Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-21


cllned, Notwithstanding fsle relatively
high price Gas compared vita tho cost 81
iiour) demanded BY bakers. Second.
that more American made k1our Is going
abroad than ever. Third, that British
millers are unabla vet 10 compete suc-
cessfully with -four from, the United
States, notwithstanding their wide range
Of whcats from which TO select = com
binati0n for grinding, and fourth. that
the increased annual shipmSnfs from the
United States Of wheat as -four bids fair
at the present rate Of increase. to reverse
the proportions lin valnel now held bv
our wheat an -four shipments abroad.
Just now the study of aeronautics
seems to be having q boom. Inspired
with the hope of the legacy left bv a
Milwaukee man for the fslventor OF q
practical method of air navigation. the
inventive faculty Of the ingenious Ameri-
can and foreigner is being Exercised to
the utmost. and every week almost
evolves some new device orr discovery in
connection with balloons. 'Perhaps the
most important of the moment is that of
German engineer named Fisher, who
has made an important discovery by
which he is enabled TO ccEdense or cx-
pand the gas in balloon. The agent
he employs is compressed carbonic acid,
with the help of which he can ascend or
descend at pleasure. This Perpendicular
movement enables the aeroLaut to go up
or down until he finds cnrrent of air
moving in the horizontal direction he
wishes Military critics attribute great
importance to this discovery. because in
time OF war balloon will be able to
reach the enemy's territof9 and ascend
again without requiring o fresh supply
Of gas.
The United States now ranks third In
the list of beer-producingI countries in
the world. Although her kreweries are
few in number compared with those of
other countries, she yet makes two-thirds
as much beer as England, whose brewer
les are almost ten times as many. Eng
land is at the he ad OF. all beer producing
countries, with 81, 900 breweries and e
product Of csc. 900. 900 gallons annually;
while Germany, with 25.etiO breweries,
makes SOC, 600, 900 gallonssyearlv. The
United States, with only 5000 breweries,
makes about 900, 900, 900 gallons per an
mum Then comes France, with 5000
br .weries and productioUs of 157. $780,
600 gallons, and Austria snd Hungary,
with 2, 093 breweries, but 4 production
of ESQ, 900, 900 gallons. Belgium has
1880 breweries, which produced last
year 80, $40, 900 gallons; HOLLAND, 500
brcweries. producing "a, COG. 900 gallons;
Russia, 4a0 breweries, producing 8, 00O,-
900 gallons; Switzerland. 428 breweries,
producing l3, 500. 900 gallops; Denmark,
$50 brewerics, producing %, 900. 900 gal
Ions: Sweden. $40 breweriss, producing
81, 900, 900 gallons, and Ita2y. 100 brew
cries. producing only 4, 009s 900 gallons.
Nearly $4,000 persons are! engaged in
brewing lager beer in the United States.
According to the New York World,
the Japanese appear TO take more kindly
to the manners and customs of white
civilization. The members OF the Jap
anese legation all discard tacir national
dress. There are hundreds OF. the sons
| of their best families in THIS country en-
gagged in studies of all kinds of improve
ments. They can be foundI in nearly all
of our professional training-schools and
workshops Il appears COZ be the am
biti0n Of the Japanese in this country to
asslmilate themselves with: our people.
The last Japanese minister, MIR. Yoshida,
was very highly educated gentleman.
He lived exactly as would aay gentleman
of leisure and money Of thia country. He
was avery slxillful amateur painter and
used TO spend great deal of his time
making sketches around the outskirts Of
Washington. His wife adopted our
dress and went about as oar ladies do.
The present japanese ministers, who has
/ just arrived, Mr.. Jushii Kurki Rinichi,
is also accompanied by his wife. Both
| follow the example of their predecessors
in dress and mode of living The Jap
anese are more popular than the Chinese
because they are SO much quicker to
learn and because they pick up English
so much more rapidly. TAe Cinnamon
rarely learn To speak without marked
accent, but with the Japanese it is diff
ferent. They appear to have the Russian
faculty for learning languages. The
Chinese seem Co have more money than
the Japanese. They seek Eaore in the
way Of diversion than studys When the
Chinese legation was first established IN
this country the imperisl government
deposited here $fO0, 900 ia gold. It
is said they generally manage TO keep
their deposit up to this neighborhood,
so that the financial standing Of the
legation is equal 50 that of the most
solid European governments
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