The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

H.a.. HAAAA llHlitlls are N4.aaaAE4
the German Empire
According Co the London Erpress.' IRE Fnr-
liSh importers q opium have been advised th5t
rains have CRAFTY injured the Turkish crop.
and that vaat there - u the drug has bfen
'coTnered hy American importers
4 company has just been formed IN Geneva.
sNl;zeriand. To- hh the gap left by ordinary in
'nI4nce companies and issue POLICIES sgainst acct
dent and loss Of lie 20 Alpine guides This IS
the h-st company Of the kind ever formed
Captain LspliHae q Belgian ofs-er. writes rom
the Congo Pre- states that. after immeu.e tr1l-
BE. he has succeeded in capturing tanning. and
training a number n African elepharcs Th.. aai-
H.1lS, be says. are now a. useful As those Of IN
lia-
One Of the richest sulphur deposits in the
world has lately been discovered ia Truus-Clsp5a.
Russia The geological formation is very similar
% that N which the Sicilian deposits occur u
8 only m recent years that sulphur has been
found in Russia.
A Newspaper % Lyons, France. states ,Sat
syndicate Is forming at St Ursanue IN the
Jura Mountains. for the purposs % erectilz
.arge gun factory. capable % turning or the
largest cannon. and that Alfred Dreyfts viii
be the manager of the plant
The imp0rJations 81 English gin into the United
States are steadily Increasing year by year.
while the importatoins o. Holland gin are
steadily falling o. In 1893 the otatious from
Holland amounted 20 10000 gallons IN Isl8
they were 800, last year they were 5I.01o.
No century has ever begun on WEDNESDAY
Friday. Or a sunday; and the same order u DAYS
is repeated every twenty years. January and
October Of each wear always begin with the zans
CAY; - with April and July; 80 with september
and December 50 with February, March. and
November
new rife Is now undergoing exhaustive trials
IN several Of the French army corps Il is the
invention Of Itslian matchmaker named Ia
macchia. living near T0ui0n. who has spent over
ten years IN perfecting H. The rife is the
lines % the Lebcl. buJ Is much lighter and carries
nineteen rounds IN the magazine.
A br1nd-neu state, intended 70 be rvn as =
republic i being formed in the forest land
that extends into Brazil and Bolivia. A large
rubber merchant has created IT, and las been
erected the first President BY the 5000 inhabit-
ants. most 81 whom in his employ The
nome Of the new republic is Are"
Colonel Pilsouiski. OF the Russian Array. has.
it is reported. just succeeded j transmitting
a telegram without The use o. a wire By utilizing
the csnductivity Of the earth Il is said that the
irsfruifcaur force which VII transmit through
ar a distance % only Fifty yards vii aIIOT
transmission through the earth Cor a distance Of
30 yards
year ago an Azlerican dollar in Brazil vas
worth approximately eight milreis. Owing % the
recent appreciation Of Brazilian money IL Is now
worth only three and a half milreis. And the
American missionaries in Brazil are paid in Amer
can money they receive for 10 less than half
much Brazilian as formerly, while the purchasing
power % the money remains the same-
despatch from Bsrnwe1. s C., % the
Charleston News aud Courier saws: Mr.. Leroy
Stoney, Of the AHenCaIe section. is reported 70
have notwithstanding the poor season. the finest
crop Of watermelons heretofore r1ised m the
probably load Is cars. and that even now he
can load ten cars with melons weighing forty
and atty pounds
North CsTolina can boast the largest grapevine
IN the world u IS on the farm Of B. 2.
Ncekins Roanoke Island. not far from the site
u Fort Raleigh and near the birthplace Of
Virginia Dare N Is claimed that the vine w1s
planted By Sir Walter RaleiEh's Inflated colony
Ia l5s1. u Is % the Scuppern0n< variety. covers
acre q ground. and yields ah0u. a ton q
grapes annually
Among the hymns that are iavoTites with those
q opposite views on religious matters Is Car
iin4I Nevuan's Lad Kindly Light. Amid the
Eneircling Gloom end its au-enbracinE spirit
IS shown by the fact that 10 Is welcomed by the
most orthodox whether Roman Clthoiic
Protestant, and j. also used IN the spirirualIst;c
z=ance room And there are agEOstics. says Mr.
stead, 1Sho include &c among their flTorlfes-
rare phsnomeu0n attended An earthquake
that visited a IHtIe town in Mexico FeoeHtly.
Having wrecked several hsuses IN the town the
-rg-noT passed on % a lake IN the heighb0rho0d.
the water Of which il put into violent agitation
The agitation ceased after few minues, and
then the waters gradually disappeared. leaving
the bottom 90 the lake exposed. Ghen IL vas
seen thlr earthquase had opened assure in the
bottom, and thus drained t.
London authorities predict that there xiii be
s0.001 weIl-J0-d0 homeless visitors in London on
Coronation eve. slys the Graphic should the
prediction be f1ihllei the prices charged fox
lodgings and houses that week VIII be pheaome-
nal lr musr-he borne in mind rh2t many q
the great hotels In tie West End VII be hired
1y the Goverumcnt to accommodate royal per
slILges- thor representatives, and their suites
Dr. is believed that o. small bedroom I'm the west
End ~IA fetch so fox the seven days the tes-
-Iyities are % last
Nowhere on the szrface Of the globe can q
al-hcl1r man. from twenty % thirty. have such
good tire as IN this London 81 TODAY. SAYS an
English magazine u De- but have good laauners
AID s1mc-imes not even thlt) and Jalafahly
.ngaging appearance. our y0uugstcr m1y haunt
uv Iadv-> boudoir ard shoot ms lords c1verts
10 his own good pleasure At balls and parties
bee Is literally FOUGHT for u he has aspirations
toward career, the well-c1ntucte1 man, IN
ard which f. governed by It's upper classes. rs
every prospect % success not the least among
bis chance being that aII-pervadinE pettelat in
1urnce % which ths modern boy knows So vel
how 20 avail huHseH
How many persons sbo dliIy eat sauIvichss
Irs aware that it IS 70 an ancestor Of the Eari
2 Sandwich that that popular form Of food owes
ITS asme3 The story runs that the earl in qles-
ton was very fond o playing cards. and in order
10 prevent having 20 stop % ear he used % nave
a slice OF meat put between two slices Of bread
and eat these BE played This -ot be
called a 'slndWlgh.' hur gradually The inverted
commas were dropped the word became
accepted IN the ln-u11e The PRESENT esrI
lie was once mi .FtarT secretary 10 Gibraltar. ard
has been attached 90 special embassies % Va
rioIs capitals 0f Europe.
Cardinal Richard Archbishop o. Paris. has IS
sued an appeal f'r suI-eriptions for erecting al
IiGou,- churches or ch1pels- re urges that
The number Of churches has not increased with
the population. and that provincial towns Ike
Lyons and Cambria are much better provided for
The diocese of Paris" he SAYS ION account
% It's rapid inerea~e has become veri,abls mis-
sion very large majority % its inhabitants
stand slooi from all religious Observance There
many uh1 live as 70 no God existed gl-rr,-
like IIe people cf uneypl0red countries where the
light OF che Gospel has never Jet sh0ne"
The operation Of trep4uuing the skull consists
IN removing circular Pieee Of bone b. mems
u sleci-l Instrument The operation IS Uuirr-
taken iss the relief Of fractures Of the orausuu.
and al~' IN cases in which br1in tula5rs re1uirs
TO DE removed la ancient skulls. brought from
very WIDE tracts OF the ea-th-s surface evidence
tlAl me lrepauuiuS pr1ge~s VAS rgsortcd o. Is
PLAINLY apparent In certain savage ~ se1ai-
aut tnr the treatment ot fracture. but IN ancient
Tunes the UUerIriln IEIualr- ta have had a dis