The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05
NOTES OF The DAY.

cided that i1 future %. oath % obedience taken
by women. n The marriage service. viii BE-
optional
The Empire Co which Victoria aeeedsd a.
Queen in l-35 covered 0ue-sixth % thc .4ud o.
the world that oi hing Edward covers nearly
One-iourth-
of the worlds i've great gold producing ter
ntrrlc- Russia alone remains LU-rHGrta-ive. Hrr
gold output lS HoT practically the same a. %
was twenty years ago.
EaH-ss C5ty papers contain an account Of
three farmers beng arrested there While 10 hting
over the possession of an idle man, whom each
wanted for farm hand
Recent discovery 10 Jerusalem proves that
the ancient aqueducr which brought water from
Bethlehem through the Hian4h VALLEY, thought
90 Dc the work ot Herod, was hulG by the Pm
peror SeyeruS. 1875 A. ID. Inscriptions % that
effect have been found
Tie Geological Museum Of the University Of
Rome has Just been enriched by a collection Of
birds caught during the voyage Il the Hing and
Queen. two wears ago. 90 SPItzbe-g- Several Pen
gums. aibatross, and goeIands have been stuffed
by the Queen herself
The strange power Of volcano was SHOWN in
the last eruption Of VessIvius, when mass q
rock weighing thirty tons vas projected HiEh
above the crater To do this, according % an
italian profpSs0r the volcano eXerted force q
nearly 200 horsepower
At the present time Europe probably turns out
about 5O.OI0.0oo Iuatehes DAY and the United
St3Ies twice that quantity. Fifty r=iIiion feet
% 1Hber are consumed annually IN this country
alone by the matchmakers. and vet not over
5000 people are employed in The industry
An illustration Of the growing demand for
athletic clerEyUCu was recently given by
English country crIrate. who received notice 90
Though unexccpi ionabIe in other respects his
vicar declared tiat what this parish really
needs is q good. fast bowler, with break from
the Of"
Pans leads the world in dressrn5king- Il is
estimated that there are 5000 prisons en-
pIoyed in The dressmakiug establishments q the
cItF, and D. one includes the workers Vho de-
SEu and make the materials used hy the dress
makers, about I.40010 persons are engaged IN
the struggle % satisfy w0man's love Of chf-
fous.
The Russian Government recently laid down
the first plates for the new bartleship Siava.
vessel o.: the same type as the Knisz SJrvarov-
planned. is four I2-inch- twelve 6-inca. and
twenty l3-1oGUdrT guns There may b. change
made ~ the latter. hosever, for the admiralty
- considering the sdvishilIty Of Introducing the
s-inch gun for her secondary battery
Bozeman and in fact the whole Of GaIlatin
county. Mont is afflicted with a scourge Of dan
deliCTs- They are % be seen in ever garden.
and in nearly every field in the county. In the
sumr7eT the little globes Of fluffy. cCtton-iike
subs nce containing the seeds a. the dandelion.
float through the air and alight IN every nook
and corner No matter how poor the soil the
dandciion A0urlshes-
In the little Dutch city Of Leiden the mu-
nicipaI-ty itself manages the public advertising
and frees the picturesque canal-cut streets
from unkempr hoardings- The city erects al the
principal corners and by the canal bridges boards
a neat and attractive design for public notices
~r~~r
or washing awav the bills, the boards are sur
mounted by ornamental woodwork. and the adj
vertisiuS Is thus not only kept il bounds. but
Is made almost artistic.
on. one Of the pages OF an old diary, dated
1882. this recipe for a Temperance hot-we4ther
drink uas found in the handwriting Of wcfnan.
Put SIX quarts O. water on the FIRE. add 20
IL three-guarrtrs a an ounce o. hops and half
an ounce a. bruised ginger; let boil for thirty
minutes Next pur IN tAree-qu1rters q pound
&C brown sugar boil for ten minI5es more. then
strain and bottle vhiie hot, or, which takes less
time. put the liquor in a caSk Il NAV be drunk
soon IS 10 Is cold Keep in q cool place Ths
cost Is o cents gallon"
Al the Alpine clubs Of Europe have just
agreed To a uniform SET Of danger signals
drafted BY the French Alpine Club for use b.
rscuutaiu-cliubers IN peril szys a Paris cor
respondent Signals Of distress are % be given
By shouting. wI-stlluc- waving handserChiefs-
or firing guns during the day, and b. lanters
or other lights az night A signal repeated SIX
times indicates extreme peril and lis return
three times by the receiver signifies that its
meaning has been understood. -
Country folk are armIy Of the opinion that che
tumble bug lGeotrypes stercorarigsJ Is an ex-
ceIlent barometer. and that IT takes flight only
when a season q tlr weather Is coming NJ
PADRE. a French naturalist has Investigated the
question thoroughly, and E2s come % the con-
ciuS.Cu th-t this insect j.. IN ACT more sensi-
tive than the best I4romet-r=, aud that 10 czn
veriJah!y be- used 90 predict tine weather L Is %
changes of electric tension that the insect :
sensitive Whether the American variety IS
likely % De useful IN weather prediction Is re-
specially referred 90 our Weather Bureau for in
yc~tI--tloH-
Petroleum has been known from ancient times
u VAS put Co praetical Use as a fuel IN the re-
eiou around the Caspian Sel much earlier than
elsewhere Under the name Of '-Sicilian OH IL
was burned in lamps IN Rome in the DAYS q
Pliuy- To entered into Use IN the arts in China
centuries ago, and was discovered by the early
settlers N Canada and the United States As
trSt known petroleum came from springs, and
among It's first USES. apparently learned from
the North American Indians was its employment
a. a medicinal agent % cure rheumatism and
neuralgia.
Native industries for women in the West
take the form Of siIk-worm raising and six
recling in Utah and fax cultivation in Non
tana- In the mountains Of North Carolina the
girls and women aye learning 90 grow uadder
end indigo from which % produce vegetable
dyes FOR their weaving Weaving Is a recos-
nized branch o. study in Berea college hen
tvckv where the Young girls are taught 20
spin and weave fabrics that ind a ready mar
kCJ IN the North - exquisite u the lace
making Cf women IN Florida. and 80 profitable
their industry the United States nav some day
rank a lace-I1king country
simple device has been put into practice
scr .-truiHs up or restoring the original SYM
uetricaI shape 10 railway carriage wheels, and
IL is said 20 have been attended with con-
siderable Success 1t consists Of b-ase shoe,
which Is formed with pockets SLED with
grinding material When a wheel becomes fat
shoe and replace 10 with the "truin=' shoe.
run the carriage and do the brahing As usual
Il has been almost a custom. owing to the
difficulty Of obtaining a divorce in Canada. for
citizens uHliappiiy married % go % the United
States and obtain divorce after a few months
residence Returning 90 Canada. some Of these
have remarked iu the belief that the divorce vas
81. IlL Na,e the decision 0f the House Of Lords
in F-El RUssCU's ease Is that only British courts
auuul marriage contracted under British
law A. police officers crown ATTORNEYS. and Ak
grieved persons can LAP Information IN bigany
cases tine lot 81 those who have remarked on
the strength % United States divorces viii not De
O. happy should decisions here follow that
~ THE House of Lorts Sore families. Il "a
thought, viii take time by the f0rel0ck and
migrate 20 the United States
When Leicester Ha1ulSyyorth was 1uakiu- his
canvass in CaitlnezS. beiola the recent British
Pariamcntarv election. he ran across a red-Iead-
cd croftcr who felt sore against politicians IN
general As Mr.. Harmsworth approached he
waved him Of ''Ee ueedua come here. SIR" he