The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The laqui fnclans are largely employed IN tho
mines They make excellent miners. are IL
| dIistrious and good Workers-
/ gslnner's life was saved in South Africa By
the bullet lodging IN a pack Of cards that he had
! IN the pocket Of his Khaki jacket
Kobei DIVA. a japanese electrical engineer o.
considerable prominence. Is travelling n this couh-
/ try, studying waterPOWer Development
/ The average age Of the men now at the from;
/ Is, according 70 = military sfat-st, two years
/ higher than that Of soldiers who fought 20
/ Waterloo.
Recent experiments BY Monsieur Janet show
I that the Temperature q the carbon hisuent IN an
-ectTic lamp % between 1000 and 800 degrees
I Fahrenheit.
New Zealand is erporting large quantities Of
! frozeH eeIs 70 the London market. Il IS q novel
1 sort F.! mystery, but Is said 70 meet zith CUB
siderable favor
1t is estimated thar the average stipend Of an
/ Amcri- an pastor in the large Anesican cities
Goes not exceed 81 90 while in the country 500
I = outside figure
PawnbTokers in England are not allowed 70 take
as pledges the Victoria Cross L is Illegal either
I security for money loaned
About $50 SEATS have recently been added 70
/ the seating capacity Of Bethany Church. PhiiA-
| delphia The church has a membership OF 5000
and sunday school Of about the sane number.
/ Countess Louise Erdody. Who recently died in
/ Vienna, was perfect Latin scholar she was
a complete master Of the language. and her great
aim IN life 70 the Latin tongue once rnors
( the international means Of Intercourse
There are now LOO Telegraph oasces in Japan
7 proper and lI2 in Form0sa, while there are ia
I so miles Of line in service. During ls5s thess
lines carried 20 003 foreign or international nas-
I sases, ard I5.z75.6z5 domestic messs=,A
The largest steamers in the world are about TO
be built at Stettin. in Germany. BY the vulcan
shiPbuilding finn for the SoTddeutsehe Lloyd sery-
ice from Bremen 10 NeU York Their Length viii
{ be 20 feet, horsepower about 5000, speed zSts
( knots
TIE Eighteenth Husslrs a British regiment
serving in Saith Africa. Is n0W known among
soldiers in that region a. '.Krlgers Own" This
nickname y given 70 the regiment because Of
me large number Of is men made captives BY
d the BOCrs.
At one time there was royal rat catcher at the
British court He q e>ssd in = gold and green
I LIVERY, uIoR which the words Rat catcher
70 HIS la-.=sty-" His attendants ferTets AL
their combined industries kept the palace kitc "a,
+ and cellars clear Of rodent inEssi0ns
The price Of rice IS advancing ouing % the dis-
( turbances n China II the fact vii have any
weight in obiterating the habit q drugir- bridal
couples with the nutritious grain As they start O1t
/ on their wedding trip. the Circumstance viu not
{ be without some slight compensation
Kirg HumbeIt Of Italy intends to sci several q
/ his royal palaces bis civil allowance Of about
=. 100000. is not suicieut 10 maintain them in
J proper style lie VIII dispose Of about half
dozen Of them and with the money Obtained
. thereby VII rebuild the Qlirinal Al Rome
/ The healthiest spot in the whole world Is Au-
none. a French village. containing forty people.
Z Twenty -eiEnt q the inhabitants are over eighty
Z EeGrs OF agc. and three have ps-se1 a CENTURY
There are 10 graves in the local cemetery and the
I Oldest lnhabitaHt cannot remember seeing = IL
neral
t--,z--;-l- yys-t.r,--- - - - h1s..= III H.;
life was last week selected By the Nev York city
board Of education 10 deliver lectures CT music
IN the schools. and he vii begin next fzIi. He
Is tWcnty-tour years old and AZ excellent unl-
sician, his sklH as pianist being especially rec
oCUizet
Chicago capitalists have made some heavy land
deals in the Mississippi delta during the past
ten DAYS their purchase amounting % more than
5000 acres. and for Nhich tLsy are saiG 10
have paid average q SO acre Ten years
ago those lanes ROuid not have brought - cents
an acre
A company formed by Ezsl5s5 and American
capitalists Is about 20 build the largest Woodpulp
plant IN the World At Grand Falls. New Bruns-
WICK. The works are 70 cost So.0r-o'0, and they
viii BE- capable cf turning out $50 tons % white
I newsplPer- 225 -tons Of ground wood pulp, and
| Ia tons Of su-Pa-lc pulp daily.
St Helena has been much worked up l1tely
I over the neglect Of the British military author
( titles TO make any proper provision for guarding
the thousands % Eler prisoners CHARTERED there,
ard stories of a suspicious steamer resembling
WlrsIIip. which has bccn G0ysrilS z-ou1d the
I coast. have had disturbing effect
After consulting with substantial colo-ed uaea
in al parts Of thc country Booker T. Washing
ton. q TssSksaee, Ala. has decided 20 assist in
the Organization % national negro business
league The object @ This organization Is 20 en-
courage coll-tt people. through the central Or
ganizatal ard local organizations, 20 eater Al
avenues % business
Tho mule is in great demand. Since the out
break Of tie struggle II South Africa this stub
born member Of the equine race has illustrated
his right 20 be known ~ the war horse Of the
period. He Is IN the army 20 stay The only
aEiuuat % the contingent Is the negro driver,
between whom and the mule there : always some
SOFT q friendly vuderstandiug-
Bi5inr Chaudri Pal. an Fast Indian teetotaIe-.
MAS one Of the speakers al the rccsn; Temperance
Congress in London showing a zeal IN the cause
in which no traces Of Oriental l4nguor were ap-
parent His couu-ryrncn are an abstiu-ut people
through the force 0f circumstances. being too
poor % afford even the cheapest stimulating bcv-
erasCs and m0S- OF them live and die faithful IN
Practice Of the teet0taler's code
TURKEYS VIII make short work With tobacco
worms. caterpiTars. and other bugs that devsState
tobacco helds in the summer season Many farm
ess drive them cut through Plantations early in
the morning and make them forage for break
fa-t among the green tobacco leaves Consequent
" among other reasons. the turkey Is more
ailuring dinner table dainty Thanksgiving cay
! than he Is on the Fou-Ji Of July
Among the graduates f1om Yale this year WIS
Niss SslieIi Yamaguchi. Of Tokyo. Japan, who
won the decree 81 bzehelor % arts The dark
IsEtle woman received her diploma bzreheadCd
ard II her native costume. her black hair living
smooth and shiny fast ned by a co,oSsal sickuin.
while her shawl and load sash. fuT.S gracefully
ab1ut her p,run little rCurr. made har look ike
some small Yum Yum Just out Of school
In eight weeks the Horton law Viii expire in
New York and the puSilistie fraternity vii have
10 seek fresh fields and pastures new 20 put enc
another 10 sleep Between now and September
l. however. there Is 4 chance for \ new heavy
weight Champion to make his appearance in the
prize fighting armament Il may be Nr- Rubin.
who recently give Mr. Sharsey the surprise Of his
lie but II Viii not be II Nr Jefries prevent
I il.
/ Catholic missionary in India some tiIEe AGO
noticing that the people OF the province in which
I he WAS laboriuS 30 iHstiI the doctrine Of Chris
rianitv into their hearts were obtaining fire by
means Of rubbing two fjnrS together distributed
among them several boxes Gf MATCHES. and in
,tructed them in their use. His generosity
J rewarded by the pople in a peculiar WAY Af,er
b-ief @hsencc the priest returned 20 the village
| and found the Inhabitants worslping the boxes
OF matches he had presented 70 them. As deiries.
/ Farm work now Is almost entirely done By ma
! chincTy. Manual labor on many frst-class farms
/ i at a discount. Grain Is sowed. cut. bound.
I threshed cleaned sacked. stored and transported
by machinery. The corn Is planted cultivated. and
/ cut by machinery. while the mower cuts, the
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