Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-21

each of whom receives SLIP a day, fif-
ty-six hours constituting week.
At the Dumfermline mines. In Scot
land. there are now furnished rows OF
two room houses, the rent OF one Of
which is from 73 to 81 cents per week,
free Of taxes.
Rubies, opals. crystallized quartz,
onyx, tale. gypsum and earth suitable
for making porcelain have been found
in the sparSely peopled territory OF
Los Andes. Argentina
The American Institute of Home
opathy has adopted as Its slogan.
Eradication Of tuberculosis IN one
generation" and is pledging its men,
bers TO work 10 that end.
An interesting feature of the newly
elected Hungarian parliament Is the
number of literary men who have been
returned The three leading novelists
of the country are included
The naval, mercantile. marine and
general engineering and machinery ex-
hibition TO be held at Olympia. Lon
don. in September will. 1t is stated. be
the largest Of It's kind ever held in
that city.
A new employment for women has
appeared in Paris. 1t is ''radium car
rier." the duties Of whom is to carry
a precious package OF radium from one
point to another. where there is de-
mand for its use.
DoacEa Of Waterbury, Conn
has three trained toads that will COB
BILE up flies, angleworms and various
insects when told to do so. The toads
leave the greenhouses in the late fall
and return in the spring.
The sultan is anxious to grow cot
ton and has recently endeavored to
arrange with the British residents OF
Alden for the construction OF an irri-
eating plant to supply water to at least
10000 acres of cotton land
Rear Admiral Bacon Of the British
navy believes that the race between
the gun and the armor Of the battle
ship, which has been going on for over
half a century. has been decided. for
the moment. In favor of the gun.
The Prussian police are to be pro-
vided with an unexpected weapon
against street demonstrators in the
form of cameras. Professions will be
snapshotted. and the photographs used
as evidence against disturbers OF the
peace.
The best moving picture shows In
Hamburg charge ten to twenty-four
cents for a performance lasting two
hours. The German public prefers
travel pictures and Quieter action to
the ekciting incidents usually seen In
American shows.
In the last year nineteen cities in the
south. through their chambers OF COM
merce or through some organization OK
the merchants and business men. have
taken practical steps to induce farm
ers TO build telephone lines and con-
meet with their towns.
Out of a total population of about
5000. 900 In Scotland. more than J00.-
600 are directly or indirectly dependent
on mining for their livelihood There
are 4sI coal mines in operation. en-
ploying 125.s9s persons. 2.6S4 OF this
number being females
Near Harkau. Professor Ludwig
Bella has excavated from under the
ruins Of a Roman building the almost
perfect remains Of heating system.
which, he says. is similar TO the hot
air system Of today. except for the
fact that the pipes are Of clay
Beneath a glass case at the home OF
Joseph Hummel. a Muncie GBdJ bust
ness man. are two small loayes OF
bread. each weighing an ounce and
half They were baked ninety three
wears ago and are relics Of the famine
that swept Germany in Isl6 and ISL
Paris and the department OF the
Seine have been almost completely
cIeansed from rabies. writes Mr. Mar
tel in a French medical paper. In
1900 only thirteen cases were reported.
with a registration OF $4,000 dogs
COMPARED with SO cases and 10000
dogs registered as recently as eight
years ago.
King Edward. despite the intensely
British character Of bis personality. al
ways spoke English with a marked
German accent. Indeed. be had quite
IS much accent as the kaiser himself
His German was fluent and his French
entirely Partisan. lie also spoke Itai-
ian. Danish and Spanish slightly.
King George has nooe Of bis fathers
German accent IN speaking 10 bis M
tive tongue and only q part Of bis "a