The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-20
NOTES OF HE DAY.

| Of the Emperor Of Germany.
| western AUstralia's fresh water rivers are, IN
many parts, being stocked with English trout.
Bananas. with purple leaves and sscsIless fruit
have been introduced into British conservat9ries-
In Italy every commune with more than 50
| lhhaDitants must have separate schools ior boys
| View south Wales attaches the death penalty %
! setting IRE % a dzeIIinz house knowing that a
| person is there.
| No British ship may carry a deckload Of timber
INTO British port between tic last day % Octo-
| Der and April Is
IN China liquids are sold By weight and grain
| bF measure The tH8amdn buys souv bv the
| pound and cloth b. tlIe foot
Very few walters in German hotels and restsu-
rants live their wzges- They depend rriucf-
paily On ffss for their existence.
I've can eat you, but we cannot sleep you p" Is
common saving with London hostesses when the
supply OF sleeping ro0ms Is limited.
The Portuguese universities hive resolved to
send deputati0us Of professors and students 70
attend the jubilee Of Glasgow University
Germany's Reichstag has been in existence just
thirty years Only four members Of the first
Reictsrag have seats IN The present oHe-C:Fsf
hoIapesch, Eugcn Richter, Dr. Lieber. and BcbeI.
4 new insect has appeared in California IN time
20 devour the eggs Of The countless red spiders
the most welcome invasioHs o; its character that
can be imagined.
4 unique feature OF Honolulu Dwellings Is the
provision made for lighting the exterior as vel
as the interior Electric lansus are sat IN the
masonry OF the waIs. thereby throwing 4 relec-
tisn both inside and the lawns where the
residents spend most q their nights
An historic pair Of pistols has been inherited
by Mr. Pierce NlaIssny. ez-Nember Of Parliament.
weapons were used in the Waterloo year By Daniel
OC0uReH IN the duel ne fought with D EsterTe
IN which the latter was fnortaliy wounded
Gustav Kern, New York brusIr1aIer. has
made Hfe-size portrait Of George Washington
in bristles Of various coloFs taking Stuz-t's eele-
brated painting for model The hristie picture
Is said to be quite work OF art. It Is on ex-
hibition in the window Of a Pearl Street store.
Otis Eddy, OF Rockford, III, has Just celebrated
the sGyenty-iith anniversary Of his initiation as
a Master Mason: He was initiated into Friend
ship Lodge, 2. and 4 NJ. at Chepactet, R l. On
May 20, 1926 He passed the degree 81 fellow
craft on June L. and was raised TO degree Of
Master Mason On the same date.
ThgTHs OfhciaI Directory fer 1851. shows the
number Of Irish-z2eak1ng people IN Ireland to be
6f9,I5j, Of whom 3s19Z speak Irish only. There
are fourteen counties n which there are no per-
sons who speak Irish exclusively. and there are
oiE ND3IIlCs II e4Cn o. which there less than
ten persons speaking Irish only
In town in Kansas there Is Sunday school
superintendent whose temporal vocation Is run
ming q dry goods store On q recent Sunday he
carefully explained the lesson and then said:
Does any one wish 10 ask question: l do,
Mr. Barnes SAID little girl II great excite
Inent: how mach Is those little red parasols
IN Your show wind0wg'
In the Rhine vineyards one Of the methods Of
protecting the vines against froses n May IS to
put paper bags around taem ever night. It Is
not new feature Amateur gardeners n this
locality often do the same thing TO their fewer
beds when HiSh>s become cold The difference
being that they cover them with newspapers IN
stead Of putting paper RightcaPs on them
Danish IsItJer maker has discovered new
preseryative- which it Is claimed, ezcels every
thing in thai iiRe heretofore known By means
OF the preparation It IS possible to preserve but
ar, meats, and all kinds OF peTisliable uzerehan-
disc Experiments slsozF that butter for in
stance. can be preserved. melted. and cooled OF
again without losing any OF It's freshness.
Westminster Abbey Is to be illuminated WITH
electricity Gas has been used for Z long time
as illuminant IN the Abbey. but the gas sets
Up a chemical change IN Ihe limestone which IS
followed by disiHtegration and a few weeks ago
d small marble shaft fsI: from one Of the win
dows in St Andrews chapel the iron pin which
had sustained 1t Tor so years having become cor
roded.
It is great mistake TO suppose that the
British sea power overwheIFHs that Of all Tux
fest Of the world What il NAY have been IN the
past Is II no respect comparable to what It IS at
present, when every nation on the earth as pay
ing attention to the construction OF great na7Ies
50 far as Englaud's railway system Is concerned
i Is in no respect comparable with that Of
America
Miss Gertrude ssiiliFan is teaching tn smallest
school in lake county IL It Is located st Ere
mont Centre and has an attendance Of one pupil
Ordinarily there Is an attendance OF thirty or
forty scholars but they have dropped out to do
spring work OF the farms until only sne girl Is
LETT Hiss Sullivan was hired for the full year,
and so draws her usual salary and holds school
an hour and half daily for the lone pupils
benefit
Sarah Grand has been deIighting British au-
dienees IN her new capacity as 4 lecturer Miss
Grand was born in Ireland Her father was Ed
ward J. Clarke. a lieutenant n the RoyaI Navy,
and her mother the granddaughter Of Robert Bell
II EurubIeton House Yorkshire The future au-
-hoT married ~ sixteen 10 Lieut.. Col Neral,
brigade surgeon IN TIE army Who died IN 1888
As the wife OF the army surgeon Miss Grand trGv-
aIcd through the East generally
Ordinary hot-wzter bathing Is 4 national in
sritution in Japan. In 1850 there were over 80
Pubic tfttitS IT NdS Ea--uiAsG4
100000 persons baffed daily at cost of about
l hsIfpe4lHy with reduction for children. Other
cities and villages throughout Japan similarly
provided xiJh public baths Every respectable
rouse too. has It's bathroom The water Is
heated to about 10 degrees Fahrenheit Some
If the springs reach 80 degrees
John Thompson Of Ottawa had finger an
1utated the other day j. the result Of putting
chemicals on 4 zart@ ssys tie kansas City
Journal And there viii he but little public
j rnfathy vzGA Mr.. Thompson The idea OF put
ing chemicals on wart. when everybody knows
hat the scientific way 70 remove warts Is 10
ouch them with the cizzsrd OF chicken and
hen bury the gizzarI ~ the ieft-saad corner OF
he grave OF a politician, sIying- Ike Loves
Ike cone like take HEe- "
The approaching miIlcnnidI concentration Of
Alfred the Great lends special interest ts the
state Of WirkIe3yI.ry Hampshire. England, WHICH
cntsins the welI-knovu circular camp said to
ave formed Il stronghold Of Alfred Excavations
uSI made by Reginald smith, Of the British Aiu-
cum have brought to Light fragments OF ancient
n the dUtEEun ~ last ytS- and On both occasions
ones Of extinct animals have been discovered,
howing traces OF FIRE probably Sacriicial-
As an illustration of wealth among indians It
: officially stated that the homes Of the --ast
progressive 0sases compare favoratIy with TIE
yveljings Of white people OF equal wealth Their
ONES are richly furnished uith carpets and mod
m furniture and n many homes there are
iauos. upou which thu l5srdinS-sch0oI training
1 tbe daughters las taught them % perform
Io7-eS and carriages are not 1nfTeq1ent. and
loTI-h the automobile has not Vet made is ap-
-1.fH ffr Es1 I'M