The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.


More than 30 references TO Shakespeare by his
contemporaries have ROW been collected
Though the Buffalo Exposition viii not open
Tor several weeks a crowd - 1900 or 5000
visitors is a common sight on the grounds
Nearly ali the kitchens of the better cass Of
residences in Sydney. Australia. are on the top
floor. and the clothes are dried on the roof
The organ now being put into the Mormon Tab
eFnacle in salt Lake City viii be- it is said the
hnest instrument Of the kind IN this country
The British Museum authorities have recently
presented TO Emps<or Nenelik OF AbyssiHia SET
era finely bound volumes relating to his country
The Italian Government it Is said viii restore
the great powder works in FosSano which for
some time have been almost entirely abandoned
The percentage of initeracy in Kansas Is de-
cared 20 be less than II IS IN any "theT state Ia
this Union in any other country the globe
save Belgium
Gorillas are occasionally seen in KameTun. near
the German settlements Last April a Ceriusa
hunter SHOT one that measured - uletrrs anI
weighed nearly 800 pounds The natives ate the
meat.
4 new military law of Peru makes every citizen
liable TO compulsory service from nineteen TO
fifty years The army has FIVE classes-the resli-
lar, suPernJrnerary, first reserve. second reserve
and national guard
The latest statistics of the Salvation Army
show that there are 7Sz corps nov in the United
States, with q food depots which have furnished
10000 monthly mesis. 800 social institutions for
the poor, with sE-ai daily accommodation
the same Of ~
The birth rate Of Milwaukee exceeds By nearly
20 per cent that OF any other American city Of
caiiy the same population the records show only
49, births per snuum to each 900 people, the
rate in Milwaukee is 1928 per L0o0.
A novel method Of controlling the drinking
habit Is being considered by the Arkansas Legs
lature- II proposed measure becomes law II
All prohibit any person from drinking whisky
nntJi he has obtained a > license frofu the couE-
y clerk OF the county in which he resides.
Frederickt0wn. Ohio enthusiast who pos
sesses large gasoline-propeIIe,i vehicle which
resembles a street car contemplates trans-e m
tlnentai trlp IN the machine The interior /, TT
ted up combination dwelling and repair shop
and the c~neF, who Is an expert raachinisE ex-
poets TO secure enough work en- route 70 pay his
expenses
The Dutch language Is Of a good old-fa>hioaed
tongue It Is not 80 difficult that Engilsh-speak-
ing people cannot without difficulty acquire IL
In fact. some folk say. II Is more ike unto Eng
lisii than it Is to German The Beers Of South
Africa the Dutch tongue as It vas spoken
90 years ago It Is a lingo that Is bound TO stay,
though Il shows little powers Is a Wanderer-
Chilean cavalry horses have been put through a
remarkable test of endurance Tgeuty-ore officers
chargers
miles IN three day. covering eigt .y-one miles
the FIRST day. eiei :: one the second and eighty
eight the third. Tie route over rough noun
tain ROADS IN sr-ne places 500 feet above the
sea level. All the horses were bred in Chile.
a mammoth black walnut tree on the farm Of
E P. Gaus. IN Williams county. Ohio. has Just
been sold for = 90 Several lumber dealers have
examined chips nom this tree. and all have de-
eizred II TO be the finest specimen % that kind ~
wood they ever saw The tree was eight feet in
fort lac Err-r aud
tendeF ssventy-three feet from the butt to the
first limb
Tic plan Of the Central Pacific Railroad 70 cut
Of l07 miles by crossing Great salt Lake In
wolves a great engineering problem The lake
has 70 be crossed at point where Il Is thirty
two miles wide, trestie work being necesSitated
for the whole OF the distance except tw0 miles
across the rocky Promontory Point The view
Afforded passengers over the new route VIII be
novel and picturesque
II is an odd fact that in England the cultivation
OF tobacco as 4 crop IS prohibited By tax so
high on every acre sovn with tobacco seed that
nc EEIglIshmaH could afford 70 grow ii. except
Is IN expensive fad This prohibition originated
n she reign Of Charles II, when Parliament pass
81 lax tcrbldiinS the growth OF tobacco N
Eu.tsnd for the express purpose of encouraging
trade with the new eolony Of Virginia
The workiHgmen's hotels Of the Salvation Army
number Ct and the workfDgwouen have 8. with
aggregate Of 6.325 inmates Five labor bu-
resus and three farm colonies are established the
latter having 30 Iaborers. Other minor instftu-
lions and stun settlements number about 50 IN
all The expenditures on these institutions in
1856 asere S253.91g OF which $4,000 was raised
By the work OF the payments Of inmates.
Off Cerigo. the island at the southern end Of
Greece. divers are bringing up art treasures that
were sunk 500 years before Christ. Luciau tells
OF q ship laden with art snoils that went down
OF the voyage from Athens to Rene. and II Is be-
~f41f Ia
sides many bronze statuettes a life-sze bronze
Statue resembling HermeS Of PraXiteles has been
brought up Some OF the objects are exeellentiy
preserved, but others are eOrroded
The shirt-yyaist fad Is widening indications
are that the objections 10 men making themselves
comfortable as they possibly can during the
hot months of summer VIII be obIiterated in the
determination Of the male sex 10 be comfortable
and fashionable at the same time. We viii alt
become used TO this sort OF dress As people TO
every thing and the who appears without 4
shirt waist IN the heated DAYS Of midsummer viii
probably soon be considered As cut OF style.
Since the discovery OF that new constituent e
the atmospheric. srgOu, few years ago. fsur
ether previously unknown gases have been found
and Prof Ramsay recently gave an account Of
their properties before the Royal society. They
are heliurn, neon krypton, and Nenon OF these
xenOn Is the heaviest and helium the highest In
the vacuum tube they are very beautiful. neon
being extremely brilliant and Of an orange pink
hue, while kryp1oR Is pale violet and xenon sky
blue
It Is said that no woman influences national
politics 50 powerfully as does tl.e wife of the
German Chancellor. Countess Marie Won Buelow,
who is frequently the most important figure in
the diplomatic gallery OF the Berlin ReiChstaz.
The German Chancellor l. also often accompanied
by his mother-in-lsv. the venerable widow Of the
great Minghetti. who since she PLAYED a prorni-
nent part in the shaping Of Count BueloW's
commercial policy with respect 10 Italy, has OBJ
tanned the sObriquet Of state Mother-in-LSw.''
Owing to the very plain-spozen structures pass
ed 10y an eminent brain physician upon even
the small amount OF wine drunk by ordinary
folk with their meals there has become quite
rage for barley wafer. SAYS london newspaper.
II IS asked for IN the restaurants, and It de-
manded in the clubs Il is drunk As frequently
As net out of wine glass. one Of the sIhterfuges
people PLAY upon themselves now. who believe IN
the theO-y that drinking much while eating IS
bad for the digestion and conducive 10 obesity.
4 curious damage suit was fled the other day
in Kansas court. The plaintiff is a woman.
She alleges that she ran q sewing machine needle
into the thumb Of her right hand. and that She
went TO a doctor Of the town for relief Tie
doctor gave her chloroforn. and when she lame
to- informed her that ne had cut the needle out
She went away satisfied but for several weeks
her thumb remained sore, and at last she went to
another surgeon. who found that the needle had
not been removed at all And for this deceit on
sos damages.
German scientist has recently described the
symptoms Of love IS follows: The oscillations II