The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-04
NOTES Of THE DAY.

SIX miles
Daring the last three years the consumption OF
raw six IN the United states has exceeded that
Of France.
Explorers have approached within 23S miles OF
! Jhe North Pole, but the nearest approach 70 the
South Pole has been - miles
Atmospheric sharps say that even at thu
Equator the average temperature OF the sea at
the depth OF mile is but 4 degrees above frecz-
ing point
4 Missouri man at Nevada drinks a good -
amount OF whisky, but only consumes the pure
FnooRshIne quality, which he has shipped in IRON
the mountains Of East Tennessee.
From Copenhagen come reports Of serious
disasters to the fishermen Of West Iceland caused
| by recent storms Twenty-nine men and women
persisted in the wreck Of one fishing boat alone
Andrew J. Freese. who Is still living IN CIeve-
land. was the first teacher of the high school in
that city and had among his pupils at the same
time John d. Rockefeller and Marcus 4 Hanna
French scientist has discovered that plants are
very sensitive to poison The higher plants, as
vel as fungi enable Us TO detect the presence Of
copper, mercury, md other toxic suflstancez
which chemical analysis does not detect
, In dry atrHospheres the durability Of wood Is
almost incredible. Pieces OF wood, wooden cas-
kets, and wooden articles have been withdrawn
from Egyptian catscombs OF an antiquity , 900
OF 5000 years antedI-;ng the Christian era.
4 telescope IS to be placed IN Allegheny o6zer-
vatoTy in memory Of the late Prot. James e
Keeier who before assuming control Of Lick
Observatory, was IN charge Of the Allegheny in
stitULion- The memorial VIII cost about SIG,000-
The Swedish mile is the longest nile in the
world traveller in Sweden when told that he
is only about mile from desired point would
better hire horse. for the distance he viii have
to walk II he chose IN his ignorance to adopt
that mode Of travel is exactly HE yards.
Tho rTty- S,7rF-,
Of its records in chimney This unique safe
Is found AT the municipal electric lighting pant
The space usually utilized as a SCOT pit in the
base Of the 5OO-foot brick smokestack has been
utilized for keeping the records and books Of
the plant
The telephone slot machines are doing great
work in the matter Of taking WORKOUT dimes out
Of circulation There IS nothing TO prevent worn-
out. mutIlated and almost smooth dimes from
being put into the slots, and as result many
persons keep the worn out dimes Fog that par
ticular purpose
One day the gardener at the North Creake
rectory, Norfolk, England, hung up his jacket in
the rectoTy greenhouse On taking it down he
found that wren had built her nest IN one OF
the sleeves The intruder seemed quite at home in
her odd nesting place, and has been left IA an
disturbed possession
Fine fifth Of extraordinary series Of weddings
has Just been celebrated at Oroyille Cal The
first that of John Weer, Cornish wfdower
with four daughters Some years ago he welded
Mrs Nalarin, widow with four sons The boys
and girls have now been all mated and the i've
couples live under the same roof
The new 81 bill issued by the dominion Of
Canada promises to become popular, for arts
ticaIly it Is masterpiece of the ergr2ver's skill
On its face It bears aatteriBg picture OF the
lock on the canal at SauIt Ste Marie. an en-
siHeerir work purely american This vignette Is
regarded as delicate compliment to the United
States
Larger freight cars are to be used on German
railroads Three-t-uck freight ears Of twenty-five
tons each VIII be tried IN place ST two-truck cars
OF fifteen tons each An experiment was tried for
merry with four-truck cars. but they were too
heavy and could not De used on all roads The
and tear she truck IS also less with the
large three-tTuck car
In Hawaii enormoEs quantities CT ducks are
raised by the Chinese upon the edges Of the ocean
Twice a day, within the restricted areas they
are permitted 10 eat the young FISH which swim IN
the enclosed coyes- Fish are reported TO be grow
ing scaTcer every year. and By some this dTninu-
ton ) attributed the wholesale destruction Of
the young fFy BY the Chinese
There IS a noticeable falling of in the supply
OF pastors for Protestant churches IN both Eng
land and America There Is also a prospect Of
4 similar deficiency N Germany, for while ten
years ago. out OF every 500 students who en-
tered the German universities Z05 were students
Of theology. in 1893 the number was 80 for each
loo. while this year It IS only IOI-
Angora goats are used as land cIearers Il
Illinois 4 herd OF $50 has Just cleared / SEQ acres
near Decatur. The goats eat anything IN the way
OF leaves buds and small shoots and when
goat comes to a small Slpling which he cannot
break down alone four or five Others Join him,
throw their weights upon the trunk and bend it
over, while Others Climb On the branches
years had been the pet Of the officials in the New
York Tombs prison, died Of old age only week
ago. Attendants and prisoners both had
an affection for this feline attendant who n0sed
and moused all over the city prison The choicest
Iuorsels which the TonIbs mess eould afford were
his daily diet odd Mig died IN the arms of
one OF the prison keepers
Compared with western countries, census taking
IN Russia Is rather crude. Prior TO 1897 the cen
suS had been taken ten times but this was to ind
out how many males there we're who paid or
ought 10 pay taxes The first census took place
tar back 1924, when the number Of IN
hab3tants was set down at i 10000 IN round
h--GrcS; in 1897 the number was given as 49,
oor.8o0, including Finland
On sand island IN Dublin Bay new kind of
mouse has been found It resembles the ordinary
mouse in all except its color. which Is tia, Il
the sand, and the natuTalists attribute that 90
IntCFpOstIoa of nature for It's protection from the
owls and hawks the island Il Is supposed thlE
they are the descendants Of CaStaWay mice and
that the protective coIoration IS q gradually ae-
quired result Of their Surroundings
The famous ChlrIesUorth collection Of Capo dt
Monte porcelain has been bought by an English
counoisseur, and thus Naples loses what. while
Mr. CharIcsworth lived was q dist 5nction of the
city, though IN private hands Il had been hoped
that the municipality might get the beautiful
ware for Of the public EuUseUuS The IJe@-
ian Minister OF Public Instruction had the OBJ
jects photographed before they left Naples
The usual humorous incidents were not lacking
in the recently taken British census. An iruIni-
grant in New Zealand stated to the authorities
that his mother was 4 Kafir his father an Irish
man, who had become 4 uaturaiIZed American
but afterward served IN the French army, and
that he was born on the passage between YoSo-
hama and Colombo n Spanish vessel Put him
down ScOtchmanl'' was the official decision
The professional fighting Powers OF the world
have spent the least upon war during the nine
teenth century, says the Home Magazine 1t Is
not France, or Germany, or Russia that has run
up the largest butchers BILL but the peaceful
United States and the aggressive Britain. which
have spent millions Of dollars more than any
other country Perhaps the armed nations appTc-
ciate the fact that If peace Is costly, IS
more expensive
The killing at railroad station OF 4 wait
ing the arrival OF a relative By train, IN conse-
quence of the negligence OF the railroad comPsEy
in leaving baggage truck where it turned a
little as the train passed and was struck By one
Of the cars, which hurled 1t against the mda
standing there Is held IL Denver and Rio Gr4nda
Railroad Company vs. Spencer tCoI), 81 L r
4. l2I to make the railroad company liable for
his death