The evening times., 1901-07-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The world raised 2I7.oo9.o00 tons % coal IN
| 1900 against 4,o2Ao59rCoo tons last year.
Canada has the largest forest in the world It is
/ in the Lahrador and Hudson Bay district and IS
roughly. I,c5o BY LOO miles
| One thousand and forty million gallons of beer
/ hTewed yesriy II the GHited Kingdom equals
I the total amount bseued by America F=aace and
Austria
Competition Ct electric tE8uways IS alluded 10
/ - many of the fsif-gesTIy reports q Enzilsn
railways affecting sbort-dlstsnce passenger
! movement
The eucalyptus trees on the Island Of Tas-
mania sometimes attain great sizc- One that has
been measured IS 80 feet high, aud some are said
to attain height Of ft9 feet
The Rogues' Album Seventeen vaIuuses) Of the
Berlin police contained IN Isg9 the photographs
Of L. $50 criminals In 1sgs the number Of crimi-
mails caPJured with the aid Of those photographs
was $50
In celebrating Arbor Day at Gaylord, Kan, the
exercises consisted Of thirty-one pieces. spoken
by children. and a lot OF songs, and when the
programme was finished II E2s TOO late 70 plant
any trees
The dean and chapter q Westminster are en-
titled TO claim as "perquisites' every article
which is taken into the Abbey for The purpose Of
the coronation, and that reverend body reaped
riCh Harvests IN ISL lsSI. and 1sSs-
The police authorities always look for an cpl
IN Statistics prove tbat the taking OF human life.
either BY murder sliciis. IS nearly 50 per
I cent higher in summer than IN winter
Although the diameter Of the earth has been
roughly known for many years It has only lately
been accurately asccrtained. afler thirty years
izbor and at cost Of S51.0o It Is 1928 miles
al the equator and -s53 from pole 20 pole
Milwaukee has twice as many saloons as De-
troit. though the population Of the two cities
-
beer-drinking city, the Hgnber ot arrests for
drunkenness i considerably less than IN Detroit
\ man IN Ray county No. became convinced
recently that be had Fncipent consumption. Every
time ne drew a full breath he heard 4 cracking
sound. The doctor discovered the cracking
sound was made BY snail buckle his sis-
Penders-
New York has in year about 5000 arrests for
drunkenness OF At the RATE Of about rs day.
The population OF Chicago Is one-haIf that Of
New York and at the same ratio the number Of
arrests IN Chicago should be 24,OO9 4 year Aetu-
ally t IS 5000.
One OF the curiosities Of the Bank Of England
IS to be seen in the printing room 4 msn sits
at a desk and every three seconds machine de-
iivers TO him two complete Is notes Il he
SITS there SIX hours he receives 5000 and
n 300 days over 500 -g}900y-
i secret service fund Is voted yearly by FarIia-
naent for the purpose oi Debating eonspiracies
against the State Last year eI3, ,09A was paid
TO spies who were employed for this purpose
For copy OF treaty between France ana Russia,
Known the treaty q TiIsit Great Britain once
paid 240.G90-
Hawaii EheR annexed TO the United States vas
IN debt nearly > 9o9.eo0 not including about
$4,000 due on account OF the postal savings sys-
ten 0f the Islands Under The terms Of the rssc-
luton OF annexation = .0p9.09) % the debt and
the postal system sc.ouHLs are TO be paid BY the
Inf T1Wa- -unF T=Fsuz ra0r hqE
already set about the task
Theoretically there are 10 slaves n Hongkong.
as It Is British territory but in reality the city
Is full OF them They are the maid servants
and nurses OF the ChInese- Everv srnsIl-footed
lady needs slaves 70 help her about. and IN the
ters It Is not unegIumon 70 ind from twenty 70
thirty slaves II a single family
SCOT the Chicago collie dog that in the past
fve years has saved DOZEN lives along the lake
shore vas shot on Tuesday by a policeman on
the complaint Of the mother OF boy whom the
dog has rescued fEo7c drowning in pulling the
boy 10 shore --Scot hapPsned 30 bite him the
leg. AID the bov fearing he might BE punished By
his mother toT bathing IN the lake. told her that
he had been attacked by TIE dog n the park and
bitten
Sign painting Is added 70 the list 0f trades
practiced by grouea IN Berlin Women sign pain
tars undergo regular apprenticeship; they are
taught how 70 Use the brush and 20 mix paints
CiyTnnas-ic training l. carefully gone INTO before
they are allowed to ascend a scaff5iding. that
-heE may not lose 1halT nerve when s-4nGlHS On
ladder They we're The grey linen iTock and
cap which are the house painters badge, as well
as his defence against paint
For seven years unique pigeon post has been
IN operation between Avalon. on Santa Catalina
Island and Los Angeles. IN California distance
q about 6fty miles Over txeny miles o. this
distance Is arro=s the PscIfcs Ocean In the orfi-
So E-1---
two toxins. buc.t4e pigeons often cover the dis
vance n les tFaR All h0u-. Private messages,
bIs5ness orders, etc, aTs forwarded al pTIces
vsrETng ron y 70 . cents per message
In locating the Virginia and Southwestern Rail
road through the ATegheuies from Virginia into
Tennessee advantage was taken o. natural tunnel
which Is one Of the wonders Of the world The
dist ince through the taaEei L about 100 feet
and 50 nearly per5sct IS the tunnel that only
90 feet OF blasting Necessary The region Is d
Limestone formation al<a-s where there ere
extensive caves The cliffs At each end Of the tun
mel are so feet high. aa5 the scenery in the 10
csiIry IS remarkably fine
At a recent meeting Of the Paris Academy Of
Sciences NJ BertheIot discussed Egyptian metals
and the presence OF platinum among the chzEact
ers Of i hieroSIyphic inscription. A metallic box
covered With Inscriptions and dating IRON about
20 B. c. had 4 portion ot one OF is characters
made OF alloy Of platiuum- The specimen vas
too small for complete analysis but from It's
native platinum. possibly obtained from the al
laval deposits Of Nubil the upper regions Of
the Nile Valley
In Belgium a new method 0f pCopeIIing cars Is
being expsrimented with The tracks are made
powerful magnets which pull the car forward A.
there are nc moving parts on the car or tracks
the Troublesome Hsg5gT Is got rid Of The tracks
are supplied BE current from the power station IN
the ordinary way there are field coils along the
tracks. and the also cdFEies coils the arrange
meat being such that the current Is kept con
stantiy circulating IT the track coils Just ahead
OF the car. so As 10 pull the car forward by mag
1etic force The scheme seems 10 work fairly
well Il high speeds
New York uses q great deal o: artificial ice
every summer There are thirty ice-makinz. plants
n operation In that city having daily output Of
from . 70 90 tons each. This ice enters TO 4
certain extent into competition with natural ice,
and II used for al purposes VIII artfaciaI ice
ever supplaDt the natural pTodurtF'- is cues
tIaE which the stockholders N ice companies
have asked many times Their managers comfort
them IN this strain Artificial ice ! made
IN cans and frozen from all sides Tie action of
the iroSt concentrates the impurities IN the
centre o: the cake. and II many cases make that
portion ci the cake worthless Most Of the in
pUritIes are forced ont of the cake altogether
There Is no need TO worry, Tor your dividends
are sure tor a long tIIe ID come
Experts appointed TO investigate the workings
Of the pneumatic tube system Of earring mails
IN cities report that OF the present basis @
cost the system Is TOO expensive It adds that
system 10 be operated by electricity Is IN process
of Development and bids fair 70 be successful This