The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Monte, Monkey skin IS now being used in the rlansfae-
ilie Of card eases and p0rtemOnnaies and are Ike
/ y % become very fashionable
The King Of siam owns an army corps Of 5O9
! a. -, al well trained for military purposes
anu uloer command Of general
me peL-name Of the Queen Of Rouuania. s.clr-
! - ~. p 70 De The name % a new town
mn mas just Deeh founded on the Danube Delta.
Nest Australian exploring party that recs,t,,,
arrived at OOdnadata reported that thee bs5 -,
Detn a crop Of rain for two years in The region
Inc c4nker worm has been playing havoc among
the orchards IN Platt county. No. Farmers 10
not expect % produce more than onefourth Of the
usual crop.
Pink pearls are 10 be found only Ia the Baaanas.
me gathering Of them is one OF the most import
high prices
The three new cruisers for the Russian navy the
49, as~Jlo ne Bogstyr. and the Novick. vii be
ntItd with i've tall and slender smoke stacks
I giving them an odd appe4rance
Bangkok is a city Of waters Il * an Chi
Nee venice More people live in floating homes
On the acnzm the Nile Of siam. and lie lnanv
canals than IN Permanent buildings
The Queen Regent Of spain has signed decree
ordering the sale Of a large number Of olsoIrr.
men-0f-v-ar and providing for the reorganizlti0n
anu inodernizltiSn Of the other vessels.
What expert fishermen declared the largest
sturgeon ever taken was caught last month IN
me North Sea He weighed over Ga pounds
measured irIhe over II feet. and had girth Of
, feet inckes.
The hull contracts Of the new battIeships and
three armored eruisers- which are bei1-, built by
Ilckers- Sons Maxim. at Barrow England Tor
machinery S3,s9s,595.
A document over thirty-ave years old was pick
ed up in the Central Hudson station in Utica. tn.
other day It was application for manu-
lecturers liquor license in Herkimer county and
was IN good state Of preservation.
The seaport town Of Great Yarmouth. on the
eastern coast Of England contains street that Is
perhaps the narOwest builtup street in the world
!. - AIoNh As nifty witches Row and meas
ureinent gives Its greatest width IS inches.
The Glove supply Of the world is produced on
the Islands % Zanzibar and Pe1lba which con-
stitute the principal producing territory Of the
1 sultaHate- Cloves were a one tine the only
Zanzibar.
The board OF county commissioners Of Wichi-z
county. Kan. has Just abolished the DoorkoJlse
there being no more paupers in the county One
Old soldier Is the only dependent person ia The
county, and he Is being cared fo- By popular sub
For preventing hosting engines from lifting the
cage too far the derrick is provided with tiltin-
block set IN . line with one side Of the Gaze
rod running irsm the block 10 the cutoff on the
engine. % SOP the latter Whea tie cage rises
hisn enough % turn the block
Though the service IN the Philippines Is very
severe on the soldier the oavalryruaa gets flr on
It, says prominent officer. TT has been uotie-
90 nat The average cayalryIazu gained more flesh
N Cuba and Porto Rico also than r-en engaged
II the other arms q the service
Il the harvest Of 1870 there we're I. 2s5 col. Ca
gallons Of vine produced in France; 7G5. IG7. 90
gallons produced IN Italy, 5o4 sas 80 gallons pro
cucsd N spain, and I5s.J05.0JJ s4Ii5as p=o1gced
II RouznsnI4- Tie total PRODUCTION q tie world
IS estimated ~ 3. SsS.lol.70i gallons
Corks which have slipped inside bottles car be
easily extracted by newly designed implement.
which he's two handles Pivoted together % COR
tcot @5'a5r g eirusstec jaws. which are mad Ct
strong steel s1a-zre narrow enough o u1zs
tAFous1 the Eec6 ana t-trt. the cork
The city q stockton. Cal. vii receive on the
Fourth Of July tie famous old guns used by Com
n.1core Stockton IL the conquest Of California
he guns are now 40 Mare Island and Secretary
Long last week signed an order for their transfer
10 the city named after the commodore.
Cobra. the new British torpedo boat DESTROYER.
which has Just been comPieteG on the Tyne. has
beaten the Nipe-'s record. making $3.50 knots
per hour The Admiralty Is arranging q long
series ot trials f1r the Wiper which also has tlr-
Cinnamon rake drink from rice which in
strength s1-T~sses that Of the Russian liquor
arrlck- 4 gallon of i would put a big c1mpanv
IN q condition Of iu-crica-ion hat would last fl-
A long time The usual dose 5 half tezspo1ufcI
though hardened old t9pCrs often venture on a
whole teasgoCuful-
Accident Insurance companies do more b-lsi-
ness when times are hard than they DO whea
Cse-youe Is prgsper1us'' says Al insurance nan
IA
family 1Szlrst danger when he Is out OF work
lie does not think Of the possible danger vEeu he
Is making good wages
In the quarterly statement OF the Palestine TX
Z pI0ra-s7n rgad IS a minute account Of he life
OF the country women o. Palestine which IS par
Z tlcu-lrly interesting IS alc-cluE facts % show
I that the CanaaEite az the tirae q Abraham and
/ sarah lad been transformed wiki slight changes
/ into the modem Fe-l8h-
A man in Chicago with a ZANE ending in ski
the preceding syrab,ss being q twisting chlrlc-
| ter that 10 man living outside % his oga ultivs
Land can pronounce. wants % have ms mama
changed % Cummings. There Is 4 cordial az
QlIlesCC-ce N the community where he liy-s and
I has his being % grant che request.
TIE Germans are said 20 be making knives. pin
I cushions. mateh boxes. and other knicskn2cks
ont q their native woods, 70 De sent O. England
fcr sale alter the Boer war Is over The finished
articles are Inscribed -'A,aic Of wood grown at
Q
pan Kimberly" .'Mzfckiug,' and even Pre-
tor.a"
Cape None is only degrees below the Arctic
Circle. AID yet the probabilities are that within
Year or two II viii become the site II a town
with ali modern Improvements The rush N thu
direction Of the new gold fields is Amos unpre-
CcdCrtCd. and Il thc expectations nov entertained
are realized II viii become the largest god camp
IN the wcT,d
The amJurt Of heat given out by an osdiasry
incanJesoent lamp is greatly moderated in the
popular mind An ordinary 15-csndIe power llsap
immersed IA a quart 81 water viii heat d % tie
boiling pint IN hour CeiluIOid IN contact WIKI
a lamp bulb may be igui55d IN q few Minutes
while STA shades close % the bulbs are s-0sched
I IN few hours
/ Nearly eighty years ago an lct % Pl-ii-mGut
was passed f-r the prevention Of Sundzy G1sacra-
ton by London bakers. who were iorbi-dgn u
= penalty % bake a sci on the L0rd's Day.
Tas Law hzs -ever been pe1led. but Il has not
| been invoked Tor several years The operative
/ bakers arc now taking steps 10 have the old act
! o. George ~ enforced
What Is believed TO be absolutely the largest
Transaction that has taken place in the stamp
world has just been successfully carried through
NJ. NJ +. Castle, Brighton magistrate and Wee
President Of the London Phillreiic society has
ton Of European stamps for about cSJ.Ol8 70 a
gentleman interested IN the hobby
In addition TO the other troubles the world has
70 contend with IN China is the inrease OF piracy
in the waters Of that empire. The hcrdes Of Ce-
lestial pirates in enterprise and vIl4iny exceed
those Of the redoubtzble Captain Kidd In China
piracy Is seml-lesal profession. Is officials IN all
parts Of the empire more disposed 70 beiI5tie
their depredatiCus than 10 froEn upon then