The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

I t1- the new central branch Of the National Rai.
I road
For TX scholarships recently awarded BY the
I Georgia Sshool % technology there were SO
( applications. This Is accepted as evidence that
/ The Eg'ng white men Of The south are inciinir,s
toward manual and mechanical work a. a career.
{ Georgia papers note this change % sentiment
I with much satisfaction. ForusrIv there WAS 4
/ prejudice against mechanical labor.
The yakEuik, species o. crane. is SAID % bs
one o. the most intelligent birds known TIE
bird is used by the natives o. Venezuela south
I Arueriea "a the place of shepherd dogs Lor
guarding and herding their foCks o. sheep l.
I Is sald that however Far the yakaulik may van
der with the f0cas, IL fails hud lts way
home az night. driving before u al the Great
ures entrusted 90 its care
grandmother Al twenty-siV IS the unique
distinction o. Mrs Nzry Campbell who lives
. in The mountain district OF western North
Csrolina, and is about far from civilization
/ as one can get in this part q the world Mr.
D Campbell married when elf---i wears old She
was she mother % daUghtC- when but twelve.
Z and her eldest child now ha- becoms u0,her-
Z Mrs. Campbell has had nine children.
Tie knights Of the days Of chivalry we're 50
well protected by their arnor that they were
. practically inyiucibe 90 all ordinary weapons.
I Even whom dISuouuted they could not De- IN
{ lured. save by the misCrIcIr1e, a thin dagger.
3 which penetrated the chains ot thS arruor- In
Z more than one LATHE knights fallen from their
Z horses could not be- kll.et until their armor
/ had been broken up with axes and hammer
IN Indian Territory. Texas and Kentucky are
deposits of rock asphalt which haze been used
='iece-ziully ln laying pavenenrs after the nan
I Der ot the European rock lsptlltS These ma
I teri1ls. however. cannot be used very iar from
the point ot their occurrence. owing g. the cost
; % freight The deposits Iu Indian Territory
Z have been used eaieas ln Kansas city and s.
[ Louis; those 70 Teas iu Houston and san An
I tonic. ta1re oi Kentucky n Louisville
.
/ county Pcuu-y lT4Hia according o. the ''Suuau-y
/ RepabIie4u-- u bears date of October O. 1895.
Iu a series ct whereas 10 traces rle Ownership
o. the land conveyed from the Creator az The
. c4rta- who 10y parole and livery 1f seizin did
euteoh tie parents 90 mankind. t3-ait, ADAM
and Eve. Of all that certain tract ot land called
and known be- rhe planetary system a the earth
/ down through the ages 90 the maker q the deed
/ In France and Germany the genuine working
Z man obtains passes on tramVays valid during
certain hours. az considerable reduction
Z amounting sometimes 60 much - per cent
7 In France trauWay companies are not bound %
lower thelr fares for wqrk 7eople, and a. = rl-e
have not done 20, but the running q specA cars
I for them has been made obligatory IN some re-
cent charters Similar principles axe adopted "a
: Germauv and special cheap trains for working
Z men have been r-n several q the London
suburban roads for long time with satlsiacto-y
financial results.
OF all the uncaunv creatures in the animal
Z
Z 60 make Is the blue whale the largest OF al
whales. and indeed. one % the most c0i0s-
sal animals. living extinct. known % science
7 VOC uiI look IN vain for Lim in zoO.oglcal col
lectIons Iu menagerles, or even il museums
. brute. ninety feet IN length and weighing IE,L
as many tons. does not lend Itself 20 Fresery4-
. zion StIfhng- and the few skeletons Of nm
which do exist give one 30 idea % what IL Is
Ike. Tie blue whale is hunted 5y the Nor
vesiaHs chiefly for the sake q his oil and IS
% considerable value, iul--grovn specimen
being worth from $3.50 20 $500
Il is reported. via London, that Russian Army
engineer. Col Eugene &c PilzoudzSi- recently
performed some novel experiments IN wireless
telsgr4phy al q place called NeSiuet, between
Paris and Il. GERMAN Has system u Appears
depends IN way upon the ar Tor transmission
o. the current His conductor Is the earth itself
lie set I'D his instruments az two villas abour
one kiloueter apart and messages we're uanS-
mitted without the slightest hitch He passes
I the current from the tr4nsmittCr 20 an under
ground plate and then 70 box containing pitch
and petroleum the lsoiating elements, whence
j. goes 20 the receiver, where the message 8
read Of BY a Morse apparatus, which also trans
mits II back 20 the starting point wireless
JcleEraphy. therefore, seems 70 be a fact
novel, if not entirely new. method Of OBJ
tanning power has been proposed by Dr. O. ZiH-
hermann Of LutwiEShafen. the Rhine. HIS
scheme IS % take advantage Of the difference IN
duatIon o. liquids between the tefaPerstura
limits Of freezing and boiling This difference
in water IS - per cent The doctor explains
ms ideas fully IN a pamphlet published BY 10
firm Of r. Uldenhurg. OF Munich. in which nc
points cut how hydraulic lifts. pumping engines
and even marine engines might be constructed on
his plan. for which he has secured German pat
euts. hGt the thing most important Co demon
strate IN such case is Its pr4cticaht-lVys and
this perhaps, can be only shown by It's app4,-
cation on an extensive scale.
The IG-inch guns. eighteen Of which ara
now being manufactured al the Watervliet Gaa
fence Of the United States. require Of snokeiess
powder charge Of $50 pounds. Of black powder
l-I76 pounds. and have a maximum powder pres
sure ot g. go and - 90 pounds 10 the square
inch The Vroicctile weighs 2.37O pounds, with
a u.uzzie velocity % ESQ feet Per second IAey
have an estimated range q tweuty-ous miles, or.
Co De exact. 5U-s7- miles. and the trajectory q
the rroiegtile Al this range VIII reach maEl-
mum elevation ~ 3J5l- tees- THIS n enormously
greater than any maximum range hitherto OBJ
tanned kruTp's 9-+5-iuch gun now holds ths
record 90 twelve and one-hai miles
The United states Weather Bureau began ths
6rst systematic attempts IN lss, TO a certain the
amount OF damage done by lightning The srztis-
tics for Isgg have just been published. and al
though the system % Obtaining the ini0rmati1u
has not yet been perfected. IL i, believed they
include most % the cases where important dam
axe Was done. The number Of buildings damaged
destroyed by lightning IN ls,J vas 5.--ls II
addition % these - ou1idiuE= caught IRE As a
-g~ulr u r7oNimity Co other structures t-a- were
Fr-I bv lightning The approximate loss IN q SIS
cases was 100000. Tn a.95- cases the synOunt
ot loss uas not reported Ol NJ undoubtedly.
IN a majority 90 cases. 10 the fact thar q vas
very small. The report states thar conservative
estimate oi 1le total loss hy lightning during
the wear would Dee 100000 IL Is also noted
than a great majority % buildings struck by
lightning, were not provided with lightning rods
This VAS also the case IN ISIS On the other
hand. seventy buildings provided wiki rods weTe
struck and damaged IN ls19-
The novel pine needle industry IN Oregon Is
growing. various uses Asv5ns been Gosnd Cor the
product These pine needles in Oregon are much
l1rzer than the diminutive pine leaves familiar
20 residents Of the East IN the Far West they
grow sometimes TO a length q thirty inches,
and fiber % the leaves are marketed. the former
iu the making OF soap and Ia the favoriuz Of
candies. and Is said e. have some medicinal value
for pulmonary complaints Two qualities q haer
used. the one fTOm which the oil has not been
extracted being the most valuable, and selling
az about lp cents pound Thu, hber is elastic
u Is said TO make excellent material Tor mat
trcSScs and pillows. while the od0r. which Is re-
tanned indefinitely. Is thought 10 promote sleep
A curious feature IN connection with the industry
IA that the trees are not injured Or being de-
uuicl Of their leaves. but rather benefited.
and the Forestry Commission approved the p-ac-
ticC- Two crops may be- gathered yearly from
FIRST The Oregon factory said 90 De the only
outside OF Germany. is 10 have a capacity for
500 pounds Of leaves per day
An American calling himself Dr. Lee. who has
been making a great deal Of money in the CITY OF