The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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a tax Of 10 per cent on all theatre tickets soIi
IN fraHoe is used TO maintain the INDECENT people
OF that country.
The census inst taken at RsHgooa gives the
population AZ ~ 30. ooEIE1rcd with 80 52i count
ed az the last census in 1881.
Al the shipyards on tl,c Pacific Coast. from san
Francisco TO Puget Sound. arc working overtime
10 launch vessels for the spring tssds-
Nearly Il per cent Of the total number Of wage
eaTners n Minnesota are women according 10 the
report Of the state Labor D Pzrtment.
a European sugar conference is to be held next
month at Brussels which. It Is predicted, may
result in the abolition Of sugar bounties-
The late Thornton F. Marshall, who died in
against secession IN the Senate Of that state IN
1861
4 new census has just been made Of the
American buffalo which gives the total number as
L024, Of wliiet' Ga are IN captivity and 80 in
wild state.
In 1889 nineteen factories were started IN the
United states for the manufacture Of six BY
steam. and thirteen Others for producing ribbons
and other silk goods
\ dog for which the owner paid 10 cents killed
nine head OF sheep valued al > head IN van
dalia Mission He coU=;deFed to be a good
rat dog, bat his tastes went higher
It has been iudicisIly ieci ted in Chicago that
running dogs and no. rely wholly on the
quiekness Of the animals to avoid accident
An olathe, ran. man. who was out of employ
ment IS last resort. picked Up some pieces Of
broken glass and sold them for 10 cents each as
souvenirs Of che Of Mrs. Nations joint raids.
The total number OF women over eighteen years
old employed IN the factories and workshops Of
the British Islands Is about Fe hundred thousand.
Of whom II per cent belong to trade unions
1t is thirty years since the German Reiehstag
began holding sessions -Four members Of the first
Reichstag. hold seats in the present one-l5raf
Hompesch, Eugea Richter DR.. LiebeT. and Bebel.
The earliest specimens Of Indian corn grew. it Is
believed BY botsnists, on the plateau Of Peru,
where this plant has been found growing in a
condition which indicates that 1t Is indigenous to
the soil.
According to q who is said to be the big
gest dealer in palms in New York above six
millions OF them was distributed throughout the
country orcehureh use the Sunday previous
TO Easter day
At the Peace Jubilee. in Boston 1853. Madame
Parepa Rosa's voice was distinguished above
12.coo singers orchestra Of over 1000 iustrr;-
Inents and IN hall where the audience consisted
Of 10000 people
The old Eddy foundry, which vas one OF the
frst factories built in Southwest Missouri, Is be-
ing removed at Springfield. During the civil war
II did service .or both armies IN mol6ing cannon
balls and grape shot.
Gernany's new military uniform vii be Of
efeyish brown cloth for coat and trousers and cap
TIE helmet vii be Of brown cloth and v-ill have
the brass spikes All shining buttons buckles,
and ornaments viii be done away with
ia very dry atnospheres the durability Of wood
Is almost incredible. Pieces Of wood. wooden
easkets. and wooden articles have been withdrawn
IRON Egyptian cat2cOmbs Of antiquity 200
OF 5000 years antedsti1g the Christian era.
Dr.. Grace Farley Robinson, NJ D.. Oh. NJ. has
the honor Of being the first woman in Australia
to become graduate OF d medical school. taking
her degree Of bachelor Of medicine and master Of
sf:gery OF sydney University, with distinguished
ho@ors.
One Of the most famous restaurants in Europe
Is a little establishment IN Nureu6urg 1t has
BEEN IN existence for 500 years and Is called the
atvyrstslockTein- In its early days its pa
irons included many OF the most learned men OF
Continental Europe
4 bill which has just become a law OF New
York makes the funeral expenses Of deceased
person payable from his estate before any other
debts Besides being boon 70 undertakes this
measure may have some eject IN encouraging
reasonable simplicity Of funeral display
The Indian Territory, which increased in popu-
lation from 10000 IN 1890 10 sol 500 in 1905.
aspirant for the same Territorial representa-
ton IN Congress as Is row given 70 It's neighbor,
Oklahoma formerly part OF it The white
population Of the Indian Territory Is largely in
creasing-
American publishers have decided that after
Nay I Of the present year they viii settle upon
a net price a. which books viii be disposed Of
for sale by the retail stores English publishers
announce that a similar step 10 enforce Uniform
price on the nlddiemen IN that country sill be
attempted.
Not content with providing its own gas, cleo
,sfr -
Glasgow proposes to dispense its own liquor, and
the municipal saloon Is talked about A
mitLee appointed to consider the question fzS
reported N favor Of an experiment and ParlIa-
msnt IS to be asked for the Necessary power.
The new Norwood Avenue Church OF Christ. in
Toledo, Ohio. IS to be equipped with a roof
garden, where services VIII be held during tae
summer months This viii be arranged to seat
between 500 and go persons and wiil be reached
By three stairwsys. which viii be so constructed
that elevators may be added whenever they may
be required
recent census Of the population Of Rio de
Janeiro gives the city approximately $4,000 in
habitants. This is much smaller than was gen
orally supposed In all there are -I3Z houses
and dwellings giving the large aFersge OF ten
people each The tenements are crowded with
hundreds Of occupants many OF them living IN
the most wEetched manner
A Chanute CIan.) man, writing of his reeoi-
Iecfions of the pioneer days, recalls that away
back in the eos IN a neighborAood south Of
Humboldt two people wanted TO get married but
there were preachers for miles around Fl
naIIy one OF the camp let It be known that ten
years before he had been justice up N lows and
this being considered good he tied the knot.
The Brazilian cruiser Benjamin Constant Is
to call at New York and Baltimore shortly 70 re-
turn the courtesy Of this Government in ordering
the bsttiesfips Oregon ard Iowa to put in at
Rio de Janeiro TO represent the United States on
the occasion Of the Inauguration OF President
C2mpo-Safles, November IS. 1895. The officers Of
the Brazilian vessel VIII visit v zshingtcn TO pay
their respects to the officials
letter from Havana says: april has come IN
Havana, and not a case OF yellow fever has de-
veloPed- The city Is in unusually healthy and
sanitary condition The sanitary department has
done everything IN its power to prevent the dis
cas- from se3eaTins here this spring and so far
their efforts have been successful Ths quarantine
Wit net 90 into effect until April 10 and many
strangers are still arriving here daily
It is said that the Sultan OF Morocco has be-
come deeply fascinated with Highland music. Ten
years ago piper became one of the institutions
al his court. and very recently he commissioned
well-knovn Glasgow pipenzkeT 70 furnish him
with a set Of bsgpiPes for his own use. The
set OF pipes furnished the most ornate
and costly that has ever been made IN Scotland
They mounted with Is-carat gold, and cost
sI.5G9
The women Of Newport. Ky.. Methodist
Church recently had 5000 cook books printed for
distribution among the church workers who were
to sell the same At 10 cents each Tive thousand
were sold when the pastor was shocked to find
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