The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

. NllF nineteen nf mo -FgarfT ffarIu tam lines
I are noT worked b. horse traction.
/ In the year 1000 7.zzsg7g kegs Of steel uirc
nails we're produced in the United states.
/ The chimney o. the Oxford Copper Works at
I Ne" Brighton. staten Island. is 365 feet tail
Chaperon originally meant the hood OF cloth
which priests wore IN the fifteenth century
The British Electric faction COMPANY hl,
during the Past year earned E6oo.0o0 in penny
The largest cast bronze statue in the uorI
Is that o. Peter the Great az 81 PetesbVrg. 70
weighs LOO tons
Paul Sievert. Of Dresden. has a new process Tor
making bsthtubs and other large tanks out %
blown gas
Theodore Roosevelt is the favorite county-fsir
orator out West this faIl. having many more in
vitations than he can possibly accept
Few bank notes are so simple in design a.
those printed for the Bank Of y land. anf set
each one Of them costs about haif-Pcn-y %
produce.
specially trained sanitary troop lately drill
ing near Berlin has transformed cars Of different
kinds into hospital cars with berths for sick or
wounded In from three and One-haf 20 five min
utes per car
French women wrap in red cloth children who
have measles Now scientist named Chatinirr
proves By experiment that red paper pasted on
the windows % patients having measles has
good influence
Paris has always paid 81. 800 a year to the De-
tectives who guard the President Of France. bet
has just refused % do longer. and the national
Government has assumed the task Twelve de-
tectiFeS are hired for the purpose
In Melbourne a law regulating the sale u
liquor declares that all saloons must be closed
on sundays with the doors locked. Thirsty pa
irons find the doors locked. but a key hangs
IN convenient place and they find entrance easy
A brass wire screen it Is said. will last in a
stamp mill from two 10 three weeks, during
which time from 2Oo 70 30 tons Of crushed
quartz wiz pass through IT, while a steel plate
viii last long enough for s-a.H 80 70 SO tons
Of quartz 90 pass througs
Consul Hughes reports that a small fresh-vater
crab very much Ike lobster is exported from
Russia 20 Germany and Austria Between che
years 1896 and 100. Germany imported 500
hundredweight, and Ats;ria's average yearly i'm
p0rtation is coo hundredWeiZht
The railway returns Of the United Kingdom
for 1900 show that during the year the number
Of Passengers carried exclusive q season-ticket
holders. was 1.Ifz.z766s6. increase Of. about
5J.y0D.0fn over 1-l8 ne amount q gods con
veyed shows increase Of over l3 510.e11 tcns-
Ernest August Renner. OF Cincinnati. : one q
the few survivors Of twelve men appointed 20
carry the coffin % Napoleon I. a. the tine.oi is
removal nom 81. Helena % ITS present resting
in Paris, and he Is the only one q the Fwe.ve
not a native Of France his birthplace being Han
over
The rapid expansion Of the Australian shipping
trade continues und-minished- In New south
Wales il vzs larger in 800 than in any previous
year Tie total number OF vessels entered and
cleared vas 1.Q-2, against g. 80 IN 1-s3- %
these SOS were under the British Tag 4al 20
under those Of other countries
snakes are extremely curious in regard % Ger
tain noises and this fact fully explains the ex-
trsoTdinl-y destruction Of these reptiles wrought
by moving machines N some districts in India
The snakes are apparently attracted D. the rat-
Tie and whIrr Of the machines and Do net ny
20 get ont Of the way Of the knives
A borrowed leg is the bone Of contention be
tween the Miners Association and the widow Of
one Of the member THIS man some years agp
lost his leg in an accident. and the associari0n
supplied him with an artificial one When b.
died Dis cork leg vas buried with MN, and nov
the ASSOCIATION says % Vls only ient
The most remarkable book in the world, So Tar
as its appearance Is concerned, Is neither written
nor printed. u Is In the imperial library oi
Paris and the letters are cut out Of tissue. paper
with pair Of scissors A sheet Of blue tissue
In which the letters are cut. Is placed between
twO pages OF white, and So the matter Is read
The ..PikeyiIle CTenn-) Banner has been trying
a little imagery On Congressman Moon. Of that
-Lale II --l--- Il ---Hl-- u 10 va A-Ah
district spent few DAYS with the good people
OF Bleds0e- Representative Neon is watch tower
the temple Of liberty and lion holding Al
hly an who would enter and violate the Demo
cratic temple
In shortening the Union Pacific Railroad be-
tween Omaha and Ogden BY thirty Eiie=. re-
ducine the grades from a maximum o. ninety
seven 20 a maximum OF f0rty-three fser- and
expanding the curves. s15.00OO00 VIII have been
expended Do IS said. when the work . hElsnefl-
There viii be a great saving IN fuel, in the u-e
% much longer freight trains, and IN higher
speed and the resulting increase OF earnings has
been estimated az 10000 a year
The constant growth Of a knowledge Of Eng
fish in Mexico is made evident BY the new de-
rrand on the part Of Mexican youth for books
and periodicals in this l4nguaEe- One dealer in
books and periodicals in English says that hale
his customers are MeXicaus- They have learned
tie language with such a degree Of tnoroughnsss
that they demand English reading H0N many
people Co Eh0m English Is neither tongue buy
Spanish books ard periodicals The native book
sellers say they are very few
There are now in Norway 8SS sawmilis en-
pI0ying Is,055 people, and ls5 pulp mills, en-
pI0ying 1.72o people, with az least 5000 other
persons engaged during the winter season in
--riur5ug the mountains and turning the forest
lands into wastes The big trees 90 20 the saw
mills and the little ones 90 the pulp facro-ies- Il
Is estimated that within the next halt century
me tlflo-E Ee-1IENe> OF Norway WIZ te p--t.Lt-
cay exhausted II the present rate Of destruction
Is allowed 20 continue
The hot spell which has visited Europe. AMI
which stiU hangs over sweden. has been felt
by the d,h. writes a correspondent from Malmo-
When the temperature was 40 its highest mum
Der of dead 6>h we're observed floating about
near Rauucla- The fisherman saw that the water
was too hot for the Ezh- They state the fish
approach the surface of the water they become
more and more sluggish and lose the power q
motion until. coming directly under tae suns
rays. they roll over ceGt-suustrIcE, in iaCt-
This Jear-coupeIling tale is from the ''I5ud1n
Globe. "A Young lady bought a d1rmo1se. After
Keeping it for some time she had occasion % send
a present 10 a friend. and utilized the dormouse
for that purpose A few months later the friend
wrote 60 say that the pet did not seem lively.
and Was refusing its food N0uId she come and
inspect ire She came and inspected 10, and, anal
Iy feeling thar this "A ease for professional
opinion. called I'm vet The vets verdict vas
brief and to the point The d0rnouse had been
dead just SIX months
The business Of the moun>hiuer fourishcs best
IN autumn. when corn f. nc for harvest. Accord
fng % IN Alabama Federal official This year
the Illicit stills have not had as large an output
IN our section as usual. because Of the high
price ct that cereal. We put all the restrictions
possible upsu them. but Do viii probably never
- possible t1 crush the business OUT entirely. The
maou~Iliu- whisky Is sold Co ueighhors and friends
and in the towns there ., always some sli0ou-
keeper who VIII purchase Sc when brought 90 his
place u the night time
& good many negroes Of Boston are aafl5atiu-
with new sect which has sprung up there re-