The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The stoutest of European monarchs is the King
OF Portugal, who is only feet inches tall and
weighs 300 pounds.
No military parade or drill, except in case of
war. riot. invasion, or instruction IS lawful on
election day in New York.
New Scotland Yard, London, is the largest
police station in the world. 1t is capable Of
eommodating 5000 police officers
In 1880 the population OF Arizona was placed
at SO go and this year it is given as I22 2I2 an
increase OF 1913 per cent in the decade
man in Atlantic City has made himself ia
NOUS. In a whole year he kept d quarter of
dollar in his mouth, and thus wager of
So
Fine kid is treated with mixture of f;ne flour
and yolks of eggs. One factory in London
10 sacks Of -four ard 1900 eggs week for the
purpose.
Parisians happy in the thought that the
submarine boats patrol duty in the Seine will
ever protect their city from the invasion of
foreign enemy.
In the archaic vase room at the British museum
anyone gaze upon babies feeding bottles OF
sun-baked clay, which were antique when Joseph
went into Egypt.
The Buddhists of Japan are represented IS being
IN state of great religious fervor and will enter
into active missionary efforts with a view OF ex-
tending their religion.
In some of the villages in Southern Indiana
the Young people have social clubs known the
Jolly NutterS." The members go to the woods,
lunch and gather nuts
In ton of Dead Sea water there are Is7 pounds
of salt; Red SEA, 3d. Mediterranean, So; Atlantic.
81; English Channel. Y; Black Sea, %; Baltic,
Is, and Caspian Sea, IL
Henry De Wiudt. the explorer. has started on
his journey through Siberia. He will cross the
Behrine Straits and then go by way of the Mac
kenzie River to Ninaepeg-
Bulgaria is great country for the distillation
OF altar Of roses. which Is used in so many ways
by perfumes and soapnakers. It IS a precious
product that costs about IS per ounce.
The colossal memorial to King Alfred the Great.
now in course of preparation. which is to be
erected in Winchester, England, viii probably
he one of the most remarkable pieces OF Gculoture
in the Kingdom
When the present Gar OF Russia was Czarowitz
he made an extended tour Of the Orient returning
by way OF Siberia. What ne did an6 has
been recorded in one Of the most magnificent
books ever printed
The Hawaiian band Of Honolulu has just COM
pleted thirty years OF continuous existence. and
the present bandmaster, Capt Henri Berger. has
be in charge of the organization during twentT-
eight ears Il that period
During 1858 there were 226 accidents in 10 mines
on the iron range in Minnesota, resulting IN
deaths averaging l 10 every 1913 employed. Dur
Ing 1893 there wee 42l accidents, with the same
average rate Of fatalities
Dr. P H. Nell, in the Christian Index says
there were in the United States in 1870 $50
Baptist churches and G3.7G8 Baptists; in 1879
> 43S churches and is. 345 Baptists: in 1899,
i3.427 churches and 4,lsl,GS6 Baptists
A smart piece of work recently accom-
plished on the railway at StreetvilIe, near To-
ronto. where an cd bridge, was replaced by
steel lattice EiTder bridge Of $50 feet span,
the traffic being interrupted for forty minutes
only
Silk weaving learned from the Italians and
French. Venetians were brought in TO teach
glassmaking- \ German excited the first British
paper mill Flemish exiles taught the English
fine vvoolen manufacture Cotton printing was
borrowed from France.
The Rev Ella tiroendyke, sister Of Rev. Mont
gomery Groendyke OF Hartford City, Ind, has
been sent to Sierra Leone, where the massacre
of the missionaries occurred last year She has
already spent four years in Africa and viii un-
dertake to rebuild the destroyed missions.
In Cologne all automobile vehicles must be pro-
vided with number large enough TO be read at
considerable distance. and every operator must
have certificate issued by the police authorities
Bells must be used instead of signal trumpets,
and the vehicles must also have two brakes
Some curious cases Of poisoning from dyed
shoes were recently reported to the Academy OF
Medicine in Paris. 1t appears that in France tai
shoes are frequently transformed into ordinary
black ones BY the application Of a powerful
agreeably in many cases
Sweden IS suffering from the effects of 2 boom
in manufacturing which has drawn thousands Of
the country people to the large towns and caused
house rents to advance % or so per cent Many
Of the manufacturers have invested beyond their
capital and are n distress Money IS very scarce
and crisis Is threatened
Potato spirit, OF alcohol. adulterated with pyri-
dine, is coming into favor as an illuminant in
n To -
most economical in lamps OF at least 30 candle
power. In the gardens Of the imperial palace Of
Sans-Souci Potsdam, there are 220 incandescent
lamps burning thls alcohol
Just before the outbreak of the present tEoui1-
les a canning factory was established at Chin
Kisng, the intention being to supply European
markets with timed meats, more especially game
and wild fowl. The supply OF wild fowl, at a
ririculousy small price is practically unlimited
in that part of the Celestial Empire
Mr. c. S swersson. the theological student,
who started the Lutheran mission work in Porto
Rico. has returned to Rock Island H., and re-
suIned MS studies in Augustana College During
his two wears stay in Porto Rico he not oaly
learned to speak the Spanish language but
translated parts of Luther's Catechism into the
Spanish tongue as we'll
A singular battle was witnessed recently N an
English apiary. 4 hive OF bees was beSieged by
large swarm of wasps The bees made valiant
sorties to try TO drive away their besIegeTs and
the wasps made furious assaults to drive out the
bees The battle ragged for two days, at the end
of which time the bees evacuated the hive and
the wasps took possession
The Russian Government has decided upon the
Introduction of specially cheap fares upon the
Trans-Siberian Railway in order to encourage
emigration to the country ticket from Russia
TO Tehoisk only costs little 81 and from
ToboIsk to any station whatever in Siberia the
fare is only shiliings. Thus the tripPer can
cover about $500 miles for between 3 and 81
The Rev. T. Harada, OF Kobe. has recently paid
second visit to England and is now Oh his
homewerd way to attend the annual assembly of
the Congregational Union OF Japan He reports
and missions in Japan. OF these 81 are seif-suP-
porting the rest being aided either by the
American board the japanese Missionary So
cietT-
Al recent banquet in Sydney descendant OF
the NacdonaIds massacred at Glencoe passed a
knife with the blade foremost to q member
of 4 famous old family bearing the historic nam
of the Matdonalds' betrayerS. Most OF those vino
locked on stigmatized the action as one OF con-
temptibiy bad breeding. But one or two under
stood the significance, and knew that The betrayal
Is still unfoTgiven-
Tons of roses ard other deliciously scented
flowers are specially grown and expressed every
year for the perfume market Chemistry is SO
wonderfully developed science that scents
closely initiative of those produced by the How-
eFs themselves are procured from coal tar, but
eld-fashis ned methods are best. and perfumes
pressed from real flowers cannot be eqliaied by