The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
NOTES OF The DAY.

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The uavies q the world employ at present over
= million and a half Of men-
About 100000 esca year l. expended by thu
Taen % Great Britain on siIk hats
Algeria has four zgues IL which petroleum IS
found One Of them Is 70 miles ionz.
The rock Of Gibraltar has four huge reservoirs,
capable Of holding 5.0oo.0o0 gallons Of wa5eT.
Islington Is the most taickiy populssed parish
IN England having II2 persons 10 the acre Boi-
ton comes next
country. It is ~ LuEe's, erected IN IS35 and
restored IN fsaf
Two Of the Creates literary productions Of the
Chinese are dictionary q 5.09g v5lgsaes and
an encyclopedia OF =, 80 volume-
By the use Of Artesiaa wells more than twelve
million acres Of The Great sahara desert have
been made useful for raising crops
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who Sas great friend
and admirer Of the late James G. Blaine VIII i
is sid, erect monument to the deceased states
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Its.ians ovn nearly one-half Of thc. commercial
interests IN the city Of Bueaos AvTes They con-
prise about one-third Of the 10000 Inhabitants Of
that city
Few women consider that they carry zouc forty
Fifty miles 81 hair their head. Thc iair-haired
may even have to dress seventy miles % threads
Of gold every morning.
An oflcer Of the salvation Army iszs bren called
into court il Omaha 30 account for three
Ia0Hth-oid baby which ne is holding at the bar
racks N default Of a board bill
In Italy Sundays sre usually preferred for
marriages whcn The principals have never been
married before Widows. however, respect an
old custom by marrying On Saturdays
In many far Western towns saturday balloon
asceusi0nS are becoming regular features The
attraction brings farmers TO town and at least
aEe4
The air n the English Channel vsas7so clear one
day recently that the dome OF Boulogna Cattle
drsi. twenty-e5ght miles away, could be clearly
observed from Dover without de use Of glass
An electric buoy, the invention Of a German
engineer has been stationed at the mouth Of the
EIbe- The Light Is intermittent. showing every
half minute The electricity = produced by the
action OF the waves.
It viii interest many TO know that English is
the language Of the japanese Foreign ofHce IN
its intercourse with foreign dpIomatss and even
in its teIegTSphic correspondence with its own
representatives abroad
Dr. 4 Kovalevski, Professor Of Zoology in the
Imperial Academy Of Sciences Of So. Petersburg.
has started for this country With the idea OF
studying the political, social, and educational
conditions Of the United States
4 man in Ray county, No. was sure he had
ineipieRt consumption Every time he drew a
ful4 breath ne He2fu cracking SDaud. ; 0DStSE
discovered that the cracking sound wGs made b.
= small buckle on his sJspender-
The Mexican Government IS preparing 70 take
decided steps to improve the breed Of horses IN
that country. b a law. which has Just been
passed President Diaz Is empowered to enter into
contracts with persons who vii establish horse
breeding farms.
The publication OF the Transactions of the In
TernationaI Congress OF Medicine held at Paris
IS going With what the .LzncetZ calls I'm
heaTd-of-raPidity. One volume coHlss OCT every
fifteen days and the seventeen EoluHss viii con-
tain 1900 copies
The largest lightning conductor II the world
IS IN Bavaria The top OF 1t Is some-yards above
the meteorological station on the Zagspitze, the
highest point OF land in the German Empire
II runs down the side OF the mountain 20 body
OF running water The length Of the rod IS
three and oBe-bah miles
a New YORK man. who has entered suit to re-
cover damages OF account of injuries, received by
an electric shock while attempting to cross the
Metropolitan street railway tracks, asked
while on the witness stand how he felt when the
shocE struck him 1T was Just ike big bundle
OF needles had been thrown into me
1t IS PERHAPS. raSher curious thing that though
the Hing Of England IS such excellent judge
Of hor=eiesh, it Is years since he has driven
himself. Neither he nor the Duke of Cornwall
mas ever -ii)tsn feaili4A tysNdi4 tiaL7 bt4ANr
and 1t is not Hkeis that the King will be seen
driving his own equipage about London
In twenty Of the States OF the couBtry at vari-
Gus times in recent years, the adoption Of pro-
hIbition amendments 10 state constitutions has
been submitted TO the voters, aad tie aggregate
vote in favor OF compulsory prohibition vas
$4,000. But the total vote ioF an& Prohibition
candidate for the Presidency has never exceeded
555. 900
This is the season For an immigration Of organ
grinders Many OF these purveyo7s ef music for
the million VIII leave Italy for London before
the end OF the present month. where they viii
remain until the end Of Seqtember- returning
then to beautiful Italy where they VII live lux
uTieusIy the profits OF the summer pilgrimage
for the following t..gee-quarters of year
In the prohibition States OF Maine there Is a
little whisky flask. which some folks say Is quite
popular This pigmy denij0hn Is known as the
saudpecn. Il Is shaped Ike the s2RdpIpeT.
bird which Is nearly all stomach and head Zach
aask contains two ounees-about one drink
sherif-s officer in Portland recently found 8 load
Cd ''sandpeeps' n the pockets Of Peddief-
On sand island IN Dublin Bay new kind Of
mouse has been found It resembles the ordinary
mouse in all except its color which is that Of the
sand and the natuTaIiSts attribute that Pecu-
Tfarftr to an interpositi0n Of nature Tor is pro-
lection from the owls and hawks On the island
Il Is supposed that they are the descendants Of
rastaway mice and that the protective coioTdttot
Is gradually acquired result Of their surround
ings
The famous madhoJise IN Lambeth Road, known
as the BethIem Hospital. which cockneys always
speak Of a. Beis-al IS 70 be closed, and its un-
haDrv inmates distributed among the various
sSvTl1-,s OF the c11skirts OF London The Struc-
f1lre Is an imposing one, built IN imitation o.
the Louvre IT Paris. and II ) S~id tis Ffehch
King OF the day greatly auT7rted al re
plea Of MS palace being used as nome iof 1hs
insane
There has been no little scare in some quarters
concerning the number of IePers IN this county,
The greater number Of these uafortunzteS are
located in Louisiana and principally Italians
Very few are reported from other sections and
vhIIC there Is no doubt that persons aIricIe1
With the terrible nalady OF Ieprosy should be put
advance in the ffI-e and healthy regions OF ths
American contineTt--
A Connecticut man, who went into retirement
when he found that he was afflicted with the
smallpox. could not resist the temptation OF
taking an airing when tle circus came to town
and having funds sufficient 10 get admission TO
the sI-Yw went into the tent and enjoyed himself
much more than others around the ring would
have done had they known that there was N their
com any one afflicted with the dire Halady every
| one - so afraid Of
| japanese dolls are usually most elaborate and
gorccousv attircd for the prEResly families keep
| these toys and pass thcua down to their descend
ants. The brocaded silks for the doll robes are
snecislIv woven in miniature patterns on small
| looms The wooden dolls are often beautifully
carved and cnaInelcd. Besides the dolls them
selves the japanese toys include the most wonder