The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.


used for draft purposes
Lignuu vitae Is the toughest wood known Il
cannot he worked by splitting
Tie art o. dentistry was introduced into View
cork by John Greenwood in l7Ss-
n picture Is hung on-s+e walks Of the louvre
in Paris until the artist has been dead ten years.
Experiments are being made in india with the
locust fungus in the hope Of exterTBiaatinE tie
pest
In Paris the public authorities supply eratui-
tously sulphurous baths 10 all workers who
manipulate lead
The Kansas Legislature has fixed upon ) cents
as the price for ''shine" at tie representative
han boothlack stand.
Cast-iron plows were first made in this country
in 1881. ard were greatly objected 10 from the
belief that the cast-iron poisoned the ground
The head II one Of Qaeen victoria's prize Here
ford steers has been bought by the British Huseusn
As the most typical Of It's cisss ever produced
The Bolivian tin mines are located at an att
tude OF 1900 feet above sea level in The depart
Hents Of oFuro, Potosi, La Psz, and Coehahambe
The ordinary annual crop Of silk in China is
estimated at about q 10000 pounds Of which
over 20 Lsr cent Is consumed IN the country where
It - produced
MohanHled dyed his beard red snd his example
vas extensively followed among the srabians. fIe
disliked black hair, and his favorite wife 5ion-
dineri her tresses with SGlphur.
The Queen OF England has or did have. large
possessions in this country. principally Of Tea
estate Fer entire wealth Is sariousy estimated
at from Sfo,0oo000 10 S5o.o00,o00.
Yard wa once any stiek rod or pole. The
expression Is stin use5i wi-h this meaning when
applied TO various PARIS Of ships equipment,
as yarei-arm. sail yard. and the Ike
An Irish setter owned By a policeman OF the
Rogers PARK station IN Chicago. Travelled over
thousand miles from the hone Of Indian IN
NJ -. !. 4 :.
The Alaska Indians haze violin closely re-
sembling in form the primitive instrument Of the
same kind used among the Persans and Turks
Il has Two strings. ami IS playei with small
bow
Reports from Guatemala state that the rubber
tree industry IS in most thriving condition, and
it is said be in the cultivation Of the tree in
that country that the future supply must be
looked for.
On one OF TIE Indian reservations in Ssa9
York State Is TOY factory which employees ser.
eral hundred Indians ali the year around Tbs
toys manuiactered here are being shipped all over
the world.
Trained nurses are not zelcome guests in New
York hotels The hotelkeepers object to Their
presence in their working dresses because any
indication Of the existence Of disease in a hotel
Is disadvantageoes-
Official announcement OF scientists and in, en-
tors Is a European cusfom which this country
! might sell initiate. For the Hseath OF January
alone the British Royal Society has been granted
600 - ezDend in prizes for discoveries and
/ inventions
Astronomers are discussing the theory that the
moon IS N its glacial epoch One telescope *
pert calls Inc c-arers ice cups and the streams
I along their sides glacial weather Another In
sists that the signs Of volcanic action are IN
uistssabie-
The attention OF fruit growers in New Zealand
IS being ssrIeusIy directed the question Of the
eradication OF fruEt pests But for the ravages Of
I the collin 18th and kindred pests Sesr Zealand
has excellent facilities Cor doing 4 large export
fruit rrade-
] Recognizing the danger TO property from the
T presence OF large Tusaber Of impeet1nious and
I Idle Freneh1nen. the Government Of British
Guiana has approved Of small exE endit,re rom
! the Treasury TO enable some OF these meR 70
leave the colony.
: HaFtiord's new steam patrol wagon, costing
500 weighs $3.50 pounds and is operated at an
expense OF ~ cents mile Il Is Of twelve horse
( power and runs nom ffteen 10 twenty miles an
hour In Eve minutes 2at1 pounds Of steam can 81
( generated rom cold wafer
! When a student in Girard College breaks 4
rule q that institution he Is punished BIZ being
/ stool OF Tepcntanee-' When this punishment WIS
! inaugurated years ago. only one stool was neces-
sary- Now there are sizty-four
Ne tine vas lost BY Chicago wife after she
had learned that her husband from whom she
/ was living apart was about 70 sue for divorce
she hunted ID an old sweetheart and szre-d to
/ marry him. Then she sent $50 30 her husband
with an urgent request 10 Hurry up the d.
Lord Zetland. Lord Iopetoun, and Lord Bali6ur
| <. BE1rleigh now fill the three vacancies IN the
Order OF the Thistle caused By the deaths OF the
Duke Of Argyll tIhO was doyen OF the oFderl,
/ Lord Bute ana Lord Lothian The present doven
Of the order Is Lord stair, who was decorated bg
Lord PatnerstOn in $50
Pennies Go not consist Of copper alone. there
being IN them > per cent Of tin and 3 per cent
Of zinc to % Of copper They cost the Govern.
Inent about . cents 4 pound exclusive Of seaTnr-
ing. and there are rs in pound, 50 that the
Government makes a fair prGht on every pound
nlirlted, since, while they redeenable N gold
but lex are eFeT presented
At It's annual meeting. which viii be held II
Philadelphia next month. the Merchant Taiiors
National Exchange VIII consider the ACCESSIBILITY
Of establishing home for aged tailors This
association has S2o.1e which Is available for sBct
purpose. bat $4,000 more Is needed 10 establish
lSuch al Institution as Is contemplated The COR
Vention VIII take measures TO raise the required
anloGnt.
| sThe Frnch Government prescribes what sub
! stance 1ay or uar cot be used N the manu-
facture OF candy Tie materials that may b
employed 4re as follow Fer blue indigo. Prus
sian blue and ultra c:srine: for red cOChineli
carmIne and CaTIuine lake, for yellow. saffron
French berries, Persian rurmeric and fustic; e
green mixture Of one Of the yelloss and one o
the blues.
Nevada has Two licLnameS the .-Siiver State
and the s'Sage Brush State The former nam
arises from the principal product OF the State
which Is derived from the great Comstock mines
The name Sage Brush State was given on &c
count Of the presence 90 that herb which I
many parts OF me aIkaI5 plains forms aincs1 II
sole vegetation
; Another man. Canadian. has evolved theor
Tor reaching the North Pole before the Septel1be
harvest in this country sets In He has. he th5ns
discovered a new route and Is wildly aaxicus /
; traverse it. HIS friends think that when 4
starts on his voyage it viii be just as vel I
bid him final adieu- Is 70 await for his aoatin
= upon some shore somewhere IN the Arctic "a ia
guise OF an ice-Clad corpse.
) Zone of the curious business customs here
SAYS correspondent IN the City Of Mexico. .
that Of paying for si.ings on the 'abono or j
staIlment plan The great shops carry tens
thousands OF accounts. which are always being az
I Ged 70 by fresh charges, and a. continually benz
decreased by the payment Of the monthly nh,
nos From your cradle 70 your coffin you ca
the iilstaIlnent plan
plowrnan Of Closcb,lrn. Drrniree=hire. 500
land recently, while at york on = FARM. ~
earthed a potful Of silver pennies that were proi
| ably buried over I've centuries ago. He thouei