The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-27

/ highly fzvorau.,
mail Il had rained D.,
| II the Nile. and II was aha
I in the Victoria and Albert Syau.
! feet higher than usual which presaa-
/ overflow Of the river.
There is, perhaps. no part Of the
/ which has been so little explored a.
Dismal swamp unless IL be the Ev,
I Florida This great body Of land. coz
I l'i'sls growing in six 20 ten feet ~
I TENDS over an area q about 2. 800 squa.
1 and Its greatest length sixty miles
/ The British Admiralty once has beoou
I pressed with the idea that stoking is
that should be left to the unelucated Iaborers
( who now perform the work hut should be thor
/ OUVhly understood II not actually performed b,-
/ al naval cadets Hereafter all cadets or naval
/ apprentices must take turn AT stoking.
/ The cinematograph FOR the blind Is machine
Z which passes under the fingers o. the blind a Sc
ries Of reiieis representing the same subject in
/ different positions-the branch Of a tree a bird
OF any other object The blind person has the il
hSlpn Of moving scenes, Just as photographs
passing over luminous screen lend the illusion
I % those with sight
Most o. the paper now used Is made from
wood and other vegetable fbres. which are chem
7 ically not very different from the materials Of
which a hayrick IS composed Consequently il
paper Is stacked damp, heating is likely 20 take
I
hay, and az any time flames may burst out a.
the result Of spontaneous combustion
The Niagara Falls Power Company Is about
commencing the development Of the power OF
the Horseshoe Falls According 20 the present
plans 5000 horsepower is 20 be developed which
Is 20 De divided into three equal parts, one for
an industrial establishment outside Victoria PARK
on the Canadian side. one 20 be transmitted %
Toronto. and one 90 be held in reserve for the
use Of the company
The Paris Fire Department has recently put
into successful operation an electric automobile
hook and ladder" wagon. which completes the
organization Of the automobile system which the
Paris authorities have had in contemplation. and
with which tnzv have been Experimenting for
several yearS- The truck carries six men. and
the apparatus first needed at a fre-lldders
ropes. and a reel Of canvas hose
About year ago the Hawaiian Government IN
dertook 70 burn up some plague infected build
inss. and in 50 doing set FIRE 10 the local China
town, thus soE.ffg - seed Of q crop Of claims
now nearly ready for harvesting. A million and
halt was appropriated 20 meet them, but they
already exceed 100000 and are still coming in.
II Is a new role for John Chinamln 20 appear in
but debutant 10 is not 20 be denied that he
shows considerable talent
Otto Won Bronx has devised an ingenious appa-
ratus for printing at the receiver photograph
Of any Illuminated object placed in front Of a
deriuI susceptibility Of steel wires 70 magnetic
STRAIN utilized hy Poulsen IN his teIegraphoue
The image or object IS thrown BY Photographic
lens on a surface made up O. mosaic Of seleui-
I'm cells Each cell is IN circuit with one o. a
series Of electroruaanetS arranged 50 as 20 pro-
duce transverse magnetic strains IN ring Of
steel wire, each strain being. Of course. proper
uoual 10 the intensity 0f light acting on is
ccrre~pondlng seienIuuI cell
Whatever may be the Justice o. grants Of
public money 20 medical colleges Philadelphia
seems 10 have the right % claim the honor %
being the first American city 90 establish such
an Institution This was done in l-55 by addin-
a medical school 90 the then recently founded
University % PgIu~y lyluil- The credit for u IS
mainly due To- nrS- shipper and Morgan. eminent
practitioners OF that dlv- The former on return
Ing from a visit 20 Europe delivered a course o.
lectures IN which b. suggested the ACCESSIBILITY
Of engrsftlng a medical branch on the school,
and IN TINS he was abs sustained By Dr. Morgan
The project az Oucc commended itself AID IFS
practical working out VAS quickly achieved
Hence the position Of this city as first in tie
teaching Of medicine today Is only the natural
outcome OF its original priority
An annual plant growing in tropical Africa
belonging % the Ie-um.uous class Is largely
cultivated b. Che negroes as food article. It
has also been introduced Co some extent in
southern Asia and IN Brazil 70 Is called w0aud-
sl hy the African negroes; the botanical name
II G.ygiue su5--uauCa- French expert chemist
4.atill.a~ HHHrI.aaN LLLL
Wnauc-u With reference 90 lts chemical compost
tiou and IT'S value food The fruit like tle
peanut. natures under ground The Ca-lble ker-
Hel has the shape cf egz and Is dark red,
with black stripes and d white hIlum. like most
beans. lL FURNISHES a very white -four, whose
favor after cgosl1. mach resembles JLat Of
CHe>tuUys- The chemical composition Is = per
cent uf ~targuy substance u per cent nitry
geuous 10 per cent water. per cent oily. 4 per
cent CeIluoSe substance and per cent ashes II
VIII be- seen that tvo pounds Of these beans
Hf# ID. Hrr-aH4 .rrH. OBJ
ma. system II is excellent f15dstuH-
Scientific men seem % agree that without
PARTICLES Of dust in the atmosphere for moisture
to deposit itself upon should have no rain
drops and no rain. all precipitation being after
the manner Of dew. The abundance Of dust par
ticles IS therefore useful At the ROYAL Iusti-
tuition 10 was recently stated that IN q Lon
don suburb 2OOdo dust PARTICLES had been found
IN every cubic certlmeter OF arr. and m the
heart Of the city $4,000 PARTICLES in every cubic
crUtiWCtcr- Ia the open air OF the city was
found average of one micr0-orgsni~r1 90 every
- $1,000 dust particles. and In the air
a. room one micrg-lrganism 20 every
100000 particles These facts show that tie
air has very few microbes. even when 30 l. very
dusty They do not live long because they can
not withstand The influence Of dosCCaJiOu and
sunlight Dt~iccatiuu. diving up. is one 0f IA
lures favorlrc methods of getting rid Of bacte-
ria
The slowncss Of the process Of tanning IS largely
etrateS into the hide As the penetration pro-
crosses the outer part Of the hide becomes CON
verified into leather. and is thereby made frluer-
viogS. consequently the rate Of penetration de-
rrea-cs- Months o. soaking in che tauuit are
therefore ne, c~>aEy for thick hides MANY
rsWTrS have been made 60 hasten this absorption
q -4uEiu Iy hide Tho methods used include cir
eGlatlu- tEc tan liquor so that fresh portions
are Continually presented To- the hide fure.n-
the Eguli through the hide hv pressure and
using strong IuuC.Gs extracts Ut tIuu.u. mate
ri-I~- % has been sought Co attain the same oh
IuyJ lE passing a current 90 electricity through
tho vat which the hides are suspended One
such process ftrurh'>' has been found. saws the
Electrical Review tg shorten the time az tam
ulrG tr quarter ot that necessary when uu cur
rent D. used and the leather Is said 90 be un-
sN,cutiouahlC-
Gene Jacobs. the cIcvsn-yoar-old daughter q
Edward jacobs, Of s. louis Is the ros-esSor OF
Newfoundland dog that CROWS like a rooster.
Dc aaas,u- the ueisLL0rs every morning by It's
peculiar sounds Rover. as the animal IS called
uas raised from puprs hood Dith large Brahma
rooster that was given 60 little Gene by her
fathers grocer TIE dog and chicken az first
showed a marked amt. r-tly tnr each other They
."U-.f 5E. scratched 200 rE.l opportunity one
.-E- leUyE.r- they patched zap their difference
.Il hgDlm. fast friends That Wa- about a wear
ago. and since then they have been iuSeuarlhIa
companions sleeping and eating JD-;ler and -
rlvIu- E..rg.l guIuyIreu- trHI The same pun :
Eight months ago OBJ. Ja.HH~ f-I-liy were SUI
-l exactly aNr raf ot DANNY the rooster A.rgr-
rHar tle dog continued iJ> growing with morning
la-uldrItl- Danny opens ul -le programme and
D. followed aE Rover Their CROWS are I'D the
El.e pitch and d D. impossible 90 tell them
s.srt. Experts iu .-IugH,oly'' have Investigated