The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

IN White Plains, " Y, the race Of CANNES
shows up numerically in excess OF the human
family
In the Arctic regions there are between zoo aad
600 varieties of flowers. They all either white
OF yellow
4 burglar stole $3.50 from resident OF =. Paul.
Mimi The next DAY he returned that sum and
$50 to boot.
The deserts OF Arabia are specially remarkable
for he pillars Of Sand which raised By lie
whirtwinds
In zuluand the atmosphere is 50 clear that OBJ
ieets can be clearly seen by starlight Al d.
lance OF seven miles
an English el,rate has been dismissed because u.
is poor cricket payer, though fault wa
! found with his theology.
The most magnificent tomb in the world IS
deemed TO be the Palace Temple OF KarHak, o.
| eapyiRs an area Of nine aces.
1t is estimated that free rural mail deIiysry IS
increasing the va.ue OF land II Colorado, where
! II IS IN operation s. an
| The skin OF Elephant Charlie. killed in Crystal
/ Idlace' London, weighed a ton-just one-iouI IA
| 81 the weight OF the beast IN life.
The grape crop throughout Baden aud AIsoe-
Lorraine looks better IN quantity and quality
than IN 1893, which was the best year since 1865
In F-ris a journal is published for theatre
physicians Nearly every special branch Of nedI-
cal service now has its own particular organ.
The Chinese study ph.enelogy judging
i1 ING uGEs44p illtLt OF IOIeIiIIG ana NDUlaD
/ BY the form and size Of the back OF her erana
| An apparatus sor condeIs ;ng sea fog into drink
ing water hse been invented by Prof. Bell Il VII
| be welcomed desidcEatUIH by ocean v1y-
! ageTs-
The Cossacks who always dev0tees 70 fight
/ ing can, II Is said, when emergency requires
H. easily muster an amy Of oTef hundred thous-
| a bull moose came cut OF the Maine woods re-
| Gently and took stroll through the streets q
Bangor Small boys threw stones at him and he
! lrotted away
The average velocity OF cirrus clouds IS about
! cigty-nine mes an hour. while in winter they
! have sometimes been known 10 travel at the rate
! OF $50 mics an hour.
1t is unwfse keep oil or gas stove burn;rc;
| in seepiTg thereby the pure air :
vitiated and The health Of the occupants OF the
loom placed in jeopardy.
/ The Russian Emperor has contributed the sum Of
/ a. 100 rubles from his own pocket toward the
! study Of the fora OF European Russia, Siberia,
/ TuTkestaB, the Caucasus and Crimea-
/ new spelling book win be used in Cincinnati
| in which there are some charges in TIE spelling
/ Of words. Among them are thru for through,
attic for although and cataIog' for catalegue
An unusually beld burglary came to light at
/ Cleveland. During the absence from home OF
! family the burglars lit up The house and had
feast. The neighbors thought party was gong
1 on
An officer in the Austrian army IN Jenna has
invented balloons which WI float bota men and
horses across 4 river. They are to be fastened %
! the belts around the mon and the harness Of the
/ horses.
Some years ago it was the Cherokee strip
with lot Z white settler in al lis bounds. Nrw
the Territory OF Oklahoma with 10000 ini,abi-
tants and harvest worth Slo1,99o,0oJ. seeks ad-
( mission IS State
French law gives any person who Is ofen-
sivciy mentioned in j periodical publication the
right reply IN the next ISSUE CT the publication Il,
provided thai be does net use more tLau talce
/ The space OF the original article.
There are about 1900 legers in Europe. Medical
authorities are divided in opinion IS to The
! eontsgjousness OF the malady hUJ the prep0ndeE
ance Of opinion is that it is unsafe to come into
i contact with victims OF the malady-
Thirteen manuscript diaries, covering the years
! l54.-I1T6 OF Garrick's management DrIry Lane
Theatre, written by his stage manager or treas
urer, were sold in London lately for S20a Mrs
! Gauick's diary Tor IsGy brought 500.
The Japan Times says bill prohibiting
smoking by young people has been presented in
the House Of Representatives It provides that
I juvenile smokers under eighteen years shall be
punished by fine and the conizca5ion Of pil-es,
I etc
According 10 Leslie stephen in The National
Dictionary Of Biography Wordsworth a poet
laureate wore The same coat TO levees that Samuel
quently 10 Temyson. when he became poet laU-
leate-
Ninety-uiDe descendants were left by Henry
smith who recently died At South Deeafeli. Ma :.
al the age OF uinety-four His descendants are
nine sors and daughters thirty-ffve graudeIl.l-
cren. ftty-six great Grandchildren. and Two great
eTeat-crardchi.dTen
In a communication to the '.Londea Lancet Dr.
Edrfdge Green remarks that iacredibIe Is II may
seem ship owners are able To, and really do,
employ color blind officers who have been rejected
by tie Board Of Trade and who may have been
discharged by a-her companies.
Railway whistles iufict torture on 50 many
people that austria has introduced 1 system Of
silent signaling 20 start and the trains. Bel
giGGn i trying compressed air whistles Ii tad Of
steam. and Germany experiments with horns.
The Sultan 81 Turkey VIII have reicued Ter
twenty-five years the end OF the prcss1t month,
and the event VIII be hoHorsd by silver jubilee.
! Poets, historians. and Others husily at work
preparing 10 make the Circumstance one of unusual
grandeur and dignity
Kodaks are being used in collecting evidence
against saloonkeepers in Corning. y. Y. charged
with violating the excise laws. SuaD sho-s Of
prominent cIt-zsEs. entering and departing nom
the saloons have been secured. and in consequence
Corning l. IN an Upro2r
Kansas VIII in 1898 celebrate the ff.ieth ami
yersary Of her admission into the Union a 4
leTIlLUTt DE lOlGlU- an lDttF-Statc exposition
in Topeka. The promoters OF the enterprise prom
Use that b. this show Kansas viii display herself
in a very favorable light as great state.
At recent charity bazaar in London the profits
of which were to 20 TO the South African relief
fuEd, the Prince OF Wales contributed a hun
dred autographs The sign manual of H. r. H.
brought pretty good prices, and added consGCTa-
bic TO the amount accumulated by the bazaar.
Rats are fine swimmers. They are nearly %
much az home in swollen stream they are in
the placid cellar OF 4 wel-stocked mansion. in
fact the whole rodent family, including MICE
! squirrels. and other species learn TO make them
| selves at home in the water when necessity re-
quires it.
Twenty three per cent of the pupils OF London
schools have detective eyesight The experts who
have made report the subject declare that
residence in crowded districts is injurious to eyes,
As in the city ii per cent are detective while in
| Greenwich the percentage Is only is.
Eight different nationalities were represented
in the graduating class OF the American College
for Girls in Constantinople this summer. They
Greek, American. Hungarian German. Aus
TRAN. Armenian, Bulgarian, and Italian. A
French play given by the graduating class was
one of The features of class day
Dancing is not an amusement monopolized alone
by the young. slrs. Phoebe Crabbe of Norwa.k,
! Conn. Is 103 years old, and she is suffering from
rheumatism brought by indulgence in
skipping the light fantastic toe. URcle Billy
kipperly of Fort Scott, Kan. who is 90 broke his
| leg recently While doing hoTnpipe-
An interesting and almost historical figure pass
ed away in Dublin recently Mrs Edward Ieale
was one OF the most gifted Of very accomplished