The evening times., 1900-03-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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The longest span Of telegraph wire ia t''c world
Is that the river Kisyha. in India. It Is cver
GOO feet lorg
| There are 00.O0g trees in tae city Of Paris, in
eluding I5.0CO willows 1909 chesJnuts. and
5000 plane trees
Seventeen Russian newspapers had trouble with
! With the censor last year. and two Of them were
entirely suppressed
/ The opening Of the first electric line in Mexico
was marked by the coinage Of a new Spanish word
motorists. for motorman.
SycOse il the new material used a. a substitute
ior sugar in diabetes. r. sweetening power is
'3h times greater than sugar
An English scientihc journal speaks Of a couple
Of japanese pigeons, Of which lived tirty two
and the other twenty eight years.
A strong central bank for India is now part Of
the programme Of the government The nsnayets
ot the exchange banks oppose IT,
Those who live long are always small eaters.
The enormous task the liver and stomach of a
g0nrInand have daily is too much for any system.
An extraordinary criminal known As slkamlnt.
Keiriro. and famed in Japan a. the lightning
burglar goes to his doom with total Of seventy
one crimes.
It is predicted thst before long the sandwich
man OF London will have a serious rival in the
attractive sandwich woman. who j. already mix
ing her appearance IN the streets Of that city.
4 ffzt-class tesrcom. artisticaHy decorated. h.s
been opened BY a London railway company AZ Eu5-
ton terminus. for women and children. 20 enable
them TO obtain light Tefre-iTent, without enter
ing the bars.
The total OF the Spaui.a losses IN the Cuban
war were as follows: Killed in battle , 80; died
Of wounds, 1.sat: died Of yellow fever 20.e2):
died Of starvation and otherwise. 81, l3e. missing
-; tCtal Jl,J63
Notwithstanding Russia enormous expenditures
in constructing the Trsr-->iberian Railway and
ior the increase OF tac army and the navy. the
revenues Tor twelve years exceeded disbursemeut5
by 796G00,G0 Tuble-.
The brilliant sunsets dre to dust from the great
volcanic explosion at KrssItan are still q vivid
Htmory. Morscc Darwin suggests that du-t from
the Leonid meteor may have been a cause %
recent striking sunsets.
TIE London News states chat Monte Cl.Is f. the
che spot on tire Continent sf present where every.
thing done t1 please rfa English and make them
comfortable, gs tie Monte Carlo people appreciate
British patronage and gold
Nagualium, an alloy of 10 90 20 puts by
weigh; ot maguo-um. with Iro Of aluminium. il
claimed Co. have an the IdvaHtlge- 5f aluminum,
and also To- b~ adapted faF vorsiHg witl tools,
while even lighter than aluminium.
\ member Of the Kar-ls Leg.,I1rre has an
noaaced hi- candidacy for reelection on a plat
form in opposition 20 the employment Of women
about legislative assemblies. OF. that matter.
IA any branch Of the state Government.
Irving MANY cclor-. H. J. Noeller has found
that medicinal agent, are hest protected from light
by black. red. Grange. yellow. bf0wn-rellarr. an!
pure green 2ia--f-. Blue c0l0risSS glass offer
ed 10 protection against the chemical IlF--
Owing 10 tire absence of Ersli-hmen at this -,3.
son on account ot thc war excitement. tridc-mer
hi
per cent. The merchants are bitter against the
French pres fer helping 20 drive away the Ers-
Ii.h.
\ breod 1t fye Hes.iug spagr5vhsuL, Ii- tIr-
ui-ied d.. X. W. ~buieiGt some curious results.
TIE binds we're 80 graduated iu size thJt .l ap-
pcsred the female must have laid the czg- ~
regular intervals. probably t5Ieg gr four cIts
apart.
E>oell,n, g. are som, e5 t,e modern public
-shooihouseS hlilt ip large cities Of Germany. tr
schools of yhe county. especially where "a re1
p"sSes>cr Of large -tr,-- 0sr- 90 the Land, and
has the supcriWC9deucr os school affairs, as
often very poor
\ JET of air can BE- heated rapidly by a nes
electrical device which has q coil Of resistance
yrr inside e1~ing. through tac centre q which
tie air pipe is Iaapcd to come ia close contact
with fine heated wire. becoming H0J enough to
warm tie siT IL ir~ pa-sssc-
The most recent patron TO- ,ae toll of the as
tIonouer l. Miss Alice Bschc Could, who has
given s2O.og1 o. tne American National Academy
oi Science. TIE income OF this is to be
devoted to aiding sgcn researches in tine astrun-
ON, OF precision - slai. he lgdZec worthy Jf It
by a committee ef c.Wfttsut paor---rs
g. J. Hudson. a member of tls >;a.s Exchange
sire, ISL GOT iu,o a ,quabhle with telephone
boy recently and cas-ti-ed Jho youth GA the floor
OF the exchange. This regarded b. tse board
Cf governors J> uEdisri1cd conduct and against
the peace and good order ot the exchange. and
Mr.. Hudson >clt,Hsst. t. suspension i1T thirty
DAYS
Pa1l, has hotel ior working girls founded by
wealthy nouau sf the en-, af l.cao8 francs.
ard iJ is tile h,me ot the Aml,itI Club. with
thirty rooms to5 shopsi.s and good and cheap
restaurant. 10 which any working woman may
have aces E5,h Of jh- members pays a small
snl toward a fsud used IN tine common interest
Of the association. which Keeps up lectures and
educational CiI>sCs.
The Lee-Netfard bullet is about irr,r times as
long a. Il j. thick. and Keep 81 straight in its
fight it h4s to he made to rotate at a tremendous
rate by the rihing ef the gun. Obviously this
long. narrow bullet meets with rsuch les resist.
ancc from the air than the ord spherical bail of
the strootii-hore muSket- Bat the >vtt rotation
has another effect Wten the ballet strikes man
it barcs i,s way in lac a Gimlet and nothing
stop it.
Electric power can be supplied plshtably in
very many Instances, says Dr. Louis Bell, in the
Engineer M4eaziue. az rates which puts tie
small user il the small town on parity with his
larger rivals. aside from the immediate gam tE1-
can be made by substituting motors f-r steam pr
ga~ engines TIE development 90 water power
gives an opportunity for building up all over the
country Industrial cOufmUrItIc- that VIII Iai'lsr
new lite into tie dying prosperity 81 The rIltl
districts. Ard one Cf the H'o>t curious textures
Of the growth II eIesIrlc power itdh,l'l-si.n =.
" hs las made this possible. u the way ~ which
upufiIizyd water powers Fsye come % light IN
the most unexrgtt ted ld-Eion and in the most in
probable pieces. Some ore remember that years
ago, before the great Western States both raised
and ground talI the worlds grain, there Vas
gri~, mill on a back country stream. Its ste Is
looked up after some Gitfculy and a brict SUI
vey develops the fact that reasonable improve
uents will Weld several hundred h0sse-powes-
\ very singular occurrence Is reported iu u
Paris exchange nom ttc village yi Chez-Tlb.ot
in the district OF 81 Cloud \ widow named
~iqsIard was working in a field Her goat a
l,r-e fine animal. vas grazing = little way cd
,l,ro tic edge oi the sdi-csa. voods. TEeu s'd-
,l.,i, d, -,,f -pf.rg or tae domestic milk pur-
vsvcr Br SOM, curious hazard the goar must
f-,te ,si.,d her head 40 thc same moment. for
tho bead ~ the wolf Cdught between ner h1rrs
ans could not be- withdrawn. Edch anlmal
p.Ilied in a different direction, ana tle Boise OF
the s+r1,er,Ie attracted NINE >igrlards attention.
Psraivzed from fear ard excitement tae woman
ccrId not utter a word nor call for help Fcr-
fl,n4tely a neighbor happened 60 pas. He seized
t,e VOLTS hird legs while the widow stabbed 1t
in the side until 1t WIS killed. Tie goat since
it> adventure hds been Effected vit9 hlhd Gi
- Nit-- ,iauge bet the widow ~isa1rd sercEeiy
"a Vpted the premium Ot l5b francs given t. those
ysgo Kill q wolf How I,.u,h ~ tsI> she gave to
Eer kind reighbor Jbc French writer does not