The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

. the dog enters
An electric rack-railEsy, With gauge Of forty
inches. part Of the track being raised nine and
one-haf feet above =he towing path. l. being
tested With satisfactory results On the FinoE
tafll-, between Berlin and Stcrtin. The boats
can be made heavier THAI those drawn By h0rses-
Excellent results have followed the administra-
tion Of forests and timber production By the
Hungarian Government. While in Isss the net
Income from the national forests amounted only
10 llsl-"l' forms, they yielded during the last
decade more than 3.oD9.oo0 forms
Il has been positively ascertained by expert
chemical analysis that rice contains more nutri-
tive elements than any other grain. Il VIII S1s-
tam life better and longer than oEy other cereal,
tact weI known throughout the eastern cuun-
-rles nom time ImuemorisL
About 10000 Russian Iab0rers annually cross
the boundary 70 work in German heIds during
harvest time The Russian Government having,
recently threatened % stop this temporary emf
grafton, the German press retorts thar such a
measure would hurt Russia more that Germany.
The demand for agricultural implements IN
Egypt Is increasing with the progress made in
cultIyatlng land Farmers rapidly EndinE
cut the value Of improved machinery. and have
IN use already number q thrashing ma
chimes
The second part Of the report and statistics
for I900 relating to persons employed and acci-
dents at mines and guarries in the United King
dom has been issued - a blue book. The number
Of persons employed during the year was g0s az
and the number Of lives lost b. accidents I.0j0-
The Government ststistician gives the approxl-
mate result Of the census in New South Wales
A. follows; Population J. 362. 232. comprising rs
~ males and ca O25 females Increase during
the past decade, ,Sss, comprising 1G2 5f5
males and lzi,S5S females, OF Isl per cent per
annum-
Before the coming Of the whites to America
the Mississippi River was known b. a diferen.
lame every few miles o. its course. Zach tribe
init dWe-t along us banks gave % a local name
and more than thirty % these local designations
are preserved in the narratives Of the early trav-
eiers-
In New Mexico there are two enormous forest
reserves-one on the Pecos River. n the north
ern part Of the Territory the other on the CHA
htefs IN ne southwestern section, comprising
$4,000 This domain Is large as the State
q Rhode Island. Delaware. and one-half o.
Connecticut combined
One Of the most striking relies Of the siege Of
the legations in Pekin last year is 20 be ex-
mbited in London Il Is a flag torn almost 70
slre1s by the inCessaut fl1siIIzde Throughout tha
siege this flag holred over the British quarters
i was taken 70 England BY Sir Claude Macdon-
wager was made by a resident OF London
that he could cook a plum pudding ten feet be-
meath the surface Of the Thames. He won the
bet By placing the pudding IN q tin case and nut
ttns the whole in a sack Of lime. The heat q
The lime, Stacking when IL came in contact With
the water, Eas sufficient q cook the pudding in
two hours
Tea Is becoming more popular as a beverage in
the European countries but in the United states
where coffee has long been the izvorite drink.
tea is little more than holding is own For 100
the resatIve per capita consumption IN the intel
states vas IS pounds o. coffee and II pounds
Of tea IN the United Kingdom, pounds Of tea
and II Of q pound Of coffee
Prof Dexter, Of the University Of Illinois. who
has studied the effect Of weather on morals. Ends
that desire 20 fight rises with che the-noneter,
but stops al s. degrees. wits after that as the
mercury rises Assault cases are therefore con-
moner in summer th1u in winter. Drunkeuness
however, lessens WiJs sumner and increases with
the coming OF cold Suicides are Al a maximum
on bright days With high barometer, and IL
crease as the wind rises
In discussing Siberia. statements Of dimension
and distance confuse and 5ewi.der rather than En-
tighten Il Is Of rather small advantage 20 dwell
upon its area Of over $4,000 square miles. II
the forty-hve states which compose the American
Union were taken mp and planted bodily IN the
I.llsr 81 siberia they would be enclosed IN every
direction by a wide border OF land In this
border territory all the countries % Europe ex-
cept Russia could likewise be planted bodily. and
there would remain still unoccupied 80 90 square
EllleS. an area twice the size Of Imperial Ger
many
While digging sewer in the yard Of the Niko-
l4i public school at Svartmausaren. Stockholm
the Uo-kmeu discovered several skeletons As
this Is a part Of ancient Stockholm and every
biz OF ground Is q historic interest. the police
az once notified Prof HildebrlUd the noted an
uguarlan, and from researches made BIZ him there
seems 20 be- no doubt that the funeral places OF
the Dominion trilrs has been discovered They
existed IN Sweden during the thirteenth. four
the most powerful Of the Swedish religious 49,
cations.
Commercial calcium carbide Is not vet ten years
old 10 IS m-lutactured in more than half 4
hundred works. the problems Of its PRODUCTION
have satisfactorily been solved. AID II we only
knew what % 30 with IL. It might still be re-
G4rtrd most promising child Bet il re-
mains practically SIMPLY parent Of acetylene-
kcselrChes demonstrate thar calcium carbide can
undoubtedly AFFORD Fery valuable help % the
chemist and 4ssayer- and also 20 the metaIlurgist
ll Tel-lln8 operations But rs direct mer4llur-
glcal value has not yet been e-tzbiished-
The boI5meter. invented by PROT 5 P Langley
and described By him az a late meeting OF the
National Academy Of Sciences. is an instrument
for the measurement OF heat wave lengths, and .
indic-tes heat % the one-thouzau5-u5llionth Of =
degree Centisrade- By the use OF this iustru-
Ueu- the Negtoulan spectrum has been increased
twenty times in length and studies are beng
made that may yet disclose secrets having an
mate relation 20 the suns seas5Ezble changes
and their eject IN stimulating diminishing
tl- productive energy 81 the Garth Prof Lzuz-
ley believes that through these obsarvatiorls We
may yet discover how the sun maintains al life
on this planet, problem yet uus1lvtd
The natives Of Tusuila one OF the islands Of
Ocea15ca. have a peculiar method Of catching
fish 1T a given signal all the Inhabitants Of
the village assemble on the seasaore. 10 the mum
Der Of about go persons. each one Carrying 4
branch o. the cocoa palm With these in their
Il-sS=s they plunge into the water and swim 4
certain distance fTauz the shore when they turn.
forming compact ~emicircle. each one holding
ms palm perpenlIeular In che water. thus making
sort % sieve The leader q the party then
sClsh0re gradually in perfect order. driving be-
fore them a multitude % fishes that are cast on
the sands and killed with sJicias. The hsh are
then cooked over bJt Goals and served with
banln1s and CoC0auut milk The scene IS most
picturesque and interesting. the effect being
usually have their hair powdered white the war-
rlors N the tribe having theirs powdered red
Much has been done By science TO diminish
the risk q explosion in coal mines; but one dan
ger persists against which 1t seems impossible
% gUa-d-the reckIssSnoSs OF the miner. Enquiry
into the recent disaster IN south Wales. where
over eighty lives were lost has brought % Iighs
some almost incredible revelations The 'Euzi-
urer says There Is the story Of a CWruau4n
miner who .eaped into an underground tram and
someone else had carried down below. There q
the verified account % flied pipe being dis
covered under piece Of -ialI' In one heading IN
another pit in the Aberdare Valley. There s
the acknowledgement on the part Of the coLIiery
managers ln the Arrthyr and Aherdars valleys
rrHa - rE