The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-13
NOTES OF The DAY.

I years ago.
] Any child over ssyea cam De r-rzs-utsl IS
I criminal in Eaglaud- but in Germany twelve Is
! t-e limit ai -e-ran,rai.i.y
The largest gulf .1 t.c world b. Gee Gsf q
Mexico -H900 square miIes-llmlst twice AS
/ big as tas Bay q Hrr-su
What IS believed % be The oldest statue in
/ The uasld has been dug up in Egypt lately.
I DO was n.l-- about ihs year $500 q. e.
There are forty counties iu Texas which have
% seek ir-a- advice outside their limits.
they have nat single attorney of their own
several oft the Swiss osnt1us have oaciliIy de-
eidad ts adopt the -iupiIhed French ortsdgrapay
introduced ay the French Ministry OF Educltion
some months ago.
The biggest meteoritc cye5 snow % have
fallen has been discovered no Porto Aezre
Brazil 10 is afty-aye feet in diameter ana
eIGhry-fye feet long
The sazonS. whose original settlement is deter
mined by the LITTLE kingdom % Slxoay. derived
their name from the sclX. OF short crooked knife
with which they armed themselves
The Chicago stock Yards are the biggest in the
world They can hold 5000 cattle daily. be-
sides 900 sheep. and -7."' - They con-
tain twenty miles OF streets and fifty miles Of
feeding trougHs-
Australia hls prap5r.i.a1I'y more ehur-l.s than
any other country. che au1l5er Lcsns BOB. or DO
90 every 1000 people E,sia7d has IJl ,h-sr-Il-
IS 90 every 10000 people: KrssiL only . to the
sane number.
A I0o-i5ot mast has been set up az Sizsconset.
Mass, for the wireless telegraph station which
vii receive messages fsom the Nlutucke- light
SHIP The ground connections were made BY
placing eight heavy metallic plates. "a by 8
feet. in the ground
Among the Romans an invisible ink vas made
with the milky juices q certain plants. I.s
uauufIcture vas a state secret death beng de-
nounced To- any who should disclose IT, and an
important de-ratcEes from the capital % the
provinces, or vice versa. were written in this
The first bricks made On S1-tb american soil
were Manufactured by the c0I5nists Of Virginia
in 1872 They we're used In building che church
az jamestown. and the residences az the Governor
and the more important citizens. a portion ~
jamestown church IS SUI standing and tas
brars Of which IL was built are fr good rrasar-
vatlon and appear % have been very vel made.
minister in a Kansas town re-rstfurIy
learned that the church collections were diuin-
ishin- ir amount On a recent sunday be- in
formed his congregation just before the plates
were passed around that the members who v--c
iu dc5t were not expected 90 contribute To
bis delight be later was informed that the COL
lection was double the usual sum-
On private railroad, used chiefly 20 carry
coal 90 and bricks from a backyard in Prussia.
a locomotive using alcohol az fuel IS used u
was built for a society for the promotion - the
are iarzeIy produced ln dlStiiirrlcs % large
laucLoite-- o. utilize -irup produced IN max
ing beet sugar. uumarketzhie potatoes, etc.
NiEola Tesla Is about 90 establish his first
wireless telegraph station at Wsrdenclyifs. nine
miles from Port jefferson. l. I Two hundred
acres oi land have been purchased. and the
Necessary buildings VIII b. put up az once Tae
Ul5n building viii contain 55l-hlrssp0rer cleo
trio plant This VIII be the first 81 a chain u
stations bv means % which Tesla expects 60
communicate with all parts Of the world
The eminent French chemist. Armand Glutcr.
has reported a discovery 10 the French Academy
Of Sciences which Is likely % prove Of great
hvzieuic value. He has found that finely pow
dertd volcanic stones. treated by boiling water.
at te-1crlrure Of 90 90 SD degrees Celsius,
We'd a liquid identical in composition with the
ordinary sulphur water OF mineral springs except
that it IS stronger than The l5-te--
France was known % the Greeks a. GaIlatlI
and % the Romans a. CslIia aftcrward m1di-
fed into GauI. because II was thc territory %
the Celtilc OF Cells Tire modern settlers ot the
country were the Franks, So called from ths
irlnc1- a kind Of jlvelin which they C-ri-
who Ia the NTH century inhabited the German
province OF Fra1gJuia. and. rrIyC'Ing westward,
gradually accampIlshed the conquest Of Glul-
France. therefore signifies tHt country Cf the
Franks
The civil wears in C0nstantin1ple during the
Greek empire began September T. the eccl-zils-
ll.7-.- on tl-llN "A or .Aaa4Aa settlaA A'-l-e-
spending incidents Of this kind are found m
modern times and countries The fiscal year
IN the United states begins with July I; thu
ecclesiastical year OF several denominations N
the country begins with the holding of the an
Eu5l council, conference. or other deiiheratIye
body no matter when that gathering may be-
The production Of butter IN siberia has in
creased 6urirS the past few years 20 very
marked degree In the vicinity Of Banaol. Fog
instance there are 40 present 80 creameries.
against ru0 in ls9l The demand Tor milk vessels
has consequently assumed large propositions.
factory for the u--tiucti0n OF these articles has
lately been established az huTgaH. bus. II
cannot even approximately supply the aeIufnt.
tie greater part has % be procured from Mos
COW.
Contrary 90 the general belief, the engines u
torpedo boats are not a. all extrlvaSaut IN the
use OF steam, but approach high economy, con-
sideriue that they are driven REGARDLESS OF cast,
the sole view being % Eer the highest possible
piston speed IN the shortest time with forced
draft af greatest Inte~ty- The coal burned
rar initial rrr--r1rrar in the case Of one boat
recently CON -rUcr-d was only I.-S pounds Der
hour. with consumption % slxty-elgAr Plun-is
per square foot OF gas
While all Of the Newport colony are probably
willing that their servants should avail them
selves OF the bathing facilities At the beaches.
there Is only one q the colony who makes such
bathing COMPULSORY. and that is Mrs Theodore
A. Havemever. senior. Ms. HlvemeyeT not only
requests her servants % take a daily morning
dip, but has r-ad- arrangements v-tr one OK
che Bellevue Avenue bus drivers % cali at E-r
villa every morning W.-U Dc - not roo rainy
at about 6 O'Clock frr her servants After She
bath the latter are taken back 90 the villa
where they are due % arrive 1t 80
Ib-ca has almost completely recovered from
Rs illness. but his physicians do not yer al
low him to do any brain work So that "When
the Dead Awake remains his last effort Every
day hc takes ride IN the park near his Hou7-