The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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More than Il million people are treated in the
hospitals o. London each year
Pensacola has "a harbor worthy 20 rank with
that OF Naples for all the purposes valuable to
nation.
A comprehensive map OF tie Chimes Empire was
made in l5ls by Jesuits by special order Of the
Emperor kang-hi.
\ new species of mountain sheep has been sent
from Dawson City TO Director Hornaday. OF the
New York Geological Society.
In Atchison county. kan. q farmers wife sold
5000 worth Of butter last year Another sold
/ 800 worth Of butter and eggs.
The Spanish navy is now among the smallest Of
the sea powers OF the world. At time
than century ago. 1t was among the greatest
Nov Is the time for. people 10 give their plants
plenty Of water to drink Flowers require much
more water in the summer than they do in winter.
fact that may we'll call for the attention Of
naval authorities Is that there Is immense
percentage of foreigners among the crews Of
naval vessels
An Ontario ocuiist thinks that the eyesight Of
one-fourth of the blind patients he has had
might have been saved by prompt precautions
taken ~ infancy.
No real lover and possessor of a garden 1t Is
said. ever died Of insomnia. This disease
which follows those By night who cannot throw
OF The thoughts Of daily bfe
The First Methodist Episcopal Church OF James
town, Y y, and the Matthegson Street Metho-
dist Episcopal Church Of Providence, r. L, have
been using elevators FOR several years
Samuel Gibbons, os HogdenviIle Ky. Is proba-
bly, the oldest mail carrier in this country. lie
and under the Administration Of Andrew jackson
CorilIas are occasionally seen IN Kamerun near
the German settlements. Last April German
hunter shot one that measured 27 metres and
weighed nearly 800 pounds. The natives ate the
meat.
scheme for demoIishing over 5000 unsanitary
houses in Liverpool and rebuilding. involving
expenditure OF a million and half has been
faTorsbly entertained by the Liverpool City
Council
Rural postmeu are not altogether new They
delivered letters or communications Of some kint
in Egypt long before the Christian era That IL
Shat a German savant who has been delving into
the subject, finds out
The weather. elias Is in India not inclined to
favor the sovereign as j circulating medium
Yellow currency i not in favor among them
They very seTviceable. however among the
elite brooches and earrings
The Duke OF Westminster wedding cake was
adorned with reproductions of the ancestral home
OF the bride and bridegroom and With their coats
OF arms emblazoned silken banners. It
seven feet IN height and weighed over two hum
dred pounds
In noting the arrival san Juan Of James :
Harlan the new Attorney General Of Porto Rico
a local paper saws that he Is "a fine specimen OF
physical manhood. and also informs its readers
that he comes IRON country whore the snow
lies four feet deep"
The order just filed in Connecticut. for 1000.-
60 pounds OF trolley sire for electric road
in India Is the greatest export order for this
teTia ever received in the state. The reels upon
which the wire was wound required nearly I00eFD
feet 0f lumber for their construction
At Essex Conn. the other day wampum belt
owned by descendant OF Herman Garret, who
was appointed governor over the Pequots in I555
sold for $50 The relic Is composed OF =
string Of shells formed INTO belt two and one
half inches ide and thirty-three inches long
Last year the Ohio maple syrup crop on the
Upper Sandusky brought the manufacturers about
8 ESQ. This year it Is expected 10 reach $1,000
The huge boiling kettles of few years ago have
been regulated, until n,sT the evapOrator accom-
plishes the work cheaper and better than the Old
way
1t Is believed in London that English cotton
spinners are facing very hard times y PERIOD
OF trade activity has been followed by q reactian
accelerated by the Hgh prices OF raw cotton and
other materials, poor demand from India; and
an almost complete stcpp3ge Of buying from
China.
= Springfield lSIass.) publishing company. whose
business IS 50 large that It furnishes more mail
matter than all the rest Of the city put together
was recently awarded four years contract for
carrying the mali TO and from the pOsI0ffice and
the railroad depot Several automobiles nO8
being built 20 do the work
A curious lantern fly discovered by naturaIisys
in the Malay Archipelago possesses the power Of
jumping several feet without opening its wings
Il has projection on its head which. when
bent back and suddenly released. throws the in
sect into the air The ly seen 10 lamp from
the ground to the rcof OF 4 hut
An old Kentucky farmer Who IS long past the
FT.T al
his house Tor forty year and the astonishing
thing about IT is that II known outside his
own family until a week ago. when he ordered
a one. having grown too stout for the ac-
eoHmodatiOns offered by the old
Very deep mourning, is being worn BY the Royal
family OF England Long wells nearly SIX feet
long. hanging down behind from the bonnets, and
the maids Of honor also wear long wells attached
TO their heIdgear. and even in the house the
royal pTincesSes are 70 wear black Grape on their
headS-cap-like things with long ends
Frederiektovn (Ohio) enthusiast. who pos
sesses a large gasoline-propeIIed vehicle. which
resembles q street ear, cOutemplates trans
continental trip IN the machine. The interior Is
fitted Up a combination dwelling and repair
shop and the owner. who Is an expert machInISJ,
expects To secure enough work route to pay
his expenses
The strong bond that Uuites members OF the
Masonic fraternity showed itself in several places
IN south Africa. where the Beers rausIcked and
u.a+t urBueItE belonging 10 Inc laLeu BTU
i~herS Invariably Masonic lodges were LETT IN
disturbed. Indeed the uaraudinE visitors gen
er1Ily signed their 2ames in the visitors books
John Ylist the oldest kotelkeeper in Spots
wood. y J.. died there q few days ago aged
seveHtr-nIue- lie had kept 4 hotel for half a
century being stone blind for halt OF that time.
Notwithstanding this affection NGet ex-
pert bartender. When he not dutv thirsty
patrons were attended by n who was born
deaf and dumb.
EIr Charles SalamaD. 'vho has just celebrated
his eiehty-Seyeuth birth.iay. has unique record.
having composed and published vocal and instrls-
mental music the reiEuS OF four English SOY
ereiEus- His earliest publications date a. TAR
back I~2S. when Gcorse II Was King. While
his latest song has been issued since the aces
sion of King Edward IL
As result Of a wager NJ Caneifo. Il French
man. representing German automobile manu-
featuring firm viii undertake to construct q
machine OF seventy horsepower and weighing bur
J. go kiiogrGiuneS labout 2645 pounds VI Char
Ton. Che champion chauffeur Of France. who Is
tho IsTJy of the second part" viii be $500
poorer If y. Canello succeeds.
During the pasS year several remarkable reefs
of fossil coral have i,sea explored near Balm
bridge on the Flint River. in Georgia In one
case "a very large portion OF the reef exposed con-
sisfs of coral heads. some Of which more than
q foot in diameter Between twenty-five and
thirty species Of coral have been recognized in
these reefs by T ". Vaughan Tbey are as
cribed To the tertiary age
1t IS estimated that iully 1900 Claws wju
have been enacted before al the legislatures adj
iouru. That Is To sJy. the thirty Iaw-raakiu=;