The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ --f.r5fr5- increase over The Weld o. tie ccr-
I responding months %. lass ysl--
| DURING ISL and ISSa tbs European immigration
I Co the United states reached 10 maximum and
amounted o. $4,000 persons. The number az 1ss5
l Ha, $1,000 u lssI, $1,000, 5n Isf--gs. zaleeJ;
/ in I-g--s3 $1,000.
The late Governor Piugrce oi Michigan S1bscrib-
| % Co a clipping bureau and kept an the printed
Comment about himself This was kept in a set
af scranaool-s. which sai 90 contain 900 col
I .I-ls ut newspaper comment
The cereals laheat. com. oats. rye and bar
| ley) raised i'm the United States during the past
/ FIVE years represent value 90 the farmer OF So
7'H'Aooo. or an increase Of nearly $1,000 900 90
over the preceding i've years
The collections in tie print room o. the British
Museum have recently been enriched By the gift
Z from Spanish collector q a number Of orizi-
'li etehings Tor Illustrations 90 Wasners operas
and other musical comp1slti0ns-
Canada-s entire -Irplus crop o. hay and oats
IS being marketed this year to the British Gov
erEment for the use Of the army in South Africa.
IN extra feet % steamers viii soon begin trans
porting this forage % the seat OF War-
The late Judge Edward Conn Lewis. Of Water
bury. Conn. left an estate valued al S2.030000.
divided evenly between three children and
a rraHdchlld Tie directed that part q the
estate should be invested in railroad securities
Hereafter the French railway companies are re-
quired 70 submit every person applying FOR a post
on their star % a very rigorous medical cxami-
nation and anyone who Is suspected Of tlherc1-
.osLs. or who appears likely % contract the
disease, is not 20 be admitted 20 the staff
It takes 5000 unloaded bees 10 make pound
that Is when the bee leaves cts hive in search Of
honey il weighs only the fve-thousandth part 4
a p0uad- When 50 returns. however from the
fields and flowers. freighted with honey it IS
three times that heavy
Regarding the nature Of the recent drafts %
Indian troops 70 has beeen ascertained that the
invading ratio last year. from all causes. ~
British soldiers IN India IN their first twelve
months service was O. per thousand, against %
Under obvious encouragement from the Rus
sian Government an Eastern association has been
formed with the object Of Strengthening Russla's
commercial and economic position IN Genital
ASIA, and as far as possible in India. The OrZa1i-
zatlon IS very thorough. and its work viii bs
done by specialists in AL branches Of trade and
cor merce.
The Paris police cyclists who lay in wait for
Ljgh-spred autom0bilists are 70 have their ma
chimes htted with little instrument which cor
recty indicates speed so that all disputes upon
the point may in future De- avoided. The police
cyc.-st has only 20 pedal alongside yhe offending
motor for few Turns 81 thee wheel IN order 70
have faithful record Of the speed attained
Taerc is no immigration into Germany. Tie
increase in the population is entirely natural and
amounted 20 nearly 10000. or about Il per cent.
during the decade from 1850 To- 1900. and nearly
per cent during tEe i've wears from 1895 70 Ips9
The population ~ the empire generally Is ad-
vanclng 90 the rate Of about Is per cent auuu-
ally but the increase in the cities has been phe-
n1menal.
In Western Europe. and particularly in Ger
many. the employment Of motors utilizing gases
from blast furnaces Is increasing. saws the
Youths Companion" Il is said that the use
ot THESE gases. which is not 80 common in IN
gland or the uited States effects considerable
saving in the cost Of founding The motors thus
driven are employed principally for actuaJing air
couipressors and electric generators
Conscience money in Great Britain now
amounts 20 thousands Of pounds annually. The
first sum noticed WAS on March 3D. I7s9. when
$3.50 wac carried TO the public account in cJnse-
queuce II note received by the Chancellor. The
writer with troubled soul implored him, '-as
honest MN. % consider the money the property
% The nation. and 90 be So Just as 90 apply il
90 the use % the state IN SUCH manner that the
nation may not suffer By It's having been de-
tanned, and thus to ease the conscience Of an
honest man.
These Who consult Dr. MurraY-s English dc
tianlry. the great English lexicon now in course
Of preparation, have noticed that the last pub
l.-hed part containing W0-ds beginning with
X. has been dove-tliled IN between other parts
previously published, containing words beginning
with IL as Well as those beginning with y -
t-e'f N--t-la, internal Ffl-eLee To the
reason Tor this course OF action Under the head
ing khaki there is allusi0n 20 the south
African var OF ''l~ga-.' The staff Of leyic1-
gTaphe.s engaged on the dictionary had evidently
hoped 10 Ill zap this siugulsrly ugly blank. but
were too cautious TO venture on prophecy
The fur trade OF Canada has long since sunk
into iH~isuifelnce, compared with its proportion
half century ago. The country decried By Il
French philosopher as a region Of ice and snow
which France could ven spare = now famous az
a .zISe eXA'r-=r Of the best wheat and apples and
other products which attest the richness Of the
soil and the favorable climatic conditions for the
sisJenlnce of human life The fur trade has now
lost the picturesque aspect II sometimes aazIrned
cgrin- the French dominion and I'm the ra-rry
DAYS when the factors Of Che great company were
lords % tEs north
An amusing instance Of force Of habit Is re-
ported IN an English newspaper 4 LADY vlIking
in Tie country with brother lately returned
from The war in south Africa was greatly alarm
I'd. not 40 the sound OF blasting from a neigh
boring quarry. but at her brothers falling fat
Co She ground lr the lusaur- she ~ course.
summed that De had been Hiurcd- but it turned
out tHl- Ee had been In the habit for months. by
order. Of p-as-rltiE- himself the veIdt &C the
sound Of q gun Mechanical obedience Of this
Kind has beu effectively utilized In the case u
suspected ae~sr,--s- An abrupt shout of Halt
trla-s any man who wss lately IN the ranks 70
sudden s-lU-S-I-L
What Is the difference between whisky and
ullssey- Most people imagine that it Is but
mere difference in spelling. but a British mer-
,alut complained racgn-ly tl1r, in answer 20
written o-Tar lor WHISKY given TO a spirit mer-
Giant. Scotch WHISKY was sent TINS Jed 20 a
personal Interview With tle seller. 90 which Il
vls pointed OUT -Eat the customer always pUr-
chased Irish. never scotch Tire order
-g--el CD and the Merchant placing his 1-Igr on
the UH i whisky. said without an --s' Tr denoted
Scotch % Irish was required the spelling should
De 'ul-saeE-' The purchaser nav wants 70
auaa l0E 10 happens that -'e-' should spell
Irish
A NeH York ieveI-r IS quoted as saving. Quite
as token of betr.-all--- Another one says.
Men nowadays pay far more for s,8rtrlus etc.
Cor ordinary ue-s taaE was ever known before.
Many Wear ESQ pairs OF links for thei- shirt
cuffs Another rsEgler SAYS Il have recently
every rHt dozen finger rings I sold Two years
ago have now sold Ten OF eleven But what IS
spent ug t.. male who adurls himself in weird
.ae.ry- which is nos seen hv anyone else. I
--rl as the NEST eEr-4u- a.a4rE exhibition Of the
vogue SCALED smart men are wearing costly
iaHelei l-.loU~ au their evening WlistC1ats. and
enormous sUlls are constantly paid i0r them
a hsme with a history is that % Capt N1r-
man Macleod. g. H. c. the tr-cutv-thlrI Chief
tam % the Clan Of Macleod who resides ne Dun
ve-an Castle. Isle of skye. which has the dis
function of being the oldest inhabited private
house lu tle three s5r-EurS. saws the scottish
American 10 dates from the ninth century A.
one end ul the drawing room. IN the thickness
~ Ile wall. IS secret passage leading down %
what was the r.-aiuars' hail. ana 40 the other end
Of the room Is su9-ae- secret passage it vas
I1 this very room. which &, rav. Of caurs..
] Hr-. HHrrr.