The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ The RothschiIds have just purchased the great
! Cst copper mine In Mexico for S2O4oo1o They
/ now employ 2'"oo men IN tlri- various copper
mines
| The number of children working tn tbe saeto-
rices OF Germany today Is little more than one
th.-t ~ what DC In 1885. but the laws are
still often eeaded-
Greenland and Iceland have the bette Of Us ia
/ the way 81 trade Last year we inpo-ted roods
from those tEo countries 10 the value Of So j33
and sold them only 500 worth in 5eturn-
In view Of the fact that about half a million
postal cards are mailed every year In Germany
without ans adGres. the authorities recommend
that The address should always be written first
The city Of PHILADELPHIA has in its treasury
more than $500 belonging to persons who never
called for 10 when their bonds. registered ami
nun-reglstered- matured and became payable, or
10 left uuC0lieCted coupons on their bonds
The Chicago Board Of Educstion has announced
a set Of conditions under which high school stu
dents in that city may play football They are
based on high scholarship. written consent %
parents and physicians certificate Of good phys
teal condition.
The shipment OF game in milk cans is the lat
est move adopted by those who desire 10 evade
the game laws. Three innocent looking new milk
cans that came into ST. Paul by the Northern Pa
CHIC express. when seized and opened. were found
% contain 100 partridges.
With the construction Of two short gaps. che
from point in North Dakota 10 Miles City ard
I the other from Billings. Mont. 20 the same
place, there VII be a telephone line from ocean
% ocean by way % Boston New York Chicago.
Z Helena. Mont. Portland TO Los Angeles.
Since 1872 the United states has grown over
So 300 10000 Of corn. over sIs.650000O00 Of
hay, over SIlSl0g0S OOD Of wheat. over ssI5D.-
10000 Of oats over $3.50 $4,000 Of potatoes
over SIS .01o00o Of barley over s55O0O0O00 o.
tobacco. and over s2o0.OoG00) Of buckwheat-
Peat is being made into a kind q wood that
Hiu answer admirably for paving and railway
siecpers Peat wood can be made 70 resemble
any kind. from willow 70 OAK: IL VII not warp.
IS very durable, holds nails and screws with
| finn glip. and becomes harder when laid on damp
surfaces
The new Spanish income tax schedule is based
on the idea q taxing business profits wherever
found Banks must pay . per cent Ct their in
come 90 the Government besides 5 per cent more
on ali dividends paid. while ordinary corporations
must pay j. per cent on income and S per cent
on dividends.
The Island Of Java. which Is nearly G-3 miles
long ab0Et rs miles wide. and located only three
degrees Of the equator. has the Distinguishing
position Of supplying practically all the cinchona
bJ-k from which the worlds supply Of Q1inine Is
made There are about . 900 acres Of this island
used an growing clnch0us-
Encouraged by the success which attended the
. application TO Mr. Carnegie from Waterford the
Mayor Of Limerick recently wrote that gentleman
asking Tor grant toward a public free library.
Dir. Carnegie replied tsat II the city would con
tribute $50 year for the support % a library
he would give f7.o00 10 provide the building
The Forth Bridge. IN Scotland. is constantly
being reprinted 50 vast is the structure that il
takes fifty tons Of paint TO give it one coat. and
the area dealt with Is something ike 10 acres
it continuously engages a staff Of fifty painters,
VINO d ueir united -abo7s manage % complete
I ITS new coating IN seven years-in time 20 begin
again
The faiiGye or shortage Of the six crop IN other
countries has Unexpectedly given great stimulus
20 the SIX industry IN japan The price Of silk
has Jumped up 100 yen the bale Coupled with
this comes the announcement Of the Cove nulent
that its Investigation into the possibility Of i'm
proving silk manufacture has been entirely sat
isfsetoTZ.
Sections Of old water pipes o. cypress that had
been under ground and IN use for nearly a cen
t.ry were recently ezhuned az Seg O-lcars and
90 the surprise OF 81 the wood vas perfectly pre-
served and hard as when laid They we're part
1 Of the first water works system % the city. and
Z IL Is thought the wood W4s from trees IO) years
Old when laid
Al the oid-fa,hioned inns and restaurants in
Sweden It Is customary 20 charge less f5- women
than for men. on the theory that they do not eat
I so much 40 some hotels in Sweden man and
( wife are charged as one and oue-haE persons il
z they occupy the same room A husband and wife
may travel one and One-hdlf persons by rail-
way. and also By the post routes furnishing their
I own carriage
The grzph0ph0ne is beginning 20 fsure As a
I considerable American export. and certainly iG
Is one Of the most curious and interesting While
I rs commercial uses are beyond the conpUehe1-
7 sion OF needs % the Pessi4n, the Hiud00 or the
south Sea Islander, each OF them Is fascinated by
an invention which reprOduces tine familiar
[ sounds Of the human voice and cntertaius them
/ with grand and light opera AID orchestral music.
] 4 house built % buttons Is the latest thing in
( architecture, and a certain French musical &C.
I lchriry is building IT, The walls. the ceilings
the Doors. the exterior. and the interior are all
/ ornamented with buttons % ever description
I trlm the very origin Of their invention up TO
I those of the present day Those dating f-0U the
[ lower Greek empire are OF the most curious man
[ uiacture. but every country has been rausaeked
[ and some very curious specimens are reported 10
I have been brought % light
/ Most curious are the sewing or tailor birds Of
l India yellow things not much larger than
I ones thumb. To escape falling a prey To- SNAKES
{ and monkeys the tailor bird picks up dead
I leaf and flies up into a tree, and with a fiber
I for a thread and its bin Tor a needle sevs the
/ leaf o green one hanging from the tree the
I sides are seEeI up, an opening % the nest thus
J formed being left az the top Tha- nest is
I swinging IN the tree no snake or monkey OF even
/ man would suspect
/ There IS in the world one lady policeman. Miss
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police force Of JhC CITY OF Honolulu IN order 20
! gam q living Her father IS one 0f the great sl-
I gar kings OF the Pacific and worth seye-a. mil
I lions Do vas her love ig- children and animals
I that prompted this pretty Young girl t-le Is
I nov only JXguiy-iuurl o. Seea the appointment
I She = mounted Ct1ce-. wears her soft felt
l hat the silver star which is the badge Of her
[ calling. and carries a revolver
] The skin now most priced and highest priced is
the silver or BLACK fox noted for the rich glossy
black f1r and 10, exterior hairs OF silver white.
! In 1870 su occasionally beautiful skin brought
nearly ; uHu tie highest ever paid Eu- Che aver
aye value 0. good skins VARIES from $3.50 90 SlNl-
I the fur next Tl value IL -lt lr tLs sea otter.
ta- which >l2.l was paid In 1907 The fIr IS Scir
/ and fine and varies lu ga.a- from tlrs CHESTNUT
/ 90 deep brown. according Co the age % the
! animal. 10 Is ruU very rare and only one skin
/ was offered by the Hudson Bay Company Ia
I March. IyI-
1 The Coast and Gc0Letic Survey Stelme-s No
arthur ard Pathfinder have about completed the
survey, connected with the SIX island passes which
form Jle entrance o. the BeiiuE >sa to- the COM
ms-ae &c that portion az The Paeilg Ocean and IL
/ Is tae intention uf the Government Co Ee-iu the
erection ~ lighthouses in that locality 1s soon Us
/ feet.d The Fat1fute- Viii soon take her de-
/ r-EIure iar The Philippines by way ~ NB-aSlki.
/ and viii continue the work &C survey il-- those
l-f-'HrE- Gi.el Ea- been iu progress since their
acquisition hy tals country
> The international Telegraph Bureau a- 8-ruc.
SvltzerI1nG has recently issued some a-ta1i>hin.
| figures In regard o. The length of t--.l-lah AMI
/ cable lines tho void over. Dc appears that there
| are I.GS3 Government cables. lorerin. - lJ7
! Elllgs -u& 500 cables owned tr private eguUa1-
] l.-. -LI,l have length of us .29 miles Iu all