The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

westward
The baton now carried by German field msrshait
vhIe performing duties of distinction resembles
riding Whip
Mr. Il Il. King Of HopisiaSviile. ~. has in
his Possession a twist OF well-preserve,l tobacco
raised IN Virginia in 1868
An Austrian named Anton Petermandcl who
recently died at Steyr. had made collection Of
about 5.000 knives Of ali times
| Dublin has only forty acres les IL parks than
/ London. The latter has 1850 acres. Stii both
cities are short OF breathing spots.
\ genuine stradfvarfus violin IS worth what
ever the person owning II may ask At Si,031
/ it would not be deemed extrsyasant.
In an old curiosity shop near Westminster Is a
fishing bag formerly belonging 70 Ez4ak Walton.
bearing his initials and the date 1916
Waldecb- Rousseau is said to have applied VIC
/ eination TO biooded dogs preventive OF dis
| temper for ten years with entire success
Deaf mutes are on the increase in Germany
There are no fever than 6.455 persons in iRsttu-
| lions where deaf Hutes are specially instructed
! The Swiss census has lust been declared aad
shows that there are 3Iz-55l inhabitants in
I Switzerland In 1880 the population was .
/ 300.1I6.
/ income To the Canadian Government last year
| the revenue OF the Yukon territory amounted -
81. 25f.sl6-
Nearly 1880 prisoners were liberated on the
occasion OF the King OF itlly'S birthday FortF
thousand Others were granted reductions IN their
sentences.
\ measure to increase the school tax from 10
10 p cents on the 500 Was defeated IN the West
Virginia Senate Tuesday last by the narrow
margin OF two votes.
The coal fields in Pike AID johnson counties i.
Kentucky. are reported to oe among the finest IN
the world. The veins run fror four to fourteen
feet camel and bituminOus coal
It Is officially reported At Yokohama that 10
fishermen are missing It Is believed that they
perished in the heavy storm which ragged on jan
uaTy 10 OF the vest coast Of Japan.
Glenn P Mckinney. the Speaker OF the Iiaho
House. Is the youngest member Of that body. be
ing only twenty-five years old lie Is attending
the law department OF the University Of Idaho
The only club Of Indian women united with the
General Federation Is a little island IN
Maine Whose membership i entirely made Up Of
sqIElWs- the association having been formed for
the purpose OF preserving indian traditions and
folklore
There are about 10000 pupils in the schools
Of the United States-as many as Germany.
France and Italy combined end three times the
enrolment OF Great Britain and Ireland. and
i've times as many As Russia, with It's population
OF 100000
An English writer who has been investigating
the production OF butter and cheese in all coun-
tries says that the largest creamery in the world
IS at Lincoln Neh- Il has "a capacity Of 90G51
pounds OF butter per la: and an average daily
output Of LEO pounds
Baptist journal .-ZieIt'z Advocate recently
Published a article landing American wine
The next issue contained an apology. Il all han
perSed through the hoiier-plate syndicate matter
which cau-e ready made and vas slipped In aB-
pareutly without being read
German slvants are eongrat8lati1l, Themselves
over a new discovery The question whether
eselbe 7'sz =ort-=lsited has never been specially
dlscu=sd- d they have aScertz5uad The --EranE-
I'iiter Zeitung' has long article On the subject
and u VIII doubles be discussed ere long IN
special monographs.
More animals are lost to the stage through
fear than through Eiciousness Tho show people
dread rinid lion. tiger. or leopard not only
because IN its panic IT l. Eaelv 70 Iu1Ire thu
trainer bat because It Is unreliable and may
take fright and spoil performance at any mo-
merit from the slightest cause
OF Minister Wu Tine-fang's recent visit to St
Louis one newspaper man says: Res II once
the easiest and hardest person interview ever
met y by. he seems to do al the talking him
sell ana yheH. when you get through, you are
apt 10 4nd tIat he h.S been questioning you al
the time AID you've got no copy 81 all
The South Carolina House OF Representatives was
almost thrown into panic on Monday last by
report that there were several cases Of small
noX IN the capital There was TAX Of adiourain.,
10 some other city hut action vas deferred 10
await the report % the committee on medical
Affairs which was Instructed 10 investigate
The visit of President Diaz to Europe NAV last
The ert5-e two years for which he has been given
leave Of absence It VIII be the first time he
l@s IeIt the country for more rlEln lew days
1lz.1e he WAS elected 90 Office, in Is56. one OF
tie prime motives % his trip Is his desire 10
ooS personally after his European investments
Miles : Wilson of Nashua. y H. has
copper powder flask which was carried by his
grandfather in the war Of tsp The task Is unlike
nytfiag before seen IN this city. and i I'M
ioInieti-F possessed OF greater antiquity than tn
var IN which II used Il bears scar which
tradition SAYS was received from q British knife
II clo>e Quarters
The best collection Of Chinese coins 10 be fgund
outside of China has been given 10 tie arcseoozf-
al museum OF the University OF Pennsylvania by
Rev f W living. 4 Honolulu ullszi1Earv The
objection S0e- back 70 = tine over $50 wears
ago and includes those odd. early Chinese coins
which yse-e made II the form OF spades razg-s.
keys shirts and tools
! Danish expedition CONFESSED OF Lieutenant n
Corn. leader, NlidiIbo and Kofoed physicians.
and the artist Count Ha-aId- yof1ke Iefr COP
peHLageu recently for Finland VIA Ch-:Stisn=7.
IroHdtrIeU. and Nad-o WiIh the object OF study
iusg the hCTeaiis. The chief station will ha
established at Ut=iosi. Ia North Fi=l-nd where
HE expedition viii remain Ih-e7 months
Lori George Hamilton who is again tie British
Secretary or State for India. : a son OF the Hrst
S5S. ana has b@'d offeiaI positions since Is74
Sore months arn lord George haasted III
speech thar he lad thirteen nephe7s fighting n
S.J,th Africa not 10 mention a son a rlit=hfn-
s-sn. who was IN IatlysInith during the sacee-
An Ellsworth Ne horse ran away the other
lay and turned down wood road here It over
o"k wood sled and Jumped aboard the driver
{ the wood sled jumping OF 90 make room for
he newcomer. His own horse. frightened hv the
nuNHaI situation. had started 70 rlIn The. crici
al runway stayed on the led. and IN this yyav
vent DOWN the road when next seen fIze
rIsii-li runaway turned up 1T his OWE stable
Rear Admiral O'CaIIaghan. who dieI the other
ay In England. had most DISTINGUISHED naval
areer. Ini dd excellent work IA the suppression,
Z Fi-acv IN the West PaeiEc and in the Chin4
"a lie received sword O honor from th. llz--
laantS gf Bombay, and the special thanks OF the
'"vtrnEc,nr aHj Of the Chamber of Commerce. OF
a.cUl1d and Madras for his service in clearing
hem
\ St Louis Was chagrIned because three
rect cars had passed him IN ire rain without
$ much DIS hostitdtinG- lie broke the window II
be- fourth ear with a stone Il came to a stand.
.iu and ne cooily boarded II and took 2 seal
he conductor had him arrested but IN the taIie..
sJ1rt tae Jul=e fined hizH and then remfrfqd rla
ne ny That he had noticed the tcnder-y
the street car company to pass passengers and
heileVed TIE prisoners story
Dr. Joseph Erluals Neuse Cfansberlainc. Who
led al Ea>con Md on Wednesday last a-s,i
evenly i've. was both Il man Of affairs and