The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.


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There are three states in the Union where there
are no statutory holidays. These are AississIpPi.
Kansas, and Nevada.
California sends 81 oooos0 worth Of canned fruit
70 Germany q year, and still the supply is not
equal 10 the demand
During the century total of about 100000
people have come from foreign countries 10 make
| their home in the United States
In IsD0 there were SOB postoffces IN the United
States and 1873 miles Of postal routes IN 1893
there were $500 PoTtofiees and 497 oo9 miles Of
postal routes
The French Ministry Of Posts and TeIegrapl,5
Is making arrangements which ysIU enable every
resident in Paris TO have telephone IN his her
apartment for g year.
South Carolina Is making progress in the line Of
educating It's rising generations On the pu5Ic
school enrolments in the state there are 1885
white pupils and I55,602 eolored,
The city Of Detroit Mich. tried standard time
Tor Just one week. Then the common council
voted to abandon it and return 70 local time,
regardless Of railroad time tables.
Both Of the sons of Thomas jefferson were mem
bers OF Congress frOHs Virginia while he WAS
President. One OF these was Thomas Mann Ran
dolph and the other John " Eppes-
The chance OF two finger prints being alike T.
rot one IN 64o01.010C00- No one Is prepared TO
dispute the assertion and none wants 10 90 into
calculation which viii prove its correctness
cIded 90 issue a loan Of El.Jo0C00, OF which
EtIG.000 viii be devoted TO the telephone serv-
ice and goo 900 10 the enlargement Of hospitals
Among the wonders Of the EAST century may be
mentioned the fact that in 1890 there was not
cooking stove in the United States Vow We are
beginning TO cook without fire by the aid Of cleo
Tricity
poultry statistician says that there are about
359OOO,0C9 chickens In the United States and that
mstely i,o0911o,c9o eggs, valued at about Sl95,-
coo.
In the city Of Frankfort small German or Dutch
oysters il the shell from 60 10 - cents per
dozen Some re7ideut An orleans occasionsIlg have
barrel Of American oysters sent BY their friends
at home.
No mans head can be used on a postage stamp
while ne IS slve. No vessel belonging TO the Uni
ted States can BE- named after living man, even
in the class whore the names % naval heroes are
alone employed
4 yeterz- provision dealer Is authority for the
statement that nothing viii draw rats like sweet
potatoes They seem TO be able TO smell this
toothsome vegetable from afar, and VIII come in
drOves wherever sweet potatoes are stored
Automobile drivers are about as rapacious as the
old-f8shioned ordinary cab diver One who re-
Gently overcharged a customer in New York how
ever and put the difference in his pocket came to
grief by having been convicted Of petit larceny.
William Ricketts, has Just completed his thirty
fifth year mail carrier and coach driver between
Rising sun and Aurora, Ind. missing but two
weeks on account OF sickness n all that time.
Tia teal distance he has Travelled IN tiis way Is
Sg3 I2h miles
Attempts viii soon be made by California vege-
table growers 70 put fresh asparagus ON the mar
ket in London and in other places IN Great Brit
ain Il Is expected that the California product
VII compete with French asparagus. which Is sent
TO England IN large quantities
The number Of marine disasters daring the year
just closed IS smaller probably than ever before.
An official Of the New YoF5 Maritime Exchange
thinks this Il due 10 the fact that sailing vessels
Disappearing. steam craft being better able 10
take care Of themselves when n peril
Georgia has led the United States in textile
mil building during the current year. with North
Cs-OliH2 close second and South Carolina IN
third place The two Carolinas still have each
larger number OF cloth factories than Georgia but
the latter Is steadily forging 10 the front
Iayor-elect Poor, of HaverhiH. Mass, Is a gen
uine vorkingman-a shoe cutter by trade, who has
worked tor years at the bench ard has saved
little competence from his earnings Before the
town OF Bradford was annexed 70 HaverhlH he
made record there selectInan for uprightness
and judgment
a bill has been introduced in the Georgia Legis-
lature TO empower the state Commissioner Of Ag-
ricuiture 10 inspect proprietary medicines and de-
proposed measure On the ground that no iayran
Is competent TO decide whether medicine Is val
liable or not when even doctors disagree
In London there Is difficulty in getting enough
boys to serve - messenger 50 the experiment Is
being made Of employing girls Some Of the mes
ssnger girls are deuure damseiS OF seventeen
summers and are said 70 be quicker than rae ooys
IN delivering messages and answering calls IL
VIII be interesting to watch the Development of
the experiment
Three months have passed since the formal open
ing Of the Pringie Memorial Home ~ New YORK
designed for the use OF aged literary men without
means of support. 6nt - TAR II has had no m
mate NOBODY has even applied Tor admission
The home provided b. a wealthy New YORK
banker .sho died several years ago and money
without stint Is behind 1t
German papers relate that Capt. Baron Helzius
recently covered distance OF NIT 1T : qrr17S--
miles on horseback IN twenty five minutes He
racing with railway train from Graben 70
the ueiSh5orhood Of Carisruhe, and beat 1t BY
eight minutes His horse had been especially
trained for the ride, having been fed pre-
pared food instead Of cats. for weeks
Cumberland county. Ne. has elected sheriff
who means 20 see that the state prohibition law
shall be enforced IN his bailiwick. He Is Rev.
Samuel T. Pearson, am New Tear Day. the
first day he was IN afhC- he made several Iquer
seizures lie took charge OF his Office when the
century i've minutes old S7Eore IN his
deputies at O'Clock IN the morning and by 10
had made three seizures
The Pope's army Is but small force nova
DAYS, and when iAe whole contingent turned out
for review at the Vatican recently there were but
800 all told. There are FIVE diviSons-rhe Guar
dia Mobile. - young aristocrats from stanChIy
clerical departments; 100 so-cailed Swiss Guards.
some Of WON Italian meuntaineers. 100
apiece OF the Gylardia Palatiua and the Papat
gente-Hls, and 80 hreTnen-
Sada Nacca the japanese actress who was heard
in New York last winter. and subsequently, ap-
peared with much success in Paris has been com
missioned. WITH her husband h4wakami by the
Empress OF Japan. 10 make 3 careful study of the
stage OF European countries and select 2 number
Of plays suitable for translation IN her language
The Empress desires 10 do away Eith the ten-hour
japanese PLAYS and give them 4 more reasonable
length
While a large oak log was being sa.sed into
lumber IT L. C. BeeEn's mill. Redwood. Ohio. the
circular saw ran into an obstruction in the log.
which completely wrecked the saw and endangered
the lives OF the worLmen. The io- was chopDed
INTO and almost IN It's heart was found the steel
bit OF AK. which must have heen broken %
there ar least thirty years ago. as indicated by
that number nf coucentrie growth rings surround
ing u centre
In western Kansas some Of the county treasyI-
rie+ have been depleted by the payment Of 50
bounty on coyote SealpS- These animals are taken
IN this manner: The coyotes are dccoyed by 4
c.owiug rooster in cage. placed on a prairie
men with shotgun slaughter the wolves Another
plan i to drag piece or meat through the grass
q circle When the COYOTES come upon The
meat the hunters -t1or them