The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.


and grass
An international congress og Roman Cathonc
Norkingmen Viii De held in Paris Jprins Tire COM
ing summer
The total revenue Of New South Wales Tor the
yea5 10 Gas Sl',50o.o10. the beet record ever
made by the colony
The 'AIgeneinc Deutschc snrsclvorsip-. b5,
oHcred prize Of 1000 marks for the best study
Of tie slang used by sesinen
The British soldiers dress was not always red.
lt was white in the reign Of Henry VII and dars,
green in the time Of Elizabeth.
London is twelve miles broad one way ana sey-
enteeu the other, and every year sees about tyel-
~ miles of new streets added Co IT,
Improvements are being made in Bombay which
viii reduce the density Of the population IN GER
tain districts from sSJ persons 20 the acre 10 800
Berlin is 20 have . network Of uudergrouud
raiiNay- u is expected that two years VIII
sunice. a. m the case Of Budapest, for complet-
Ing it,
The direct telegraph line between Budapest and
LONDON was opened a few weeks ago. Tie dis
lance is about J, 800 miles. and the route is Ma
France and Switzerland.
Discussion is rife among the members OF the
London County Council over the question Of al
lowing the public school buildings 10 be used On
Sunday for meetings Ola secular character.
Bigsmists ia Hungary are compelled 20 submit
90 q queer punishment The man who has been
foolish enough tO marry two wives is obliged By
law 70 live with both Of them in the same house.
To render the >4biect-ruatter and the nse,hsd o
"higher criticism ineligible 70 the masses.
series Of lectures by eminent scholars is being
given az tire American Church Bible Institute IN
New York.
The c0stlicst thimblc in the world /. that which
The King Of sam has presented 20 his wife It
cost 5000. IS % gold set with diamonds ami
other precious stones, and resembles a half-opcn
lotus flower iu shape
Many Yankee farmer, in Connecticut were swim
died recently by sharper who secured advance
payments on corn shelter which proved on
delivery, 90 De the ir'uahcd board made and used
b. farInets yelrs ago
It is observed by travellers in Siberia that the
effect of constant cold is practically tie same al,
the effect q constant heat The people develop
q oislUClrultl0I 10 work. and become stranger, 90
ambition Of amy description.
The effect of the recent attacks upon the Eng
ii-h people and the Queen which have been af-
pe4riug in tie Paris plpers is most apparent upon
the Riviera. where tie busiues, elal-r. are ia
despair and predict ruiu0us sea-0U.
Tile German postal department now leads the
countries OF Europe having forwarded. IN Is5s the
number Of f-6a,p00.0D0 letters etc.. Great Brit
ain coming next with q. 80I 900 OgJ. while France
had 2-555-o51.oa9 and Austria ]. Og6O00.O0J
No comet. 30 far a. is known. has ever come
10 contact with the earth Cr mingled tie substance
with our atmosphere The nearest approach ever
observed va, tls comet % 100 which approach
CT % within l.t11.p1J miles Cf our planet.
Tdgc arc ro fewer than ufuety--.z trlns.atiors
Of Nltous Paradise Llst' in the British Mu-
scum. Apart from the great languages Of tI.
world these tran~lationS are ID Dlu..h Polish
Mann, Armenian. icslaUdr. and Bohemian
According 90 decision affirmed tv a court Of
iln1icu-on-t-c-Nliu.C Germany. 10 r. unlawful
Tor man iu tae community 10 eoutr1c. q debt
while De is without money u the police find out
that DE '9- done r' be- may he arrested and pun
ishcd.
Metal never trusts iu tHe waters of Lake Titi-
caca. a chain OF an anchor can be Ieit I'm It
two weeks aud Wiz be as clean and bright as
when it came from Jhe foundry. which is pr1bs-
bly, owing % the action Ci some on the chemical
salts iU the water
Mayor PhcLln, %; San Francisco. being asked
by the public library tra~,ecz IF he would rent
quarters iu a building owned by him for a branch
o. the public library replied thal be would give
tise City % brlr-H library building he viii build
90 a- soon as DE eau secure suitable site.
Before the Irish IlIard Fi=lerss Commission
enc witness said De- Uls convinced that Irish sal
mon was sold in the London market az Scotch.
Irish salmon WAS about The best rc De got and
tre ~rolehmeE knew that. sad consequently sold
irish Es Scotch 90 get a good name for their own
fish.
Ngmr-, iu maple sugar stands Elst En- the In
Zen. making nearly 1.1ol.OJJ pounds annually
More butter per COW Is made in Vermont than any
other >tItg-ruore pounds Of wool per sheep are
clipped than iu amp other state and more bush
els Of potatoes srs IIi-sd per aCTe than iu aHy
either State.
Iu tlc region from Ri,amoad. Va, To Portland
Ne. s. .9l1.po1 capital Is invested In the wood
business Some OF tEe EHdliEg mills are ciah-
0r1tc IN Ptuu,1lyauia are mills taat cost Sil,-
-Hr.f 4r.F rrHH be- rHa.Ha
round IN cutting transporting. and distributing
budliuE wood
An English observer has called attention to a
long overlooked SaUrgc 81 error In the magnetic
compass. This Is jle ricblc of which nearly all
cases are made. the superstition that tins metal
as Iorg ago ss I-45 Flraday referred 10 its mag
uctic character S. we'll known.
This Years vintage has been an unusually sue
Cc~,fJi one for France. both ss 60 the quality
and Che quantity of the wines The total pro-
duCtiou for lslg amounts to loss z5..l9 gallons,
vintage oft 1855 and of 25i, So gallons over
the vintage Of tine las, ten years.
In recent paper by Francis G5l,ou or ~Fin-
s-r-rriH.- ct Young Children" he demonstrated
that clear prints Ct an ten fuger- Of a baby
would suffice for after identification by on expert.
but by an expert only Although new ridges may
appear iu iuiau,iie Ee- the type Of each pattern
persists all through lite. and is never d1ubetu 20
a prsetiCed eye
SIR William Forbes Cliaere Is known 20 Dis SOL
die.S under the nickname Ui bill BlcG1gher,'
given GO H.H because of his causcitv for hart
work. BE won E-s reputation m the British
army iu .be recent India and sudan cdmpllEI--
He j. Ei-y-~iN years oi age and from the time
chat Dec entered the army Iu the bake Of Cam
bridges Own Nidar-gN. Ga- passed q most active
military career.
While Lord Cobor,- e. siZ.y-SevsH years DID,
Alexander Tie Great died AZ thiu,-tac. Hannibal
was most successful lt Jiirty-oHe. Cesar won
PhlrsalI forty eight. Nspolcou az the height OF
his power forty. Wellington won Waterloo az
furtr-siE Washington was r0rI,TnauGar-Ir-Ci7et at
f0rJy-yhrec. Grant was iorty-three when Tee sun
rendered aud Lee Sas ffty-cirht, and Sheridan
was famous ST tAlrt--io-s-
tt las been shown By Koch ard others t,lt
soap Is q miorabicitc, or gCrw-klicr, and. ae-
c1rdiuE 90 Prot >erlGri. soda or potash soap
Is uuite q good di>i1fcctEuI not only because ~
| itr ,ILsris Hut tle combination itself Heating
t6e yst,r favor, the effect. Bt-inou- soaps are
moi the best disinicctari~. Nsr=eil'e= soap IS
vcr, good. solution 90 gr 4 per cent kills
the most resisting microbes
John Bcutler, OF WapakouJtl. Ohio. has man
usc1ipss and books that have heceu handed down
from father Co son since the ninth and siytecn.h
centuries he la> original manuscripts Of tine
-cOde of Irsf iuisu ale Great Emperor Of Rome.
written M the latter part 90 the Gfth century he
also has original manuscripts 81 the annals OF C.
Cornelius TaciJUs. the Roman historian. written
iu Greek. about she middle of Che ninth century.
4. corrc-pouI,u, o. the Boston Evening Tran
script" IN describing Judge Goodwin. who edits
the salt Lake Tribune, and has a constant war
fare on against the Normcus, because they are
breakers OF pledges" SAWS DE :, ''a= solemn as
q sphinx aS uurClcntiug o. death. and cold
a dogs nose. Tie viii sit Cr1ss-l1Egcd beneath
sI..H tT#f trio TO Ir