The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-03
NOTES OF TEE DAY.


Mayor johnson. OF Fargo y. D., who has been
[ on 4 trip 70 Norway and sweden, expects that
21Oeo Scandnavians viii come 20 America this
year
Richard J. Calling the inventor OF the gun
/ which bears his name IS stiu vigorous in mind
ana body lie Is nov working or an 1utOmobi e
pillow
The coal mines OF the present, worked through
out the world. weld product OF AZ least t0)00.-
go tons year and the exploration Of their depths
aye yet n the in:ancs Of explorations.
Some OF the ferryboats plying between New
| York and nearby places are very old t0r boats
| Those plying to Staten Island head the list in
! p0iHt Of age. some Of thefn. It Is said, being
| forty years OIL.
The Chinese look upon the lion as an efnbfsru
Of good to-tune- Every thing that Iooks Ike the
king Of beats. s-hether animate inaninste, IS
attractive TO thc supecstitioUs Celestial 1t may
| he different SEen English flags hy profusely IN
| the land Of Tie 5agou.
The Iowa state Board % Health has issued
10000 circulars. which viii be distributed
throughout thc state 10 arouse public sentiment
to the necessity Of establishing institution for
the isolation and treatment OF tuberculosis More
| than 1900 people IN Iowa die from this disease
| each year.
| The Cheshire National Bank Of Keene. y. Il.
has put in a sterilizing oven IN which all tbs
money handled BY the banks IS 70 be steFiIized
Tor the present account OF scarlet leEez eLl-
| denlic- The oven IS made of galvanized iron and
| lined with asbestos and 5 heated By means OF
| Bunsen gas burner.
Australian papers are offering prizes for the best
designs for national Gag to commemorate the
| new inaugurated by the organization Of lie
| Commonwealth The most valuable Is check
for $50 offered BY the Australian Review Il
Reviews In this particular competition the sax
| Australian prenieES are 20 be the judges.
| Bzzzsrds lake an active part AZ scayingcrs in
CharlestoWH. 5 c. In order to ensure that the
| birds are allowed to continue their work
| molested fine Of s. Il imposed Eor killing
permanently disabling any member OF this active
auxiliary seavenging department Their favorIts
resort i the old market house Meeting Street
There are now living the widows Of three
| former Presidents OF the United States Mrs
| Harrison lives IN Indianapolis Mrs. Grant makes
her home in Washington, and slrs. Garfield lives
! IN Mentor Oiio- Buchanan's niece and Arthur's
sister. both prominent IN Washington during the
Administrations Of those Presidents, still survive
a Copenhagen chemist has succeeded in pro-
dueing 4 materially called '-selicurn,'' which
possesses qualities that viii render It OF the
greatest Importance to the caoutchouc industry.
| Il Is produced. 1t seems, from asphalt. and
be used Tor the manufacture Of linoleum, Tbbers,
lnsulators. etc Other virtues are claimed Tor Jbs
new invention
| Captain Au2ilSte Yautier. Of the Swiss army.
4
which views at a distance of sixty TO eighty miles
I car be taken 1t Is with this machine that the
/ Alps n-zSse viii be photographed and Il -
confidently expected that views hitherto uuobtain-
able wil now be brought within the photos-
rapher's reach
In the Pec0s Valley. south from Roswell TO
BsTs5oE. Tex. distance Of 10 miles, there viii
/ be planted 5ais year LOO acres OF cautaIouPes.
4 with an approximate estimated yield Of 900 car
( loads Of tie melons. or something less than car
Z loa do the acre The crop VII be shipped direct
/ 70 Chicago and VIII have average car load
net market value Of $3.50.
\ curious street car line Is that between Atsmi
and YoshihoIHa. two coast towns in the province
! OF lie. Japan The line Is seven miles long the
rolling stock consists OF a single car and the
( motive power Is furnished By a couple Of
/ cul-r coolies. who push The car along Wherever
! iI ser i Necessary Wien the car comes TO 4
! down grade they jump on and ride
| An interesting natter, from a scientific point
! OF view. II connection with the death OF the
Queen IS the distance at which the sound of firing
| vas heard when the feet saluted as the body
! was conveyed rom Coges TO Portsmouth Let
ters IN the English scientific journals show that
! the sounds OF the guns ere heard IN several
/ places AZ q distance Of sighty-iour mics
| The Archduke Rainer OF A,Istcia has presented
/ his magnificent collection Of FaTyri, which Is
( one Of the finest IN the world TO the Hofbiblio-
/ thick at Vienna This splendid gift consists of
! 50,eCo Greek. 5000 Arabic, and 500 COptic
manuscripts. al OF which have bCee CatslOgued
/ during the last fifteen years BY Prot KarabaceI
/ who has just been appointed Director of the
/ HoIbibliotAek-
| The nan who : putting new pipes n the organ
/ OF the Mormon Tabernacle at salt Lake City,
/ Utah. was told that many old salt Lakers were
! weeping over the fact that the organ vas being
/ reaodeled, and replied They viii weep that
they did weep when once they hear the new in
| strGEsenJ-' lie claims that It VII be "the
greatest instrument IN America when the pres
eHt work Is completed
| \ NortGerner who recently visited Western
Florida reports that the negroes OF that section
/ OF the State are unanimous in their opposition
/ to - proposed annexation TO Alabama They
say -iaU Ihey do not Ike the climate Of Alabama.
1 which they believe 10 be unhe2lthful; and they
seem to believe that II Western Florida should be
/ annexed IL the State which 1t borders marked
( change OF climate would ensue-
/ In St Louis yhre the street car transfers are
! good only within an hour OF the time Of their
| Issuance an ordnance hes been INTRODUCED IN
/ councils TO compel the companies TO place clock
| IN every car The companies make no allowance
/ Tor mistakes of the conductors ID punching the
! time on the transfers and the object Of the pro-
posed legislation Is to enable passengers to call
the conductors TO account when they err.
| In Sweden mourning clothes somewhat
/ peculiar, according TO our way Of thinking. For
! women 4 long vel Is absolutely Necessary as
I
! 4 jacket mantle Of any color may be donned
| with these and It Is by no means unusual for
1 widow To wear the regulation weeds IN coniunc-
| Jion with brilliant red jacket Men also will
/ dress IN black trousers and hat. and a colored
/ WaisccoaJ possibly even colored coat.
+ The great oceans are constantly bearing null
! titude OF craft on their billowv bosorcs but 1t
happens that very frequently a ship after she Is
/ well TO sea. after leaving port meets no
| other 10 exchange signals with until she nears
1 her destination The sailing vessel AtghsnisJan
has INST concluded i seven months voyage from
san Francisco to Liverpool without having been
spoken by another vessel. Net ] word was heard
OF her from her departure till she sailed up the
| Acrsey last week
| The longest stone arch in the world in under
| construction at Luxembourg over the valley OF
| Petrute- This arch viii have span of 2TT feet
( and a rize of I02 feet The total width Of the
| available roadway IS ffty-two feet, and this
| width Is divided into two parts by space nine
teen feet wide, covered BY slabs Of armored con-
crete and carrying the footVayS- In comparison the
longest existing stone arch Is that OF Cabin John
Creek the AqUeduct near this city; this has
I a span OF 300 feet and a rise Of 5732 feet and IS
4 l0l feet above the water level IN the creek.
| The Zoarites whose colony near Canal Dover,
| Ohio. disrupted two years ago by the
| Americanizins Of its young blood will establish
/ a new home somewhere il the northwest The
| division OF property h@s been completed and
seventy members viii enter into the nav scheme
Each OF the 1876 Zoarites received about 3 600
/ The new community Will be established As fa-
from civilization as r,OSSif,ie and each member