The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.


There Is More fruit grown in this country than
anywhere else In the world Especially does the
= United States excel in Strawberries and grapes
4 wedding ring lost two years ago BY Mr.
John Sands. r.. OF Wooster, Ohio. was reeently
found in the crop Of = chicken she had sold to =
local poultry dealer
King Edward VII has given orders for the
, cltaloguing Of the late Queens library. with 4
'le% 70 presenting the books to various libraries
throughout the country.
The pest Of British Colunbia forests IS plart
called the devils club It has s1ikes which
! when they enter the flesh. break Of and produce
poisoned wounds. which tester.
Among the shoes possessed ty Queen Alexandra
and She collects boots and shoes OF all periods
worn by famous psrsons-the pair which she
( treasures most are those once worn by Mary
; Queen Of Scots
/ The old-i4shcued IosG64rdy poplar. slough not
seen frequently nov in past years. has al
wars been 4 gTeatly admired sFecirnent Of ar
[ horticulture ia this country. The first one IN
America planted ia I7s5.
Fifteen bushels Of Tax from Argentine. South
America. were sovzn as an experiment in North
Dakota last year, and the result was 50 satis-
factory that $3.50 bushels Sill be s5un this year
on about i2,o09 acres q land
People give ro-c tira.- to recreation than they
did years a=o, aad ise world Is the better for IL
Occasional outings railroad ioUrBsys visits 10
interesting points. both at horne and abroad
have greatly sv9Iien the tide Of travel.
\ marked rise n the level Of the Dead Sea has
been noted \ Irnsd lagoon has been formed on
the north side II the Jordan delta The water
does nos sank in sumner and i Il stirmised that
the whole bottom OF the Dead Sea has been raised
by volcanic serioa-
One Of the special bicycles built for the use Of
( The British troops in south Africa which went
through Tie campaign with General Ian HsHsiI-
( J0a's Column WIS recently exhibited in LarCau
lent ffl--rs.
knocking about Ii had received, excited general
I comment.
Major Cardew. R E electrical adviser 10 the
/ British Board Of Trade told the London Society
Of Arts the other evening that there IS not the
slightest doabt that electric trains can De safely
run at q speed Of IzG miles an hour. but the
/ expense would be great that u is doubtful
whether such trains would be probable
The nane Of the postof6ce Bait Rock, in Ms
soGEi. : not 20 be accounted for BY any peculiar
/ icy Of the physical features OF the place. -
( might De supposed Il seems that one q the
! first buildings erected there was general ssers
the Proprietors Of which sold such bad sugar that
| his customers declared II TO be half rock
I Fisvel Danforth. a citizen OF Springfield. Ohio.
/ Is sworn foe of tobacco IN all It's forms When
he went 10 vote AT the recent election he found
/ the polling place filed With tobacco smoke. lie
refused 80 vote until the Judges and clerks step
/ ped smoking and the place was aired This he
! could not effect and tSfr2nchiSed himself and
/ refused t. vote.
The Jevs are stiU getting into Palestine in
sI'5ss % ever obstacle put in their way says the
Missionary Worll-' They are nd7s ssid 20 num-
/ Der uedrtE haI the population Of Palestine that
y about fe.f-o. Il seems If the Jews viii
never take - ATstic- fIe5 either speak German.
/ French. Engiis!4. besides the eoIloauials Of
( the country IRON which they have ernigrated
/ Al Nev Hzrbor. Ne. the other day strange
! freak CT nature was presented TO Warden Hanna
J by one OF the lobster fishermen. It was lobster
I with line drawn NON the bone Of she nose 10
the i.ddle Upper Of the tail exactly IN the
ire Of the back. side Of 5he lobster being
red though Z had been boiled while the other
side ccal black. Nobody had ever seen any
thing Ike It before
An Athens despatch 20 the London Standard
says that dgrir. tie month OF March z.0e0 young
Greeks llsYr left lyr the United States TO make
their fortunes For some time the number Of
clEizrauts from sircrcc has been increasing Tie
newspapers depiore tIr dspoPulstioa Of the coun-
Try, atrributius 1t to the agricultural depression
and cSAeTtin the Government TO take measures
for improving the situation
In the Maryland peGitentisry on Easter Sundly
about III sad inmates OF the fzca Irnfessed their
faith Christians. The service Of confirmation,
which was performed in the chapel CT the psni-
tentI5ry- Was very impressive one. The chapel
vas decorated with potted flowers plants and
lilies and everything possible done 20 relieve
the candidates Tor confirmation % The reaIiza-
tsen that they we've cozvicts.
While John Regan OF Abilene Kan, vas cut
giving his hounds exercise the other day the
dogs started a rabbit and give chase Bunny
ran straight foE tennis court, lodged beneath
wire screen with which the ground Is sur
rounded and got away The dogs did not the
screen and crashed into 1t. one animal worth
$50, being killed and several Eut out OF business
Meanwhile --tr'er Rabbit, h lay ioz.''
Ministers succeed each other IN Italy with re-
Inarkable rapidity, During the last ten years
1881 TO I2oI-therc have been thirteen admins
tratioaS-Crizpi then Rudiui then GioIftti
CrfsPi again. then Rut1ni, who reconstructed his
cabinet and changed its programme four times;
PellouN- the head OF i've distinct successive ad-
Tninl<tratioIls; Ssracce and ZanardelIi. whose
tenure OF Office Is expected 10 be very short
The senior law class at Am Arbor University
gave Al April fool dance which had some original
features. Three chaperons vino sat delHuTeIy in I
corner we're announced as Mines. CARR. Rui. and
Yacci Nation. and It was some time before the
guests learned that the sUern-Ooking females were
only dummies For The sixth dance the orchestra
played Home Sweet Home turned cut the
lights and ie-r the hall The mid punch served
10 tfiFsts dancers WIS changed during the even
ing Ia csiorcd salt and water.
Prot " " Wheeler. in the American
Natur- list, - describes species Of ants which
raise mushrooms Tor food They hrst cut
leaves into small pieces and carry them into their
underground chambers Then they reduce the
leaves to p.lip. which they deposit IN 4 heap
finds lodging and. the subterranean conditions
fIToriHg such result, minute syFfllings pro
GUcgI the vegetable mas. These are the
mushrooms which constitute finest the sole
food Of the colony Of ants that cultivated them.
The Indian of South America employs this Pc
culilr method Of capturing monkeys Taking =
ooeosnur he cuts a hole IN each end lust large
enough 10 enable monkey 70 insert his paws;
puts lump sugar inside. then places Il N
promising spot aad awaits the capture OF his
game When the monkey finds tae she'll IN its
greed i inserts paw at each opening, closes
them on the suZ and then cannot withdraw his
paws without t-yeuing them again and dropping
the >Usar- Rather thar do this the monkey win
attempt 10 e5la,e with the cOCo5nut on its paws
and - i easily captured
The following letter, written BY a woman in
Kansas. has been received by the Philadelphia
Police Department: Chief Police viii you see
the woman whose name Is IN the enclosed ad-
VerliSement I VII settle With her Cor 500
She has a medicine which she SAYS win Remove
gOt bottle OF the medicine I had some fllz on
fICe and now 1 have get = heavy beard the doe
ter say / win have whiskers row all my He
If She give SOU $50 I viii rzke il and say
HUJhin ag2ias- the woman
Students IN hersldry are trying to straighten
oLt an alleged kink IL the municipal aruas OF
New York. A sailor and Indian are part Of
this device, and the question of whether the