The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

under tobacco cultivation. which produces s5o.-
os9 tons each year
In the royal boueehoId Of England candle
once eStingnished may never be relIghted within
tte precincts Of the palace.
Tasmania instituted the colonial tabulatioa Of
the coaIugal condition OF the people unmarried
niaFTled, widowed, ssd divorced
To brew barrel Of lager beer. one and ons-baIf
bushels Of malt are used; to brew a barrel Of ale
four and one-haif bushels Of malt are required
The village Of Wheeling Livingston county,
NO got tlred OF trying to maintain city gov
e.nII.ent and threw up It's charter few days ago.
4 fast peuman can write at the rate of thirty
words u minute, which means thar in an hours
steady writing he has drawn his pen along 4
space Of 800 yards
The public telephones Of the --peuny-fa-tap-
slot type. which were placed in some Of the Paris
satisfactory and have been removed
Clay Centre. No. IS an odd town. Miss Wedd
was married on June 3. Slr knight has been
appointed night Waterman at the local bank.
and the Rev DIT. Denise denies that he has re-
signed.
In India if you see 4 quantity of strings tied
from side 70 side Of the street with three-cornered
pieces OF paper fastened TO therl you may know
that birthday is being celebrated in one Of the
houses
At FIRE in Georgia last summer. there being
10 water at hand, some little co3oged boys peitei
It with watermel9ns that were growing in a near
by field, and the bursting melons soon put out
the fire.
The British steamer Iona has sailed from Mon
treaI for Cape Town with 500 horses and % at
PENDANTS. This shipment Of horses Is vaIasi at
$4,000 The freight VIII cost the British Govern
Bent about $4,000
In the Russian agricultural districts the peas
ant children often work seventeen hours day
during harvest time The ministry Of Finance IS
formulating bin limiting child labor TO eight
nouTS for the future.
Some Of the London docks appear to be abso-
lutely sEssrming with rats At MiIIwaH e so
rats were destroyed last year, but it is admitted
that n proportion to the numbers present the
numbers caught are very small
i new drink in the prohibition towns in KIN
sas Is called the stretch" 1t Is composed OF
hard cider, alcohol. and water Three Of them
prompt man to 90 out and insult the con-
Stable, and five are as deadly as blunt instrJ-
ment-
The steamship Erik, recently purchased IN Lon
don by Captain Farquhar Of Halifax. has been
chartered by the Peary Club to proceed % the
relief Of the Arctic explorer and his wife The
vessel yill ut out N Hali=x and VIII sail for the
north n the middle OF July
In alleged sermon the other Sunday. Rev.
Walter A schelI, Of Louisville. Ky, told his
t+--4ttpff tlidE 4NTISf. II ffGE the edTEH.
would undoubtedly belong to the CarpeRters'
Union. but would not engage in any act Of vi0-
lence toward non-union workingmen.
An Elizabethan cup, parcel gilt, Of the year
1877, eight inches high. was sold in London
lately for s. 6S7 or at the rate of 1926 an ounce
At the same tine an old Irish pot0ta ring.
seven inches in diameter sold for 1851. and
3 William III plain tankard for SSH
European companies using large quantities OF
C1al fHes TTzp =rr---g
them. 4 Belgium zinc-sznelting company, with
works IN that country France and Germany,
paid Z.055.0o0 francs moro for $4,000 tons Of
coal n 1900 than for 47l,So9 tons IN 1899.
A movement has been started in Georgia TO
peTpetuate the memory Of Eli Whitney by con
veFting into an elegant country club the scene
OF his labors near Augusta, where he perfected
his cotton gin. An organization has been per
fected and charter for the club secured.
The numerous islands OF the Patagonia Archi-
Delaso are covered with evergreen forests capable
u supplying immense quantities Of valuable tim
Der1 while the mountain ranges, being OF the
'aTf9e geological formation those OF Chile and
Peru. are probably rich IN mineral resources
Prof Corganovie Kramberger Of Agra Unfver-
ity claims 10 be the discoverer Of the missing
ink in the shape OF the bones Of q petriied
IiIUvial man. The bones found. he contends,
would be the eye bones and -crsnis Of ten men
who IN ali probability were ape-like bUs show
he exclusive characteristics Of men
The Fourth of July this year will be the 951th
anniversary Of the founding of the town Of
Satick Mass by John Eliot the famous apostle
10 the Indians and on July there Is 10 be a
grand gathering OF his descendants, who have
,catteTed into widely separated parts OF the
,ountTy. and call themselves indifferently Eliot,
Elliot OF Elliott
It VIII take generation OF two if not more. to
,blfterate IN Europe, the notion that the code Of
lonor IS not a good thing Recently Aus
rian officer the NaTcheSe TacOH declined
halleGge on account CT religious seTupies two
ears aeo. He was not only degraded rom his
ank. but has been ordered 10 serve out his time
s a private IN the ranks
\ queer freak OF nature may be seen in Bridg-
on Ne, in the shape OF 4 young kitten. There
re three in the litter. two perfectly formed, but
he third Is minus the foreIegs and walks about
Ipright like a human person. In every other
aspect this phenomenon IS perfectly shaped It
; not sickIy as might be imagined, but IS
mart any kitten u that tender age
Thirty members OF the Engineers Club, under
Guidance of Chief Engineer Webster, Of the Blu
eau OF Surveys recently inspected the newly
nisIed bridge across the SchuyIkii River at
rays Ferry Avenue The structure Is Of the
raw pattern. operated by electricity. and IS re-
.arded as one OF the most modern bridges OF
Is kind in the world It cost $4,000
The people who are engaged IN sponge fishing
long The Cuban coast are Spaniards from the
chooners which sail along the coast looking for
ponges generally remain out % days The crews
re paid any wages but they are allowed I
ertain per cent OF the sP0nEes, which represent
n an average % pesos for each man on each tCIp-
There has Just been presented to the Hamburg
fuseun a splendid specimen OF q giant gorilla,
-hich the donor Herr Paschen shot IN the Cam
room hinterland. This monster Of the Sinian
ribe Is seven feet long from the crown Of the
cad to the tip OF its middle toe, and the span
its arms Is slightly greater than It's height
he weight Is adjudged at about 80 pounds Il
said that this Is the largest specimen possessed
Y any museum in the world.
Courtesy in its essence was illustrated when
be great English novelist. Thackeray. anxious
0 enter Parliament. stood for Oxford thinking
e might win the seat from Lord Nouck, who
~ represented 1t. Meeting his opponent IN
be street one day he shook hands with him.
al Z little talk the situation and took leave
him with the QuctaJiOu- May the best UlaR
m At hope not said Lord Nonck, very
ordiaily. with 4 kind little bow
Rev Dr. John Watson Clan Maclsren-'J and
Tiers. according to the .'CongrezationaIist- - re-
emily tined with " s Game. Member Of Par
ament Mr.. Game offered to give $50 TO
ospitaI fl1nd through the man who would make
he best pun his within FIVE minutes
rains cogiCated for q while and then Just a
he time was about To expire and Mr. CsIus
bought he was TO escape, John Watson slid=
Don't be in such a hurry. Caiue.
Texas, always a great State, Is getting to be a
cry proud State Il has a war record that Is
wing way TO peace record in the nature Of
rels achievements Its grand areas are becoming
uoyrr 70 the Taeori= of the universe