The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.


/ was that OF Petersboro. y. Il, IN f5s9.
Armand CharBenJier. French writer. has pub
] Iished book with Thirteen as the tide.
( II was set by thirteen printers. bound by jhir-
teen binders, and published IL thirteen editions
| beginning on June u.
T7=> uprising against the machine Is growing
in philadelphia Thirty-5wo Of the cIeTgymen Of
the city have condemned the ring from their puI-
pits. and men prominent IN Republican ranks
declaring JEeir alliance with the Independents
movement
It Is nine years since the TYans-Siberian Rail
way was begun. aud 800 miles Of rails have
/ been laid sn average OF 80 miles year. The
connection .etWeeE Europe and YladivgStuk Is
assured by means OF the steamship service
in tHe centre OF siberia
The champion jag record Is possessed by Peter
Evans. Of Auburn. Ind He vas recently ar
rested for the I6gth tiT,e on a charge q drunken
ness 50 far he has spent I.+2g days IN prison,
jIst inJozicatioG. f23 commitments The
other forty times he vas merely Teprimanded-
4 London paper, having described cmldTeR's
excursion As long, white cream Of Joy. vas
called to account the other day by a correspond
ent. who said that cream could be long. bat
not white The editor thereupoB Justified hun
self by urging that "a hue Is often associated
with a cry"
! \ comparative statement concerning the i'm
portatiOH Of pork bacon and lard into the Phil
ippines during the calendar year 1902 as COM
pared vitb the calendar year 1899, has lsen
prepared III the Division Of IIsUlsT Affairs OF
| the War Department The total importation Of
these commodities for 800 valued at 80. -.
as against sl53. 659 for 1920 showing an increase
OF 81 -sr cent
Mast Of the paper used Is made from
wood and ether vegetable fbres. which
| chemically not YeIy different from the ma
trFials Of which hsyTick Is composed Con
sequsHtly II paper = stacked damp, heating
i likely to take place just II does with
/ pFematuEely stacked hay and at auy time
flames may burst out the result OF spon-
taneous combustion
The directors Of the Alexander III Museum IL
St Petersburg. have de6ed tsle Holy synod IN its
| ran against two paintings By RepiB One Is
! portrait Of Count Tolstoy bs7efoGtsd in the
/ drsss Of peasant. The other Il q SyIabolical
| picture called Get Thee Behind Ne, Satan"
The exhibition Of these paintings was prohibited
| in Moscow. get they have been bought tor
/ national art gallery
The American cereal invasion Of CJnad1 hIs
| resulted IN the consolidation OF the Ontario
| milers into company. which has Just been
! incorporated The company includes seven mills
IN London SeafOTth. Woodstock, sri other places
The mills have capacity OF turning ont S,pG
/ barrels Of -four daily and ssil compete Cor
trade n Canada, Great Britain, Europe, South
/ Africa, and South America
1 Manuscripts Of John wicIiTe's tranIation Of
I the Bible mo English are of extreme rarity,
and even imperfect specimens oeesIT only at very
/ long intervals Or came Up for sale il London
recentIv Although irccr-lf,Iete wanting the
/ greater portion OF the old Testament. II com
/ rriSes the whole OF the New Testament The
/ manuscript extends 70 2a9 leaves and Is the
/ work Of English scribe CT about 1910
| -Four years ago the United states Fish Com
mission began TO plant in Lake Superior the
4 steeIhead salmon Of the Pacific It was believed
al. e.
fresh waters Of the great lake and nsh OF this kind
! weighing FIVE pounds have recently been caught
/ A. modified IN The lake they are well shaped
| and firm, With fesA Of a Fine red and delicate
favor The planting VIII proceed rapidly
| ! Chicago broker recently found IN his IrcTn-
/ ing mail postal card which read as folioWs=
: Dear Sir Please buy re 800 shares OF Peo-
( pies Gas at - cents and sell the same az
Sis. After deCfgcting yOGr commission you may
remit the balance il a registered letter Yours
very respectfully. Mrs Blank P. s Nv future
( patronage depends upon tie promptneSs with
I with you act in executing the above order
/ Even at the Low railway rates fu force in
/ China coof:e without heavy baggage can with
I far less expenditure walk 100 miles, paying for
1 food and inns, than ride, and he can do it at
/ less than tHr actual working cost OF hauling
/ him Nevertheless. railways in Ci4ina under
! British management can be made 70 pay and
! pay handsomely. bat this can be done only by
/ using the native IN large numbers and the
I white man at high pressure
I The farmer has found petroleum bis best
friend in dealing with other pests than the suo=-
/ quito. It IS the only thing that viii kin the
! tree scales including the famous san jose
| scale. and II IS the sovereign remedy for line
/ % bacterial lis IN vegetation Net merely the
| invisible parasites are combated with oil but
( the visible insects Is we'll kerosene emulsion
goes far TO compensate for the I0ss 81 insect5vO-
rous birds ont OF doors and absolutely iiiis-
I ptnSIble IN dealing with the pests IN poultry
! houses and stables
At a recent meeting of the Paris Academy II
Sciences n BertheIot discussed Egyptian metals
| and the presence Of platinum among the char.
actsrs Of the hierogiypfjczI Inscriptions 4 me-
/ tallic box covered with incTiptionS. and dating
! from about 10@ 3. C., lad portion 81 one u
| its characters made of alloy of platinum
| The specimen was too snail for q complete auaiy-
| IS. but from its behavior toward aqua rsgia is
appeared TO Be- ave platinum. possibly
! obtained from the aliUvia. deposits OF Nubis
tEe upper regions OF rhe Nile Valley.
While pIoving IN an old field mar Princeton
| which has been IN cultivation for more than
| hTty years. the sIeven-yesr-old son Of John
! Crews uneaTthed Pile of money amounting 10
/ about 500 last week sumo Of -hs Coins are
/ Spanish, and date back 20 the year 1911. Most
/ OF them are however American halt-dollaTS.
/ the newest dating 10 fsf5. The money was
/ evidently buried IN and old shoe a string
! from shoe Uas found with IT. Il Is said that
! a large tree had stood where the ind was made
/ The boy vas almost specifies when he reached
| home. 50 great was his excitement
Otto Won Bronx hes devised an ingenious apTa-
| ratus for printing al the receiver a photograph
| of any Illuminated object placed IN front Of
| lens at the transnitter. making use OF the won
derfJI susceptibility Of steel wires to magnetic
| strain, utilized by PculSen in his teIegraphone-
! The image OF the object i thrown by a photo
| graphic lens on surface made I'd OF g mosaic Of
| sslenium cells Eesch cell Is in eirefit with one
of series Of electromagnetic arranged SO a.
| 10 produce transverse magnetic strains IN a ring
Of steel wire each strain being. Of course pro-
portloGai 10 the intensity Of Light acting oP
| lis corresponding seIsniuTH cell
\ timely note Of waning may be given II this
| season Of the year IN regard 20 the use OF old
7oJatOcs. It has always bseR known that new
| potatoes partly OF wholly turned green BY ex-
posure to the sun while growing are poisonous
! 1t seems chat this same poisonous substance has
| been discovered n old potatoes. especially when
! they begin To sTrout The substance Is known
| Is aIkaioid sOlaniue- In 1892 and 1853 there
I was almost wholesale poisoning among the troops
Of the German army. The symptoms vera
frontal headache. collie. diarrhoea vomiting wax
ness, and slight StuToT, ard in some cases dzIa-
ton of the pupils Meyer Investigated the mat
/ ter and found IN old potatoes kept IN a damp
place and beginning to sproUt tweRty-four times
| As much sO.Uuine as new potatoes
The sloWness OF the process of tanning 5
largely due to the difficulty vith which the
| Jauniu penetrates into the hide. A. the n5ntra-
| ton progresses the outer part beco4urs convert
ed into leather. and Is thereby made impeFv;ors;
! consequently the rate Of penetration decreases,
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