The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

* early 1875 there we've FGaee operatives in
the English silk mills and cosoon houses
The nu,uber of Protestant Christians IN Csylon
75s.GiL "
It IS agreed that Or Ear the best agricultural
display at the Glasgow Exhibition Is That made
by Canada
1t IS interesting to know that there are enough
negro bankers in rhc United States 10 hold q con-
veHt5on II Buffalo ia late September.
OF the FIVE great soId-producins aFeas Russia
alone remains unpToEre>sivC- while the United
States and Canada have doubled their product n
tie last twenty years.
Experienced Iumberuea say that in the process
gi seasoning wood should he oeeISisaaIIy replied
and deesyet Or detective pieces removed lest
they infect the others
TIE demand for farm hands has caused sueh 4
dram upon the labor supply Of kansas that ad-
refreshments ~ the large cities for urslled men,
even at double yates. are UNDECIDED
wind shakes axe circular cracks in tree
SEPARATING the different layers They are sup
posed % be caused D. the wind and greatly IN
5ure the lumber made tr1fn such a tree
The highest pyramid is that az Cheopz 4s6a
feet 70 IS computed thar the weight Of 5ae
TnasoHTT III this pyramid would exceed 6.5l5.eJ3
tons II covers thirteen zcres Of ground
Tie first known coin is Chinese TT is eapper
and specimens weighing from one @ five paand
and supposed % date from period az least 200
years before Christ, are sriI in existence
The svifre-t bird known TO the naturalist IS
either the vuiture. which is sad 90 make 10
miles an hour or the English Ee-tril, which can
probably equal, II NOT exceed, this speed
The ordnance framed by the trustees Of
New York village regarding dogs and their oes-ess
EUns as follows: Any owner OF dog found al
large without being mgzzled viii be subject 20
so Hn---F
There - notable boom in S. Petersburg Tor
women pharmacists = number Of them are full
fling 50 well the lutias % their calling IN the
Russian capital t5at the boom IS likely not
only TO spread throughout The empire, buS over
run the borders Of the Cars empire
Buffalo needs 10000 paving visitors to make
the Exposition success and has had nearly J.
soo.oog 50 lar. The attendance nov is about 30
o03 a DAY The Exposition managers are encour-
aged By the fact that At the Chicago Worlds
Fair - per cent OF the visitors came during the
last two months
From statistics published within the past few
days It appears that besides about 10000 cycles.
there are no fever than 600 motor cars n use
France at present There I-I3S IN the seine
department and the rest are scattered about the
country The figures show increase Of A per
cent N twelve months.
Great indeed was the distinction Of the late
Pierre Leriusrd N the eyes Of that writer on the
London Telegraph" who eyrolled bin as the
u1an who dealt a deatabIOgy 70 those narrow
minded inszIIar persons resentIHE she intrusion
Of the star SpauEied Banner among the silks and
satiHs OF the British race course
The managers Of eiehey-e5ght mills in Georgia
have voluntarily signed ar agreement not on any
condition to employ children under ten years Of
axe after September J. am! rot GO employ children
under twelve at night These mil men defeated
n the Legislature q bill eracting these among
other provisions hut nave Voluntarily surrender
ed 80 an aroused public sentiment
Russia has IN recent years been creating large
export trade in butter. 1897 the export amounted
To I3.asI $50 pounds; II the irst ten months Of
1903 the export vas double that quantity, being
= 20 pounds The principal increase OF ex-
part i IN the brtter product Of Siberia Butter
trains equipped VITA refrigerating apparatus.
convey the goods 70 the ports q export
Quite recently the Nezs-an Government passed
Law iorbiddlng the different states Of the Next
can union from contracting loans with foreign
firms Or individuals It Is expected here that this
nay result inducing II ne capital 70 take up
sumo OF the big PUBLIC III LTuEelIls schemes
mich Needed IN outside cities Of the Republic A.
FOR this capital, the Government has apuruprIat-
ed about 100000 for It's physical 0etteTment-
! physician who hsl- recently returned from
Persia SAYS that the natives still believe that
human tears are remedy Tor certain chronic
diseases. At every funeral the bottling OF mourn
eFs tears * OF the chief features OF the
m01y- Each OF the moUFlers IS presented with
sponge with which % mop his face and eyes and
after the burial these spoons sre presented % the
priest, who squeezes the teas into bottles, which
be keeps
Enigratiop from EHg:zsd 20 the United States
and other countries Is assuming considerable pro-
portions The average PEI week IS Is nov 800
The Nelson Steamship G. npany has aided two
more weekly steamers 70 its service froTa Hange
and stu enigTants have 10 wait several weeks
before they secure accommodation n many
villages only the old people and the men who
cannot get permission from the Government to
leave the country lett
novel sort Of lighrship IS TO be noored on
the Otter rock, Islay- 1t viii have no crew and
VIII be worked by the compound gas system Two
large gashoIders VIII contain as much gas As VIII
E-Et the lantern for several months. The gas
escaping ron the holders 20 the lantern. viii
operate the claPper OF a bell placed deck
betiry, and the rocking o. the vessel VIII set a
tongue going as well The Ottor rock marks j
particularly dangerous part OF the wesr coast and
the new plan VIII be submitted TO severe test
The application of electricity 70 1nuniaipaI
transit everywhere released rom one form OF
service a myriad Of horses, and 1t looked u one
tine as II the price Of that useful quadruped
were going down almost 10 zero BIZ the Boer
war created 4 new demand for horses and mules,
no less than I2509J having been shipped from this
country alone. the export still continuing With
all the forces OF competition, urban and extra
URBAN arraved against him, there Is always soma
thing LETT toT MIN TO do and he Is a live asst
II the worlds market, Al least til further
tice-
II has been discovered That II would be possible
70 use the same calendars every twenty years-
when the dates OF the months fail or the same
days OF the week-thereby avoiding tie expense
OF FIVE zIrnsnacs for the present century. But
there Is something even better than that Those
persons who might he able 70 get hold OF the
calendars for the twelfth century voald find the
days and dates Coincident with the present cen
tury- Again those with i frugal mind who have
preserved the almanaCS OF me nineteenth century
VIII avoid outlay fOT calendars Of the century
January 1, 223i Is the dates Tor thu
hundred years following VIII be like those of TIA
last century
The highest telegraph poles IN the UE5teti States
have Just been put up IN Beaumont. Tex Sc
far as known they are the highest OF any IN the
world, the top beng 159 feet above the ground.
They were erected on TIE opposite banks OF the
Neches River BY the Western Union Telegraph
Company in order 70 string its cable across the
height Is necessary TO admit the passage of ships
through the drawb-idze their ulaSts being 10
feet tall and This aerial span was preferred
70 Iayin-- submarine cable. for It - expected
that Congress may at some future day have the
NecheS River dredged, snt this would ruin the
cable Il Is also much cheaper
The manufacture Of pens II the United States
Is confined u only four companies. although one
might suppose there were many mere That does
nat include the making Of gold pens which Is 4
separate industry, but pens Of steel, brass. and
German silver fRe steel for these pens IS
brought chiefly IRON, Sheffield England as Is the
best blade steel Many experiments have been