The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The branches Of the Mississippi have aggrc-
gate length % 5000 miles
The srst municipal ereustory on record Vas
opened in Hal. England.
oaS. ebony. and mahogany are the three best
known woods which heavier than water
Altogether about 5o.ooo American animals have
| been purchased for The British army in africa
One woman 10 every ten men worked for wages
hity years ago. but nov the ratio is one To four
The onion. the queen Of the salad bowl, Vas
appreciated IN England alone Iast year At cost
Of 4 million pounds sterling.
The iliiterate nations are chiefly Russia. spain.
Turkey. aud the uupFosressiTc nations OF the
/ Orient and Of South America
The largest sponge ever sent 70 market was
from the Mediterranean: II was ten feet in cir
cumference and three IN diameter
Foreign exports at Sew orleans last yea reach
ed total Of sIi2. 10000. the largest record,
and an increase over the pre-i0Us gear Of So
Gd9.0O0
The city of BOMBAY India has a Sorosis Club.
! composed q Hin5o0. Psrsee. and Nohammeean
UgEnen. The club motto IS: The world was
made for women also"
An Indian skeleton yvaS found in Nev York re-
Gently by WORKING engaged in digging the new
subway Close beside the skull were found cay
pipes and a tgmahawk
Another now religious sect has been started IN
View YORK They cali themselves the Babists and
follow the teachings Of one AJ5as EfeRdI whom
they hold 20 be a son Of God
1t is said that Prince Charles Of Denmark. the
second son OF the Danish crown prince. VIII prob
ably hereafter live in England as both he aad-his
sister prefer that country TO their own
7 was never in debt" said the late Bishop
Of London until came 10 be head of This see
lie then had 20 keep up two houses and she at
Of 1919 iorbids the letting Of either Of these
The first FIRE brick made IN this country were
nanH.aetured in Baltimore in 1927 They were
manufactured for the backs Of the oid-fashoncd
itreplaces, the Limestone proving 100 frIable.
While the population Of Milne increased during,
the past decade only from 6CI Gs6 10 CO.. $50 or
but about > per cent the cost Of the state Gov
errIncnt has nearly doubled during the last eight
years.
The Turkish language Is said by scholars to %
the softest and most musical language Of modern
times. being better adapted To the purpose Of
musical notation and recitative than even the
Italian.
Wgndham Spencer Portal who has recently been
created baronet. IS the head Of a family which.
since 1929. has had the exclusive privilege OF
England.
The two physicians vho last attended Victoria
7ere neither from Cambridge nor Oxford sir
lanes Reid IS Scotch by birth and education and
Sir ificilard Douglass Powell graduated from the
LGIFers1ty OF London IN 1855
Tie deaths are announced Of two Irish cen
tenaria1S-one man named Alex Gordon at
to1EStoTn- County Tyrone aged I0I years and
tte other woman named O'D9hertF II IjrzEers-
town, county Derry. aged I9T
President Eliot has just exceeded IN the length
o. ms service in the executive chair of Harvard
tee exceptionally long administration OF President
ii950Ae. which coFered period Of thirty-one
years. eisht months. and foUr DAYS
The late Joseph Tyson. the richest man in
Australia. never required more than $3.50 wear
ior his personal expenses while the Earl OF Hone
tom lie new Governor General OF Australss ,tfl
S50.GG9
OF Sir Henry Maxim the people OF Lewiston.
Ne say that he had a deep dislike for school He
was therefore early aprrenIiled 10 Daniel Flvnt
4 painter and worked IN the shop much OF The
tine However, ne had time for '.tinzerins-- a.
The country people called it
The trustees o. Dickinson College. Carlisle. p.
have conferred the degree OF doctor 81 philosophy
on the Rev Frank u. Gauevell. the missionary
VINO planned the defenSes of the CITY Of PckTR
during the Boxer uprising Mr.. CalaeHeu grad
uatet from Dickinson IN ISL.
The Vermont custom of not hanging I convicted
murderer until two years after the passing Of the
sentence EDon him IS founded on the assumption
that any possible doubt - TO his egiTlt viii be
removed IN that time and all danger Of putting
an innocent man TO death IS thus eliminated
The life OF a horse in tie far Vest i not a
pleasant enc Il = said the plains that white
man viii ride horse till he breaks down; Nexf-
can VIII then take him and ride him for about
two days after which an Indian will mount him
and ride aim for q month. Then the COYOTES
have their inning.
Since the great oil gusher was struck near
Beaumont. Tex. story has been current Of an
oil lake ii the Gull Of Mexico of Sabine Pass,
II has met skeptieiSIn but now the harbar mast
Or at Sabine Pass and seven welI-knogn masters
Of gulf vessels hare issued a statement affirming
thar such lake exists.
branch OF the Society OF the Narfover De-
scendauts has been organized in Wisconsin The
new ofTshoot has started out with twenry-eight
members. txerlty-four of whom are women To
be eligible one must be Gne2I descendant OF 4
passenger who landed from the Naydoser Il
Plymouth IL December. 1920
\ watch believed to have been lost some
time about 1927. which has been found on Pow
erty Island At the mouth of the Connecticut
River Is attracting great attention from anti
qUarians- The watch Is 2 large silver una and on
me INSIDE OF the outer ease IS engraved
which cannot be made out. and the date 1927.
A marked rise in the Level Of the Dead Sea has
been noted The ruin Fl Bahr that stood Ike an
island near the River Jordan. is now completely
under water. broad lagoon has formed on the
north side Of the Jordan del-a- The water does
bot sink Ia summer. and It Is sUrrni=ed that the
& hole bottom Of the Dead Sea has been raised
By volcanic action
February derives its name from the tatfn word
februo To purity, i being customary for the Ro-
mans 10 observe festivals OF publication in that
month The amethyst enblerlatjc of sincerity Is
the precious stone dedicated 10 February. and the
primrose, typsfvinE the freshness of early youth
IS It's flower BarchieI rules the fortunes Of those
Born IN tins month
4 Mr. Thompson. 4 member Of the Connecticut
legislature introduced a ne0 word the other day
n legislative debate lie was telling horse
story 1t seems that neighbor OF Nr Tbomp-
son went To bur a FAST horse After having been
shown seEe with uast records and some WIKI
possible future records the said: - don't
.ant a hIs been nor VIII be- | want is-er.
! cup OF hot coffee is said TO be an unslilfa-
1aroraeter. if YOU allow lump Of sugar to drop
% tine bottom of the euo and watch the air hslF1-
hles arise without disturbing the coffee II the
bubbles collect II me middle he weather viii he
inc: II they adhere to the cup. forming a ring It
MI either rain or snow: a-,o If the bubbles sep
lUate without assuming aur TX Il position change
ible weather may be expected
Another American woman has been discovered
vho knew Queen Victoria well in the person OF
Nine Boeringcr- In $50 she was employed IN i
Partisan Gres=lsaater's shop when the Queen took
great fancy to her and took her 10 ENGLAND as
RED Nine Boerii=ger WAS rarely separated FROM
her royal mistress Nine. Boeringer possesses
many VI liable souvenirs % the late Queen.