tire people Of Iceland are al poor. but there are
FauPers. no dependents; all seIf-sGpp0rt-
ing There Is little or no crime there
IN the quantity Of annual rainfall the conti-
nents rank follows. Sessth America, Africa,
North America. Europe, Asia Australia
Persons on public ships in the service Of the
United States or stationed abroad when the CEN
sJs MAS taken last year numbered So, SO.
Since 1850 10000 British farm laborers have
been displaced By machinery. This machinery
could be made by 4,5eO men IN one year
Nine different languages and dialects are used in
the text of the Austrian bank notes which
are designed by Alexander Hegedues the eminent
hungarian artist
i is the opinion Of experts that the opening Of
China and Siberia vii disclose large deposits Of
gold. and that Asia. after a while viii furnish
lsrEe part Of the worlds supply
Nr. TFhymper, who first sealed the Matterhorn,
IS gong TO try the Canadian Rocky Mountains
next Skinner. with Swiss guides His first at
tempt VIII be on Mount Assiniboia-
The density Of population in Rhode Island Is
39ias inhabitants 10 the square mile. which Is the
greatest Of any State or territory IN the United
States, except the District OF Columbia.
The Confederate Veterans OF Chattanooga, Tenn,
have begun 8 movement for the erection of an
elaborate monument IN ccrrnerloration Of the
heroic women OF the south during the civil
war.
A naturalist says that every time a farmer
shoots hawk he throws a so bin into the fire,
for -hough the bird takes an occasional chicken,
II .'troys AT least thousand rats, mice, and,
nOles every year
Before the discovery OF gold in California and
Australia the worlds supply Of the precious metal
was limited production being restricted praeti-
caLy to small operations in the trail Mountains
and in our Appalachian chain.
The mother OF Coy. Beckham Of Kentucky has
a remarkable record. She has the unprecedented
distinction Of having been the mother OF a gov
erIrr. the daughter Of governor the sister o. .
governor, and The cousin OF a governor
u the village OF Golodaeyka. IN the district Of
Teienoar, Russia, an interesting treasure has been
found. consisting OF III ancient silver coins,
among which there are about % Spanish coins OF
the first quarter OF the nineteenth century.
Giovanni Andrea Scsrtazzini the weIl-kBown
Dante scholar died recently at the age Of sixty
five years at Fahrwangen. in Switzerland where
he had been the village pastor for thirteen years
II" Was . Swlss-Etailan. native Of the GriSons-
While working in tie garden last summer Ara.
" illiam Hawley Of Kokomo. nd lost raluabs
gold finger ring Recently she dug some psrsnips
IN the garden and while washing them she found
her lost ring tightly bound around parsnip.
which Lrge at each end, having grown
through the ring and IN shape resembling a wasp
A curious discovery was made in Concord Mass,
recently In the attic Of the Thoreau homestead
was found quantity Of lead pencils all bearing
the stamp ''Thoreau & Son The naturalist and
his father once made lead pencils for 4 living and
Tor years great store ii their completed product
was hidden away Just under the ridgepole OF The
homestead.
Liverpool and Manchczter England are con-
WINGED that While the overhead trolley system
for street cars may be well enough for rural dis
trict II Is suitable for centers OF population
Recent fatal accidents have developed a condition
not lar rom Daafc N each u the cities named,
and The authorities n both are considering the
advisabilitE OF change
A mission Of saYants from France is about TO
proceed to Mukden IN AaRehuTia 10 examine some
manuscripts reeentlv discovered there which ara
believed TO have been taken from southeastern
Europe By the MonSol and Tartar invaders % SIX
centuries age The members OF the mission hope
70 find MANY lost works, those OF the historian
Pelybius. fer example.
printer working in Emporia Kan, went
house bunting and found difficulty IN securing 4
desirable place because he had three Young cIlIi-
dren- Then he advertised fer house, adding By
way Of Joke that he was prepared # necessary TO
XIII rwo of the young ones The advertisements
appeared in the weekly paper and next morning
his wife presented him with twins.
The announcement IS made that Joe Riggles,
one q the best-known men in Campbell county,
Ky. died recently N his shauty boat the
Ohio River N the mouth OF Willow Rua, in
CoviHEton. Tie was a singular character, and
O. lined 10 have power 10 hypnGtize all animals
he UaS sixty years OF age, noted wing shot ana
q me- .aaaical genius II the art OF making guns
Wn-ie the beautiful robin redbreasts are CON-
para lively rarely seen IN this country il may be
interesting to know that 5000 OF these song
birds are exported from England every year When
the pugIlistiC sparrow Is exported from the
American cities the notes Of the robin may be
enee more heard IN the land that WAS made me-
l0dious by his tunes before the common bird
imported . perform services that he never did
attend to-
From March TO December last year, out Of
tlirty-hve fights Of carrier pigeons which were
made on the liners going from HaEre Il New
York tbirty-t0yT were completely successful, sars
Brussels newspaper Certain pigeons made
Journeys with extraordinary rapld1ty- For IN
stance. pigeon set free on July - AT O'Clock
IN the morning from the liner Touraine returned
TO It's Tort AT Rennes the same day at o clock
N the afternoon. having covered II nine hours
distance u 81 miles.
It Is an odd fact that IN England the cultivation
OF tobacco Is crop Is prohibited BY a tax so high
On every acre sown with tobacco seed that no
EngIishman could afford TO grow II except as
Air Joseph Chamberlain crews OrCilidS-Is eX-
pensIve fad. The origin OF tins prohibition Is still
more curious Il originated II the reign Of
Charles L. when Parliament passed a law for
bidding the growth Of tobacco IN England fur the
express purpose of encouraging trade with the
new nolony Of Virginia.
yIrne- Patti called with her husband on her old
friend and maestro SIC ArditI on her way
through Louicn few days ago 10 congratulate
him his recovery from a severe Illness during
which time she had sent many letters and auzious
enquiries at the end Of her visit she gave the
pretIiest practical illustration possible" as one
nous valse song. II Bsco.'' leaving the aged
composer IN decidedly happy frame Of mind
'sEyecs body SAYS the Lewiston CNe) Jour
nal p "has reaJ of the splendid fittings ana fne
furnishing Of the monster schooucEs built IN Aaine
IN the last three years. The S;z-master. George
Wells built NJ Camden last summer. has 4 grand
plano II her cabin. and there Is plenty Of room
for IT. 100 Several I'VE masters carry pianos,
most OF them uprights. and Others have cabinet
organs Not many shipmasterS know bow 20 plEy,
but thar wives and daughters do. and il Is 70
make the women c0Dtented 1t 50 that the in
strluaenys are put in Some of Lhe largest ships
and banks IN long distance trades also carry
pianos
\ strange suit Is now before the local court Of
T-s7,B5-YfagEf Iauan. In this case cultiyator