The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Charles lis patent n nobility. creating HI
son bN NeI cUyunc Dgke Of =; Adams -oid at
auction for 800.
The early inhabitants o. the Nile Valley hal
excellent roads. paved somewhat in the E.scadam
style ot the present day
The Oldest known weapon was the club. The
clubs Of ,he lake jewellers OF Switzerland. studded
with stones in default Of nails. and thus making
formidable weapons. have been recovered from
their h1bItatIons-
The word rival at frs meant q brook. then
was applied % the persons who lived on opposite
sides and Quarrsled about the water. and st.II
later d was understood as applying % contcs-
tauts FOR auy desired object
The Australian Government Is considering
whether the future capital shall resemble Wash
ing'oH, under the special care Of the Govern
ueut. or Ottawa. which s. governed a pol
tOn o. the province q Ontario
There is q remarkable tree in Louisiana. No
The body Of the tree. with q few Of its branches
is apricot while other branches thereon are
peach. and still Others plum The three different
kinds % ruiz have been gathered from IL this
year
At a recent meeting Of the Paris Academy q
Sciences, NJ Bsrtheiot stated that he had found
IN a metallic box covered with inscriptions and
dated from the year 20 B. e. that portion %
one Of It's characters vas made Of an alloy Of
platinum
One Of the most important industries Of the
Bahama ISLANDS is the gathering Of pink pearls
u Is the only place in the world where these
pearls are found The pearls. When perfect.
bring very high prices, u is said ranging from
$50 TO $500
The British girl lie getting taller as we'll as
the American Fifty years ago a medical su-
tEorlty says. the height % a very all British
I'VE feet seven inches. while now
the height averages i've feet siX inches % i've
feet Ten inches.
A veritabie quick luncheon" 1t is said, IS
60 De had AZ a restaurant in Paris where a
dinner Of several courses. composed Of concen-
trated food ia the sa-rn Of tablets. can be coz
sImed IN a few minutes The entire meal can
be carried IN -he vest pocket
The only occasion upon which a peer or peer
es wears a Coronet is al the coronation oi q
sovereign. At the moment when the Archbishop
Of Canterbury places the crown the head
Of the new monarch, every person present a. the
ceremony dons his OWE c0ronet-
A miniature kangaroo has been discovered in
the Far West. Il strides around ike a kangaroo.
making great jumps or its hind Iees which are
long and powerful II also has a surprisingly
long tail. which adds % its resemblance 10 the
marsupial after which It is named
The japanese dentists perform all their opera
tions in tooth-drawing with the thumb and
forefHger o. one hand. The skill Necessary 20 do
this Is acquired ONLY after long practice h4lr
when 1t is ATTAINED the operator IS able % eN-
tract halt dozen teeth II about thirty seconds
without once removing his fingers from the pa
tlent's mouth.
The Congo ivory. as indeed all African ivory is
far more highs priced than the Asiatic product.
Il is harder, Of q inner grain. lends itself more
easily 70 workmanship, and has feEer ISSUES
The tUsks Of Congo elephants are as a rule.
very large. and weigh on average sixty pounds.
Some Of them are 0f eXrTaOrdinIry size At the
Brussels exhibition pair u tusks were On Show
each OF which weighed $50 pounds
An obedient husband up 10 Franklin county,
Maine was ohiectiag 70 DO certain work about
the house, and be quoted Scripture text 20 his
wife showing that the household duties should
properly b. assigned 90 the woman The good
wife replied by reading 10 her ast0nished hege
Il kiugs XXI. q. 4 viii wipe out jerusalem
r. a man wIpeth dish, Wiping Z and turning 10
upside down That husband, without a murTnur,
has wiped the dishes ever since.
Recently the Grand Army o. the Republic or
ganizarion in Atlanta requested 20 De allowed
% furnish a room AZ the Confederate soldiers
Home Funds for the furniture Of the room had
been quietly contributed by the members Of tfe
post The request was met IN the same spirit in
which, u was rendered and there vii De- an IN
-crip-ion over the door Of the room indicating
that IT'S comforts were furnished by veterans Of
the Northern army
A few months ago the Venetian painter Brass
bought four pictures for "A from Daluariaa
peasant named Braidotri who had picked them
up when a neighbOriug villa vas diSuautIed
says Rome correspondent. Recently Bras
found that one OF the pictures had been paint
el over another CA the sans canvas and %
cleaning Of the top one discovered a SAINT
>er-s-iau- by Titan. which had been stolen
from Italy by one ~ Napoleon generals Brass
has sold the Titan % the Count Is C.7ltliane
for $500.
Tyg--7-.-eya -I----- how have r-r.=,-.F ,.--r-rs
srau the Lite->aving Society Of Paris at the
annual meeting The youngest. Francis G1u5err.
Is nine years Old and since his last birthday has
saved three persons lives another DO. named
Cgugaei B. but month older. and several 9th
eT- who behaved CALAMITY IN accidents are Uuder
eleven In contrast with the youth Of these
prIZe-reD. the secretary mentions that the old
est medalist o5 the society, old Father Cluiel-
Her. vas ,eyeuty-vleht when he saved man
from drowning IN the Seine
The following story is told in s. LOUIS. No:
The Missouri EgC Factory Of Springfield handles
abou, 5000 egs~ a day. al Of which are candieI
before entering the factory. About three WAGON
loads OF esFs sre rejected each DAY and hauled
outside O. the city EIllts, where they are
dumped A man living near the dumping ground
has collected enough chickens h1t,hcd by the
weather from eggs thuS thrown away 90 stock
chicken farm. EVEN dey Tor q month 0r more
he has been carrying a number az chickens hons
from the dumping ground, where they had been
weII-kuowa English eutouolo-ist. F. Euock.
recently gave a Gem0ns-rztion before the ROYAL
Niero-oopieal Society on the Developments Of a
species o. dragon f. Mr.. Enock wished %
photograph every stage in the process whereby
tho LEmpL or CLrEgllS with its wonderful
''HsSk.'' evolves into the perfect ~ lie lad
20 take over loo photographs before he secured
perfect set and As the process OF 6mCTEenCe
from the uyWph ssln frequently takes place EIth
great Tapiuity altrcnsss Is required Three OF
the photographs % TINS stage Of the process were
taken m SIX seconds
The British and Foreign Tract Society has
translated Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress into
no less than uinsyy-6vs different languages and
dialects Sore Of these. a. might have been an
Ueipated, are ot a izw-hreakiur character. -
much So indeed. have the eoupt-itor~ q the
Oxford University Press found the Eskim1 Ian
rate - payment IN regard 90 t. TIE following
samples o. this beautiful tongue show thar their
action Is reasonable "ku}tliiisrpceut oyanet-
slIuEuorlsur4 pta R~Gyeng itisarruaritss iusruug-
ansigailosuptaiouet- ujaliUtiksaasaaaJ>liuar-
alIuarpOguelle-'
An old silver watch Of London make AZ present
exhibited in a shop window in Quebec. CauaH1-
possesses a history According 20 an inscription
engraved or the case, 1t was given BY the diving
desire Of the COmtesSe De Lille wife OF Lau5s
XVIII &c groom IN her employment. she uas--d
away IN England IN $50 while her husband and
she were IN exile from France The gruuU's
great grandson served with the Canadian cru-lu-
sent IN the Bogr war. AMI carried the watch with
him II saved his life by causing Nsuser hul-
ICr Ja glance or The case Is but slightly
damsged tF the lrpasr, and the watch goes AS
Wei as ever 10 did
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