The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

RUSSIA gave metals 70 Oh coup
les Tho celebrated diamond and goldqs Wedding
anniversaries
The Paraguay River Is 800 miles IN length
A. points in Is lover course It Is from FIVE
fifteen miles wide
The Apaehes have three different kinds ot
Vloilns, each having but one string and played
with snail bow,
The human ,windpipe Is composed OF sixteen or
eighteen caTtilaginGus rings. united by exceed
ingly flexible ligaments.
The Earl Of SeafeId holds Great Britain's record
as a tree planter, with G0,9o0 trees planted on
4o.e03 acres IN. iuveruessEire
1t IS said that 1000 pounds Of poultry viii cost
less to raise than 1000 pounds Of beef and viii
sell for almost twice as much
Some Of the scales Tor weighing diamonds are
SC accurately adjusted that speck Of dust or an
eyeissh VIII affect tlte balance.
A so-caIIed ''tax on health raises the price Of
salt IN Italy from its natural cost Of II pounds
for cents 70 nearly cents pound
Maitland, Nova Scotia. was a wooden ship
building centre many years ago, and it IS said
that the industry Is to be revived again
Canadian firms have received orders for 200
doors Tor South Africa with prospects of receiving
further orders for several thousand more in the
near future
Denmark started last century as the poorest
country, per head OF population, in Europe; it
ended one OF the richest And &c has to thank
There Is bat q small demand in England for
books and periodicals compared with the United
States. which, cGiBcidentaI with It's material
progress. Is now the book market Of the world
Germany has demanded $500 compensation
on behalf OF German subjects expelled from the
Transvaal which the British Government has re-
fused on the ground that It does not wish to es-
tablish precedent.
Mexico is the largest Of the LatiG-Ameriean
TfrfoS
prosperous country than Brazil Mexico's popula-
ton IS in the neighborhood OF 100000 Wills
BTazifs is about Is. 10000.
The owners Of automobiles IN Ohio constitute
a new force in the good roads movement There
IS plan underway for the building Of a boule-
ward from one end Of the state TO the other,
touching the cities and largest towns
Statistics OF the country relating to physicians
indicate the possibility II not the actually, Of
oveFerowding in the medical profession. It was
found N the census year that there vas one regis
tered physician to every 655 people in the United
States.
The total amount OF Ianf in the Philippine
Islands Is approximately 1885, As acres OF this
amount It Is estimated that about 10000 acres
are owned by individuals leaving N public lands
- 90 40 The religious orders own about 49,
coo acres
In the Province Of Barcelona IN Spain there are
over 100 soap facsories. including the extensive
works Of the firm Of Rocamora Hermanos, whiei.
are among the largest soap factories OF Europe
Their soap Is manufactured almost exclusively
for export.
Great quantities OF frecraekers are now being
received in this country from China, the uer-
chants considering that there viii be big
Fourth Of July demand for them Thousands of
packs Of the noisy explosives are coming n al
most daily
Roumanizn mothers tie red ribbons around the
ankles OF their children TO keep them from harm
This Is something like tieing an eel skin around
the ankle 10 protect swimmers from the cramp,
OF carrying a horseshoe IN the pocket 70 stave OF
rheumatism.
The hot-cross bun Is gradually going out Of
favor IN England. Unlike the plum pudding at
Christmas, OF even the pancakes for Shrove
Tuesday, it has few friends Some people have
religious seruples about It, others regard It as
an GdigestIbie horror
It is singular coincidence that while the ne7
% guns are being mounted at the Dover forts
trials with big gun OF slightly heavier calIbrs
are beng made at Fort d ExperIence Calais Ths
new French gun IS reported 10 be about the same
range as the S-2-nameiy, fifteen miles.
A surgeon OF the British army who has bad
much experience IN passing recruits argues for
little men for fighting purposes, believing that
the idea Is old and obsolete that a man cannot
be good and efficient soldier unless ne measures
Z certain number Of feet and inches IN height.
In school opened in Bangkok by an English
lady there fifteen pupils and all are PFincesses
OF the royal family OF Siam They receive les
sons each day in reading, writing and music,
but the time which they spend IN this way IS
tTiding compared with what they spend II IezrH-
ing to become good housewives.
For twelve successive winters Swiss Eatchnan
and family have taken care OF the hotel on top
Of the stormy PiIatus- He SAYS that sometimes
for weeks, when all below IS wrapped IN ST and
clouds, they have sunshine above On the night
OF January 27-ZS there was terrific storm. which
carried of ! great part Of the roof
The grammar used by some Of the Chicago po-
Iicernen Is n such contrast to the rules set
down By Lind1ey Murray that, at the suggestion 81
a justice OF the peace n that city school IS to
be opened thsre IN which policemen viii be
taught the elementary rules ef the English ian
guage so that they can express themselves more
clearly on the witness stand
The parents OF Roy Hayward, Of Saco. Ne,
have every reason TO be thankful that they have
not yet advanced their young son to the dignity
OF pants The other afternoon the child fell from
a llIird-story window, but miraculous to relate
was not At all injured, It's skirts spread II out
and acting IS 4 parachute 50 that the violence OF
the fall was materially broken
The American 0rnithoIogist5 Union succeeded
last year in protecting, BY means Of carefully
selected wardens all Of the known breeding
grounds of the sea birds along the Northern At
has appealed 10 the public for funds TO enable L
to extend It's protection 10 the birds along the
Southern Atlantic and Guli coasts.
A Vermont physician says that in the regular
drug stores and N loo of the IL general stores
that State there Is sold every month S,3O8,G9J
does OF opium, besides what Is dispersed Ii pat
mt medicines, and besides what the doctors dis
Jense, which gives one and One-haE doses OF
opium to every and woman IN the State
bove the age Of twenty-one years every day Of
he year
In Rhenish Prsssia physician has been pursu-
ng i lucrative trade in giving drugs TO young
men, the purpose being TO incdpaCitate them for
lrnly service His applicants for this sort Of
TCatmenr are from al parts OF the country. The
OUng who seek his services are Of course
veTs etc serving their time IS soldiers which they
would have to do unless found physically inca
aCItated
Although sevsnty-fdur years old Gideon Havrley,
f Erie Pa. Is still running an engine He be
an railroading in 1915 and has been with the
axe Shore since 1872. 4 few days ago Hawley
vaS put through j severe examination, the rail-
cad officials believing 1t was about time he
houd retire. but there was no ground found for
rs retirement. There was 10 more trace of color
blindness about him than there Is IN the youngest
ngjneer on the line
Irish bank returns show increasing prosperity Of
he island IN December, 1862 the deposits and
ash balances in the Irish joint stock banks
mounted To el3.2S 90 Exclusive of 81 GG909
government and other public balances IN the Bank
{ IreIaEd}, E2,5GS.05G more than at the cor
espoadIHg month Of 1879, being IN fact the
igfest Yet recorded. while the deposits in the
awnings banks amounted 20 EIp, 36S, 600. GSSS,
r. IN, nrr -f.rl-