The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Electricity is coming more and more into use in
the tanners business.
In time of war Russia can quickly muster an
army of $4,000 officers and men
Exports of cotton piece goods from Great Brit
ain last month decreased 1891, 400 yards from
September, 1850
Denver is to have new reservoir about fifty
mills away The dam Is to be go feet high and
will cost $4,000
a cousin OF Gr: Livingstone, Mrs. Aaequeeny,
who Kate Livingstone. is alive at the age
OF l04 at Salon, in the Isle Of Null.
Owing TO the big vintage and the scarcity Of
casks wine is selling at l cent quart at many
vineyards in the Bordeaux district.
Astronomers discover that the illumination OF
the earth is fourteen times greater on the moon
than that of the moon on the earth
The infancy of British manufacturing was nurs-
ed by engineers from Holland, who superintendent
the erection OF wind and water mills.
The British Museum authors catalogue is
completed. after twenty years labor and has cost
$3.50, 600. 1t consists of 400 volumes and seventy
supplements
In the archaic vase room al the British Museum
anyone gaze upon babies feeding bottles Of
sun-baked clay which were antique when Joseph
went into Egypt
Slkea raiment has standing among the Oldest
garments in the world. Robes of that material
were worn by men and alike $500 years
before the birth Of Christ.
Only pensioner, who served in the Of
1872 is left His name ia Hiram Cronk He Is
100 years old, and lives in Oneida county \. Y.
About 1000 widows Of 1872 are left on the rolls
There is no crematory for the instant dissolution
of dead bodies in Canada People of the Domin-
ion who favor the method of incinerating their
dead send the bodies TO Boston or Fresh Pond,
Long Island.
The trunk of the elephant has fewer than
1000 muscles-at least, said CuVieF. the IA
comparative anatonist. The whole of the
muscles OF a mans body added together only
number ST.
In England during the past few years, It Is
claimed, 1880 farm laborers have been dis
placed by machinery, while the making of the
latter. it is asserted, required only the labor OF
4,6oO for one year.
Victoria, Australia, has built seven local rail-
ways on the cooperative principle. The railways
were estimated for by contract at 9547, 9oS, but
by working the cooperative principle they were
completed for e25I ,2II.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, in spite Of hk
years, continues to be active in the work OF tbs
Boston Associated Charities and himself does
much OF the necessary personal investigation and
visiting among the poor of the city
1t is sad to learn that goldnnches are getting
very scarce. The price of them has nearly doub-
led in England. where they considered 4
thoroughly British institution. Perhaps the mllli-
at the bottom Of the mischief.
American and Canadian capitalists contemplate
establishing in the rainy lake region of Western
Canada The largest pulp mill in the world Spruce
in inexhaustibie quantities is found in the region
named and unexceiled water power Is also avail
able.
In his principles of economics Prof Marshall
says that perhaps $500 900 annually is spent by
the working classes and 81 90 900 900 by the rest
OF the population OF England in ways that n
tie nothing toward making life nebler OF truly
happier.
G. s Smith, a missionary to Japan. has lost
his place. and now brings suit against the For
eign Missionary Society of this country for $50 soc.
SO much of it due and much on the ex-
pectancy OF his life. He says his work was
life job.
An enormous and increasing amount OF burlap is
used in this country, $50, 10000 yards year. it
is said Burlap is used for making bags, il hs-
ures in coat Innings, among other things, ana y
entering, IN I Gressed-up stage. into wall
coverings.
The Peruvian Legislature has passed law
granting absolpte amnesty TO all persons who may
have been concerned in any political trans5resslou
or offences, with the right to fill pubic OH es-
All political prisoners confined at Lima have oees
set At liberty
MANY planters in the vicinity Of Austin. Tex,
refuse to sell their cotton at present prices ana
are yaTding the staple, disPosing only Of enough
to square accounts with the stores Unless prices
show material advance il is believed that more
| cotton will be held in Texas this year than ever
I before
! It is likely that salt mining may in the early
future be added TO the industries Of British CO.
| Iusnbia 4 Vancouver syndicate has properties on
| Salt Spring Island. in the Gulf Of Georgia which
not only show good indications OF coal, To- winch
borngs are being made. but also contain vaIuaoIs
/ salt springs.
| Nelson Geisler. who ran away from his Mil
waukee home twenty-five years ago to fight In
! dams and who for nearly that length of tims
| had been thought dead, surprised his relatives
| few DAYS ago BY appearing before them He hid
| come direct from Nome City, Alaska, which ne
! left early last month
| The memory of Pillsbury, the chess player, IS
| simply marvellous At South Bethlehem, Pa, the
other evening. when blindfolded ne simultaneous
! " played i game of whist, won nine out o. ,rh
gains OF chess and memoTlzed thirty words, ssieet-
| ed by guests the first three words beng dIt4pH-
/ Iogistine periOsteum. and tahadlaStase.
| The Phi ippine Junta in Hongkong has had
prominent firm Of architects in that city prepare
plans for the public buildings Of the Philippine
| Renubiic. to be erected st Manila Agu!I-a.d0 Is
TO have very fine residence, and each member o.
his general staff is to have Tor his private d,'elIHs
one of these buildings
Microbe light IS the latest Paris invention
| French chemist Raphael Dubois, has found way
OF nourishing pEosphoTe@cent annIalcuIes IN Slass
vessels which soon emit light about bright as
the moon He expects TO increase Its intensity
and believes that its being entirely free em he21
| will give 1t scientific value
The photographers OF this country and Europe
| would be in sore straits were it not for the In
| yention of aluminium, for the Bavarian stone,
| which was used exclusively until few years ago
| for photographic purposes has lately shown tIaf
deterioration in quality which is the surest lndi-
| cation of an exhaustion of the supply
The number of Disconnected Turks MIST be enor-
nous Forty-eight thousand have been eHiles
! during the last eleven years To these must be
added those vino have fed and those who are re-
lated 10 the exiles During the last hye years
more than S4,SSS.oG0 has been spent by the Suitas
in trying to persuade the fugltives tc return
Men and beasts are not the only cannibals. II
certain parts of Australia eannibal trees flourish
| trees which can hold mans body IN Their contra
| and devour it as readily inseetivorous Wild
flowers trap the insects on which they pa y sud-
| sist In appearance they are like gigantic PINE
apples many OF them being eleven feet IN height-
An English florist brought the dainty sweet pea
TO perfection and American florists have ably
aided him. The flower Is native to Sicily and Is
one of the universal favoFites though its propen-
| sity to lose color after being cut a short time
Is against It Still when freshly cut there -
| nothing sweeter more delicate than a bunch
OF these same flowers
Oberammergau has been casting up the accounts
| of this years Passion Play" There were IS
performances and 10000 visitors, who paid $500.
coo for admission The profits of the village from
! dodgers the sale of trinkets and forth be-