The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

,yoaId lee a iaIr estimate OF the consumption IN
| Chicago
The great Iingrists have never 5tca great, save
in their specially no great lingst was also great
! as an autHor-
/ II American farmers could get Tor their apples
/ the prices which prevail in England they wound
soon all be independent As but little Of the
/ fruit is grown there.
! proposition Is being urged in Tennessee TO
| increase the salsr5 Of the Governor to $500
year It is now S4.oao
( Salmon fry il Oregon are fed on canned heads
/ and tails Of salmon TIL they are old en2ugh to
/ be planted in the rivers.
wood from Australia. which Is shipped from that
/ country in English vessels
/ The legal rate of interest IN Canada is now
per cent. The reduction from per cent having
/ been made by statute Of the Dominion which
went into effect January /
Harvard has $1,000 volumes in its library.
/ which is the largest Of any university IN the
| United Sta,eS. Columbia. which is second in this
respect. has z03.120 Volumes
/ In the region Of the Southern Trails 4 Russian
/ laboTer gets only 10 cents dav. and man with
a horse ami cart costs 45 cents day
] Pope Lco's income for last year was somewhere
in the ne;ghborhood OF 81 800 90 including the
! Peters Pence donated to His Holiness
! American exports Of corn have averaged I73
/ 010o3o bushels a year since 1895. increase Of
( 25+ per cent over the preceding I'VE years.
Thirtv-fve prominent American sculptors viii
contribute to the establishment OF the grounds
and buildings Of the Pau-Americau Exposition At
Buffalo.
An Hli,.ois preacher ii one Of the littie towns
OF that State has given up his unrenfneratiVe pas
torate and sCcersed position As q baSgagenian
, in a Chicago depot.
The eoai feldz IN Pike and johnson counties. IN
Kentucky. are reported TO be among the finest
in the world The veins run from four 20 fo'iF-
teen feet camel and bituminous coal
Eastern oysters do not reproduce well in the
colder waters of Oregon and Washington An
ATTEMPT j. to be made therefore, 20 acclimate
| there the fine large oysters Of northern Japan
The pain Y 1duccd by a hornets sting IS caused
b. poison injected into the wound. and so IN.
Simultaneous Is It EJECT as TO causa tie attack %
this insect 90 n'fIe violent bow in the a.
Minnesota claims 10 have the tallest man IT
Louis WiIyins. born on farm near St Paul.
who IS now twenty-six years old, weighs 36I
pounds and lacks less than one inch Of being nine
feet high
Nettie Rosel OF New York, 4 girl Of thirteen
years who was cured Of paralysis By electricity
two montIz ago, has grown four inches since that
time Her lower limbs had been pzraiyzcd for
eight YEARS.
Mrs Lizzie Sargent OF Ellsworth. Nc, short
time ago saved a lumber camp and al in It from
burning by holding a fire in check. fighting the
flames for nearly two hours with an o,dfashioned
! mop dipped in water until help arrived
The sy7edes are conservative sort Of people
The authorities OF that country have decreed
that separate car must be provided on s'ibur-
ban night trains out Of Stockholm for the sole
accommodation Of intoxicated persons
i family IN Peru Ind, oen a cat that every
morning makes the rounds Of the house and
scratches at the door Of eaeh member of the fam
sfaa ia got m hat
knows when j. wants breakfast 70 be served
The onlr pia5e sshare black diamond are
found i in the Brazilian ProviI5ee OF Bahia. They
are usually found in river beds and are brought
up nv divers. Others are obtained by tunneiinZ
mountains The largest specimen ever found was
worth S2G100.
Tie Clyde sffpysr,ls turned out last year 9Is
vessels. against PSI in 1880 All the British yards
lincluding coloniaD turned out I.925 vessels,
with an aggregate Of 1888. s61 tons, IN Iaa0.
a-zin~t I so vessels with tonnage Of 2f2.
in 1909. The tendency Is toward smaller vessels
An appropriation Is TO be asked Of the New
Hampshire Legislature Tor the erection on the
Capitol grounds Of statue Of Franklin Pierce.
the only New Hampshire man Who has been
President of the United States. The body Of Nr-
Pierce rests in Concord in the Old North Gene
terry
When finished The Arkansas state Capitol viii
he a permanent exhibit OF the States resources
ii the suggestions OF the architect and Building
Commission are followed The basement and first
story VII be % Arkansas granite. upper stories
Of Arssusas marble and woodwork Of ARKANSAS
timber.
I cord Of pitch pine under distiTation gives
the following substances. Charcoal 80 bushels,
illuminating gas about 100 cubic feet. iIlumi-
Mating oil and tar 20 gallons. pitch rosin II.
barrels. pyroIieneous acid 100 gallons spirits Of
turpentine . gallons. tar / barrel, wood spirits
SallonS.
Astronomers throughout the world are now en-
gagged IN photographing TIC sky. Thus the oldest
and one OF the latest sciences are in conJune-
ton for the benefit Of races set TO come How
iong It vii be Belorn every Tsr N the heavens
Is brought within the visual raE.se 81 man no
enc now living can tel
The English nobility were nos accustomed 10
wear silI stockings until the reign o. Henry VII
That Hl,l-trio,s monarch by scgne means OF other
procured pair from France an,i azt0nished the
natives with his grandeur. His example vas
noved an6 everybody now IN the British +e9
scar hosiery OF that hbre
me bank notes issued by the @'yesterbottens
EnskIida Bank OF sweden. and ether private
banks must be presented for payment within one
year or they viii De forfeited Swedish banks
have hitherto Issued bank notes a general cur
rencv, but now ia'y he's been passed which gives
the National STAT. Bank this privilege alone.
rs Is the case in Denmark
y fth AL her moderation ana tlirLssl
Queen Victoria was not without strong personal
preiudices When she was quite young princess
She y:sired Bath where some n.errinent was ere
atad hv the White stockings and black cross gar
tiers which She wore. This 50 offended Victoria
that never again in the course OF her long reign
did she set her royal foot within the limits OF
Bath.
The New YORK Botanical Garden has about
54Gl species available for study in all the plan
tations the eoIiseryatories and the Wild parts o.
the paris exclusive of The lychens fungi. and
agac- IN the course OF the year 1885 herbariyf1
specimens from all parts OF the world were &C
guired About $3.50 sheets. containing fully
is. 90 specimens. mounted and distributed
in the herbarium cases
It Is a popular impression that Alaska is
worthless This i - ultake- The sun Is hos
the snow 1noistens and cnricbes the earth. and
the soil In the valleys Is fertile and productive
Wheat. corn oats hare5. buckwheat faxseed
and considerable variety 81 vegetables and for
age plants can be successfully grown in many
parts of the territoTy.
Major General O'Grady Hagy Of London who
went 10 Canada a few months ago 10 assume com
mand Of the Canadian militia. has come TO log
gerheads With 4 portion of the people Of the
Dominion The general vds asked 70 lend mill
tJry hand Tor Il political meeting n Quebec hut
declined on Che ground that the rerting was Of
4 partisan character IN consequence the uress
OF the party he offended has made Il vigorous AZ
tack unon him.
Among the many electric uOyti,i2S is small
clock mounted 4 wo0Ier box containing. q