The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-30
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

ough'y with less
Liverpool boasts the biggest us-eh5us. in the
world Dc Is 725i5 feet long. les feet wide and
rs feet hlgh. and Is built alongside the docks
ri ls intended Oh store the Imported tobacco.
There are now in bond sr Liverpool 5000 Eocs-
heads ct tobacco. weighing 5000 tons
IN Harala-aiez, in che shatIznds. A u.haIeboae
Viking drinking horn tn good condition was
found recently iu grave chat contained r-.-,s-
bones. together vf-h ff-za ID 49,. go -
The grave Is probably that OF q SEA King buried
with bis horse and dlE in the tim. af Hsr1Id
H4riagr, q thousand years ago.
A SoGtheU Kansas editor was recently rs,rsst-
ed hy the Ladies Aid Society 81 one az the
churches 90 print a notice concerning. an enter
JaLaneHt WHICH the good sisters called spider
Ns' Nlelll me paper came ont the next morn
head a spindle Leg Social
Attached 90 the door Of the parish church o.
sale. near Fauhlm. England. IS the following
notice BE in time Gene straight into church
kneel GovH- Do nor look around every rsme the
lo1r orens- stand up directly the hymns are
given our DO not whisper 10 your neighi8r
Keep y1u~ thoughts hUcd.'
Jar-s Ne-idy, Of Barbou-viIle Ky has proved
that No I2 Is no more unlucSy than ans other
number lie VAS divorced frofn bis thirteenth
wife October l5 and ma NED his folrteeHti one
Lolf E-er- Aerley = forty years Old and IN
wives are dead and nine have been divorced
Tie British possessions in Worth America and
the West Indies are larger than the territory %
The United states of America. including Porto
hie' and ALASKA On the North American Con-
tlnent alone hing Edwards u1sses.ioHs are
nearly 5000 square miles larger than th1-e %
Sae lnlt.l states and taking In the West In
dies ard Newfoundland, more than 10000 square
miles larger
A prehistoric town near AdichanaUa-. India
proves to have been Of large size. end promises
10 yield an Extraordinary variety Of interesting
objects More than 100 acres have been reserved
Tor exploration. while che remains are found con-
slcer1llF beyond that area About l. SO curious
Objects 1f bronze iron and pottery have been un-
e1rtaed already. together with seven ovai-shaped
crnlrne1ls Of pure sold
Chemistry holds many secrets. some Of which.
vheu they are discovered. win not b. found out
tJ- the first time Among those IS -fs substance
which formed such terribly elective weapon
against tsers hostile 20 the Greezs. and which
N2s known as GreeS Ere Nothing kuoau ar the
present time Vli do what this Substance was
reported 90 do. namely. 90 set fire 90 ships when
brought INTO contact with water
Nearly halt century ago the experiment OF
putting horse meat on the market was made for
the first time in Austria A Government decree
o; April 3D. 1854. gave legal permission 20 cut
up and serve horse meat an article % food.
During the rest q that wear and ID IS55 Qss
horses were slaughtered for food In Vienna. the
number rose in lS98-the last wear tor which
statistics are obtain4bis-to q. $40 head.
Turk holds that the day begins exactly At
sunset At that time he sets his clocks and
watches AZ the hour q p As the sun has the
same habits in presiding over Turkey that he
exercises with regard % other countries. II nav
easily De seen that this system of reckoning time
neces-itates setting the clocks every day.
watch which could run for weeks without gain
ing Of losing a minute would be Of no special
value % the Turk
sam Jones. in one Of his sermons. took women
70 task for spending more tine in priuEinz than
IN PRAYING IF there's a woman here" he
screamed finally. who prays more thar she
priuks. let her stand up' one poor ola 2 5e5
specimen o. feIuininiry, in the soriest sbab-
blest ~ clothes arose You spend more time
praying than prinzinss'' asked the preacher tax
InE her All IN The poor old creature said she
oit-prared su the tirae- prluked no- az all
You 90 straight home - adm0nished Jones and
put little tz-ee on your p-inking-'
As is wen known. certain species Of snaI form
a favorite dish with French eou-mets. and the
cultivation Of these land mollJsca Is conducted
on large scale IN the outlying suburbs g Paris.
particularly I'm the department q Acbe. where
there are large snail gardens, with pianutions
~ thyme mint. PAISLEY. and ehervil for the ami
mails Co feed on When a Frenchmal takes snails
Wild hr leaves them. If praient few DAYS %
digest their last meal for there IS current
belief that they may be dangerous Il they have
recently fed on poisonous plants
sleeper Is one who sleeps: and a sleeper Is
saloon carriage on railway train in which the
sleeper sleeps; and sleeper Is a tie under the
rails On which the slefr=r IN which the sleeper
sleeps D. run- Vow. then when the SLEEPER
sleeps in the sleeper that Is carried over the
sleeper under the sleeper in which the sleeper
sleeps. the sleeper sleeps IN the sleeper until the
sleeper in which -he sleeper sleeps jumps Of the
sleeper. and Vakes the sleeper in the sleeper BY
humping against the sleeper until there Is not
aTsar
which the sleeper sleeps
One % the special correspondents ~ the Lon
don Timcs' who was IN China during the re-
cent disturb8ucss- writes 20 that Journal % de-
tlud the East Indian troops against the charges
o. IlCfiiciauCy and misconduct made IN Germany
and elsewhere he declares that. uith one or
Two exceptions. which were severely punished.
they uere absolutely innocent % the 0urra-ss
anu '..t.--57 @---- :" ,.--i-- 80 iie-A ut'efrAl-
upon eStern Christianity Their personal kind
ness toward the defeuselesz Chinese. especially
the women and children contributed greatly he
SaES. 90 the restoration Of confidence among the
NATIVES throughout the British area % cccupa-
ton
The Swiss girl Il taught 70 be humble and
practical from the moment when. al four. she
enters the infants school. until at eighteen.
uhea she returns finished IRON pension There Is
absolutely no difference between the treatment
Of che masses and the CLASSES They sit together
a. school. are taught the same subjects by the
saue masters receive the sane pUnishmenrs and
che same praise Little cares the daughter q
Ilo millionaire D. her bosom friend f. the ill-ll-
ter of her own fathers CUICtmIn, they have been
brought Up together. and remain together WITH
Cut let or hIndranCe- The Swiss girl Is never
ashamed q being seen al her work. De that W0-S
Of the most humble description
A smart piece % work was accoupI Rhed or
board the steamship Titania during voyage
from Cape Town 20 Monrevideo- When nineteen
DAYS out she lost her propeller. and WAS helpless
in "a somewhat ulf7egucutet track 81 the Atlantic
-Sh- carried spare propeller and effort
az once made o. ship IT, by o1ilsStlnE forward
che stem was raised out Of the water, and after
nine hours work the new propeller was iu pace.
Tie vessel arrived lt Nouteyideo without further
EliShaD and Il was found that the work was
done SD satisfactorily that she Was able 90 pro-
te-l with q CARO- "a Continental port and
thence 90 Barry without further repairs
A. ceusrsry. near the village Of Hamburg.
New York, there Il in process % erection vault
which bears unique inscription The vault IS
heiag constructed % receive the remains q
James A. Tavlar q HAMBURG q man who holds
stiU LIVING. hut evidently desires 20 DO as much
toward lhC disposition Of his remains be can
when living Carved In stone on the vault I'm
conspicuous place IS the following address. issued
% the visitor no the vault- .'No orthodox fend.
With eiuveI foot and t4rhed tIIl. wiN ever be
seen lu this pleasant vale Ny fate YOU wish %
know D ana the same as was millions Of years
sEo-MATIER-'
OIL as fuel is coming into use IN California as
q means for saving ,le forests The d ain ON the
forests Tor fuel In recent years has been alarm
Ing Wherever coal was not available cord wood
was tEe fuel. and this VAS particularly the ease
WIKI All dee interior industries IN parts 90 the
state ~ distance from se8p1r-s and other
sources ui coal supply For these as wen as for
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