The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-28
NOTES OF THE DAY.

.I|N 30.
are destroyed by tHe advance of progress
The municipal council % s, Pe-s--bu-, Is 20
send an cieCtrCaI expert % the United STATE IN
order that De- may study OBJ, telephone system Of
Gins country with v5cs 90 -eor.-zni zin- the one
n ne Do 80 Petersburg
An attachment is provided in Sweden br which
Gre secrecy ot che telephone line l. assured The
apparatus. which is rented az a moderate rate.
& ndioatcs whether the telephone ooarstor is Is-
isnluE Co the conversation or not-
Tt is estimated that AZ an altitude o. over
sixty miles the atmosphere viii consist o. %
. per cent o. hydrogen 10 is suggested that this
may De- the source OF the occIuded hydrogen
usually found IN mete0rie fragments
Ti~ annual automobile race called the .-Course
du Catalogue which was run this year h4treen
/ Mciun. NaHEiN and Valencs- vas curious ia the
I TACT that, instead q the vehicles being CHASED
-ocordiug to weight and capacity thev were
Chased according 90 catalogue price
Aarconi has motor carriage which Is equipped
with folding cylinder on top Of the car AMI
l devices for the transmission Of wireless rcI~-
I graphic signaling Motor cars fitted with this
I device are o. be- u~ed in forthcoming military
I 1-aneuvres m Europe
. committee appointed by the Canadian Road
masters Association has reported that the best
/ way % prevent the creeping Of rails is % lay
lies ten TO twelve feet long by seven or eight
/ incheS VlIck, and 20 bed then IN eighteen inches
| Of cnders.
/ 1t is believed in London that English cotton
/ spiuners are facing very hard TINES. period
Of trade activity has been followed bv reaction.
I ateeief4ted ny the high prices o. rsu--c+tou and
| other materials poor demand from INDIA Tai
/ China.
! French engineer by the name o. Narrhs
/ claims to have solved the problem o. telephoninz
/ hy submarine cables for great distances His
experiments are reported AZ having been very ex-
/ tenSlVe ami exhaustive and a. having resulted
I Gently In his being able Co transmit a telephone
D message with perfect dlstinctness from Calais
l through cable go miles long
/ It appears that On the feet a small steamers
I which ply between the numerous islands that dot
/ the Swedish coast lc'trleue has come into quite
common use, HotWlttssandIng rs explosive char
/ acter- Il IS stated that with the beam of an
acetyleHe -earehl-gLt objects can be seen vrrv
l distinctly a. a distance % from 900 % 100
! feet The saloons and cabins d these vessels
| are also lighted with acetyleae-
/ The negro population OF the United states &
not diminishing. as many suppose. but Increases
. The percentage % increase since 1870. according
D % tine census % 100, is l3-1s, more than
tne previous decade The figures, according 10
aNn'l"- increase. l.02g SO This j. the largest
l increase shown by any census since 1870. OK
ceF'-ng that of is-1, when the gain 200 7Sf.
! The yaIIe5r chimney in the United stats has
! recently been completed by the AIphons Clstodis
/ Company. Of New York city. for the Oxford Cop
, Per Works. az New Brighton. staten Island Tie
chimney Is 800 feet in height above rhc ground.
. and IS exceeded by only a few in Europe The
tendency b. ta dispense with hgh cHi-uucys. using
+ i-ts instead ms change Is notable Dol The case
/ o; fine southern cotton mill recently COM
pIeted-
Partisan professor suggests certain treat
meut Of SILK for enhancing its hvgieuic value
The process consists in combining guncottoa
with silk wool by impreenating either % them
with a solution q collotion or a solution Of
ccilul0ld- The material 90 be treated is made
into a rall either Of loose hbrous material
or a. a fabric, according 90 the purpose for
which II IS designed This roll Is Immersed in a
cylinder sled with the solution
Consul General Gueuther. OF Frankfort. saws
it is reported from Brussels that the Central
African telegraph line connecting B-azzaville
with LoauGo, the west coast has been COM
pleted- and that direct communication with
LibreviIlc NAV De had from any station Of the
Enrli~4-Atlautic cable. The consul general adds
that the cable from Brazzzyille g. STANLEY Pool.
which - being iail connect =urs telegraph
system Of che Congo stale viii ultimately %
EXTENDED 90 Lake 1anEauylkl. where II VIII form
a conjunction with the German East African sys-
English scientists are studying with interest the
details regarding an outbreak Of typhoid fever
In Southwark, Kensalgreen ard Lambeth ia
September Of last year The alleged cause vas
Sire consumption Of fried FISH This is the first
time that fish have been credited with the power
% earn ing Infection NuS~-Is. cookies oysters
and even sHFImps have been known 60 cause
typhoid fever, simply because they have been
taken from water INTO which sewage was allowed
90 escape one would have imagined that tie
cooking Of the fish would have destroyed the
microbes
''The graduating lists Of the American colleges
this wear show an increase OF > per cent saws
a wcIl-knovu Philadelphia educator -aad il
seems probable that the institutions Of learning
VIII have more than their usual quota % stu
dents next fall Education is beginning % make
itself felt ia the commercial world Ir other
words. 10 now on a practical everyday basis
The demand for college men IN all hranCles Il
business. rs wei. an profession. j. gradually IN
crossing The notion that college education ul-
h-s men FOR business Is no longer seriously con-
slaered by the uF-to-date man oi bushes
Your Partisan never drinks with desire 70
be drunk. Tie sits down 90 his ab-iu,he and
10 give him himself an appetite drinks enough Of
the horrd stuff 90 make an Euglisllran per-
fs.tly helpless then be- proceeds Co dinner and
there too drinks his pint Of wine and by about
. 10 O'Clock iu the evening he aZaius make -lc
boulevarls lively with his calls for cafes. c0zuae,
and books % beer Closing time At the cafes
Is 40 about O'Clock IN the morning. SCI che
FrenchUan is NOT drunk There Is an Eusll~huIln
in PARIS Who for month has been .ookiug ou
the boulevards for drunken Fren-hul4u- lie IS
StiI looking.
AT the last meeting Of the Edinburgh school
Board complaint was made Of the partisan clsr-
acter Of some % the teaching found in school
books. The Rev. Father stuart. IN moving that
u be RENTED % committee 20 arrange bet
Ter method Of securing books for tire schools. re-
marked that q number Of the hooks were an offence
20 history Although not made IN Germany they
were made ont Of scotland. and one result Of
the strong gloss Of English authorship would be
found IN the fact that Queen Elizabeth
painted a saint and Mary Queen Of scots
the greatest of sinners The motion was adopt
ed.
The Scottish Patriotic Association. formed
shortly after the announcement o. tie Kings
title q Edward VII have forwarded the King
a request 90 undo this great wrong Co SCOT
land A reply las been received the effect
that His Majesty has not been pleased 90 signify
ans commands thereon The same body organ
lied a demonstration or the Field o- BluurcA-
Wa-raEtahle sumption Of the title Between
1000 and 900 people attended Speeches were
del yered aud Theodore Napier kissed lis dirk and
soImenIy declared that De would never own al :
IcsauCe % any Edward VII
The London War OHHce. 10 Is stated Is about
purchasing D-. Barrous balloon for military rur-
poses L is lisar--haped and has a platform
and machinery suspended underneath. a high
speed motor drives the uruue..tr~ and 70 IS
provided with acrOplaue~. one horizontal. Hy
which the balloon Is made 90 ascend and descend.
and another vertical 40 the rear. which does tie
steering irom right 90 left. Water tanks ar
ranged 40 each eHd. into which tire water IS
pumped automatically from one % the other.
overcome the dit5cUlry arising from the necessity
a moving the centre 81 gravity The opinion s
expressed that Ly the end ol summer tLe bali
loon viii De able Co carry three persons 40 the
rate Of twelve miles hour