The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.


ereases 10 per cent every ten years.
The farms Of Kansas yield This year over $3.50
TO every man. woman, ard child in the State.
TIE the South African oxen the tulip plant.
which the beasts greeoily deyCur II they can get
IT, Is rank poison.
An Athol, Mass, to be in style, robbed his
wife of her only shirt waist and went of fishing
IN it the ether day
Medical stati=tieiars have found that there are
eight to who shuttle off their
+ mortal coils suddenly.
The frigate bird can fly at the rate Of 100 miles
an hour and live IN the air d week at time
without touching Toost
AT least 1000 persons were added to the popula
ton Of Denver last year Il 5 probable thai
10000 viii be added in 1899.
In 1887 the people OF Nebraska paid off So
0G5000 OF mortgages, ii 1885, $40 Coz, 0g0 in 1885,
/ sIs,909,00O- 10000 in three year,.
/ 1t is computed that the average industry has
added annually S43,O2J,O00 directly and $50, 0J1-
Geo indirectly to the taxable wealth Of the United
! States.
I Queen Margherita, Of Italy has the most besuti-
ful bicycle IN the world The wheels are Of gold
and the frame is richly iniaid with jewels and
InotheT-of-peaH
At a recent sale of books in London first edi-
ton copy Of CowPeT's poems, wiki the substi-
tuted leaf, in the original boards, and uncut.
realized $50 I0s.
The irrigation bitches at Garden City, Kan:
have become so filed with catfish that the hired
hands forced TO spear them with pItcliOTks 10
get the water 10 flow.
! An automobile recently made the trip from
! Boston to Newport in 2I7 minutes The return
| was made by another route in less than three
hours. The distance vas seventy-hre miles
| The largest electrical display at Paris i made
| by Sieman Bros of ., f00-horsepower engine.
| which, with direct current dynamo viii give of
| 2,1e9 ampeFes 500 volts The aggregate output
! Of English dynam0s IS 1850 kilowatts. The
French generate S,G0G-
Tie town of Arsa, Sweden, must be happy
| place There taxes exist In the last third
| OF century the community has sold about
| So .ogJ coo worth Of trees and thereby obtained
money 10 pay all expenses Railways and tele-
phones free well as the schools
Russian girls have a peculiar way Of learning
their matrimonial prospects. number Of girls
take off their rings and conceal them in sinai
low basket Of corn; then a hen = brought IN
and invited TO paTtake Of the corn, and the owner
/ Of the first ring uncovered VIII be the fEst 10
/ enter matil-nony.
! An old sea captain of East Msehias. Me.
Gently caught Goldfish in EEe stomach Of which
was a one-cent piece dated 1891 There Is notli-
ing on record to prove whether the FISH swallowed
! the peculiar bait in that year or il any inter
veHing year between 1851 and 1902 and IL l.
matter Of consequence anyhow-
BeIgfans in BAIL are seeking the repeal Of the
10 per cent duty now imposed by Belgium on
Brazilian coffee in return for stimulation 10 bc
given by the Brazilian Government 10 Belgian
imports which have recently been falling OF
The United States and Germany have been cutting
into the iron import trade, OF which the Belgla--s
had strong control at one time
N. sardou frankly ADMITS that there IS nothing
but pIebeian blood III his vclns- For three gen
erations his ancestors lived IN very modest cir
cirmstarces at Cannes; before that they we're Sar-
dinian fisherman. His great grandfather he says,
may have been wrecked on the south OF France
and settled there. Hence the family name Sar-
dou, signifyiHg an inhabitant Of Sardinia
The fool fun Of rocking the boat has had about
the usual number OF victims during the present
season One OF the latest disasters occurred tae
other day on stream il Kansas. where youIg
man. attempting To brighten female companion
INDUCED IN the idi0tlc sport 70 such an extent
that the boat was overturned The woman swan
ashore and the coroner passed verdict on her
companion of accidental death by drowning
Lord Kinnafrd is a Scotch peer Of ancient lin
cage. great wealth. broad acres and happy as
position He is the eleventh Baron KinHaird Of
Rosie whose sat Is at Inchture. PeTthshire- lie
is partners IN Barclays Bank ana when at
work in TIE city shows that seat IN the House
Of Lords has not robbed him Of any business ca
nacirv lie has many interests in lie besides
banking and Is especially well versod IN current
religious thought
Eastern Africa Is said to have six active vol
canoes and western Africa four; those in the
Cameroons are said TO have been in eruption As
late as 1855 The islands westward are al q
volcanic origin. The Canary Islands are famous
Tor the great peak e Tenerltf5. which became
oyjet long PRIOR to discovery; other vents IN me
islands have been in eruption al intervals during
the eighteenth century, and hot VaqoIS anu sIn0Sc
rise IRON them at the present Time,
There is 4 hyp1rh-sis, though scarcely =ati=i1e-
tory to some thinkers. that certain color spots Or
lines in flowers are provided as guides to tie
hectares Of hoHey-secreting flowers, in favor OF
insect visitors. But the arguments against TINS
are often weak those in favor thereof f'F
instance i has been asked how the night flying
insects make use OF heney-IineS IN the dark But
surely nocturnal insects are supposed to see -
clearly by night as the diuTnals co by day
Scarcity Of farm Iaborers in England has
brought strange assenblsge to the country dis
rricts The other day there were working en- a
Surrey farm 4 couple 81 clerks. & gaupasIl1--
solicitor who had been unable TO scraps up tie
n.sEey 20 JIAe guC lis tersiny~.e; a -r--..- "-is
down his luck, p4wEbrokeE assistant, ara.
OF course a journalist. The Journalist explained
that he was there cBIy Tor the purpose Of copy
lie intends 10 write an article and cali it Hay
making 10y Eminent Hands
1t has been suggested that If the KrupPs intend
to make those POS repid-fTing guns ordered by
the Sultan Abdul Hamid they would display
delivery. The paym2ster's department Of the Sui
tan's little domain IS ovsrburdened with cash,
and the Sultan himself is not oyeTburdened Win
conscience, But the krupPs, wise men as they
are, probably know that somebody will pay.
They do not make nation dcsJroyers without
guarantee that Will serve as a salve for COR
science.
The artesian wells of eastern Algeria have rec
onciled tribes whom military terrorism failed 70
pacify. The first appearance Of the rock drill ma
chiuery merely provoked their banter, but when
unfaiIins fountains OF cold water burst forth aI.f
fIled tanks and refrigeration canals their Jibes
turned to silence and finally TO grunts Of APP
prevail. Now they besiegirg the tents of the
Government engineers. begging them to try their
luck here and there and promising their political
support in case Of an aquatic treasure uovc
should restore the productveness OF their parch.d
out fields
In the village OF Bodru a Turk named ISmIiI,
said to be 100 years old, frequently walks 20
Bartin, ten miles distant to sell eggs. He has
had thirty-four wives, the last OF whom he mar
ried only a few days ago The bride is sixty
years his junior, and the marriage was celebrated
with much solcmnity 70 the sound OF drums ard
ffes and Of volleys from firearms The whole vii
lsge fete- The wedding procession incIuJ-
ed all the male progeny Of the patriarch bride
groom consisting OF 40 sons, gTandsons, and
great-gFandsOnS- The number Of his female
progeny is not stated.
Superstition prevails everywhere. 1t has cx-
listed since the world vas created, and will IN
doubtedly last as long as this terrestrial sphere
revoves On its axis. The wiSest people in the
universe are not secure from its influence Gre
clan mothers before putting ;ieir children IN the
cradle when smuggling them Up fer Z good
nights nap, turn three times around before the
FIRE while singing her favorite song. TO ward off