The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Lyddte. TIE new explosive, when taken inter-
/ naliy ls a gentle febifuge
The University Of Leipsic has decided TO czpen4
. f-'.up ON new agricultural institute.
The latest fad in German postcards g TO have
IN embossed head Of Kruger in one corner
No matter how poor man is no can now buy
'Ne Ne. Testament 10 Eagiish for nickel
Australia las peace strength Of $4,000 and
:, n-f strength OF 5,C0oo0. Her population IS
Z The National Womul-s Temperance Union has
heen organized 10 Belgium. with Madame Kccihoh
The orange crop OF southern California j. es-
uraleh thi, .e7'on a. 1000 carloads Northern
tfiiiosnia citrus districts viii ship 200 cars.
Z The Beers ard other residents % South Africa
or eucalyptus OIL ia the nostris Of the horse
I when be is Oat on the vedt
Germany, with a PoPuls5iOn Of 52.e79G1o. Las
peace strength q $4,000 and a war strength q
2,ll$.oo0 Besidcs this. There is ire Landstrum.
'F defensive army, Of 5.200000.
Tho year a. B. c. was the longest year on rec
ord By order Of Julius Caesar il contained so
/ G1lN- Tic additional days were put in 10 make
solar year
The Indians who. If not now. in former d.vs
ro1met ou. Western borders. practically with
out clothing % shelter their bodies became.
through long exposure. Injured % the cold that
: IL gave them but little discomfort
There now remains only one people and one
iutic valley south Of the equator whose sover-
. gl-UtT has not been claimed Do s6ms European
power q IS tAe valley Of Barotse, dfty or sixty
miies wide. north OF Lain. in south Africa.
ON the isthmus Of TeHuantepec a most remark
ahie flower has recently been discovered. The
IRE" which bears e. changes it, appearance three
Tunes oJltl- Tor iH Tire morning the the blossoms
blue.
ku--a Vira Z population Of 90.0o0.O00 has a
reaee strength # sss,000 war strength Of 9 f6s-
on These numbers could be increased in time
OF N4f Inc peace strength o. Italy IS 222. 900
war strength. including trained and unframed
iarce~. al-J.6Gj-
Canadian company has applied 10 tire Do
n'Inlou Government fog certain shore rights i'm
Vancouver Earbor. They propose % utilize the
sldes TO generate IA electric power, which VIII
b. serve Vancouver. New Wcstminster. etc. and az
p the same time provide cheaper power.
2 OF on thu curious kind, Of lace. especially Old
J lace. the most curious is that wnich is called
point tresse il is very RAM. and was made Of
: human EaIr French collectors say Do exists in
tn present day only n their cabinets Il WIS
eoIi1l'd 10 the early part OF the sixteenth cen
b. tuly-
In New lorS . company has been termed Tor
'h'' manufacture Of amor for pneumatic tires,
D Us ~ UnToven, dtsoJ~ matc-ial which =
2 f1it'ncd out into a wide sheet and covered on
h. one side with IJOSe woven fabric % Keen ID IN
place, being thea folded over until il rfr4i1s -be
proper width
$ THIS year ia Germany traction motors were
b used f-s the provisioning Of columns AID a.
though The roads through Che Black Tores. were
e step and IN places bad. the experiment VAS
most sucLrzsiui- There were exceedingly few ae-
clJerts, ard the motors effected great saving
IL both men and horses.
! In the United States the first class passenger
faxes last year averaged Ia cents per mile IN
Tag and the hr-teilss fare Is cents per r1iles
Lae tHirdeia-s fsre for vastly inferior service is
cents per mite. In Prussia the service Is 2-99
. cents per mile ia Austria 3. O5 cents per mile
and Ia France $50 per mile
Peasant women IN Siberia wear shau.s OF kerr
chefs .heir heads, vfLc The rich women
wear no head covering whatever A traveller re-
Gently returned from iha- part OF the world says
Z th-J hlssl1n woman VINO ls otherwise rr--u and
urodegu 10 dress with g about wiki her L4l- d.
zaeve.Ca 10 the point o. the ludie-ous
/ Probably ,lg -msile-, monarch in the world
Itigua over the Hindu Ea-,4I State Of Bleplul,
, and governs people oi more than "a million
p souls EEls dwarf is woman. Djialu- i5eyum
. HF rarry- 1Tt although she 81 about hrtE years
u.i she does uUr appear larger than a CHILD %
GEN. EeI clullutise siz- does not prevent her,
2 however, tlCr holding the ..ll- OF governments
with rlm hand
The l-e=a-. egg iu the .e.sId has recently been
r taken 30 London Tor sale. B; IS the finest known
specimen Of the. egg Of AepyorEi> Hsyirir-. and
y over t1o- long and uelriy q yard n clreuul-
Lcrruca- In cubcaI capacity ii equals SIX ostrich
o. NJ I71 hr1-- eggs Its vIiUe is about $50 Il
J was found buried the sand IN Madagascar by
I natives H. C. Wells recently wrote an amusing
-toIy ot the narrowing experiences OF a natural
l>J who l-tlLCd Gus one OF these moHs-r-us birds
5 -ud MAS nearly pcckcd to death
{ Two 81 the largest trans Atlantic steamship
lires. tie White star and the Atlantic Trans
{ port Hayr ruucuuccd their new rates of pas
: sage log che season OF l90o- H. both cases the
q rates nave been advanced about 50 per cent.
? . which - simply resumption OF the Standard OF
= Ialcs which oi,sal1ed before the reduction N
{ prices tor saloon passage last year Tie redUc-
tiuu Lass sPrug only affected the m.ainiUIn Prie-s
- which saloon passage could BE- secured the
MAXIMUM saloon rates were not uCuched-
& new and quicker m=shod than the old one Of
y melting sand 10 sIa-- making Is being used By
rrrluu-a-tu-rr IN Anderson, Ind According 90
o. sccouut given. this mauuiacturcT, while pass
n ing through sis plant recently observed globe
cu an are li-bt break and piece OF GAS tan on
p tGc carbon h cuiy a second Uulll II Vas
r. reduced 90 a liquid and cf-Uped o the ground
- This cave HIM his cue, and he directed the cIn-
: struct5ou OF q bg vat, with sides lad bottom
e composed cf c.-b0us over which could be turn
10 a lateral and longitudinal current An ar-A-'i--
O uCu- being made &c. gun me s-i-u l-ll--- IN. Is
y var the plan worked perfectly the hest-lno--en
) glass being tl.lS turned oft IN about a. many
seconds requires hours -r sac iut-s 70 Irf IT.
pr The var +a. Ie-u patented. and IS being 1-,c'
I being So arranged Jhat IL can be 1a1p.'a ICES
as ever, kind 81 ai1ssrlakiuZ from plate 20 pa-H-
D. The cost OF melting by ths process is sta-et IS
.f being NOT SD great .r7 %. e..i OF N-- 'L-7- IL
!. NAV be more expensive than by natural gas
" Tie English printing trade p2peIs have lately
s. devoted mach r-sce t1 discussing an invention tor
n --r+ir- -,-ithsat ink The basis oi this scheme
In Is an iny1rtou for printing by an electrical
8. urs,,zs. thc patents covering which have been
ar acof-ed los an EngIiSl, corporation Tie print
inc by dis method is affected without the Hse
is = t-k in any 5orm by simply BRINGING the plate
! i'm contact with chemically CJmped paper, men,
= -il.- wool or other material. the result beng
u GOOD clear IMPRESSION the density cd which can
he varied as desired. The print obtained hy .ais
ursre-s resembles in ClearLce- q co2peIli4te yl
litr1-cuarlving. ard is obtained IN more a---i-
manner than by lettcr-TrCs printing ne .I-
binary printers type, ts-l-- --et'e-t - OF q.
trotyres constitute iA Iheuls1lyt, slliSote p'I-
--.r --IIrfgee and NAV De used iE q similar way
pa merely coming in contact WITH me Gainpeu l-l'l
n, f,rrr rbe print. The chemical additions 60 ne
r,,rer which make II susceptible Go the electric
lis llrrert are be added % the pulp, and are s9l
10 be so cbgsP TO cause no appreciate M
nd crease in cost
"- A Chicago inventor. says the Scientific Amefi
can" has recently patented an electrically iliumr
mated clock. Il seems practical, and is not vcry
expensive to make. Il is specially adapted FOR
q I clock towcrs. and the idea is 10 illuminate the
figures on the dial in turn. this end being obtain
M cd BY the mechanism Of the timcpiece. Ipon tht
- hour hand Is arranged brush which travels Il
contact with a ring and scCmCntal contact pieces
tween the ring and each Of the contact piece
p,- rH7e ara 1trprrpuf the guufarf Derl