The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

! 30 EaIllJEa, NIcTc Two IceJ IS the average FIsc
| and fall.
1 having been established IN 4. D. 3C5. Tie next.
/ the BeHedIctines, dates from 529.
| Probably the most extraordinary journal IN
! the world IS published weekly N Athens 1t Is
written entirely IN verse. even the advertise
/ nents.
/ One hundred thousand bales Of cotton last
F.! ca the Lancashire mills for year IN IsgQ; now
! the same amount would feed their spiulies for
| day and a quarter.
The heaviest precious stone Is the zireon, whici,
/ IS four and oHe-haii times heavier than
/ opal, only twice Is heavy As water
The first potatoes were cultivated IN The
/ Andes somewhere between san Diego. Chile
ard Lima Peru Potatoes ssiIi grow gvild in the
mountain districts OF South sneriea-
4 North Sea Goldman carries an outfit Of lines
/ which extends eight miles n length, and has
usually fixed upon Il the amazing number -
$3.50 hooks every one OF which Eaust be bsited
/ The first men 10 ascend Mount Blznc we're
Balnst and Paccard. in 1885, They gained the
prize offered twenty-six years before by s8us-
sure fce 50 doing. 81 present average Of
fifty parties climb Il annually
The NEST important tunnel II, the world *
the Mount Gems, seven and ons-haR miles long.
Through It passes the main overland route srou
London TO the east L took rventy-tfras years
to construct, and cost S50O0.C0
/ period OF Ave seconds between fash 4
Lightning and thunder means that the fa=Es is
a nile distant from the observer Thunder has
never been beard ever fourteen miles from the
FASH though artillery Eas been heard at 10
miles.
The bfrthplaccs OF our Presidents are divided
among the States as foIiows- SIX have come from
Virginia. Eve from Ohio. three from New York.
s"o each nom Massachusetts and North Caro-
Ina. and one each 5roTn New Jersey Kentucky.
Ne" hampshire Vermont, Pennsylvania. and
Tennessee President McRinlcv IS Of @eotcI-fris17
ancestry nee President Roosevelt Is Of Hol-
landI}utch descent
The sw5 nlonarchz who could change thrones
TO the greatest advantage are Ffyear5 VI. R. /,
Of Britain and the Indies and Wilhelm IT King
Of Prussia and German Emperor Both are thor
ouEhiy acquainted with ths political and social
conditions OF the other .c9Hrfry-' Zach speaks
the language Of the realm e his imaginary adop-
ton with perfect ease Kaiser Wilhelm is half
English. King Edward IS hali-CSeTf2an.
The human body. It has been found, IS slso-.
er at night than IN the morning due 20 the
weight Of the body COMPRISING the iutervsrte-
erIabent position, the pressure being removed.
their natural elasticity enables thezu to resume
fbeir normal size, consequently the height Of
au individual viii vary fr0m three-ciEhtfls %
hall an inch between morning and night
IN Lake Nfuaetonka. Minnesota there Is Z
the fact that It IS uniahabjted by man and
given ever 70 the cranes Generations back these
birds decided upon this spot IJF :. summer re-
sort As tire went On and the slfrr5Husffrr isl
ands populstsd man hal the heart Il disturb
them. tntil Crane Island i pointed 5uE from
passing bats as one Of she curiositfes OF the
Northwest
Twenty years ago it was ez5izastei that ar9,s33
persons crossed London Bridge daily. 5000 on
foot and the rest il vehicles WITH the grcwtF
Of population these numbers have almost doubled
II spite OF the relief afoTda3 By TIE building
Of the Tower Bridge, half g THi!e downstream. Il
has. therefore. become JIrEeDt matter 10 in
crease the CapECisy OF the older bridge. and It
has now been decided 20 accomplish this by
means q granite COTbrls which viii carry the
fnOtway As projections over the water on each
side Of the bridge
\ Long Island justice has decided that to
send a worthless package By express 10 4 per
soE- requiring the recipient te pay charges,
comes under the head Of petit larceny. and is
punishable IS sIch- In the case the Justice de-
elded one nan bad sent by express q worthless
package 10 another As a joke. The express charge
vas . cents The man who got the package
Couldn't see anything funHy in the business and
complained II the magistrate who entered
charge Of petit larceny and extortion and fined
the joker > and costs.
On all steamers American money IS accepted.
bun every Passenger should have ea5urh Of the
coin Of the country to which tue steamship line
money, as these bills are made out In francs,
marks. OF Sriiings. according TO the Official
medium OF the line. The convenience also OF
having some Of the current coin Of the country
% be first visited : appreciated IN the ability
TO board tram on landing without the DELAY
Of bank exchange Experienced travellers reserve
United States currency for a Ike reason.
SprinI-Iipg wagons are used nowadays com
monty in many smaller towns ard villages
where they were ncre- thought OF some years
ago American sprinkIiBg wagons are now
found all over the world wherever s-yrirk!irr-
wagons are used They gre exported To AS
tralia. Cuba. Porto Rico South America
South Africa, snd Europe The modern s5rin-
king wagon that the traveller chances 10 see
in Paris or Berlin or Harsburg~carnc very likely
from the same factory the one he saw here
before he left home going through his own hou.e
street.
i WOMAN who Is OF high social distinction
in America. was presented 20 the Kaiser 1t
some dinner that WAS rot attended with ROYAL
state She was talking TO him when s5e was
offered famous German salad It ras handed
on her right and the Kaiser vas az her left
which put her IN a preSisC4meuJ She did not
dare turn her lace rom the Emperor 10 help
herself 70 the salad The situation wa too
mneh tor her The Emperor, seeing the s1ndj-
ZION at glance. looked at her for an instant
and laughed, Is he sid: a Kaiser cas- wait but
3 salad cannot
Or. Guthrie, authority on military surgery
fifty years ago. vas 4 kindly man. although
somewhat brusque IN manner. Sir Joseph Prayer
says i was his house surgeon, and we Ect oH
very well together. ORe day. when We were
going through the wards With a large believing
81 distinguished visitors foreign surgeons and
Others. we stopped at the bedside CT an inter
esting case. when Guthrie found fault with the
dresser for something he had done OF lest IN
done. The student TentIred 10 reply aud Gutt-
RE said dare say you think you're
markedly clever fcllGw. don I your No. sir
said the youth, earnestly, I don't But y0u
are, though said Guthrie, and passed Oh
Fiber pipes and conduits. made from wood
pulp and treated with a preServarivc. are nos
being put in Jse- After the usual grinding
the pulp 5 washed, screened, passed through 4
beating engine. then screened again Tbesa
operations completed, thin sheet Of the pulp
IS wound on a core until the desired thickness
Is secured After drying the tube Is aerated
with preventative. It's ends then finished
m lathe TO any desired form. Il Is claimed
that this product possesses the advantages over
bored logs Of 4 homogeneous material though
out free from grain. and thoroughly Iusure-uatetI
with the pTeservstive, thus avoiding variations
in hardness dTyncss. and amounts OF resinous
matter.
The Bankers Magazine recently printed a
fac-simile OF Chinese Treasury note Of the
year 1867, probably the Oldest piece of paper
money IN existence This note was found last
January along with other valuables. in * bronze
statue Of Buddha which stood IL 3 temple within
the enclosure OF tbe summer palace Of the I'm
press Dovager of China Itaiian soldiers en-
za-ed in looting broke hole IN the base Of
IL.