The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.

4bondaaed henceforth and the appelI4tion viii
be- ellis Naiety's yacht
Visitors to Loeb Liuuhe on the west coast q
Scotland we're Afforded an interesting diversion
recently hy the appearance iu she Ioch o. q shoal
ot about htty botrle-uosed whales
NJ Hugue- le Roux having discovered a noun
tain in the region where ths BidesSa ioins the
Blue Nile. the Emperor NencIik has called o
Mount Louhet. IN honor OF the French President.
The Government Of Prussia is about to stab
fish public libraries For cities permanent IL
hrarios and public reading-r0oms viii be main
tanned. while for the rural districts movable
Libraries viii be supplied
Two Austrian explorers. Alois SELFISH and
Leopold Nielieh. who have been travelling throysh
Arabia Petrea have been attacked BY native
tribes and robbed az all their belongings. Just
managing % escape with their lives.
The celebrated pathological library Of the late
Louis Lucieu Buouaparte containing I5OoO vol
umes. and said 90 be the best pathological t.
hrary IN the word. has been acquired By the
Newherry Library. Of Chicago
A seal ring. il is said. has been found in
Crete representing the minotaur that was kept
IN the middle Of the labvrinth Of DaedaIus. Il
shows animal with the head and hoofs Of ,
oui. and the LEGS o. a man seated on throne
The extinct reptile. half irog-like md half
SalamaIder-Iike. Psriosaur1S which has hitherto
only been found in south Africa. II is reported
has been found in Russia This. II 80, Is fact
Of the highest importance 70 The students Of
animal distribution.
bust q Or. Armauer Hansen the discoverer
Of the bacillus q leprosy, viii be unveiled with
appropriate rites in the Luugcgaards Hospital, at
Bergen, Norway, on August 10. Or. Hansen
born az Bergen. and spent the whole Of his pro
tessloual life In the town
Soldiers in the Greek Army are 20 be taught
% grow and cure tobacco FOR their personal use
The accomplishment is regarded as invalUSbie for
men quarteTed IN outlying districts. whore trans
port service is Irregular. and where warriors IN
consequence often run short u the weed
It has been Necessary TO build a new magnetic
observatory in France only thirty miles from that
OF Pare st. Maur becaaz= abe electrical railways
IN using the earth for return currents have rem
dered il impossible o. make records at tbs latter
place The railway companies were compelled q
pay al expenses connected With the erection Of
the new buildings
In the Punjab India. in 100. there we're killed
.854 Wild animals, among which there were II
tigers. Is6 bears. Isl leopards. aHd 90 wolves
During the same year SO persons died from
snake bites and I3,272 snakes were killed Most
Of the bites were inflicted IN houses compare
lively few in the fields or Jungle
Dr. EbbIer. Of stamford Han, reports that
there is a large dark spot on the southern side
OF the suoth equatorial Of Jupiter. nearly IN the
same latitude the red spot which. July
o. was preceded hy a number % small black dots
> 20 10 degrees apart Tie says the larger spot
appears % be drifting westward relatively 70 the
zero meridian.
Two NeIbournites claim 20 have discovered a
new motive power. Lighter than air, more power
ful than dynamite very simple and nominal In
cost" Byronite (named after one Of the IN
ventorsl Is a hne powder alleged 20 BE- made
from cheap vegetables. and generatess IL = said-
when specially treated gas which supplies N .
actual motive power =
One Of the proposed amendments 20 the Viz
ginia constitution reduces the Governors salary
The Governor Of Virginia has tos--year term,
and gets $500 year. This is more than =
pay az Governors IN most southern states, -
Governor Of Georgia receiving 500 Alat-1E1a--
$780, South Carolina. 5000. North Carolina
5000. West Virginia - -oC Mississippi e1sstls
and Tennessee. 5000 The Governor Of Florids
receives $500; Of Delaware, 500 and Of Afkah-
slS $50
The worlds consumption % sugar, Il IS said,
has easily doubled in the last fifteen years In
Great Britain IL Is trebled. America and Eng
land standing AZ the bead Of the list sugar
consumes According 90 a recent medical au-
thOrirT sugar Is potent factor ia the creation
Of energy and toe uaiuteIlnce Of Stamina Re
thinks that the increased height and weight and
improved health OF the Englisii-spesking people
Is largely due % the increased consumption Of
sugar
While all the European races are remarkable
for longevity ir appears that those OF the slaIl=
sh province 0f A-tu-ias carry of the hon0rs in
this respect. According 90 a recent census they
have tweuty-sl-Lt eentenafiIn- in a population
Of 10000 Five of the electoral districts have
each one. rTo have q pair. and two have -tiFEey-
Ia one Of the latter tley are aged respectively
I05 los, and I11 years- The people are ~
% De sober and D. may De presumed r-It Ike
the rest of the SpauiardS they take things easy
It Is reported that an attempt Is to De made
% remove a large red oak tree u teeJ in diam
20 Forest Park. St Louis. for the Louisiana PUr-
chase Exposition II j. estimated that ~ VIII
take six months % do IT, The tree is not to be
CuJ down. huT 90 De dug up hy the roots and
transported 60 the river ou Q double tramNat-
which Is now being built and thense toatei 90
It's destination. with an It's branches intact.
where 80 Is Co Do set up just as 81 u1= stands in
tine woods
The total income OF all the colleges Of this
country Is SZI.O1I0oO year. and the poor people
of New York pay annually 100000 into the
policy shops Of that city, SAYS John Gilmore
Sr.aF In ,fr.Iaa's-- Here IS an illumination,
contrast. The whole country paws 81. CD
annually for it, highest eduelrion- the met
ropoiitan city alone puts 100000 yearly in a
game that only urgFs on the ignorant I fancy
uo college man ever played policy except IN
rle pursuit Of ku1Wledge and uy way of expert
mort. When ignorance IS SD costly. higher e,iu-
cation cannot be very dear AZ twice what is now
spent on It,
The butter OF Denmark Is considered supe-
rior 20 that OF an the other countries IL brings
the highest price IN fancy markets. and can be
found all over the world in shops where luxu-
riss are sold In south America. south Africa.
In the East and West Indies. in India Egypt.
and in tropical countries generally 70 h used
ay eplCureS. who pay 81 a pound for IL IN tins
Of one two, and three pounds weight. No
other country has been able 90 produce butter
that viii stand changes OF climate so well IT.
Holland and Sweden attempts are made 70 COM
pete with the Danish dliryrueu but the butter
from those countries IS worth only half much
and does not keep half as well. while the efforts
of dairyTuen IN the Omitted states have practical
ly failed, with a few isolated exceptions
The Peary Arctic expedition. according 90 let
tiers received from Lieutenant Pelry hr-aaht hy
the stein party, Is doing well Lieutenant Peary.
DR.. De,Irich, and Matt Henson were all well
last spring. when the letters were written. The
party uiu,srsd 40 E-ah, but started north last
March In It's search tor the North Pole. end
reached Greeley's old camp. IL Fort Conser.
about 2ap miles north ~ EJlh. in uweu-v-four
dsys- PCIry's route to this point was along the
channel. about $40 miles Ions leading from the
south entrance of smiths sound Co Cape Brs-
wort the Lincoln Sea he proposed 20 leave
Dr. U.drieh and some Of The natives at Fort
CoEeor. and start north with Henson and his
best E~kiUoS- His movements. according 90 d
previous letter 20 che FcJry Arctic Club. would
depend upon the conditions found. lie might
cross the channel and follow no the North
Greenland coast Co It's terminal follow the
west side Ci the channel t0 Cape HecIl and there
strike uUrtuNard across the SEA ice. His latest
letter shows that De hos decided Co eros, o. the
Greenland coast, following practically the Lock
wood route 20 the north Fort C1ueer Is about
$50 miles from the North Pole.
A magnetic observatory tor the United states