The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

J Adam de Ia Hale. trou5adour. wrote the
! worlds first comic opera II 1870 = D.
The new theatre in PARIS, France is the largest
| one in the world. In all 1t covers three acres
The heaviest man in America, If not in Ia
world. Is Lee Tricky. Of GleBwood, us, who
| tips the beam a. $50 pounds
| Golden and diamond weddings were celebrated
BY Oh couples in Prussia last year and the state
contributed medals TO each husband and wife
tramp vas run over and killed BY a Chicago
| ana Alton train nr8T Mexico No recently Wk9
| Burns. and the Bible.
Waite object be seen At distance -
Is27o times its own diameter in strong sunlight
| that IS TO say white disc loot across can be
! seen i-250 feet away
According 10 a nan who IS said to be the big
| sest dealer in palms in New York. above 6OG00jl
! q them distributed throughout the country
! for church Use on the Sunday previous to Easter
Great salt lake Is beginning to show the drain
| upon it due to irrigation. and Is rccedius 4
| canal to the lake from the hcsdvaters Of the
snake River has been suggested As a possible.
| remedy
There is a statue IN village in Egypt vhici,
Is said to be the oldest in the world having
| been IN existence for over 5000 years Tt Is the
representation Of Of the chiefs OF the domain
| wherein It was erected.
The Greeks and Romans had no weeks until they
! borrowed this division OF time from the cast
| The Greeks divided the month into three eaaaI
periods the Romans into three very unequal the
| halends- ldes, and NoReS-
There are fourteen thousand oysters in ton Of
I the b1valves, but IN good season when banr1cts
are IN order IT does not take much time to get
! away with that measure Of the prince Of marine
! toe'e' as some are disposed 70 regard oysters
student of the Northwestern University was
| caught dosing big dish OF stewed apples. other
| students promptly knocked him down pounded
! ana beat him tn he black and blue and
/ then rolled him IN a barrel tor several minutes
! Chicago society reporter Erote-and It siip9ed
| the editors noticc-in announcing a recent en-
gagement: '-Sie had the reputation. until about
three years ago Of being tise most beautiful zirI
I IN kenwood. OF late years she has become some
what too heavy TO bear cut the reputation
| One Of the most perplexing positions in which
4 criminal jury ever finds itself IS when the jury-
men really believe that the prisoner is guilty.
but not sure OF Il In 4 recent c9sa n
Georgia the jury solved the difficulty b. bringing
N TINS verdict: We the jury. find the prisoner
almost guilty"
At the German Lighthouse OF AlteHbrueh acety-
lene gas has been ezperimentedy> with as The
strongest petroleum light proved too weak for
TINS station Il IS stated IN German papers that
the results entirely satisfactory and Il Is
| expected that scetylene gas viii now be used ex-
teHsIyely for light houses.
An interesting story Of Joachim Is told in the
current number Of English magazine As
child he learned the violin of Servacgyaski,
EorzeTtTHeIster at Budapest THIRTY wears after be
heard violin played and recognized It a. that
which his master had used. 1t was an Amati. and
he was able 70 buy II Tor his own use.
The German postofsee threatens an innovation
which VIII affect correspondence It IS proposed
to make it compulsory 10 usa envelopes Of a
SPECIAL size The variety Of sizes especially in
letters from Great Britain causes loss OF time to
the German postal authorities IN the stamping OF
posrHiarks, and they intend TO put an end to IL
One Of the marveIs of pen making is the way
N which the centre slit Is cut. It is done by a
machine which consists, Of t,ro ehisels which
h4Fely pass each other Uhen the slit : made
ana the exact way IN which the pen Is poised 50
as TO place the chseIs in the proper r0sftion for
cutting IS remarkably nice mechanical calculation
From BOMBAY comes the intelligence that rec
oFds dating back 70 the first century OF the Chris
tan era have been discovered by Dr stein in the
course OF MS explorations IN Chinese TrIrkzStan
Inc famous traveller and antiquarian came upoD 4
store OF some 800 documents together with
quantity Of clay seals and many Inscribed wooden
tablets bearing dates 4. D. So to 4 d. -
Chinese annals OF great antiquity contain num-
erous detailed accounts Of the supposedly fabulous
unicorn, IN which the descriptions are identical
with those banded down from the earliest times
IN she mythology OF occidental countries From
tins IT Is inferred that at some time IN the re-
mote past. there actually did exist ? single
horned equine or ceTvIne animal Of some sort
Prof Edward a Ross whose dismissal from
Leland Stanford University has caused much IN
favorable comment in the newspapers has been
elected professor OF sociology. at a large salary
a me University OF Nebraska Lincoln. Neb- and
has also been made university lecturer IA s7ri-
ology at Harvard University The University of
Nebraska viii give him leave Of absence 10 de-
liver his lectures next year
Probably the largest COW in kansas Is owned by
M Rrau
eleven inches long, Eve feet eight inches high.
nine feet IN girth and weighs over ton The
grandmother OF the COW twin the mother
was twlr. and the itself Is a twin Al
though II Is only four years old Il has seven
living calves giving birth twice TO twins and
once TO tr7Plets- The COW IS nearly full blooded
Hereford
The most sostly state funeral which has ever
taken place was perhaps that OF Alexander the
Great round million vas spent II Iaving
Alexander TO his rest The body was placed in
coffin OF gold. flied with costly sronuatics and
diadem was plac on the head The funeral car
was e1nheliI~iIed with ornaments OF pure gold
and its weight was 50 great that It took eighty
four mules more than year 10 convey Il from
Babylon TO syria
The Crown Princess StephanIe IS probably one
OF the best horsewomen IN the world Her mother.
Queen Of the BeIgians, had for many years a
private circus where she and her daughters
learned 70 perform very difficult equestrian feats
Before Queen HenrIette's two elder daughters
could walk they were tied on 10 their ponies
backs. and they grew up their mother intended
they sboulG-completely fearless IN all matters
relating 10 h0rsernanshiP-
The French are credited with having the most
efficient artillery IN Europe. using shrspheI
waighing about eight kiios CI764 pounds, with
velocity of LOO feet and over thirty rounds
minute, using fixed ammunition The gunner
sits on the carriage during firing. which tends to
steady the piece The German mounting Is SINH
lar 10 that OF the French The Alstrlans have IN
use a neld hovltzer using 298-pouud she'll with
heavy bursting charge OF q high explosive It
can be got into position and made ready for
firing IN twenty minutes.
The bush fires of Australia one Of the common
terriers of the life Of the early settlers have ap-
parentIy lost none of their horror. A correspond
eHt states that recently grzat part of four
states was a mass of fame and smoke rising
from leagues Of flaming forest and burning grass.
thousands of miles OF fencing. hundreds OF farms
ana orchards. disappeared Ii this fiery furnace
Huge Hooks OF sheep, mobS Of cattle. tens Of
thousands q hau-aToOS- wJiiableS. opossuulS par
rotS- and iorlcS were burned alive. Tales OF ter
rIbie races for life IN coaches carts and even by
mounted men filled the papers
The ancient chapel of the Pyx at Westminster
Is 70 be thrown open to the public This. the
Newcastle Chronicle says. Is one OF the oldest
and most interesting parts of the Abbey the great
CT part Of the fabric belonging TO the reign OF
Edward the Confesscr It was used in early Nor
man times = royal treasury and a robbery