The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-05
NOTES OF TIE DAY.


that State.
An electrical device which drops feed Of oat,
10 iofse' trough has been invented 40 Nouugs-
town. Onio.
The Statement Is made in an seriousness. thai
superstition e-' ~
Since the last Presidential election tb. .,-...
placed 81 S9OO.000G18
Sleeping with the hair pinned up tightly h net
ON! DAD Tor ne circulation. but 10 Is said 90
prevent the hair from growing
Venetian yand4Is are planning 10 build an e.
liiau sidewalk along the Grand Canal iu order
10 attract bicycii-ts 10 the city.
80. - 'onan Who died recently in Cicrmout county
'H'o. a. The age Of uiuety-eight had tsnqif
school Tor seventy eight consecutive YEAR.
one 81 the newest inventions made bv a 0o,rs,
y ''e aluminium and sheepskiu shield which t.-
inventor Miss Heleu sJ0rrn0ut Murphy. hs~ re-
''Ltiy sent % Lord Roberts
There never has been such industrial seti,it, in
West Virginia as 40 present There i. no. ono
IDLE man south Of the Kauavha River ard I4f1r al
at kinds is In great demand
Women a. train porrers are an innovation ti.4-
D last becoming p"pulaT- The woman who Ui.l-,
uer shoes laced. her dress fastened etc Is won
oe1us how she Travelled before without such aid
new automatic electric safety block signal.
which Viii stop train without the assistance Of
the engineer tr motormar is uow being Intro
oNcrd li i- applicable to any style OF motive
p0We--
In Chicago there Is versatile young woman
who i1r ten wears ran drug store and later
serve a. an expert nurse. jauitress and plumber
=. tlie nome ot Tie Young Nomau's Christian
In ls95 there were I.os0 sayiuas banks iu the
United safes, aud the deposits in them amounted
10 Sl.sH.oO0 90 IN 1923 there were 90 swings
banks In the United States and their deposits
were S24pl 600 900.
Major In0meyeTof,, who commands tie irregr-
lars known a. Thorueycroft's HORSE. received fr,-,
members 81 his family. as a Christuas present
two Maxim gum. 5000 rounds of ammUpitfrr
anc o number of held gl4ss-s.
There are not less than twenty-five colonies o.
Hebrews. most Of them thriving and self-zlpus-t
ing. iH Judos. S4mlris. Upper C4IiIee. aud ina
U-'l7Jorc4lle regions with total % g. 500 goIss-
f-1, and abour 100 hired Hebrew l1b5rcr,.
rot only o. tire inhabitants Of Br4uarngeu.
sutherland pay no tsXe~. Int the community Is
20 neh thar GA the I'd Of January every wear
every native receive present This year 5ie e5r-
consisted iu some loads ci wood and $50 cash
ioI each
swedish. Norwegian. Russian. Belgian. Turkish.
H4lln- and Greek diplomatic reprs-ent4tise- al
H-e English lu large measure ErgIf-f. IL -ar
n'-Ii."E i-eHoa both q social and commercial
language.
d ue Interviews and alleged statements ~
Ear0PelH engineering visitors 20 this country caH
be- relied upon thsle win boz placed within tHe
1eAl twelve months orders for 10 less than So
np1o93 20 2HlJ worth % machinery and ellen
tueai equipment
Iha annual report Of the New YORK STATE Bard
90 HezItl shows 1928. ds1ths from tuberculosis
and I7-lo5 from scl,r respiratory diseases. Z, l.
o. mated that there are over 5000 cau-luptiyeS
DO NeW Nork CITY Who eVrcciCrzte upon the streets
and spread tuberculosis
Frit is nou being shipped from Ne- south
Vale, packed iH Jhe bark OF toe a. tree aud the
outer bark of t-e nsiairucl ieucldeudror. lffas
Is shredded into sort of c1ar,r chat TTe-e
barns seem ru f.fge some peculiar power of pre-
serving orange, during eluiagc.
Br1em- with spring handle, are 90 be- rn.nafse-
tured d. a Tennessee company. tire wooden han
die being severed close fol the head and provided
VII. rpMHiss 90 Che severed guds. which are ir-
serted lr opposite ends gf "a spiral spring. 90 ciy.
heNihl-itt 'a t'e bottom when lr use.
Prom the numbers already arrived &, Is e.tina-
cd u Rome flat more than a half million of
Jubilee pilgrim, viu visil that city before Ea-t-
bay- Tie total during tie year Of those desiring
3 s'sl themselves "t t-e IudUlgtuces oi Size Holy
ear All reach several millions il is expected
Tie consumption Of Tea IN che Cnitsd St..-s
WAS e-iiu'sged a. s0u0o.o0o Po1Iu,i- Issa Cree
Britain aEd Ireland Isl. 0o0.0 pounds: Russia
3. 10000 pounds, ami Canada. % 46f 900 pounds
lr coffee the past year Dc Is estimated Thar the
eorslWptlon in tlc United states WAS IIz.zf.-
aoI pounds.
Nearly abe whole south Arican plateau a. GOV
1r.d Hith long, slender gr4-s. which. uad@r tie
lercc sun. il often DRY as finder Nothing can
i've iU yeidt hre. and Boz IFS passing e. leaves "a
desert l uder tHe cover ot the smoke that
s1- Tire Boer~ can utilize that strategy To- which
they gre famous
All cadravo-s o. diz~lade Ms susan T. Hal
version. tle American missionary doctor 90 Canton.
from marrying ihe tEiuamau who Was formerly
aCr cook. have proved Of Dc avail. The wedding
came of cu TUESDAY. December s. az th- cssab-i-h-
men; of tue American Board Of Commissioners T5r
, urei=u Missions
l.y-D Friday evening New York Io-eS thousands
of lis residents, who go to other cities iu the
State and t1 Boston ami P'5!ade.phia These peo-
Pie are citizens ct Alhaay Utca. Syracuse. Rocl-
ester Buffalo E'rulr-, BlHEhamtou- aud tne
travellers 5o Boston and Philadelphia have their
homes ll those cities All of these men Do bust
LESS Iu NcW y ora city. They return 90 New York
rom their home on sunday night arriving on
Monday incoming sud from rhIt time until Fri-
day evening they are going AFTER the almighty
dollar.
Certainly die Bible does not circulate by auv
'sw of nature. as Of water running down him. or
tire vieWlezs -iud blowing where &c WilI Sc. how
few readers OF rle Bible -eaIize what the agencies
are. and how vast and complicated a mechanism
Is necessary 90 give thi, unique and wonderful old
book its present circulation among mankind.
says .Lc-lie'- NeekIs-" By trustworthy estimates
,apnlaZluate. of oOuT-el. during the last cen
fury no ilz- than 80 900 copies Of the Bible
OF some part thereof, have been put into CivCu'l-
q
tiDu- here are figures which. all things Cousd-
orva, are more marvellous than those pertaining
60 am secular journal Neither do they include
aU Bible circulation bot ouIy what las been done
by Bible societie=- n an circulation could De
regkoned IL would hardly be- less than j01C01.C13
copies These societies. however, are DOW the
chief agencies Cor printing and distributing tue
Bible There are Sev,uJy-tErec of them. mostly
in Europe aud America. though there are nine iu
British IrdIa connected with the greater society
in Great Britain Two Bible societies stand far
above all otier- Boz trc gross amount ot thsr CIR
cul1iion-the British and Foreign Bible Society.
whose output during The century has reached
total Of IG9.0o5.00o and cur own American Bible
>1ciety. which issued last year l&So. So volumes,
and n all since It's f0uuCarIon. 6b6fo.e0O volume.
v here mas tbis vast ARM OF books gone. and how
did they reach their Destination Il has taken
regiment Of skilled lab0Ters TO accomplish it
PorterS and carriers. or colp0rteurs as they are
Technically called. carefully marShslcd and or
gauized under a staff OF experienced officers IN
many countries an over the world. sud employing
every mode OF transportation known to mankind
TO carry the book across seas aud continents.
some suggestive statements are presented IN his
late report by Dr. Abbott. secretary Of the Ma=sl-
chusejts Board OF Health. sb0wiug that diseases
are becoming les dangerous In human life. Is
appears that the hye'cnic condition Of the people
IN that Commonwealth VAS better last year th5a
al any previous time for hall century, and there
were fewer DEATHS by nearly 100 from iutec-