The evening times., 1901-08-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ Experts have coasiuded that the presence q
| sewer gas is responsible i1r the 5esrrlctsoa ot
I many trees Iu London streets
/ Tic gold exported and received 40 the West
I Jru Australian mint Iu fHc month ri June
1 amounted o. l-i,ses ounces, yaJgcd az Eg-3 5s4
! It-ly and spain have fewer ho,-.s- in proportion
Co tuyr FoTuiat au than any ctbtr e...aIrv in tia
I world tle Ar-eHtiH- keFuAiis aud Ur-gaay have
/ most
! A. protection a~aiast ,he la,azes of vh.te
I ants LIVING tseos. instead 0i poles. are used IN
[ str.UgiuE the wires 81 the -zo-to-the-Cspc b
, telegraph lua iE Africa
a man b. Illinois who borrowed an umbrella
. -sr'f- severe storm without permission V-as
..sIaa.hi-ed ior tvc wears, sentenced .rom one
: i' i've years ln PRISON and hned 81
/ Tle Conservatives Of Denmark. Who have 81,
( long ruled the ancient kingdom, have dViudIsd IN
Z uuut,F O. vrTy small minority In Pzriiamlu-
{ they have hare tsIi-dozcn representatives.
TIs s-s....sar Government lobster hatchery az
E ..r. .-- Na,- scotia, this season has put OUT
-.....-t.H lol-trrs along the tu@St 90 Nova 500
3 ts- NeH Brunswick. and Pr.nce Edward Island
I Charleston. 5. c. has a training school f5r
I drsuea- A sevcuty-saot scaling tower has been
I provided a. well as all necessary apparatus. and
I al the hremCn ID the city are required % take
I turns in drilling.
/ On the banks Of che Puuls. in south America.
Z dse.ls a peculiar tribe of people. who are
! spotted n queer uaauo- ADJ members oi the
I tribe are similar in th.s respect. men, women,
[ and children, being notified black and white.
/ They 1--we almost entirely FISH
/ refri-er4tiug plant is 10 De installed At one
! Of the furnaces of a steel company in Pitts
I burg. Pa. IN order % free the air from uois-
I iufe before descending into the furnaces. The
d moisture VII Re ConecJed coils " tube
through which brine viIl pass
/ A unique feature Of Honolulu dwellings is the
/ provision made for lighting the exterior as wen
.
masonry of the walls. thereby throwing 2 re-
/ hectlou both inside and On the lawns. where the
/ residents spend most Of their nights
4 some Temperance women Of Chicago have got
Z into quarrel over the practice Of naming a
7 vessel by breaking bottle of vine over its bow
i One faction denounced it a. recognition of
the demon Of rum. ULile the other held that TEN
: Tcrauee people ought % rejoice when wine i
thus disposed of instead Of drunk
in Eansas every thing IS suhseryient 70 the har-
vest. AT Colby harves, hznd was convicted Of
crime which carried Jail sentence His ca
ployer appeared before the Judge and said thar
be needed the mans services in the wheat bald
he yguud bike TO have the sentence dcferled until
I The September term u1 court The employers
[ quest Vas granted
Here is a word worth committing 70 memory.
( 70 be uttered severely when you want 10 terriiy
; one younger than yourself into submission -Sue-
1 p4ardelo0szoldersloo-XeE EUetroolryting- The
meaning does not matter very much, the sound
{ being ever thing. but It NAV be well % know
that IL is nutsh for 'he quick-hcrseisSS-ouen-or-
dnars-r -road-rLunirs-p petroleum carriage or motor
car"
John A. Cred. Of Berkeley. Cal. veteran Of
the civil var, applied sor a pension, and found
that woman in Ohio. posing as bis widow, had
heen drawing his pension sor many years She
3 j. actually the widow Of another John 81 Creed.
who. however. was not entitled 20 penslon n
having served ln the var u j. believed that
Others have obtained pensions IN The same fraudu-
lent way
cooling tower made of brush and twigs Is
in operation a. the pcwerh0glse Of the Los An
geles Pacific Railroad a. Sherman, Cal The
cooler consists Il a timber frarne,york % feet
long y feet Slde- and i3 feet high, hIled up
with brush and tslZ-. and u eools the Condens-
ing water for a 50O-horsepower compound en-
gIne and a +dsl-horsepOWer compound engine
working on railway load
The captain Ct an ocean steamer Is often
warned Of the proximity Of iceberss By the
men IN the eUEine-room. When ship enters
water considerably colder than that through
which II has been going its propeller runs
faster, and such water surrounds the vicinity
ot iceoerSs ior many miles the engIneers Knox
when the prOpellers actIua IS greatly accelerated
without any increase @. he steam power ice
bergs may be expected.
Herr F. Rrhmer las inverted a sound recorder
on q different principle from that Of the Paulsen
teIeyraphone- He photographs on A moving film
q sensitive fame vibrating 20 the sounds. and
produces on the dlHi band Of varying intensity
Light Is then projected through this land 10 a
seleniUm cell in circuit, with battery and te,s-
phone The variations Of intensity of the light
vary Jhe resistance li the ee4l- and accordingly
increase the strength ef the electric current,
thus reproducing the original sounds
Diamandi, a native o. Pylaros, one Of the
Greek Islands, Is a remarkable calculator After
a mere glance At n blackboard on which thirty
groups o. figures are written De can repeat them
IA auy Ctder and deal Vilh them by any arIth-
MCtical process i IS said that he never makes
an error IN calculation involving Millions, and
I he can extract square or cube roots with marvel
Ous rapiCry and acuraCv. rama1ti writes poetry
/ and novels In the intervals o. business, and
shows considerable intellectual capacity
Tie City Of Mexico spends more than S26ooo
month for light. using sol are lights Of ZOO can
dIc-pover and $50 Of 100 c1ndlr-p0wer. in ai-
diJion % a considerable number of smaller in
Caudssseut lights for some oi the narrow streets
and small squares During the month Of March
the large are I-L-S were burned on average
o.. ten hours and eighteen minutes per day, It
an average cost of ll-s cents an hour The aver
age cost au luUr % the I.1'0 cardle-p0wrr hgdts
VAS "a, cents Both sums are given ~ Mexican
silver
By petition fled IN court in Chicago, the
fact that Dr.. FuGtlof Nlnsen, the Arctic exc
TIorcr. is engaged I'm litigation there was made
D
the fortune left hy Matthias Blessing, q wealthy
Scaudinaviau. who died ~ Chicago two wears
a-o. O. the other heirs. 70 IS said. had waived
IEgi- claims his favor The petition. how
ever Il hlcd by MrS. Jl1uuITi-hass. Of thattl-
Uaoga, Tenn, and as sAe claims 90 be the tauSn-
Ter of the desGLeut's brother. David. the htlsa-
tion Is Haely 60 be- prolonged
Cuba produces no tobacco for chewing or for
Pipe-smoai7g. The Cabans who smoke pipes
might be counted on ones fingers without
making a second round the fingers The
glEGr and fl- cigarette prevail To what
tent jhe Cuban cigarette might ever become
beyond determination lJ Is certain that most
Americans OF prolonged residence become. x
they be- smokers. addicted 20 Cuban brands, and
| End dithculty Iu weaving themselves back 20
American brands on their return
II Is oficfaIly estimated that there are Is.d0O-
J Coo acres oi virgiual forest lands IN CHA
This Is aear,y one-hali Of the total a-e4. The
/ Improvement of transportation facilities VIII
| hrigE some Of this 90 market Il VIII include
/ mahogany ebony EraDadi.ll. mJj1sua. cedar.
I walnut l.EuEul-yI,ac, ola. and pine. There
more Than t-.lty species ot I1lE- some of which
| have special uses Bgt timber cutting and saw
ing are fUT the specialist Who knows tres
and Hls had experience "a making sludu-t-' lr
IN unsafe industry Cor the Uuiuitiltei
! The recent discovery of coal IN the south
| eastern district oi Bengal IS likely to have an
I inspiring effect upon the Indian iron and steel
industry An expert. who has Just returusi 20
/ England irofl India ssys- The Development Of
I rHg steel and I.cu trade iu Bengal IS only a
matter of UgatH- and Calcutta IN q wear or two
Hla become the t-rl-1 ot tle Fast Ni-h all
tla siyaE-ass~ ut an A~a-ic population st hand.
aa Ualiuited output and the enterprise controlled