The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-03
NOTES OF THE DAY


chiidrea Of their employees.
It requires more than hundred gallons Of H.
bricating oil year to keep the largest tocomo-
tive IN smooth running order
Although Japan Is smaller than California and
only One-tWelitt Of her area 3 cultivated. il
has population Of 100000.
The The orig, original sutogragh Ms. and corrected
sold n London recently for $3.50.
Ninety-six per cent OF all deaths from yhoop-
ing cough and 90 Per cent Of deaths from measles
occur n children under i've years old
There IS big Italian population in California
me aggregate value OF the property owned by
them is estimated al about $5Q-00oG0-
Dr. Legrix. Of the French Academy Ct Medicine
iameHts the growth Of smoking among women
he says the practice leads % disease and death.
Denmark holds the record for ca7g4nption o,
spirits. four and 0ne-haf gallons a wear per head
against less than one in England and Scotland.
An advertisement in Hamburg paper dated
lsol shows that cigars were use Though very
mite. as compared with pipes IN Germany
pretty judicial custom exists in the small
toWaS 81 Nova Scotia Zach dly when there are
no criminal cases 90 be disposed Of a pair If
white doves is placed on the magistrates desk
Denmark started last century a. the poorest
country per head q population in Europe. II
ended as one Of the richest And il has to thank
y
Before ne became famous as a novelist Robert
Barr vas school teacher in Canada. IN the
course Of time he drifted into journalism and
founded the 'IdIerT n company with Jerome K
jerome IN 1892
specially trained sanitary troop lately drilling
near Berlin has Transformed cars Of different
kinds into hospital cars. with beT5hs for sick or
wounded, in from three and one-haIf to Eve
minutes per
Chinese soldiers do not shoulder ruuskets par
ticularly for glory. They live on whatever the
cou-7issary department can produce and are
content with It. The pay they receive Is less
than an American penny per day
The main wheel of watch makes 40 revolu-
tons in year; the second or centre wheel,
SEQ; the third wheel 90095 the fourth wheel
$4,000. and the fifth scape wheel. 4.TSI. SO
The number Of beats or vibrations is 1f1,9l2,O0e
IN year
Great quantities Of frecrackers are now being
received in this country from China the mer-
chants considering that there VIII be a big
Fourth OF July demand for them Thousands OF
packs Of the noisy explosives are coming in al
most daily.
There are today IN Brazil, Uruguay, and Ar
gentina about 3.O0o.9oe Italians. in a popula-
ticu Of o. eco O00; and It Is believed that by the
middle Of the century there Viii be I5.0O0O9 OF
them, or nearly half as many as there are in
Italy today
The state Of New York has at the present time.
in round numbers, 2.o99 insane patients under
care, which imPels an original capital outlay Of
S25.0t},03G for hospitals and their equipments.
ard an annual expenditure Of =. o9O00J for the
care and treatment of the inmates
The profit Of the Government on coming copper
Is considerable Cent coins consist OF 5 per cent
of TN and zinc and % per cent of copper. They
cost the Government about = cents a pound,
and there are I4s IN a pound, so that the Treas
uTy makes Just Los cents on each pound coined
London's oldest inhabitant is woman who vas
discovered by the census takers al Chelsea IN the
person of Mrs PoIlack who celebrated her I0Ist
birthday on February , last She has lived IN
Chelsea for many years, and until lately was able
10 walk out alone and Go her shopping 4 fall
has temporarily disabled her from walking
The prevailing wet weather that has been 50
continuous OF late wiz be apt to play havoc with
early summer vegetation The Agricultural De
psrJ1ent already issues warning TO farmers
against the green pea IoJlse.'' How many ether
distuT5eFs eEgeRdered by dampness followed BIZ
hot suns, may come N the present month, IS
dirfiCUit 10 imagine.
President James J. HILL Of the Great Northern
Railroad Company. owns a model farm at Pleas
ant Lake, MINI. about eight miles from St. Paul.
he exhibits keen interest IN the development of
agriculture and stock raising on his farm. and has
frequently given lectures at the agricultural ex-
pertinent farm IN Minnesota lying midway be-
tween St Paul and Minneapolis.
The engineers entrusted with the building of
the tunnel to connect England with the Isle Of
Wight hope to begin operations IN September Il
Is more than likely that the trains VII be pro
PEELED by electric motors making It the only tun
mel Of the kind IN the kingdom The total length
OF the new line VIII be eight miles, but that Of
the tunnel proper VIII be no more than two ant
One-quarteF miles.
It Is claimed that there are fewer gum chew
=
size in America Any person who walks down =
public street masticating wad OF gum iume-
diately becomes the subject Of remarks. On the
other hand 1t IS asserted that more cigarettes
are smoked in Washington than in any other city
Of equal population except those IN the extreme
southern part Of the United States
The Paris correspondent of '-Londsn Truth
writes: 4 said that Leo XIII. presented By
N benjamin Constant vas 2 vain man The
painter would ike the judgment to be slightly
sotteRed But he oonteSSes that His Holiness Is
not exempt from cOquetteTie- When he vas SIT
ting he from time to time got up 70 see how the
portrait Vas progressing Whenever he did 50 he
whispered into the painters ear: Dc TY not
to make me leok 50 old -
Farmers in Florida. in the low country of South
Carolina and in the Southern part OF Georgia
are experimenting with fond expectation in the
cultivation of cssssva and sugar cane. IN the
hone Of de.eIoDfnr two ideal money crops- Their
experimental csSSava starch factory IN DeLand-
Fla which IN three years has marketed 2-431
tens % starch. and by expert reports on the
high quality and yield OF sugar made from cane
grown n Florida and Georgia
At recent meeting Of the Royal Institution.
London Prof Jagadis Chundsr Bose demon
StTated that metals posses a sense Of feeling
much like the corresponding sense in animate
beings. He struck 4 piece OF copper, piRched
piece OF zinc, gave 1t poison and administered
an antid0te. In each case the electrical emotion.
as registered br galvanometeT was painful 70
witness. As the London Msil' suggests IN tell
ing the story there IS an opening for society
for the prevention Of cruelty TO metals
Tils Roman soldiers who built such wonderful
roads and carried weight OF aTmor and luggage
that would crush the average farm hand, lived on
coarse brown bread and sour wine. They were
temperate in diet and regular and constant IN
exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day
and dances half the night Yet eats only his black
bread onion and watermelon. The Smyrna porter
eats only little fruit and sour olives YET he
walks of with his load OF 100 pounds. The Ce0lie.
fed on rice, Is active and can endure more
than the negro led on fat meat
4 man servant in a family in England some
time ago took kitten to pond with the in
tention OF drowning 1t. His masters dog went
with hiTn and when the kitten was thrown int
t57e water the dog sprang IN and brought it back
to land i second time the man threw it IN.
and again the dog rescued II; and when, for the
third time, the servant tried to drown It, the
dog, IS reSolute to the little helpless life
a. the man to destroy If. swan with Il 10
the other side Of the pool ran all hesway home
with it. and deposited II before the kitchen fire
Paris may soon have ali its streets paved with