The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-20
NOTES OF THE Day

Altar Of roses sells At sla9 an ounce, which
e exactly five times the value of gold
The game Of billiards arst came into fashion in
England and France N the sixteenth century
Denmark leads the world FOR tilrifsiness. Her
inhabitants have ca an average Of so IN the
iHSs banks.
OF the year book Of the rnited States Depart
were printed.
There are 80 square mics Of streets in Lon
don Each square Rsise averages l2o streets and
each street 100 houses.
Il the world be divided into land aud 9ate4
hemisphere, London is the centre CT the fard
Sew Zealand Of The water
Tn; record for sailing belongs TO the Flying
Cloud, which covered 40 miles in twenty -fOnT
hours, OYER seventeen miles an hour.
The Peno5scot tribe Of Indians. xfich numbered
2l5 in 1880. is nov about 800 strong. Maine sp-
PFopriates annually s,oee for their benefit
OIL for combustion Is now supplied to Los
angeles factories at 81 per barrel About ono
hundred thousand barrels month arc used
some one who Is curious Oh the subject asserts
that woGseH Use seventeen TINES many gloves
as men, No one has as yet appeared 10 dispute
his assertion.
There are NJ old maid- IN e4iHs: a husband IS
provided FOR each girl. He may not Be TO her
liking, and II Is not usually with her consent
that she Is married
Germany and Switzerland produce over two
million glass eyes u year: and PsEis TnsHsi-
taeuH-eT, with . reputation iGf finer TGGa. SOHO
three hundred thousand.
Properly qualified teachers Of Whist are IN such
demand N New York that those known to be
competent have more applicants scholars than
they esss possibly attend to-
For all purposes % laboratory aItering. paper
& sSIpeTseding every other appliance and there
IS . -arge plant which Is doing 4 very profitable
J
per
Maine man sent his email son out to couE
the new brood OF chickens which had hatch'd
our that DAY. When the boy returned he sais:
u counted them al but one daddy. and ti,at
one was running round fast 5-oGld E9t count
hint"
Nine. jean Posnnnerol. French autlore.s and
explorer, IS about to start On = mex expedition
into the heart Of AiFea. Her object Is 10 study
sahara and erubody her experiences in a nee
book
One Of the pets Of the Prince Of wales Is
little green parrot. which be bought iroa small
boy in Trafalgar square Tie bird IS a me talk
Ct, and whenever q visitor coHnes into the hail
At saEdIingiis1n vigorously calls out Tor cheers
for The Queen.
Paper Is enc .. tie best conductors Ct elee-
iriciry there i Thus boys in a pressroop, cifen
hold hand on a roll OF paper and with tbe
ether light q gas jet with the electric spark
drsEn by touching The end Of the finger to
az1tsihc burner.
Cripple Creek Is tbe gTestest gold camp in this
eosIr.try. and il production Is very great The
cc-e Of the geld country there Is strip Of
ground. xix miles long BY three miles broad. out
Of TINS comparatively small Of ground So
10000 II gold viii he taken this year
petsiaed forest, covering IN area 81 I9g
square miles. has existed for centuries "a All
iona Thousands and thousands OF petrifed logs
Svew the ground and represent bes9tifal shades
Of pink, purple, red, grey, blae sad yellow One
Of the ssone trees sraEs gulf forty feet vide.
Al old iran ,sss taken 80 New York hospital
IN what anpeareS 10 be destitute condition. His
rags were exchanged fer comfortable clothing and
then Che sstoHisbed attendants found that be had
4 chest protector made OF $50 bills the total
amount seEed inside OF his old flannel shirt being
The modern custom Of decorating churches at
Christmas with nIssietee aid other greens vas
borrowed directly rom the DrIIitis Those mystic
priests belieFed that kindly sylvan spirits sought
out green aBd sheltered places and dgelt therein
until Spring. with her msgic wand made al the
ToTle beautiful enee more
Along the line Of the resent inventions IS
process for spinning paper into fne thread which
cannot only be used fos sewing bus OCT Of which
rerJ beautiful fabric can be wgyea. Specimens
81 tahieclotls and napkins made hy 5his process
we're exhibited recently which compared very veil
IN appearance with thc sne articles Of linen
n China Christmas Is sga festival. and has
connection with the winter sa1sSire. 1t Is called
the festival OF TIE BinteF Ssir Or sometimes re
festival Of the Tree Spirits or IN other Localities
the festival q the Forest Dragon Is Is the NC
casson CT much Berriment and one % tie accon-
PAM ing ioriilsiieS L TIE renewal q tie ghost
papeEs-'
Bamboo abre makes absolutely the best eoP5iaE
PAPER there i and the bamboo paper Is made az
most exclusively II Japan For that reasas4siIrs
ply because they have the raw material and we
nave Motive Bug great Gszi OF eepyiES paper
IN Japan and the japanese On the other hand
buy large quantities CT different kinds Of paPe-
from Us
4 movement for the relief OF overvo7isoi store
employees hss been organized by The gtsh FedeEa-
ton Of WomeTis Clubs. The zonier hsye agree.
not u make purchases on saturday afternoon: not
the delivery OF packages the afternoon Of their
purchase and not put OF Christmas shopping
antIl The day beio.e Christmas
Few women ever ride On tke rear Flatfor== Of
street cars Whenever they do 50 It Is greatly
against their WILL but there are easez and many
wheG necessity knows no law, and shoppers who
have been out al day are glad 10 get any sert 81
Conveyance 10 reach bone even II they have 70
ride On the mosorIasn's platform, which they
never can dc.
The suriaee of sponge Is covered With little
holes that are larger at the ton than at the BOT
tom, while the whole mass contains system Of
channels. When the animal is alive water Is kept
Towing constantly through these channels BY
Hseaas Of nsinHte hsif-like zrPeRdages. which the
little P0lyps sgit2te. The water tins drawn IN
brings Nth I the food required for the sgSte-
nance q the sponge.
Grace Church, Manhattan has received the gilt
OF sun dial whose base is made Of two stone pin
naeIes Of the church as IL was k,iilt 8sty gears
ago and removed in the course o al.erztioas
Another historic feature Of the church Is drink
ing fountain Of white stone placed IN recess OF
the street railing IN front Of the ehantsy; and
sal another Is Roman jar. which stands N the
! Tectory garden before the church
4 prominent lawyer of Budapest has beer II
stulcted by two Hungariars Who. after sett, ng
60 z--arned to Hungary, to obtain 4
permit ron the Hungarian Government for the
formation OF nee+ Mormon community IN Temes7
var. They have bought plct of land on which
10 build houses for ;heir families aud the suthori-
lies intend to oppose them If the bylaws OF their
faith conflict with the laws Of the State.
Modern Christmas customs are largely of pagan
origin, partly Scandinavian and partly ancient
Roman. -yith an adTrixture Of carly German and
DriIitcia Suggestions At the old Roman festival
IN honor o. Saturn candles were lighted. TTeaths
and garlands we're distributed and gifts OF dolls
were exchanged II disreputabie sort OF
celebration, but Is now completely transformed,
with the greeting Of Bona Sattrn2lla converted
into Merry Christmas .
It is claiiaeI that signing IS but another came
for oxygen Starvation. There is doubt but that
the Tncst pgeyaIent cause for signing IS worry An
interval OF several seconds often folxs moments
OF mental disquietrde during which time the chest