The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-23
NOTES OF The DAY

4''@-N boAA Luah * utlu a year ago
French iHParta,ioEs Of gold in January exceed
ed the amount exported By S6.000O0l.
The average cost Of a British soldier is eGi
year ''s swiss so'ai'' costs about - a
The largest insect known is the elephant beetle
1 Of Nenezue.a- II sometimes attains weight Of
4 Eaf-p0UG6.
The new automobile stages running on Fifth
Avenue, New York. are built 10 aeg,rnuaodste
Just thirteen persons
AT many Of the smart dressmakers' shops with
which ,he Nanderbilts deal a WAX model is kept
OF the Duchess Of Marlborough
Flexible Skating has been put to a new Use
u Is arranged so 20 be attached to a source
I 0i motive power for tree trimming.
Johannesburg has German school which last
June vas given Instruction % li3 boys, 81 girls
/ and - children in the kindergarten
Imports into the United states from samoa
curing last April amounted TO Sl3 ia value; e2-
ports % samoa we're valued AZ S3,5s7-
Letter copyirg presses operated by compressed
air o. hydraulic pressure from local water Iuatas
are IN use IN Offices On the Rock Island road.
The British Secretary OF state for War mas ap-
proved che continuance of allctmert- % pay aad
separation allowances IN the cls= oi soldiers vh5
. are prisoners % 'yar.
Suitzeriand's exports TO the United States
. chiefly lacc,, silks. auiliEr color. chess md
uatrEc--anounfed 90 50 ia. COS francs last year.
IS aeIi--L zoos 40 in Isls
IN appendicitis club has recently been formed
&c Cleveland The members propose 10 have
dance once month and discuss their PgrsoEal
experiences with the dread gilmeuL
The American whist club Of Boston scored a
triumph over the Athenaeum Whist Club Of Toror-
10 Tor 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 tEe centre
{ y the ho5al Crest below q scroll bearing tbc
! word For Nalor-' The revere side l. bare.
| When Strengthening the curves on the ulaia
liue ot the Chicago, liugton and Quincy Rail
J road, az Rome. Iowa, gang Of men dul, mp a bone
! OF a prehistoric mammal % considerable size
/ 6'ormsuy's army is soon 10 he provided with
/ number q automobiles that are 70 be used not
/ also for the rapid transportation Of dstlchments
Z Oi soldiers
/ EiectrOmedic1l treatment Is given patients by
means Of a new sofa. which has blttelies and an
I induction coil contained in the lower portion.
'-;tA brad and loot plgtfs 90 be placed ia c5utlcl
I v-tA She patient
( A. il sell known. glyccriHe Is a by-pr0duct q
/ soap and candle factories. and something like
5000 tons % this commodity are mad, yearly.
Tho South 1frlc1u war ms resulted iu an increIsl
I demand for giyeeriue-
/ Physicians lacking patients would DO wei TO
/ efniEsate 90 Brazil There is an Abundance OF
/ work Cor a medical man ia that country. some
! times be has to ride an entire day t0 reach bis
1 patient, bHt the pay D. goad.
South American journals declare that emi-ss--
ies % rhe JEiteu States buying up large tracts
o. land ia Brazil. Peru. ard Chile for the purpose
. @ getting ira In local political questioa-, vitA
| the ultimate yigw Of annexation.
/ WhiIe holes vers heinz drilled on the Canadian
I side OF Magma Fails recently natural sas was
str1cs. The matter VIII De iuves; gated further
. L J. IN frraT
/ ply may be found ior new industries al Niagara
A rev business has opened up in Chicago. the
object Of which r. to furnish the finest bred h1rls
for breeders a. well as individuals iu this COUNTRY
I los Angeles farm has established branch in the
F1airie CITY English Belgian hlTes are 10 he inn
I ported for commercial purposes
1 railroad school for candidates and mon in
! training for appointments in the regular permau-
I ,ut service In the operating department Of the
Prussia state railroads has recently been opened
/ az Berlin. and six hours instruction Is given
[ each week Ter a year in a regular course
The New Zealand Government has lodged Will
the British Colonial Office strong objections 10
concessions asked by the Eastern Telegraph Com
I pluy on the ground that they would initiate
I against the SUCCESS 81 the Pacific cable which
] thc Ne-v Zeai1nGeTs are anxious TO see laid
An address 10 the Pope from uonoseuarilus win
be presented TO His Holiness next moEth. Already
signatures have been secured from over six hun
drcd uouogruaIiars living in Europe The SIX
I natures Of Americans are being collected by Car
! Gin1I Gibbons and the Archbishop q Buenls
J AyUCs.
IT = said Of the late Sh4hs visit to London. Of
; which many iucideuts--one picturesque and
Others uot-are sin remembered, that nothing inn
( pressed him 50 much IS the long drive for which
/ he vac taken from the Bank OF the UXbridge
road. with the unhrokun line Of houses en- bo,A
sides OF tEc road
In Louisiana the other day a county court
Judge was asked TO determine by testing. the
quality Of certain jars Of p1tted salmon and
shrimp which retail grocer declared be found
quite unfit 70 paw for. The judge decided in
I favor q The retailer without resort to thr test
was convincing
! MousiCuore Frsn,is Marriage. Vicar General oi
Athens. who Is visiting Obi, country. believes thar
the Roman Catholic Church viii obtain sway over
the many thousand OF so-caucd Grl5S z-aizratics
who iuhabit Russia. Greece, and Arabia lie SAWS
the Roman Catholic are fighting up hil bait
tie IN Greece. Tie Greek ChWDh Is the church
Of tine nation. and the Government eyPeH0, mil
lions every year In maintaining its Institutions
and iurtheriug it's interests
The question Of liquid air power Is succinotly
presented by a writer In the "Forlm." who ARGUES
that it :, virtually m initial compression Of air
{ to I1G0o pounds square inch, which gives a
great advantage as regards storage and transport;
and then. ss by expansion and heating 10 can
De brought Co precisely the same pressure and tenn
perauIa as IN the case Of ordinary compre- ca
I air. e follows thar 81 there IS an advantage in
using the latter IT Is obviously more adyautsgcoa
10 employ liquid air. Further, this writer asserts
that. a. the great increase % efficiency Of steam
. engines during recent wears has beCn owing o.
The employment Ct higher initial pressJ--cs. DO 5
I bur the part Of reason q admit that the c--
/ Govern by means q EgUid air. of a way 90 40
tain vast initial air prcssurCs opens the door q
higher tiEciencicS and great extended utilities II
the use Of air power
senai-a,ltoraatie machine tools. % within th
last decade dcrar6sd. says a writer in the 'Eu
and an adequate fierce oi good tool makers so
successful performance This involved A large new
departmental expense. lot likely TO be rscJIpc,
BY the employment of few 5uuet machines o.
a limited range Of work. Now the case Is quit
different Competent to5lmlkcrs are presen
in almost every respectable shop. tools o
/ precision are seen everywhere. the militia,
machine and the grinding machine are il
! common use. and more than all else. two o
| three reSoIutc and courageous inventors have sp
| piled themselves boldly and perrn1ciously O.
adapting the turret 90 general nacliDe-shoP use
( with sI,-h success that. IN some instance. CD
single piece can be made So much more quickly
( with the fixed cutters than by the repeated cut
4 l and measurements 1ecded with the engine lathe
I that the total time consumed m producing Oh
S piece or the semauton1tie tool toolscttinS n
cluded Is less tiEln thaJ Of q COED turner. usiH'
| good engine lathe.
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