The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.

AiaN ttnlail on august H.
The highest clouds lie at 1900 feet. Mount
Everest is zS.oCz feet. n highest recorded bal
loon ascent is 5000 feet
The whole human family is under ;orty-ave
principal Governments. Of which only ~ are
absolute Wonarchles and fifteen are limited
monarchios-
The population o. Belgium according to on
cial hgures- has reached 6.-4s5S2. Of which total
3Sd2,Ss6 are males, 2.ts5072 speak Flemish only.
3ts9-'.2 speak French only, and 5O0,o97 both
languages
a Prayer-book was recently lost by an eIe-
ganuy dressed lady in a Berlin confectioner's. and
found. 90 the disgust q the loser. The book
had three compartments. one for PRAYERS one
for sweets and one for-hranoy.
Two thousand Of the 5000 books on the French
revolution which have been presented % the
BihliothcPue Rationale by the British Museum
Viii be kept there The remaining = Co VIII be
sent % The Blbli0thegue Sevigne-
William RYAN. an electrician Of Cinciunati
says that b. --adin- an electric current through
poor piece % -ecfsteak he can convert IL into
a tender toothsorne mCrsel. The electricity dis
lntcgTates the TISSUES and destroys impurities
More icebergs are met with in summer than
in winter. An iceberg q the sea end Of a glacier
OF frozen river. The glacier Is being cautin-
u-lly pushed into the from the weight above
and finally great masses become detached
Phenomenal heat prevailed throughout All
Northern Russia The temperature in 81 Pc
tersburg on sunday was IL degrees Fahrenheit.
In Odessa 10 Was l0G, and the rate Of nor
tally there vas 20 per sent above she normal.
German surgeons have discovered that the
delicate membranes which covers the contents
Of an egg viii answer a. well a. bits o. skin
from human being % start the healing Of
open wounds which would not otherwise heal
tested
The London Morning POST printed this
unique 'for rent" advertisements last week a
rock built. crenelated castle. buFe-ed BY the At
lantic surge, at one Of the most romantic and
dreaded points Of our iroubound coast IN foil
view Of the Death Stone; shipwrecks frequent
corpses common; three reception and seven bed
rooms; every modern convenience 70 - week
The slot machine has been adapted in Eng
land TO the directory This useful volume il
held fast in a closed position BY the arms Of
the machine until you drop penny into the
slot; then the arms relax and YOU can consult
the directory. The book u kept open as long as
required by holding one cover. but as zoan As
this resistance II withdrawn the directory closes
automatically.
English contractors have lately built an auto
mobnle nitrailleuse designed to nun upon rails
and replace the present system Of a-mored
trains Il Is driven by a seyen-borsepoger
motor. with ignition 10y magnetic machine. The
total weight of the machine is . 500 pounds
The length Is : feet, width feet inches,
height feet It Is completely protected with
amor and the wheels are covered
There is some talk Of establishing a woruaa's
college Of matrim0ny. 20 be located in Chelsea,
Eng land, where the duties Of a wife viii become
the subject Of txo-years' course Of study The
curriculum viii embrace not only the usual
branches ~ hOusewifery, such cooking. serving,
and laundry work, but Is intended 70 deal with
physiology and medicine well. so that the
students VII receive mental discipline in con-
nectiun with the manual training.
Prof Gregory. who is said TO be one Of the
scientists best fitted 20 conduct polar expedi-
tons has resigned from the British antartic ex-
pedition and his resignation. after he had been
appointed 20 the leadership Of the scientific
STAFF Of this important expedition. has fallen a.
a kind Of bomb in scientific circles The pro-
feSSCT has given up bis post because De reEar,is
himself unduly placed under the command
Of the naval commander Of the exploring party
TIE Government IS gradually doing away with
the distribution Of rations 20 Indians In Eve
years the system wiH be practically abolished
There are now in the United States 26s.0O0 In
dianS. OF this number $3.50 draw rations regu-
larry. while l2,eo9 more are provided foE az
nous times Wien they are unable % work or
do not feel like IT, Ia the latter class in
cluded most % The Indians who have grown old
and have been deserted by their 5ouug relatives
Army las approved the report Of a special med
zeal board by which the conclusion was reached
that the mosquito is responsible for the trans
mission Of the yellow fever, and the Medical De
paTJment % the army Is moving aneTgCIicLlIy
90 put into practical operation the mthods Of
treatment for prevention ~ yellow fever, in
v0lvng radical reversal Of the eN sting meth
DDS The liberal use ~ coal oil 90 prevent the
Matching OF mosquito eggs is recommended
One Of the principal uses Of Switzerland and
Australia % the world Is 90 serve as iahara-
tories for political experiments To consider
able extent our Far Western states are answer
InS the same purpose Wyoming. Colorado
Utah. and Idaho are showing us how woman
suffrage works Kansas and Nebraska gave
a number Of lessons IN PopulisIu- Now south
Dakota Is giving home test for the rgferen-
dunn Thus far the results have been only
negative hut they are satisfactory far IS
they have gone
An experiment undertaken some two wears
ago in California by the Santa Re Company.
says writer in the Cosmopolitan demon
trated that one ton of coal would carry
certain train o. cars Z5.7 miles while a little
more than a ton OF oil uI6 p0undS-CIUiei
the same train over the same tracS $50 miles
a gain ot - per cent The coal cost $50 a
ton and the oil cost only 500 q gain Of s
per cent This vas when the oil cost Sis a
baTrgl-tyice what 10 may be- expected 20 cost
when the Texas supply can be fully drawn on
Noah'~ Ark is generally supposed TO be the
earliest ship Of which We have record, but
there exist paintings Of Egyptian vessels inn
meu-ll- older than the date. $50 B. O., usually
assigned Co the Ark. being. indeed probably be-
tween seventy and eighty centuries Old Moreover,
there are now In existence in Egypt boats
which were built about the period the ARK WAS
constructed These ere, however. small craft
about ssa feet long. OF : feet wide. and 2iz
to teey deep They were discovered SIX years
ago by thc French Egyptol1sist. ". J. de
Morgan iu brick vaults near Cairo
The mantle used in the WeIsbacb light IS
made % a combination OF mixture OF two rare
earthS. known -tho-ia and csria, and 10 pro-
dule the proper effect they must Dee combined
ia a definite proportion II combined IN equal
quantities they give practically no light. the
UautIe merely becoming red hot The effective
combination IS 81 per cent % thorIa and ! per
cent OF srria- Why this very slight addition
81 tsria t0 the ttorI should enormously in
stood It has been found that a mantle made
wholly 81 either earth viii give 0nly about
Onc-eleyeurh much light one made Of the
proportions just named
There are portable churches, as well a. school
houses. and the Reformed Church ia PsnusgIvar.ia
Is thinking seriously Of adopting them Tor con-
cresations not ret financially able 20 erect per-
mamcut buildings These movable churches are
made of corrugated galvanized iron fastened TO
q wooden framework, which framework Is covered
on the inside WIrE waiuScCaJIng HT5N~ me
whole side and ceiling Between the irau aud
these mat .l-alriS' Is space 20 -FOUR u.hcS-
which keeps CuJ the daUrueSS- the sides and
roof are lined With heavy felt which gives
warmth iu winter and protection from heat in