The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The biggest artesian veII~ in Europe is -,
/ Crrnelle near Paris 1t gives rocco gallons
! water day.
Only two ash can turn their heads inde-
/ pende3tiy Of their bodies These are the gfrpike
/ and the seasboFe.
/ been built across a gorge III the shan hills in
/ upper BurHah- il ussd Up 500 tons Of steel
/ and cost 10000.
| Tie paper money Of the first French republic
/ became more deprecated than that q any cther
country ever did 4 pair of iocts cost l,t-S0 in
/ paper. and pound q butter SIG
| Nearly 10000 women in Spain worA IN the
! fields day iabcrers; $4,000 women are regis
/ tered day seryan;s-Thzt * they 9ork fox
their food and lodging There Is ssch class
anyShere else.
The Oldest specimen Of paper money has turned
up in China at the age o: So years. I;s face
value Is SI67 and It purports % 5e redeemabIe
in silver bullion. Its prospect Of redemption
T-Elshed centuries ago
\ few weeks age 4 poor Mississippi Rive<
| fisherman, living at Lansing. Iowa dug up some
ulu>sels tor bait. His wife picked up one casually
fgom heap, opened it. and found shat i now
declared 70 be one Of the finest fresii-v-ter De-
II the world
The most remarkable book in the gbr
far as its appearance is concerned, is ne.,asr
written or printed Il IS in the imperial library
Of Paris, and the letters are cut oct OF tissue
paper with a pair Of scissors sheet Of blue
tissue IN which the letters are cut, is placed
between two pages Of white, and the matter
Is read.
American cottonsced is responsible for tre-
mendous increase in the production Of clifton
in Russia. Middle Asia, Bokbara, and Khiys.
The year 1850 shows an increase Of - per cent
over 1899 IN the Asiatic lands, and the increase
IN the Russian district is . per cent. Most a
the former cornaelds are now being planted with
cotton.
desI4ateh from Angoule1ne, France. re-
ports that invasion Of locl=ss has taken
place throughout the Department Of the Cha
reLte more especially IN the canton Of BouiI1
lac, where they are 50 numerous and so yors-
clous as 70 constitute 4 veritsbIe sco6rEe.
Enormous fields Of beans and beets have been
devastated in few hours
Statues Of three generations OF D11mases VIII
soon decorate the Place NaIesherbes. az Paris.
That Of the writer Of les Trois Mousquetaires''
Is already in place. the statue OF the son and
playwright BY Simultaneous viii follow and
then the turn comes to the grandfather General
Dumas by Nopcel- The general Is leading I
charge with raised sword and bare head.
The town Of Hanover, Pa, got its drinking
water from wells deep and cool until they be-
came corrupted and pipe water vas introduced
some Of the well owners set up copper receDTs-
eies IN the bottoms Of the wells As boilers are
set up in houses connected with the pipe Watez
which. standing il them was cooled I1v the well
water and when drawn of to Use was a. re-
frestinS as the well water used TO be.
WheT-the two enormous ships now being b,,iIt
for the Great Northern Railroad Company are
turned over to that company It VIII possess the
two largest freight carrying steamships now
aEoat- Zach Of them Is nearly two and 4 half
blocks long # placed in the average city street
one Of these big ships would I'll it 50 that there
would barely be room for men 70 pass b.. xhile-
the officers on the bridge Of the ship would be
able 10 look into the sixth or seventh storY
windows Of skyscraper-
In the north of England an influential COM
pany IS being soated 70 promote Temperance
By eliminating far as possible the eIeTnent
OF private profit from the retail sale Of in
or purchase existing public houses 10 acquire
new licenses at places where the growth OF the
population induces the licensing magistrates 70
grant them. and to establish Canteens and re-
freShment bars where required 1t large public
works, ship yards cojlieries, and elsewhere
The principal distinction between American
and foreign locomotives today Is the use in
America OF the bar frame as contrasted with
the plate frame which latter Is a feature OF
European practice American locomotives fI--
ther, invariably built with outside cyfiH-
der=- while in Great Britain and the EurO-
peaa Continent inside cylinders and crank
axle stfl used to some extent. These two
details today represent the most radical differ
ences between the American engine and mat OF
other countries
Not only Is the growing Of the finest grade Z
Of suEnatTa vahacco under cloth IN progre<s II -
Connecticut, but in Decsta- -en,lnty. C;eorr,,
much is being done along that line and ysss
culture. Mr.. Stevens OF Atlanta. mas beer 2
looking At the crop n Decatur county.
finds 800 acres OF tobacco on one farm,
o. tI.-S -l'el 70 suiia''a Ciiei Si0t!i a ~, -
d 5000 That farm sold more than +5l o" -
pounds OF tobacco last year AZ prices Tsngins g
from 20 cents to & pound
Il Is fact not generally knewn that there~s
are nez-ly 100 women pharmacies in -
United states One Of The largest apc-' 80
establishments in New England ~
women almost exclusively giving -
precedence over men. and assigning -
reason therefor that women be dep
ON. or 10 Use the language OF the hea -
the concern: NO big heads no mis-
hence suits for damages, as the Te>sr
careless reading OF prescriptions Many -
featuring chemists employ women N off
capacities
The otter used BY Scottish poacners, IL -
CT tne most deadly fishing instruments Is
On some waters II Is far more effective tn Z
net It may be described as a water-kita.
which serves to take out over the water L
bearing fifty OF more flies. The otter Itsel, -
Z floating piece Of beard, loaded along one
to keep It upright The poacker walks
the side OF loch river. letting cut the
decorated lire he goes. the otter DO -
gradually working out toward the centre.
enormous area Of water : fshed az one TN.
and numbers OF fish are killed
The first prize for q new idea in social 70
rivities in Paris this season must 90
lady who has Just invented the singing
ner-'- Her guests had not finished soup VII =
suddenly IN 4 bower CT flowers there
peared q well-knoVa muSie-hall divetJe- II
singer forthwith warbied out the latest ParIs &
ian ditty ei a sufficiently light descriPtlo' !
not 10 distract diners from proper aPPreeis
ton of the menu When the burden came =
second surprise 10 hear It taken up ~
hidden chorus The solOist and the n
visible choir gave a song for each course
throughout the dinner
social worker who has had occasion to is-
spect most of the so-caIled sweatshoFs IN Nel-
York gave It Is his belief that the person who ,
invented the electrical fans got his idea from
the funny little tailors and their sewing Haa-
chimes Il has been q old practice with the
worktrar N warm weather. said he agent
lESe the power in their machines 20 fan them
selves This they accomplish by tying pieces
balance wheel snd- they work the Te'la1
with their feet. the cardboard on the Uhes'
cuts the air like small pinwheel and plays l..
air upon the face Of the tailor
The latest invention in fire-e<capes for res
licences i being put into one OF the houses
building in Fifth Avenue. New York The
casual observer knows nothing about il, for
il Is in the middle OF the house contractor
thus describes it We are building sheet-Jroa
shaft IL the centre Of the house from the top.
floor 10 the basement The walls half inch
thick and 50 are the doors which open on each
floor TheTe-iE8 spiral stairway OF iron which
can be reached from any floor. From the -
whole thiag Is absolutely ireproof- and the "
Ffp;;on Is going To take where ne HIT -: