The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-19
NOTES OF The DAY.

| family in Italy seldom exceeds S1s5 year
A chip rom an elm which Nr Gladstone cut
down at Hawardsn in 1880 sold IN London at
auction for FIVE shillings.
Prince Henry OF the Netherlands Queen Wiihei-
/ HHinas coasort. has been elected member Of the
! international Colonial Institute
| The Pope Of Rome has a large amount Of money
| invested IN United States bonds His holdings
are estimated at about 100000 lie
In the Brookfeld. No. white schools the sexes
are represented by exactly the sane number
| There are Just G98 each Of the boys and girls
One easily tell when he is in sight Of 4
| railway station in Sweden at which meals are
served by the sign OF q knife and fork crossed.
CelIuIoid is manufactured by disyoIving nitra-
ccflulose IN camphor-that j. TO SAY Corning \
mixture Of nitTOo ciiuiOse, camph0r. and alcohol
| A basket collection taken up at recent charity
| benefit concert realized Just $50. average con-
| tribution Of cents for each OF the so persons
| present
Every year relatives Of Robert Louis Stevenson
! in Scotland send a crown and cross Of heather
/ from that country. which are placed on his grave
IN Samoa.
\ giant from Cairo arrived in New York the
other day. His name "a HasssH All. He is eight
feet and two inches tall, and is only twenty-six
| years old.
Christian Scientists are about to build church
| in Vow York In the basement Of the edihre there
| VIII be apartment set aside for the storage Of
! automobiles
An odd consignment from Italy. which reached
| an Indiana town the other day consisted Of one
bee-a large queen insect which Is 70 form the
nucleus Of an apiaTy-
novel vacation trip Is being taken by Banker
/ Jenkins and a party Of eleven friends from Car
rolton Kan. They are travelling across the STATE
I TO Colorado IN an 0ld-style prairie wagon behind
/ relays Of oxen spans.
| London mas laugh on the Duke Of Cambridge
and Judge Grantharu, each OF whom accepted the
| others invitation to lunch. and each Of whom
| went to the others house, forgetting his own
! appointment at home
The smelling OF iron in Sheffield England. IS
supposed to date from Roman times. and there IS
distinct proof Carrying 1t back as far as the Nor
man conquest. III 1856 The town had became
! famed for its cutsrZ- BIZ the fourteenth century
The German Antarctic expedition, which will
| start for Kerguclen Island in a few months. viii
give special attention to the study Of sea life
! and its economic aspects None Of the useful
rieties Of FISH Is yet known 20 exist n Antarctic
| waters.
The State Of Montana owns moro than one
eighteenth Of its area, for the government grant
ed to the State two sections in sa-1 township
for the benefit Of the public scho IS and an aggre-
gate Of 665.eko for the various State inSti-
tutious-
Two Of the three sons Of the late Admiral
Raphael Semmes Of the Confederate service have
| been judges the ALBANIA bench for the last
/ lawyer The two judges have also been much
| interested IN street railroads
Some scientists believe that in the CHeiian
Epoch. which ended 10000 years ago. Europe
and America we're connected BY way Of the British
| Isles. the FarseS, Iceland. and Greenland Since
| then the great waters have washed away OF sub
! merge this Stupeni0Us bridge
| Though dean of the Paris faculty Of Protestant
| theology, the late Auguste Sabatier constantly
| welded his pen in lie Temps in defence OF
freedom OF thought He lived sixty-tVo years
| his best works the OF the life Of
| Christ and philosophy Of religion
| Paul Revere. the Revolutionary hero, vas an
| inventor. though not many people are aware OF
/ the fact He was the first man TO refine and roll
| copper. In 1901 he founded the Revere Copper
| Company, and the concern IS Still doing business,
| under the same name, IN Canton, Mass
| \ young nan visited the city clerks ONCE 1T
Belfast Ne, last week to record his intention Of
| marriage While he was IN the Office his sister
| and her intended husband arrived on a similar
| Grand Neither knew that the other 50 near
the state OF matTimOny until the accidental meet
! ing
| 1t the Noon sale Of coins in London silver
! Oxford crown Of King Charles brought s745;
an Oliver Cromwell pattern gold fifty shilling
! piece, 500; petition crown OF Charles IN
silver, SI.575 pattern crown N gold OF George
| III, 1877 500, and double sovereign of Edward
| VI, SI,27
/ The Raost famous crown jewel IN England
cording to the London Nail" IS the rubz pre-
scented TO Edward Prince Of Wales, son Of King
Edward H. by the King Of Castle, after the Bat
/ tie Of NaieTa. IN 1867 This ruby IN
| the helmet Of Henry at the battle Of Agin-
| court, IN I4l5-
| For the first tine in several years Boston will
next month hold the Fourth of July FaneuII Hall.
| dinner The feast is an afternoon function and
| begins At O'Clock p n At 5 p N the exer-
cissS VIII be concluded and the staid citizens Of
| the Hub 20 home and retire at their usual
hours OF going to bed
| The dolphin Is credited with speed OF cousid-
| craby over twenty miles hour For short dis
tances the salmon can outstrip any other FISH, ae-
| cCmPllshiug its TWENTY-FIVE miles an hour with
ease The Spanish InackereI Is Of the fast
est Of food fishes and cuts the water like 4 yacht
Predatory fish generally the fastest swimmers
recent invention By IN Italian is reciying no.
| tee from those who go to sea It IS a net made
Of hemp and intended TO break the force OF waves.
! One recently tried with success At Havre geo
feet lonzy by 80 feet wide, with meShes II inches
apart The nets viii break the waves At sea and
EiiI also be buiwark Tor hydraulic works against
ha2vy surf
| It s curious to note that in Russia the beard
/ has always been an object OF repute- An ordi-
name which Tarosaf. son OF Vladimir, and legis-
/ Iator Of N0vgorod. at that time capital Of Rus
sid. published IN 1915. eXemplifes this By this
law any plucking a hair from neighbours
| more severe than that inflicted for cutting OF
! his figer.
| Probably the most valuable street crossing IN
| the country Is one at Manhattan, Kan, which
consists Of fat stone slabs bearing petried foot
prints OF prehistoric birds They were collected
by geological student. attached for freight du-
ties. and finally taken by the town marshal to
repair the crossing The valuable side however,
| Is kept underneath, whether for future reference
| or not has not 5Een established
Most of the prominent violinists OF the dav
| possess instruments that very highly valued.
| The YioloaceiIo upon which Signor Patti PLAYS
| Is worth 5000 It Is Ruzgusri instrument
Ysaye has a GuarddEuiui worth s1.2y9. and Jean
GSerariF plays upon GuITnerIIS valued II >4yO5-
| Joachim has a number OF valuable yiojInS- The
Si-adjvarius that belonged 10 Ernst. and is said
10 be worth $1,000 has come int the possession
| OF Lady Halle
The pine tree OF ScOria, which has contin-
uaIy erupted from the Vesvius crater, IS serious
" damaging the harvest IN the adjoining dis
trIcts, writes Rome correspondent. The weather
has been remarkably windy and rainy and the
pine tree" dashed by the clements. has spread
| immense quantity Of powerful acids on the
| fields and vineyards Of the mountain slopes and
the neighboring plains. burning or otherwise dam
| aging the growing crops
An ordeal which 4 lady not long married had
| to undergo IN Oregon Is among the severest
J honeymoon trials ever known This IS the case OF
, Mrs Clara Davis. ! bride OF A year, and late Of
! lola She and her husband were on pleasure