The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-21
NOTES OF THE DAY

It is reported that only forty n0veIists are able
90 live on the profits OF their books
A london publisher has started a fine art
quarterly. whose subscription price j. $50
number. or 500 a year
New York has now 60O1O telephone station.
which rank it a. the largest Of the worlds city
telephone systems
A santa Barbara. Cal. man has over o>o
turtles. with which De expects TO stock a ''tGr-
tie ranch in thas county
The biEgcst incubator in the world is az Ratarv,
near sydney in Australia IT, accommodates IL
SO ducks OF lfocG hcBs' egEa
r The u4alapteeur,is. sSh only eight inches long.
can develop shock o. 90 volts Of electricity
ju the two-thouSandth part Of q second
The largest lightning conductor in the world
s on the Lugspite weather station, N Bavaria
% down the mountain side Cor three and a
half miles 90 a lake
An ordinary lead for casting at sea weighs
seven Co fourteen pounds. and has 40 the bottom
OF II a hole SLED With taIIov % bring up sau-
piles % the sea bottom
Tho actual number q immigrants arriving in
Canada last year was about 5000. 3 per cent q
these people being q the farming class and
moving directly 90 the Dominion lands.
The Longest borse-draun railway in the world
runs from Bu~nos Ayres % the town q san
Martin. distance Of ffty miles Thirteen hours
rs allowed for the distance. and trains run
every hour
Philadelphia frm Of aue;ioneers recently
offered az one o. their sales Robinson Crrrsoe's
nusket. Il was a fine old Aiutlock Il was in
The possession Of grandniece Of Alexander Sell
klrk, and its ped gree Is much more uucioud-
81 than Is usually the case with objects o. this
kind.
wedding without a ring SEEMS incongruous.
but in Cadiz. spain. no rinz is used. After the
ceremony. the bridegroom moves the flower in
80 H~f.H Tas- e. LIE
nous parts Of Spain to wear a rose above your
right ear is % proclaim yourself wife Thus
the rose takes the place % the ring
Marion N. Ford, Of Elmvood. Tenn. Is the
owner Of the finest freshwater pearl in the
world. Il is perfectly round and white. weighs
10 grains has a fine l1stTe. and is the size Of a
large. '-ringmsn" used by boys in playing mar
Dles- New York nan who desired 20 buy the
gem told Mr- Ford that the pearl had no equal.
Mr. Ford paid 5000 for IL
There are 5000 requests on file - Mr.. Ne
Kiniey's autograph. It had been the custom q
the President 20 devote spare moments % the
grstihcation Of these demands in so far as he
could but during a few months absence or
through period when the President would De
husiiy occupied with affairs Of state these let
tiers asking for autographs would pile up
The precious woods and rubber trees Of our
new possessions In the Orient are Of incaIcuIzbIe
value. saws an expert Just back from Nau=Ia
caily- IN a general Way all woods % a certain
colos or texture pass as mahogany or teak OF
some other weL-known wood There are single
Trees IN the Islands which are worth $1,000. and
all varieties Of high-Erade woods flourish there
Some idea Of the enormous amounts that have
been handled by the various minis and assay
Offices Is shown by the statement that - 99G7 5s-
1921 represents the total amount Of coinage %
the various mints ~ the United States from the
establishment o. the Philadelphia mint 90 the
r-rHf Of HUr
gold coinage vas S2I61 .0s- lI8- the total silver
500. IL. 159-55 and the total minor coinage
amounted to SSs $685. 62-52
The net result in respect Of speed is that
while ten years ago the highest sustained ocean
sreed was 207 knots il Is now 2s5I knots the
highest speed Of large warships vas . knots, and
is nov . knots trial q double the durl-
ton q those Of ten years ago. the maximum
speed attained by any craft was p knots. As
compared with 5l-5el knots EoW, while tE- NUM-
Der Of ships Of over % knots was eight IN Is9l
and Is now s.
AT the battle Of O1udurman soldier belonging
10 a Scotch regiment was nearly killed by a
bullet which struck the ground just in front Of
him while he vas firing in a reclining position
On rising % move few feet forward something
came down his sleeve Il was the bullet How IL
got up his sleeve without .n1lCrIng damage can
only be- accounted for by the fact that II must
have been spent by the time it struck the ground
In front Of Alu and the course q Its 1sht up
his sleeve was It's last billet
repair ship. the Assistance. has been con
structsd Tor the British Admiralty. This vessel IS
a new type Of warcraft and in reality consists
OF a floating workshop. for the undertaking q
those repairs 90 harJ'eSllU~ while az SEA which
do not nece=sitate visit Co the drydock The
Assistance Is 40 feet IN length by s. feet bsar-
and has a Displacement a. 900 tons her en-
CiueS are of 900 horsepower. and she has a
speed Of thirteen suots per hour She Is Co be
attached Co the Mediterranean feet.
French scientists have beer making experiments
In regard 90 tbe effect o certain perfumes upon
the voice. Many Of the most successful teachers
in singing have cautioned their pupils strazentIy
a-siust the use % perfumes or the proximity q
odorou~ flowers some masters 20 So FAR 4S %
forbid their pupils the use Of any perfumes AZ
all. and II one 0f them is detected wearing
bunch OF vlolets The lesson Is postponed Ii-
perfume ~ the violet has been found by the
u-e 81 the laryueuscope 90 Be particularly III
curious
sev,aty-6ve Eskimo dogs which are 10 aC-
company the British antarctic expeditions are
being Despatched 20 Melbourne by a fast liner
and AZ thar port viii be transferred 20 The
Discovery The problem OF safely conveying
the animals through tie tropics presented many
dirSouItieS. buzz 60 has finally been solved 5y
housing the animals IN the Refrigerator cham
Der while crossing the equator b. tins means
they VIII De maintained In atmosphere
The Temperature % which VIII be similar 20
that Of Greenland. whence they were brought
Glasgow has no less than SIS miles OF streets
60 Keep clean but all Acknowledge that they are
kept clean The corporation employs 100 men
% de- the work-lll active men. who really earn
their Usses and are not mere lo1tsrs on the pay
list. There Is also s0o-scre i8ru ~ eruuec-
tian with the department All garbage and rei,iSs
are classified and nothing that can be turned
into use Is destroyed Iron. Tin, paper. rags
etc are separated. Whst cannot be otherwise
utilized IS made 90 serve IS fuel in Esucr1ring
SD horsepower In lighting the city
The south Of Scotland. comprising the counties
Of wigrovn and Kirkcudh-ight. has the tallesc
uouulat5on % the country. the recCris OF stature
giving an average height o. feet IOlz inches.
without shoes while the northerumost AID border
counties Of England have q decided superiority
over the rest % England and Wales With re-
Spelr Co the British Isles the order Of superiority
in stature IS scotland. cS7l inches; Ireland %
inches. England 6s-S5 inches. and Wales. 66oo
inches The shortest stature IS found IN Wales.
the Welsh border counties and the southwest OK
England
It is not always pleasant 10 investigate hornets
at close quarters but there Is an exceptional
case AZ the farm Of L. R. Fellows. in North
Fayerte. There the busy little hornets have
built huge nest against a pane Of glass in
barn window So that from the interior Of the
barn one can plainly see the interior % the nest
and the diIgrnt Ettle hornets AZ their WOrs
Three combs have already been bullJ BY theta
and the fourth IS In process % cousJrlctlon-
Here they hatch. feed, and care for their Young,
and the sight is certainly worth going quite a
distance TO see
The experiments made have shown that gaso-
Iene automobiles can far Quito the camel
means Of transportation in dry countries
Trips OF zoo miles in length can De accom-
rIished without great dificulty Twenty miles
IN. of DO dos