The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

me army Ct the Pope consists OF 100 Swiss
guards lze policemen and 100 geEticsnes suv-is
The average height Of the heavy rsIn cloud Is
yards ~
Eight million gallons Of rock OF arr pvsrnped
e eaeh year IRON under the bed OF tfr Paciac
The water Of The larger Norwegian lords. or
rack bays, tAo1igh in direct communication vita
'4ie sea. are 20 sattsess as 70 be driRkable.
The growth Of grass tliat comes in 4 long Mid.
moderately rainy autumn Is said 10 DC Tar more
nutritious for cattle than the spring grass L i
richer.
L IS proposed to place IN ineliester cathedral
stained glass window To the memory os Izaak
/ Walton: TEis window viii lie 50 placed As %
overlook Waltou's grave
american excelsior Is exported to Central
Aiaeriea, 70 the West Indies. TO England, anil
other foreign countries. where several thousand
s0ns- q she ffre are skipped yearly.
Belfast has in recent years become one Of the
strongest centres % Christian Endcavor work IN
inc United Kingdom Ten wears ago there v-.z suit
ne s'cIety n al iT=i1nd Today Belfast has more
hotel landlord IN St Louis has established
e1ffeTF regulations in his house Promptly AZ
10 O'Clock at night bell rings and e7,esrs n
and go to bed
sereeeh e=1 was presented to the Lincoln
PARK Zoo in Chicago recently By man who
+ SaUsIt It short tine ago in Northern Vfzconsi,,
!. VS. paced with seven others Of rs kind in an
No"Aere IN the kistory Of organized labor has
such body made tie advance n 50 short a time
As Ire ssVitcinlen,s Tniou Of Narta America.
Starting from nearly nothing col,rIa 90 49,
hers. anu 1''''' l'7-h-
The higI explosive Iyddite. which was used er-
fensivey By the British IN the South African war.
IS now said 70 haze been deficient IN several iru
I5ortsnt respects, and It is said that lev OF the
sHeiIS nred from the pieces exploded satisfac-
admirers Of General Lew waIIaee's Beztk4,ovrs
book VIII be Impressed By the iaet that tn,
forthcoming holiday edition of ssRen II,- IN tyr,
I volumes VII be the Hinety-tHfrd that has hea1
mace q Il Merry LGe3,OJ5 cores Of L have
I been sold
The proposition Tor. the construction Of a feat
ing machine Shop for tie use OF the sqrallrons IN
vsTious parts Of the world Is receiving the earnest
attention It deserves and il Is rot in1p-ol,sI,ia
/ Ezade sooa- :" "a 'e
The United States has al electorate four times
j as Numerous Is that CT the United Kingdom. and
tEEo or thee times Isrge as tfat Of the entfre
I Seh-goFerniHg British Empire throughout the
world It Is also about as large as lie eIscro-a+es
| Dredging the channel Of the Delaware River IT
Reedy Island, forty fire miles below The city Of
! Philadelphia. IS now IN progress Il IS PLANNED
/ 10 dre1se channel thirty feet deep Tor 4 width
] OF 699 feet The present contract calls Ter
Lne removal q $4,000 cubic yards Ct ruud by
! October ], 1871
Oranges and hannazas reach = delicious per
feetiea n Porto Rico, ard fraztz are ,l.ilznown.
! The cultivation % various crops has increased
( enormously siacc 1855 averaging flIIlr % Der
cent ali around The cultivation OF cane has
increased > per cent; OF coffee. . per cent md
/ OF tobacco. 800 per cent
William Copper. the sculptor. has Just CONFLICT
ed the fountain fo- the Government hJii:din- -
he erected at the Psa-s-rle-icsn Fx.7e,s;rfo-7 =
Buffalo. The 7yors. which il oDe-=41arfer tI7s
SIZE Z VII lie nhen anaIIr IN place. vii he
rendered N staff. Ss were the statues Il the
( Worlds Far a. Chicago.
Heavy cars. each holding sixty passengers
Travelled easily 1hir5y-seveu mics il one bosr-
over the Albszv s7d Hudson E,ertrfc isii-Tav AZ
the fozTnsI opening recently The read i inter
estRS IN that = IS the ia5gest third rai5-' road
/ IN The world, and although an experiment il
seems 10 be perfect saccess.
Electric tine service uas introduced more than
forty years ago. In IS57, II Brussels. Belgium
what then known as the Noiet svs-esq Ct
electric clocks vas pat N service about ore
hundred clocks beng installed st various ElacC7
n the city ard electrically connected! with
master clock al central point
zegIazd has rot u-tn negv been Noted as $
centre faa stesl production, though her eri.scss
have Iong held nigh position n tie riechaa:asl
world Recently however company has be-a
formed 70 work me great deposits IN the BsTnese
/ ObeTlan4, where there many million tors o. ore
available, avsraglEE q GER cent Of iron
The big SANFORD stock :arm at PaIo Alto IS
now arranged on a basis where It can be r5sa al
raost forever. the eHt;re reyeaGe going 20 the
university At thr tine of Senator aStanfoTd's
death there were J. SO horses the farm That
number has been Systematically reduced until
Row there are about three h1Tzdred horses.
The battsriag rlm Ct II, R5HaEs was Ifae tie
/ bill OF I hrge 70odpecEer the val Of the ereny
/ being the tres trunk The ba5teEi7g ram was -
called bscaHse - the end CT the bsU, iF0ia sixty
/ 10 ous hundred feet long. vas fastened hTaaz,
l rams head Tae bes-n v2z hung On ropes n
| shed and worked by frCn. fry 70 huGSirei
nsen-
/ Nztrons Ct infant Inns say That your.
infant VIII he eos al Cay If dressed IN grey
| frDcz hut conteured ard happy If dressed II
I bright rcd frOeN Children f.o1n two 20 FAIR
much less Affected BY TIE color Ct uhcir dress
i Il IS commonly observed IN kindeTgs-te1s chat
the yoUzEer cI;iid-s-I prefer the I'D P]agtAI-g,
/ gEiee the cider elEiidrsu prefer the b91s-
/ Tibet IS larger taau France, Germany, and
! Spain combined and Ess5 a population OF $780,
T aaa II IS ruled over By BaIai Lama who ac-
kacNlatixes Only EoE--ilal GlIetllslCG 70 Culld-
/ Tie is the head Of I-assisrs, which s the oldest
and st=ictsSt sect OF RHddkisE9- NezrtE al Aon-
gDlia Is Of Tie religion OF The Deiai Lana OF
ISsss4 and an ambitious IN the place could
make trouble iof ChiEs.
The eofTee growing Industry N tropical africa
IS developing tremendously. The seed vas intro
,l,ced into tl.e couafry about I've years ago by
ssgEe missionaries vslh tie object o. ascertain
ing whether ;Ile resources es tIe country we're
! favorable 70 tie culture OF the article. The
I ground apPesTs= peculiarly adapted to the IN
dUStry. since last rear 100 tons OF coffee were
ported from Jss-la alone, and the result OF tbs
/ years production VIII De even greater
| The sf:p5uildtlg industry in Maine has been
! very active during the past year. and Z Is csti-
mated that the mex tonnage turned out 1t thr
shipyards OF the Pine Tree State VII amount -
about sen tons By December aI--I1G0a tons in
! excess eS the output fer 1920. Thirsv-tires
| scl9oners. most OF which are very Urge size,
have been launched this year. and th= outlook for
| next season IL verv encouraging There has been
S51 Feet long. ~ Camden Ne, ard the contract
/ Wiz IszosaSly he awarded n few months
The custom Of keeping lersesIIoss for Iusk is
ercry home ras the picture Of the patron Saint-
Ahout the head of the saint vas TIE distinguished
halo. which frequently l1a5e OF metal s5rne-
times IN the shape OF a horseshoe When any
firing happened to the picture the hale vas Eept
and remained fastened 70 the door N order thGt
| che saints influence might stil prevail. Is the
bit Of metal the most substantial part O. the
picture II soon became the cust0m 10 make 4
! charm CT this part only, and the horseshoe &C.
| lowed logically Is prevention against e'ii-
Tie following Chinese legend accounts io- the