The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
NOTES or THE DAY.

the eetale OF D. T. Moody ifaelic@l! tui1i-t' pl
his library
At meeting IN San Francisco last night steps
were taken toward establishing IN tlas city
permanent commercial museum.
But three States 10 The Uniou pay their govern
0F5 an annual salar~ or $1,000. Ttey are New
York, New jersey, and Pennsylyania-
An Australian sayant has declared that the hu-
man brain contains name centre" he SAWS
II Is the office Of this cell 10 retain names.
China's new railroad from Canton 70 Hlnkoy.
which, with its branches. viii be 0.) mile long.
Is 70 he built entirely by American capital
A test made recently in Bingaamton. \. y.
showed that the cost Of heating street cars by
electricity is double that Of heating with coal
There are $50 church-5eu ringers in the do
eese Of Oxford This is the largest number ia
any Engiish diocese. Exeter comes second end
-Four hundred and seveuty-tyo miles Of now
I railroad lines were opened IN Japan during the
I year ended March 81. 1899. There are now 2,655
/ males IN OPERATION
TIE ancient frigatc. Franklin a relic Of the oh
wooden navy which has been used ior many years
as receiving ship al the Norfolk navy Yards IS
! soon % be deserted hulk.
II a IRE requires blowing 20 give il a good start
I il VIII be found that blowing down into the
flames makes Il burn up more brightly and
quickly than n blown from underneath
In the DAYS Of Queen Elizabeth the floor Of the
retiring room Of actors was always covered with
green ushes. and f. thus acquired the name.
which we sill use, Of the green room"
More than eco German Teachers have been
Taught 10 become instructors IN manual training.
OF these. $50 were Taught in Leipzig and leo
acquired training a. - places In other parl= q
{ Germany.
The finest blankets made in tbe country are
now manufactured in North CaroliHa, where l04
woclen mills are IN operation The finest grade oi
wool can be grown il the South almost a. c.eaply
as cotton
A blind man was found in View York TIE other
day. who carried an alarm clock 10 tell the time.
/ Ee set 80 20 strike every hogr aud between the
hours be felt tEe position OF the hands 10 deter
{ mine the time.
The total amount o. ore shipped out Of Lake
Superior last year would cover eigEty-ave acres 60
a depth Of eighty feet. Il would require GGG.Ol'
ore cars 20 load 10 and 1000 trains % move st..
/ thirty cars 10 a train
I It is said that he Government purchases about
/ 1000 tvpewriter5 a year, and the Adniri-tr4-
I ti0n is about 10 make a systematic attemp,
I 20 secure considerable reducti1n iu ths price
I Of the machines 10y clubbing the orders to-
/ gether.
/ According TO Prescott. tho money oi 1lc Aztcl-
/ consisted OF quilts fun o. gold dust and bag %
chocolate grains. Before the Introduction Il coin
. cd money ilt' Greece sEever- or spikes ~ iron
t and copper were used, SIX being dlaglu- 1r
I handful.
/ The slaterAznl-troHe Memorial building "a
/ Tu-kesee, Ala. which vas dedicated The other
/ day. Is chiefly product Of student labor. The
I bricks and lumber used .u lis constitution were
I all made b. students under Prof. Booker Z.
Washington
l Its owners have arranged wiki the urdsrzlit-
I CTS for extensive repairs 10 the Steamer Paris.
I TIE boat VIII be reatred with new engine SIM
I d 20 those Of the - Louis and she vil De- ready
I Tor service within year The name ut the ves-
/ ri viii be changed and sire wll he called after
I some American cl-y.
/ It IS said the m1St valuable drsuzd- board IT,
/ existence is that Of tle Iate Prince Bi-llarek
vh, was a great lover Of the game The squares
Z % Tie board are made NJ silver and gold. 90
] represent the usual iir and dark Coiared i-arHrr
I Tie dIauElts ara 90 silver and gold. having Ll4-
I moad or ruby d. the centre %. each.
/ The New Jersey Bgreaa Of Labor Statistics
+ has gathered some facts relative 90 the exist
Cucc Of company stores iu tlo state. Fifteen such
I Institutions were Fund. and the -ilti>.il4n es-
I Inmates that On an average rhe person obliged
Z to deal 40 company stu-g pays j. cents on
tine dollar mere than l. De could purchase where
] ue UiClsrd-
\ Nearly eighty years ago az act Of Parliament
vas passed to- the prevention u SUNDAY de-eyra-
Z zion by London bakers. who were forbidden under
8 d penalty 20 bake or sell ou tbe Lords Day
This law has never been repealed. but It has not
D
I bakers are now taking step, o. have IL old at
( Cl George ~ enforced.
/ German explorers have betn engaged fal some
. time In excavations the site OF THE palace
. oI NeHuchlduczz1r There was discovered last
I tllI column which bore representation o. the
/ Hute god. The figure corresponds with one
found in >aad-siri which Is now in the Bs-.-u
Museum. 10 is supposed that both works were
taken part OF the booty IN some ancient eN-
petition
It Is said that the engines Of tha new British
1ayyl.-5ir Naa-aeae are % De tLl most power
ful ever placed in d man-1t-gy3r- They are 10
Z develop $1,000 indicated horse power, and Tire
/ .ueri IS 10 Be ore knot az over for every luJ
horse power. There win De two sets o. triple
. expansion engines and thirty BelIsville boilers.
I which viii cost ti51.vo0 The total cgs. oi the
. / vessel VIII De over El,uol.ell
Icslauders have curious and probably unique
plan Of preventing their frr-a- from ---.yiur-
/ STDp1siug two people were riding Together ami
( wished % stop somewhere 20 make a CALI o. pre-
/ veur their horses from s-rayIuE they would TIE
each horses head te the others toll lr this state
I thr horses could neither move backward nor for
ward. ar The most they could 20 round iu circle,
. but thsu jley would have Co make a c.Uu--, 90
turn tscir heads iu De same direction
For several days one of The leading mule COM
mission firms at the Kansas City stock yards has
displayed ia front Of its Office sign which reads
{ NO Men Wanted 90 Go With Mules" Tn eN-
] UlIuILLuu Of the le-elA one OF eaIllil-~--lL
! I men said we are daily beSieged by scores 'f
men who want 90 go 90 South Africa with con-
sgrmeutS OF mules thus securing ire. trduspuIta-
, top n IS not that we want uur mules 20 Dee par
r~7Ilar IN the matter Of association but we cannot
send any men with them on their long journey
People who booked passage last year on one
OF the other Of the various steamship Lines for
tine Paris Exposition we're told at the time that
they could have "anl valet printed after their
names on The passenger list. Vow they have
all been notified that "and valet does tot 60,
unless there really IS valet Tie passenger list
4 other side showed ls6 saloon travellers and -
Wallets. some of The mean and petty souls among
2 / thc lt3 passengers who had no and El-st AZ
r. Z rsrlrr-rt started an Investigation which re-
, suited III the discovery tina. there was not a
: valet aboard the ship. The agitation am, began
q re-llrt,d IL q rule being made hy ali the trans
{ . Atlantic companies that hcHcet1y-h all Wallets
e must be in evidence
. The PRINCIPE Of using iucaudcscent mcntel
with burners fed by liquid fuel has been made
as. 81 in a number o. lamps in Germany. Such
fuels as methylatod spirit and petroleum have
beer employed but, owing 60 such difficulties
as securing q proper admiNturg % air 20 pro
du-c the required high temperature, few Of these
I devices have passed beyond the experimental
stage. NJ Degayrouze has, however recently
exhibited before the SoCiete dcs lngenieurs Owls
de France a lamp IN which the alcohol is
/ charged with hydrocarbons in solution TO such
- an cstrut that tine carbon. which is In the
Same and deposited on the mlntel also bcCome,
iucande>eeut without increasing the consumption
Of the alcohol. The carhurettea alcohol vii
y / also give very brilliant light without the man
I tcl- l7rt la the specially designed lamps th,