The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.


From 1913 to Isl2 many attempts were made
10 faSteH metal points 20 gull pens.
The cultivation OF sugar exsen5sI fror. In
dia 20 Persia some time IN the ninth century.
some varieties Of mosquito work ONLY nv dav.
others are nocturnal. bot all are equally ieFo-
cioyE
L Santa Barbara Cal. man has over ]. 100 turz
ties, with which hs expects 70 stock turtle
ranch" in that county.
The Bsvarian royal family owns ;. 5000 acres
over one-fith Of the Kingdom. j Is richer. con-
iarativeIy- than an- crown IN the world
The use Of perfumes became 50 eStFavagant in
Athens during the time OF Scion that he issleI
an edict forbidding AtheniaRs 10 use them e1-
cept IN certain Specified eases.
The slowest sailing vessel on :he seas IS said
10 be the Italian brig Anita $ which recently
arrived IN Nantes. France. from Martinique, after
al unusually long voyage Of sen months
Millions OF mosquitoes are making life raiser-
able for the farmers OF Pike county Pennsytva-
nil They are 50 numerous that thel- have driven
men from the fields and fishermen from the ponds
Torpesfoes, when first employed by the Ameri-
cans against the English in the Revolutionary
var. we're called American turtles. and their use
was pronounced infamous and worthy only Of
slvages-
In Piazza della Signorina. az Florence. circu-
lar bronze tablet bas been placed IN memory Of
savonarola, the exact spot where, four cen
turleS ago. the great Dominican EevIvaIist vas
hanged and burnt
For more than hundred years the Derby has
been recognized as the greatest sporting event IN
ali the civilized countries and in London Is re-
siTutd As OF such importance that business houses
close and everybody takes holiday.
II ISIS the sugar products Of Louisiana
amounted TO $500 h9ssbeads. the whole Of the
cane being ground by cattle the use % steam
N the grinding Of the cane AID the manufacture
Of the sugar not beng introduced until Isz2
The inspiration of oxygen has permitted aero
nauts 10 ascend TO heights where their lives would
have been unsafe had they depended alone on the
thin ar OF these high regions The oxygen IS
breathed in through t. tube held TO the mouth
IN 1880 there were only SIS houses IN Paris
draining direct into the sewers The mortality
that year was zi.I per 1 go Of the population In
1896 the number Of houses draining INTO sewers
vas $50, and the mortality was reduced to 10
per thousand
Early in April there were lying at the stations
Of three Russian railroads. waiting 10 be for
waTied, 1900 carloads OF grain. equal TO about
Iug fer months Complaints that railroads are
not able to handle their traffic are common IN
Russia.
Prof Dubois reports that one-balf Of the 49,
collcge-bred negroes heard from az this years At
laHJa University conference are engaged IN teach
still studying SIX per cent are merchants srti-
sans, or farmers. Four per cent are employed
by the Government
Bozeman, and, IN fact the whole Of CiaIlatia
county, Montana, IS afflicted with scourse ..
dandelons. Taey are 10 be seen n every garden,
md N nearly every Heid in the county. II the
summer The little globes OF fluffy. eOtton-Iiks sub
stance. containing the seeds Of the Iau5eIion faat
through The arr and aIiht IN every nook and cor
EeT- 40 matter how poor the s0Il the isndeiioR
ioJs--sheS
b law passed recently the most ineorzisiIIe
Of The ratiros. Or pickpoekets. OF Mexico CITY
are To be put to WORK on The tobacco fields II
the interior of Tehusatepec- This plan was tired
once before, but the thieves were se1lt 20 a sta
ton near the coast, and from II easily made
heir escspe- Under the new iaw they are 10 be
sent 30 lar into the interior taat escape VII be
practically impossible
IN 1855 1t required on the average four hours
and thirry-foJs minutes Of the tiae of Ia
5oTer to DO the blowing, narrowing cultiyating,
&c, that vent 70 the pTnyiuCTnE OF bt1sheI Of
Indian corn. and The price Of thar labor vas
nearly $5 cents On the average Today machines
have changed conditions Their use has reduced
the Necessary time OF the aborer about thirty
four minutes. and the cost Of II To about IgIE
cents The wages are. however. much better than
IN 1870.
A novel and extremely simple Efe-saviug de-
wee has been invented by NJ George BrousseL
It Is a sort Of automatic folding buoy, and IS
formed merely OF Two boards Of wood. which are
joined together IN the centre In ordinary wealth
or It can be used q seat board q vessel
and when there IS danger OF silipwreck II can
be IIStaDtaneuUsly turned into 4 Efe-saving b-Ioy
Many experiments have already been made with
It, and they show that It can do effective work
Is vel IN q storm As n calm sea
Texas IS the largest state in the country In
the New England group the largest Of the States
IS Maine with nearly S0O09 square miles OF land
5rface; none Of the other New England States has
50 much I0o1J- Two states which are most
nearly ankle ln area are New YORK and North
.arolIna- Two others which correspond very
nearly are iowa and Illinois Arkansas and Ala
hama are OF almost the same size and Ohio and
lrgrn1a differ by only few square miles The
land AREA Of each Is about tEl.Gs0 square miles
The beast CONES from Kansas that no soldier
vas ever drafted from that state into the ser
vice Of the army February j.. 1870. q draft
'ct5ially commenced n Kansas and vas continued
lutd March 10. when psremptoTy order came
rom " ashlnEtun 20 suspend the draft and
lease she men who had been eonserfpted- This
order came n Response 70 official protests from
Kansas. IN which the fact was set forth that the
state had furnished more troops IN proportion ID
1er population than any other state IN The Union
The value Of the milk traffic TO great railroad
Is shown By the fact that a verdict
or nearly 5000 vas awarded recently to the
plaintiff who claimed that 4 railroad line had
broken q contract with him. Under the ter7Es
II this contract he was 70 influence the pro-
ulcers to ship milk to View York by this partic-
l-aT railway Transportation companies make
2rge profits by Carrying milk Il nav be that
hose profits are SOJu@tInrs excessive. Certain
{ Is that the consumers N the cities paw weH
Tor what they USE, while the average small
armer is not literally compensated for the con-
ents Of his cans
An ingenious method Of making photographic
,oPies Of plates and eHgrariuEs IN books which
,annot be removed from the Libraries and where
the use Of the camera j. prohibited has been
ieTlScd by +. JarTIs-rIHith. EnElisfIman He
.oatN cardboard WITH q phosphoTesccHt sub
stance exposes Il 20 sunlight electric
light and then places II al the back 81 the
'TlsrayinE, while dry Photographic plate IL
7lsccd on the face OF the engraving The book
5 closed. and after period varying iron eight
zen 20 sixty minutes depending largely on the
produced The book Is enclosed IN q black
10th during the manipulation
The United states Government appointed
BOARD 10 decide on the Uniform photography sor
geographical names. and the recommendations OF
his body were generally IN the direction Of IN
reased simpliefty-Beriag Straits. for example.
fhe speiiings thus officially adopted by the Na-
ioual Government we're at once accepted By the
,hief publishers % school textbooks And these
makers OF school books also follow the rules fox
Hulated by a committee Of the American ASH
latlon Tor the Advancement Of Science appointed
% bring about uniformity IN the SDeiffng and
recommendation OF chemical terms. Among the
ulcs formulated by the committee and ado7red Hy
he association wCrs tuo that dropped a terrni-
ial e from certain chemical terms that enter
nto more general Use Thus the men Of science
low write 0vid i0did. cFi0riC; etc and ur1iuI1
ias not reIinquiShed the earlier orthassrapfv OK
de- and quIDinc- Even the word toxin which