The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-05
NOTES OF THE DAY,

/ The recent census shows that Naples IS stir the
largest city in Italy L has with It's suburbs.
/ about 10000 inhabitants.
1 One Of the prerogativez Of a Danish member Of
FaFii9ment Il free service az sny turkish bath
! eSsa'iislincnt throughout she country.
/ Denver has an ordinance which prohibits opc-at-
| H's an automobile at speed greater than six
mics an hoHr. and employs a mounted policeman
/ 10 enforce It
| The Rev. Dr. ! Logan Sample Is known as saths
Wild rider OF the Rockies who has ridden behind
ms ponies i399o miles through the trans-N issjs-
| sIppi region he has been all over the world
In the royal household Of England a candle
once extlnguished may never again be relirhted
~ltnln the precincts OF the palace but electric
lights may be turned on if rooms become dark
Baron Kodama, the new War Minister Of Japan.
IS special protege Of the Marquis Ito who has
always eyInced high appreciation OF the Baron-s
Services during the war between Japan and China
fine head Of the Bos primigenius mas been
dredged up from the River Cam near Uprare
IN England. Between the horns from point Z,
point, IS distance OF two feet, and their girth
at the base Is fifteen inches
The apple IS an excellent brain food because It
has more phosphoric acid in easily dfgested shape
than other fruit. It excites the action Of the
liver. promotes sound aEd healthy sleep and thor
oughly diSinfeCts the mouth
Liverpool Is not a healthy city In some se-
sDects t Is like our American city Of Baltimore.
which has frequently been called the Liverpool Of
America, inasmUch a. IL has many natural adj
Tantages akin to that Of the great English port.
Many thousand Of American hats are noE sold
IN Cana,ia and also IN Mexico and the neighbor-
ing countries and there are numbers sold IN
South america. largely n the Argentine Republic
Considerable numbers are sold IN South africa
1t Is calculated that about 1900 yards of ribbon
wi be issued with the African var medals This
estimate IS made on the assumption that about
5000 men vii secure the medal. there being
nlne inches OF ribbon served out with each medal
lIantua- after neary twenty centuries, has re-
membered that It IS the birthplace Of Virgil, and
has SCI to work TO erect a monument to its great
poet The sum Of $4,000 has been raised. and
artists have been invited TO send IN plans IN con-
petition
At the Buffalo Exhibition is exhibited he
smallest steam railroad in the world The rails
are foot apart. each OF the ten cars holds two
passengers. the line IS mile long the engineer
sits the tender for there IS lust room enough
IN the cab for his feet
One can easily tell when he Is in sight Of 4 rail
way station in Sweden at which meals are served
by the sign u a knife and fork crossed This.
however does not give proof that the edfbIes or
the service reaches beyond tHe average OF good
cheer IN any direction
The publication Of the Transactions OF the
international Congress Of Medicine held at Paris.
!. going on with what the ''Lancet'' calls @-up-
heard Of rauIdity-' One volume comes out
every fifteen days, and the seventeen volumes
VII contain 14,0lo copies
Kansas wheat crop. # sold at the average price
of % cents busheI would give 10 every man.
woman and child in the United States not less
than 81 per capita II placed in box cars on 4
single track 1t would I'll enough cars 20 reach
from Wichita to New York
deavoring TO take photograph at the extreme
edge OF a cliff made nisstep and fell hundred
feet into the water below On his way down he
pressed the button The resultant picture he
declares. is the best in his collection
The Kansas wheat belt centres around Wichita
Within a hundred mile radius Of the town fully
60 per cent OF the wheat Of Kansas was raised,
-hlle IN seventeen counties Of Southern and Cen
trail Kansas - per cent Of che yield was TedDed.
in Northern Kansas but little wheat Is raised
Two EngIisITueG have invented an improved
pneumatic tire for autocars and other vehicles
The tire comprises Al exterior cover Of thick,
hard rubber v7F.canizei upon canvas IN the shape
IF Al arch- Inside this Is placed the tube. which
IS Inflated The tire IS said TO be Unpunctuabie-
Senator Hanna has donated $1,000 to the fund
or a Salvation Army farm near Cleveland; y 90
more was subscribed by other Cleveland men
twenty-five thousand dollars Is required 70 put r
he army IN possession OF the tra-t OF SD acres on
which It's colony Is located Il adjoins Mentor,
he Garfield home
BY giFinE clerk II me recorder $ once .
,cnt tip, Nj Schwab- OF Topeka, has made him
elf as famous as President Schvab OF the United
-rs+az Stool oa-r,-a+7,, In f,o+ = : r,.4cF r,s-
unusual for Topeka man To give away quarter
han 1t Is for a steel magnate or anybody else TO
eceive salary OF SI-0J9,dJ0 year
During the thirty years existence Of the French
National Life Saving Society 1t has rescued from
sI-z-reoI, ! Tri vessels and u 25c rsrs,r7s The
-, ~
r1a o., - 80 -, ~ -, 7- -, - - 80.
hrsc boat stations and so rescue posts the e.
ire equipment Of which is worth siz6.eoo.
City Marshal Seymour. Of Wellington. Kan,
he other day discovered an old dusty ordinance
fnder which he vii be able to break I'D key
7a-t5es The ordinance r,-olffF,f+s more than
brce persons from conrre7riue together to drink
Ger ar Other Trf5Zfcsrins Honor even though ths
turf he given away. Il provides for a fine 81
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4 hall B3v in hirb-pricef fu,5r,;frs-ba5,1ss on
Vest T7frtv-fourrb street. New York vas recently
rresrai and confessed TO having stolen from many
,arsa7s IN tI,. house fFr said. Il read IN books
loyv easy despcradoes made a living and !
iced thar the police never got back much stolen
tuF. 50 ! thought ! h.,I q pretty good chance Of
living easy
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