The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

German army.
The first Rhine steamer made its first trips from
Rotterdam to Cologne in lsle
Every mineral and metal of value in the arts
and industries IS found within tie United States
Among the students at tx University Of Paris
last year there were go from foreign countries
A London Journal declared That Of the 10000
children Of school age in the London School Board
area, h39o are always absent.
In consequence OF emigration there Is a greater
preponderanee Of women in Norway than IN a.
most any other country IN Europe.
The woman in Office receives shock oy . de-
cision in Arkansas that that state VII permit
DC further feminine nOtarles public
4 story Is told Of an American IN NavasskI
Japan. who recently ordered jinrikisha under the
impression that it was something to drink
The first regular factory for manufacturing e-ass
uas established az Temple y. H.. in 1FSo AMI
was operated by imported German glass makers
Mrs Marie Burroughs. of Urbana. Ohio. Is los
years cid, and Is still in good health. She re
members dancing with the father Of General
Grant
Columbus has a policeman who Is 6 feet I inch
high and weighs 81 pounds; Chicago one feet
: inches high, and Kansas City one feet lO5s
inches high.
The superintendent Of the insane institution at
} Toledo. Ohio. denies that insanity IS the in
: crease in that State The Ohioans pretty
footed people
The Legislature Of New Hampshire has passed
an act committing the choice al a State Hover
70 the school children. fsh0 Will vote on the mat
ter 81 June next
Few are aware Of the fact that some wasps
make and store up honey as bees do There are
however. several species Of this hery insect en-
gagged IN the business.
few years ago Mrs sIackau Of Cleveland
married her cOachman. A. \. Thomas Now they
divorced as is usual in s,isi HIassorted
matrimonial contracts
4 friend of the wheel thinks thss what makes
it popular Is that the rider Is always anxious
about maintaining what Herbert Spencer calls the
unstable equilibrium.
TIE lowest human habitstion Is said 20 be that
OF tn coal miners IN Bohemia, soTae Of viscifI
make their dwellings at a point over 300 feet
below the level Of the sea.
Mrs Mary Wolfe, who died at Wheeling W
Va. the other day. aged Io2 years. saw Napoleon
in Poland both when he started on and returned
from his Russian campaign.
IoEa is not good state for people with lung
troubles 70 emigrate TO- Il i estimated thar
die every year from consumption
Berne has rather novel sort Of club. the mem
bers Of which soieInnly agree not to drink any
thing but af,<inthe They probably want % lead
dreamy lie and descend into an Imtimeiy
grave
1t has been decided by court IN Maine that
body belongs to the owner Of the lot n which
# Is inferred and not to a parent husband vile.
or other relative ThO may wish TO baVe II r.
moved.
In Algeria 4 river OF ink Is formed = the con
junction Of two Streams. one Of which i imPres-
mated with iron and the other. which drains
peat bog. with gailic acid Ti4e mixing q the
iron and the acid results il INK
A bill pending in the New York Legislature
provides penalties for any person vino shall pre-
scribe. direct recommend or advise another per-
son to undergo treatment OF disease by any ctur
than regularly licensed physicians
The Egyptian reed. which VS. used for making
the pens found IN Egyptian tonabs. Is hard Va
riety eroqsing 60 about the dia.aeter Of an orfi-
nary goose quill Pens made from It are said 10
last Tor day or tEo and do excellent work
Some deliver into ancient history has discovered
that when HannibaI's army descended from the
Alps into the Valley Of Lomhardy the whole force
was Weiluish routed by 4 plague Of mosquitoes.
which drove men md animals almost MID VITA
pain.
Probably the most conservative institution OUT
side OF China Is the British Museum Although
It Is seventy years since the quill pen yielded to
sist IN SuppiviSs- qgilis, which Invariably
broken when there Is occasion fer using them.
The schools Of Vienna are to have medical at
tention- There the Board Of Education Is eoa-
sidering the appointment Of a staff OF medical
school INSPECTORS Il Is proposed that the duties
Of these ofCialS shall include periodical inspec-7
tons OF the schools which shall be more frequent
during contagious epidsmics.
The Ire-donkey roundabout Ia the Avenue Suf-
fren. Paris, was put up for sale recently and
realized s2GO. whereas the property originally
cost ei.G4o- The lots comprised some t0rty
donkcys. loud-braging organ. blree motors. dt-
tings. and harness The donkejs weHS for %
apiece
An oak tree on HensLasr Street Leonlnster.
Mass. MS torn up BY the roots b. the heaFY
wind Sunday night and carried to the opposite
side Of the street. where II landed right side Gp
in big DRIFT OF SNOW The tree Is planted
firmly in the DRIFT and nom all appearances
person would think that II had grown there
The Governor OF St Helena. in his annual re-
port expresses The belief that w;ien the new bar
racks are finished il would pay : small company
to erect plant Tor lighting Ladder Hill and the
town by electric light. worked BY vindmiils.
There Is alWays 4 steady wind from the southeast
traders. Only nine days having been calm n
1850
In ezeayals a tgilss..ilis at the farm OF Aarnes.
in Norway. a short time ago a skeleton and
weapons were disfnterred- Or examination the
skeleton VAS found TO be that Of a woman en-
tonbed with her arms and Esar-lIke equipment
This Is the first barrow Of q y5ikyria tScsudana-
yag amazon OF battIe-uyn pis) ever discovered II
Norway
The Chinese almanac Is the monopoly OF tho
Emperor, none other being allowed within its DO
rainiaus No China1nan deems his household
complete without copy Of this unique document
on account OF the wonderful information as 10
the lucky and rnlucky days which 1t contains A
tie estimated population OF China Is something
Ike 4ts} sJ1.0sd souls. the monopoly Is certainly
one worth having
While feeding pigeons recently, Thomas Fen
nelly OF Northeast Harbor. Me. was attacked by
henhaWk The nawk algtted uDon his head
and fazttued its taous firmly near Mr. Fennellys
eve. Mr. Fennelly seized the bird by the neck.
and held II If II a vice until is -trJI ,ges had
ceased and then with difficulty removed its claws
from lis face Air FenDelly returned home with
his race torn and bleeding bur triumphant y beaI-
ing the hawk BY the neck.
The colony Of Victoria, the smallest divisiaa
OF the continent Of Australia. has produced during
the last half century, more gold than any other
country in the world. with the exception Of Cali
fornia- M James Stirling recently informed an
audience at the Imperial Institute in London that
there Is gold mine at Bendigo n yictoris which
has reached a depth OF :, I34 feet. and that deep
leads OF gold exist over an srea If anout TO
miles Victoria also possesses extensive coal
fields.
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