The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-06
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

There have been Zoo explosions IN coal mines
! in the last ffty years involving loss Of SEQ
| lives.
The ships. Of the world. excluding nsvfes. arc
| worth S2a!.650o55. Of which Euopc's share IS
SD. 53Ao51-
III =-.-.f expenditure of the Mexican Federal
! Goverrua -ut today IS tirec times what u was
/ twenty l,s ACC.
No Fs5rj-, ship NAV carry a dcckIoad Of timber
into Brittle port between the last day Of &C
/ tobfr ard pHiI Is
IT, - fa- Manitoba shows that p
. Co.'S fasa sawn with wheat The
/ conljJis:.
L=sgr :p g.. -a Is in great demand and
/ the Ur-Tur o. "r.tcr paid than they have cYe9
/ been Iva Tier lives before
/ Tho COS, 81 maintaining royalty IN Great Brain
: sates-~ IN average yearly expense O: pence upon
. -czr7 Of the Kingdom
| Mot civilized nations begin the day st md
/ nigst- astronomers and navIgatOTs since the time
/ OF Pto!eny begin 1t at noon.
! A Swiss economist finds that the savings bank
| deposits OF Europe during 1900 aggregated the
| enormous Of g, oGe. cocoa
| Germany nov has 100000 more inhabitants
| than France 100000 more then Abstraction
| gary 100000 more than Italy
| The mines Of West Australia produced in the
first quarter Of 1901 s., e35oJ0 gold against So
| S65 600 in the same period Of 1900
The French Minister for War has ordered that
| all French troops employed foreign OF active
| service are for the future TO wear khaki.
| Only about 90 per cent OF the walters in Ger
/ man hotels and restaurants receive any wages
! as they are expected 70 live on their fees
| At the close Of 1900 there were nnefy-tvo
| plants in the United States making openheartH
| steel, as compared with seventy-six at the end
| Of 1880
The import Of precious stones at the port Of New
York during May amounted in value to 3 $50 2T3,
against g. s22 81, the value Of the imports dur
| ing May, 1900.
The Forth Bridge IS constantly being repainted-
So vast IS the st-1ctJ-Ge that i takes 20 Of
paint to give it one coat, and the area dealt
with Is something like 100 acres.
Archie. the huge elephant that carried the
Prince Of Wales through India during his visit
there nearly thirty years ago, died recently
London. The animal over seventy years old
The headquarters Of the German hop, trade,
Saatz. N Bohemia, is much distressed at the ac-
ton Of certain firms Who import inferior Russian
hops. which they sell as genuine Saatz hops, and
thereby damage its reputation
s,rike for the mUstache IS threatened in Paris.
One automobile concern has ordered clean shaves
for is chauffeurs and the men union emb ed,
have resolved 80 quit the machines than the
hirsute adornnents Of their upper lips
1t nay surprise some to hear that Florida stands
tenth IS a FISH producing State It has a coast
line CincIuding islands, OF $500 miles The
annual catch Is about 36.6o16GO pounds. with
total value to the fishermen Of about S7sO,055-
Philadelphia firm OF asetioneers recently Of
fered at one Of their sales Robinson Crusoe's
rnIIsket- It was 4 fine old fintIock- It IN
the possession OF grsndniece OF Alexander Sci
kirk. and its pedigree is much more uncl9uded
than Is usually the with objects Of this kind
secret service fund Is voted yearly BY Par
lament for the purpose Of defeating conspiTacies
against the State. Last year eI3,Co0 was paid
yzI,, y-ors s---lo1-ss4
a copy Of treaty between France and Russia,
known the treaty Of TiIsit, Great Britain once
paid e49,o10-
The natives OF Persia have odd way OF testing
a carpet TO see If It IS a true Persian product
4 piece Of red hot charcoal IS dropped upon It,
which leaves a round singed spot If the carpet
Is Of the first quality the sinSed wool can he
brushed of with the hand without leaving trace
Of the burn discernibie-
The Eastern Canadian seacoast, from the Bay
OF Fundy to the Straits OF Belle Isle, covers a
distance OF 5,oo0 miles, and British Columbia,
with its multitude o. bays and mountainous 81
ands, has a seacoast OF !,ls0 miles and salt
water inShore area. not including minor linden
tations of 100 square miles
Phoenix, Ariz the centre OF salt River Valley,
was a few years ago sage brush desert 1t has
now % 600 inhabitants with al assessed property
valuation Of 100000 All this Is due 10 water,
which. brought IN canals from streams fed mainly
from the san Francisco and other Arfzuna
serves has turned the desert into fertile valley
covered with ranches and dotted with small towns
Visiting the midway at Buffalo Is called ''fyins
the goose" It takes sI3 10 see the midway from
end TO end. For this amount the sightseer can
wander through the streets Of Egypt McKee,
Japan and Old Nuremberg; visit Filipino,
Eskimo, and American Indian village; obtain
gIimpses Of Venice and darkest Africa: take q
trip TO the moon and see the house upside dcvn,
an ostrich farm, and numerous sdeshows-
The making Of spools and the saving OF wood
for them have assumed such immense proportions
that they cIassed among the leading indus
tries OF Maine. Not all the spool bars sawed IN
Maine are made into spoels within the State. but
shipped to Europe About l5.fG1.9s9o feet
sent the water annually. chiefly TO SCOT
land one-hslf OF the total being shipped by one
concern IL Bangor, almost all in steamships
The abandonment Of the tribal relation by 5000
Seminole Indians. which is to be accomplished
this week at Wewoka, oklahoma, Is perhaps the
most important and significant victory evee
achieved by white men over the American aborigi.
nes- These descendants Of an ancient American
people 10 take masSe the cath OF United
states citizenship. diSSOvinE thereby their auto
Eonay as an Indian tribe and becoming eoporated
as citizens into the population Of the Republic.
Roman gentleman SIgnor Marfno Forlonia,
recently made bet with his friend, Sgnor Silver
streIli that with his automobile he could beat
the railway train in running from Rome 10
CIvita EeCclIia. distance OF fGrty-twO mile
SiEnoF Silvestrelli took the train On whose
proves he counted, although II does not sppear
that the engineer induced to put on any extra
steam. and SignOT T0rlonis started with his alI-
tomobile- The latter won IN what seems %
have been almost = neck-and-ueck finish
French scientists have been making expert
uzents in regard to certain perfumes upon thu
voice Many Of the most successful teachers e
singing have cautioned their pupils stringentIy
against the OF perfumes or the proximity ~
odorous flowers Some masters 90 50 far rs "a
forbid their pupils the OF any perfumes 80
all, and if one Of them is detected wearing
perfume Of the violet has been found by the uSs
Of the larypsosoope to be particularly injurious.
Work on the big Government dry dock and
naval station at Charleston VIII he begun II 10
early date The dock will be GO feet long Ten
years ago there was a bar at the entrance to
Charleston harbor, now at high-tide there IS ]
thirty-foot depth of water on the bar and tbs
depth VIII ne increased The Charleston ietticI
cost the Government about $. 100000 Il Is g.
tiuated that 100000 viii be expended on rfls
new dock During The exposition next wintcF
displays in the Charleston harbor
One Of the latest projects Of British cities ia
the insurance by themselves Of their co-po-ats
property As fire brigades improve insurance risk
become lighter to the companies Statistics show
that the amount paid by British city governments
during long period has been several times az
much the amount received Tor fire Losses.