The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

beautiful bust % che god KbauS1. the god
% the day, has heea cxclvat-i at Karnak D.
belongs 90 the nineteenth dynasty. 100 B. G.
"Hen re-,7rod it via be placed IN tae temple
Statistics show that of Che population o. Paris
only Z5 per cent are natives. uhsrsa, the figures
or the other principal capitals % Europe arr as
follows 81 Fgt1rs.lr-- io per cent? Berlin a
per cent. Vienna. 80 per cent. and L5aloa. C.
Per cent
Russian girls have peculiar way oi learning
their matrimonial prospects. A number ri girls
take Of their rincs and conceal them IN
shallow BASKET u corn. part4Ac 90 tie corn aaI
the owner Of the first ring uncovered viii De
the first o. enter marrimouy-
The appearance OF the katydid two weeks ahead
Of time has caused some uneasiness among the
farmers Of DeilUare They say that 10 come,
about SIX weeks ahead af the first frost and 30
this should prove true the corn and 5uckwheat
crops would be damaged
There are now IN Italy g. 10 kiIomcters OF street
tramgays worked by mechanical power. 218 kiIo-
meters Of these By electricity and the remainder
hE steam power The town 81 Milan owns only
control POI and POO kil0meters, respectively.
The Society OF German Engineers in Berlin has
undertaken the preparation Of an international
technical dictionary. 20 be published IN English
French. and German. Its aim is 90 secure com
pil---ess iu technical words and expressions. ex-
Dr. Doty. Health Oficer Of New York. intends
making az attempt % exterminate the mosquitoes
OF staten Island. and that with this end in view
maps are being prepared Of all the marches, stag
nant pools. etc. into which crude petroleum is
% be liberated wherever draining Is impracti-
cable.
Besides Ashes. the different varieties o. turtles
form large part Of the marine industry Of hey
West The aggregate weight % turtles taken IN
f.rrn ~
The value Of tortoise shell from the Hauk,biu
turtle taken during the same year was s. CA
About fa2l.70i turtle eggs were taken.
The County Council n London has lately placed
the River Thames a aoat using liquid fuel.
The type o. burner used on II is that known a.
;Ae Cilrzson- Il vaporizes the oil and then mix
ing the Vapo- with the an produces an m
ten-ely hot fame, which is IN addition, almost
snokeless- To is reported that steam can De
gotten up on it in a few minutes-
Il is reported that the great Paris telescope
is great disappointment % scientific men No
attempt has been made 90 use il seriously for as
tF0nomicaI work few photographs o. the moon
though % is the largest 10 the world it has 80
far been practically 0i little use
It is reported from Chicago that a company
there has in contemplation the running o. two
story automobiles In competition with the street
car lines II seems rather remarkable that such
As such c0Dveyances are IN use in some Of the
European cities In Paris che rwO-sr0ry trolley
carries 81 Passengers. % in the lower part g
above and on each % the platforms
Abyssiuia Is not only a country worthy OF
being coveted but she has government and
organization which obIige Europe 70 respect
her. writes a Paris correspondent Emperor Men
elk has entered the sphere Of international
politics There Is no longer question % taking
possession OF his property. court must be paid
A-il- me NhlLe WoF-l seeks me Uleucslip
Of the sovereign. whom victory has revealed lie
Is free 90 direct his -ympathies and ms policy
on whichever side he chooses To whom viii he
offer the apples
The vomen's clubs Of the Empire state are at
work in earnest in establishing libraries through
out the Villages Of New York In Phoenicil they
recently founded a library 20 which they gave
two state travelling libraries from Albany and
state grant q 500 The little sons Of the late
Harold Frederic assistant librarians To - the
intention Of the womel's clubs 90 Incorporate in
New YORK az least one village library every
month i seems 1s if the programme were 10 be
iulflIeJ
Just ally tire average excursion party should
top Of a 59-ceuJ machine-made dinner with a
desert Of toothpicks is-n0t1er Of those mysteries
which belong 90 the genius o. the future % eX-
plain But watch the crowd wind its way out
q the dining-ro1U. where % has gJne al the .
way from SOUP % the fUOru1Ce without skipping
single dish. and see how it grasps the tooth
picks Ir seems 10 be q sign that each one has
eaten. proof that the meal has been paid for.
and that the to0thVick Is q final triumph Of ad-
v4nced civilization and high society
The praisevorJby fashion Of providing the
horses With straw hats as a guard against The
sur Is growing. But while there is benefit m
adopting this custom. it IS hardly likely the
japanese idea OF hor-eshoes Viii ever become
common here, though 10 may have much %
employed for the purpose The shoes made
OF ordinary rice straw. braided very tights and
firm. making a surface the size Of the horses
foot and about half an inch thick. They cost
about cent a pair and when worn our are
thrown away.
The S. Petersburg Academy % Sciences has
received telegram from the leader Of the cx-
petition which is shortly % bring the nam
moth found IN Siberia 20 st. Petersburg The
telegram. which is despatched from Yasutsz. re-
ports that the expedition was 81 that place on
June T. Ir Is proceeding hv steamer up the
river. and VIII then Journey overland o. EoI,u55
which Is 5000 ver-t- on. and where % expects
Co arrive iu tlEo and @ half months The nam
moth found IS unique of its kind It's hair skin.
and flesh are entirely preserved and there are re-
mains lf undige,ted food IN It's stomach
\ London correspondent writes that the Prcsi-
dent OF the ROYAL COLLEGE Of Surgeons. Sly VIII
liam NlcCormac. read paper recently before
the British Medical Association in which he
pointed out that the character Of Eun,hot wounds
had completely changed since his experiences In
the Frauua-Pru-silu war lghen he was surgeon
u-ChIe- re the AnElo-Amerlcan aulhulaurel- Not
only has the severity 1i the wounds diminished
IU- they are also less frequent So the improve
Ualr made Iu weapons does not render the prose
IEllu rf WAT more difficult as cCuteuded IN some
quarters Only per cent OF the wounded died.
A correspondent in the Brooklyn Eagie'' SAYS
THAI Berlin. as compared with London is an
lpst4rt city, and the Berlin crowd suggests
the appearance q people Of some great village
They look commonplace. as If just taken from
he ranks OF t0llerS that have not VET had time
md money &c cultivate the more graceful arts
q Iie- The dressing q Berlin women Is
mostly eNegrablc. and that Of the men is
scarcely better You wonder that Sd much 81
IElIne,s Ci a-tIrg. much crur-onpl Ia
The appearances 90 men and Women could be
got together. D. is iu such a moment that you
eeI the full difference between London and Ber-
A way Of bringing the hignc~s OF the depart
uent store within the realization Of the reader
is by reference % the size OF its purchases
One store in Chicago bought In one bill stock
1t granite kitchen ware which allied seventeen
rlrs that we're made uD into a spac5aI train
Another o. these institutions bought trainIosd
n shirt waists on a single order Books are
handled IN quantities which are almost baylui
.0mDTg hguSiun- One department store bought IN
rue invoice 10000 volumes Of standard works of
iction-and sold them. too! Il Is not unusual for
my OF these great concerns 90 place single order
0r 5000 worth Of goods. and often this Is far
yCegigd.
some very Interesting experiments have been
recently performed showing the effect of rapid
variations IN the current Of a direct current
arc. When the variations were sufficiently
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