The evening times., 1900-04-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Eyi.te-- iu Ifclzud during the past ycsr H-u-
hrrld only 4J0. The lowest in ugsI.y tH'i cd
C,rrw--
Ouagu Victoria never removes from ier .'-rd 'he
three rings connected with her coa'isIp ana
marriage
The fastest Go,eIug river IN tho world Is ;ae
Sutlci in India. its descent is 1900 feet IN
IsU miles
There are 9o.oo5 trees il the city Of Paris. in-
e,uding l5.o79 willows, E.09l chesiuut-. and 20
05p plane trccs.
IN duck farm. near Fort Dodge. Isy-, ,hese
was reccafiy T. 110JlD ducks. They ate 100 bu>.-
els oi com CIliy-
From Can~tsasirerle comes she repost that the
Sultan ha, t5rbi3d ali Lis state officers 90 visit
thc Paris Exposition.
The balance Of trade in favor OF The Urited
States fer ta, seven months ending JluuaLy
amounted Co SsIS.7ss, L..
MANY British families have c,ly member Of
them u the male line engaged fighting al the
front in Her N-lesty.s service
Montana is aid to l.ave uliued SiO.ooo,o1o worth
Of cop9er last wear Tuis beats the gold or silver
record oi any state IN the Union.
4 recent compilation OF statistics shows tha5 in
lsg9 American dealers bought more thaa sjltoH
worth lt foreign cosmetics and perfumes
Fishermen iu HOLLAND biH an fish as soon as they
are landed. while French fishermen. on th- con-
tnu. allow them 20 die Of asphyNation-
The dimensions o. ,Le British Emp,re exceed
those ~ Germany ta-rty times and are sixteen
time, larger than on the French domiuious.
At PuIlsaau. Ill. tasrc are ..l52 persons ,mD,oy-
,d IN tie various industries which are carried on
az that place, 6.sJS being men and "a women.
1t f. source Of regret 20 ala von.u that The
Johns Hopkiu, University continues 90 exclude
women irom admission TO its graduate COURSES.
Descendants Of the missionaries in the Hawaiian
Islands constitute about one-tweutiet5 ci the
white population, exclusive Of the Portuguese
A large iciclc fen from the roof Of mill in
Niuog~AT- O.. 20 roof underneath and went
through TO tHe floor, smashing every tl-iaS in Us
path.
An oIdcr has been introduced in the Ma-,lchus-
cts Legislature Co make women eligible to serve
a- cycrsc.r- Of the POOR On the city of Lowell,
Wrs-
Tie Prince OF Wales viii be rciu~tallld as grand
master tf tsc English Free Ma-5cs on April -
tha anniversary of his twcaty sixth year Of grand
I-J- tvr-hip-
Tie EugIi.h-spcsking people number at the pres
rut time llG.oDd,p 900, while those speaking French
total 5>o0o,O90, OF exactly half the. English-speak
ing people
sis Isaac Newton was commonly known as the
'Prc-id.ut." this iare being gwen him by re-s3n
Of the fact that he was the first president OF the
ROYAL society. Robert Stephenson. the engineer.
was Rocket" in memory Of the tir-j locomotive
turned out by him. which was thus named, and
Galvani. the renowned electrician. was 'Froggie,
the term beinS applied to him owing to the fact
that one OF h.s important discoveries was made
through Experimenting with frogs.
That Queen Victoria should have received Lady
Roberts and one Of her daughters to luncheon is
probably one Of the most signal marks of royal
favor ever shown by Her Majesty TO any private
individuals Il is a curious and significant fact
tEat the sovereign never asks any visitors, how
ever distinguished TO share her midday meal,
breakfast and luncheon being always taken by tue
Queen IN the stric'cSt PRIVACY only members O.
her own intimate family circle taking part in the
repast That exceptional favor was shown on
this occasion sPeass volumes for the high esteem
in which Her Majesty holds the famous soldier.
who turned the tide Of victory IN South Africa.
wonderful old oak Iell the other day in the
roval forest OF AltLietzegocrcSc Il had hourished
for more than four hundred years. ard there was
not in the entire forest another tree quite as
stately OF robust The head forester hearing Of
its fall ordered that it be cut into convenient
sections and removed. While this being done
the worktnea noticed that the base Of the trunk
hollow, and closer inspection showed that
tlttre was sOme kind Of an animal within this
broad cavity. Il proved 70 be fox, which had
been severely wounded and had sought shelter IN
this retreat. As the body has been completely
mummhed il is supposed that az least a hundred
yearS have passed since the poor animal went into
the tree 10 die. The body. when found was so
admirably preserved that one would have said rey
nafu was Sleeping.
Bathing in Caracas Is generally done in the open
air-that is the bathroom in the house. is almost
an unknown luxury. In the hTst place. a bath-
room indoors would be too close for comfort. and
in the second place the plumbers art is not prac-
tieed 10 any extent In every court-and almost
al the houses in the Venezuela capital a5e pro-
videG with them-there is the inevitable foun-
tain whence Is derived the water supply Of the
house. Attached TO the fountain is a large and
ffrs ~.
many broad Into this the water runs contin-
uously and, by stopping mp the escape in the hot
tom, you may quickly provide a fun bowl Of
clean. sparkling. bat rot cold water. Into this
you plunge, with 10 other covering than the sky,
and enjoy yourself 20 the full. caring nothing for
the world or the Ecighbor who IS watching YOU
from the roof Of the adjoining House. where he il
smoking away the mosquitcs and other insects Of
the tfcp'cs.