The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-24
NOTES OF THE DAY.

a Preach engineer is tr5ing to apply air in snch
way 70 InaeLincTy as 10 make II serve as IL
bricatoT-
The Marriage License Bureau Of PhiIadelphia IN
june issued SoO0 licenses, which IL twice the
usual moGrAiy is7ue-
The Prussi2n Government Is about 70 take meas
ures % preserve various kind Of tees tIst IN
danger Of determination.
The ''Jerusalcm articboke'' has nothing to Do
with jerusalem but Is a corruption Of gifalole,
the su1hoWer. which Il resembles
Mayor Coicnua Of Rome has begun crusade
against cxpectoratiCn- The sign u vietsto da
spuiaIe' Is noH put up in all tayerns and tobacco
shops
Publishers say books on the Hispano-Auericsn
war do rot sell Tn authors write too much 10 NJ
strategy and TOO little about individual acts o.
htT0ism-
The whale is a big fish in the sea only on ac-
count Of his colossal proportions As navigator
ne r. not much q a success. His utmost speed
swimming is only about ten miles hour.
Dr. Janes NJ Stafford, who las been professor
Of geology in Vanderbilt University for many
years, hsS just retired az the axe of seventy For
Ian century he has been the stat CeOlogi>t Of
tennessee
Electricity fer the propulsion Of boats VIII prob
ably be used on al the leadiag canals Of tins and
other countries before yery LONG. On some Of
these waterways the system has already been in
aUgurzted-
Permission has been obtained from the Gar -
establish sort Of Young Mems Christian Asa
citation among railroad employees ia Russia. Il IS
% be called Committee for the improvement q
Young Men"
Scranton, Pa, Is o0n-idc-ing the sdvisability o.
instituting department of harmony in that city
TO pass upon the merits Ct street musicians, and
c1c.de which are worthy 81 the privilege Of per
forming on the tEorCug Lfarls-
a-rr
pennies ihsu in the year before. and the coinage
q nickel. dimes, quarters. aad halves increa-ed
largely. II co.ars ard cents the inc In niilor
coinage Tor the hscsi year is about $4,000
Fruit is principally valuable FOR its salts and
free acids, required by the sssteu az al times buc
more specially when The weather is warm Fruits,
owing % these cool and purify the blood and ktcD
the entire allTCelt4ry canal IN healthy condition
Daniel n. Niioch an American diver, undertook
90 ride bicycle AZ TIE bottom Of the SEA a few
years ago u his heavy diving drezs. weighing
o-lr 20 pounds. he was lowered into twenty feet
q water and rode the machine for considerable
distance
August s. Gaudeus, the sculptor. who is now
IN Paris, where BE- as-beea a. Wo-z for over two
years on A statue Of General sherman. VIII rs-ura
70 tbs country next month Ile statue. which
Is 10 p placed IN Genital Pas. View Y0Ik. VIII
soon be completed
Bermuda provides beautiful roads for c-clists-
Tie rcaCbeds are q coral. smooth as tee aoor Of
ballroom and as clean Is il is possible for any road
% be. The delights Ct a spin on ones bike IN
abe Beishb3rhood 81 any city u these LciiSa--ll
Isles are beyond C5a7l-llls0n-
Huge savings banks are going up al over I,1ly,
and the people have taken % them very kindly
IN some cities instead OF giving hooks Is pI.D5s
in public schools they give Swings b1rz books
with small SUM entered % TIE credit q the prize
winner Tins Is cone a. Venice
It Is something Of a mistake 20 suppose thai
women IN China have TO rights trat q nza is bound
20 respect The idea that she Is q 10 impor-
lance Is altogether incorrect II ler home.
wife. she exercises authority that would make
deIizen Of the Western World gasp with wonder
Arrow poison Of the Wasogo Is derived f-o-. the
juice Of the bark Of TWO euphorhi4ce5us trees by
continued boiling BIGGER has Isolated 1aerefr0u
CRYSTALLINE body which corresponds lhsnie4-Iy
ard plt slol5Sll1lly S1ll the NaAanla arrow ps--a
son The eupllrd-l I-lae appears Il at Is Pc
gressiye poison
81 Charles Dixie IN paper TLi,h he rad re-
Gently before the Satisfied socis;y Of L1uton.
declared that the normal cost -of British z-1nz-
meHJs IN time Of peace D. ia round -1reS, So
C9,r1 % The taxpayers OF The nired h-nsd1Ii,
t27.cJeoa1 90 lElia, ard GL75l.O0J O. ~ se-f-
governing cOlCuies-
some mystery attaches to the discharge in Lon
don Of Al the district messenger srls. They were
only recently employed % MI a shortage caused b-
thought tEe change would De- permanent. W ;rrrher
leakage % secrets las caused return % the Gil
order is not known
The Italian Navy which tlT some time has beea
blr,it Of the benefits cs a chaplain or shipboErc
w5u again be endowed with tl4t blessing. &C.
cOrciuE % a NV ediCr just issued BY the K.aS-
The Franciscan 'rler : o. have charge ~ me
service. Jle Queen of Italy and the DGlEtss GDsta
assuming the expenses.
Gel F. Nialsy. II the Sscaud Slme-se- Es-i-
meat. was tagro-@hly ''~Eot up IN tie south az
ric1n var. but s-I lives O. ten q IT, In -rs h---
lie Of CuitUso be bad bullet ia each srr-, ts9 m
Jhe bead another through che of his thumbs and
4 sixth IN his l.i- leg he lay fC-r weeks IN hoe
piJal and Jhen went 20 the frout again
a weII-r0-do NcE York lawyer has sons into
training under professional pugi.j-t and wishes
That after 2 bit his instructor viii Int him
''kHocl-out' blow The lawyer has hcCn ryra,cet
IN several cases where The meaning "a -'Euoc--
ouI' has been in question and wants 70 obtain
personal knowledge q such a visitation
The number Of adheren;s Of the Orthodox Rus
sian Church has sre4,iy increased during the past
quarter Of a century II 1870 ;lsre vere $500 90
Orthodox Greeks throughout tae whole guu-re;
TO-DAY according 90 tlc Official statistics 90 the
Holy synod. this number ig- increased tg -9OgJ.-
co. or about tvo-sl.rds 81 t-e c5lE,Iy's toll
population
TIE caterpillar pest, which a few yelss a-o
wrought great havoc among shlle trgvs IN ya-1Is
cities. las been almost wholly done away Ui,h IN
Philadelphia. The rreven,ives which were aa-
Piled. IN the share 0f cotton wound sro-rd the
trunks 81 the trees. have tended 20 lessen the
breeding q tie pcsts. SO that ugw the worms are
t1ius very little damage GO the ,reeS.
THe PapeTliangers- Union n Philadelphia has
passed resolution warming the public ta1t health
IL ieopardized By allowing cd w4u paper % be
covered with new, thereby perulitst.nS al DIRT 4aI
h.tL 20 accumulate and remain AID giIh Them
germs Of disease" Some ugly testimony l. pre-
scented IN relation % the papcriug Of rovus n
which contagious DISEASES had occurred
Al entire town has recently been discovered in
tie comimcas Of the Gar Of the existence OF
which no one seems 20 have lad any idea Dep
in the forests Of the Ural lies a H1r-ishi1- citv
il- inhabitants % which speak curious language
Of their own. and seem 70 GorIu s1rt 90 I'd
commonwealth In which taxes and taXEa-he-=-s
among other troublesome things. are unAesrd Of
Mrs Cast. Of At5oI. Mass. was at Brc0Isile
Park lately when a big buff butterfly aligHtod ca
her hat, took a fancy 20 IT, and decided it would
make a Rice S1ot fer but-e-fiv home Ths sa-
sect took possession and began LAYING eEgSy and
lis remained there ever since Ms Cash w-srs
and The butterfly With is nest attracts cvery0ucs
attention
PCsIoSL. mcn are 10 he excluded from tle lIusi-
nos districts on lover Broadway. New YORK.. -lnI
tire adjacent streets Mayor Van WICK has sizreI
az ordinance which banishes the pcddlcrs from
Fulton Stee,- This Is % b. followed by smother
ordnance which Vii drive the pgs!-cart men out
q tie whole lover business district iacIudirs.
Wall street and ether thorOughfarCs in the falr-
eill section
Many people talk about religion IN China. In
the conventional sense Of the word there Is not
an atom Of religion in the entire CeIest5al En-
MIR rs1rrr1 I f.r.a