The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In 1850 the mineral IsS.laets Of the Unitei
SJIteS amounted TO s6l9.0Joaoo and in 1888 to
! s9s60f9se09
IN the Georgian language. spoken in the noun
| t4iHs between the caspian and Black Seas. si1ds
| means mother, and mama, father.
The sum 81 I5e marks heretofore annually voted
IN Germany tor the support of German schools
| s5'ead, has heea doubled this year
The new StateI,ouses in Arkansas and Nis,is-
/ slPPI VIII each be located upon ground where
formerly were peHirentiary buildings
The national park Of I.2g- square miles pro-
! posed at the beadH8ters Of the Mississippi viii.
/ II IT i established. be the Grst in che central
| region Of the country
In 1893 California shipped to England g5-si7
| cases Of canned fruits. In 1859 the number Of
| canned cases G59.SiS-sn increase OF over E9)
! per cent IN seven years
! makers advertised that they would make such
pairs Is were necessary 10 their pens for a stated
| time, generally about six months
Deaths from consumption in PHILADELPHIA are
/ estimated to be one-third les than they we're
fifteen years ago. The health authorities sal the
| improvement Is due to their continuous battle
/ against the disease
The German protectorate in East Africs has
coast line Of 90 miles. an area Of $4,000 square
! miles. and includes portion Of Zanzibar The
/ population IS estiusred at s.gG.oao natives and
/ about 1880 foreigners. mostly Germans.
/ The objections to funerals on Sunday are max
Ing progress every day It Is principally now in
the smaller cities and villages that this practice.
which was Onoe fashionable TO speak. Is carried
ont Many cemeteries IN large cities are opposed
! to It
/ = preacher at ChilIieothe. Mo- followed the
| ScriptUraI injunction of Peace on earth; good
| viii toward men. by brating his two little
| children 50 hard that he arrested Che day
before Christmas on charge OF assault and
y
There Is z'r'ch talk about the chivaIry Of the
knights of old and ~-,rt % thing bue IN
many instances these men IN arinor were in
some respects as bad the Chinese Boxers
They often took voluntary oath never 70 spare
the life OF an enemy
The trareling men Of Kansas have succeeded,
after several years, IN raising funds sufficient to
erect a suitable monument over the grave OF
Capt j. Il Barr, # Humboldt. who kept 4
hotel there and was friend OF all the drummers-
He vas afectionsJelv known a. ''Beefsteak Barr -
Cinnamon are fond Of beer and very few can
throw stones at them IN this respect, but as a
rule they not sUcieHtIv endowed in the worlds
goods 10 enjoy much OF II in their own country
Iheis inportstions al that beverage from Germany
N 1893 has Just been reported value Of not
quite 5000
Another neW rife has been invented. this
time N Sweden. and England has placed orders
for some samples Il Is automatic ceBtrTrance.i
q
sIstem OF rifle shooting. Germany has sent some
gun barrels 10 sweden 70 have the invention
fitted TO them
six ribbons are used IN the court of Victoria
to hold newspaper clippings designed for the
royal perusal- She nerer sees the papers in their
original state They are carefully pertised by an
official Who cuts OUT what he thinks viii please
her, pins the- clippings the ribbons and lays
them on her table
Leading architects desire 10 have tLcir prosc=-
sion given the standing Is that Of layers
and doctors No man can practice Iaw until he
has been admitted 70 the bar. or medicine anti
he has passed 4 required examination and Ie-
ceiycd a certificate. BUT anvf77c.v can call him
self an architect. whether be Is qualified not
Millions are 20 be expended IN the work Of
deepening Boston Hsrbor, the object being to
accommodate the biggest ocean steamers T:e
b5ttum there Is Of tenacious clay, studded it'll
huge powders, hut 1t Is expected that an addi-
ti5nal depth Of thirts-ive feet VIII be gained BY
the work contemplated
Italians are en- grating 10 the south. The
climate Is much t. their liking and the nimbla
fingers. both Of men and women. ind favorable
comment from thee employers. Another thing Is
than they don't care particularly about attending
political meetings That Is regarded as some
thing commeldable in busy se-sons-
Oregon Is veI-favored safe 50 far as its
nomenclature Is concerned For one reason II IS
called the ..Webfoot State because at certain
only be appreciated BY webfooted animals II
Is also called the Beaver state from the former
abundance Of these animals along It's water
courses
In WIIkestaTre Pa, old and interesting
legal paper has been discovered It IS an
affidavit Of defense which Jay Could wrote himself
IN Ie;5- He had had trouble with his creditors
and claimed that instead Of bounding him they
should encourage him. since he had built the
largest taun5ry IN the world and was developing
tEae resources OF the country
Three months ago party of Mormon students
began three-years' trip into South America 10
search for traces OF the last survivors OF the
NepLite~. helie.ed b. Normons 10 have been the
ErsI people or rLiS country Benjamin Glun.
president OF -he Brigham Young Academy IN
-aFs That MANY prrili-t-- Re ruins have been
earthed which tend TO uphold The Mormon tradi-
tons.
In the collecting of perfumes two processes are
elauleyed- In one. the grease process; boxes
With Elas- Lotions are prepared the bottom be
IN covered with pure grease or suet. ami the
flowers gathered fresh every day during the sea-
sn are LAID on trays IN the box. the grease being
Leg to absorb their fragrance IN the oil process
the 1lsce OF grease Is taken - cotton batting
saturated with oil, the process Being substan-
-3aIy the same
In gne purple las been esteemed as SONG
thing 10 BE- particularly proud Of II has an arts
to-ratie twin=e about Il The origin OF the petted
phrase Is from the fact that the old Roman En-
Rera-- always signed their names in purple ink
W subject Of the empire was permitted to
or even have tisis in5- and on az least Two 0c-
Ca-io-> the possession OF small quantity OF Il
was considered treason and the person owning this
emblem Of ROYALTY was put to death.
PIN money was no joke when It first came
into vogue It amounted to a great deal and the
wife who allowed it by her husband had
reason 20 consider herself i0ltuIsatc- When pins
were first invented. II the fourteenth century.
the maker allowed sell them on the lst
ladies hocSed 10 buy them They were eE-
l,asi-e That 1t was customary 60 give as a we'd
65n-s present q certain sum OF money 20 be used
pin MONEY hence the term
Frgncbmen are perhaps 70 he pardoned for in
duIeing in Eaaay strange notions, for lis their
nature 10 DO so. hut one can hardly admit the
idea OF ! French investigator OF mental sciences
who has reached the conclusion that the brains Of
military and naval men give out most quickly.
He states that ont Of every 10000 men OF the
army or naval professions. 100 are hopeless
hIuatits. or the ~a-called liberal professions. az
tisls are the first STCCuWh IN the brain strain.
next t5le LAWYERS followed Al some distance ~
doctors, clergy literary men and civil servants
The tar.ine OF faithful watch dog at Marshall.
No. las week awakened the family of 7 ".
Norton and saved half dozen people from being
burned 10 Death IN a FIRE that destroyed the
home and all Is contents V hen the alarm WIS
given BIZ the log the house Vas compic sig
wrapped Ia famcs and the occupants had blz5v
time 20 escape. After raining from ra9-s 70