The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.


The Tower Of London was built 70 relieve tie
traffic OF London Bridge.
In Germany there are ABOUT 100000 Of the
Empires subjects vino have their lives insured
Substitute nal carriers are 70 dispIaee boys in
the handling OF special delivery letters IN Boston
Several dentists were included in the medical
corps which followed the German army 70 tbiTla
4 rubber tree four feet in diameter Yields
twenty gallons Of sap, making Forty pounds OF
dried rubber
DAYTON, OHIO claims to have the best factory
in the world for turning out perfectly equipped
railroad cars.
4 tax Of 10 percent on all theatre tickets sold
in France Is used TO maintain the indigrnt people
OF that country
The oldest newspaper in the world is said to
be the 'iKin-Pau'' OF Pekin. which has been pub
lished continually for over one thousand yearS
The United states leads all other nations in the
ued at ssoo0o.Oo0 last year. and grapes at $780,
G00.OC0.
\ violent sneeze csused total deafness to Miss
Louise Gibbons. OF Winsted Conn The sneeze
Immediately succeeded By a hemosrhage IN
each ear.
The very latest in Boston Is 10 cali man
woman behind the counter in a store -salesPer-
son" The word has alrea5s appeared in ad-
veftIsements.
One thousand students Of the University Of
Kieff, Russia, have forwarded a petition 20 the
Holy synod in which they ASA to be exco'amunl-
Gated with Count Tolstoy-
David PaquiR. Of Ottawa. Ont. who thought
he could drink an unlimited amount Of wine.
tried 1t and. after drinking fifteen quarts, nc
gave Up his glass and died
Sarah Bernhardt took her entire company, in
ci;lIing Coqueiin to Niagara Falls the other day.
and In addition stood treat there 10 the extent Of
SEQ breakfast fol tae party
The Russian famine in the Chessen and Eief
districts has attacked over 90 per cent Of the
Inhabitants and IS far mare widespread tfzR
those occurring in 1874 and 1s95-
There VIII be plethora Of American flags IN
Porto Rico on Independence Day Enough. some
folks say. 10 carpet the entire island, bet woe
be upon the man who makes carpet Of them-
As 4 curiosity OF the recent German census 1t IS
recorded that the returns showed the village OF
ReuteBbourg contained ~ inhabitants. - beng
OF the masculine and 222 Of the feminine gender
According to man who is said to be the big
gest dealer IN palms IN New York, above G.oG00oo
of them we're distributed throughout the country
for church use the sunday pervioUs to Easter
Day
Louisiana is enjeying the delights OF spring
in great style The denizens Of the Pelican State
can now make repasts white bIaekberries, and
finger under the perfume Of magnificent out-of-
door roses
Dr. ". F. Boyakin. tb4 coroner Of MARSHALL
in that State He VIII be ninety-four years old
May 81 During the he served on General
Grants staff.
1t Is noteworthy ,aet that tie japanese nan
quickly discards his iheoovenient and unsee1ily
robe. but the japanese woman seldom exchanges
her picturesque kimono for the dress OF other
women about her.
Queen Wilhels.aina is an excellent Iinguist for.
besides her kra7gIedge of Malay. sac speaks
r. III L.
native Dutch. and she knows something, besides,
Of Italian and Russian
The first paper money used IN this country was
issued by Pennsylvania i 1923 In the early
part Of that year zs150d0 was issued on tie
credit Of the colony. and a few months later
E3at.0G0 more followed
The hard winter IN Germany has played terrible
havoc with game, especially in the Hartz Noun
taIns- Many stays haze been found dead. AID
game birds that survived are 80 weak that they
iaIl AZ easy Prey 10 the foxes
IiIineIs in which State Prof. WOoIley. Pro-
hibition candidate for President lives, and in.
which he prosecuted his most active canvass,
gave him proportionately fewer votes than Ms
eonsin, the chief brewery State Of the West
C;ermauy's new military uniform viii be Of
sreyish brown cloth for coat and trousers and
cap. The helmet viii be of brown cloth. and
VII have the brass spikes. Al shining buttons
buckles, ami ornaments win be done away with
Kentuckians VIII never cease 10 honor Henry
Clay. There are more debating societies in that
State bearing his name than there are similar
societies all the world M memory OF the
Statesmen jsat made themselves sufficiently fa-S
nous 10 traverse the corTlsfors OF time
An elephant is used for farm work at Roney's
point " IA The animals owner, James CahiH,
finds that the big beast. hitched TO pov. can
do more work than team OF horses while for
hauling logs he Is more effective than six horses
At all times the elephant Is dOcile, and seems fond
OF work
Most Of Morocco is sinore Oriental than the
Orient ITSELF bat Tangier has become modern
lied so much, and 50 many Christians live there
that II Is already regarded as unciean by the
Moors It has telephones and electric lights and
most OF the trade OF the Sultanate with the
outside world Is done through the port
Governor Wells OF Utah has vetoed the anti
vaccination bill passed BY the Legislature char
acteriziEx II as "a step backward, which viii be
disastrous. He accompanied the veto with
substitute bill. provision Of which is that
ya"cinated children may not be excluded from
SCHOOLS IN districts where smallpox does not exist
In a high school examination paper in reply to
the question. What Is a limited monarchy
by q king. who II, case OF bankruptcy. woald ret
be responsible for the entire national debt You
have the same thing in private life. in limited
liability eompanies'' is the comment OF the
In Denmark there is premium on spinsterhood.
ceIIbacy insurance company has been founded.
and between an insurance policy and a husband
Danish maiden'S heart is rent with iudeCIsi0n-
If the holder OF q policy in the eelibacy Is still
unmarried 1t forty she is considered iElzzane
and gets d life annuity. II she marTies before
forty she forfeits her policy and premiums
4 folder Just issued by 4 Southern railway
shows that At the end Of 1850 there we're 400
textile mills along the lines Of its system, being
gain OF 81 mills With .. IS looms and II3T.-
$50 sp5ndIes during the year. OF these mills Sc
are IN Georgia S3 II Alabama I59 in North Caro-
lima and IG2 IN SOuJn Carolina. the others being
IN Tennessee Kentucky. Missouri. and Virginia
Tie traveller i China, who pays rom I 10
cents per day 10 number OF coolies to tote him
several hundred miles across the desert pays an
eztTaVagant price for the transit compared with
the who boards a limited train IN New
York city for san Francisco which is operated By
engineer fireman. conductor and brakeman.
whose salaries range from SO 70 500 per month
A mammoth black walnut tree on the farm Of
E P GauS, in Williams county. Ohio. has Just
been sold for S4.00O. Several lumbermen have
examined chips rom tive tree, and all have de-
C!ared it to be the hnest specimen Of that kind Of
wood they ever saw Tie tree was eight feet ia
diameter. forty feet 20ove the stump and ex-
tended seyenty-Ihree feet from the butt 10 the
first limb
The two men most talked of for President Of
Mexico should Porfrio Diaz die are jose Ives
Limantous Minister of Finance and General Ber-
nardo Reyes Minister Of Var. It is understood
that Diaz favors L.mantouS but the latter was