The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.


ports and 81. So, 6gG in exports
The strikes that have occurred in the United
States last year cost te country. it Is said, be
tween 500. e63Cp3 and S53o.ls5.op9.
The Arabic veTHlculsr furnishes a singular 81
Iustrlti0n Of the popularity OF il the East.
It has over fifty names for the sword.
The Penobscot tribe Of Indfans. v=hich numbered
245 in $780, i Row about +sJ str1Gg. Maine sI-
propriates annually $500 toz their benefit
an automobile company has been awarded ths
contract f5r carrying the mails between the Pan
American Exposition grounds and the Buffalo
postofice-
The actual number Of immigrants arriving in
Canada last year about J4.eJo - per cenr
OF these people being Of the farming class and
moving directly to the Dominion lands
demonstrating with policemen, CAB drivers. and
street-car conductors Is a serious offence in Aus
tsia. as all those persons are rated as public
officers, 70 Insult whom means imprisonment and
fine
When It comes to wearing the silken gown Of
a Supreme Court Justice considerable practice Il
required in order that the long skirts nay not
get in the way and interfere with the progress Of
It's wcaTer.
Malaga raisins are famous all over the world.
st present the production, which lad grown
-r1.a Ter some years ago because OF the rayages
at ghe 5,hylIoxera, IS the Increase good
average crop would mean about 100 boxes
The only occasion upon which peer or peeress
wears coronet Is at the coronation OF a soger-
eigD- At the moment when the archbishop Of
Canterbury places the crown on the head Of the
new monarch every peer present at the ceremony
dons his own coroRet-
The --old curiosity shop fmmoTtaIized by
Dickens. which "a situated in Portugal Street.
dilapidated thoFougffArc lying behind the Law
Courts, London, Is to be demolished The resi-
dence Of Mrs Camp, IN Ginzsgate Street, H0I-
born Is also being destroyed
The prize of $4,000 in French lottery has
been Won By an old fisherman, who is over sixty
years Of age and has not missed DAY from
fishing for over fifty years He can neither read
nor write, and allowed his little niece 70 choose
the number Of the ticket Tor him
The German Government supports I25 schools
in foreign countries There are German schools
nov in ConstantfnopIe, Buenos Ayres. Antwerp.
Brussels, bucharest Pretoria and Johannesburg
In Brazil there are % schools in Chile, L. =
Roumania u, and II British: d0minious, p
In all the equatorial islands Of the North and
South Pacific shark fishing is very profitable m
dustry 70 the natives. and every trading steamer
and sailing vessel coming into the ports Of sgd
nev Auckland from the islands % the mid
Pacific brings some tons OF fms tails and skins OF
sharks,
\ newly wed pair named Hardy went from ing
land TO Switzerland and a part Of their wedding
tour climbed the JuBgfr9u. The Young bride did
not complete the journey. for heavy snowstorm
overlook the party and she. accompanied By one
Of the guides, retraeed her steps The groom per
severed until he reached the top.
In twenty OF the States Of the country at yari-
Gus times in recent years the adoption Of pro-
hibition amendments to state constitutions has
been submitted 10 the voters. and the aggregate
vote in favor OF compulsory prohibition was 1870
900. But the total vote for any Prohibition
didate for the Presidency has never exceeded
$4,000.
A bin for the incorporation Of RIDLEY Tenn
has passed both houses OF the Tennessee Legisla-
ture- It contains the following paragraphs:
Thence north. eiEbty-ive -dugTees east. 10 4
black gum marked with cross and with mist3e-
toe IN the top. and with a biuebird sitting on a
limb which Tree is short distance east Of Ed
Johnsous horse lot -
\ mule IN a pack train which was usually load
ed with salt discovered that by I-inz, down vnen
for-tIn= certain stream and allowing the salt to
dissolve he could tighten his burden The mule
teeF once loaded hjn with sponges instead, which
absorbed water when he hay down in the stream
and made his burden fourioId heavier The mule
vas cured Of his sInartnezs-
The notion that the horseshoe Is a protection
against evil Is as old as the hills There Is
legend that the devil one day asked St Dunstan
who was noted for his skin IL stoeing horses to
shoe his single Epof-F If1nsfaR. knOwing who
his customer was ted him tightly to the wall
and proceeded With his Job but puTposely put the
devil 10 50 much pain that he T0ared FOR mercy
Tae SAINT az last consented to release BIN
condition that ne never would enter place where
he saw a horseshoe displayed
Paris has learned the art Of transpIanti1g large
trees SUCCESSFULLY 50 that at the earliest signs OF
decay a street tree may be removed and the SYM
metTy OF the vista not spoiled BY For
these trees alone the expenses OF Paris amount 10
about $4,000 year The municipal nurseries IN
clUje hospital or ere for rhe tired trees,
where they restored II possible. to health AMI
rTEu IN sl1TT hat rrraa sfsa IT'S
In sprlng ard tall these trees on their wav 70
and from the fosPitaf are no uncommon feature IN
the street scenes Of Paris
That very small number Of American citizens
II proportion to the entire population eVpltriate
themselves by taking up their residence in for
eign countries is str5kingly shown by the latest
census Of Brazil, There are IN the entire country
2-I00.G1G foreigners or these only 500 are North
Americans. 4 portion OF these are Canadians.
leaving still smaller number frem the United
states Other nations are represented IN Brazi
Is follows; italians $4,000; Portuguese S93lJ;
Germans. $4,000. Spsniards 10000 Poles 50 90,
French 1900; English. 5,o5); miscellaneous I0),
100
In the rural districts OF France every pupil boy
or girl, takes TO school in the morning 3 bard
fol OF vegetables and puts them IN a large pm Of
water. They are washed by one Of the older
pupils who take turns at performing this duty
Then the vegetables are placed n = kettle with
/ water and piece OF pork, aud cooked While
Z 4 - n
member OF the cooperative association has
/ bowl of hot soup To cover the cost Of fuel and
/ meat those pupils who afford II pay nom
| 10 + SOUS month
/ One Of the rooms in the W0maRs Building st
the Pan tlucrican Exposition has becn designated
/ the inting-room,' and according to the orgi-
/ nator Of the idea, IS intended for the host OF
Z women who travel around on mere force rather
| than real muscle and go until they are ready
| to drop. The i furnished in dark g-eCn
| with lilies OF the valley IN the wall paper L
! looks out HPou open balcony covered with flow
| ers zud vines and everything about the room,
carpets furniture and pictures y calculated 70
| produce -esttll and soothing effect.
The mantsl used IN the WcIshach light Is made
! Of 4 combination OF mixture Of two rare earthS,
| known is thoria and ceria. and TO produce the
| proper effect they must De combined in definite
proportion Il combined in equal quantities they
| give practically light, the mantel merely be
| coming red hot. The effective combination Is %
| this very slight addition OF ceria 10 the rb0Til
/ should enormously increase the light Is not
vet thoroughly understood. II has been found that
/ a mauteI made wholly OF either earth VIII give
/ oulr oHIy about one-eleventh much light as
! one made Of the proportions Just named.
The question OF Stiu further reducing the time
Of the journey between london and Paris IS oc-
/ cupying much attention on both sides Of the
Channel The Northern of France Company. which
Owls the mail steamer N0rd and Pas de Calais
siderinr the introduction of a vessel on the tur-
| bine principle This world rsvolutionize the
cToSS-t hauncl passage. Clyde shipbuiltiiug firm
| Is at present building passenger steamer on the