The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

fifty thousand specimens.
Residing within the limits OF New York city.
including Brooklyn, and ali tie other boroughs.
there about 10000 Canton Chinese.
BY the enlargement OF a ship canal 10 miles
long Brussels becomes port for vessels OF 2.oo3
tons The old limit vessels Of 800
An odd cycling freak is to trim piece of brown
paper to fit the lens OF the lamp and in it cut the
eyes. nose ard mouth The effect is startling
There between $4,000 and 80e,eo0 pouads
of garlic annually consumed by ItaliaPs, French
and other foreign residents of the United States.
A newspaper Or sheet ot paper tied on win
dow or balcony OF dwelling house IN Mexico
indicates that there are rooms to let in the house
Cleveland judge has decided that ANY woman
Is justified in sceiding her husband il he comes
home drunk and illtreats her and the children
The earliest known system OF fortifcation was
the stockade. It has been employed. at one time
or another by all nations, but is stiIl in use in
Turkey.
The British and Foreign Bible Society is provid-
ing al Boer prisoners with Bibles printed in
Duteh, and the plan viii be carried out within
few weeks
An Amsterdam lapidaEy has machine which.
inch in diameter. The holes are made in di4-
noRds, sapphres and rlibies.
In al parts Of the country there are many places
with curious names In Kentucky there are post
offices under the euphonious titles Of KfddyiIle,
Thousands Of Nauser rifles have been brought
into China in collins supposed 20 contain the
bones of deceased Chinese being returned for an
teEmeRt IN their native land.
London has larger commerce than any oth-r
city IN the world Liverpool comes next. and
hamburg probably ranks third, although Ant
weFp closely approaches her.
The British captured Gibraltar. 170l from tks
SPaniarGs and have held it ever since Gibraltar
is pronontory, almost an island, seven miles in
circumference and 500 feet high.
During the war with Japan the Chinese navy
disappointed those who regarded it as an Ct
tectiYe hghting force. Since then number Of
modern vessels have been added to the feet
The tip of the tongue is chiefly sensible TO pun
gent and acid tastes the middle portion SWEETS
and bitters, while the back is confined entirely to
the havors Of roast meats and fatty substances
The pecan crop of Texas promises to be the Izrg-
est ever known in many years Last years crop
was small one. caused principally by the fo5ds
in the Brazos Valley, but this year the tres
are loaded with nuts
The payment Of from SIS to 800 day for
rooms, exclusive OF meals. in New York hotels
is by uncommon. There are D=cD.e Iiy-
ing in the Waldorf Astoria who pay 500 a day
for their rooms the year round
Only Of the twenty Ave or thirty clocks IN
the White House is of American manufacture.
and that is big gilt affair which stands On t5e
while James Monroe was President
Cremation has steadily grown in public favor
since its Introduction into Switzerland some years
ago Well-known public men have given the ere
nation society their support assist the society
IN its project for building crematory-
The Mediterranean which has heretofore been
free from the invasion Of sharks, Is now finding
them in lis depths These pirates Of the oceans
are making their entrance iatn the Neditprra1,-
&c "a via h. Sy1zz
4 pair OF Louis Ky SevTes porcelain table
eandlestieks from the art treasures OF Sir Charles
WeIby sold in London recently for 81, Oz5- The
st. James Budget saws it Is probably the high
est price ever paid for articles OF the kind.
Philadelphia woman makes comfortable liv-
ing each summer by taking plants TO board
When the wealthy residents of the city close their
homes, preparatory TO spending the season at the
seaside, the woman calls and gets their plants
and takes them to her conservatory.
There is unusual activity among inventors at
present in The effort to produce machines for
mathematical purposes, and perhaps the largest
number OF applications received at the Patent
0ffce for any line of invention these DAYS are
tor patents Tor improvements on adding machines
Rats are fine swimmers. They are nearly as
much at home in & swollen stream as they are in
the placid cellar Of xeIl-stoeked mansion In
fact the whole rodent family, including mice,
squirrels, and other species soon learn To make
themselves at home in the water when necessity
requires il.
The first Korean woman to receive a complete
medical education is Nine. PAX. VINO has just
graduated from a medical school in BaltiEncTe
She graduated with horrors, though for long
time during her coutse Of study she the de-
voted nurse Of her husband. who died Of con-
sumption some months ago.
man has been asleep in q hospital in Altoona,
Pa, for five weeks His is Austin Dubbs
and he is thiFty-seyen years old He is the vic
tim OF a fight, in which he was struck on the head
with beer spigot This occurred June y.
Babbs has been sleeping ever since, after having
undergone the operation Of uePaning-
slatin Pasha. who has returned to Vienna from
the Soucian, where he has reported on certain
questions in which the AngIo-Egyptian Govern
nient and financial syndicate are interested says
that the country is perfectly quiet and in good
order, but that he would BOT undertake to gE,ar
zntee that it viii remain So unless the greatest
caution is observed.
Many experiments will soon be made by the Ger
man Amy with different types OF automobiles
for military service. The railway brigade has
charge of the affair and is to make a series of
trials in the open country, in the neighboFhood
of Eberswaide, small town about twenty five
miles from Berlin The trials VIII be made under
the supervision OF the lieutenant general. nine
officers of the engineering corps 4 number Of
subordinate officers artifeeTs. and privatts-
The beggars in Egypt, who constantly besiege
travellers for 3backshecsh" range from children Of
tender years 20 hays and wizards who have the
appearance of heing as ancient OF their
country-s monuments. All are lame halt, blind
\ child presents an arm with a handles stump,
old is without ear, youth has
legs below the knee. In many instances these
sadly afflicted parsons have been purposely dis
figured. so that they may excite pity and
eessfully gather aims
The authorities OF Sydney, New South Wales,
have been conducting a vigorous kght against the
plague, with encouraging results. The starting
point Of the disease in Sydney was in the water
side premises in Darling Harbor, where nearly all
imported pTotuoe is unioaGed. and where rats
abound. The Government treated this section
of the city, bit by bit, quaraRtiHiug certain
area catching all the rats possible, pulling down
premises that absolutely intolerable. and
dsiHfecting CAD withdrawing everywhere.
The population OF Belgium. according to CEN
sts returns which have Just been made public,
was 6744 So on December 81 1859 OF this mum
Der S.3G3 436 were males and $751; a5 females
Officially Antwerp is the most populo'ls city.
with 2S2 DIS inhabitants. and Brussels follows with
zIo, 065; but II the eight contiguous suburbs %
Brussels (Which practically parts of the city)
had beer counted her population would have been
SO. ISL. The other principal cities Ct Belgium
rank follows Liege, HOB; Client. $1,000;
Br 1ges, 50 059; Sanur 81. 10. and Mons. 1850
There is modern Sampson, residing in Hees-
Isrberg, Germany, whose hair has grown TO tie
length of eighteen inches With these long
thongs he performs marFeIs OF strength. One of
his fayorite performances is to attach leather
straps to MS hair in front and behind, ard
pend from these large cans flied with sand, which
he swings back and forth he stands with sIs
feet planted On stools about two feet from the
hoor- Each with It's contents weighs about