The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

J Vast nickel deposits tn largest in the world.
have BEEN located in southern Oregon
The annual expectation % flowers from tae
Ni'eTlA nov amounts 90 10000 in value
Europe has i've rsigning princes who are over
/ eisH'1 years odd and nine others who are more
I than seventy.
! The rearing o. worms and mauiacere Of silk
revolution
( This years harvest in the south Of Ireland 3.
stated 90 De the best expe-ieuccd Tor quarter Of
The total number OF persons now being pro-
weed for by tae Indian famine relief funds :
The Belgian Government has offered an annual
prize % 5000 francs f1r the be-t work in the
province % medical research
The largest insect known IS the elephant beetle
Of Nenezuela one has been found that weighed
seven ounces
France has now the deepest well In the
world Il IS $50 feet. ard the temperature
az the bottom Is ~ degrees
The largest art-siaa wen in the world 10
fourteen inches in diameter. and Gsi feet deep.
% is AZ Cerri-ls, iu California
The cable between Dover and Calais. opened
In $50 WAS the first submarine cable. The next
laid in ls52 was from Hayle1d 20 Dublin.
f is the most common letter In l.0o0 letters
occurs 10 times in English. Isl TINES in
French. rs IN spanish, rs in German
Cabbage grows az sse year in Hawaii, and il
apparently makes ug difference whether it is
planted In the spriug- suTamer, autumn, or
Sugar growers now predict that within twenty
hve years the Australian province % Queens
laih VII become the greatest caDe-gr0gIng
district in the world
sweden has s.s02 miles Of Government and 4.ss7
miles Of private, railroads The Government has
not yet succeeded In acquiring the latter. al
though efforts have been made 20 Do So.
The biggest grant ever made 90 a rafvay COM
lah5 was 5fe' square miles given by the
United states Government 70 rhe Union Pacific
Railway which was opened IN ls59-
At the bottom Of IO0-toot wen the tempcra-
ture IS degrees below the surface temperature
IN April IS IS in July % 20 ar surtaCe and A
in December to s. at the surface.
Minnesota is called the Bread and Butter
state and rightly too for last year her
mills turned out 5000. so barrels 1f four and
chuIned over 100000 pounds q butter.
Seen Berlin and Vienna professors have been
making experiments on themselves during the
past summer as 20 the effects q the Swiss Alpine
climate on the circulation and other physiol0-
glcal processes
A novel idea for sp0rtsmen seems TO be Of
Portuguese origin. An electric lamp IS placed
on the collar Of the hunting dog. and this
frightsns foxes and badgers from their bur
rows when the dog enters
England holds the record for the longest rail-
way run without a stop. This is Paddingron
% Exeter-l94 miles France comes next. with
PARIS 20 CsiaIs-Is5iz miles Americans long
est is New York 70 Troy-i4s miles
A recent census shows that Paris contains 1915
classes Of worknen, metals and kindred in
dustries claiming 800. textiles 257. the ehe1ni-
cal trade $50 and building 203 The total number
Of workmen IS estimated at over $1,000
A competitor in the recent Plris-BerIin motor
race while making seventy miles an hour in
q cloud Of dust. struck an a-ched curve IN the
road with his car. which leaped high In the
air and bounded back ike rubber ball
Although the longest river in the world the
Mississippi. discharges only half the amount
Of the Amazon, the Amazon has sixteen times
as much water as the Rhine and the Rhine
outflow is eight times larger than that Of the
Thames
In 100 were made the first brooms in this
country from the broOmcon grown on Ameri-
soil The brooms were made in PhiI1deI-
phi2, and the event vas spoken Of az the time
as an illustration % the Development q The
country
The first monument ever erected TO q cook Is
about 70 be unveiled in Paris The che. in
question Is Urbain Dubois. who lab0red In the
German Emper0r's kitchen s. popular vas ne
that his brother cooks have united 70 "a, him
honor
ElGlA-l GeiINdlIer are LaklN- very
portant part in the Management Of Russian in
dustries- According 10 a Russian publication
forry-fve different British corporations thus
engaged. mainly in Southern Russia, where pe-
troieum interests predominant
The administration Of forests by the Hmga-
rian Government has proved 70 be financially
profitable. In lsGs the net income from the M
tiouaI forests Uas only 10000 forms, during
the last decade. under governmental control.
that sum has been more than doubled
An electric rack railway. with a gauge OF
forty inches. part Of the track being raised
nine and a half feet above the towing path. Is
being tested with satisfactory results on the
Fiuow Canal between Berlin and Stetti1- The
boats can be laden more heavily than those drawn
~ horses
The first great drought on record happened in
61s and che two succeeding years wh-n ae-
cordiuE to the records there was practically
no rainfall IN England In SO the springs IN
England were dried up. AID IL was impossible
for men % work m the open arr In @.S and
g9f the nuts on the tree, were roasted As II
in an oven"
Forty demure schoolgirls, belonging 90 an tai
ian seminary at Mosli5nico. were in the habit
Of taking waiks across the Swiss frontier.
der the charge Of their teachers The custom
house authorities became suspicious and searched
the Young women Nearly all Of them had to-
hacco. cigars. and cIsarettes secre-ed m their
clothing. To is estimated that they have snug
When an Arabian horse finds itself wounded
and perceives that il viii not be able to bear
its rider much longer. 1t quickly retires non
the conflict. Carrying its master 70 A place Of
ssfety while Il has sufficient strength But II
the rider is wounded and falls % the ground.
the faithful animal remains beside him.
mindful Of danger, neghing until assistance IS
brought.
A clergyman in Iryington. Ind. returned 20
his home about II o'clock at night and f0u1S
his daughter IN the parlor- To impress upon
the visitor that the hour rather late 10
continue further love gushiu-s. the clergyman
drew a pistol and aimed IL a the Young man
The latter took the hint. bat forgot 20 take
his hat and IN half a minute was sc00tIug
down the road a Wild animal were n
pursuit Of him
The heat Of l7s3 was accompanied by some
horrible phenomena in Guiding alarming
mete0rs and a peculiar haze that prevailed over
Europe from June % 20 July % The last half
ceeded anything remembered hy the oldest IN
habitauts. The thermometer rose TO O. degrees
In the shade One wednesday. July Is vas
marked by So great a heat -har 10 vas known
the '-hot Wednesday" the theruu-lere- vary
ing in places At noon from 20 20 lOI degrees
IN the shade.
President Mckinley owned a collection %
gifts, souvenirs. etc, quite as large as that q
General Grant, though not So valuable. Wherever
the President Travelled gifts uar. -r--eI upon
him Officers and privates IN Oh iuaines-
IN Cuba. and Iu Porto Rico D. nd uim
curious articles from those lands Dr. aalreis.
The Mckinney collection trrm tr- .-lr pos
sessions Is thus one Of the most interesting in
the United States 10 properly displayed Il