The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
NOTES OF THE DAY

Is the result % the salvation Army sell
| denial week in England e47,4s has been col
| iccted, &i,356 more than last year London gave
| el9.6g3.
The Salvation Army Is moving right along It
Is At work in fo-ty-seven countries and sends
forth to the world ffty-ive periodicals printed IN
many languages.
A French writer states that Of every 10000
men OF the army or naval proisss5oa 100 become
/ hopeless lunatIes- Among mechanics the number
| IS only 60 per 10000.
Within six years the New Zealand Government
has bought back OF the original settlers zg4 167
acres OF land used for sheep runs and 1850
families have found homes them.
The most useful plant in China IS the bamboo
Il furnishes many varieties OF food Is manuiac-
tIred into dress goods paper furniture Is used IN
boat and slipbuilding. constructing houses, etc.
Malaga grapes are not grown alone. IN Malaga
Grapes raised IN almost any Spanish vineyard are
known outside Of that country As Malaga grapes
They are not the less delicious on that account
Fans, opera glasses. ammonia. sulphGric acid
and bottles OF evi--srneIling and noxiUus gases
were among the missiles with which the actors Of
The C0utrabdnditti were pelted by students at
Saratof Russia
4 sOeiaIistie colony IS to be set up in New
Hampshire Everyone in the colony viii be forced
to work for uniform rate Of wages and those
who are lazy OF prove themselves morally unfit
VIII be expelled
Miss Goodrich. teacher in a Southern mountain
school Is encouraging the women in her vicinity
90 cultivate madden and indigo, and to use the
coioTs from them Tor their weaving in place Of
manufactured dye
In the course Of certain operations in the Bel
redere Park in Tgnis the workmen discovered
huge circle Of enormous stumUs Of trees ranged
around an immense square stone showing signs %
artistic chisel work.
The largest block OF granite ever quarried Is
being used IN the construction Of the Beachy
Head Lighthouse, England Il comes from Com
wall weighs l.. 800 tons. and Is Gs feet long %
feet vide and "A feet deep.
Queretaro. Mexico. has claim to interest in
being the place where the Mexican Congress rati-
fed thu treaty with the United States. IN 1873.
by which Mexico ceded all the territory north
and east Of the Rio GTande
The four great Scottish universities are in
very BAD way financially All Of them are ap-
pealing for funds. and It IS said that a sum Of
at least SlO030.000 Is needed 10 bring them up to
the level Of modern requirements.
Among the famous xarships Of the navy which
the visitors viii see IN miniature. at the Buffalo
Exposition are the Massachusetts,. Olympia. Ore
gon, Maine Brooklyn. Baltimore. Atlanta PetreI
hesuVius- Iowa Texas. and New York.
An acre of bananas viii produce in weight.
-four Is coming into use. Brewers are experiment.
ing with bananas a substitute for barley. From
the fiber of the plant rope, CANVAS, and thin cloth
ing are being made
The Tax Reform League Of Denver. which first
nominated the greater part OF the municipal ticket
elected in that city last week has raised about
$4,000 to bring TO justice those guilty OF frsrd
at the election Account books OF public officials
are TO be ex7Hained also.
During the year ended March Il 1901. no less
than sixty-fve national banks. representing over
= -0o6-9C0 IN capital stock. began business IN
Texas Most OF them situated IN small towns
and VII stimulate business Ii sections where
banks we're scarce before
New Hampshire very early IN its history was
denominated the switzerland Of America on
account Of its mountainous character and the
hardy habits OF its people Il has also been called
the Granite State" from the abundance Of that
mineral within its boundaries
a decrease Of Ss.77s ArsteIass passengers. or
over per cent. and Of 53 sd third-class pas=en-
gers. or nearly / per cent, in the travel Of the
Great Western Raiiway Of England for the last
hall OF 1880 = attributed By the companys chair
man 20 th< competition OF the Central London
(UndeTgrOUnd) railNay-
In recently published volume entitled Deal
ings With the Dead Lucius " Sargent savs that
in the graveyard at Norfolk Va. j. handsome
marble monument sacred 10 the memory OF Mrs
and that after the inscription Is this 'E-rutun-
For Margaret read Martha -
Near Attica Kan. the other day. when the
ueighbors went over to congratulate Jirsrdpan
and Grandma Mcdaniel on the sfNtv-Second ami
verslry o. their marriage. they found gTaRdpaD
out IN the field planting corn while grandma vas
cleaning Up the breakfast clutter IN the kitchen
Tins may recall Horace GireeIy's advice Go
y est young man
Ocean steamships nowadays are as regular as
the railroads in carrying the mails They have
their habitual rates Of speed and are expected 70
make the voEaCe % 1900 miles over q tTaCkiess
ocean through wind and storm IN the same num-
Der Of hours and minutes. winter and summer.
never slowing down or heaving 70, except on the
geTy rarest occasions
The public printer Of Minnesota beat all records
by issuing the laws passed by the recent Legis-
sture within two days after adjournment They
consist Of 4sI general laws. 4 special laws and
constitutional amendments They comprise 40
columns OF type set in uonpareii and agate
W hen made up they make 20 pages OF an oEsii-
nary daily newspaper
NJ FIammarion the ueIl-knoER French as
-ronomer- believes that the study Of astronomy
IS Conducive TO longevity since Il Gains the
fuman passions. lie points out that the French
Astronomical society composed OF about $50
members. possesses one member who Is los years
bid a-dozeu who over ninety and a very large
percentage OF octogcudr-aHs.
hIIever may be said against smoking II Is
aid that some of the greatest men IN the world
nduiee Ia the habit to is greatest extent. Gen
aTIi Grant was not often seen without q cigar
n his mouth Cecil Rhodes, though II not
air 70 Americans compare him in any respect
% Grant. l. never seen without a frSt-clasS Per-
ectO OF Reiu2 Victoria between his lips
printers error has resulted IN q queer state
If things in Homer Mich. At a recent election
samuel Wooliey ard " J Webster. both Demo
rats. ran for school inspector and member Of the
luard Of review. respectively The printer trans
loscd the names but not the Offices Both candi-
ates were elected, though neither got the place
e sought
The Egyptian turquoises 50 called. come in
ellity from Mount Sinai The highiy-valued
'ersian stones are obtained from NishapUr in the
most primitive manner. s wooden wheel oDc-atef
y the feet OF two men lying on their b-cks
rings the broken rock to the surface IN bags: the
pigments are smashed with hammers and when
turquoise Is discovered II Is put aside and sent
nth the next batch to Neshed- TO be cut
At Lacrosse, Wis divorce has been granted
and woman who are each seventy years Old
nd had been married nearly forty years They
re Nlr- and Mrs John Bropby, of Calesyille. amt
he plaintiff WAS the wife She claimed that her
ysbana abused her at various times that every
ime he went to SUn he got drunk and when Re
anne home made II uncomfortable that she
al 10 leave.
In some parts Of Kansas questions are asked in
he public schools that few legislators. not con
Idering grown men anywhere. are unable to
ns7yer- Among questions pat to some OF the chill
rcn IN the schools these What Is meant bv
zee trade2 Imperialism: ProJeCticn7 ExpanSiol2