The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.


The worlds daily goods traffic is 1OssO.OoO
tons. 100000 Of which Is carried by rail
Manchester. England. is to have a mountain
police force to consist 81 twenty-five men
a horse can pull three tons on level steel raifz
for every ton he can pull ordinary high
Two billion passengers aud 950oOo,00o tons Of
goods are carried in 4 year the worlds rail-
! ways
jersey nan has measured the altitude at which
Rild ducks Fly.
The salt production in Michigan last year flIed
4sZ'l SIS barrels. gam over the preceding year
Of 5.ii5 barrels.
The Oldest fort in America. which was built by
the Spanish over 800 years ago, is located at st.
Augustine, Fla
The Argentine Republic has offered large
tract Of fertile land to Japan II it viii send her
$3.50 immigrants
Palms never live more than go years Ivy has
been known 70 live so, chestnut $50, oak 1900.
and ye7S ESQ years.
Launceston in Tasmania has its electric light
ing system derived from river that forms one OF
the city boundaries
It Is said that buiFaloes are frequently found
at the height Of 1000 feet on the KiIima Nav
/ Mountain, in Africa.
The assessment for personal and real property
in the county in which Louisville Is situated IS
4 naval Victoria Cross a bar fog Lucknow. and
Mutiny medal were sold At auction in London
recently for about 500.
Glasgow is the second city now in the United
Kingdom. In the matter Of city municipal i'm
proyeHent it Is IN the lead
The Caspian Sea has only eleven pounds Of salt
20 the ton OF water: the English Channel has
seYeuty-twc. and the Dead Sea 49,
The greater part Of the turquoises sold in this
1nr. 81 ~H,s~F 81 chr.
ONES from the mines of New Mexico
Winter tourist travel is very heavy TO South
4Hf0Enia over all the roads. and the hotels il
t-os Angeles and other resorts are crowded.
sro- c Z Bessey. who has been counting the
fh,ss OF growth Of the California big trees
doubts II any Of them approach the age Of 1000
years.
wen -knoyn educator considers the ability 70
decipher obscure handwriting promptly and
cqrateIy Is excellent test q general intelh
genoe.
It Is said that among the heavy bills paid for
United States for notices 10 Napoleon II TO keep
out Of Mexico.
The public school system Of Providence. R. L.
has been IN operation for century A long list
Of public educators vas observed n its recent
centennial ceremonies
The pretty little Dutch Queen is great novel
She likes the novels Of Scott and Dickens and Is
much inclined 70 ronant<- stories
Two Of the most venerable relics Of the French
nayy-the despatch boats Enconstant and Papia-
1--WE been bought by the Republic of Ecuador.
AMI are now being patched Up 10 be sent 10 their
des nation
H.ettie Rosel OF New York, q girl Of thirteen
years. who was cured OF paralysis by electricity
TWO months ag, has grown four inches since that
time Her lover limbs had been paralyzed for
eight years
The ministers OF Newton. han. have Just COM
pIeted d religious census Of that town They
found 5.353 persons in 453 families and Of these
people 25I6. or less than half, proiessed 10 be
church members.
AT Hohkonigsburg in Alssce the remains of an
early medieval castle Is TO be restored by the
Kaiser after the manner IN which Pierrefonds
rebuilt by the architect Yiollet-ie-Duc Tor
The Empress Eusenie-
Henry Cook. OF CentreTiile md, VINO IS the
oldest voter in WAYNE county. IS the father Of
ten children and the ancestor q sixty-two grand
children. 4o6 great grandchildren. and sixteen
gTeat-great Grandchildren
Governor Dietrich, Of Nebrzskz who ise Wild
over, declines 10 occupy the GlIbernatorial man
sion in Lincoln and advises th4t the building be
sold or that It be maintained at State expense,
ike any other public property
J. G. Brown. the famous painter Of street
arabs. complains, that tie type Is rapidly disap-
pearing- y had trouble IN getting lnodelz
few years age. he says. bit now have 10
hunt Tar and vide fer that VIII serve the
purpose
American copper mines last year paid dividends
amounting 10 100000. while the dividends OF
American gold and silver mines were less than
Sl4-GC0 O99- Petroleum dividends. however. ex-
cseded both combined, amounting TO nearly
S49, 600. 60
Sole for breakfast viii soon be tradition in
bled in I've years. and the outlook Is that II viii
double again in another fve. It Is the steam
travlers and the destruction OF young fish that
sre doing the mischief
Among The characteristics OF prominent men It
Is stated thar When annored or excited the Prince
Of Wales winks the LETT eye rapidly, the Emperor
Of Austria pulls cut his cheeks. the Car lays his
hand Fat On the top OF his head and the sultan
Of Turkey gTasps MS throat tightly with his
hand
Dr. John Kost, a physician Of Adrian, Mich,
who has several times made liberal donations to
educational institutions has given 10 the College
OF Medicine and SurgerE OF Chicago museum Of
geological specimens valued AZ $3.50 80 The az
ticles filed five freight cars when prepared Tor
shipment
Jenny Lind's letters to a woman friend, living
IN Italy from 1873 to 1874 viii soon be published
by an Italian firm The letters. it IS reported
number over hundred and give the prIma
dcnua=s 0utspOken and unconventional opinions
about the music and many Of the musicians Of
her time
River steamboats, are IN American export The
sixty-fTe stern-Rheel steamers running on tbs
Sasdzlena River, IN Colombia South America.
were shipped In sections from PittsbJirg and put
together IN Colombia By American s1perTn-
Eendent- These craft are I75 feet long and draw
four and one-haG feet
The main gateway Of the Paris Exposition
grounds al the statue. La Parisienne which
surmounted It have bcsu sold to a dealer in
scrap iron for 10000 francs. The lot comprises
2lG.e1o kIiogrammes Of iron lee cubic metres of
wood 800 co}0red glass ornaments and d1iat-
Jity OF bricks and ballast
In black and white vas the old stereotyped
phrase for I legal document NOg in these print
3Iaea- But thanks 70 something OK somebody
signatures may vet be made 10 deeds contracts
and wills IN black and white and the good old
phrase nlsy not soon be swept into Oblivion.
Yestwood. the estate OF Sir John Pakington.
Who was said 10 be tie original Of Addison's sir
Roger de Coverley has passed out OF the hands
Of the PakingJon family. They have owned It
since the time Of Elizabeth A Yorkshire manu-
facturer has bought 1t tur $3.50 900 sadly large
number of the historic homes OF England are 20.
ing 70 new oTners-
It was bad treatment 10 Maryland doctor who
went into smallpox afflicted town n West vir-
ginia the other day TO attend cases that scared
local physicians out Of the community and then
10 be- fined TOR practicinS medicine without a
license, bur an incident Of that Ljnd did happen.