The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

I fts,pEtolp per anntiln.
OF the 6s5 cotton mills in the South, Texas LA
/ i, KENTUCKY :, and Arkansas 4
In this country about I9.ooo persons are en-
gsged IN making lamp cbimDeJs
Acco-ding to recently published statistics BeF-
lin possesses more than $500 telephones
| Switzerland mas 125 schools for girls. Domestic
! scieree and gardening are among the branches
t10ght-
There are 46G tennis courts IN the various parks
Of London and more than $500 games sere play
1 ed last season.
Among the 2,75s students at the University q
EdiHburg last year there were E52 women and 163
students we've from India.
Reports from all over northern Wisconsin in
| dictate that this viii be phenomenal year N
| the white pine lumber industry.
In spite Of TIE growth Of the oil industry in
California. 176.O 900 tons OF coal was landed st
Port Los Angeles and sent inland last year
There was not en- inch Of railway line IN Britain
when the late Queen was born; today there are
81 900 miles and 1000 c0o.og0 passengers travel
over them every year
The United States seems disposed TO take the
| lead among the silk producers OF the world Dur
/ ing the last three years the consumption Of raw
! silk IN the United states has exceeded that Of
/ France
Eau de cologne poured on Handkerchief and
| inhaled two three minutes several times day,
Nlsn the symptoms o. cold are nOtcG,
garded as an infallible cure by the French physi-
| clan, Dr. ROuX
A piano Manufacturing company IN Toronto,
Ontario, claims TO have in It's shop piano made
By the corutany's founder sixty years ago, while
he in the business IN Buffalo and sold by him
to General Crafts mother
A passion rlay viii be given at Se1zaeh in the
canton of Seizure, Switzerland. on June 10 Per
tormances viii take place each Sunday and iete
day up 70 September I. when the performances
VIII be brought 10 a close.
During the year 1890 the imports q SIX int
England decreased 10 per cent The falling Of IN
the purchase Of French silk was 100000 francs
Cs1.544 .050) Notwithstanding this England re-
mains the great international silk market
poor woman in Norwich Conn, who re-
Gently came into possession OF a fortune that was
entirely unexpected by her, dropped dead from
excitement caused by the shock that the knoUl-
edge OF her newly acquired riches afflicted her
with.
In Australia a comparatively large proportion Of
the women are expert e4uestrisns. 1t IS proposed
to organize 100 OF them as a bodyguard for the
Duchess e Cornwall and York al the time when
she Duke comes 70 open the Australian Parlia-
nIenk
London owns, at the present time, completed
dwellings, containing over 100 tenemeHts, erect
ed solely for the benefit OF the working classes.
One housing scheme. the largest ever attempted
tuTe OF E2s2, 263.
In Richmond, Va, Che wards are not designated
by numbers, as IS the case in other American
cities. but By the names Of statesmen: Clay.
Monroe Madison. jefferson. Marshall and Jack
son Clay ward is the largest IN Richmond n
voting population.
A caretaker IN Yellowstone Park reports the
birth Of a new eeyser in the Fountain geyser
basin For an hour after It first burst through
rOf rom T7rrr1 SIR Of h0T
water hundreds Of feet into the air 1t now plays
regularly every two hours
The Cooperative Association - Basel. svritz-
erland contains 1901 members, who bought near
II = 0o0.G0O worth of provisions, etc, last year
and got back per cent OF their expenditures.
This has led TO the formation OF an opposition
association OF small dealers.
The horses ridden BY Lord Kitchener's flying
cavalry TO chase the elusive General DeWet across
the South african veldt are shod with shoes made
IN Pennsylvania. the contract for their con-
structiOn having been made through the IL
strumentallty OF the Commercial museums IN
Philadelphia.
While cutting up poplar at his sawmiH in
Lee county, Va, C. R. Kesterton found an anger
hole pIugget By pin. On removing the pin he
found IN the hole i've so gold pieces bearing
dates between 1850 and 1850. The coins are sup
posed 10 have been hid there for safekeeping
during the civil war
When gambling house IS raided IN Kansas the
furniture seized must under the law be tried in
court and convicted before being destroyed Just
though 1t Were q human being 4 case Of that
sort was tried in Fort Scott few days ago,
when crap and poker tables. fine CARPETS chairs
etc. were taken TO the market place and burned
Richard Harcourt, minister Of education for
Ontario has announced that he viii ask the
Legislature at the coming session to make grant
to establish travelling libraries throughout the
rural sections Of the province Boxes of books
containing twenty-five TO fifty volumes win be
put on the road. the only cost 10 the locality
being that OF transportation
4 word recently come into frequent use in kan
sas IS 'ebufTaloed'' It has delicate shade Ct
meaning. A man who IS scared is merely awak-
ened into the activities Of defence; who IS
hluffed Is who IS so badly scared that he be-
heves defence impossible, but man who is buff z
faloed not only believes defence impossible, bet
can't work up enough locomotiOn to run
The monolith at Stonehenge, which vas the
largest stone quarried IN England has beer
ecipsed by block of granite measuring ss feet
in length, 20 feet in width. and Il feet depth
This enormous block quarTied at recent
blast at the De Lank Quarries, near Bodmin.
The estimated weight is 40 tons Il VII be ;
used IN the construction OF Beaehy Head light
house
The Nikado Of Japan IS a man Of much energy
and endurance. in spite of the fact that he is
great cigarette smoker He is fond Of outdoor
sports and has warmly encouraged the INTRODUCE
ton OF football into Japan, He i a hunter and
fisherman of reputation, and is a good ,
shot with rife His devotion to lawn tennis is
marked, and he is clever wielder Of the
racket.
The aim Of the British Home Industries Associa-
ton Is to encourage the sale Of home produce II
England And the need of this work is shown By
the following list of rabbits, eggs. and poultry
which were imported into Great Britain during
the year 1900. Over e. COO COO sterling worth OF
this produce imported among which were:
Rabbits. s7S0. 437; eggs e5 408 IA, and poultry,
&, 0I0. 327.
At Russell Springs, Logan county. Kan, the
young people made arrangements TO hold dance
on Wsshington's birthday. engaged a hall and
issued hundred or more Invitations At the
time revival was in progress and before it was
over the owner Of the hall vas converted and
decided 1t wrong TO let his property for dance
purposes. and informed the young people they
would not be allowed to use it
The Emperor Of Germany Is followed whereyes
he goes by IN official shorthand writer Herr
Engel, the chief OF the staff OF the Reiehstag
Sine 1859 Emperor William has delivered