Evening journal., 1900-03-02
VARIETY.

At the Minneapolis College Of Aeri
culture fifty girls are studying scien-
tifc farming.
Out in st. Joseph, Mo-, bounty Of
5000 has been offered to the police for
every highwayman that is killed.
New Orleans represents more than
the total valuation of Louisiana, and
consequently pays more than half the
taxes.
Russell Sage says in q recent inter.
view that his good health is due large
ly to the fact that he has avoided So
cial functions.
The factory inspectors IN Pennsyl-
vania report 2,228 accidents for the
last year. Threefourths of them are
ascribed to carelessness.
Tarbintar an Indian word. mean
ing telegraphy without wires Is sug-
gested as the single word that shall
designate the new wireless telegraphy.
Several English companies engaged
in building automobiles have refused
to accept any further orders unless
nine months delivery clause is in
serted In the contract
Tea drinking and IS o'clock tea are
becoming more and more popular in
Berlin. The advocates OF tea claim
that il Is a remedy for anaemia and
improves the complexion.
SO great has been the Improvement
of storage batteries OF late that, ac-
cording to an English engineer. a car
now requires 500 pounds Of cells, that
two years ago needed 1000 pounds.
Small tanks of pure oxygen. to be
used for resuscitating persons over
come by smoke or gas, have been sug-
gested as part of the desirable equip
ment Of hook and ladder trucks going
TO fires.
The State Forestry Commissioners
OF New York have Just purchased 40
0O0 acres of land In the Catskill Noun
tains, making the holdings Of the
State In that region aggregate 100000
acres
Milon Stewart IS building an ark on
the top OF West Rock, near New
Haven, Conn. In the belief that the
world Is to be visited by another del
uge Mr.. StewQrt makes no definite
prediction as 70 the date Of its com
ing.
One Of the largest calibre guns with
Lord Methuen's force. says a c0rre-
spondont. is fondly known among the
. soldiers as "Milner's minimum" while
. another is equally popular under the
title OF "Methuen's maximum
{ Fifty short practical dairy rules
for the production and handling OF
/, pure milk. printed on large card
) boards. have been distributed by the
I tens OF thousands among American
: farmers by the Bureau OF Animal In
dustry.
= Sir Henry M. Stanley was recently
J. asked II he could find time to lecture
}, in the United States on the topic:
4 suggested by the war in South Africa
Q He replied that his parliamentary
duties would prevent his absence al
/. this time.
J. Niagara power was used so Ions
q ago as 1725, when the French erecteS
!. saw mill near the site OF the pres
3 ent factory Of the Pittsburg Reduc
a tlon Company. It was used for the puI
IS pose Of supplying sawed lumber 70
70 Fort Niagara.
)f "A central station for the production
D. OF acetylene gas is being tested a
Q Tata-T -Toyoros Hungary, a city of II
(. 600 inhabitants. Five miles OF pip
u covers the city and furnishes gas Z
a 1853 street lights and $50 burners Il
10 houses.
Clouds that move In contrary d
y rection to that of the surface curren
d. indicate a change OF weather, becaua
q they prove the existence OF two al
70 currents, one warm and the other colo
2. and the mingling of these frequentl
81 causes rain.