The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

ported 81 $4,000 more gold than it exported
Fifteen thousand two hundred and sixty feet
/ IS the height 81 The Snow line on the equator.
1t IS about 5000 feet IL the latitude Of London.
The biggest mortar in tie world IS Nailet's
! 36-iDch made IN 1855. II IS stiT TO De seen
/ IN WocIvich Arsenal Alter three rounds IL
| showed signs Of cracking.
When a topper in Denmark Is 10 drunk a. 70
| require medical attention the doctors bill must
| De paid by the proprietor Of the tavern where
| the IncbTi2te secured his last drink
Females in Russia - net permitted to stud,
/ IN a university uuiess They married Many
| girl students form. temporary unions with male
scholars, 10 secure the privilege Of study
Of large islands. NiThon ti,e main island OF
Japan, has for Us SIZE, FAR the heaviest poFola
( ton On 1900 square miles about half the
pie,
The Rogues' Album seventeen voIumes} o. the
Berlin police contained IN 1893 the photographs
| Of 1880 criminals. in 1895 the number Of Grim
| inais captured with the aid Of these photo
graphs 80.
The Russian Government has sanctioned the
| laying o: pipe line fof oil from Baku TO
Batun, the Black Sea, distance Of SOL
| miles The project has been discussed BY sue
] CeSSive I4inistries FOR hfteen years
| The Gee and honey rsisers Of NORTH Germany
are having hard time. They feel the comPeti-
| The ARTIFICIAL product contains often no more
| than 10 per cent Of natural honey
mountain eagle bounced upon 4 ferret neat
| GuHniston. Col, and with II few high n the
air The ferret's JAYS closed upon the throat
Of the eagle and in a few minutes the latter
dropped TO the earth, stone dead The ferret
| was still clinging &c the birds throat
speedy method of plucking fowls has been
| devised in Germany. The dead bird is placed
| in receptacle and subjected to several cross
currents Of air from electric fans turning at
the rate Of 5000 revolutions a minute. The bird
! has every feather and quill blown of in a few
/ minutes.
II IS said 10 be only 4 question OF time be
/ fore the Bermuda Islands VII sink under the
/ ocean. The geological theory is that the isl
ands are merely the remnant Of one large isl
/ and. The subsistence within a comparatively
| recent period has been from eighty TO one
/ hundred feet.
! The Freaoh TrilitsE authorities are considering
I the formation Of SIX railway regiments. The
/ BOeT var has shown the importance Of railway
! operations, and the new regiments VIII be
/ cruited from railway servants. who viii be
drilled n running trains, destroying and repairing
/ tracks, teiegTapliing, and other duties.
| The most curious reminder OF Hollands sway
/ III CeyIon * a living creature, a grand old
/ tortoise, supposed &c have belonged to one Of
/ the Dutch Governors, some go years ago He
/ IS very doeile- and ever ready attract the
! planJ4in- The tortoise l. large that he can
carry several boys On his back at one time.
/ Charles MeSsers, 4 negro inmate of a Ken
/ lucky poorhouse, had narrow escape from
death by lightning last Thursday Afternoon
/ NesseTs It the time the heavy storm came up
sought refuge under large tree. bolt Of
I lightning struck him on the top Of tho head,
and, glancing of, shattered a large tree nearby.
The negro vas stunned for 4 lew minutes.
/ but quickly restored to consciousness and
my fg . -
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Fame and fortune await the ingenious horti-
cultuTist who can succeed IN producing & flower
that is entirely BLACK problem that his hither-
to deied the efforts that have been made in
that direction for more than IhFez centuries
past For, notwithstanding the sensational novel
OF Alexander Dumas entitled The Back TGlIp,'
F. there Is no such thing really black flower
+ IN existence. although almost every color and
shade OF the rainbow IS present n IOvers and
blossoms
Somebody has recently discovered at Seville.
Spain, state paper giving account OF what
Christopher Columbus and the officers and men .
CT his caravels received as pay on their first
voyage It makes rather interesting reading Co
IGIatus had the title Of admiral and received
a sum equal TO 500 a year ia our money. The
captains q the three CaTayes received respective
y SIC, SIS and SO q month The SsiluTs re-
ceived from = 10 g 20 a month ard their food
with two suits Of clothes year.
The French Government Is .ox engaged IN the
restoration OF what has been called .'Ihe great
st temple ever built on the face Of the earth
TINS Is the temple Of KarEak in Egypt which
for over 1900 years has beer. falling into ruins
Originally the temple was S59 feet wide and
leo feet long. twice large S. Pc
teT's ii Rome Il vas begun 8, 20 years before
Christ. AMI was more than q thousand years
IN building SIX men with extended arms can
hardly reach around oae OF the gigantic pillars
still remaining
North Carolina has prison on wheels. II
: Used for cOulnEHg the convicts who are en-
ployed doing work throughout the State, road
making, etc In this way they car be con-
veysd anywhere safely and may STAY in spot
. lar rom civilization long may be
guiTed without danger Of their escaping
The prison = Two stories high. Z Is di-
yided into a number Of cells the floor o: each
being bed and accommodating two % the
prisoners INTO this cage they all go al night,
and il Is securely locked up thus rendering t
impossible that any one Of them should get
away heH work Is 5e done they are let
out % course, but when travelling safely
shut In
At Sharon, Pa. Indrev HiII q painter, FELL
a few days age IO7 feet from the top Of a
staudPipe at the Sharon Steel Works to the
ground, and sustained but slight injuries. lie
painting the stack. when he lcsT his bal
and dropped IN his descent he g-asPed
rope, but the strands cut ana burned his flesh
10 the boneS--HIs muscles relaxed aEsd re went
/ whir.ing over and OYER 10 what seemed like
certain death. When he struck, his fellov-eIE-
plCyes expected 10 pick him up dead, shape
les mass He, however, not even TncO1-
scicIs, and except for some cuts his head
and spEaInsd back. he came out unsettled Il
was against his wish that he vas removed 70
the hospital
Only small proportion OF the ivory
ally exported from the Congo Is taken directly
from newly killed animals Thus, during 1893.
Of the ~ gs5 tuszs sold on the Antwerp mar
ket, $3.50 alone came from freshly killed ami
mails. the remaining p 4C tusks being what
the natives term dead ivory For centuries
the aborigincs have been collecting elephant
tusAs, which they considered a having httle
intrinsic value, but useful articles OF
change. The KhaTtUm merchants the
first to discover these hidden Of livery
Later the Zanzibar traders rushed TO
katanga. and thence the very heart Of the
Congo. with the result that the ivory trade
soon became he principal industry Of the eouu-
Try
F. c Tobey. who has been teaching II Sing
Sing y Y for va, past two years. and Is Ma
at home IN Vest Stockbridge for his vacation.
Is making an effort to secure 29.n00 'iady
bugs TO be sent to Prof LoRSbury. at Cape
Colony. South Africa who was a graduate Of
the state Agricultural Institution at Amherst,
and Is now entomologist at Cape Colony Prof
Lonsbury : to use the bugs to DESTROY inSerJr
which are working great havoc 70 the crops IN
that country Mr.. TObeT Is Albany 1t
the State Agricultural Department To learn in
which section OF the State they are most pIeui-
full and viii atterward visit the market gardens
on Long Island * SgIl hey are NIT