The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-26
NOTES OF TIE DAY.


Tie skeietcss measures one inch less than the
height OF tbs living man.
Holland is lie only country in Europe that
admits coffee free Of duty.
To brew a barrel Of lager beer. one and one-haIf
bushels d matt required.
The towns Of Nasso. in sweden. ms female
contingent in its Ere brigade.
General Macarthur viii soon comD.5te thirty
nine years o; military service
In the factories Of Baden. Germany. Is g Of
me WORKERS are girls ever sixteen.
There we're I5oooo children at school in India
sixty years ago There are 4,eo9,eo0 now
4 corner IN St Louis that sold for ss5loo0 in
1891 has Just changed hands Tor 8, 000o8.
The Irish River. in siberia. is 2.20o miles in
length. and drains G000J9 miles Of te-rit 5ry
Berlin has on The average only twelve days
year when no clouds at all are seen in the SKY.
The Rhine Is oniy 30 miles long. bat drains
a territory nearly double Tie area Of Texas
Western AustraIia's fresh wafer rivers are in
many parts, being stocked with English trout.
South Australia has never beer visited bv any
great epidemie and IS naturally very hesltkful.
Queensland lets certain Iand for grazing at "a
low an annual rental as three tarthings an acre
II New Hampshire the State Government pars a
bounty on dead gEaSshopPers az tbe rate Of 81 a
The japanese University in Tokyo exclusively
ior women IS approaching complication. and viii
be opened some time this year
There are forty counties ii Texas which have
TO seek legal advice outside their limits as they
nave not single attorney Of their own
Only about Ia per cent Of the total area Of
IRELAND IS under wood while there Is over p per
cent Of uncultivated land "a the country.
Or James Cow. the new head master OF the
Westminster school, London. IS the first layman
n hrfH rfnr safrz.
founded the school
Sydney, New South Wales. now ranks a. ono Of
the large cities Of the world It IS the largest
city south OF the line The United states only
contains six larger cities
The Forth Bridge is constantly being repainted.
% vast Is the structure that It takes fifty tons Of
paint to give It one coat and the 2rea dealt vith
IS something like 30 acres.
picked body OF men. natives Of Espinosa,
iorn the personal guard Of little Alfonso XIII OF
Spain They close the palace gates at night and
open them at every morning
In the '8Iountain Of the Monks on the coast
OF Macedonia there are twenty Hlonastsries. Tire
place Is sacred TO the male sex and no -vornzn
IS allowed 70 cross It's borders.
The Shah Of Persia Is in many ways z peculiar
man OF his likes and diSlikes there IS no end
or one thing, he VIII not sit AT q table on
which either s1lmon or lobster ,PpeaTs.
The King Of Italy received 5000 telegrams Of
congTatuiatton IN the first DAY or two after the
birth OF his daughter He also received 2000o
requests for money n honor OF the-eveut.
The air in the English Camel was 50 clear
one day recently that the dcme OF BouIogne
cathedral, twenty-eight MICS away could be
clearly seen from Dover vita the naked eye.
A Massachusetts farmer claims to have found an
apple that was outwardy perfect, but the in
that evidently cTawIed in through the stem.
In Sweden the traveller rlay learn At which
Iiyy-4z 50
bearing crossed knife and fork. which are posted
along the road on each side OF the stopping
place
On Nay L Alfonzo XII celebrated his fifteenth
birthday His Majesty IS the only sovereign in
the world who vas king on the day Of his
birth. but another year VIII have to elapse before
he IS old enough 10 govern IN his own right
The last time the late Archbishop of ontario
oHicIated vas at the funeral service for Queen
Victoria IN Trinity Church. New York. and me
last letter he opened WIS from King Edward
death.
A peculiar sight seen on many farms in AZ
iegany county, New York this year Is that OF
large apple trees lying fat on the ground, yet
there hundreds cf theTn-wese uprooted BIZ
the severe icestOTTn last winter.
The palmetto trees OF Jacksonville stood the
recent c9nfagration there better than any other
kind While nearly all other trees in the vide
sweep OF the FIRE persisted from the heat. the
lalnletos are putting cut green shoots. showing
that they have life and Tisor left
unique feature Of Honolulu dwellings Is the
-ovisicn made for lighting the exterior as well
As the interior Electric lamps are set IN the
masonry OF the Nsiis, thereby throwing
Z ton both inside and on the lawns, where the
& sidcnts spend mCst Of their nights
When the recent Austrian census was taken the
nrr
in his hand, ard answered every question
with great care Among other things he had
to state how many windows his residence con-
tanned and whether or not he could read or write
The Vermont custom Of not hanging convicted
murderer until two years after the passing, OF
The death sentence upon him Is founded upon
he assumption that any possible doubt a. to his
guilt VIII be removed IN that time and al dan
ger Of putting an innocent 10 death Is thus
eliminated
a statiStician assert That when 80 years shall
have passed the density Of the earth's population
viii be 50 great that each person VIII have
only two-thirIs OF an acre, which space viii
have to suffice for all purpoSes-agTicuituFe roads
houses. parks. raiIwavs. etc He estimates the
present population OF the earth at 100 0e5.05O
and says that in 2255 IT VIII be 52,G- ,5e9G3).
Growing figs IN the city Of London are great
rarities now. In the courtyard OF the AldSate
ward schools there Is to be seen at the present
time beautiful z tree in full leaf with at least
twenty-five sood-sized figs developing upon II
The tree = believed TO be relic OF the old abbey
Of the Holy Trinity. which existed for = 60.
many centuries The abbey was abolished by
Henry VII.
The census returns giving the area Of various
States show that the one which has the largest
amount OF land under water Is Florida arr the
least IN proportion to IT. size. wyoming. Of
aialiy the sovereign State of New jersey seems
to have expanded in the last ten years Il had
BIZ the census OF 1890 a land surface OF 1455
square miles; It has now ISIS, gain ef 20
miles IN 10 years
Canaries, which were originally green and gray
IN color were native to the islands from which
they take their name. and were first taken to
England on ships plying between English ports
and the south Of France From Ills stock have
been derived number Of distiact varieties such
Is the crested the green. the lizard. which imi-
-ates the reptile in It's variegated markings and
the Belgian. which has 4 strange hump-backed
appearance.
Odd As it may appear TO dwrl.ers in small cities
some of the restaurants Of New York are in build
nss in which no cooking IS allowed. Some OF the
busiest Of the midway restaurants purchase all
their meats and stews already cooked and merely
heat them through again before serving them to
patrons This branch of the restaurant business
has reached such proportions that the opera
ton of cooking for sHch places has become al
business and owners OF ovens thrive
st it.
The boast comes from Kansas that no soldier
vas ever drafted from that state into the service