The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

10 osV'y-'Y's
N Col Of Paris. has discovered that sub
stance similar 20 rubber may be obtained from
the japanese spindle tree
a complete and comprehensive survey has been
made o. the Valley Of the Gaugcs which shows
that the great river drains area q 750.0o)
square miles.
4 Lubee. Ne. man, who lost gold ring
while picking Strawberries twelve years ago.
found it LAST week while engaged in the sane
occupation It was as bright as ever
The greatest bay on the face OF the earth is
that OF Bengal Measured IN a straight line
from the tyyo enclosing peninsiIas, It's extent
IS about $4,000 square miles. or nearly double
that o. Texas
The handkerchief was first popuiarized in good
society by Empress Josephine, who had irTegu-
lar and black teeth, and, TO conceal 5be7l. held
ever she laughed.
The total number Of experiments on living
animals in the United Kingdom in 1900 was
1883, OF $50 more than in the previous year.
II Is stated that but few OF these experiments
were in any sesioos degree painful
II Is said that there were at least 2D0o0a mus
tsngs scattered over the plains Of Arizona. Se~
Mexico and Texas ten years ago and that now
nearly all Of them are gone few were caught
and kept by the Indians in their reservations.
but the wild horse n his natural state IS prac
tiCally extinct
The Eastern Canadian seaco4st, from the Bay
Of Fundy to the Straits Of Belle Isle. covers
distance OF 500 miles. and British Columbia.
with It's multitude of bays ara mountainous isl
ands, has ssacoast Of $50 miles, and salt
water iusboTe area. not including minor iHdeR-
tatons, OF 100 square miles
The first day OF the week. as everyone knows.
IS the Christian sunday. Monday is the Day
kept sacred by the Greeks. Tuesday Is the Per-
san day OF worship on "Wednesday the As
SyTIans worship. Thursday Is a holy day among
the Egyptians. the Turks keep FRIDAY, and the
jews Saturday, 7s their sabbath
The most recent evidence Of the Development
Of the Irish language movement. under the
stimulus OF the Gaelic League. j. the rroduc-
ton BY 4 Dublin firm Of typewriter which
writes in beautiful neat Irish characters. Il Is
not an uncommon thing IN Dublin 70 hear N
Government Offices conversation carried IN
Irish
Within the last tvo years several remarkable
reefs OF fossil coral have been discovered near
Bainbridge. the Flint River. IN Georgia Gae
reef so found consisted OF coral heads some OF
them more than foot IN diameter Between
twenty-five and thirty species have been recog-
HIzed IN these Georgia reefs (5eoOgists say that
they belong 70 the tertiarsMge
Among TIE oddities OF Europe may be men
toned the Republic Of Moresnet ian hours
walk from Aix-Ia-ChspeIIe} which has cur
rcncy OF its own and a population Of 5000
souls Taysiora. tiny island on the north
east coast Of Sardinia. vas left a republic by
It's late King Paul l. in 1882 and has since
adopted womaRs suffrage The inhabitants nun
Der about sixty
In ColesbGTg- KY. there Is a horse Owned hy
J. r Stoval. and il Is 40 unusual thing for him
to eat a hslf-dozen spring chickens at a meal.
Last SUNDAY for dinner he consumed fourteen
He runs after them and as lie catches them
cevours them. feathers and all The appetite
the part OF the equine has only recently
~ra=1FFr
10 put Mr. Stogal out Of the poultry business
II short order.
The Investigations made by Prof Beer for the
American OrnitloIogical Association Of the
louisiana Gulf coast for the purpose of statioung
var5ens to project the sea birds shows that
action VAS not taken moment zoo soon Pref
Beer found that nearly ali the breeding places
Of the birds had been destroyed b. killing the
birds themselves and taking their eggs Not a
trace OF birds was found Gn several islands at
oh' time the hoaas Of millions % sea fowl
Thc French state railroads issue stamps for
the prepayment Of charges Oh freight shipped IN
moderate quantities The shipper buys the stamps
and sticks them on the freight biI ehiea he
hands IN with the freight These are used By
taoss@ who make frequent small shipments TO
certain large towns, the chIrges which are
. familiar 70 them The stamps are Of SIX differ
s ent determinations, from cent To 50. They
are - satisfactory that the SIX great companies
are about to adopt them
Railroad through the AIieshanies from virginia
into Tennessee advantage was taken Of natural
tunnel which : one Of the wonders Of the
world TIE distance through the tunnel y about
1850 feet. and nearly perfect Is the tunnel
that only sixrF feet Of blasting was necessary
ne region Is Of limestone formation. - always
whore there are extensive caves The cliffs at
each end OF the tunnel are 40 feet high and
I the scenery IN the locality IS remarkably fine
It Is a curious i4et that although Missouri
elected its first Governor more than eighty
+ years ago. IS one Of the largest and most pop
{ uious Of the States Of the COUNTRY. and that
| fren its geographical position on the border
( line between North and South has occupied an
{ important position IN national affairs not one
/ Of its Governors has ever been conspicuous IN
national affairs with the single exception Of
/ B. Gatz Brown who ran for Vice President IN
/ 1872. and WIS Overwhelmingly defeated Tor that
office.
New York city had at the beginning Of the
/ civil war popglasion Of about one-CIliarter Of
what it Is at present. $500 Taxation for ely
! purposes now $1,000 600. was then p5oGs-
I The police department cost 8. $1,000 and public
schools SI,7o).t1o- Some Of the items OF city
/ peadIJurg forty Te1rs ago for the mayors
/ Office. $1,000; the law department. (which ROW
/ costs S4oo,11o}. 5000 and The Beard Of Health
/ (Which now costs 5000 600. $1,000 The FIRE
] department. then volunteer organization. cost
! 81, go
! II WAS found that II the fine details Of some
/ Of the mere delicate bits OF mechanism nee
/ essary to The coming OF money the Germans
were ahead Of Us and some of the machinery
/ foT the Philadelphia mint has been imported.
/ In spite OF the fact that this has been con-
( signed 10 the United States Government the
/ Treasury Department has been called upon 70
/ pay the usual rate of duty on IL. Is all the
/ revenues from The v5Fi0:Is clisTOha-hoUseS ind
: their way To the Treasury Department n this
/ instance II fSu T even question OF exchanging
money from one pocket to another Here Uncle
/ where It came FROM
! exported from the Congo i taken directly
from newly killed animals Thus. dgrirs, 1859,
Of the % es5 tusks sold on the Antwerp mar
I ket $50 alone came from freshly killed AMI
: mails, the remaining ?. 40 tusks being what
/ the abOTigines have been collecting elephant
/ tusks. which they considered as having little
/ intrinsic value. but useful as articles OF ex-
| change. The khaTtum merchants were the first
TO discover these hidden reserves OF fvoTv Later
! on the Zanzibar traders rushed on To Katsnga
and thence to the very heart Of the Congo,
with the result that the ivory trade soon be-
eaIne the principal industry Of the country
| To construct a whole animal from thigh
bone or toe joint has been the achievement o.
/ archaeologiSts IN many cases Bat to learn
the food and habits Of stcne-age gentlemen
| from the tartar on their teeth l. Comparatfveiy
| q neHS feat OF science An English Journal
gives Interesting account OF the experiments
Society Of Great Britain in this direction Upon
the teeth Of ancient skulls he noticed q thick
coating OF tartar. and, ,IiSsoIvinx this IN acid
tie discovered minute coTniluS-s particles. vege