The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Flve men can hold a full-Erovu lion but il
takes nine % hold a txer-
Jupiter is 1857 times bigger than the earth.
I rut only so times heavier
Gold pens were Erst made in $50 Their ale
| today IS a million and hslf year.
A chestnut tree has been known % live for go
/ Ee1rs, OAK loo, and yew $50 years
The Chimes Minister in London Ia. announced
his Int,HI.gu 90 --ug an auto-ear i1r o5i, al
visits
4 line of Clu-l boats operated by electricity
vii Trol'ahiy be- started shortly between Toledo
and C.ussru4cl-
The tube Of a I1-i=sh gun has Eve grooves.
causing the prCIeetie % Tcvolve scveHty-ive
times second
NedItsrrauean- Il was about three feet across
and ten feet in CirCumiersrce-
A Thorough exploration of the Sea of AraI has
been undertaken behalf % the Tursestan
branch Of the Russian Geographical Society by J..
S- Berg
One o. the establishments Of the Erupps az
kel- VIII hereafter construct all ships IN large
covered slips This Was formerly the practice N
England
The optical establishment Of C. P. Coeu. 80
Friedman. Berlin, has Just produced is I0p00lth
4nastIzIuat Ions A noteworthy achievement in
/ eight years.
The University Of Califlru.a has established
marine laboratory AT san Pedro. - part Of its
proposed biological survey ~ the waters along
me California coast
The German chemists claim 70 have discovered
a close chemical relationship between the red
clloTiug matter OF the blood and the greea
ch.ororiyN of plants.
A report CONES fFrm Nez EnzIsnd TO the e.
iett tlat q chemist has invented an artificial
talEs not a particle Of coal IN any shape
70 is reported that the auih8rities a the Bsnz-
. hampton state Hospital have done away with
Ward - because 81 the depressing elect tie
unlucky number had on some Of the patients
The Health Board recently established for the
Philippines viii shortly begin work n conjunction
with the army surgeons throughout the archipelz-
60 N the study Of the relation q mosquitoes 70
malaria
A machine is being constructed by the Gov
eminent Tor calculating the tides which il IS said
VIII do the work Of thirty u4thematicizns- The
most complicated problems Of tidal variation can
De easily solved by it,
A memorial tablet has recently been placed
by the Berlin branch Of the German Association Of
Engineers on the house in Hei.h0rn. zbsre Robert
Mayer, Who first announced the law o. conssTvz-
uon of energy. vas born IN Isl4-
u IS announced from st. Petersburg that the
Imperial Geographical society is about sending IN
expedition 20 the Pamir under the leadership q
Dr. Fedshenko with the object q makiag Fe5-
logical botanical and z50Iogical researches
A Vikings ship has been found near yerden.
in Hanover, where the Cr.ed-up bed = lhe R-v-T
Aiier joins the new course Il consists Of a
single tree TRUNK els meters long and 90 cent?
meters broad The ship = probably 1000 years
old
Prot o. P. Phillips. Of the Southern Calitor-
MA Museum representing the Bureau Of A-aeri-
can Ethnoiogy, is in the Pueblo region. where
De Is obtaining motion PietuTes Illustrating the
iadustries- ceremonies, and domestic customs Of
tie Pueblo peoples
The curious sight may Be seen IL Dover, Eng
land. OF a young tree growing out Of a high
MIL chimney in public thorouzhiare- Eotvith-
standing IT extraordinary position. The trse has
grown tUO OF three feet high. Il Is believed %
have It's root In old nest
In Orleans France, especially on sundays at the
hour Of mas, the classic sedan chair. a. it was
known 20 the gsliaucs q the eighteenth century.
IS borne through the streets By robust carriers.
ats occupants being aged people and iavalids, %
whom The ioltIng Of carriage Is intensely Dis
agreeable
Chief Astronomer 2 " Dys7n. Of the Green
wich Observatory. arrived last month in San
Francisco on his h0meWzrd journey nom Sumatra,
Ehere De Observed the total eclipse Of the sun.
He has visited the Lick Observatory and intends
inspecting other American observatories before be
returns 60 England
Ia Naples there exists a race Of cats which
live in the churches They are kept and fed By
A-lc 4t-lA-i-Llt- OF E4lFN-G 70 EdfCl The
winch Hiesi Oh Old buildings there The AMI
mas may often De seen walking about among
the congregation or sitting gravely before tie
altar during the time Of mas
As evidence Of the advances that have been
uisde in marine engineering IL Is stated that fifty
years ago u required 7.6g men per I0J tons q
silIIiug While N 1900 only 81 men were neCgs-
sary Tor the same amount. and that pounds u
coal per Horsepower hour vas then needed but
mat noT IL pounds are sufficient
PROT A jacob. New York city. in a notice
calls attention 20 the fund being collected IN
honor Of Rudolf yircLoW's eisht.eth birthday
The fund Is ~ De added % that collected ten
years ago. the income 90 be used for the further
saee Of biological. autIrgqols ,iCaI. and medical
rese1-ch- Prof NirCLoW VIII celebrate his b4rta-
day on October l3-
In London they have street lamp which pro-
yidcs a stream Of boiling water and dispcuses
tea. coffee and coca The heat OF the lamp
warns the water, and by dropping cent iu tie
slot gallon o. boiling water may BE- had Two
cents brings you ullz- sugar. TEA. coffee. etc
II, light and hs4; are provided by The litv.
which co-oper-tes with private corporation Jhar
furnishes the rest
AZ the We=tmlaS,er- England. County Court IN,
other day IL TRANSFERRED with reference % the
sale Of a house II Fleet. in Hampshire. that
u vas owned 5y no fewer than sorrv-rve uars.rS
and when the sale was arranged u became ueo-
esSlry % forward the document 10 Rome. N-ag
Zealand, south Africa. and several ocher parts
months 10 complete iro1- the date Of the con-
tract 10 purchase
The Carnegie Museum, section OF vertebrate
palcoHtology, has four parties IN the field this
summer under the general direction Of j. B.
Hatcher. curator Of vertebrate palelntol1Sy- Cae
party IS oqsrat.u. near CANYON CITY. Col. another
c5arge q C. Is. Gilmore Is continuing the
WORK OF the past two seasons IN Southern WyI-
ming. a third under %. A. Peterson Is exploring.
the tertiary deposits OF western Nebraska. while
the fourth VIII devote It's attention to the Crs;a-
ccous and tertiary formations OF southern Mon
taua-
noted character, Signor Rosario BufsIino.
Who lately escaped from prison IN staly. IN
forms the public, IN = paid advertisement IN the
''Gi0ru4Ie di Siciil.'' that De- has Organized 4
band of bTEdudS that VIII administer Justice ae-
oordius To- the teachings Of Holy Writ All per
sons suffering from injustice Or having wrouEs
that need lyCu-Iug may apply 90 Ssguur BuIa-
l.no, who will consider each case on its merits
and mttc out the death punishment where be
deems mt TIE promise Co adm mister Iu--ie. ia
dispensailCH ~ An eye tof al eye and a toa-h
for tooth"
At fancy fair got up the other DAY on q ra-s-
course near Paris IN aid OF military hospital. Ia,
chief attraction was sort OF Noah's Ark haudI-
cap race The trainers were ladies. who had their
work cut out for them in the capacity OF drivers
well one sportsysouan brought guinea fowl
another d cock. third a guinea pig Others
drove pushed, OF pulled q tortoise q duck A
hare A rabbit. sheep, auc pigeon. respect
iyvy. The guinea PIX passed the winning post
Of AZ a tangent. with It's iesp4irng mistress run
u.U- after IT, while the tortoise was SIRE, but
TOO slow. and the others could not De- got 10 m
-sh The course, except the duck. which took see