The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A seed OF a date palm has taken root IN
cack in basement step on Beaver Street New
York city.
Hawaii has closed its last school for teaeetng
the native language. Hereafter young Ha"aiians
VIII be taught to talk English
The largest insect in the world is the elephant
beetle OF Venezuela. When it has attained It's
null growth it weighs half pound.
curious butterfly exists in lsiia- The male
has the left wing yellow and the right one red;
the female has these eolors reversed.
The Republic Of Guatemala has imposed tax
OF SO a head all cattle exported from the
country. il IS intended to be pfohibitive-
The difference between the tallest and shortest
races in the world is foot four and 4 half
inches. and the average height is five feet FIVE
inches
In China the coinage is pierced with square
hole IN the centre, and in place OF purse John
chinainan carries a piece OF string, on which the
coins sluRg
The English church pays the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Dr. Temple, sl5.@5o year, while
MS colleague of York and the Bishop of London
are paid G100O0-
building warships that fears being expressed
that it will soon be necessary 10 have merchant
vessels built abroad
The Vanderbilt system Of railways IS now the
larsest III the woodworking t04lO mles,
against 1882 Of the Pennsylvania and I0,0Is OF
the Canadian Pacific
The great BernhaTdt says wearing diamonds de-
str0ys the expression Of the face. Ii dims the
beauteous light of the eyes and makes 4 pretty
woman's teeth look ike chalk
4 few years ago bull fight took place in
Mexico. the toreador being mounted on bicycle
The rider, Manuel Garcia by name, so badly
injured that he died soon afteTward-
The Mexican censrs recently completed shows
total population Of l239l5I3; over twoth res
lafin i NJ or rfsa
The Turkish mother loads her child with
amulets soon II is born, and small bit
OF mud, stepped in hot water, prepared by
previous charms. is stuck on its forehead
The Chinese taught US the Of tea and gun
powder The latter the early Arab traders used 10
call Chinese snow and Chinese salt, and
brought 1t 10 Europe with the most amazing re
suits.
4 trick cyelist, Mcdonnell by name, onee Of
fered to ride cycle across 4 wire stretched over
Niagara Falls. and would have made the at
tempt had he not been forbidden by the al
thorities.
The White Star Steamship Company has YES
sci in process OF construction that viii outeiass
the Oceanic in size displacement, and horse
power. II viii be 80 feet long and dlspla1e
81, go tons.
Devotees to phrenology propose to make an
effort at their congress, which IS to be held II
London next November. TO have Phrenology reeog-
niZed as science. There VIII be large at
tendance at the convention.
Writing from a ship en- route to Cape Nome,
a Thayer, Ran, man says: This Sunday morn
ing Rev. Mr.. Scott Is preaching a sermon up in
the bow. Down below a stud poker game is the
attraction, and ait dance Is IL progress
Koreshanty is new religion Dr. Cyrus Teed,
its propounder. teaches that the Inhabitants Of
This earth are living on the inside ci enor-
nous shell, with TIE sun only so miles away.
There are about 10000 converts 70 tins new be-
LEI.
The pastor OF a Baptist church in EmFoFis,
Kan. was attracted by noise N the sacred eoi-
fee while passing the Other afternoon He en-
tered quietly and found three sacFlleelous young
sters using the baptisnal font as swimming
hole.
The authorities Of Cologne have passed law
limiting the speed Of the motor vehicles in that
city to seven and : half miles an hour The
same law requires that each machine be htts9
with apparatus preventing tEl1sgTesSIon Of
tho rule.
Some idea of the magnitude Of the electric
lighting machinery in this country may be Oh
tanned IRON the statement that the public light
ing stations Of New YORK city alone supply IN
cspdcscCBt lamps each year to the number q
, rs 600. This is independent Of those furnished
b. private plants
over 5000 persons have been crenaated in Ger
many since the year 1879. Advocates Of ti5t
+ method OF 7isposirS Of the dead claim ti.as
though the idea takes rect slowly the time Wi
come within generation when cremation NiiA
be generally adopted IN place OF the present
methods CT burial
a little girl Of Geneva, y. Y, has been fright
eued to death by LOT Of bats The room Vas
fall OF them and they were very large Twenty
! seven were killed and nest containing nineteen
little ones was found The family had Just
moved into the house, which had been unoc-
/ cuDied for two years
Probably the most curious motor race on
record was held in Paris The competitors were
taken to the top Of the EiffeI tower and a dis
tant church spirs was pointed out TO them.
Then they mad descend EeC aUoaTd taeIr ma
/ chimes and fnd their way through tie maze q
streets to The church
! The annual crop of mushrooms in France IS
valued at - SO Geo, and It Is said that there are
| sixty wholesale firms in Paris dealing in them.
/ In the department 81 the Seine there are some
! 3.g39 caves ii which mushrooms are grown.
: About 800 persons are employed N their culture
! and they rarely leave the saves
Society in Wyoming has hit upon novel 2muse-
/ Tuent The entertainment Is called an onion
sociable' Six Young ladies' take an onion into
/ a room aud after oBe OF them has taken bite
cut 81 il . Young gentleman Is admitted IL
/ after kissing them ali, Ec igIi> u 'eI when eI
them Dit the onion, all The girls are ool9sd 10
Hiss hiEi.
Jack Rare. Of Newport, Ohio, takes the belt.
i he needs one around his ponderous p4unch, ls
the champion eater Al 4 recent sitting he ate
/ and drank six bowls Of chicken soup, two spring
chickens two leaves Of breads onions. issir
/ quarts OF beer and three pounds II lsn- de mas
/ challenged anyone in the three cities WHO PIlees
! himself his appetite
American ideas are fast perneating England
| Among the latest Is the ice cream soda fountain
British dandies, escortiEg ycuns women along
I the fashionable thoroughiares viii have ample
opportunity 70 recognize the fascination ing lsa
cirls like ice cream as well a their American
sisters and variety in the service ot that tfig-d
eseulent Is equally as charming 10 them
Mexico seems 'anxious to get back the sons
and crandsons Of her former citizens who are now
citizens Of the United States, living il California
| CoIoratio Arizona and New Mexico. In colo
J nization concession recently made tue Govern
nenI stipu4t that all ColOnlstS mast be from
| foreign cot .Tttries with preference icr those O
I Mexican origin now in the States and Ierritarle!
above mentioned
Ore Of til. most Interesting fish stories OF tbs
season comes from Lake Sunapee, \. H., in which
body Of water P Z. Lynch says that he caught
with 2 hook ana lire what appears TO lie 4 sword
fish The c-Iy svordfsh known 70 science stlcN>
10 salr water h1st tee Lake Sunapee specimen h4f
scrrated 'EbIl'' over seven inches long, aT'
| looked very much like the denizen OF the dCel
sea 1t has been sent 10 Boston 10 be stuffed ant
mounted
At the monthly meeting Of the Berks county
Pa. Agricultural Society, President James We
Gowan attributed the excellent condition Of TIT
e crops in the southern portion OF Berks count!
4 Ia the heavy blasting that Is done at the ITapp
| rock fuarries near Hampton. Heavy charge
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