The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

level best TO get heat from rays Of electricity.
Hon hunter, who has made study Of that
animals pecularties says that all lions are left
handed.
Butterflies are said to be very sleepy headed.
T'wilight sends them 20 bed and they are still
dr0wsy at sunrise.
The late Mare,s DAILY called his fine stock farm
| IN Montana Bitter Root and took more pride
N it than in his mines
There Is an excellent field for the American
s.hcoifnaster in Porto Rico It is estimated only
about l45 per cent of the natives OF the island
can write.
A resident Of Chicago who was born in England,
bat who has been engaged IN the baking trade IN
the Prairie City for several years has Just taken
out naturalization papers
Mrs Charles Weed Of Bound Brook. y J.. is
Saie to own the most valuable cat in the world.
superb French Anscra. and $500 would not buy
II. Napoleon IS its name
An expert claims that the eastern slope Of the
Andes in South America is richer IN gold than
the Klondike country, and gold can be taken with
much less work and pTiyAticn-
4 terrific storm passed over town in Aoatana
recently, and in its wake Travelled a phoSphores-
cent hght which lasted for fifteen minutes and
Illuminated the landscape for mile around.
The arpa. drum Of the South Pacific islands
Is Of wood. one end resembling a vase and the
other evidently made in imitation OF sharks
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skins
A balloon containing two German officers. has
just crossed the Baltic. descending in the neigh
horhood Of Hfleryl in su1aaland The ascent was
made from Berlin, and the passage occupied ten
hours.
SistcrsviIIe W Va. which Is in 4 rich oil and
gas country. got its narse from the fact that an
apparently yalueless tract Of 81 acres was given
70 seven sisters and consequently called Sisters
Farm
siarnese mothers often entruzt their children 10
elephants, who are most careful OF their little
charges dancer threatens an elephant will
gently lIt the child with its trunk onto its back
out Of harms Wsy.
The fishing industry in the OkhOtsk and Behrine
Seas Is stiIl in its infancy. They catch there a
very valuable species OF saTmOn-the king sal
mon. the red salmon. the kaits. gorbuscha kea-
such. and herring. and Goldfish.
A South American doctor advises patients zi,o
have been unfortunate as to have been stricken
with Ieprosy TO try the bite Of a rattIesnake
ctir2ti*e principle N4t:rallv the unfortunate
disease.
One OF the measures before the Legislature Of
North Carolina provides that all criminals con
demned TO eaDital punishment shall be removed
from the county iails. Immediately upon convic-
tlon- 70 the State nenitentiary to await the exc
cutioR Of their sentence
The site Of the old fort' where the first set
t.ars of Springfield, Mass. took refuge from the
Indians. has been marked with a bronze tablet.
The plate Is txo feet wide and three feet high.
hearing either SIDE tine rynchon arms IN re-
lief Of the original fort.
Decision mas BEEN rendered b. the Iowa supreme
court TO the effect shat 4 stock feeder who b5rvs
stock to feed ana sell 5 not a merchant within
the meaning OF tie cide and cannot be assessed
Tor taxation purposes in the same way that a
merchant would ie ASSESSED.
Upon IN alarm given 10 the police Of Iowa city
recently that rob- ers we're at work on the grave
yard the police buried out IN force and to their
great ds.ay found shat the supposed robbers wer.
4 party Of students initiating freshman into the
mysteries Of a college order
The Missouri State House does not display a
national flag and does not own one. 4 resolu-
ton authorizing the purchase OF one has been
referred TO the House Committee on Federal re-
lations The belief n Jefferson City Is that the
committee VIII piseonhole l.
The Girzrd National Bank Of Philadelphia
Claims 10 have two clerks of champion speed IN
counting cash One Of them has the record og
having counted / 0se Bland silver dsIlars in one
and 4 half minutes The other has counted in
ifty-two seconds 100 one-dolIar bills.
ofEcers OF the several big railroad systems are
considering plans to induce agents and Others
concerned to make strong efforts to bcautify sta
ton grounds and buildings During the last year
or two Particular attention has been given ID
making the station more attractive
On the southern coast OF Salkalin- in Anfva
Bay. japanese Eiokoora M4toy-has- whale
ishinz station. established since 1905 He man
ages 10 catch them with fishing nets the
japanese usually do They ny 10 ensnare the
whale and then XIII him with harpoous.
The longest electric railway in the world is 70
be built in Montana The proposed line is from
Billings to Great Fails. zome 200 miles. and the
plan Is TO operate Il entirely BY electric power.
which Is to be supplied from generating stations
IN the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers.
Many varieties Of colnred marbles are also found
On the mountain surrounding Carrsra in Italy,
rwo varieties Of blue. dOTe-coloreJ marble. known
= ''Ba-diglio'' and siPavonazro'' are well knoHn
n the United States. the latter especially being
2rgely used and commanding, high price.
A private letter from China says that the sol.
iiers At Tientsin using the cannon balls in the
arsenal to pave the roads They have found an
enormous quantity % iron shot and shell OF diff
erent sizes, which some ingenioE' Yankee slg-
Eested would be ! good substitute Tor paving
stones
Cattlemen IN South Dakota are generally agreed
that II is time to abandon the present method OF
branding cattle a. cruel. In New Zealand they
have composition which Is used to make an
easily distinguish2ble marx Il Is applied witi,
,
causing pain to the animal
Women lawyers in Boston have large and
club with 4 noble disregard of OBJ
jeetS' other than 10 come into svrnpathetic ae-
quaintancc Once IN two months the members
meet and dine Al <weil-kEown hotel The only
JfHcer Of the POrta Club Is the business manager
who aTraHSes Tor the meetings
One OF the most powerful obstacles IN the mat
ter OF land settlement IN some parts Of Australia
IS the prIckiy pesr- Il has grown TO be fearful
pest. single trJI-t brings forth 50. 90 and eyeH
several htIndTedfoll of good productive seed Al
leEbase may trocp, die, and disappear in the oven
IF an Australian drought. but The pear survives
One Of the neareSt arrests on record was effected
~ policeu n near Bourne. England not long
ago SuSpectins two men OF being desertcrs he
stepped up behind them and called out Sharply
Attention. Taken unawares. the man sprang
10 position n true military style onIv 10 md
themselves the next moment IN the arms OF the
aw.
Two white deer were the features of the deer
hunting season in the Adirondacks. Prior TO the
zilling of these no white deer had been killed in
New York State ior some fifty years Both were
pure white bucks, with PINK eyes and pink ears
md the general impression among hunters in fhe
Is that It was shame to have killed
hem
The Roman roads were built on the TeIford
'ian with substratum Of heavy blocks OF the
4one most abundant in the neichborhood COW
red with layer Of smaller stones or gravel
N each side 10 carry of the water. and no trees
II shrubs we're allowed 90 grow within 30 race5
II either hand.
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