The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
NOTES 0F THE DAY.

The largest enclosure fo= deer ia said to De thu
ROYAL Park IN Copenhagen. 200 acres
The voluntary offerings to the Church of EnE@
land during last year amounted to a7,77l,09o
Britain brews So. 10000 barrels Of beer in =
ear and drinks them all but the odd hsR
.nilIion
A chip from an elm. which Mr.. Gladstone cut
down at HawaFden in 1899 sold in London AZ
auction for IS
Central Africa. one of these days is expected ts
become one Of the great sugar producing sec
tons of the world
Palms never live more than 25o years. Ivy has
been Known 70 live 40 chestnut $50 oak I,6Oe
and yew $3.50 years
At Wittkiei near Happen. in schIesu-iE. there
IS successful! installation for generating cleo
trIcity from a windmill
The Lord Mayor OF Dublin has presented sill
yer medal to a ship apprentice who saved cat
from drowning al the risk Of bis own life.
Miss Anna Lyle has Just completed Fifty years
Of teaching in the PkiiadeIphia Pablic schools,
t0rty-oRe years OF that period as principal OF
primary school.
seen when six-masted schooner, new being con-
structed in Boston. starts on her voyage to ports
Of the old world
The largest cut stones known to posterfty are
IN the temple Of the Inn at Baal5ec. Many ara
more than sixty feet long twenty feet broad,
and OF unknown depth
Russian clergyman whose church Is located
az Woods Run. Pa. has been making census
Of his coIIntrynen in the United States and fads
that there are in al only about 60
The Quakers Of Russia are the Doukobhors. They
are opposed TO vars Of any character. As
consequence many of them are leaving the Cars
dominion soE other parts Of the globe.
Sir Arthur Power Palmer, K G g, the new
ceTnrnander-in-chief in India one Of tire taTiess
men IN the British Army He Is SIX feet four
inches IN height. and Is nicknamed Long p
Farm laborers are becoming very scarce in
England and the need FOR thea Is great Many %
those who worked at the pIoW have gone to tia
wars, OF which England always has her hands full.
Liquor drummers report that the sale of keg
beer In Kansas has decreased 20 per cent SINGS
January l. and the sale Of case beer, for use in
private houses has increased nearly proportion
ateIy.
Out Of 81. 2,644 contributed in 1900 by
charitable persons IN the United States to edu-
eational institutions only little more than
81, oooooo was given TO Southern schools sad col
legcs.
It is noteworthy fact that the Japanese man
quickly discards his inconvsnieBt and unseeInly
robe, but the japanese woman seldom exchanges
her picturesque kimono for the dress Of Other
women about her.
TaWdry Is derived from St Audrey In the
lazy tili'lAA&G iaAsS were De4G Franco ana
England 81 4udreyfs Day, and these annual
gatherings became noted Tor the gaudy and worth
less ieveIry sold At them
Grapefruit IS no longer q luxury for the rich
alone The market for it has wfdeaed MATERIAL
~ and its culture IS growing rapidly IN Florida,
particularly On the Indian River aud along the
Florida East Coast Railroad
The Pc, in North Italy Is $50 miles IN length.
The deposits at It's mouth have caused the coast
to gain upon the sea 50 rapidly that a point
which in the time ri Augustus was seaport
town IS now eighteen miles from the Adriatic.
The Ludlow (SIo.) Journal IS authority for
the statement that 1aan used to live in Breckin-
ridge who claimed that. while 4 small boy 10
spent his days carrying water TO the vcrilmen
who we're building the natural bridge IN Virginia.
The BARRIERS pole IS humble enough. but 1t has
the TespectabiIity Of antiquity It existed as
long ago as the year 1000. when the barber Of
the vicinity where the sign Was employed WAS
also a surgeon and practiced both professions,
50 70 speak.
vt least one cooperative ceIony-that located
IN Dickinson county Kln--seems 10 be thriving
L was formed three years ago and has made
money from the start clearing SI-sf2 last year
The colony has ranch, general store, a bank,
and ~ insurance feature.
Marian HaFland advises The public that the
phrase "a IfeIess corpse IS Pathological and
upon this the indianapolis Press comments IL
the following manner W hat s blessing It Is
THAT have the advantage OF expert literary
opinion on our modes OF speech.
BY the recent death OF sr- J. c. Bolton, Mem
Der Of Parliament Tor StirIingshire, Scotland has
lost one OF its merchant princes Born II 1919.
Mr. Bolton spent his early years IN india but
Tor over half a century there was no better
known merchant IN the west OF Scotland
4 vest Virginia nan who was recently out
=
q cartridge N his pipe With the tobacco. One
or two pulls and he discovered his mistake. A
doctor seWed I'D a big hole IN the spOrtsuaa's
Jaw, and dentist fixed up the few teeth that
remained
The greatest number Of men ever employed on
one structure vas the Cizeh pyramid, where
:. co men we're in forced labor This pyramid
Is 40 feet high and covers an area OF thirteen
acres twice the dimensions OF any other building
IN the world IN instance taking 1900 men
three years II bringing single stone from the
quarry
In the new Mint in Philadelphia the United
States viii have the finest, costIiest and most
complete monsy-HlakiEg establishment Of its kind
IN the world. The granite structure was COM
menccd two years ago and viii cost about 5000
$50. including the equipment, costing S2O00 600
There viii De tventy-fouF coming presses il
the new mint
During harvest last year Edward Pallas OF
ySFsi-e. ran. caught N machine and
terribly injured. While he was still laid up his
wife deserted him In October ne secured a d.
vorCe. which under the state law did not become
final until the expiration OF SIX months he
died before that time AID now his divorced wife
claims his estate.
A recent census Of the population OF Rio de
Janeiro gives the city approximately $50 ooo in
habitants. This Is mach smaller than was gen
orally supposed In all there 60 I32 houses
and dwellings. giving the large average OF ten
people each The teneInents are crowded with
hundreds OF occupants. many OF them living in
the most wrctched manner
It IS calculate that the respectable sum of
eI2- 900 600 Is spent annually by about 10000
visitors VINO frequent the Riviera during the
winter season. which lasts about 80 days This
makes an average Of e94.GG3 per day, or e9, 9S3
per hour. OF these visitors about oue-third or
99o00 are Of the Euslish-zpeaking race-6o,ooo
British and $1,000 American.
citizen Of South Hope. Ne, has pile Of
old documents in his possession consisting Of
deeds. notes. bills. etc and some OF them are
very old One Is dated in I-29- They are al in
an excellent state OF preservation The docu-
me1tS were found N cabinet that is more than
200 years old, and which has been handed down
from generation to generation
Sidney Guthrie OF NarysviIle, Kan. has passed
the Vest Point examination The .'Marysville
aTduuuS duties OF 4 cadet By a diet OF tab9sco
sauce. to practice Standing on his head snd
get some one to regularly kick him II the eye,
and thus prepare for the anu=ementS which add to
the g4rety Of life at the Academy
Sir George Murray Smith whose death in Lon
don has lust been announced was the founder of
the -.CornHiI Nagazine'' and a member of the