The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-13
NOTES or THE DAY

There are 1900 islands between Madagascar aad
iadia 50 far IS known at present only 600 Of
them are inhabited
The inhabitaHts Of Denmark are very thrifty
/ People They have on an average at least so
In the savings banks.
The pToFrietors Of department store in PhiIs-
cel9ilia a1.2ounee that foreign money VIII be
| eeiFed at Rec value in payment for purchases.
Forest experts in Germany admit that the en-
pre- VII never be N a position fully to supply
! her oun market In 1899 the imports Of wood
| were 3e,ooo. 00e cubic feet.
The sens OF the late Arthur sewaH who was
tie Democratic candidate for Vice President four
years sgo. have endowed free bed in Che hospital
at Bath. Ne, IN memory Of their father.
| Henry " BizIer, who recently died at St
George, UtaT. first discovered gold IN California
IN 1913. lie ived TO be seventysfye years old and
saw the wonderful growth Of the Golden state.
Among the fossil animals that have recently fg-
ured Ia geelogie.l literature Is fossil camel
| from Roumania which enjoys the unique dis
Europe
The grave of She famous clown, esriaidi. in the
I ck1ETehyaTd Of ST. James PeatoaEille. London. IS
ii condition Of great tilspidation. He made
inllltitudes laugh IN the hey dey Of his earthly
| existence.
Cincinnati is figuring on plan for permanent
| exposition The building Is to be freproof and
/
sideTs and benefit for home merchants and man
/ ufaeturers
| The Faysl mine. located at EveIeth, Minu-, has
cleared shipments Of a triie over ,209Oo9 gross
tons of iron ore for the season This IS the l4Tg-
est shipment IN point Of tonnage ever made by
/ aH5 mine in the world
DR.. Temple. the Archbishop Of Canterbury, is an
unwearicd worker in the cause % Temperance. and
Is much disappointed because in spite of all his
I II
| anything toward restricting the liquor trafhc.
There IS lots OF snow already IN the Adiron-
dacks. The bears arc taking to their winter hoI-
lows 5ut there IS plenty Of game yet existing IN
/ the big wilderness The natives Of the region,
however. Just now the main sporfsmen.
Texas used to HaTe STATE geoiogist, but his
| Office was abolished in 1904 An effort Is nov
being made to have the position re-estabiished,
/ though the Texas kc1deHzS Of Science has done
| much TO explore and publish the mineral and
geological resources Il the-s state
/ The rev Indian lands that are to be opened for
settlement are said to compose one Of sae richest
/ tracts in tie world. The Apache ComE5aBeke.
Eis=sa and Wichita Reservations which 70 be
/ opened contain about 100000 acres OF land OF
which tRo-thirds IS available 10 white settlers
Some at least OF the great redwood trees Of
California wiil be preserved, the State having re
Gently cone Into possession Of about 490 acres Of
redwood forest through tie VIII OF the late Gel
/ oneI ]. b. Armstrong. Of CIoverdaIe, Sonorla
| county. The tact IS TO be held as public park-
Prince Ferdinand. OF Bulgaria two years ago
ordered crown Designed BY prominent ar
tizt at Munich. At that time the prince hoped to
be promoted 70 kingly rank but since his aIBbi-
ton has been disappointed he refuses 10 pay for
TIE design, and the artist has been compelled to
sue
one OF the most efficient BARRIERS at present
working IN Pontiac, Mich, Is Rev" Joshua J.
Aztell. who, While preacher at Royal Oak. in
/ that state, knocked cut saloon-keeper n a
prize fight Dir. AxteII occupies his leisure time
/ IN TFeparIRg lecture he also has novel under
way.
| The American Historical Association is to hold
its sixteenth annual convention IN Betroit and
AH1 Artor. Mich, beginning December y and
continuing three days Addresses viii be made
and papers read by large number OF learned
| professors in Eastern and Western colleges and
Others.
The foreman Of the Iahez4tory Of a frr1 Of manu-
iaetIiriny chemists In Detroit reports that Whe3
! he opened a cask Of white powdered arsenic con
signed 20 his employers recently ne found within
number Of worHs which reselIblea eaterpi HTS
and which seemed to be thriving on the deadly
/ poison
oId-tine pavynbrokers in New York are to meet
increased competition from the ProvideRt Loan
society which vas a pet scheme Of the late Com
nloGore Vanderbilt. third branch Of the 50
efess i about be opened this tine u the Ten
dcrlcin district richest Of al fields for the pawn
| broker.
The Empire State Society Daughters OF 1872 has
recei4ed permission, from Secretary Root and Col
eneI sgiiss to place tablet commemorative Of the
heroes Of 1872 N the Chapel Of West Point The
tablet viii be Of black marble, With gilt lettering
and VIII be the second placed In the chapel By =
patriotic society.
A recent European invention IS a process for
| on the action Of zinc chloride eh eeFluloss. by
! which spongy compounds similar TO starch are
produced These products when placed IN water.
swell and. N atmosphere sufficiently dry soon
I become hard again
Black diarneacs are comparatively rare and cor
res2oniingIy higa-priced- They are three Or four
tines as hard a. the white ones and FIRE cannot
/ harm them. however great the heat bat If
/ drop of water should touch them while heated
they VII explode and have nothing but little
| heap Of sand in their place
The flowers CT silence are two tab towers
used By the Parsees as cemeteries They never
| bury the dead but leave the body exposed on the
top of one of these towers Bntil the Sun and the
/ rain and the fowls Of the air have cleaned the
| bones OF all flesh Then the bones are collected
and placed IN the other tower.
water in a shallow pan. IN a sheltered place,
| VIII freeze even when the Thermometer Is above
tie freezing point This is Que to the rapid loss
Of heat of the earth after nightfSh In some not
countries ice IS obtained in commercial quantities
| By setting shallow earthenware pans 81 water on
| the ground protected from the wind
There is one thing that strikes foreigner as
being particularly strange in the uniform OF the
! JapsaeSe soldier says g writer IN North Amerf-
| can Notes and Queries" This Is that the nGnser-
| ais which, he wears upon hrs shoulder straps to
denote the number OF his regiment, are European
! numbers not Chinese o. japanese Telegraph
Between the towns OF Los Angeles zad Pasadena,
Southern California there has been constructed sn
overhead path for the exclusive Use Of cyclists.
The path X built Of wood, varies from feet "a
50 in height and has an average gradient Of
in 50 The rath accommodates four machines
abreast and IS lighted thoroughly by electric
light
Des Moines has more horses in proportion to
her population than any ether city town IN
the United stateS the census showing total Of
6ss1. or one horse for every ten Of the popula
ton. Topeka, Jackson. Mich. Lincoln. Aeb-
TerFe Haute and San Antonio also come out
strong. all Of them having horse for al leass
twelve of the population
It viii rot Re difiealt fer bcIIrfnrers 10 herald
N the new century If they follow out the ides,
which viii be carried out in the belIrg Of the
old state house in PfiIaJelphia. The problem S
| how 10 strike a cipher and II has been solved by
a plan which onlits striking It The behring's
| viii make nineteen strokes. then pause and thea
strike one heavy single stroke
The coTee-gryHing industry in tropical Aries
is developing rapidly. The seed was introduced
into the county about five years ago BY sons
missionaries, with the object of aseertainins
able 20 the culture Of the article The ground a.,
| pears peculiarly adaRted to the industry sincJ
| last year 100 tons OF coffee were exported frou
/ [ yaIida alone and the result Of this years pro
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