The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The National Library OF Paris has 100000
bound books and 900, 600 pamphlets
The average height of EngJishman is FIVE
feet eight and three-Guarters inches
Child labor in North Carolina mills has decreas-
ed 90 per cent in the past three years
Germany is putting tax on imported beer to
help in covering the cost Of the new waTships.
in three years the expense of running an At
lantic steamer exceeds the cost Of construction
1t is stated that sharks have now penetrated into
the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal from
the Red Sea.
The polar bears of Kodiak Island weigh from
200 to 5000 pounds, and Rome Of them mas ever
been caught alive
The only two great Europeans capitals that have
never been occupied by foreign foe are London
and st. Petersburg.
The ordinary beer glass is regulated by law in
Bavaria, and must hold exactly half hire, OF
nearly nine-tenths OF a pint
A movement has been started in France to
erect monument at Waterloo IN honor OF the
French soldiers who fell there.
About 1000 cotton operatives in Biddeford. Ne,
are experiencing the delights OF a shutdown be-
cause OF the troubles IN CHINA
Dutch coins in British Guiana are to be de-
monetized. Ample time viii be given for holders
10 get them exchanged at the treasury
St Joseph, No, raises a municipal banana
crop each year. In the park conservatory grows
banana tree that produces an annual bunch Of
bananas.
Raington Booth estimates that over 100000
persons have attended the meetings OF the Vol
UDteeTS of America during the year. The Vel
unteeFs number 12,0o0
Nebraska has never raised so large a crop of
lambs as this year Texas has its largest crop
for eight years The quality Of Texas wool is
said to be constantly improving
Liquids placed in vessels of ungiazed eaTtEen-
quickly cooled The reason is that the
porous earthenware quickly becomes saturated and
The evaporation from its surface it to be
come quite cold
In the time of Louis VII there were 1000 hos
pitfalls for lepers i'll France, and about 1909 in
Europe. Prof Yirchow declared at 4 recent con
ference in Berlin that ne does not believe in the
eohtag1ousDess OF leprosy.
Railway whistles infict torture on 50 many
people that Austria has introduced a system of 81
lent signaling 10 start and stop the trains. Bel
GUM is trying compressed air whistles instead Of
steam, and Germany experiments with horns
In many of the parks in New York city orderly
slespers allowed TO pass the night in a sitting
position the benches, and in sultTy weather an
average of $500 found there. They are
required TO move ON at o'clock in the morning
One of the euricsitfes in the rooms of the Els
tnrical Society at Albany is the original deeds to
the site OF the city given by the Indians They
are IN Dutch and English, and the signatures Of
the sachens are rude pictures OF various animals.
Priests who serve in the Chinese temples do
not marry. It Is the rule also with the generality
Of literary men IN the empire to remain baehe-
lOrs. Poverty also eompels many Cinnamon to
abstain from assuming the Of 4 wife and
family
Ninety-niHe descendants were left by Henry
Smith. who recently died at South DeerfeId.
Mass, the age of niRety-four. His descend
ants are nine sons and daughters. thirty-two
grandchildren, hfty-six grandchildren. ard
two great-gTeat- grandchildren
About thirty-fiye miles from Sisbapour. in the
KhoFassan, are the celebrated turquois mines OF
Persia, the only mines in the world producing
this stone. They are situated in Z mountainous
region 5000 6 900 feet above the sta level and
employ, perhaps. I,50e persons
A seventy two-year-old recruit has passed the
doctors examination for the Imperial Yeomanrv.
He had served twenty-eight years in the Black
Watch, the GordOns, and other Highland regi-
mentS and has SIX sons serving in the army, four
OF them at the front IN South A&7iea-
China has still the old-fashioned system Of
private letter carrying Letter shops are to be
found in every town. # he has letter to send,
the CiriBaman goes letter shop and bargains
with the keeper thereof He pays two-thirds OF
the cost, leaving the receiver to pay the res
delivery.
As far hack at 1888 Dr. Jean Hamean, obscure
medical practitioner in France published a Study
of Yiruses in which he anticipated the discoveries
OF Pasteur 4 statue erected 10 his memory has
just been unveiled At La T5ste &c Buch, small
town in the GITOnCe, where Dr.. HaInean pEactlced.
He died in 1851
The largest lightning CONDUCTOR in the world
is in Bavaria The top of it is some yards above
the meteorological station on the Zugspitz, the
highest point OF land in the German Empire. it
rms down the side Of the mountain TO body Of
running water The length OF the rcd Is three
and half miles
known as ciluchuitis. 4 physician in Chicago
has invented a word to describe a patient whose
mania Is riding upon the trolley cars He calls
him trolliac. which is a very expressive term.
The doctor SAWS that trolleyitis is becoming very
prevalent in Chicago.
A little boy in Bangor, Ne, was suffering from
severe cold, and his mother gave him 4 bottle
of cough mixture 10 take while at school. On his
return she asked If he had taken his medicine.
Me- ne candidily replied, but Bobby Jones
did He liked il, SO snapped it with him for
handful of peanuts"
It is not generally known, but the name Kear-
sarge applied to the mountain and the warship.
is not of Indian origin at ali. An officer OF the
photographic Office here says that it Is combina-
ton OF letters formed from the Yankee name
Hezekiah Sargent an old farmer, who lived near
the New England peak
The Mississippi ietties among the most
gigantic engineering f5ats OF the world costing
twanty-six foot channel out OF 4 stream where
there was formerly hut eight feet OF water. This
has made of New Orleans port for the largest
among Ccean-going vessels
One of the pretty features of dense neighbor-
hood in tie heart of New York IS i roof garden
belonging to a hospital for consumptives. The
, windows from the mems sitting rooms reach to
the floor that the sufferers walk out to
the roof. and they spend much of their time tend
ing, watering and pruning the plants.
TIL tJ,a tJra, ,--.,
have been killed within recent years have all
been Italians also the murderer Of Pre-
mer CanOyls uf Spain, who killed about
three years ago The nurderers of President
Carnot of France. OF the Empress Elizabeth OF
Austria, and OF King Humbert have all come
from Italy.
Sea lions seals, walrrses, and Pelicans fed
| on fish when in captivity; monkeys, young Lions,
! and Important drink miIk-a fullgrown hippota-
! mus viii absorb fifteen quarts of milk a day.
| Polar bears live bread monkeys Ike fruit as
wen as milk, snakes require rabbits, chickens,
and ducks \ kangaroo eats nearly 200 pounds
of bread week.
\ Missouri country recently had her
husband arrested for cruelty. He had beaten her
severely and the judge sentenced the offender to
hammer rock for the benefit Of the county When
he went to werk on the next morning his wife
hand with umbrella to keep the sun
off him, while he chopped up big stones into
little ones. with a hammer.
1t is certain that ants Intentionally sanction
the residence OF certain insects in their nests.
This Is the case ior instance, with the curious
blind beetle clav;ger, which is absolutely de-
pendent upon ants as Muller first pointed out.
1t seems TO have even lost the power of feeding
ITSELF at any rate it is hsbitualiy fed by the
ants. who supply it with nourishment, as they do
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