The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.


life insurance policies
By the advice % ocu.ists. the au;lo-itiss OF
! Munich have decided Co discontinue the use o.
gas or petroleum in lighting zehoolrooms-
sugar exists not only in the cane. beetroot. and
/ maple. but IN The sap OF Isl other plants and
The largest wrought iron pillar is at Delhi. in
India II Is SIXTY feet high and weighs seven
| teen tons
Reports rom Germany are to the eject tf1t
/ Mormon missionaries sent recently % th2t coun-
! try. are making many converts
For every man. woman. and child in this c7un-
| try there is an average Of two farm animals.
There are about 100000 each Of sheep and
| swine. ab5at 45.D10G0 COWS and other cattle and
/ about IG,O1000 h0rses and mules.
! One county % West Virginia has arneas H7
political subdivisions the slab Fork. the Marsh
/ FORK. the shady spring. The Clear Fork and the
/ Trap HilI districts Another has the Pipe stem
and the Jumping Branch districts.
| To make the cars for a years output Of Maine
1 canned corn viii require 5000 boxes Of tnpllte
] Weighing C0DD.ODO pounds TinpI5te Is usually
/ purchased or contracted for in advance, and few
| factories have been caught mapping this year
/ The Minister Of War Of Mexico has decided %
/ restrict the number Of gambling houses in that
/ city and officers are warned that If caught in
one % the establishments the penalty Of dis
missal FROM the army vii be enforced against
[ them.
There IS a curious combination tree in Wet
Stockbridge. Mass Is is primarily a maple.
which measures. a foot from the ground, y feet
Q inches IN circumference Fifteen feet from the
ground there are one OF two birch limbs grow
INK. and higher mp are currant and raspberry
bushes. which bear fruit each year
I The Swiss military authorities have determined
that next year the training Of military balloon
ISIS shall De Systematically taken IN hand. The
first balloon company % be formed is 20 consist
ri g officers. - uou-comTissi0ned officers. l6t
prlvateS, with an establishment 0f Q riding and
20 d-ait horses, with > vehicles
L Is not lawful for Noslera 10 pray On any
place not perfectly clean, and unless each one has
his Own special rug he is not certain that the
spot has not been polluted. It does not matter %
these followers o. Nohalurned how unclean a
rug that Is on the floor may be. Decluse over II
they place the PRAYER rug when their deFoJions
begin
Winter thunder is considered throughout Europe
To De Of very iU-omeu- But Aprl thunder is
considered 90 be very bcue6cial In Devonshlrc
and other cider counues Of England there Is
Saving that when it tfundcrs In April you must
clean up the blrrpIs''-In readiness. that L. for
a plentiful crop 90 apples The French consider
April thunder OBJ be Indicative % good yield
from their whey ards and corn fields
The wine crisis in Portugal becomes more and
more serious Tho quantity u vine nov stored
In cellars IS estiFuated at more than 182 508.0l0
gallons. which leaves no room for the storage Of
this years exceptionally large harvest. some pro-
tucer> ere asking the G0vernl--z4s 90 favor the
Oscillation OF part cf the enorIn0us stock. and
o. interlct- temporarily, the entry o. the cereal
aicuGDls from the AzGrCs-
It has been announced IN st. Petersburg that
pensions available Tor the families Of the ben
efciary after bis death sill hencei1ruard be
Granted IN all rr--.1--er IN -rnra arrrTnr- F.-
the present the measure is only promulgated ls a
provisional uzl-e. but IL Is % De- embodied among
the permanent iaas 0t the Rusuuian Euzpire. The
newspapers hail rhe reform az one which all prl-
fdre capitalists employing labor on a large scale
wlil be compelled CD adopt.
some iIea % the enormous amounts that have
been handled Iy the various minis and assay
Offices IS shown by the statement that 8 GOD. 76.-
1927 represents the total amount Of coinage q
the various minis Of the Uaited states from the
e-rablishuleut OF the Philadelphia mint 20 the
end Of June 800 OF this great amount the
total gold coinage was 3. To- 0.7 us, the total
silver $50 III. f5lI1 and the total minor coinage
amounted 20 Ss5.jo3.9t9-s2-
Orders have beer placed by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company FOR twelve large automobiles %
be u=ed As repair wagons These vehicles are
all TO DE completed Is October l. but wjU be
delivered % the railroad company and put 10 use
as fast as they can be turned out. The cost q
these wagons viii De from $500 20 $50 each.
and they wlI be operated By steam Twenty
iCur-L0rsCpoUeT VII De generated for each wagon
By two sa-oleDe engines. thus making the wagons
capable OF carry lns great weight
The old u .H5ti0n thlg the Eskf-ros are people
Of small stature Il without foundation. On the
contrary. in Labrador. ButHiaIznd aad al around
Hudson Bay the height oi she men is probably
above rather than below the average Of the
human race. but IS a rule the women. although
very strong. are ConsiieTl1ly shorter than the
men, Ihey are brave industrious, provldent- and
communicative IN all o. which characteristics
they contrast with the northern tribes q In
dilns-
A long list could be given Of explosives and
varieties OF glnpOUder that have been made from
slWdust- In some the slWdJsr Is used
absorbent As with nitr1glyceEin, in others as a
6licr. while ia stiU others it Is converted into
forms of pyroxiline BY heating sa3tust with
caustic aIkaH and sulphur brown dye is OBJ
tanned which is cheap and tast. resisting both
acids and alkRlias. and dyeiug cotton without
a m0Tilur- By heating SaWl-Et with Clllsrlc
alaaIi, oNslic acid is formed large amount q
the oxallc acid on the market Is made by this
process
In addition 20 the Benedictiaes who are lelT-
ing France for England many OF the Assump-
tionists are preparing 70 crUss the Chaune writes
a Paris correspondent. The members q the order
have definitely accepted the ofer made 20 them
by Cardinal Vaughan, who VIII give them asylum
in a parish in London Another parish VIII be
created outside Of London The SISTERS OF JeSa
Marie Of Lyons who for SIXTY years have II
LabirCi RCdez. where they posses IN Iuln1eass
convent are llss preparing g. e1ssrate % -
land
The Caited states Consular list furnishes som.
interesting information concerning the tenure o.
Office OF our Diplomatic Corps and Consular Ser
vice. Out q 276 persons employed in these ser
vices il appears that 10. or 90 per cent, have
served for wears or more; THAI 81 per cent have
served for 10 wears OF ulrc. and that "A per
cent have served for - years or more Tl-es
persons have served for p wears CICH two per@sus
= years, and enc person each ~. 80, -. 81. and
IS years Tie average term of service Of per-
sons In the United states Consular and Dlp,o-
matte Service abroad has beea 5-4 years
A workman going up the saaspIans or a vessel
in an English dock fell and hur- himself 50
badly that be died in a few dlys- The Judge
decided that his family WIS not entitled % COO
peusatI0n because a ship was not factory. On
appeal this decision was sustained b. another
court but further appeal 10 the House Of Lords re-
SUI lied IN reversal Ut the verdict that 4 ship
plaintiff in the action, because that was where
Lc MAS earning has living; the ship In DRY
dock and 10 was z factory, therefore the work.
mans family were entitled o. recover.
General Ludlow was known IN The army for his
public criticism uhere he considered that De yr2s
doing what was good for the public service
story IS told OF an attempt by a wealthy cou-