The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-05
NOTES OF The DAY

'ii-'r nave "trn pretty attractive In t1rm aud
.'1irre taat ttry soon marry Vow tha school
..-FI iS determined Co stop thl- and the mem
.aS are hunting far ug'y school t---hr-S
The Wostpha.iau steel WORKS az Baehum. Ger
many. has just passed its autumn dividend u
distributed u per cent pea ago TIE Seh1eu-
A.rr factory 1r therUn-rz which paid D. rrr cont
10 October 100, BIAS also passed its dividend
Everywhere religious ORDERS are on she iu-
crease Iva Begun. Tor instance. i1 1870 there
were 90 converts and monasterics. with I2.010
inmates In 300 the number had increased to
-Ites.
The boiler tubes Of liner. if placed in
tra,sl- line would reach nearly ZEN miles and
Tho condenser tubes more tbaa twenty-five miles.
iHe total number of separate pieces n Steel DO
.0."0
The '1i foreign trade statement of the United
States for August shows that exports % every
Tlarter Of the globe increased during the month
except 20 South America whore there was de-
crease of $4,000.
A salmon can leap to- a height Of twenty feet.
This has been demonstrated by the fishery COM
Hals-i1ue- % Norway. who. by means 81 stand
ards erected below waterfalls. have measured the
leaps of this agile fish.
An immense geyser has just been discovered IN
Gotomlbona, New Zealand. IL covers an area
an acre iE extent and constantly throws columns
et water OBJ vast heights. some az them ascend
.hs 30 feet, Elth clouds Cf steam which 60 much
highe-.
novel system for heating cars Is in vogue in
Christina and Stockholm Under each seat IS
perforated metallic box. and in this are little
-ei-hot bricks % compressed coal. so prepared
iiat Eo smoke or odor results while tiey are
burning
An ingenious Freuchmln has invented an arti-
fcilI worm 1t il made Of India rubber. is in
tended for bait is indestructibIe. and completely
fools the FISH, With THIS work 10 time Is lost iu
batting the hook. there IL remains until the
fisherman chooses % remove Il.
Owing % the depredations Of native sportsneu
the hare bids fair TO become extinct in France
The passenger boats from F0Ikest0ue take oveI
dallF supplies % Bou.ogue % make good tho
shortage of native aniuals- This Is the first =ea-
son that hares have been imported from England
An autopsy performed upon a st. Louis nan
who died recently % appendicitis showed that all
~ his organs which normally should haze been
on hl, right side were on his left side, and wee
versa 10 the unusual location Of the apren-
ok that mis-ed the physician and made the case
Tie population Of Argentina is composed Of
mixed natlouaIties- There are colonies Of Ger
mans. French. Italians. Portuguese. the English
colony being a very large one. numbering up
ward of tt,99. The working classes are LARGELY
recruited from Ilaiy. There are also a good many
Poruguese-
Trials are being made al Kronstadt with a mill
tary Kite invented by the celebrated aeronaut. Col
Pomorr~ey- The kite. which is % be used Tor
purposes of recaEn0itrinE. resemble a soldiers
tent with two ca was EIuEs above aud q tail be-
low- Three such kites are capable OF lifting a
man to considerable height
some idea OF che immense amount Of work
done To tle Offices oi a railway with mileage Of
l@la" miles uay be- gathered from the fact that
the printed matter Issued by one company de-
failing the changes made in the Passenger ser
wee i9r the summer months amounted o. over
hve tons In weight
IL is stated by an authority that the weight Of
a mans brain has nothing 60 DO with his mental
power It Is a question Of climate. not Of intel
lect The colder the climate the greater the size
Of the brain The largest heads o. an are those
% the thu-atcLes. Who live very FAR north, and
next come the heads OF the Laps
In mussetry training at AIdershot. England.
experiments are being made with a new style %
target b. means of an electrical device heads
are made 90 appear and disappear at regular in
terVais along the SKY line ri a range % hills.
rep-cseutrnE AZ enemy taking aim and irirS-
IaeSa constitute targets upon which the rife -
shots practice
The Covthorpe oak Is the largest in England
Ir il reputed to BE- over loo years old. and IT,.
branches cover half an acre AT the close 81 the
seventeenth century 1T was zeventy-eight feet in
eIrcuruterCuce az the base Of the trunk Since
then quantity Of earth has been placed round IL
a. a support lt Is eSrIInatrc 90 contain at the
present time sCventy-three tons o. timber
Up to August Last the city % Carlsbad, Bobe-
mia. had DO stree: cars Of any dez--iption. al
transportation beiaS hy cabs and ounibuses- he
city has population q 1900 permanent resi-
DENTS which number u augmented each year from
April 90 October bv about sgsl8 visitors
---H H-ru~
ever. and Its line VIII soon be- in operation
A recent issue Of Missouri paper contains the
announcement that libel suit against the editor
for s6CJ1 has just come 10 nlught through dis
agreement % the jury On the same page Is an
advertisement glieh reads thus six thousand
dollars t' loan On approved security Enquire
ar this Utioe- The kansas City Journal wants
90 know IL IL Is The same 5000
Old SJspusy Church. which was burned recent
lv. was a picturesque landmark Of the Fast End
% London It was once the centre Of an English
village outside Of London, and the beautiful old
church yard h. -s1I atnked hy rows Of red brick
mansions hl-lr 5g ueIlrhy merchants sf the reign
of Queen Anne and the Georges The quaint
grey tower stilI stands among the smoking ruins
and VIII not need Co be rebuilt.
To is said that the worlds aIz-5nd crop. excIu-
sIve OF California and Arizona. vii amount this
year r1 about lI-910 tons They come from Italy
sicily. Naiarca, spain. France. Portugal M0r0e-
co.. and AIgiers- The highly-prized Jordan al
U0uLs come from Malaga. SPAIN and not from
the Jordan River. as many people suppose. The
common almond is the most indiEeStihlr o. al
nuts and contains ve-y little nourishment-
At the recent meeting Of the German and Aus
TRAN Alpine clubs. held NJ Neran, Dr. KI0tz-
berg. President OF Austrian Tourist Club. del-y-
cred an address in which be strongly condemned
ths growing practice % climbing obscure. dan
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