The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

more native troops
There about 500 Europeans in the land Of
the Zuius, out OF population Of 10000.
The tnaekerel fishing on the south and south
west coasts of Ireland has been failure this year.
The socalled shipwoTnl. which bores holes in
fish
boy in Cleveland was recently killed BIZ 4
kernel Of corn which lodged in his throat aud
splorted
New Zealand shares With Iceland the distinction
over other parts OF the earth in freedom from all
forms OF cattle disease.
At Coventry England recently all the tools in
electrical storm and rendered useless.
Canada has been awarded the grand prize for
forestry, fish. and game, and mineral and agri-
cultural exhibits at the Paris Exposition.
:. The iellJfsh has no teeth, but uses himself as
II ne We're piece OF paper when he is hungry
It. ' io'u anu then "fapE'lns himself about
=, me requirements of health can be counted On
me myers of one hand. They are; Good air
COCO food suitable clothing, cleanliness. and ex-
efssse and seet.
Naturalists have discovered that if the voice
OF an elephant were as loud in proportion to size
as that OF nightingale, his lrumpeting could be
heard around the world
Wet. cold weather has led to the appearance
of poisonous fungi in the lower living dIstricts
in Ireland with the result that several cattle
have died from eating it.
It is officially estimated that the wheat croD
OF InGia IS IS4 0O0.000 bushels. against 22s O01-
900 bushels last season. and 227. $4,000 bushels,
the average OF i've years past
The Gar of Russia frequently plays tennis with
his ministers and the officers Of his household
ana IS qualified to pose champion The
czaEina often plays single wiki him
royal English standard made Of silk VIII cost
$40 and Union Jack Of the same material e25,
marie of
standard wiH not cost mere than ~ guineas.
OF the fls, G00, G90.000 worth Of commerce done
by all ths; nations OF The weird Great Britain;s
share IS ls.2 per cent. Geruiany's I0.8 per cent.
ana "! per cent falls TO the lot Of the United
States
complete list Of all the vessels launched in
Maine during the six months ended June &c. 1881
ST shows that the net register tonnage aggregated
vessels aggregating $3.50 tons.
Australians are migrating in large numbers to
South Africa on account Of the drought in West
than e9,o00.O00 worth OF stocks has been lost
by dToughts during the past seven years
laHdslip occurred some time ago in sattel,
Switzerland An inn and lis garden and outbufld-
ings slid down the hillside distance Of thirty
hVe feet without being IN the least injured. Two
stately Gins IN the garden were also moved with
out injury.
Some years ago one OF the biggest railroad cor
Porations of this country employed i confidential
peacernaker, with the idea Of preventing suite
as far as possible, ior personal damages Il has
proved profitable innovation and IS being taken
up by other railroads
Competent authorities assert that South Aneri-
ca has greater undeveloPed resources than any
other pe=tion Of the world ANY crop grown else
whore be duplicated there and the country
abounds in mines Of coal, silver and gold most
OF which have been only slightly developed.
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order oI
the Thistle" which has just been conierred upon
the Earl OF Hopetoun is the smallest Of the thee
great orders OF knighthood in point OF numbers,
and the longest IN point Of title. Il con1sts OF
the sovereign and British princes, and sixteen
knights.
" B. Werd claims to be champion wolf catcher
of the country, basing his claim on the fact that
he appeared il Rapid City, 5. D. recently with
S92 pelts, pa Of the gray wolf, and IS Of the
coyote The bounty on the lot amounted +,
ssfe, which Is the largest wolf bounty ever paid
to one man so far as IS known.
There is an idea in India that a lion cannot be
induced to attack royal parsonage. Al the sare
time it IS fact that no scion OF royalty ever
gees a lion hunt without a sufficient retInle
about him to brighten all the lions in the Jungle.
Princes are no more likely 10 attack the king OF
beasts single handed than peasants are.
Wallpaper docs not hang, and yet the person
whose business it is 10 paste i Up is called
papeThanger- The reason is simple. Long before
the Introduction Of wallpapers. ATras, town IN
France. was famous Tor its tapestries called
.arras.'' These we're used as wall coverings and
the men who employed t. put them up were
called hangers.
Some one stole sack of oatmeal from the
editor OF paper in oswego. Kan and uext week
tie paper contained this gentle hint: THE man
who stole that sack Of oatmeal from house
owing 10 the sitting OF the meal from hole N
the sack was easily traced 10 his Own hOUse-iai
there viii be mere anon
The Chinese are remarkable as 4 nation for their
carefully preserved historical annals. even from
the most remote period OF antiquity. Tie first
mention of pottery is found in the reign Of the
Emperor Hoangu in 2oeS before the Christian
era Porcelain was made under the Han dynasty,
IS B c, at least 1,60o years before il vas known
to the western countries Of the globe.
In France a series OF grand maneuyres viii take
place this year in the eastern part Of the country,
in which number OF different types OF aUt0m0-
biies viii be tried such as petroleum and cleo
VIC VteefeS, no.oGseies, p.slee7 hdL-DeL q
heavy Seotte traction engines Tor the trans
poftation OF freight and baggage The expert
ments are to be carried out on a large scale.
The entire number Of pupils in al schools, pub
lie and private, last year, in this country
Il. SIS, 6l3, out OF en- estimated population OF
a. lob IRCre are luiU3S NuIlDg men ana NC-
in the universities and colleges, 54,z31 III
schools Of law, medicine. and theof gy, 67.53S
in normal schools. %, $50 in business schools,
., 50l in reform schools, 91I37 in kindergartens
II came out in reports of the recent Methodist
conference thst only two OF the fifteen official
journals of the church. published in different Sec
tions of the country under the common name OF
the Christian Advocate had been conducted at
8 profit. The net loss the othe=s-SIos, 000 IN
four years-had been borne out Of the protits of
the publishing business known as the Book Con-
Germ.
The question TO whether wemen should wear
their hats in church came up fer discussion among
one ingenious gentleman suggeste, that the mat
ter might be adjusted by competing the ladies
to all sit together side of the auditorium,
and thus permit them TO view the preacher
through jungle of ribbons, feathers, and gew-
gaws.
Andrew Sundheima, butcher of Wabash, Ind.
is invetcrate tobacco chewer. using plug ex-
ciusively and carrying it in q hip pocket few
days ago he absent-mindetily thrust7a $40 bill
down alongside the tobacco. The weather was
hot, the bill and the tobacco stuck together and
not until the plug had nearly disappeared did
Sundheima learn that for a couple OF days lie
had been chewing $40 bill along with his weed.
Chicago is rapidly becoming tired OF some of
the noises that have INCREASED with the city's
growth Noisy COWS and growing chickens are
no longer tolerated in the residence part of the
city. This is thing that might be enulated
in other places with great comfort t. citizens.
Even in Washington though there are no lowing
cows te awaken the echoes in the night there
are plenty of growing chickens to usher in the