The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-31
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New England Is said 70 furuish better workers
Y Esilss md aetories than any ether section Q:
The spsctr5scoPe. ~ the aid q which re are
abe % tell What de SIN / made o., sas in
vented II IS59
It is estimated that from s15oose,oao to $780,
$500 worth OF property i every year destroyed
eF IRE all over the world.
Il The world be dividc9 into land snd water
Iefais spheres. Lo.doR IS the centre Of the land,
SeE Zealand OF tiie water.
seyenty-one. degrees below zero vas the record
low Temperature registered by Scnwatka On inc
Great Fish River, n Caaada.
The Chinese. who do sEnost everything in I
sort OF tops5.turyy fashion. begin dinner With
desert and finish Z with soup
The principal European manufactures Of per-
fumes are IN London Paris and the towns Of
South France and North Italy.
good bale o: cotton Is worth sec, against the
former $40. and the cotton seed. once waste
product. brings S. TO $40 70 the bale.
Two hundred Chinese are now employed IN the
mines Of zstatecas, Mexico, and are giving such
satisfaction that more VII be SEMI for.
Relic hunters are the yandals TO whom nothing
sacred These pestiier9.ss desiFoyers are row
detaeing the canopy over Plymouth Rock
Grosveaor squa-e IN Londen Is said to be the
abiding place Of more miIlioaaires than can be
found IN any equal area within the great city.
The value of the chiele, the basis q chewing
gum, that Is produced in Mexico Is three tfEnrz
as great as that O. the country's present rubber
product
& e "a s elss5iag is streets and ottrwiss
plague. which The authorities expect to De az
ficted with.
Poyta, Peru, IS said to be the dyes. spot on
the globe Rain IS almost entirely unknown in
that resion- and urneTellas. unless to shade enc
rom the Sun, are rarely seen
In the easly days Of this century mary SEests
we're made to fasten hard points to pens OF
softer material. Bits % install were cften fastened
as points 70 pens OF glass tortoise abel horn.
The rivers Of the Emerald IaIe have generally
dark color, owing 70 the fact that most Of them
at some point in their course. Aow through peat
marshes or beds. which inara-t DIRK hsle 70 TIE
water.
Nearly every grocery store IN Mexico has bar
as an annex, where liquors are sold 70 miners
without let or hindrance- Nest OF the intoxieauts
sold in the grocery store are aduiterzted vita
injurious ingredients
For the purpose Of making people rsary K
France bill has been introduced II the senate
providing for tax On al who persist in enjoying
the delights Of single bIesseness after they have
reached the age Of thirty years
The French torpedo boat Audaeieux. which has
gone to Lorient for her trials, Is the smallest
ironeiad IN the world She carries an arTuar belt
ever her machinery an inch OF 50 N thickness,
proof probably against anything smaller thzn
six-pocnd projectile
A New Yorker who crossed the ocean last sum
mer threw two bottles overheard. having placed
IN each one a card bearing his name and offering
s. reward II returned 10 him One Of the cards
has been forwarded from France and check has
been sent TO the finder
a Chicago pastor inserted a want advertisement
~ 10
service at his church. The=e 7zs big congreEa-
ton present The pastor told them % try TO re
pretty. 20 dress we'll not to use paint OF powder
and not 10 eat toe many esramels.
Prairie wolves in great numbers arc infesting
the vicinity OF Minneapolis and farmers in near
by counties are IN panic, their 1--we stock is
being attacked constantly SheeDfolds ana her
roosts IN AnoSa county are suffering partcuiariy-
Farmers are planning big hunt for the neeF
future
q few months ago an old miser named Christian
Young. residing near Prescott, Bis-. died. The
other day administrators Of his estate sold some
S1oodailes 60 Cornelius Meseham Eescflam dis
covered IN the wood pile = 900 in gold wrapped
il a bundle Of underwear He turned the money
ever to the administrators
The religious papers devoted to the interests
Of oolored people IN the South announce that IN
future they VII not print advertisements Of ne
psFatious which are declared 70 have The eject
skin One OF the papers declares that the negro
who Is not contente5 with his color IS icoL''
A recruiting officer Ebo vas in Iowa recently
says that the percentage Of men accepted in that
State on offering themselves for army service Is
considerably above the average found in any other
State. ERiisfments in Iowa are largely from the
tzrE1s- and the vast majority OF young fellows
Offering themselves are young strong AID hardy
An Englisiunan has at last succeeded IN pho
togFaphing flies IN amber. Amber shows dead
back on photograph and under the micro
scope. He has discovered fund into which he
puts the amber and then photographs through II
As some ef The flies n amber are OF forgSsten
type, dStirf- bacSto before the food the reSalts
are interesting
The system Of rating on the unimproved land
values seem TO be growing n favor with the local
authorities OF New Zealand Hitherto the land
and improvements have been equally liable T. ne
taxed fer local purposes bus = recent act q Par
they would continue the cid system or adopt the
Inethed Of taxing the unirnpFoved values only.
After nearly thirty years of constant effort
scientists have succeeded IN accurately HseassIr-
ing tic earth. They have learned that is dame
ter through the equator 5 1873 miles. us hsist
from pole 70 pole seq miles The earth. there
fore Is fattened at the poles. and while this
fact has long been asserted the actual rnfasssre-
Eent has removed the question rom the domain
OF doubt
The knowledge which has been obtained ron
observation respecting the nature OF earthquake
melton and rom experiments made upon brick
and other structures has led to the establ sHlsnt
OF nsv rules and formula for the OF engineers
and builders In Japan and other countries tIlese
have been extensively applied N 1hc co-stT ton
q piers for bridges. tall cimneys walls, aTln3Ty
dwellings, eulbankrnenfs- reservoirs. etc
This winter for the first tine in The history Of
the Bakotas as states OF as Territory. the Sioux
Indians at Rosebud are allowing csttIemea 70
stipulated price. Feed Is uapreoedeHtediy ssaree
on some parts Of the Cheyenne River ard aenez
TIE arrangement referred to which has feeIl ems
proved az Washington II Is eStI NA-i that zSfssf
head of cattle are now grazing on Indian iands=
One of the London papers says that there Is 8
well ATTENDED school fer wsiters in Vienna Ths
pupfls are first Instructed in the general princfa
OF the ART OF serving at tae tab3e ard i~s -i,as
have mastered the Introductory course th2y are
allowed to practice on two l@djes sni I'VE a
tie7ner IN evening dress who dine ri one table.
L calls the waiter to account il nc makes MS
take.
There was an enormous shortage in the crof, %
green peas in the United States during the past
year. owing principally to the ravages Of the
apbis. little green insect which deStress tbs
plants Long Island suffered severely. and grow
eFs IN Delawsre Maryland. and New Jersey were
little better OF II localities further north the
aphis did nos appear. as the cooler climate
unfsvorabie to IFS Development Altogether the
loss Of growers on the pea crpP amounted &c
about Ss,ooo.oo0
A portion OF waiting Street.-The famous Roman
road. which stretched across England IL a north
westerly direction from Dover-has been discover