The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ "''-. i-' tensile strength per square inch Is
za.o2o Pound7-that is TO say. that weight f.
| required 90 Tear asUnder a aicce of it one ZACH
square.
In 1870 there we're 22s9.&s children enrolled
in SL591 public schools in European Russia.
with $50 teachers. This is a small ratio f-r
population cf $4,000. but u Is Ilrer COM
pared with previous years
There are twenty tobacco factories IN France
three fn Paris and the Others IN the Ia-re cities
| in l'sa obey employed l7.ls4 hands. 1852 OF
Nu'll we're women and girls Beside there there
t0rcmen. etc
The skiI Of the musk-5x. which is q s-,fze,
Of the Barren Crounds'' and the Arctic re-
g-7n Of Canada, has taken the place o. tt,t ~
l tte extinct buffalo i0r sleigh robes. It va-ias
/. in psiee from so 90 as low as - for a poor
article.
loo-ioot mast has been set Up in sfasconzrt
Mass. for the wireless telegraph station which
VIII receive messages from the Nantucket light
placing eight heavy metallic VIatas 2iz1s feet
DO the ground
The municipality Of Geneva rranuflctures is
own gas. owns Uater-Eorks. and FURNISHES eIee-
rric light and power % the oitv- The electric
power Is obtained from the Rhonc on which
nFgr Inc council has established elaborate
turbine system
ing serious proportions Employment agencies
are ds.uged with applicants. Prom the mining
regions come reports of numerous disu,isslis
ana reduced WORK The same Is true ia iron
ard steel WORK.
Gigantic water power Developments are pro-
iected in the Alps There are nov in the Frensh
Alps f7-ty-eight factories supplied by z53o03
horsepower, electrically EeneGaIcd- Engineer
estimate that 100000 horsepower Is now run
nlng % waste iu the Alps.
The people Of Princeton. Mo- are looking for
a boy whose idea Of fun Was 90 twist the wires
oi the telephone for over hundred feet the
o'Ner night The conversation tie following
morning Is said 90 have resemb,eI the fl-ti5u1!
discourse az a Democraric primary
The first chemical factory opened in thi-.co
try vas In salem. Mass. in ISL At first great
objection made 20 the establishment Of the
factory. the persons living near claiming that
the fumes Of thp chemicals poisoned The air
and made life inr1ier1bLc
The --Ssv1unah Press notes the fact that the
five cadets. in order Of merit. at West Point
are an southern bows They hail from Mississippi
North Carolina south Carolina. and Maryl1ud.
Aisslaslpp- bears Of the palm with two Of her
sons, one Of whom Is the head OF the class
During the past summer an electric railroad
was completed Co the foot Of Mount Blaac az
GhamouniX. which makes Il possible % reaeh thar
place from Geneva In three and three qllrtrrs
hours But recently the journey was made By
diligence and took the greater part % e day
- great has become the demand for Aneri-
can coal I'm Europe that 10 has been decided TO
build an immense receiving station for unload
ing. screening ard grading coal in N1rthe-n
France Rates have been made French roads
which VIII drive German coal ogt Of Central
Europe
a GOOD portion Of the money invested in
Hawaii is owned By residents Of the 5sl1nos.
long ago loan ot a quarter Of a million %
dollars on the estates inherited By Prince David
and Prince Cupid vas taken Up by san Francisco
capital
The extension Of the Use Of electricity in Brit
ish UaTships In place Of steam for subsidiary
purposes L. 90 De made the subject Of a series
~ experimental tests IN November. Al the
present time the capstsn. steering engines yea
uiatlug fans and derrick HOSTS worked By
steam power
A square foot OF the best Persian rug Is worth
about $40. and fr takes a single weaver twenty
three DAYS % complete this portion This a.
lows the weaver a cents per day for her WOOL
and her labor but three-f0urths 81 this amount
goes 90 pay for the Eo0l- only II cents per day
Is left for the weaver
It Is reported from the City Of Mexico that
senior Sabine Osuua has invented ingenious
ami yo- seemingly very simple affair stgled the
.t'ontador Rapid0 Siglo Xxx twentieth cen
resembles the ancient Chinese counting machine.
Is for The purpose o. rapid computation
A storage reservoir system. with a capacity
for supplying water 20 5000 acres, nearly all
Of which is now desert and is 10 De buiI- By
New York capitalists on the Verde River fsty
miles north Of Phoenix. and at cost Of -
10000. A dam 5-6 feet long az is base, l-2J9
feet 40 its crest and 80 feet high IS 30 De con-
structed-
The beaver. the staple fur Of the Freuch
regime. Is now becoming scarce and its price
varie, greatly according to fashion. Even the
skin oi rle iu0tieusiye rabbit has now a posi-
tive market value. a. % Is dressed. clipped. and
dyed a deep brown. almost black. and then
becomes what 8, called electric seal much
IN vogue for ladies' jackets
The Dutch colonies - Java and S1uarrl fun
i-h Germany With more tobacco than any other
eoaurry- In 1900. the Empire imported 5s.I5s
tons raw amounting I'm value TO- >9Lt-l91o-
Nearly -6.ooC tons came from the Dutch colonies
and lat52 tons from The United states During
the past year seventy rlree tons OF rlW To-
I8e,o we're shipped from The Philippines % Ger
many
Twins who have reached the age of eighty
ei-hr years. and are stiU happy. hale and
hearty. are julius f. and Junius y Bsuham, of
Br= d-rport. Conn. They have been IN business
together since they were tUauty-uue, and have
always haiL ta-i- property jointly They came
from thesr native town o. MittlehUry. Conn.
together. and started IN business on a 1pillI
Of 81 cents.
There are hundreds o. different designs OF
Mexican drawn work. from the simple worked
handkerchief. which retaiIs in the city at IS
Tow AS . cents silver about p cents gold.
90 expensive worked pieces which cost months.
and even wears. ~ labor. and sell even IN Mex
ieo a. very high prices There are In some OF
Tire private families pieces Of drawn wOrk which
have taken halt century TO produce
Ar English dentist says that the increase in
dental cases during the last twenty years Is
due Co roller milling having largely replaced
stone milling. and argues that modern bread
directly causes the destruction OF tooth tissue.
h. there IL "a greater amount q acid -epcrated
IN tHs mouth during thr -lSticltlun az bread
composed at roller -four than when composed
Do scoue-uillgd-
What IS called railroad graveyard has been
established DO Rochester Hundreds OF cars put
sut Of service Hy wreck or e1udsmuatiou are
aru apart and DESTROYED The work requires
bot only physical strength. but mechanical train
u-- The man Uusr submit t1 the strain OF
.tI-uorIr- uu.lID- Uvet~ and UutSisrln NJ. which
IS imposed upon him. without complaint It re-
}uircs patience. -,il. strength. and activity %
be- railroad car underrlker-
John Brig1S. OF Fast Gulford Me- went out
b teU DAYS ago 20 pick some cranherries- All
went we'll until be reached bog, WHEN, On
looking up. be was confronted by a monster
5ulI moose. which az once made AZ him. Tie
rushed for o tree which he climbed Just In sea-
Ou yu save being tossed on the madden-i Great
Irg'- horns For three long hours he WAS COM
PEELED 60 roosr there. when finally satisfying
himself that tHe moose Wls some be- srel.tlily
dropped down and made tracks for hons
The Polytechnic school 20 be founded in Pitts
q.