The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Of the United states
I'll The secretary bird at the Londoa Zoo Ia
/ been cineEatoEraphed while in the act Of seiz
NJ killing, and carrying of rat
Tn, The largest ooal-train engine in England Ia
9eeh CONSTITUENCIES by the Great Northern Rail
/ Wy, II IS designed TO draw sd tons.
Freight rates from Manila to Hongkonr = dis
/ tance Of only go miles. are as much As fror
1 miles - -
/ The chief drawback to climbing mountains in
( AexIco IS the scarcity OF springs as coupared
abound
The plague in India has been PRACTICABLE Inn
I .ted to the native population. and in Glasgow
| II vas last year limited to the lowest class
| Of the population.
Ne1kfsh have made their appearance of Sandy
Hook. which Is good news for the ePicures. TIE
weakfsh Is sea trout and one Of the most
delicious Of sea-wateT fishes.
Shorsightedncss among japanese students il
alarmrngly on the increase. Tae latest 1aves-
tIgattouS show that cut OF TS6 university SIN
dents IN Tokyo more than half are myopic
Women have almost monopoly Of orange
I P5cElns m taiiternla The fruit IS 50 dirty
fully busted before 1t is ready for shipment
Shutting about on Colorado Springs ostrich
farn Is a big bird that Is vaIued at sIID3
500 for himself and $1,000 for his owners
diamond stud, which he recently swallowed
Brooklyn school girl, when asked by her
teacher who Gladstone was, could only remember
tfat the great statesman was the man who
ehewed each mouthfui Of food thirty-six tines
Take care Of the forests" says a Tennessee
paper, "a announcing that out Of single tree
in Dyer county a citizen had got four cords Of
fTewood, three gallons Of honey and FIVE rae
process for reroIIing steel rails has been in
usage in the United States for several years Worn
out rais are relocated and rerolled and are stated
% De superior for wear in that form to the rails
when first made
New York's Board OF Health claims that since
It was organized it has reduced the death rate
from 1872 per 1000 to 2Lo4 According to this
computation improved sanitation saved $3.50
lives in New York city last year.
For twelve successive winters Swiss watch
man and family have taken care Of the hotel
on top Of the stormy PIlatus. He SAYS tIlst
sometimes Ter weeks, when all below Is wrapped
n INST and clouds, they have sunshine above
French scientist has discovered that plants
are very sensitive to poison. The higher plants,
as well as the fungi enable Us 10 detect the
presence OF copper mercury, and other toxic sub
Stances which chemical analysis does not detect
Two newspapers Of New York spend about
1 oo3.o69 year for paper, the quantity consumed
being SI,s7s tons To furnish this a village II
200 souls Is employed year in and year out, and
every day ten acres OF spruce trees are swept OF
to make paper.
Oliver Love, a negro poet OF Detroit. while
writing verses the other day. was unable 10 I'LL
out one OF his lines In desperation he beat
BIS head with a pencil. The sharp point OF the
lead entered his ear and broke the drum. rem
dering him totally deaf
An AIbino robin that IS nesting in the vi
-inity Of Court Square, at Rutland, Vt, has at
.raeted considerable attention among the resi-
lents IN that part CT the town. The bird IS
iot all white. but is very light coIored and
AS number Of white feathers.
4 decree has been issued by the Governor
General Of Moscow forbiddinz the inhabitants 70
AIRY knives, with the exception Of those whose
vacations require It Persons transgressing this
equation are liable to fine not exceeding
ESQ, OF three months imprisonment
majority Of the students at Berea College.
", are mountain girls. who until their AZ
wal there had little OF 10 opportunity to
earn modern culinary methods Education in
llis branch IS being carefully impaired under
ne supervision OF an expert graduate Of Pratt
institute, Brooklyn
woman prominent IN smart society recently
urchased beautiful set Of Dresden china coffee
ups, but the next day sent them back TO the
tore as not quite satisfactory clerk. returning
he fragile things 20 the cases. touched something
tick Investigation proved that the cups had
cen used and washed caTeIessIy.
The Philippines touch closely upon the gutta
ercha belt. yet the tree does not grow there
and It Is at least very problerusti-
81 whether It be cultivated there II viii
OF grow IN Cochin China likewise near the
utta Perchs belt because the average teTnpe-a-
re IS too low and the changes too sudden
An interesting picture has Just been pur-
lased by King Edward vi. 1t was paiute1 By
impress Frederick, then Princess Royal in 1855.
be sold for the benefit OF the widows and
-Phan5 OF the soldiers who fell n the Criuea-
Il called The Battlefield and vas originally
ought for $3.50, bUt recently reverted to
ealer-
While St Adams Abbey stands the name OF
ord Grinthorpe VIII always be kept green. for It
as he who did the restoration work in con
ection with it. His great hobby IS the making
clocks and watches, and he IS said to have de-
gned vast number Of clocks which are work
z IN different parts OF England He wa eighty
re years Old on May 2
In Hawaii enormous quantities OF ducks arc
ised BY the Chinese upon the edges u the
can Twice day, within restricted areas. they
e permitted to eat the young fish which swim
the enclosed COves. Fish are reported TO De
owing scarcer every year, and by this
intuition IS attributed TO the wholesale de-
ruction OF the young fry by the Chinese
Old Geronimo. the greatest pirate of the
paohe tribe who gave this country As Iauch
iuted-faced Indian n America. now lives rear
1T Sill. Okla. He makes his living by allowing,
1rists 10 photograph him in war paint charg-
3 for the privilege. Many people. old
tiers in Arizona particularly. think ne should
We been drawn and quaTtGTed twenty five years
Mss Gertrude Sullivan is teaching the smallest
looI IN Lake county, III. It is located at
emont Center and has an Attendance Of one
pil- Ordinarily there Is an attendance of thirty
forty scholars. but they have dropped out to
spring work the farms until only one girl
left Miss Sullivan hired for the full year
] so draws her usual salary and holds school
hour and a half daily Tor the lone pupils
leit.
)ne of the richest members of King Ed Yards
vermont is the Earl Of CadOgan who on Nay
reached his sixty-first year To him belongs
st OF Chelsea. ami though it Is not generally
1wn, NlScount Chelsea Is among his titles
ich also includes that OF Baron Oakley Ru-
rs have been rife that 4 dukedom IS IN store
the earl a mark OF favor for the way
which ne has carried on the duties OF Lord
utenant Of Ireland
n Edward Everett Hale tells how curious
or erept into the translation Of the Lords
yer into the Delaware Indian tongue The
sliSh translator had as an assistant an In
n who knew English what Is 'haIlOVT' IN
avare?' asked the translator The Indian
UgEt he said '-Ha!ioO. and gave h:m the
jvslent. Therefore the Delaware version OF
Lords Prayer reads 10 this day. Our
her. Who art IN Heaven, halloed be Thy
! the new Simeon tunnel experiments have
n made with liquid air Tor blasting purposes
cartridges consisted Of ,rraunars sTTad with