The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Iuere Is ASSOCIATION ILLINOIS, composed OF
over 5000 members, the object Of which = 60
foster and care for the birds in that State.
1t has been estimated that I.ocGO00 OF brand
new 5-dollaT bills. or bills Of any other deaoEi-
nation, VIII weigh 2.l7e1z pounds svoiTdupois-
Archbishop ZardettI. who is mentioned as sue
cessor to Cardinal AaTtinelli as papsl delegate 10
me United States, was formerly clergyman IN
Milwaukee,.
The scarcity Of elephants in India nay be in
ieTTed from the fact that in 1885 elephant could
be bought there for $225, now the price has adj
vanced to 5000.
Madame Adelina Patti thinks that one OF the
best exercises that singer Who wishes 10 pre-
serve the freshness and power Of her voice can
take is Professionalism.
4 curious effort IN behalf Of Temperance IS
noted on the part Of the Belgian government
prize has been offered for the best picture showing
the evils OF drunkenness.
Since William Tvs time the organ Of Hampton
Court House, in London, has been blown By
some member Of the family named MilIest- In the
future It Is to be blown by hydraulic pressure.
There is growing demand in Germany for
servant girls. inasmuch as the young women
prefer factory work 70 domestic work Their seFv-
ices are in great demand in the manufacturing
establishments
In the course OF certain operations IN the Bel
videre Park ia, Tunis the werkmen discovered
huge circle Of enormous st1iunps Of trees ranged
artistic chisel work
Two large wooden shoes were sent through the
mail to Frank E. DoeTburg. of Holland. Mich.
Twenty 1-cent stamps were on each shoe. arranged
along the outer edge and over the instep 50 IS
70 form an ornamentation-
An indictment in Texas county case charges
that the defendant did then ard there uIllaw-
fully and viIlfully, by loud and vociferous talk
ing and by otherwise 10 wit kicking joir;r OF
sJCveplpe, disturb congregation
Some of the launtlries in Paris use balloons 70
dry their garments bamboo frame IS attached
TO captive balloon, and The clothes are securely
fixed TO them The :aIloon makes SIX ascents a
day TO a height Of 101 feet OF more.
An immense region IN Northern Ontario coz
eriHg 15655.6o0 acres and stretching from quebec
westward to Thunder Bay. on the north shore Of
Lake Superior Is now fOT the first time recognized
as being excellently adapted for farming
Visitors to the Pan-Ameriean Exposition at
Buffalo VIII have an opportunity Of seeing a
small bU lding made Of aluminium. This lightest
OF metals IS manufactured at Niagara Falls with
the electricity which IS generated there in large
quantities.
Last year about !, 100 persons were injured and
eighteen killed in London by being flung head
long out Of hanson cabs by reason OF the horses
slipping and falling II Is not surprising that
Londoners are calling for a public vehicle less
dangerous than the hanson
The centre slit in pen is cut by machine.
It consists Of two ehisels which barely pass each
other when the slit IS made, and the exact way
in which the pen Is poised 50 as 20 place the
chsels IN the proper position for cutting IS one o.
the marvels Of penTBakIng-
i Providence, R. I, nan IS IN possession Of
copper coin Of the kind used as passports used BY
country. The coin has Liberty IN laurel
wreath on its face and the reverse the kneeling
figure Of 2 slave woman and the inscription,
''Am not a woman and a sIsterF
At Kansas farmhouse dinner party for women,
given in honor of a Topeka woman recently, Of
the fifteen guests Call Of whom lived on neigh
boring fsrms} eleven bad travelled abroad One
woman had lived four years in Japan, and several
had been through Europe and Egypt
UndoubtedIy the most useful plant in China
perhaps in the worlds the bamboo. II fur-
nishes many varieties Of food. IS manufactured
into dress goods, paper, furniture Is used IN boat
and sIlipbUilding constructing houses etc IL =
called the universal material II China, and
IS perhaps her most valuable product
Sheffield, England, manufacture, who has had
trouble with the postofiee about registering his
mail packages. Is taking his revenge BY sending
300 employees daily 10 the postofaee to buy penny
stamps Each emplOye Is decorated with Ted
tape and i provided with 8 weTth Of coppers
with which he buys one stamp at time
Ocean steamships nowadays are as regular IS
the railroads in carrying the mails They haze
their habftuaI rates Of speed aud are expected 10
make the voyage Of 5000 miles over { trackiess
ocean through wind and storm il the same NUN
Der 81 hours and minutes, winter and sumner
never slowing down heaving TO, except on the
very Tarest occasions
The public printer OF Minnesota beat al records
BY issuing the laws passed by the recent Legis-
lature within two days after adjournment They
consist Of 4s1 general laws. Il special laws and
49,
columns Of type set IN noEPareIt and agate
Vixen made up they make twenty pages Of
an ordinary daily newspaper
\ perfect copy OF the rare first edition Of PHI
grim-s Progress Is 70 be sold IN London carly
next month. The history Of the book IS interest
ing. The volume st one time N the pos
session Of the Fleetwood family. and wss given 70
Ann Palmer. the great-gTandInothsr Of the late
owner. John Nash. Book collectors are much II
terested In the approaching sale
4 movement has been inaugurated in Paris for
the purpose OF establishing fund TO brighten the
lives Of poor working girls by sending them to
the theatre once week The plan IS endorsed
nv all the leading dratratists and composers
Many society women are also taking an active
part in the scheme The 6enefciaries Of the affair
express sincere appreciation Of the kindness sho"A
to them
sIonarchs' sons have not often rowed in the
university boat race. but Cambridge this year
Brooke. the president Of the c. L. B. c., Is the
second son Of Raiah Brooke Of Ssravak- He was
born at the palace OF kuching some rEenty-i
years ago and probably he prizes ms descent, L
iustrious though II Is much less than his preS1-
iency At Cambridge his friends nickname hln'
the Taiah-'
The most costly state funeral which has ever
taken place was perhaps that Of Alexander tha
Great round million VAS spent in laying Alex
auder to his rest The body was placed in a
coffin OF gold filed with costly aF0Tnatics, and
a diadem was placed on the head The funeral
car was embelliShed with ornaments OF pure gold,
and its weight great that It took eighty
four mules more than year 10 convex II from
Babylon 70 Syria
Peterboro in New Hampshire, established the
first free public library IN the United States. in
1888 and as early as 1919 general law author
ling taxation for library purposes was passed
Seven years ago such taxation was made compul-
sory and since then every toxin has been obliged
10 raise funds for library support. The first State
library in the. country established by New
Hampshire. grants for that purpose having been
made before the Revolution
Traders in the East say that Chop IS the
Chinese equivalent for Trademark" The i'm
portance OF a good Chop in Eastern trading
NAV be realized from the TACT that the Chinarnap
Is most avCTse to buying manufactures with
whose character he may be unacquainted from
sample. re demands 10 see the whole conSiEa-
ment before lie VIII purchase But II the goods
are Of a chop with whose merits he Is familiar
he delivers his order with the greatest confidence
Net long since the figures on the plaster mold
ings in ST James gallery. in the Sorbonne Paris,
were found to have been deprived OF their noses