The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

boston pays S4oo.VO i year iot is sI4lOoA
ianitors-
4 farmer in Kentucky claims to have been sue
cessful in cultivating ginseng.
The automobile industry has proved very
profitable investment Tor French capital
There will be Sc new men in the next Congress,
go % the present House having been reelected
Khaki cloth Is out of fashion in England, tho
tailors Offering quantities Of II at runous dis
count" .
In the past few years there have been rapid
strides in the iron and steel industries Of South
Russia
Iowa Fails. Iowa. is not large place. but II
has decided 70 have fine system Of pubic parks,
and is willing to pay for them.
Although there are many cold winter DAYS in
Northern Italy, third-class railway never
heated, and second-class cars only on express
trains
The Empress Frederick does net allow her III
ness 70 interfere with her industry. She paints
and sketches and interests herself IN household
affairs.
There viii be representatives of fOrty-tvvo dif-
ferent tribes OF Indians in the Indian Congress
at the Pan-ATseriean Exposition at Buffalo next
summer
OF the worlds rubber supply Of s.. go tons.
$500 come from the Amazon basin $500 tons
from other parts of South America and 1900
from tropical Africa.
The use Of the telephone in Cairo and AIexan-
dria has grown to such proportions that it aas
been found Necessary to connect the two cities BY
a telephone trunk line
The famous observatory Oh. the Seebere. near
Gotha. which was the scene Ct the labcrs Of the
famous astronomers, EUckel Zach and Lindenau,
was burned down recently
No man has ever reigned over an Empire 50
vast As King Edwards His Majesty rules over
one continent. 100 peninsula 500 promontOries,
Loo lakes, 1900 rivers, and l0,oc9 islands.
The distinction among animals Of requiring least
sleep belongs to the elephant. In spite Of its
capacity for hard work the elephant seldom. Il
ever sleeps more than four, or occasionally Eve,
hours
Red snow would be a novelty in any part Of
the world but it is declared that such curiosity
does exist in Arctic and Alpine regions the color
being due to the presence OF vegetable sub
stance
1t IS reported that three boxes of chocolate sent
By Queen Victoria the Christmas before last for
the Rhodesian forces have now arrived at Mafe-
king There bad been much grumbling at the
non-arrIval Of her late Najesty's gift
In 1850 there were four Roman Catholic Bishops
or Ficars-Apostolic IN England and two in Scot
land-in both lands there were perhaps 10000
Catholics. Today there are IN England and SCOT
land Il bishops, and about 100000 Catholics.
The French Minister OF Fine Arts has decided
that for the future foreign students al the School
OF Fine Arts in Paris NAV take the medals hut
latter going TO the next French student on the
list
Some eio,000 has been subscribed in SEitzeF-
land 70 fund which is being raised for supply
ing home IN that country for destitute Boer
men. women. and children and for those who
would ike TO come to Europe and settle there
until the war Is over
The Cornell Brain Association, Of which Prot.
Burt G. Wilder is president. has received more
than 100 requests Of the brains OF highly-eucateCf
people as the result Of the circulation Of unique
form Of will and testanleEl" which ne drew up
and asked them 10 sign
Before afty the statizticj4n has discovered. the
most heaIthful occupation is that Of the clergy
man The doctors and the lawyers are close to-
Sether- After fifty years according to the hg-
ures- 1t Is healthfUi 10 practice medicine or
the law than II Is 70 preach
Isaac Newton Hayden. who died recently in
Honolulu. leaving an estate valued az - ,o0O
began business at the Hawaiian capital thirty
years ago As a carpenter he prospered at his
trade, braIched out a contractor. and made
an immense amount Of nezey.
Hot biscuits, when properly made, hurt nobody.
i Kansas man says that in thirty-five years his
wife has baked a multitude Of them and he has
eaten them AT one meal every day He weighs
JveT 200 pounds and attributes his health which
IS good, TO his spouse's good cooking.
Twenty thousand spoons. 1900 dessert and
table FORKS over 1900 fish knives and earvers,
20 entree dishes and tureers. so canGIestfczs.
md tea and coffee sets 20 match are wanted N
slectr0plaJe for the use of British navy officers
The Admiralty has asked Sheffield for tenders
George v. Putnam, Of WestFeId, Ohio. Is said
o be the oldest railway mail clerk IN America
de was appointed Just after the Inauguration Of
Lincoln in 1861. and l.zs been IN continuous
service ever since. He has between Ash
abula and on City on q branch Of the Lake Shore
Road
Francis Valentine Yoodhouse, who died few
lays ago at the age of ninety-six, was the last
surviving apostle of the original twelve Of the
Catholic Apostolic Church founded BY Edward
TviRg- Mr. Woodhouse was also one Of the old
PSI English baTTisrers. having been called 10 the
par IL 1876
The Cspe 20 Cairo Railway IS at present be-
ng extended from Buiuwayo to Yanki. a place
about 30 miles farther north, where a great
soaI discovery has Just been made Il has also
'een found that the ZAmbesi can be much
-asily crossed at this point than At the part
originally selected
There are nearly 5000 5armaids IN England and
their average work per day is about fourteen
hours The British barmaid has even less time
TO indulge N friyOlity than the Mattresses IN
american eookshoPs OF department stores, and
Ike the American girls the majority of them lead
espectahie and honorable lives.
The negro IN Congress Is something that viii
probably be unknown for many years. With the
iearh OF the last Congress the black delegates
Went 10 the wall The colOred man has been
either IN house the other since the recon
Iructiou period. and has never cut a figure il
either house His finish has arrived.
move Is on foot at Mexico, No. 10 organize
Carrie Nation Visiting Club The members
who must be recognized Christians are TO visit
aloou5 and simply by their presence deter church
members and minors from drinking No viol=1cs
5 be used, the evident purpose being TO pre-
rent good citizens from having time BY the
Ur-s OF moral SGasiOn-
Judge Nathaniel Holmes who recently died at
Il the first IN this country to give p-omi-
lence 20 the theory that Bacon wrote Shakes
jeare- In 1850 he published a work entitled The
Authenticity Of Shakespeare" He was also the
zthOr OF a large book on Philosophy Of the
o be Realistic Ide2lisms n Philosophy ItseIi''
fayorite way Of betting IN China Is with
ranges. This goes on at the fruit stalls and also
n private houses. The bet Is On the number Of
eeds IN an orange. Sometimes It is as to
shether the number is odd or even. and at others
IS 10 the exact number Of seeds the orange con-
ucky guasser five times his debt; but the loser
must pay the value OF the orange, and also FIVE
INES much as he has wagered Quail fighting
md cricket conlbats also sources of great
interest 10 the Celestial sporting iraternitieS.
The Rev Dr. Daniel J Hayer, who has the
distinction Of being the oldest Lutheran clergy