The evening times., 1901-05-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Tho Uganda Railway l. now open 10 The point
within ninst5 1--we miles Of Victoria Nyauzs-
se7en-yesr-old tea plants. weld four cuHees OF
leaves apiece or 80 pounds OF tea to tae acre.
In IGzo thc T}utch possessed 6s IONS out .
every lcJ atoai. Vow they cvn Isz tons oIt II
=aah leo
Several gsspitsIs in Massachusetts, i.z7e on their
medical stS1s hoth ali0patbie and homeopathic
physicians.
The manufacture Of carbon for use in electric
iiEHting and Tor other purposes has grown O. le
great industry IN The West Virginia gas belt
The great Scottish Universities are said TO be
IN need OF money. It viii need millions of dollars
10 hrtng them up TO the standard Of modern re-
guiremeuts-
The United States are nor patsauizira. 5;.e
banana plantations Of the West indies and Of
central America 90 the a1Hount OF about Ss,oJ9.-
Goo year
According to official figures the output of coat
~ the United Kingdom during the year faa
amounted to 225-I7o.50o tons compared with 2zo.-
Os5,0J0 in 1899.
Peter lIinniis came over from Holland ia 1926
and bought the island ~ Manhattan for S24 The
otheF Gay twenty-five acres of the same land
brought Sl-oG9-Coo-
The appointment Of General Wsnowski to the
Office cI Minister OF Education OF Russia has proved
popular with the students with whom he has syn-
pathized IN their difficulties with the police.
TWsHty-four of The leading bankers. professional
men and merchants OF Richmond. No, have en-
tered into a covenant to parade today a shirt
waists, marching through the principal streets
Great SALT Lake Is beginning to show the dram
upon it due to irrigation. and Is recedine a
canal 10 the lake from tlse headwaters of the
snake River has been suggested as possible
remedy
Miss Goodrien. a teacher in southern mountain
school, Is encouraging the women IN her vicinity
to cultivate madder and indigo and to use the
colors from them for their weaving IN place of
manufactured dye.
IN the course OF certain operations IN the Bcivc-
dere Park, in Tunis. the vorkupcn discovered 4
huge circle Of enormous stu1ps OF tres ranged
around an immense square stone showing signs Of
artistic chisel work
The municipal ownership party in St Louis,
which poiled 90000 votes in the recent citr cleo
tion Is encouraged to become active in Stata
politics It's name VIII be changed from ffrnuni-
eipal ownership to public ownership il the
idea maturG-
TramPs in England are decreasing in number
In one county there were about half as many
trarrps last year there were four years ago and
III another county there were not one-6AIra
many Enlistments for the army and navy are
considered the cause of the decrease
An old horn snuff box which once belonged to
>ig Francis Drake-possibly the one he used at
Plymouth Hoe during his famous game of bowls
has llst been sold IN London for $50. The
snUff-hoz i a quaint old relic aud hears dr itz
nd the name and eodt-o5-arms Of sir Francis
africa has an area q practically It.508.8o9
square miles. something moro than thrice that Of
the United states and it, possessions. Tgenty
years ago, save Tor strips of territory along fA-
coasts with occasional shallow fluctuations into
the interior. It was IN fact well a. IN name
the Dark Continent.
From Dalmatia has come perennial eatnagr.
which forms the principal food Of hJ.idred~ Of
families in Dalmatia- 1t grows 10 height of
five feet and bears tender leaves throughout the
winter These are picked ~ngiy OF the whole
head Is cut and the stems sprolEt again It
stands in the fields for three o. four years
The memoirs of tie late Duke Of Argyll viII
probably be published next winter edited bp she
Dowager Duehe>s, 10 whom all her husbands
papers were bequeathed The Duke Rad been
writing his memoirs for several wears before ff;S
death and he LETT tl.e work nearly finished. and
careful directions and ample materials Tor its
completion
of the pure Iiavaiisns - per eut-zud o. the
part HJwaiidDs gI per cent can read and write
Out OF population oi I99G3 the Havyaiia71s for7u
20 per cent little more than onc-thiTd- But OF
the children in the schools the Hawaiian and
part Hawaiian number oHe-1aIf- OF the G.S27
lSndhoIders in the island Az are HaWaiians
more than tro-thi-ds-
The Black Bull Inn London famous as the
house which contained Sarah Camps apart
menJs ~ and the scene of --SaiTey's-' tea talks
with her friend. Betsy PTig Is 10 be torn doVn-
The inn : situated IN trav's I'm Lane. BCaT Hgi-
born. and Is 900 years old Dickens residence IN
I}sUghty Street. where ne lived early IT his 1T
eraTy career. Is near by
The models Of tvyeHty-tFree United states var
vessels have arrived at the Exposition grounds
in Buffalo. The models form a part OF the ex-
llbIt OF the Navy Department Aucng the famous
waTships OF the Navy which the visitors vill see
II miniature are the Massachusetts, Olympia.
Oregon. Maine Brooklyn. Baltimore Atlanta,
Petrel- FeSJIri'ls. Iowa. Texas. and New YORK
When wounded in battle horses are attended to
as soon as possible 4 veterinary officer with
assistants follows close on the fighting line and
together and sent TO rhe veterinary hospitals
established at the fixed camps Those very badly
wounded are shot, Horses killed IN battle are
either buried or burned. according TO the ell
mate In South africa burial is rcsoTted to
The usual humorous incidents were not lacking
in the recently taken British census Al fmmi-
grant IL New Zealand stated to the authorities
that his mother vas q Kaffr his father an Irisk-
man who had become uatUFaiIzed AHIeFrc5n,
but afteTward served IN the French army and
that he born the passage between loko-
hama and Colombo IN spanish vessel ''Pug hIn
down ScOtcfman!' was the Official decision
The design Of John Rrlskin's tomb recently con-
uIeted Is a cross OF the early English type hevn
out of a block OF green SI1te symbols are sub
stituted for lettering On the face the candle
stick of the Tabernacle represents the seven
Lamps the Lion of It. Marks" the Stones
1f Venice ia the centre an artist near pine
forest and before the rising suggests Modern
Painters" while heloU IS figure with 4 Tyre
NJ PohyenotostSefT. who narrowly escaped from
the hands Of an assassin. was the sehoolmaster of
the present Gar and OF his father He Il nearer
10 the throne than any other nan in Russia uR
the day on which the Cars peace TeSCT1pt made
him the -JaIkgd-0f-Glsu IN the world Nlcho-
las wrote to his old tutor afectionHts letter
in which he signed himself. Your always IN
changed afecti0nate and deeply grateful Mich
Cleveland has home gardening associatie-a
which encourages children to cultivate flowers at
lsn1e Last spring the association distributed to
shiIdren 5000 penny packages of flower seeds.
accompanied with printed Instructions now 20
supplemented these Instructions by talks In the
AL exhibitions were held IN many schools which
revealed the fact that about . per cent Ut the
efforts of the children were successful
There is no end Of odd names in North Carolina
One Of the best-knoygn men in Raleigh named
his children after the states of the Union an.
they are among the most prominent people here
today. among them being DIT. Wisconsin ReysteT
and Vermont Connecticut Royster. Nswbern IL
the home of Sharp Blunt The home of Sink
Quick Is in Richmond county; Prof. DTed Peacock
5f Greensboro Is one OF the foremost educators IN
the state while the home OF Early Dawn -
Raleigh
A gentleman who was once being taken nvpr
an insane asylum asked an attendant how they
anew when an idiot was considered To he sllff-