The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-17
NOTES OF The DAY.

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l q province a Jultnd.
From the Atlantic Ocean 10 the head % Lake
| superior vessel nav SAIL IN C.u8iian uaters. a
distance 20 900 statute mites
The hear wood Of tree has ceased 90 take
Z any part ~ the vegetable economy OF the tree.
II only use IS 20 strengthen the trgnk.
A circular issued Dr. the project Of police in
FariS orders the prosecution 81 cabuen and ofEcr
drivers who. - tHc ca~e Of blodz give vent 20
/ their feelings ty swearing.
An outbreak Of smallpox led he Hun. Fuc-
land. authorities 90 aIlou sHokiDe in their street
| cars, and though the epidemic 1ss long since
disappeared the practice is stIIl iusu1Ecd in HUI
j. probably the only English city n which this is
I allowed
/ some $1,000 odd patents are issued som che
/ British Patent Oalce each year, and ,ssioa-lv
( enough. not much more than half Of these are
fiOm British inventors Taxing l0J years Kork,
/ the United States comes first, France second, and
I England third.
A marked rise in the level Of the Dead Sea Is
been noted. A broad lagoon has been formed
| On the north side Of the Jordan delta The gs,er
Z does not sink "a summer. AID Il IS surml-sd
thai the whole bottom Of the Dead Sea has boca
I raised by volcanic action
/ A new method o. producing ansestbesia was dis
. cursed ar roucent meeting Of the Medical So
/ ciety % Berlin. Dr. WohlgomUth has constructed
an apparatus hv which patients inhsle calarofCrra
mixed ~lth oxygen D; has ben tried by many
I prominent surgeons with results that are re-
ported satisfactory. the dsaCreeabIe sensations
3 being obviaJed.
When you engage servant or make bargain
In China it is not considered binding until ''the
. fastening penny has been paid. Although his
Z bad iaith Is notorious IN some matters. yet %
I DO nm justice when once TINS coin has been
I paid Lv sou the Chiuauan co0lie OF shoVuau-
viii generally stick 20 his bargain, even II the re-
\ suit 20 him be loss
| Criminals are very expensive members Of the
I community They cost the people Of this coun-
try about So OG0.0CO wear II their increase
/ could De prevented il would be q paving in
vcStment % give each OF the z5O.g0O accepted
crimiGais a monthly pensl'n q $500. the con
( cltion that he take life vacation from the
I strenuous demands of his profession
: The managers 81 the Lightweight mills in
Georgia have voluntarily signed an agreement
not OF anv condition 90 employ children under
ten wears Of age after SEPTEMBER l. and not 70
employ children under twelve a. night These
mill men defeated in The legislature a bill en-
. acting these. among other provisions. but have
voluntarily surrendered % an aroused public sen-
timent.
4 farm near BroadhoUse. in Yorkshire. England.
pays annually to the landlord a SNOWFALL in mid
sumner and red rose at Christmas. The manor
OF Foston Is held by a rental Of two arrows and
Loaf 81 bread An estate IN the north Of Eng
land l. held bv the exhibition before court every
seven ye1rS 81 certain vase owned By the fam
ilyi smother, IN suffolk. by annual rental Of
tUo white doves
The municipality Of Paris contemplates the
abolition Of the domestic dust BIN in favor q
one Of the several more economical and efec-
tHye methods % waste removal which has bseu
submitted Great perturbation Is caused by the
proposal. a 5000 men and women suhsist
tIrely hv sorting the contents - the Threatened
bins. and Il is pointed out that al these people,
With their families must be- reduced 20 starvation
The French cannot kick man The best
they can DO is 10 give him &c hi with the
foot Portuguese cannot wink AZ girl
RE must lenCthen Il out into closing and
opening Of the eyes-T Most Of the Indian Ian
gusges are stated 20 have word O. express
the idea Of stealing. and one % the early
missionaries who translated the Bible into the
Algonquin speech finding they had no word
70 express love was forced TO invent one
The tendency among the British middle class
Is rather 20 live above their incomes than with
in them says Amsterdam newspaper There
IS also passion for luxury in London and A
desire 20 display which peculiarly stupid
and useless desire IN huge city. where one
seldom knows ore's neivhbors. And so. too. the
cordial -'Pot-lUck' dinners of a generation ago
have given place % ceremonial champagne func-
tlous. in which a man out Of dress clothes Is
cut Of place
Of earning money, and Just nov golf Is -syiss-
fishing close run for popularity New a. IL
happens scores Of golf balls are driven into the
lake The o-Eer dav an Indian lad carrhf 4
large lake trout. OF togUe, and inside the hsh
were i've goli halls The lad took the balls q
The hlneo store where the clerk gave him .
cents for them The next day several BOYS 6shed
on the links and az dark Cashed IN forty balls,
t4sen from dozen togIe-
The not spell which has visited Europe. and
which still hangs over sweden has been tilt.
by the fish, writes a correspondent from MalmO.
When the temperature was Al its Eigest mum
her Of dead FISH were observed aoating about
nezr Romeo Tie fishermen s1y that the water
was too hot for tile fish They state a. the hsh
aPproaeSea the surface q the water they become
more and more sluggish and lo-e the power Of
motion until coming directly under the suns
rays. Jh'y Tul over dcac-sJHstrucs- IN fact
1T Is sad writes a Quebec eorresToudeut Of
the London Post ''t0 see the state oi Wolfe's
monument today U-nk grass grows high inside
the rusty and Uoru Iron Esiiiuss- Tie column IS
cracked. and IL nothing be done must soon T,zs-a
The monument simple column with helmet
and sword On the top and its inscription Wolfe
died here victorious Is sept lIjO- Is sublime ID
it, simplicity The present ~1rdid surround .ugs
az the scene % The ler1'- death cannot De helped.
but surely the monument itself on the spot gE
which be died should not Pc LETT unc1rld for
some physicians. in masking examinations for
life insurance companies think that they have
discovered a marked tendency 20 he4rs trouble
and premature degen,rati0u Of the arteries ia
that make many trips day- They do not vet
know 20 what 90 lSlrihe IT, Perhaps IL NAV be
duo 20 changes IN atmospheric pressure in pass NJ
from Basement 20 roof and down again. OF 90
the sudden starts and St1TS and the rapid de-
scent On the other hand 10 nav De the
suit OF causes that they have not yet been able
10 discover
An army officer writing from Rattan Prov
iuce Luz1u. saws one Of the most effective
WAYS % induce the study q English Is the IT,
tradu,tjau oi American games which require
JEc use of Jhe English language 20 play them
SlDcg~~fully- Tins reminds OF the lament
az Milwaukee German paper. which teplarCd
the inability O. German parents 20 keep their
As soon a boy gets bag enough 70 take
interest iH baseball, 70 said. be reads only the
American accounts because only there are the
descriptions made ineligible 20 him
One Of the rarest animals r. the monster lizard
Of Japan. a specimen OF which was recently
captured II often a,taius a length Of five feet
weighing over nifty pounds Il iufests the
mountain iIses. and. being very voraciouS. soon
cNfcrminates al the h~h whore il happens 90 De.
Tile I4T.au.~s hunt It fog ti1r sake ~ its skin
qualities. This lizard belongs % the saIamlnder
family. lis >Alu like that oi sglausrderS con-
JlIuS a poison which tge~e aWUhIhlIuS can eject
~ viii from The glands Frogs iu1gulateI with
this poison die ia q half hour and rabbits so
treated perish even more quickly
There is IN Lower California a strange colony
Of which the outside world rarely hears. il IS
made up OF outlaws. and some q the most notl-
rious escaped criminals have taken refuge in IT,
They live in strange rugged stretch Of coun-