The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

! level best to get heat from rays Of electricity.
| lion hunter. Who has made = study Of that
animals peculiar les says that az lions are left
( handed.
Butterflies are said 10 be very sleepy headed,
/ Twilight sen,It them to bed and they are still
| drowsy at sunrise
The late Marcus DAILY called his fine stock aarm
| in Montana Bitter Root and took pride
! IN it tbau IN his mRes
| There is an excellent field for the American
| sshooIHastsr in Porto Rico II Is estimated only
about l4-5 per cent OF the natives OF the island
I can write
4 resident Of Chicago vgho sas born IN England
but who has been engaged in the baking trade IN
the Prairie CITY for G+~rrdi years has Just taken
oct naturalization patv=s-
Mrs Charlie. Weed Of Bound Brook. y J. is
said to own the most valuable cat in the world.
superb French Angora and $500 would rot buy
II Napoleon l IS its name
An expert claims that the eastern SLOPE Of the
Andes IN South America Is richer in gold than
the kinRdike country. and gold can be taken with
much less work and privaton.
terrific storm passed over i town in Montana
recently and in its wake Travelled phosphores..
cent h--t which lasted for fifteen minutes and
Illuminated the landscape for mile around
, The srpa. drum of the South Paciac Islands
Is Of wood. one end resembling vase and the
other evidently made in imitation Of sharks
head TIE head IS covered with snake or fish
skins
4 balloon containing fsvo German officers. has
just crossed the Baltic descending III the neigh
borhood Of HilIeryl IN Snaaland The ascent was
made from Berlin, and the passage occupied ten
hours
sistersrfIle. " Va. which is in 4 rich oil and
gas country. got its mare from the fact that an
apparently vaIueless tract Of so acres was given
Farm
siaInese mothers often entrust their children u
elephants who are most careful Of their little
charges If dancer threatens an elephant viii
gently lit the child with its trunk onto its back
out Of harms way.
The fishing industry in the okhotsk and Rehrins
Seas Is still in IFS infancy TIey catch there
very valuable species OF a safrnon-the king sal
mon. the ed salmon the taita gorbuscha, kel-
such. AMI ing. and e0dfsh.
Sor.h American doctor advises patients who
have BIN Unfortunate As to have been stricken
With i-Jrasy - try the Bite of 4 rattlesnske as
4 ctiratiFe principle y t1railv the unfortunate
iooa upon the reT--edy as much worse than the
disease.
One OF the measures before the Legislature Of
North Carolina provides that ali criminals con-
denned 20 eauital punishment shall be rero-ed
frCa the county iaiIs- Immediately upon couYic-
ton 20 the state uenitentiary to await the exc
Cuciun Of their sentence
The site Of the; old fort" where the first set
ti=-s Of Springfield. Mass, took refuge from the
Indians. has beer. rlar.ed With 4 bronze tablet
The plate Is t.so feet wide and three feet high
hearing On either SIDE the Eynclson arms IN re-
LEI Of the original fort
Decision has been rendered by the Iowa supreme
court to tire effect that q stock feeder who buys
stock % feed and sell y not merchant within
The meaning OF the eOCe and cannot be assessed
tor taxation purposes IN the same way that
merchant would be assessed
Upon an alarm given - the police Of Iowa City
recently that robbers wcre at work On the grave
yard the police hurried cut in force and to their
great disnay found that the supposed robbers were
party Of students initiating freshman into the
mysteries Of college order
The Missouri State House does not disT,Iav
national flag and does not own one 4 resoiu-
ton authorizing the purchase OF enc has hceu
referred to the HeJsse Committee on Federal
committee VIII pigeonfole l.
The Girar1 National Bank OF PHILADELPHIA
claims TO have two clerks OF champion speed IN
counting cash One Of them has she recurd of
having counted ]. fss bland zIger dsEls1s in one
ami half minutes. The other has counted in
hfty-tvo seconds 100 one-dollar bills
Offers OF the several big railroad systems are
considering plans to induce agents and Others
concerned TO make strong efforts to bcautify sta
lfpn grounds and buildings During the last
or two Particular attention has been given TO
making the station more attractive
On the southern coast of SaIkzlin. IN Aniva
Bay. JIpanese-H0koora Matoy-has-a whale
fishing station. established since 1895 He nan
ages 70 catch them with fishing nets as the
japanese usually do. They tn to easnsre the
whale and then KIN him with h9zp oons
The longest electric railway in the world Is to
be built IL Montana. The proposed line is from
Billings to Great Falls some 200 miles. and the
plan is to operate II entirely by electric power.
which Is TO be supplied from generating stations
on the Missouri and feIlc--stone rivers
Many varieties Of colorrt marbles are also found
on the mountain sJu raun~ Iag Carrara. in Italy,
Two varieties OF blue ds,Te-colore,f marble known
in the United States. the latter especially being
largely used and commanG.ng,a high price
A private letter frzr China says that the sol.
diers at Tientsn u<5ng the cannon balls IN the
arsenal TO pave the roads They have found an
enormous quantity OF iron shot and she'll Of DIFF
terent sizes, which some ingenious Yankee sIg-
sested would be 4 good substitute for paving
stones
Cattlemen IN South Dakota are generally agreed
that it is time to abandon the present method OF
branding cattle a. cruel IN New Zealand they
have 4 composition which L used 10 make an
easily distinguishsble mark K Is aauied with
a cold iron. destroying the hair hide but not
causing pain to the aainiSL
Women lawyers in Boston have a large and
iourishing club with noble disregard OF OBJ
jectS'' other than TO come into sympathetic ac-
qaaintanee. Once in two uronths the members
meet and dine at a ySeil-kLawu hotel. The only
officer OF the Portia Club Is the business manager,
who aFranSes Tor the meetings
One OF the most powerful obstacles in the mat
ter OF land settlement IN some parts of Australia
IS the priCtly pear IL has grown 70 be 4 fearful
pest single fruit brings forth so. % and even
several nunuredfoli Of good productive seed All
heritage may droOp, die, and disappear IN the oven
OF an Australian drought. but the pear survives
One Of the nCRteSt arrests on record VAS effected
BY policeman near Bourne. England. not long
ago. Suspecting two men Of being deserters, he
stepped up behind them and called out sharp-v
Attention. Taken unaweres. the uan slrIng
10 position N true military style ouly 10 ind
themselves the next moment IN the arms Of the
law.
Two white deer were the features OF the deer
hunting season in the Adirondacks Prior 10 the
killing Of these no white deer had been killed m
New York State Tor some fifty years. Both were
pure white bucks, with pink eyes and pink ears
and the general impression among hunters in the
mountains Is that It shame to have killed
them.
The Roman roads were built on the Tclford
plan, with = subStrstun OF heavy blocks of the
stone most abundant in TIE neishborhood COW
cred with layer Of smaller stones OF gravel
on each side to carry of the water, and no trees
Or shrubs were allowed 20 grow within l03 PAGES
Of either hand.
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