The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

she Swiss universities are Russians
This country imports from Germany ex-
ten@Ke account Of human hair and wigs.
Aastralia'~ first paper was printed in sydney
| in ISIS The continent has now 40 papers
P,iees Of wheat in these DAYS are not fixed
unCl the Australian wheat growers have been
beard from
John : and Nary Crawford. Of Cincinnati have
beer divorced aged respectively seventy-tve and
siJty-four years
4 Hartford. Conn, dog astonished his mistress
the other day by bringing IN a SO bill which
| lac bad found IN the street.
new species OF mountain sheep has been sent
from Dawson City to Director HOTnadaE. OF the
New Nerk Geological Society.
In Valparaiso nearly all the train conductors
are women and the populace seems to be very
wei satisfied win then work.
Many Americans learned at Paris for the first
time that pr0Cu.'e wines IN grades equal
to the best imported varieties
An Island Fails. ste.. lass Of eleven years rec
emily spUu ten knots Of yarn and knit pair
OF double mittens in one day.
The Tennessee House has couesrred with the
Senate N forbidding the employment cf white
teachers in negro public schools.
During the past year several remarkable reefs
| Of fossil coral have been explored near Baia-
| bridge, the Flint River, IN Georgia
\ Roman Journal estimates the value Of the
Z
paintings. statues. and vases At S9o,oo4009-
The only rotes King Edward has ever cast IN
the House OF Lords have been favor OF Iealiz-
ing marriage with deceased wifes sister.
The Pope does his private writing with gold
pen but the pontifeiaI signature i always writ
ten w;th pen made from the feather OF I white
dove.
The London Lancet says there must be in
that city some 10000 persons gbo cannot afford
10 pay a sufficiently high rent 70 secure healthy
houses
wooden tootbnick caused Tie death Of James
NJ Lamdu5h. OF Chicago. He didn't swallow it.
but stepped it and received wound IN The
loot that caused his death.
Colorado's woman legislator. Mrs Evargeline
/ Hear does not neglect housekeeping for law
making She cooks well dresses sell, and has
| tidy home for her husband 5nd two boys.
| As curiosity OF the recent German census, il
J. recorded that the returns showed the village Of
Re1Iteubcuz2 contained Al Inhabitants 222 being
Of the masculine and 222 Of the feminine gender
Az result OF the Rose show held recently at
I the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, more than $500
VIII be added TO the funds OF the LOOMS SaEi-
tarium. for the benefit OF which the show MS
given
The longest horse railway il the world runs
| from Buenos Ayres 90 Ssa Martin in the Argen-
tine Republic. the distance being about fifty
miles and the schedule time Tor the trip thirteen
hours.
! from by charging him with crime and
threatening 70 expose him Is held by the supreme
Court OF Nebraska be sufficient 20 establish the
l,criIle oil robbery
! \ naturalist SAYS that every time a farmer
I shoots hawk he throws $50 bill into the FIRE,
for. though the bird takes occasional chicken.
/ IT DESTROYS at lgas. a thousand rats mice and
Moles every year
] Attempts are being made in California to ac-
lrrs
which has seeds that resemble almonds and are
edible Esch tree also sislds fifty 10 sixty
quarts Of palm honey.
. Grazing lands III Indian Territory, which for
meEIy yielded q rental Of 10 cents an acre, ere
now IN sharp demand fsom 50 to 70 cents an
/ seee, with the cattlenaan eagerly competing for
! them at the advanced price
a ueE frearm Is befre introduced into the
/ German army. The magazine Is loaded from a
+ charger instead OF the clip the advantage OF
which innovation Is taat It can be loaded with
/ great rapidity either ron the right or lett
/ \ Chinese Empress was the first to take note o.
I the product OF the silkUorm aud perfected q
/ and she lived about $50 3. C. IL Is 70 her we
owe that delightful fabric IN All its HaaEy varia-
tons
Although there has been little sn6W IN this re-
=ion during the present season, 1t seems that
| New England has rot suffered from lack
q \
/ OF snow N his garden last week 20 get some
( dandeliou roots Tor dinner.
FroGie johnson a ten-year-old Asheville. Ne.
( girl has ! bantam hen which Is veritsble cal
eudar for holidays and special 1aE 5. which she
/ marks by laying egg She lail one on NsT
( Year Day. Candlen-a7 Day. one on WASH
( ington'S Birthday, one on Inauguration Day
/ Or. J. 3. learned, of Northampton. Mas has
1 offered Prize Of Slg3 for the 9et essay setting
/ forth some method for inducing sleep without
the use Of drugs IN ca-ss OF insomnia Represen-
tative men OF scientific medicine are be Judges
OF the merit OF the essays offered II competition
IN the dialect of Greater New York .'siIIer''
Is one who Is always at the window: ''te SIR IS
| to lean over the window sill and watch the hap
! peningS in the street and ''siIiing IS the act
/ OF continually leaning over tie window sill Ihese
words are the outSr0wth OF the elevated railroad
/ system
| There Is every prospect OF big crop Of apples
1 during the coming season as well peaches;
| provided That Jack Frost. who has not had his
full innings during the winter. does not put in
/ his appearance and PLAY hsyoe among the or
/ chsr.ls IN the fruit-gyroBiHg sections North As
1 zen south
! In Use days OF cheap literature, when the
/ MASTERPIECES OF English writer's be had for
| song I IS interesting 10 note that just 1000
wears ago the countess OF Anjcu gave geo sheep.
on. Load 81 wheat one load OF rye and load
| German monk
| Crowded though the ocean may be becoming
The IRON four-rnasted sailing ship AghaniStan
] managed TO make sevsn-m9nthS' voyage from
san Francisco TO Liverpool without being spoken
Lr another vessel Not word WAS heard OF
| her from her departure until she sailed up the
! NeFsey few days ago
The Oldest map Is not. as many people have
thought the PentiIagcrian table, dating from the
| twelfth century. bus piece of mosaic in Ma
| ,latl. Palestine. It vas part Of 4 floor in
! Byzantine church. and meant % detneate
scenery in Palestine The names given On It viii
/ be useful 70 scholars and arche1logiotS.
| John W BEanuing. OF Edenton- y c. who
died 4 few DAYS ago. vas known IN the Old
/ North state is The King of the LuIEbe-UleIl-
/ He went 10 Northeastern North Carolina from
/ ownership oi half dozen sav1uillS N various
counties thousands of of timber lands and
| several small railways
! curious discovery was made in Concord.
! Mass. rccertIy In the attic Of the Thoreau
| homestead was found a quantity Of lead pencils
/ all hearing the stamp ''Thoredu s. Son The
| IA luraisr and his father made lead pencils
/ for Il. ing and Tor years great store Of their
| Completed product was hidden away Just under
! tie ridgepoIe Of the homestead
test Of the Murphy tlird-raii sectional sys-
TEN took place recently in the yards at Bsl-i-
| more One of the heavy locomotives ran no and
| down the yard track at a high rate Of speed By
| the sectional J.irI-rau system Everything