The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Orange packing in California Is done chiefly BIZ
women
silk is the only fabric used in Madagascar in
the manufacture CT clothing
At the present moment 20 per cent of tie tea
gardens N India do not pay
The deepest lake in Europe Is Constance, 1927
feet It is equal in area 10 the Isle Of Man
There are ). 100 savings banks in Russis- Last
year the Government opened 625 OF these instit5'-
During Che siege Of Paris sixt-iour balloons left
tac city carrying 100000 letters, weighing IN
There are eighty cities in India with over 5000
inhabitants. record beaten By country Of
the same area.
couples who celebrated diamond and golden we'd
ding auniyersa-ies-
Among the Burmese a newly married couple. to
insure happy life. exchanges mixture Of tea
leaves stepped in oil
The Earl OF seaBeld holds Great Britain's record
As a tree planter with e0.O90 trees planted en
5000 acres IN InveTnessshire-
The biggest pumps ever used were made to pump
out Lake HARLEM, in Holland. They pumped
10000 tons daily for eleven years
Miss Charlotte Crabtree C'sLotta''), once Ia
T7oUs actress, IS visiting the scenes Of her early
life and first stage triUuPhs in California.
New Orleans with zoo miles of streets. lse00
co!ored population, has only 500 policemen
The 'sFanfuIIa'' of Rome SAYS that Italian emil
grafton &c America IS continually increasing.
Forty thousand emigrants are booked to leave this
month.
Canadian firms have received orders for 2.G)1
doors for South Africa with prospects Of re-
ceiving further orders for several thousand more
N the near future
During the week ended April I3. fourteen
steamers landed at Liverpool iron American ports
s.7i5 cattle 3.560 sheer, 6O,SI3 sheep carcasses,
and 25.ZT5 quarters OF beef
The lead pencil industry IN Germany is at
present suffering from American competition It
IS alleged that our success IL this branch OF III
dustry IS mostly due to the perfection Of the
machinery
Paterson has the most popuious city ward in
the State of New jersey. It is the third ward,
with $3.50 people. Newark has the next largest,
with 1850. Elizabeth has ward with only
6@Is population
For Iong-distance swimming the shark may be
said to hold the record, as he can outstrip the
sxiftest ship apparently without effort swim
lookout for prey
Edmond Hoyle. who vas the father of whist,
lived to be r;Hety-seyen years old. His treatise
cards has been published in ali languages and
probably no work except the Bible has passed
| through more editions
Boston has new windy corner since two neigh
boring sky-scrapers were completed on PembertoG
Square II Is not uncommon TO see hats sailing
UP four stories and policemen are kept busy
clearing away wrecked umbrellas
Louis GODDARD. the noted French aeronaut. who
viii soon make attempt to cross the Atlantic
IN balloon. has made thousand aerial journeys
The entire world VIII be interested in the great
enterprise he now has IN contemplation
The gross income from the gambling tables at
Monte Carlo for the year ended March 81, 1903,
vas S46500o9 The amount left for dividends, etc.
after the payment OF salaries. perquisItes 20
officials and other expenses was :, 400 go
MoHtezuna. eldest son Of the famous Sioux
chief, Sitting Bull Is q prosperous bo0tbIack in
Philadelphia His wife Is Winonah also a full
! blo0ded sioux and the pair known IN the
/ Quaker City as Nr. and Mrs Harry Parker
IN captivity lions and tigers show the same
Indifference II danger that they manifest II TIE
Jungle and by day or night VIII slumber through
an unusual tunuIt unuinGful or unconscious OF
the noise Their sleep Is commonly heavy and
peaceful.
One Of the unusual scenes witnessed IN Bradley,
Ne. during The recent food, was a woman pad
ding around her doorrard in q batteau taking in
her weeks washing from the clotheSIine- There
was about four feet OF water where the line was
stretched
Fruit culture IS often conducted on a large scale
manufacturer OF jaIs and Jelly has thousand
acres at HiStOH, near Cambridge. employing. at
times 500 h2RGs The factory Is II the centre OF
the fruit farm
The only occasion upon which peer or peeress
wears coronet Is at tie coronation Ga sover-
eign- At the moment when the Archbishop Of
Canterbury places the the head OF the
new monarch every peer present at the ceremony
doHs his oun coronet-
Some remarkable relics OF the early civilization
in Egypt have recently been uRearthed and de-
posted in the British Museum Among them Is a
beautiful impression OF a royal seal which rep
reseHtS the king Wrestling with q hippOPotan1us
and spearlHS crockodIle-
For some years past the question of aToresting
the vast treeIess plains Of Southern Russia a
remedy for drought has engaged the serious attcu-
JioH Of the Government The long drouEhts
common TO this region AT IROppoTtUne seasons
are attributed mainly 10 the absence Of woods
\ Belfast, Ne. poultry raiser had a novel e1-
perienee last week He came 10 a sto-e with two
boxes OF eggs A. he pulled the boxes from under
the seat Of his grocery wagon a hen flew out OF s
one of them She probably went into the box in
the barn before the box pushed under the
seat
\ West Hoboken. y J, policeman remained
on guard at the foot Of telegraph pole three
hours she other day to save cat from torture
The cat had run TO the top Of the pole TO escape
some boys The cop stayed there to prevent the
. boys from throwing Steaes until d Iineman came
along and got the cat
The most costly war Of ali time was the civil
| w.r Of IS5I-65 in the United States That
cost the Northern States total of s. zoo oO9000
while the South spent more than - 600. go 90
in addition And this dos not consider the enor-
nous expense of the pensions which have been
paid Tor tie last thirty-ive years
Up to about forty years ago Cornwall. Eng
| land, supplied nearly all the tin used in the
world, but only about per cent OF the
total supply comes rom there. The Malay
about 60 per cent OF the worlds production. and
the Dutch East Indies comes next
Dr.. EIicott. OF Gloucester. has no longer the
distinction OF being the only octogenaTi4H British
Bishop. Dr. Richard Lewis Of LIandaf. has just
reached the age OF eighty. and when Dr. Temple,
Archbishop Of Canterbury. celebrates his next
birthday anniversary. November 30, this year
there viii he three PTeiates who have seen their
| eightieth year
Born on the same day as the late Queen Vic
Newfoundland married on the same day as her
Majesty. i man named Albert who died on the
same day that the Prince CousoTt passed away
Edward Mrs. Pitman treasures autograph
letter received from Queen Victoria in reply to
one she sent, giving these details. in 1851
The British War Office has decided to appoint
Lieut. Col. C. F r. Henderson as the compiler
and editor Of the official history Of the B0eT war
The work as now planned VIII include SIX posi-
bIy sevenl volumes each OF about 40 pages Il
VIII take the form Of tactical and strateECal dis
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