The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
NOTES OF THE DAY

1 $3.50 ks}EFlffS-
.r Eight out Of every Iaooo English people emil
grave every year
The Percentage Of nIiterates among army coz
scripts IN Italy IS so
Over a million and half men are employed
| IN the n1vies Of the world
Country roads in China are bevsr Ao,,nsaa n.
fences. but are entirely underlined
II IS estimated that the men Of Great Britsiu
spend EZ39.0o0 year on six hats.
Holland has 1900 uiatisaiIIs. each Of which
| drains an average Of $40 acres Of land
Only one IN aoe Of English criminals is sen
tened to imprisonment for year or over
corner IN St Louis that sold for ss5o.osp in
1901 has Just changed hands for 3. 0o0. coo
Western AustFaIia's fresh water rivers are. ia
many parts, being stocked with English trout
Bananas with purple leaves and seedless fruit
have been introduced into British eOnserY4toTies-
Queensland lets certain land Tor grazing al 80
iow an annual rental as three farthings an acre.
Oxford undergraduates who do not dine in the
college halls VIII be fined $ for each dinner here
after
lee melts at 81 degrees. water boiIs at zl2. lead
neits a. 594, and the heat Of common coal
FIRE Is lilo.
On level pavement pull Of g pounds viii
draw ton, on macadam it takes 80 pounds and
on rough gravel If7 pounds.
Only about 20 per cent Of the walters in German
hotels and restaurants receive any wages, as they
are expected to i've On tileir fees
:. France holds the record as user Of gold.
she has coined ? $50 tsns IN the last forty yesrs
against 1.ft0 used BY the English nlfnt-----
The Pertuguese universities have resolved to
Selaa GepatatIous o. professors and students to
attend the jubilee Of Glasgow University.
At the eiose Of 1900 there were nfpety-two
plants in the United States making open-hearth
Steel COMPARED ar II
1880
The salvation Army has representatives at work
IN foTtg-seTen different countries and issues for
ty-hve periodicals printed IN tEenty-one Ian
guages.
At the beginning Of June in each year about
go organ grinders leave italy for LONDON. They
return TO their native land in October and live
well for the nezt eight months, when they again
start OF their pilgrimage
English and Continental newspapers are sin
commenting curio1sly on the fact that during her
recent visit to Berlin Queen wIheluaina made per
s0nal responses to all speeches. shie her husband
remained iHeonspicuoUsly in the background
IN Japan they have a very simple way Of col
Letting butterflies alive. Trees are covered with
phosphorus and saccharine matter, and then the
butterflies IN the night tine are attracted stick
fast and are taken on at the collectors leisure
statisticiaR has discovered that the average
business walk IN New York Is mile IN twenty
minutes, snd the chuTcb-geing walk a mile in
twenty five minutes. The fastest walk IS that OF
the fnmeward-bound Br0okiynites, 4 mile IN
eighteen minutes
The Arabic used in the Koran differs as much
from the Arabic used N ordinary conversation
from the Italian The Koran arabic Is that Of the
literary classes the eeiloquiai Arabic IS that Of
the common people
India has hundreds Of dialects. which may all
be Chased under three great heads. the sanscrit.
Praerit. and Magajhi- The Sanscrit IS the faH-
damental language aad that Of the Fedas; the
PracTit the yeTnacBl4T language IN many dialects
and the Mzgadhi Of &isrs in that Of Ceyioa and
the islands
The cost Of the South African war is no9 al
rnitted to be s1,50o,oOo sterling every week. n
addition to the ordinary cost Of the army,
other es9,9o3 day The expenditure now
amounts 70 e. 90. 600 week There are "A 600
fighting men in hospital in South Africa and sp-
proximately 10000 in the field
Probably no place on earth wiz average acre for
acre the timber that the Puget Sound region can
furnish It is fr, cedar, spruce, HemlOck- and
alder a. BeH as maple and other woods It's
Douglas fr-the most common yaTiety-has been
found Superior to yellow pine and other woods
heretofore used Tor ear-bulidIIsg-
The emigration Of Russian peasants to siberia
and especially 70 tl Jssuri territory. Is going on
Of the present year nearly 5000 people left
odessa for TladIvostok- One single steamer car
RED 500 elsigTanLs 10 the far east. Most Of the
eHligrants are from Southern Russia
A 1notralnert to Ole Bull, designed by the Dan
ish sculptor, Stephen sinding vas recently uE-
yelled at Bergen, in Norway The yioliHist IS
shown listening TO the music Of & water-nfx or
spirit cascade falls the strings Of the
harp held BIZ the nix and IS thus supposed 90 give
the keynote. or inss,iration for which the artist
waits.
Several methods Of preserving the natural color
Of pressed flowers have been suggested, but the
best It Is said Is that used n the New York
Botanical Garden After the specimens have been
under pressure fer day OF ~xo they are lad IN
papers heated IN the SUI, and this Is repeated
until the driving IS complete FhLs preserves the
eolors perfectly.
Frank sreltzrniIler. the driver Of an express
wagon in Denver. began the practice about two
years ago Of placing mats under the feet OF his
horses when they stood. He vas sctuated by
feeling OF kindness 10 the animals. but II has
brought him considerable business and there Is
talk OF the local express mems union asking all
members to adopt the practice
TIeliunl, first identified in the sun by aid Of the
spectroacope and later found by PROF.. Ramsay to
be the mineral elevite Is the costIiest substance
known It has recently been found n small guam
titles in the gas given of BY the hot springs 1t
Bath England, anG Prof Dewa- has beer sol
Iecting It. IN It's natural state II costs about
81 Go a cubic foot million times as fnuCa
as ordinary coal gas Prot DeEar VIII Try 20
reduce the gas 70 solid
The largest steamer afoat in 1881 was the City
Of Beriiz Tow the United states transport Meade,
with .ength Of 80 feet and displacement Of
5000 tons \ decade later. IN 1891. the largest
was tn. City of Paris, SEQ feet long and dispiac-
inc some IL eco tons. Thus in ten years the d.
rneIsions OF the largest vessel has been more tran
doubled and with deep Earbor channels and
longer and larger docks the next twenty years
are likely to see continued. II not not an equal,
increase
The original statue Of Napoleon erected on the
yendomr column in Paris and unveiled by Louis
F.Hilinna in Isss has been discovered in the mu-
,5,.;r,aI warehouse It was removed Tudrr-SaPc-
leon III. not being considered sufficiently striking
II vas superseded BY statue by Dumont and
was relocated to Courbevoie- Tire Communists IN
ISL threw It down and mutilated It since which
tine its whereabouts had been unknown Il IS
now To be placed IN the lHvaildeS- It represents
the Emperor IN his cooked hat and redIngote-
The perfection of the cysnide process IN gold
mining has made It possible 20 mine and treat
ores carrying values less than S per ton at
generous profit. where they occur II large bodies.
with water and fuel ohtanable at a moderate cost
The ores from the Kendall mines IN tie North
Moccasin Range in Montana, are mined and
miIIed at i cost o: less than $50 q ton The
cost OF extracting and milling in the other mines
Is somewhat greater bat not 50 great As to
make the workings Of very low-gTade ores pro-
hibitiye.
The utility OF the telephone has already been
Immersed upon the chiefs Of the Hatopp6 district