The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

has a population ~ $4,000 people.
TIE total yearly mortality among English chill
dren, 7FIzg 90 IRE accidents. Is l.70o.
Philadelphia was the 6rst city 20 issue d.
rectory, its first edition coming cat Ia l5s5.
Abyssinil is apparently progressive; a trolley
Ab5ehs and Addis-Halerr-
Labor in the south is in great demand. and
the negroes are better paid than they have ever
been ~ their lives before
Pupils in the schools Of Ssxony are required
Co commit Co memory 81 Biblical verses and 1913
verse ot HYMNS IN addition % the catechisu-
A farmer living not ,sr from Portland tells a
funny request that two women made o. him not
long ago re ssys that they called a he house
and ASKED him 90 remove his COWS from the
pasture 50 that they could pick blueberries-
Tho kitchen Of the shah Of Persia is the most
valuable in che world Even the cooking pots
are lined with gold and the plate and dishes
used az the royal table are Of solid gold
crJsted with precious stones
During recent strike in Tampa. Pa. posse
Of citizens vas formed declared that the prosper
ity Of tle city should not b. harmed. sezed the
strike leaders locked them up, and then took
them out Of town, and Ind thea, no one knows
where
A Naples laboratory reports a singular case Of
reversal Of habit in certain aquatic plant. when
the leaves Of tins plant were burned in the sand.
stems and leaves and the buried portions devel-
Cpcd roots
DT. Keith an English specialist. slys that
the result Of studying the ears Of more than 90
co people. including 500 criminals and 200 in
sane persons besides those q 30 animals he Is
forced 90 conclude that the ears give Us no clue
% personal traits.
A Rockland, Ne, Vheelnan left bis bicycle
standing outside his place % business a few
hfr ii faaf - a
tho machine he found that some one had IN
screwed the rear wheel, taken Of the pneumatic
the and then replaced the wheel
At Derby. Conn., the other day a leading pas
Tor ran madly through the village and disap-
peared in the woods. A swarm Of hornets had
no~ted in the clerEyman's rural free delivery
mail box Two miles away the chase came % an
end By the pastor plunglng into the reservoir
IN China there = no regular standard Of dis
tance. Standards vary in the different provinces
Of the Empire the chih, or unit Of length.
ryIBg from nine % siXtefn inches IN different
q English mil- % mile and tEree-gI1Etsrs
according 20 the province
The Roman Catholics Of Holme. in Huntingdon
shire. England. live IN a scattered parish ex-
tending over vide area To enable them 70
attend divinee worship floating church i 5o7sd
along the extensive canal system Of the district.
stopping AZ a different station each sunday L
D. hat-5ottOued lighter the interior beng
thirty feet long. and the height only seven feet,
owing 20 the lOWness Of the canal bridges
A magnificent oak tree at Athens. Ca not only
owns itself, but possesses other property Il Wzs
owned many years ago by Col ". Il. Jackson,
who IN his childhood. played around il massive
trunk, and ~ later years grew % love u almost
A. be would h-s own child Fearing that after
his death the old oak would fzll into the hands
Of persons Vh0 would destroy Z, he recorded
deed conveying to the tree entire possession q
itself and Of all the and within eight feet II 1t
on all sides
Posters and advertising signb0ards IN Belgium
are subject 10 a State stamp tax, which varies
according % the size Of the poster or sign
board, the minimum tax being cent, says
Brussels correspondent This minimum tax j. ap-
piled 10 posters and sign5car-s the size q which
Il not above 2Uiz incLes In length BY 1914 inches
IN width; for every two inches square additional
tax Of one-hfJh % cent Is levied The sum
total Of state taxes on posters and sIgn5oarcs
amounted IN lss5 70 SaO,25l-
Another big slice Of trade in Great Britain
has Just been captured By America IN the
shape Of contract By an American company
to supply fewer that 10000 Of their low
grade watches sold Al about shlllIngs each.
the watches are expected % become very pop
uiar, and a further supply Of 10000 i being
arranged The output Of the American factory
l. $3.50 day lie contract vii anect the
German, French, and SWISS Estchnakers father
than British WOrkmen-
Speaking Of the new steamship Celtic, which
has Just made her maiden voyage across the
Atlantic, the London EXpress' says Let Sho
VIII have the 'reeords,' paper triumph q
stolen seconds iEom the time table, achieved az
the cost Of OyerSOTked engines and sq1andered
coal Let-us Keep the more permanent good OK
ships that are safe and speedy and homs-y- Cross
ing tie Atlantic. after all. is not like q yacht
race, and Il Is better . spend seven days II lux
uricus rest than sI1 days IN q nsHI " sJOkers
against time
The hot spell led the -'EIdorado KAN Repgy-
lean TO make the foII0sIng remarks: III took
the country many centuries 20 develop breech-
eIout race. and, nov that have driven the
original inhabitants UuI. Il : N order for u 10
live Is they lved-r0 barefoot. barele-ged- and
bare headed ILls climate T. not suited 70 ctotn-
ing. and never Was-1-o We must 90 hack % first
principles Adam AID Eve were DOUBTLESS born
right here IN Kansas. We have always maintained
that TINS j. the original Garden oI Eden And,
IN order 90 get the full benefit OF tins glorious
climate. must live As our nrsr parents lived
Names woods aretkuovn Of al men. but few
realize that, vast and deep they are, they
exceed seyea-f5ld the -ent Of the ''Black For
est of Germany. and cover nearly one-haH O.
10000 aeresl Of the area oi the state Hidden
within tnC-- shaded VIlls. the home OF the
Moose. Americas greatest game animal, there
more than :. so lakes, comprising o1e-hith
81 the surface Of the State Their pure, pe.lucld
waters taifly lJuud in hsh Of many kinds In
only Jhree OF four spots on this globe may one
find M the same area an equal number Of lakes
and ponds Combined they represent a water
surface Of $50 E--sTe mile From these suurces
tlW GOO rivers an~ streams
The worlds straugest railways are 70 be found
principally in India. America, Switzerland, and
Ireland The loop at agony Point on the
Darcyling Railway, India. is thought 20 be the
-4arpesy curve IN the world; while Mount Riga,
in Switzerland has no fewer that three railways
% its summit. When the JU1gfrlu Railway Is
completed il vii be the most remarkable one
.u the world Its highest station Vii be +, 60
feet above sea level Of American railways the
timber trcStie. over which tte tram has 20 pass
ia crossing chaSIu Is 50 curved that the line Is
made tap inUarCiy, and the sensation : terrible
Go the Traveller on faS. train. while m Ireland
there Is curious slngle-lne railway At Listo|eL
on july 2 the Roosevelt Hospital. Of Sew York.
CsIIed on the LocOmoblle Company for assistance
ia their ambulance department Owing 20 the
excessive heat the horses Of the hospital had
given out and IL was found impossible 70 ans
,s,r calls A surrey sent them did excellent work
bringing in cases Of heat prostrati0n. From II
until . O'Clock one steam carriage brought in
eighteen CASES During the entire day the car
The carriage was IN service as late Il O'Clock
that night. On July the Roosevelt Hospital
S.aIu called on the same company. and two car
ragcS were used instead q one. These two
chimes practically attended 90 the entire 4mbu-
au,e service. the horses having been completely
exhausted
OticiaI reports published in the number Of
The Argentine Demographic Bulletin for tae
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