The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-06
NOTES OF The DAY.

electric machine imported Tor the use Of the
Signal Corps.
A curious animal has recently been discovered in
the wIids Of Congo. II IS said 70 resemble both
horse and zebra.
In Germany only 41S out Of I,Oo0 males reach
the age of fifty. Ehile more than 500 out nj 100
females reach that age.
Missouri claims 10 have the best prison library
OF any State IN the Union. The library consists Of
5000 well-selected books.
Out Of 20 reigning sovereigns of Europe. 9 are
over - years old. I3 over 20. and - over 90
The average age Of the 20 IS about 81.
The climate of New York is abatias- The
Central Park meteorological observatory has rec
Oris covering period Of thirty-two years.
At the beginning of the mex century there were
5000 army and navy pensioners in Nes England
drawing their pay through the agency IN Boston
The pretty little town of Danewood MINI. Is
tvTp rlifes distant from Braham- The people have
decided 10 move bodily. houses and all. 10 Bra
ham
which means "the blessed dead, in slusion 10
the ancient custom of eating it at feasts for the
dead.
a tunnel twenty-five miles long. reaching
depth OF 100 feet below level, Is planned
between Yaqueros Bay, Spain, and TsngieT, in
Africa.
A copper cent has been drawn cut into 500
knows how little money may be made to 60 A
long way
znoiogist discovers that there are I5e
rieties of snakes in this country They do not
under the conventional description OF snakes
In the grass
long from Puget Sound to Lake Washington.
which IS twenty mikes long, 900 feet deep and viii
make an ideal karboE.
new cotton ginning machine enables two men
to gin 1900 pounds daily. and under she old
system they could turn out less than hundredth
part N the same amount Of time
Japan. with revenue Of e22,0lT. ore, spent
e5oz6,294 On her navy IN year. while her Eler-
camille tonnage was e4s. 81 her SEA imports E,s4
i49,oo0, and her exports 81 .lSSsoo0-
The worst ulosquito-infested neighborhood IN
the world is the coast of Borneo The streams Of
that region are, at certain seasons. GnnaYigabie
because Of the clouds Of mosquitoes
lust about 100 years ago. perhaps a feU years
more than that, the richest IN America was
Robert Morris. the Secretary OF the Treasury.
whose wealth was estimated at S5o9,0O1-
The first obieetor to free rural mail deliver!
has turned up at New Harmony No He Think
the present mail facilities are good enough, and
says he prefers better roads and telephones
A famous ink long used in Germany was nadi
Of combination OF cnronate Of potash with a
solution OF iolWoOd in the proportions Of one
part OF the former for 900 parts OF the latter
mere are now ZV-cJg UA the DIlLIe4 LEpNfo u
India whose terms OF service have expired, some
nearly two years They are very anxious to pro-
cure their discharges, having had enough of war
The Salvation Army IN Boston is selling coal to
poor people at the rate Of cents per bucket. It
is wonder that this religious military orgaaza-
ton Is constantly gaining the respect Of the peo-
pie In all big cities
In Guiana If a child is slow in its movements
the parents apply ant TO the child instead Of
IL.
bites more cruelty than mosquito and It's bite
Is apt 10 be troublesome afterward-
The exports Of copper from the United States
in 1910 were more than than SD0!od0,O09 pounds
IS against about 100000 pounds in Is9a- Ger
many afforded the largest individual market.
taking more than 81. 10000 pounds Of copper in
1903.
The three largest secret organizations in this
country are the Odd Fellows. the Freemasons. and
the kuizhts of Pythias. The membership Of the
fra fl- the United States and Canada 5 given *
9s5z0s; for the second s7I562 and Tor the third,
470. 7e8.
Many eouvicts in Great Britain were sentenced
to pri5on during Her MaIeSty's pleasure. and
nozr that Victoria is dead the question is being
asked whether they can be held in daFsnce any
longer But Her Majesty Sovereign Ruler or
kim. though she MAS woman. and 1.-THE King
never dies
Machinery in gIass-bIo,vingf factories has taken
the place OF human lungs and hands. This change
has just taken place and is wonderful victory
the line OF inventions Il IS also great bless
ing. glass blowing has ruined the lungs Of
thousands Of people Many have died As result
OF doing the work
Among the odd changes brought about By the
succession Of King Edward VII is that while Vic
toria's face on British gold coins looked to the
left King Edwards looks 70 the right This IS IN
accordance with long established custom that
Ea face the Opg1SltG
way the coins from his OF her predecessor
The p=uprietors Of ST PauI's Church. GA Tre-
mont Street. Boston, have refused an offer of
s.. $50 go for the church property The original
cost OF the land and building Was about $4,000.
but sentimental rather than business reasons
prompted the rejection Of the hatteriug ofer-
In the tou;bs beneath this old edihee repose the
bones Of many Of its former commandments
Nearly all the great beauties o. the world have
testified 10 the value OF sleep Under It's influence
every muscle Is relaxed and all care disPe,lsd-
The heat beats slower. gaining new vIgor fos
the waking hours A midday nap II for only i
few minutes duration IS wonderfully refreshing.
and 1t * generally conceded that sleep during the
earlier hours OF the night Is far more beneficial
than that obtained after midnight
The insane rush for office Is illustrated in the
case Of an accident that recently happened in
Kansas The s'Eldorade Republican Of that
State SAYS Ianitor at the StatehouSe tell iatO
the Kaw River Monday and two men who saw II.
instead OF helping him rushed 10 the Governor TO
get his Job They were told that they were too
late, another man having telephOned for the job.
And after all the wasn't drowned.
The builder Of the Chinese wall was great
warrior emperor. called Chi-hwang-ti, who lived
about two centuries before Christ To put 4 stop
70 the incursi0ns OF the Tartars and other Bertb-
crn tribes he caused this great waD-L500 miles
in lensth-tO be erected Il required ten years 70
build r. and IN his haste to have It completed
he wczaed to death tens Of thousands of ms lab
orers Il has never been effective 4 means OF
defence.
The first industrial and manual training school
in the Philippines has Just begun IN the city Of
Dun.apguette, on the Island Of Ssgros. The
school which Is OF two stories. the first OF stone
and the second Of wood. though not Of bamboo.
Is due 10 the generosity OF H. B. Sinan. OF New
York who gave $1,000 The young Filipinos ara
TO be taught carpenterinS. iron EOEk, etc. and
lO8 acre. of lanE have bought On which TO teach
them agriculture
After an experience Of FIVE years, Minnesota
has repealed the law which provided that re-
bate should be given on road taxes for each
veh'cl. with wide tires. The law failed en-
tireiy OF its objeCt-Che maintenance Of good
roads When tax settlements were due farm
ers would demand rebates for wagons that had
never been used the roads. and the road fund
was ulucted Of money that might otherwise
have been used for construction
4 Catholic priest at KFoze a small town in
Poland vas recently awakened at night By
masked robbers. who ordered him TO produce the
LOO ruhles which be bad TO pay for the eonstruc-
ton Of a church. The priest pretended TO be
hands on revolver he turned suddenly and fired
on the bandits killing two and f,7ftfsr- the resi-