The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

! all persons engaged iu handling lead.
The Bible used AZ Queen yIr,ar.a's c1ron-tion
was sold 90 auction recently Fog $40.
The sr~t table cutlery made ID the United
States was In Greenfield. Mas. in 1870
Herman Began OF 81 Louis has constructed
| Turkish hatLHause 90 be- rln as a trolley car
Iu rle ~aath af China ,iIsuorrus have been
reared and ~.lh manufactured for over 2ouG ycars.
IT. o5Isiuv a mile a man uses I7iz foot tons
az energy An ord nary days work consumes SD
tons.
Tr., ,aa1@-. Fps were recently sent 20
| help tay ~lhdUe forest IRE in
] >UUisu-
An English cycling policeman has had ths sat-
/ isfsction % capturing his man al EKm0uth aztec
a ride Of ioTtv miles
! There are tEeuty-eiEht pounds Of blood IN the
I body q an average sTown-up person ana -lrR
/ PU.satioD she heart moves ten pounds
Boyeottins at Sligo. Ireland. results in one %
the county magistrates not being able % buy
| bread inside a ra3iu, ~ twelve mlics
woman in Eau Claire. Wis has sued q spirit
uaiistc medium tor $500 daIn4ges because De al
lowed m4teFialized spirit g. kis~ her
On a recent sunday the ere department Of
] Berlin was called upon O. dispersc tour different
I srarus of bees which had taken up quarters
Z in thc streets
she5oys-a, VS. is Pea-raisnE district and
recently All the clerEymen gaze written perrras-
sion 20 thei- aocks to gather the crop on
/ sunday % save IT,
Several pairs Of pigeons which a scientist has
observed IN Paris have raised their young IN nests
made entirely a. hairpins collected on the paths
/ Of the Luxembourg
/ The Government Of the Republic Of Ecuador
has PLACED at the disposal Of the French Com
mission charged with the measurement q the
Peruvian arc the observatory Of Quito
sweden is modern term made Up o. the Latin
[ Suedia siCnifriug the land o. the Sueyi a var
/ a. q ~ 10 frn-h md On
test,fying % its occupation BY the Danes
| Women in the Philippines. az least in the IslAri
! % Luz1g, are showing wonderful sEIN as hpida-
ries and gem settlers. Their taste and workman
ship are iar in advance Of the powers Of men
The herbariun q the Natural History Museum
( in Vienna nov has over a million dried plants
[ mounted on sheets Of paper Il TOOK a century
I d makes this Collection Vhseh takes mp tive
rooms.
A remarkable old horse has just been turned
out 20 grass in Newark. n J. lie has been used
I for producin, autitoxin for dirhtheria- He cost
So originally. and has produced 5000 woFth q
the autitoXin-
Milwaukee has twice as many saloons At De-
! troit. though the population Of the two cities
| is almost exactly the same, but in Milwaukee a
hceT-tiriHsiug CITY. the number az arrests for
drunkeuness is considerably les than in Detroit
Britain was known % the Phoenicians a. Barat-
Aursc, or 'the land Of tim as iar back The
year ICs1 b. c.. some SD wears afierEard the
{ island was alluded % by the Romans under the
name Of Britannia which sub~equently became
shortened % Britain
In Leipzig the tram cars are furnished with
| some weekly journal and leafet giving par
ticuIars q theatrical and music hall perform
aHces- Tho reading matter hangs on book az
End Of the car and passengers NAY take 10 %
! their seats for persusaL
stokes calculates that a dropIet Of water a
tho-sandth Of an inch in dizmerfe cannot fal
[ in -till air st a much greater rate than an inch
and half Per second II il Is o. one-tenth that
Z size IL viii fan hundred time sl0Wer-Eot more
1 than one inch per minute
A tree Of peculiar growth Is 20 be seen at the
/ foot Of Pearl Street Belfast Ne As seen from
( High and Church Streets. looking down Pearl The
/ tree forms perfect shaped outline % a vessels
I stern. from Keel % tafral. against the back
/ ground Of the water % the harho--
Percy Wilson, Of the New York Botanical Gar
den. who went out a. collector with Prof Todd-s
eclipse expedition 20 SInskep. obtained many val
{ liable specimens Of living plants. including or
chids. He is nos I'm lava making further col
lections, and Is expected home tins month
A Bowling Green. Ohio. Young woman Is sung
her former lover for breach Of promise. and fxcs
the value % her wounded affections al 5000 Tie
man says that eight wears ago. when De hrst
CoUrted her, she was one oi the fairest and weigh
I 90 only rs pounds She nov we Ehs 80 pounds
and be-, being a small nan, declines 60 JaAe SD
huge q mate
The Grand Trunk Railway has car specially
| built for transporting HSh for stocking streams
I and lakes along It's line Acting IN ConiunctIcn
Z with the Government Cf Ontario. this CUmuIuy
: recently carried thirteen carloads q bass tra-u
Lake Ere % the lakes and rivers o. northern
E Ontario The hsh were caught in nets iu -.
4 Williams, on Lake Erie-
The thermometer the other day az the Summit
House, Mount Washington. hanging ia the sun
light stood az - degrees The other side ot the
/ doorway in the shade bur TeceIv NJ rejected
light and heat from the platform another ;Lsr-
uouetCr read % degrees Behind the hotel
affected by the suns rays third Instrument told
Z the true temperature OF the air 90 be a. de-
grees-
About twenty-five ye1E ago Government snai-
neers decided % pave Pennsylvania Avenue In
Washington. with asphalt Tlat was the begin
uin- Of the general use OF the scientific mystery
for street FLveIaents- To-day over -si.eo1"J
square feet u street pavementS IN the United
States and Canada are cove-ed with asphalt. This
aSI halt paving would maze a boulevard twenty
SIX feet wide over 4, 80 miles long. and would
reach from New Ngra 20 New Orleans, and
then have several miles ior side streets
Within ten years three regular lines Of first
class steamers have been established between View
York and Mediterranean ports Now Boston Is 20
have new line o. rs % the same ports
Two new direct lines 20 south American points
are under WY ships are sailing direct from Gulf
Of Mexico ports % European and Asistic Coun-
]
the United States and the islands OF the West
I Indies have been brought almost 20 perfection
/ soon We shall have great ships sailing regularly
10 the Philippines
The French Government Is now engaged in
the restoration Of what has been called ''tho
I greatest temple ever built on the face Of the
I earth This Is the temple % Karuak in
I Egypt which for over 500 wears has been
| falling into ruins Originally the temple
$40 feet wide and 100 feet long. OF twice a.
1 large as St Peters, in Rome II was begun
I 2. 20 years before Christ and than
| l,oSe years IN building SIX men with extended
arms can hardly reach around one Of the gigantic
| pillars still remaining
l. de LobeL a French mining engineer, saws
that coterie Of French. German. and American
capitalists Is figuring % building traus-A Alaskan
| 10000 The company VIII hIuld line 4OdO
miles long. besides spanning BehrinE Sea with car
| ferries The proposed line Is 10 start az Circle
| CITY. and m uortherly direction 209u miles
| 10 BehriuE Sea Prom the siberian coast TO Via
livestock l. so miles % line VIII be- required 80
that. aided hy the ferries. IL VIII De- possible 70
| 20 from Circle City % Moscow and Paris by rail.
! Bengal. it is stated. is suffering severely from
| the competition OF the manufactured German dvc.
| which Is exported IN great quantities 10 India
| and other markets hitherto controlled bv the
| Indian indigo product The German article Is
| considered superior and il Is much cheaper. But
| . Is claimed that II the native indigo manu-
[ factUrers were 70 conduct their work on a more
1 scientific plan and we're 20 extract the mJNir1s-n
I quantity OF dye from each plant they would be
| able Co meet the competition With tins rlca
] in view the Bengal Government has voted So 500
arch IN INN rrHH