The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

last century
Quecn Helene Of Italv finds tire to crafty
1 her iondncSs for writing poetry and pens some
very creCiitab.e verse. She is about 90 bring out
a volume cf her poems.
British Columbia nslist be a fne aeld FOR hunt
e5S Wild goose that fell before >poFtsIaAns
shotgun the other DAY was found 10 have SO
worth Of gold grain IN It's crop
Cast iron plows were first made in this country
m l.sl: and were greatly objected 70 from the
belief that the cs~t-iron poisoned the ground and
prevented the plants irom growing
AZ tie Ilttfe town OF Hilltop. II. Va. the athq,
day. Aavor Harris was convicted % robbery and
given Zen years in the peaiteutiarv The court
trying him held its session IN 4 saloon
CEief Ja-tiee Story. IN his description Of Chic,
Justice MarStall- aid That the Iatter'- hair was
black his eyes small and twinS:ng. his forehead
rather low. but lis features generally harmonious
Confederate veteran associations Of Alabama
are ziyocating the establishment u state de-
FartBeat q history 10 preserve historical ,Ioeu-
nents Affecting the state both in peace and in
On one OF the Indian reservations in New York
STATE Is toy factory which employs seTcrai
hundred Indians ali the year around The tors
world
\ correspondent Of. the ssNew York Times
states that lie flock OF ten or twelve blue
birds tiie other DAY. The Interpretation 81 this
sign by amateur weather prophets is auxiousiy
Daring the past year there vas an increase Of
nearly $4,000 in the value of monkey skins ex-
ported IRON the Gold Coast It Is estimated that
N least I.9e1 go Honkers were killed IN that
district alone
Deaths from consumption in Philadelphia are
estimated to be one-third less than they we're
fifteen years ago. The health authorities sar
the Improvement IS due 70 their continuous BATHS
against the disease.
Successful experiments have been made IN tbs
Conservatives of the University Of Nebraska, to
develop ner species Of nasturtf1rn. The par
tleiiar quality OF the new flower IS that It IS
eTer-hloonias plant
hall length portrait of the late Admiral JohE
4 Winslov, who commanded the old sloop-of-
war Eearsarge when she SINK the Alabama. j. 70
be presented to the new battIeShip Eearsarge
The Siver has asked that his name be Withheld
New York IS to have another high school in ths
borough Of Bronx, 70 oa called the Peter Cooper
High School, which "a TO sirpass ali the Other
buildings IN that pa Of the State. The cost
viii be S4e92Ss, and the work viii not be COM
pIeted until the spring OF 1902.
Two years age R Monarch. owner Of the Easi.
and Glennsore distiIIeriez at O7yensEo-o, XIV, was
offered $4,000 for the plants By the Whisky
fr1-f- Tie refused to 20. into the combine 4
fey DAYS ago the distfileries were disposed Of AZ
sIr- arthur T Bosfaick. for the past two wears
librarian Of the Brooklyn Public Library, has ae-
ceDred the position Of SUPERINTENDENT Of circuIa-
ton IN the Sew York Public library a place
created in veyT Of the recent consolidation Of the
city circulating Libraries with the llrgeT institu-
tion-
Recently the third cable has been laid betveez
the Netherlands and England II comprises four
wires. which extend from London 20 ROTTERDAM
Of -
the cable VIII be borne bv both countries This
vil greatly accelerate telegrsphic traffic between
The Netherlands and England.
The cause Of the wilt disease Of cotton.
which has been more or less destructive during
the past two Of three seasons. Is a fungus which
attacks the plant from the soil II first enters
the small roots and subsequently grows into t,e
tap. or stem. Tie result Is that the supply OF
food and moisture carried up from the roots L
greatly decreased
The Chicago University authorities propose 70
adorn the campus OF that Institution with fifty
big elm trees similar 70 the one presented 70
the University By thc class Of 1850 and Secretary
GootSpecd has announced that the trustees ars
wiling to pay 5000 for the lot-s10O apiece
The trees 70 be Dlzccd In symmetrical arrange
THent inside the quadrangle
Almost anything made IN the steel. ron. -
copper mills can now be had at Pi.tsbrlrg
company there has booked orders for 600 tons
Of high-grade Of open-hearth acid steel wire.
for use on the ueT East River Bridge AZ New
\ orS- The company took the contract from Syved-
ISL producers. who heretofore have been regarded
the only interests able to supply the grade Of
wire -equi-ed
The Ontario Government received last year
SO. 9g7 q IN fees from incorporated companies
The revenue rem this source has greatly increased
N late years being SlS-SfI.67 in 1895 S35-2Sfl0
IL Is97. S2S so 10 IL ISIS and S57S5I 95 IN 1907
Last wear 800 companies we're incorporated By let
teIs patent, 81 received licenses. and IS were
Ers nted supplementary letters patent This is
an increase OF = over 1872
The new electric railway at paris has proved
great success. despite the ulislaps that have O.
cured thereon from time to time From the
date of It's opening on July 70 until October 81.
10000 passengers we're carried Occasionally
the daily number OF passengers carried amounted
to llgoG4- Il was originally intended to FUE
only go trains Der day. but this number has bees
considerably increased, and further trains are TO
be added.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy has begun var
against the personal journalists. These gentry
have so angered him by their prosecutions aR6
the publication Of private domestic details IN the
life OF himself and the Q1een that he has given
orders that information OF any kind shall he
given 70 them from the palace He has also for
hidden the police to s2y anything about his
movements except when they a matter Of
public concern
Prof Kauinaann- Of Preslau. IN coa:errins the
degree Of doctor Of philosophy on FTaulein I'm
rcryv}ar the first woman who has ever uasssd the
examination 1T that university said that h. ear
ns7tIF hoped study among women would con
Time to be the execution with the few capable
individuals inaSuuCh # was Desirable that
they should hold 10 their primary and nobIest
calling Of wife and Tnnther. (which 4 man Will
never Be able TO ezcTCise-
There Is one fm7ort.ttion from Russia that gives
trouble wherever It takes root-the rapidly
spreading thistle. IN tHe Northwest this ex-
lerienee i reported. TrainTlen and passengers oe
South Dakota trains on the way 70 Pierre the
HE great piles drifts Ct Rcssau thissfcS The
rhiStieS collect in the grIls and form an Igrer-
woven mass which stop The trains and interiors
sadly with passenger service
During the recent restoration OF St Martins
hurch at Yevey. Switzerland q primitive stiifee
vas discovered Jew feet below the Goor of the
bun ding In shape Il somewhat resembles \
church. hut the etyIe Of architecture Is quite
fC-e{gn 10 EUr1Dn and haas traces OF ggieutaI
source The walls and foundations Of che relic
ore IN remarkable SIIte or preservation and the
structure Is heiievcd by experts to Pc che o. the
earliest buildings in which stone was employed.
\ sig,alulan with a turn Tor natural history
has shown once again the destruction wrought
by trains. He has kept list which, though nec-
aSsarilv not exhaustive. Is immensely long. Of
the yicti~7s aiong stretch OF line about tHrse
u5las Tire list ine]ulcS cats. foxes dogs hum
lresis Of rats. rabbits COW, sheep. an adder
l0nz-e5red Rat. a hed-hc- ard thousands o. froas
Among the birds are a ki,.-lslar- q kcz=ra3 havi.
roE-, and uiShtjars. 10 say nothing OF thr more
familiar species