The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ al persons engaged IN handling lead
If the surface of the globe were perfectly leve1
! water would cover it 20 the depth Of two miles
/ o. an average for nifty years the coolest dav In
Berlin has been January Is. the warmest July 3
/ \ new insect has appeared IN California in time
/ % Gcvour the eggs q the countless red suisI-rs
/ that iRiure the orange groves
] Tie oldest map in existence IN a niece Of
mosaic in a byzantine Church NJ MaiaDl. in
! Palestine Il represents part Of the Holy Land
i and Is leo wears old.
| To be acceptable as q soldier in the German
army, man must be able to swim The best
/ swimmers are able u cross stream Of several
/ hundred yards width even when Carrying their
| clothing. rife. and ammunition.
| Kites have Leen used with great success as a
means to stop partridses rising and flying from
cover where II IS wished TO keep them for shoot
Iug-the birds VIII not rise when kites are aviaz
above them, fearing, DOUBTLESS, attack
The '-Financia! Chronicle estimates this years
possible yield Of cotton at 1900, GOO bales IN
acreage all cotton states show increases ranging
| from 10 20 per cent The acreage Is y. SOS 6sI
an increase over the acreage Of 1900 Of sos per
cent.
The ostrich is 4 descendant o: genus Of bird
which in prehistoric times attained an enormous
size In the alIuviaI deposits Of Madagascar evi-
dence has recently been found to show that os-
| triches fourteen and fifteen feet in height once
! lived on the island.
The Germans. with the approval Of the En-
peror. preparing TO experiment with light
ming railway. Towards This end the War Minis
ter has placed at the disposal Of the experiment.
ing company the military line from Berlin to
IOSseH. and it Is expected that a speed OF from
l25 TO 100 miles an hour viii be attained with
electric cars-
The Bureau Of Navigation reports 1924 steam
and sail vessels of $50 gross tons built IN the
IL
eleven months preceding June / OF those go
were built along the Atlantic and the Gull 195
on the Pacific coast. 50 on the Great Lakes, and
I56 or Western rivers. In Nav II3 vessels Of
1857 tons built
Diamonds and other articles of je7Eeiry have
frequently been missed BIZ a firm in Chicago
Detectives failed to discover the thieves 4
pedestrian, viewing the window display one even
ing saw rat EIn out from corner and steal
diamond ring He reported the matter 70 the
ProprietoTs, and ali the missing jewelry has been
found in the rats nesting place
A Kansas soldier in the Philippines notes a new
Temperance force which IS at work IN the army.
we have he says "a lot Of native soldiers
enlisted here. Wien one Of the white boys gets
drunk the captain puts native soldier him,
and the native puts on lots OF airs wniie march
Ing him around Il grI1ds the boys so that they
wouldn't get drunk # they could
4 letter from France addressed Lord Mayor
of Chicago. Town Hail. was delivered to Mayor
Harrison the other day. 1t came from the Coun-
tess Derruppe Lacan par Bsrgnac- The countess
wrote on tinted paper, mounted with her crest
and asked the mayor question of great import
ance- It was: Who Is the Chicago man who
wants to bug an autograph Of Shakespeare
The mayor cart answer.
The Amsterdam Gazette announces the pre-
hibition OF phosphorus in matchmaking from
July next, and after 5c-r,arr next the frnporta-
ton or storage of phosphorus IN quantities oye-
100 gr1mmeS- The offence Of manufacturing with
phosphorus viii BE- punished By six months i'm
prlsonment- The punishment for other ofenses
viii be three months s25. The transport Of
phosphorus through the country Is permitted
In the production Of common wateh-glasses the
glass Is blown injo 4 sphere about 4 meter in
diameter, sufficient material being taken 10 give
the desired thickness. as the case may be- Discs
are then cut out from this sphere With the aid Of
pair OF compasSes having = diamond at the
extremity OF one leg. There IS a kuack Of detzcfl-
ing the disc after il has been cut 4 good work
man VIII, it Is sid cut 5000 glasses in a day.
notable disagreement OF jury occurred in
Auncie, Ind Henry VoTfel was on trial for Great
ing disturbance OF a trolley car The js1ry VAS
locked up to consider the case and IN about
half an hour tumuIt arose in the room. shouts
and biaspheIdy were heard. and when the door
was hUrriedly opened the black eyes ana bloody
noses OF eTa OF the jurors indicated that they
had discussed the case with their fists and en-
paatically disagreed
4 bin IS under consideration in the French
Chamber Of Deputies. which provides thai work
men shall be compelled TO save portion OF their
earnings against the non-productfve period A
small IS to be taken from each days wages.
to be added to ike sum contributed BIZ the
state The principal Is TO be invested in Freneh
Government bonds By Government commission
and workmen are 70 receive, after they reach the
age OF Sixty-fve- pensions proportional TO their
contribution to the fund
The longest cold season IN the United States
is found in the rocky Mountain region where It
exceeds the warm by about ten days. The warm
season in Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley
opens about ten DAYS earlier than IN the region
near the Middle Atlantic coast, and from twenty
70 twenty-five DAYS earlier the coast OF Cali
ToTula- In the Northwest the season opens
from twenty to TWENTY-FIVE DAYS earlier than In
the lake region. and from fifteen to twentv DAYS
earlier than IN the north Pacific coast regiCE.
1t would seem that the species sailor Is about
to become extinct. It Is only with the most care
FIJI nursing and artificial training that specimens
are secured nowadays For several years past the
american Navy has been forced to the scheme Of
drafting country boys from farms and field put
JfHE them training ships and sending them
around the world 70 pick up the tricks the
nautical trade Now comes word from England
that the British navy Is II zue same dilemma
and Is unable to furnish half the proper compile
meuJ OF officers and men
In the large slaughterho,lses in Chicago and
elsewhere cattle are killed. skinned. cut up. and
hung in the cooling room in 50 minutes. and
are handled by twenty men during that time
Hogs are killed AT the rate Of so an hour They
are handled By l25 IN g minutes Sheep are
killed at the rate OF 90 hour. the slaughter
ing and dressing occupying about 81 minutes
Each man has one particular thing to do 30 each
animal generally very little, and soon as 1t Is
done he passes on TO another animal The work
in consequence goes on like clOckW0rk-
IN the dark recesses Of the Harvard University
library. under guard Of lock and key. Is a manu-
script volume Of 81. jIey's poems Containing the
verses written between the. years 1SI9-IS2o-tbe
most momcutous period Of the poets life. The
volume was given 80 Harvard College by F. 4
Silshee. 10 whom 1t given BY Jane ClaIrEuont
>hclley's lifelong friend the step-SiSter OF the
poets VIE The manuscript Is small quarto OF
100 pages Among the poems are the famous Ode
to a SIylark'' ode To Liberty ode to the
y estwIad, aud The Sensitive Plant
There IS always scarcity Of pennies in the
West says an official of the Philadelphia Mint,
and a suberahundsnce OF them in the East
Every little while the banks out there set up
2 hue and cry for pennies, but our banks here
IRE ever glad TO rid themselves of their sIrp<age
in these coins. It i dificaIt to see wlfv such
state of things should he I'm sure a penny :
inst dear 10 the fasteners heart Is 10 the
Ncsterucr's7 one would no more throw -,erl41y
away than would the other; Vet here we always
nave too many pennies; there tHey never seem to
nave enough
The Welsh language appears to be approaching
extinction At recent eiteddfod at Dolselly one
oi the principal speakers stated that IN ISL Is
many as 1,o16.io0 persons spoke Welsh, but N
1881 the number had fallen TO sII.2S9 a decrease
II 90 SII though the uoulIarioD had -,a,1,ri,51,