The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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| pounds OF fat. and Is pounds of hide and wool
! The average height Of the heavy rain cloud is
1850 yards: Of the delicate. heecy cirrus, 900
yards
/ Two billion passengers and s50oo0eoo tons Of
( goods are ogrried n year on the worlds rail-
( ways.
Eight million gallo.-s of rock oil are pumped
| every year from under the bed Of the Pacific
Ocean
England and Wales he would co=er distance Of
| about $50 miles.
Palms never live more than 80 yesrs. Ivy hss
1 been known to live 45a. chestnut So, oak LIDO.
! and ye~ ESQ years
ParafHn oil was first used for lighting purposes
/ in 1926. and indiarGbbeT first used for efaac-
/ ing pencil marks IN no.
always admired horse The Oldest Of their coins
| have the figure Of horse on them
| The water of the larger Norwegian fiords. or
/ rock bays though in direct communication with
/ the sea. are 50 saitless - to be dTinksble
J IN several Of the larger cities in this country
there are three Four establishments Shere we'd
! ding garments and mourning clothes are hired By
/ the day
The French paid their enormous war indemnity
/ 30 Germany within two years The money
| raised By loans mostly taken up BY the French
| people themselves
| Tibet IS larger than France. Germany. and
Spain combined, and has population Of 660oo00-
It is ruled over BY Dalai Lama. who Acknowledges
/ only nominal allegiance 70 China.
South Bethlehem. Pa. has the oldest water
work system IN this country. The original mains
laid we're made Of cedar logs some OF which we're
recently taken up IN state % good preservation.
The pain produced by a hornets sting Is caused
By the poison injected into the wound and so IN
Simultaneous Is its effect to cause the attack #
this insect to resemble i violent blow IN the
faee-
Northampton, Eng. possesses newspaper
which Is IN one respect unequaled by any other
journal in Europe 1t was started in 1870 and
has never from tiIat year the present been IN
terrupted for single week.
Tie attention Of fruit growers in New Ze1-
land Is being seriously directed to the question
Of the eradication of fruit pests. But for the
ravages Of the goblin moth and kindred Tests
New Zealand has excellent facilities for doing
j large export fEuit trade
Flies are little insects compared with the giant
mosquitoes Of New Jersey but give them
chance and they can make q man Just as 'mcom-
Hactensack meadows or the Hob5ken sEamps,
| both Of which are in New Jersey.
The Japan Mall reports that the Korean
court has gone into mourning for three days be
cause the portraits OF the imperial ancestors
destroyed in the recent conAagration Al official
the palace viii wear Sackcloth and fare roughly.
In New Hampshire the idea Of having children
choose Stare flower By their votes Is q subject Of
much interest Every pupil in the schools who
can write has the opportunity Of casting ballot
and there are very teW vino come under the ban
/ Fho~- who are declared are in the kindergarten
classes
The throne room Of the Sultan OF ConstantinopIs
Is groeesque sight The gliding Is unequaled.
chandelier, the go lights Of which make q CLEAN
Ike that OF a veritable sun The throne Is =
huge scat. covered with red velvet and having
arms and hack OF pure gold
From the Chinese point Of view. the greatest
calamity that has happened IS the seizure and
removal OF the ancestral tablets from the imperia:
temple Of heaven for that makes Il impossible
for the present Emperor and his successors 70 vOr-
ship their ancestors-she most sacred duSy and
| the highest rite CT their religion.
Victor Smith asserts in The Mex York Press
/ that Baron Robert Won Rosseau is going to be-
queath ms fortune 10 his former comrades d
MosDF's band Of S5Ie-rillas Several hundred
yiy0rs Of this hand still alive and II the story
concerning Won RosSeau's intentions be true e8ch
veteran viii receive about 5000
Anticipating the repeal Of The State vol bounty
IaE- number Of stockmen in the Bad River
section Of South Dakota have contributed hand
some sIm from their pockets and VIII keep up
the warfare The State has expended S5oGG1 for
voli sc9lus md the present Legi>izsHre- Is Ea0t
expected 10 keep up the appropriation
The greatest depth at which mining operations
are carried On IN Great Britain Is 500 feet-at
the Pendleton coIliery. near Manchester In the
lake superior district this depth has been greatly
exceeded one copper mine having depth Of
1870 feet At Mons in Belgium. eolleIy Is be
ing worked At depth Of nearly 1890 feet
The earliest Ester IN the mex century VIII be
March D 1913 Easter Sunday viu faII once GA
its latest day-ApriI ., in 1913, This -g=o &c
Cured once in the century Just passed-in 1873
ascension dIv l. practically ALWAYS IN Nav. buzz
tIge occasions IN the past century It occurred
in June. and IN the new century thiS VIII happen
four times
recent invention for the benefit Of people
v-ho have trouble N rising N the morning con
siSis Of an electric alarm clock connected with 4
spring switch operated by the weight OF the sleep
or resting IN his bed II the appointed hour il
rings and keeps on ringing until the sleeper gets
CUT OF bed and releases the spring which Is held
down by his weight
Contracts have been made Tor the expo-tatios
70 Europe OF 59s9o tgus Of high-srade zinc ore
from the mining district Of Missouri and Kansas
Zinc ore has been growing scarce IL Europe f61
several wears. while the district in question has
been yielding more than American srslters could
handle The disposal OF this surplus IN EuropS
VII tend to keep up prices
Divers Who have been At work 70 the sea be-
tween cape Aattapan and the Island OF Corigo.
the ancient hVIhCTl report that th~v have seer
statues and other archaeological objects They
have brought 10 the surface q hand which must
have belonged 70 4 great bronze statue The
fTcCiaG Government has undertaken the super
vision Of the further researches which viii %
made
The Mediterranean moth Is giving good dead
OF trouble IN the fouT mills Of Wisconsin and
Minnesota It thrives in Touring mills evidently
feeding -four dust. ana mulJiplieS At an enOr-
nous rate. Thus far effective way has been
found 10 get rid Of It The immature yyorTuS PLAY
havoc with the machinery plant weaving webs
In the machinery. IL the dust collectors and var
Gus clIutes OF the mill and blocking operations.
4 recent volume treating OF the work o. women
in France gives this table q women workers IN
that country; Physicians 40; authors SO: AZ
fists and sculrtresses. $500: singers and az
. tr=Sses co nurses, i3 eco: milliners 80 go;
government employees. 5000; members OF re-
liaiOls orders % 600; teachers 10000: IN bust
tory girls, SIS 900; domestic servants 65lGDO:
seaTnstresses $1,000; farm labOTers- , 100. co.
Hon. George : Boutwell,, the veteran MaSsa-
chlsstts statesman i nop eighty-three years %
age Few public men are better known IN Wash
ineton than Mr. Boutwell,. who passed so MANY
years OF his lie in ti.is city. He organized the
Internal Revenue Bureau and II that period ac-
cepted table desk. Il If nay so he called in
the same room with the clerks. messengers, and
other attaches o. that blGueh OF the public SerT
ice Recent events show that hc Is ar from los
ing his interest IN public affairs
The pious teachings of youth had a marked
sHoo- On m D-7a-7 thief After ayta-;,,- -,