The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

"a tteseae machine turns out l,5e0s00a Heecles
, = man e.a get shaved in The Ta9Fer qa.rtes. Of
about Isoo.eeo pezsous are elaDseget IN the coal
mines Of the world.
N 1855 indian eleplaHls fetched SIS, nov they
run up to 1900 apiece
) horse eats nine TINES its weight n feed IN
yeas J sheep SIX times.
There are nsasly eco fzcfosies in Maize n which
fish aud Vegetables are canned.
Railways uss up over 2,ons,o0o tons Of stea
year, ainest half he worid's product.
Europe n.aEufaetuses annually nearly z.eege8
thousand square yards Of looking glass
II setting AID distributing type q conr7sff0zs
h41d travels On an average eleven miles day
New York eitF oxss more b 80. 9g1o39 than All
Of the forts-dye States in the onion together.
From an sleva.fon Of Eve seet above s.,e sea
level one can see three miles sroH loco Geei for
ts-tF0 E.Iiiss-
The ieite. only occurs onee ii I,5S9 letters
y the English language il Freseh II occurs Gee
times As ofte1-
IN. n nlileis wages not ye5 earned cannot BE a.
/. signed Courts held that slch assignment ,soBld
be Illegal and VOID.
4 course Of lectures Tor jo,lrley,aea electrical
workers has been arranged to BE given AZ the
Scw York Trade seaooE-
One ksalzaroo Is said 70 consume as much grass
q
100 Of these funny animals.
The erowth Of the telephone system N Russia is
now considerable. although Il has been SLOW -
compared with ether countries.
Tie Empress Of China IS said to carry with her
1900 dresses when she travels. These 81 90
boxes, and are taken care of tiy- LOO coolies.
il Is claimed b. a physician q Italy that the
BE says ihe remedy Is not pleasant. but ealez.-
eious
Melbourne, Australia, reports that sgsteu, q
'electTics to be built sHnpieneniinz the
cable railways, to act As feeders ron the slbur-
ban districIs
Among the Burmese football Is as popular as It
IS IN Ens;ash-speaking countries. But the BBEman
does nct ar boots lie kicks and shoots goals
With his bare feet.
Alton, III, has yaeht club. 7sish member
ship Of g. Tie club Is not so particular N lis
definition o. yacht as they are at Newport, bit
70 enter,
Oh. Adam Paulsen, director Ct the Meteorological
Institute Of Copenhagen has gone to sorth Fin
land 10 study the suEors says Science, He
,tl'iert9ek a similar expedition last winter 10
| North Iceland
Hiss Jennie Rogers, Rh9 during the boom
days ia Sioax City was known as the i.real estate
queen Of thar place. and vas one Of the richest
women IN the West, died there she other day al
most pcnRiiess-
Il d commonly believed aznczx The pezsantry
n The Ural Mountains that for wolf 10 see
ssaa before the man sees the volt Is an omen that
he vii De struck dumb and remain - long
IS the wolf lives.
Ti.e Marquis Of l-1ns5o7rns in 1856 succeeded 10
! the rsaTquisatc and estates. when extend o.er
nine counties, include close upon Iiod9e acres
and tElIls n A rent roI q between e59,e99 anJ
4ta.fs'9 pe: snHum
II
cay the leadiug barber q the town. but he Is
likesise dentist Keeps a Livery sable. breaches
AID INDUCES N occasional lsizeflght- lie also
lectures zad IS EoE writing novel
Efforts are being made N Beaufort, s c, -
get appropriation for reila5iIitsting and pI--
serving the @-eld foEs. which stands On the spot
sshere JesH Ribsuli landed 80 years ago. Il was
built b the sEaaiaFds after they had driven cut
/ the french.
There is qusint little 6sli uhieh hanats The
weed tracts OF the Gulf stream and shere builds is
nest and lays its eggs like bird rsataer than
fish. This aniusE-tfe snfelnarirs-i initiates IN
eeior the ssesd II lives IN, and, Ike the ehsTBe-
leon. constantly changes is soiez-
Cripple Creek Is The greatest gold camp IN siiis
country, and rs production IS very great Tbs
core Of fhe gold country there Is strip OF
ground. six miles long by three miles broad. Out
81 this comparatively small area OF ground SO
oJe.a9e IN gold viii be tase2 this year.
The Parliament building IN Wellington Sssg
Iceland : TIE largest wooden structure in tire
world Ia Wellington and so1se etneF New lea
land towns aiIASt every house IS constructed OF
wood. Large churches and important hsisiaess
IsEeulizes are built % tae same material.
There Is girl bootbiaci,, whose place Of bust
acss IS n The Central Railway station II New
York Her name Is Nay McCarnitr. and she i
probably the oniy girl following that business IL
the country. She make fairly good living. her
patrons being principally women passengers On
tke trains
IN experimental power garirase crefnatory Is to
! be built IN Chicago. The idea IN mind IS 70 as
certain whether the heat developed by burning
the oity's garbage can be used 10 mike an sdc-
/ quate return Rpon the money invested TINS Plan
smaller size.
.gFhe ten best books OF the century, Is : sub
/ jet causing considerable discussion these days
The pocket book, the check book the race book.
the bank book, The bin book, the ledger, the
/ Journal. TIE day book the hymn book. and the
! nete book comprise list offered for consider
/ ton b the Omaha World Herald
Outside Of thc farms and ranches there are p
- 497 horses in the United States. Tie largest
number is foend IN New York State 800 81. Hi
| nois being second with so. Pennsylvania
2l5,g77: Ohio .6SS: Iowa. fs7 20: MaSsaehus-
cts l32 915; Missouri, p, $50; Indiana, 12i52;
| Texas. 10, SIP. and Michigan, 1o0,4 30
! Cows N BegsIz:n wear e3FFlngs- k1lz IS II SS-
eo-,:ance with the iaw. wlich aeerees that every
sriral OF the tovise sseeies When It mas attained
/ the age Of three months must have in its ear
! ring TO which is attached metal tar bearing
number The object Il to preserve an exact record
OF the number Of animals raised each year
IN ordinary apple years the waste Of skin and
cores amounts to 900 to GOO carloads. and during
years OF abundant Yields It runs as high I,2a3
and leo carloads All this waste now goes -
upward Of 40 OF these factories in this country,
and they have annual capacity Of some 90. Co.,
eco POUNDS
II the North Pole Is not discovered in the ncxi
year the chances are that it VIII never be An
expedition VIII start out from nearly every eivi-
izel country on the globe fer that long sought fer
region The chances are that the skeletons %
many brave and ambitious men VIII be strevD
along the Arctic shores before tic first year o. the
ee-ning century is ended
No living representative CT the anisusl kingdom
has moro than five tees. sdigite or claws TO each
foot hand or limb The horse Is the type of the
one-toed creation The camel OF the txo-toed, the
ri.fuoeeros CT the thTee-toed. and the hippSpots
| .s,.s of TIC four-tocd animal life The elephant
and hundreds Of other animals * different orders
belong to the great fve-toed tribe
John W Rough an engineer on the Aonon
road has patented device 20 avert train hold
ups Tie plan is operated b. secret but
ton. in easy reach OF the engineer, and 81
located chat ne can without being observed and
under cover OF train robbers revolver, tc;.tlt
the button which viii start several whistles blow
ing, turz of all the lights and IRE Of any nun