The evening times., 1900-03-23
NOTES OF The DAY

i iivit Solu tbdh u nclu year ago
French impertatiors OF gold in January exceed
ed the amount exported by S50O0,OOo
The average cost Of a British soldier IS 26i a
\ year The swiss soldier costs about eli n
year.
/ The largest insect known is the elephant beetle
I OF Nenezue.a. II sometimes attains a weight Of
kalfpoUH6.
/ The new automobile stages running on Fifth
/ Avenue, New York, are built 10 accommodate
/ Just thirteen persons
| AT many of the smart dressmakers shops with
which Inc Fanderbilts deal a wax model is kept
/ Of the Duchess Of Marlborough.
! Flexible shafting has been put to a new use
/ IL u arranged to be attached to a source
| Ct motive power for tree trimming.
| Johannesburg has German school which last
I June vas given instruction 1l3 boys 81 girls.
/ and p children in the kindergarten.
! Imports into the United states from samoa
during last April amounted to SI3 in value; ex-
/ ports to samoa were valued at S35s7-
! Letter copying presses operated by compressed
air or hydraulic pressure from local water mains
are in use in offices en- the Rock Island read.
| The British Secretary Of state for War ms ap-
/ proved the continuance Of allotments Of pay and
separation allowances in the Of soldiers vhJ
are prisoners o. war.
Switzerlands exports 70 the United states
. chiefly laces. silks. aniline coors, cheese. and
wdtchCs-amUunted % - Isl. COS francs ast year.
aS against s2,Oe8,I40 in Is9o-
IN appendicitis club has recently been formed
At Cleveland The members propose to have
dance once a month and discU-- their persOEal
experiences with the dread aiIment
The American whist club Of Boston scored a
triumph over the AthenaeIm Whist Club Of ToroH-
70 for The American Whist League challenge
trophy. The game was played at Albany.
The Victoria Gross is a Maltese cross made from
cannon captured from the enemy. In the centre
Z - he o~1T Cs-caf kor--
words "For Nalor.' The reverse side is bare.
When Strengthening the curves on the main
line OF the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road. at Rome Iowa, gang Of men Ding up a bone
/ OF prehistoric mammal q considerable size.
Germany's army Is soon to be provided with a
number Of automobiles ;hat are 70 be used not
only for the transportation of the baggage. but
also for the rapid transportation Of detachments
Of soldiers.
Electro-medicaI treatment Is given patients by
means of a new sofa. which has batteries and an
induction coil contained in the lower portion.
with hesd and foot pytes % be placed in cJutac5
with the patient.
A. i well known. glycrriBe is a by-product of
soap ard candle factories and something like
5000 tons Of this commodity are mad yearly.
The South African mas resulted in an increased
demand for glyeerine.
Physicians lacking patients would do well 10
ernigGste to Brazil There Is an abundance Of
work for medical in that country. some
times he has 10 ride an entire day 70 reach his
patient but the pay i good.
South American journals declare that emissar-
ie= o the United States are buying up large tracts
q land in Brazil. Peru. ard Chile for the purpose
Of getting hand in local political questions, witI
the ultimate view Of anH-xItlCn-
While IoIes vera being drilled on the Canadian
side OF Niagara FAILS recently natural gas was
strucS Tie matter viii be inyestig gated further.
bur slrtlay IL = possible that a cheap fuel up
ply may be found for new industries at Niagara.
rev business has opened up in Chicago the
object Of which Is TO furnish the finest bred h1rs
for breeders well individuals in this country.
A Los Angeles farm has established a branch in the
Prairie City English Belgian hlres are TO he i'm
ported Tor commercial purposes.
\ railroad school for candidates and mcu in
training for appointment in the regular permsu-.
ont service in the operating department Of the
Prussia state railroads has recently been opened
al Berlin and six hours instruction is given
each week for year in regular course.
The New Zealand Government has lodged with
the British Colonial Office strong objections -
concessions asked by the Eastern Telegraph Com
pany on the ground that they would initiate
against the success 0f the Pacific cable which
the New ZealaHders are anxious to see laid.
An address to the Pope from nonogenarilns viii
be presented to His Holiness next month. AlreldT
signatures have been secured from over six hun
dred nopogenaIiars living in Europe. The sig
natures Of Americans are being collected hy Car
dinaI Gibbons and the Archbishop Of Buenos
AyTes.
Ir i said of the late Shah's visit to London. Of
which many inCidentS-some picturesque and
others uor-are sti1 remembered. that nothing i'm
pressed him 50 much as the long drive for which
he was taken from the Bank Of the Cxbridse
road. with the unbroken line Of houses on botA
sides Of the road.
In Louisiana the other day a county court
Judge was asked to determine. by testing. the
quality Of certain jars Of pottsd salmon and
shrimp which a retail grocer declared be found
q1ite unfit to paw fer. The judge decided in
favor Of the retailer without resort TO the test
suggested. Tire Odor Of the potted goods alone
was convincing.
Monsignore Francis Nlrinco. Vicar General q
Athens who Is visiting this country. believes thar
the Roman Catholic Church viii obtain sway over
the many thousand Of so-ca.led GresS ScIIsrnatics
who inhlbIt Russia. Greece. ard Arabia He slys
the Roman Catholic are fighting an up hiH bat
tie in Greece. Tie Greek Church is the church
Of the nation. and tine Government evpends mil
lions every year in maintaining its Institutions
and f1rtheriug its interests.
The question oi liquid air power is succinctly
presented by a writer in the Forum" who argues
that il Is virtually m initial compression Of air
to 10.600 pounds square iECh which gives A
great advantage as regards storage and transport;
and then gs by expansion and heating iJ can
be brought to precisely the same pressure and tenn
perature as in the case Of ordinary compressed
air. = follows thar if there i- an advantage in
using the latter IL Il obviously more advantageous
TO employ liquid air. Further. this writer asserts
that. a. the great increase Of efficiency Of steam
engines during recent years has been owing 70
the employment cf higher initial press7lrCs lt Is
bur the part Of reason u admit that the dis
Covery. ~ HeaHs Of liquid air. Of a way % at
tain vast initial air pres-1Ires opens the door to
higher sftscencicS and great extended utilities IN
the Of AR power
semi-autcmatic machine tools. to within The
last decade deuarGsd. SAYS a writer in the en-
gineering Magazine. well-CquPped tool roem-
and an adequate force Of good tool makers Cor
successful performance This involved large new
departmental expense. Lot likely to be recJ1ped
by the employment Of i few 5urret machines on
a limited range Of work. Now the case Is quite
different Competent tocimJkers are present
in almost every respectable shop. tools Of
precision are seen everywhere. the milling
machine and the grinding machine are in
common use. and more than all else, two or
three resoiute and courageous inventors have 3p-
pIied themselves boldly aud perrinaCiOusly 90
sdantipa the turret to general machine-shop use.
with such success that. IN some instances. cne
single piece be made 50 much more qHcNy
with the fixed cutters than by the repeated cuts
and measurements needed with the engine latne.
tbst the total time consumed in producing the
niece or the semi automatic tool tOuiSctting IN
Guided is less than that of a good turner dsihz
good engine Ethe.
In the London Methodist Times Rev h'sh