The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The metal poIisEer> in Chicago have started
cooperative shop
With the exception of q few small concerns
in War1w. there is only one large sor factory
in Russia
There vii! Inc between i55l0 and 10000 azres
OF land devoted 20 nee eaiture ina the south
tins We:
Medical opinion in London is strongly against
street drinking troughs for horses, disselHiHa-
tors Of glanderoJls material
plan s being started 10 restore Tie, Old
hattIe-hip lronsides. which Is now going To decay
at the Portsmouth Navy Yard
An effort is being made 20 establish in one q
the Scotch Universities a chair for the study Of
the Scots language and literature
Archaeological circles il Rome are disturbed
II the report that tine Temple OF Castor and
PoIiuz ~ the Forum = c-1tnblrS.
In New south Vale. tie nurub,- OF sheep has
shrJnk frons 81 ,SSI. 4I6 IN lssi 10 555s2,02Z m
1899. This is the effect o. long drought
The naval authorities It Brest have just dis
posed by auction of the old cruiser Arethuse.
recently struck of the list I the French navy.
The French Government has decided 10 ask the
Chamber Tor E6.0s0 70 equip and maintain
scientific mission for the study OF yellow fever
There are signs that immigration from the
North 20 the South, which las been notably large
during the past i've OF SIX years. VIII be larger
this year
The police OF Berlin are TO be supplied with
bicycles 50 they can make extra speed in pursu-
ing vioiat0Ts OF the law when 1t becomes nee
essay
AT present some OF Great Britain's coal mines
are worked al q depth Of 900 10 250J feet
The average depth OF her coal mines Is 80 70
$50 feet.
The people Of New Hampshire have decided to
erect in Concord statue to Frsnklir Pierce. their
ieIiow-citzen. who became Pr-~ident Mr. Pierce
died October ;, Ist5
The increase in Costa Riea's expectation of
bananas has been from s,5oe buncbes in 1881 TO
>. 42ul66 punches in 1900 The value OF the 1900
crop was sl-55i 50 In gold
The lottery evil although without any real
sanction Of law. existed for a long time IN Cam
ada, particularly IN the city OF Montreal Il
was suppressed by law January / 1901.
4 Missouri man at Nevada drinks good. big
quantity Of whisky. but his special brand Is Of
the moonlight Cuncocti0R which he has shipped
up from the mountain Of East Tennessee
Russian newspapers are usually diplomatic.
When the relations between Uncle sam and the
Bear are strained they maintain thar the feel
ings are most cordial between them
Sunhower seeds are an article OF diet in Rus
ia arc IKE the peanuts OF this country are
eaten either roasted The oil Is also N
great demand for cooking purposes
Sir John Siillais' No" IN which the figure
! 81 the Young giIl was portrait Of Miss Dorothy
Tenant who i Sir Henry N SLanley's
/ wife. WAS sold IN London recently FOR s7.l5o
/ subterranean arcsdes are the latest zeal e.
/ tate novelty III New York Plans have been
drawn 70 erect booths and stores underground,
connecting with mercantile and Offce building
/ The taking of the cen.rl~ IN England. Wales.
I scotland. and Ireland VIII begin and end on
sunday The work viii be done in onrsray- The
estimates thar the enUTeTatGrs Wi I'll figure up
population exceeding H.og0os1-
recent compilation shows no fewer than a15
different piano manufacturers in the United
state. Of these b have headquarters IN II
Hnois p Ia Massachusetts, 10 New YORK
. state. y IN Ohio, and a IN PeunSy wanna
J Cincinnati has an organization OF capitalists
called The Tropical COMPANY. It has large
land holdings in Honduras on which the Gull
rIvation of bananas Is conducted exten-
sive scale.
/ Germany viii endeavor TO be its own mold
( OF form and glass OF fashion" Berlin will soon
see a fashion exhibit hy which 1t Is hoped that
special fashions for German women VIII DE -
tablished-
club for the study of the liquor problem
. has been organized IT Harvard No particular
method for the solution of the problem !. sdvo-
Gated buJ the object VII be 10 promote inveStI-
CATION and discussion
4 Ru5so-Chin bank has Just been opened IN
+ CoIouoo. Tie headquarters are in 81 Petersburg.
; with numerous branches in European and A-atic
Ru sIa but the Just opened l. the first
( brsnch established in india and Ceylon-
! Panama growing i 4 feature of fruit raisiDg
( in Southern California Though II does not meet
with the same sueee~s As 1t does IN tropical
/ regions the enterprise Is said To be making a
{ iair progress
August Strindberg. the Swedish author IS
known a. a fanatical woman hater He divorced
his first and second wives 1t Is said. heWever.
. that he intends once more TO Try on the yoke
/ or uarrimony.
Mrs J P Newman widow OF the Methodist
Episcopal bishop. has sailed for Palestine. where
( she Is to meet Mrs. Leland Stanford The two
/ Well-known women viii travel together through
{ the East until next fa4-
Thomas T Eekert generI na7ager of the
Western Union Telegraph Corlpany- superintend-
ed the interIsent Of John N likes Booth. and IS
said to be the only man, now living who knows
where the remains OF Lincoln's assassin are
buried
Miss Ella Ewing the Missouri giantess- who
J. eight feet four inches IN height recently com
pIsted a house for herself at the town Of Gown,
( in that state Her new house has doors 70 feet
( high. ceilings = feet high with chairs, tables,
beds. and everything IN proportion
( It /, thought b the officers in charge Of the
Yellowstone National Park that there are about
FIFTY bison in the park Difficulty has been ex-
perieueed In dealing with poachers- because Of
the fact thai the northwestern boundary OF the
park Is MOI clearly defined
French women always come 10 the front when
there Is riot or revolution in progress In the
recent disturbances at NsrseilIes when The dock
rlen we're stoniuz the soldiers 200 women some
/ with babies IN their arms took part ia the de
. rnonstration-
The Duke Of Westminster is one OF the young
/ est and richest Of Ensland's mobiles His income
. IS reckoned At about the same As King Edwards
-somethIn. like s5900 a day. When the leases
of Belgrayia fall in If he lives forty years to
see that time the duke VIII be the richest
+ in England.
The lot OF the project Il police in $. Peters
burg can hardly be happy. and Is certainly an
safe According 10 the tragic record Of the past
. forty years. since Alexander ernsucipatcd the
twentv-three million serfS. assassination has left
the position open for project upon the
average once in about six years
Tie postmaster of Cedar Springs. Mich, has
posted the following notice. bounding hunt
ing hungry candidates for township Offices can
not open headquarters in the postoffce in Cedar
Springs 10 discuss politics They may pack the
/ township and the caucus but not the postofice-
I Loafng Is prohibited
Victor Huso's eldest daughter. Miss Adele
Hugo l. still ignorant of her fathers death
She Is seventy-seyen years old. Her fance. m
English army officer died ia India shortly before
the time SIT for the marriage When Miss Hugo
heard the news hev reason left her Her full
mental yiGor never returned
There IS nothing Ike 4 tree TO keep air pure.