The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Of seven Presidents Of France. only one las
| served full terra
There are II, eco hotels IN Paris In which there
are On az average 10000 guests
There were $4,000 children AZ school in India
! sixty years ago There are 100000 nov.
There are 1ssel juvenile temperance societies
IN the British Islands. sith membership Of
z-5260o0-
Holland has 10. 10 vindmiIl- each Of ,ehiah
drains SIC acres Of land, at average cost Of
. cents an acre year
Nevs EEeii-h words are constantly being made
TO Ell the needs of modern intentions To give
some idea of this tremendous growth Of INC Ian
gJisgc the words and phrases under the letter
G8oo0.
The dryest place on the earth IS the little town
Of Payta, the coast Of Peru, where seven years
| is the average interval between two rams Ia
| old times the water supply Of Payta was brought
| down from the mountains every night by herd
Of little donscys, Sho returned n the cool - tbs
| evening.
No century has ever begun on Wednesday,
! Friday OF a Su=dsy; and the sane order OF days
| Is repeated every twenty years January and Oc-
| tober OF each year always begin With the Sarae
| Gay; with April and july; so will. September
and December; with February. March, and
| November
A hou=enaids' union has been organized in Ci,-
must have agreement with their employers
| about receiving company. Every girl Is entitled
| to beat. else she wiT never get married and
| she owes It to her sef-respect not 70 meet him
on the corner"
Prof Dr. van trHof. Berlin chemist Is Of the
opinion thar before long the synthe=is Of aIbuens
| viii be accomplished with the help % the
enzgmes- or ferHlents. which play important
part in animal and vegetable life. writes
Berlin correspondent. One Of the astounding praC-
{ -rzT IT, +E.r- r~r-@ $50 E~~ e.
| lem is that bread VIII be extracted from wood.
IL the side of The rock of Gibraltar four huge
| reservoirs have beer cut, capable Of holding
| 5.o10G90 gallons Of vsaEer- Each tank By means
/ OF gauze wire. can be made mosquito proof, thus
| preEenting this pest prevalent Ia hot Weather.
from introducing any germs Of disease IN the
event Of siege this water would be invaluable, and
( for the present the troops and the poor VII be
/ benefited alike
! shower Of small frogs and teads fell in the
/ vicinity Of Red Hills, several miles south OF
Frederick Nd, recently. Tie phenomenon lasted
| but few moments during which it Is estimated!
that nearly 500 small fecs fell % tho eTofTrd I'D
| began hopping about The curious sight was wit
messed by several people. Nh0 described tte
/ renee a whirI~ind OF toads falling through
/ space 10 the earth
/ German doctor advises the adoption Of
hard bed and that children should be trained floru
/ the beginning to sleep upon no other-kind- Il
/ is certainly true that TIiC. the hard bed
conduees to the most refreshing kind OF Sleep the
/ feather bed dearly beloved BY grand
J mothers being enervatinc IN the extreme and
encouraging weakness OF mind IL the matter Of
/ getting up IN the morning
/ Liquid air cannot be probably used 70 prescrve
| meat, as it is IN way an sntiseptie and VIII
net kill microbes. Moreover, It is now I'VE times
I dpa-er than ice Il cannot be used for r.iafor
carriages or submarine beats. because when heated
It Is such powerful explosive that no metal yet
known could resist its shocks The public needs
to be warned against schemes fov preserving meat
or pToFelIIng motors BY liquid air
The Russian submarine boat, designed by the
engineer, SahoYeRko. which expects TO he abe
to cross the Atlantic from England to America
IN two and half days. 5 being bulk with the
utmost secrecy IN French port, says St
Petersburg correspondent The secret OF the extra
ordinary speed OF this boat lies in its peculiarly
constructed screw. The boat itself IS IN the shape
Of a double-pointed cigar II is expected that
she viii be ready in August
Under rule recently adopted BY the Board oi
Education OF New York city school children vii
no longer be allowed TO give presents to their
teachers unless the gifts shall be sent anony-
mOUsly TO the teachers homes The object Of
the new regulation is to put end 10 favoritisn
IN the public schools. charges having been made
that certain teachers were partial TO the children
of wefl-to-do parents because OF the presents
which such youngsters brought them
: singular fire occurred recently ct a dwelling
house j PHILADELPHIA Underneath the pzrlor
window was dresser upon which vas a glass
globe, which, II Is supposed, became heated
by the sun RAYS that II irnited the window cur
taiHS the flames extending the dresser. which,
with its contents. and the curtains. were de-
stroyed before the FIRE extinguished. Their s
vas fire IN the parlor crate, nor any PED
son IN the room where the fire originated
The immense steel floating dock 20 .be located
at Algiers in the State Of louisiana which V -
built al Sparroys Point Nd, by the Merriam st s
Company. Is practically completed 1t Is the iafE
and -F1r
II Is completed quite important problem arises
TO how Il shall be foated down the Atlantic
| coast into the Gulf OF Mexico. snd up the Mis-
sIsSIppi River to AtglerS- over l3-tSslC4 pounds
| Of steel have been used Ia its construction
| IN Norway it IS necessary for woman to held
certificate of proficiency IN cookery and needle
work before being allowed to marry Another
law requires that both bride and bridegroom must
/ produce certificates that both have been duly
I vaceinated- In North Dakota a recent laS pro-
vides for the appointment Of a board Of physI-
/ clans to examine the physical and msntll condl-
! ton OF applicants fer marriage licenses and to
| decide upon their fitness to enter into marriage
/ relations.
The United States annually imports nearly
million dollars worth OF dates hut It Is possible
the agricultural department believes, 10 raise ali
the dates needed IN this country. The date palm,
! although grown probably only in arid and semi
| ars1 regions. Is not in the proper sense OF the
| word a desert plant Il requires a fairly ab;Iad
the roots and at the time L delights II.
| perfectly dry and very hot climate The date
/ palm Is able to stand much more cold than an
orange tree, but not 50 much as a peach tree
| Westminster Abbey Is TO be entirely closed %
| the public fer about four months next year, and
/ all the services VIII, OF course. be suspended
during that time. Three months VIII be required
to prepare the interior Of the Abbey for the coro
/ nation ceremony, and after It has taken place
I three or four weeks VIII be occupied IN removing
all the temporary structures and other parapher-
/ naiia The whole of The stone pillars and many of
the monuments VIII be entirely incased vita
! wood which IS to be all covered with scarlet
| cloth. The coronation Is 10 take place toward
| the end OF June
| In the corridors al Windsor stands little ebony
| PEDESTAL. and on it 4 splendid casaet OF seven
| teerth century Italian work, with sides OF en-
| sraved rock crystal Within this gorgeous set
| TIM, lies wide open, on a satin cushion a little
| yrell-yvorn book Il Is General Gordon's Bible
| and Is open at the Gospel According 70 St
John Below a little plate bears an Inscription
| recording the fact that the Bible was present d
alter his death. This vas one OF the most priced
| possessions of Queen Victoria and she never
! failed 10 point II out TO visitors
Prof Dr. Eoses. the director Of the national
board OF health at Buenos Ayres- according 10
German papers. has found remedy for mos
quito bites. He states that he discovered It by
accident during his trip to Paraguay to study
the pest He had been supplied with al sorts OF
value whatever against the pe-t- hut on using,
| 1t for mosquito bites, he found II OF surprisiu.
effect II Eeutralizes te-F solsOn- even when the
spot bitten is greatly inAamed Il fresh bites are