Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-11
PROGRESS OF THE DAY.

PROGRESS OF THE DAY.
Swedish doctors send no bills.
Turkey holds the record for the number
of aged persons.
During last year 29,2os vessels entered
the port of London.
A Hungarian washing machine makes
use of electrified water.
AS far as Us known at present thers
are forty-eight kinds of housefiies.
The atmosphere is free of microbes at
an elevation of 1000 feet.
The Dominion of Canada contains
nearly 3,146OoO square miles.
A hotel is being built at Berlin which
will be the largest i'm the world.
A ready speaker will utter about 800
words per hour in making an address.
There is said to be no record of the
existence of the camel in wild state.
of any of the countries OF Europe.
About GO per cent of the gold product
of the world is handled By Great Britain.
The Australian government will erect
FIVE wireless stations along its coast.
Sixteen ounces of gold would be suf-
ficient to gild a wire that would encircle
the earth.
Prison records show that more female
prisoners have previous records against
them than males.
The Raffesia of Sumatra is the largest
flower in the world. 1t has five petals.
each one a foot wide.
An Indian stream the River Kistnah.
600 feet wide. has the longest span OF
telegraph wire In the world.
Only per cent of amputation cases re-
suit fatally at present. owing to the inn
provement in antiseptic surgery.
Some of the screws made for the use
of watchmakers are so tiny 100000 could
be placed in an ordinary thimble.
During the last year Canada drew upon
the United States for JS.3l2 immigrants.
Over 10000 came from the mother coun-
try and $4,000 from the continent OF Eu-
rope.
typhoid fever survey. to determine
the means. aside from domestic water
supplies. by which this disease is trans
mitted, is to be conducted in Pittsburg
at the expense of the Russell Sage fund.
In some of the Austrian schools elocu-
ton is taught to a certain extent by the
use of the photograph, through which
the pupils made familiar with the
famous speeches of history.
secure control of mines I'm Moravia. The
reasons given for the purchase are the
high price of coal and the difficulty OF
securing a steady supply for the munich
pal gas and electric plants.
Brazilian railroads in operation at the
beginning of last year had total length
OF 1916 miles. In addition there were
l9O1 miles under construction and i.177
miles being surveyed or already approved.
making the total mileage about 1856
miles.
Forestry i'm Korea is TO be taken up
by the government under new forest laws.
said to have been enacted under CO.
operative agreement drawn up by Japan
and Korea. Ii is also reported that
school for training Korean foresters has
been established.
\ national architectural exposition will
be held September II to 10 at Madison
Square Garden. New York city. Its scope
Will include all departments of architec-
ture, engineering, painting. sculpture, the
trades. manufacturing and craftsmanship
pertaining to the construction. equipment
and decoration of buildings as we'll
landscape ana garden effects.
4 school ear fitted with signaling ap-
paratus has been in use for short time
on the Union and Southern Pacific lines
for the instruction of employees. and i'm
order to ascertain just what amount of
benefit had been derived by the men
they were subjected to series of sur
prise tests Eighteen kinds of regular
signals were employed besides some ''spe-
Gals including torpedoes. fusees. stop
flags. reversed lights, extinguisled lights.
semaphore arms at danger and lantern
and hand signals Twelve hundred and
fifty7eight tests were made and the en-
ginemen showed an efficiency of nearly 10
per cent. OF the small number of viola
tions none was OF a character to have
caused any serious accident.
Two archaeological discoveries of con-
siderable Importance have been made re-
Gently. The excavations carried out in
the Ats or sacred precincts of Olympia.
near the great altar OF Zeus. under the
superintendent of Prof Dorpfeid. have
resulted in the discovery of interesting
remains of the Neolithic period. including
house vessels and implements. Thus IL
is evident that Olympia was place VI
human habitation more than two thou
sand years before Christ In Sparta the
members OF the BfltlSn ScnOOi nave
brought to light large number of inter-
esting terra Gotta figurines of the fifth
century before Christ.
A rootless cactus is to be found in the
deserts of California. IL Is round. COM
pact growth. rolls about the level floor OF
the desert for some eight or nine months
of the year. tossed hither and YOU by the
winds which blow with ierceness over all
of CALIFORNIA; sand beds during those
months. When the rains Of spring start
in. tho pant begins business wherever IL
happens to be located and begins TO put
out all around IL small shoots. which in
turn become cacti. exactly like tie parent
plant. These young growths increase In
size rapidly. sucking the moisture both
from the parent plant and from the sur
earth. The roots do not pene-
trate the sol deeply. but spread often
over circle whose radius Ii not less
than ten feet. These roots. too. are small.
but practically innumerabie. and they get
every bit OF moisture and plant food u
had In he fa.-s frrx, boxr