The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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The German military authorities are opposed to
the adoption Of the Khaki Uniform in any snaps
or form.
Bats measuring nearly FIVE feet from tip to tip
Of their wings have been found in a cave near
Tansa, III Fast Africa.
American goI sticks are being eST55rtsf to
Scotland. The Fly thing the Scots are certain
80 retain is their dialect
Henry Neville, the welI-kHoWn actsr. Is tn,
twentieth child Of a twentieth child. distinc-
tion which Is said TO be unique In England
Over zoos sailor men and marines Of the United
States Navy have Joined the Temperance Leagus
7i the Naval Young Mems Christian Association
New South Wales has paid .g74S.0oo in ifteea
years for the destruction OF over 21.e0,G54 nox-
IouS aHIm2iS-kanglToos- w2Ilables. dingoes, and
others
Cincinnati Is a stronghold Of Presiytsriauis7r.
SiSty-four churches included in its Presbytery.
twenty-eight Of these being within the limits q
the city.
The navy's new hospital at Yokohama Is about
completed. The japanese Government has given
a lease N perpetuity Tor the site occupied By the
hospital
The academy Of Science at Vienna has resolved
TO establish a novel station for the observation
Of earthquakes IN silver mine. IG3 yards below
the surface.
South Shields, England, is said to possess tina
oldest lifeboat in existence. II has been in U.S.
since 1880. and by means Of It los persons have
been rescued
Those Who Have Been Called to That Undis-
covered Country Is the heading given 10 it,
death notices by the "HigginsviIIe Leader" a
paper published IN Missouri.
In the United Kingdom there are 5o.9e0 post
men, and in the course Of year nearly 800
10000 letters, postal cards, parcels, circulars,
and newspapers are delivered
At the trial OF an Indian in the Federal Court
IN Leavenworth, for the murder Of his wife al
Of the squaw witnesses made gestures around their
necEs, signifyIng their desire to see him hanged
Every man who has been postmaster at BurIing-
ton, KAN IN twenty years, has completed his
term poorer than when he began IL yet there
axe four men struggling for the appointment now
-searchlighting- for frogs Is the Iatest industry
IN Kansas big electric light IS flashed upoa
the ponds and before the cr0akers recover their
sight they are scc0ped up n nets
In India If you see a quantity OF strings tied
from side to side OF the street, with three cor
ncred pieces Of paper fastened 10 ihem you may
know that birthday Is being celebrated IN one
OF the houses
Some stickIers for accuracy say there are no
hanadryads this season. They are all hamawetads
one may take his choice Of either proHBnciati8E
and then refer To a dictionary and ascertain the
meaning Of the words
Within the last two years several remarkable
reefs Of fossil coral have been discovered near
reef 50 found consisted Of coral heads, some Of
them more than foot IN diameter.
All public buildings stores, and dwellings, IN
South Africa are coated with cement There are
~ wooden buildings erected The masons IN
SOU Africa are mostly yiaIavs. They are skilled
IN their trade and do the work neatly
No pemmican has been made in this country
since the Greedy expedition. 4 concern in Lon
don has plant for making It Perarnicar Is sim
-7.T mic
md favored with dried cUTraHts and Other season.
ny
Il young nan escorts his sweetheart into 4
Bombay confectionery shop and the lovely lady
wants candy the next thing N order IS to
hire a dray. q furniture wagon or some other
lantrIvance TO carry the sweet gift home \
candy IN India measures in weight about so
pounds
". H. Quiiliam. lawyer, Of Liverpool Known
as --Shelkh AbduIIah.~ is the leader Of the
HohanImedan cult IN England lie built up a
-'cluse' of more than two hundred members IN
his city. where they have me Mosque, col
iege, an orPhInage. and even i weekly paper -
spread their views.
\ record catch or sturgeon on the yoIga has
just been made by zn Astrakhan fishing firm, one
FISH weighing more than IS pood oT about Los
pounds The head weighed about 400 pounds
and the roe. from Which the famous caviare IS
came 10 about 20 pounds Tne StJT-
geCn was valued al 500.
An unusual accident recently befelI Mss Mary
Pixley, an enthusiastic golf player While driv-
ing from the third tee Miss Pixiey inflicted serI-
Gus injury TO her spine The sudden Ierk Of the
head, the motion Of the body and the twist Of the
neck as the ball vas struck strained the cords
the neck above the end Of the SPINE
The subject IS under discussion N France Of
substituting fruit trees along the roads in place
Of the fine specimens Of ar5oricIlIture now IN *
istence. Il Is argued that the fruit tees vii
bring in some revenue 10 the Government and IN
that respect VIII be Of greater value than tadSe
which produce only leaves and blossoms.
While commenting upon the ne2tnesS With
which old negro's log cabin was finished, two
Nebraska men found that the chunks between the
logs were filed with 4 pecu!ier kind Of stone
It proved be gold quartz, and the TWO At
once purchased eighty acres OF land near where
the found, and intend 20 search for the
vein.
The lola CKau) Register Is in receipt of
letter rom Tiffany. the New York Jeweier. ask
ing the whereabouts Of the SI.egJ sword pur-
chased for General Funston By popular subscriP-
ton. Tiffany Is making exhibit the Buffalo
Exposition and desires 10 gather together some
OF the best examples OF his work II Is supposed
that the general has the sword With him
The Town Council OF GothenbuTg has adopted
some fresh resolutions for les ;ening the tempta-
tioHs Of drunkenness From April 10 August
0peu-air music VIII be performed at vaTiOus
to be held from September 40 April IN different
halls, VIII be subsidized. The total cost of these
reforms VIII amount 10 $500 year, besides =
considerable bounty
There were 22-922 applicants for patents n
Great Britain during the year 1900, which works
out At about % per day. The TACT that there was
q large increase in patents relating to motor
cars and electric traction may be considered IS
a sign Of the times Flying machines too,
showed an upward tendency. Women inventors
made q creditabIe show with so applications, re-
iaJing mainly TO articles Of dress
Batoum on the Black sea owes its importance
as a modern commercial port to the fact OF the
ancient FIRE worship OF Zoroaster having kept
light III their temple at BakU. near BItCUm and
the Tetr0Ieur1-fed fame was the means Of
and others O: the immensely rich fields Of mineral
oil the exports OF which have made BatoUm one
Of the richest and busiest cities IN the near East
The fault in the New Zealand submarine cable
which was repaired recently By the steamer Re
corcler Is stated 10 have been caused BY the bite
Of ! fish, SAYS Melbourne correspondent. Il
was almost bitten through broken tooth half
an inch long long and apparently belonging TO !
iSh OF large size. being found imbedded IN the
strands which rested $50 fIthomS below the sur
face Experienced cable workers say that this IS
a very unusual depth Tor mishap OF this nature
There can be little doubt that 4 census was
taken IN England OF rather Britain. during the
Roman occupation. The Romans were thorough
in all they did and the information would be
most important for military and financial pur-
poses But the world Is not lett 10 mere con r.
lecture. for Die CaSSiuS, the historian, expressly
relates that a poll tax was collected IN Britain
on every man, woman. and child IN the poPula-
tion and. of Course poll tax necessarily involves