The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

me duty on bicycles which was introduced
in France in Isa3 yielded an income last year
Of nearly $4,000 francs
France is the only country in Europe vhieh
Hla shown increase in her wheat acreage dur
iEs ,a- past twelve months
JaPane-e cotton mills have no advantage over
American mills. despite the ilrt thar the average
lll-y wages Cor men is IS cents and women
cents
The coal 6s-ls OF the south cover 90 900 square
miles and are seven times AS large as those %
Great Britain. France. German and Belgium
combined
Toronto sha1seepers arc complaining o. the
number Of counterfeit bills offered there. some
Of tne lnited states currency and nary Of Ca
madam hlHsu1lez
A German firm has perfected and obtained con-
troll ~ a beer tlHoid-l small tablet that
dropped into glass Of water viii turn it into
beer as fresh as DO just drawn, 10 is asserted
Bussis's Asiatfe possessions are three times
greater IN area than those q England but their
population is~ but 100000. as compared Uith
rhe 100000 under British rule
Statistics collected in Germany showed that
more than - Per cent % the cases q consIuD-
tioH co1.d be traced 70 the habitual breathing
q dust tainted with injurious substance
sleepy grass Is found in New Mexico. Trvas.
and siberil- I, has a Iaost injurious effect on
horses and sheep. being a strong narcotic or
se,iarIve. and causing profound sleep or stupor
lasting tNeurv-t'ur 90 torty-cIght hours
John McCmiy has Just completed his fftieth
year as engineer on the Mickizan Central, and.
although seventy years % age makes daily tHps
between Michigan City and Jackson, is miles
a recently discovered catalogue Of the library
% Madame Pompaiour. which was sold at auc-
tion in 1908. euumerates 2sS theological works.
% legal 81 pertaining % natural history, 3-f3l
90 5elles-iettres- and f.ss2 historic works
The Pos-ofHce Department has let a contract
earvinE the mails between the po-t0fice and
suh,tatilus. and making collections from the
letter boxes IN the business section Of the city
OF I22 horses purchased recently in Clnltl
for British army use. all but hiry were rejected
on examination in Toronto because they exceeded
u hands ~ inches in height. the limit which
new orders from the Var Once have placed for
acceptance
MIGUEL. the late German Minister % Finance.
was frequently rerr-zrated in the comic operas
as a SORT af 1ct7rus holding in one arm a big
uraav bag. and trying with hundred other
arms. Co crab al the gold thar was not SET IN
that bag
q summer county Ean- man who had a
usizhbor arrested fas Islander suare 20 the fol-
I1Eiuz affIavit- ID hereby s5IsunIy swear that
the defendant SO ur0n me- calling me lob
,ts-. pluuer- a sclre-rCU- and an IlI0t- al q
which I certify to De true
According 90 the London Lancet" too much
bathing is harmful. as IL tends 20 '-nacerEtioa
Of the superficial part q the epidermus which Is
TOO frequently removed. and occasions probably
too rapid prolite-a-i0n Of the cells Of the
nsalIishiau layer
The Chairman OF the Berlin Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty 70 Animals is trying TO
persuade the Berlin Town CoUcU 90 levy a tax
on cats The municipality already imposes tie
sum % 2js per anuum on a dog. but hitherto
cats have been exempt
All mills in Japan run dav and night and
change hands ar noon and midnight. The vast
majority Of naiU workers are children. who work
eleven hours at l0E wages in one mill a.
Osaka 2600 workers are unde. 6iteen years o.
age and operate only 800 spindles-
Farmers about Cortland Y Y, q prohibition
district. were puzzled TO End that their hands
got drunk without any visible liquor supply They
finally discovered that the employees had tapped
the silo for the juice Of the green c1rusrllzs.
but most terrible
There are thirty High Streets in London. a.
though many others have been renamed There
are elc-en s. Johns Roads and nine St. James
Places Eleven Queen >-rea-s S-IlI exist, although
rhirrr-rhrCe have been renamed. and 1freen King
streets remain out % the original dity-three-
The S. LuLe's Society. o. Chicago has bought
Abraham Linc1In's birthplace. a arm o. 10
acres. near HodEeuSyile. Ky. and intends 70
turn &c into iuehriate a-v iu-u- They say q
win be a memorial 90 Lincoln. and the great
est Temperance project ever undertaken m this
country
The French military authorities ere uakiaz use
Of an ingenious invention 90 protect their car
rier pigeons against HAWKS The apparatus c91-
-s~rs af very tiny whistle and screw attached
t0 the pigeon. whose fight causes r1e screE
b. -arrIve ana bow the whistle The nose
sCl-es away the enemy
The British are The largest drinkers OF beer
Tll. .rsantr-v of By absorbed IN I715 amounted
o. lbs. 5000 ll5I1uS. OF not much Tess than
DDS U.1. 500 CIhic teer- In other words. the con
tents Gf a reservoir z,ll1 feet long, L119 feet
wide AMI IOi feet deep
To have the right @, keep a retail tobacco
and cigar store En- France Is considered priv
ia-p worth working for, and DC is sand tist
a4.-v .rzr-e % ministry - sure 90 give al
opportunity 20 the exercise OF the aU1olnrIye
power af the Government which acsn-lts me
number of r5ta.l tobacco dealers
There Is case on record where an amateur
actor said he could play King Lear after
weeks study sarah B-rHh1rI- rehear~sd so
times IN the role oE Cleopatra hef1-r she con-
~i.red herself ready to pay the part in pub
novel invention Is now much used IN the
north of En-Iand- It Is sort % automatic
bounce for Use in pubic houses Puncllaily
m CLOSING time the legend Time. please. gen
electric gong starts ringing Ulrl sucn Lnl1zl1E
power that 20 becomes quite impossible Tor even
the most enthusiastic topper o. occupy The tar
for another instant
On the Amazon River several Indian tribes use
snuff. called uareea- which is made Of the seeds
OF species Of plant When bout Of snuff
taking Is determined on the people become high-
Us intoxicated. and then use tle snuff The FL
feet of rareca Is SO violent that the raker drops
a. &c shot and lies iuseG-lale for some ti-aes
-E..~a more accustomed r1 70 are highly excited
dancing and singing A. If mad The eEecr soon
s1fS-EtS- Other tribes use 10 % rep-l l-ue dur
IN the vet season
An AGED resident Of Caroline county, Mary
land was hailed 90 court che 0taer day %
stand trial tar The ALLEGED larceny Of nine eggs
Extra jurors had 20 be summoned. -11 u cost
the county $50 % tn the case Counsel Cor
the defendant twh1 vas seveury-rhree years ODD
said that he had known his client rs an honest
and upright man f0r forty years. and tha- =
VAS iu.--.l=lIe that Dr. should steal egCs He
argued furthermore that the state had NOT
shown that the eggs were sound and nine f.--
ten eggs would have no value AZ all The jury
returned verdict Of not guilty
war. being q Confederate. ran the blockade 90
England iu order 90 procure Bibles fo- the SOL
Giers Of the Coufe5srlrc a-ruv- Reaching Eng
land In safety. he appealed q. tae British ana
Foreign Bible Society. and. through The m
Huc1ce oi the Earl rt >rItrshurE- got together
$1,000 worth 90 E.ale- and IH~-a.le--S- Tie
return vagaEe was equally successful. AMI DE
Ho-e took back 60.fTH bound Bibles aud NeT
Tesrlreuts and quarter ot million iel- o
containing portions q the Blaie-aL small
enough i.r soldiers UnCser