The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-02
NOTES OF The DAY.

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| shells are cracked the nuts are Uiunoxed hy IA
arr blast and The meat s picked from Tire cracked
] shells 't hand women and girls being employed
/ tgr tins rarr of the work.
! A novel condition in railroad engineering vas
] presented recently by The sinking Of the roadb-i
I on the Moran Railway IN Lake county. III
About SOD feet of bed settled and IN Ittle over
tEo months che drpro--ioa had reached "a depth
I .f 100 feet For months the company hs- been
hiIug tle hole. over 800 carload. 90 rrhIie AMI
/ timber having been dumped INTO be- The azlape
I gt natural gas IS said to have caused the phe-
n0menuu.
Across the Fish Sea We ind religious ir-llr-
InCe society called the Presbyterian Church IN
| Ireland Eire Insurance Trust says a London
newspaper It has twelve directors The claims
I pelsss oi management were only E77- With
I sets % a little over EG.Ol0 and ln a sense. a
4 cooperative. self-supportiug and religious aso-
citation. this little Ere office seems 90 have com
| pietely justified its cHNtenoe-
For the last two years members Of the Baptist
| Church Of Saco. Ne have been annoyed by
sound in the church buiiding- While 10 was not
especially Troublesome. 10 annoying from the
fact that it was constant and could not o. Do
Gated The sexton hunted everywhere for 60. iut
without success until the latter part o. last week
In making a more thorough search than usual De
found tucked away IN gable end swarm %
bees and about hfty pounds cf honey.
In seventy-uine separate and distinct national
cemeteries the bodies % nearly $4,000 soldiers
who died during the civil war are inferred. and
| tire decorati0n % their graves with flowers on a
fixed d1v has become q national custom some q
/ the cemeteries contain each a silent army Of
! over lo1o soldiers. in serried ranks marked by
] the white ueaostones on nearly half % WhiCa >
lnserioed nSnoWn- The world may b. search
cd IN vain FOR anything similar kindred. There
is no other such impressive sight.
A story is told Of a physician in China who had
mismanaged case, vheFeupon the indignant
family seized him and tied him up, but IN tire
night d. managed % free himself and escaped ~
So inning a river. which cut on pursuit When
Do reached home De found his son. VINO had Just
begun 20 study medicine poring over MS books
He wrung out his wet clothes and. turning 20 the
stJsdent said Eravcly- MY son. don't be iu 4
hurry with YOUR book-s the first and most i'm
portant thing Is Co Learn 60 swim
Last sunday was the 18th anniversary OF Bar
rctt's Chapel. in Milford. Del. the Oldest Meth
odist church in America, the bricks Of which we're
brought from Eugilnd IN the Seventeenth century
john Wesley preached his first sermon In ths
chapel People from fifty miles around lined the
grove and brought their luncheon with them Ia
hles were inproTised IN the grove. and every
body invited TO partake Of the hospitalities-
Meetings we're held ali day and until late a
night
In a mining camp some eighty miles from Cooi-
sardie. in Western Australia. carpenter died.
ard his widow had offers Of marriage from the
the clergyman who read the burial service. the
local apothecary who made UP the medicines pre-
-rrihed for the departed. ana sNs custodian -
the cemetery where he inferred; likewise
from ab01t score OF mine managers and miners.
She did not accept one Of the suitors and de-
parted for her home in Melbourne
A company manufactures a gas and oil engine
which Is without valves. the engine being s0 CON-
structed that the piston acts in this capacity. Il
claims exceptional c0mpactness- durability. and
especially economy On plants above ll-horse-
power the engine Is reported % consume IN 3
hours Is gallons Of crude petroleum az a cost of
IL cents per gallon. from which is obtained
gallons Of residue which makes very good and
successful lubricant. which can BE- sold for cents
gallon; thus the fuel account Is reduced % a
minimum
II In 1900 a man had SET out on a business tour
which required him 10 visit ali American cities
Of 400 population and upward De would have
had % go no farther north than Boston and Sa-
lem. no farther south than savannah Travelling
by stage coach and allowing week 10 each place
be should have made the rounds IN four months
The commercial traveller who now sets out % visit
al American cities OF 400 and upward caleu-at-
ing O. give a week % each place upon the aver
age. must expect 90 De q matter % about twenty
one yelrs on the road
Many Of the greatest men have had phen0m-
enaI memories. Caesar knew the names OF thou
sands of soldiers IN his legioHs modern man
% science has Frodigious memory for spe-
cal ElruauEF- Prof. IA tnraF assured the
write that lie could AZ once recall the names q
something like 500 plants: Prof Theodore GIL
do ire same % fishes Our memory for mere
words l. itse.f much more extensive than Is gen
orally admitted. The average well-t0-d0 child o
tao yeas Of age has q vocabulary % some i've
hundred words and its father may have the corr
mand oi 2o.e00 more
Cresceus. the t-o-tiug champion. Is % 20 On
the vaudeville stage. TIRE owner Of the horse hav-
ing been offered $3.50 week for thirty weeks.
The scene Is TO represent race tack The ho-ss
VIII he led on trc stage booted, harnesssd- and
hitchrd 90 a sUiky Ter the race. with all the lc-
com u4nluleuts 90 trainer and assistants Then
panoramic view 0f Chc=cgus going nc full speed
vii be- produced 1y the biC1yraph- The horse ain
then De h-UIEhr back the stage. having frsI
been D-iuklaJ with slapSuds % give him the ap-
Tearauce ~ having gone fast mile. and the POO
cess ~ cooling him OUT Wil be gone through
The manufacture Of Narque. or dried beef. the
bil-ous Of the Bocrs. iorus one Of the most i'm
20 tan, industries OF the Argentine Republic,
whence IL IS shipped iE large quantities 70 Brazil
au- other South American States. shipment Of
Xar9l- j. ahcut tp Dee made o. the Italian colony
oi Fry -hrca. in Africa According On a Brazilian
properly cooked while It Is far more uurritive
than tuued beef no quarter 90 the ia-te-.S cost
Indeed some FOREIGNERS nat CD the manner born
-lt r1 lie 10 so MECH that they insist on i8
appearing az rho -a1-cs once OF twice week
In Ame-foa we begin 90 cali man a Million
a5-e a. coon u.s. De is rated at SI5F10O0 but IL q
the ,ime-h--0--i custom in England 70 reckon
wealth in pounds sterling. therefore ErSiisl
r.. '.r.a.ra i- -u--I 100000. or 25rQHg0
amos. rrI- ga--. million ln ou- meaning
r. aHr s.'r % F#rar. from ura worth q million IS
rlH f--I --. ---@-l t. tha difference aUc-Er-
5r- -n -t"'.-st- the number Of miilioHIires n
fl.r th-t rhag sr- C.rl=us.- from sense OF fear
and indeed tfa immunity lt uiIi1Elires Is 10
marvel o.. the age