The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Sevef-year-old tea plants yield four ounces Of
leaves apiece. or 5e0 pounds Of tea TO the acre.
Forty-six OF every 100 postal cards sold in
Germany last year were tourists pictorial cards
Already nearly 100000 has been invested IN
electrical undertakings in the Argentine Republic
In 1870 the Dutch possessed 90 tons out of every
100 aaoat. Now they own ~ tons cut OF each
Every precious stone known to the Iapidary
has been found within the limits Of the United
States
miles in a century is present diameter Il
$4,000 miles.
japanese paper Is losing its distinctive quail
ties. owing TO the introduction OF European
methods OF manufacture
Apricot pulp TO the amount OF twenty-eight
tons recently ordered from California BY
single London jaul-Iuaking firm.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Montreal has
forbidden the members of that church from e0un-
teDancing cremation IN any way.
The human voice IS produced By the assis-
lance OF eight pairs Of muscles. and fifteen other
pairs contribute in various ways
The oldest statue IN the world IS Of the
Sheik Of Egyptian village It IS believed 70
be not less than 5000 years old
The Actors Club at Budapest has held
demonstration in favor Of prohibiting PLAYS being
The first mention Of stamps Is IN the letters OF
the old Bishop SyneSius. Of CYrene. on the Greek
coast Of Africa. 100 years after the Christian
The production Of tobacco in the United States
is now about T25.o900e0 pounds Of which about
one-half is consumed by cur own people and one
half exported
The Benedictine distilleFy at Fecsmp produced
last year ISL 900 bottles One hundred ard forty
tons OF this liquor, valued at G16,oo0, we're ex-
ported TO Hamburg.
The City OF Mexico Is now IN the hands of the
contractors who are putting in the new system
Of sewers. which precedes the paving OF the
streets with asphalt.
It has been calculated that the hair Of the beard
grows at the rate Of one and one-haif lines 3
week This viii give length Of SIX and one-haf
inches IN the course OF year.
Tnc Jews are still getting into Palestine in
spite OF every obstacle put IN their way. They
are now said to number nearly half the pOpuia-
ton OF Palestine; that Is about 10000
The New York stste Grange has come out IN
opposition tc any Erie Canal improvement. hold
ing that the farmers have to pay most OF the
expense and get the least OF IFS benefits
Dr. Oman DOYLE wrote his first story when he
was six. It consisted of a thrilling account
CT a little affair between 2 MN and tiger.
The result Of the encounter remains N doubt
The first clocks manufactured in this country
The manufacture soon became extensive and
Connecticut wooden clocks were famous all over
the country
The chemical odors and artificial ethereal oils OF
German manufacture have greatly injured the
French flower field industry as the prices Of the
artificial odors are much less than those OF the
natural ones
twenty-five years ago, Russia practically
dependent upon foreign slliPysrds for her var
ships Now she has ten shipyards, and in them
ten battieShips and cruisers ranging from 500
TO 1880 tons each are being constructed
Thief thoroughly Tsrsacked the house, said
Hutchinson CKsn.) paper but failed to find
anything Of value And the next day the lady
came furi0usiy into the Office and told the editor
that she had many things of value IN her house
IS anybody!
The toy-nlasfng industry Of Germany ha- en-
joyed great prosperity during the past few years.
Cape Colony British East India, Eastern Asia.
North and South America aud Australia buy
German TOYS and the demand seems 10 be iH-
eressing from year to year.
There are some good points OF at least one
good point TO the sultan Of Turkey He Is very
fond OF his children. They are many But he
makes use Of his offspring N an oriental way,
having built small theatre, wherein they play
small parts for his aisjesty's pleasure
The Rev Rudolph John, pastor Of the German
Evangelical Church in Trenton H.. has Just re-
tired from the ministry. completing q ministerial
record lasting sixty consecutive years fortyseyen
in this country and thirteen IT Germany. his IA
tive land He Is eighty-foUr years old
The tablet in memory Of the soldiers OF 1919
which Secretary Root and Colonel Mills have al
lowed the Empire state Society Of the -Daugil-
ters OF 1872 to place IN the West Point chapel,
Is OF black marble with gait lettering and VIII
be the second OF its kind TO be placed IN the
chapel by patriotic society
The largest tree N the State of New Jersey
IS a white oak, situated three miles north
OF NickeIton. Gloucester County Its dimensions
are: Height 80 feet, diameter Of trunk three
feet above the ground. ! feet 10 inches. and
sTTead OF branches. lis feet This tree ante
dates the settlement Of the colony.
Most Of Morocco Is more Oriental than the
Orient ITSELF but TauSier has become modern
lied 30 nue. and 80 many Christians live there
that Il i ALREADY regarded as ''uncieanT' ly the
Moors It has telephones and electric lights and
most OF the trade Of the Sultsnate with the out
side world Is done through the port
Dayos situated among the Alps, 500 feet above
the level OF the sea, has become the most popular
place IN Europe for winter sports, such as skat-
ing, tebogganiHg- curling, skating, etc The sea
son generally extends from the middle Of Novem-
Der until the middle Of March, and last year
there were niHsty-SiS days OF skating
The Eveliest and. the English people think,
the prettiest princess in Europe Is Princes Maud.
the Duke OF York's unmarried sister. She cannot
only bind books and nurse a sick patient scienti-
acaIIy but also sail half-rater. ride bicycle,
let 20 the handle bar without falling on, spin
a. well Is sew. play chess and speak I'VE Ian
guagts. including Russian
The Black Bull Inn London, famous as the
house which contained Sarah Camps apart
Inents'' and the scene OF --Sairey'ss' tea talks
with her friend. Betsy Prig, Is to be torn down
The inn Is situated in CiTay's Inn Lane, near
Holborn ana Is 90 years old Dickens residence
IN DaRghty Street, where he lived early N his
literary career. IS near by
Quite as remarkable IS the wrecking OF the
Pacific Mail steamship Rio de Janeiro just at
the entrance to san Francisco Harbor. on Feb
rUSry - Is the total disappearance OF the wreck
Divers have explored large areas OF the bottom
OF the sea at the point where the wreck Is sup
posed 20 have occurred. but not the slightest
trace Of the ill-iated ship has been found
mammoth black walnut tree on the farm
OF E. P Gau. IN Williams County. Ohio. has
just been sold for 81 CO. Several lumber dealers
have examined chips from this tree and all
have declared it TO be the finest specimen OF that
kind Of wood they ever saw. The tree was eight
extended seveuty-three feet from the butt to
the first limb
4 curious marriage vas recently celebrated at
Crocholetz in Poland, wbere 4 peasant at the
age Of s. led TO the altar maiden OF Is sum
ding We're II sons Of the bridegroom by former
marriages the eldest being 90 years old and the
youngest IL. There were also GO grandchildren,
20 gTeat-gTandchildren. u children of the fourth
generation, and I Of the fifth
The IO1tf, anniversary az Daniel WeF,Sf.,r-s