Wichita eagle., 1889-01-16
BITS OF BUSINESS.

I AN ordinary umbrella is the prodie, Of
| 300 skilled workers.
ELEVEN million eggs were imported into
this country from Canada last year.
! IT was estimated that The holiday sale Of
books in New York would reach 1,Ooo, 900
volumes.
THE town of Cheboygan. Mich, cuts an
nually 100, SOC, 600 feet of lumber, 24,OOO.OOO
lath and 1905. 900 shingles
! Barn, Me, shipbuilders launched during
/ last year twenty-five vessels, with q gross
tonnage of Il, 2o5.02, representing value Of
/ S40000o
! ENGLISH furriers excel IN dyeing seal
/ skins but Americans lead tho world In cut
| ting and shaving the skin into handsome,
well-ftting garments
In answer 10 the question: What be-
comes of all the cracked and psed-up
billiard balls,'' New York coutetn porary
says that those Of real ivory are bought up
and cut into dice and other small articles.
| BsIrisH CoLrNBrA Is enthusiastically de-
/ lighted with the prospect Of success for
| deep sea fishing Of Queen Charlotte's Isl
and Black cod are found in abundance,
and great industry for the province II ex-
| pected.
] If is said that 81 American syndicate,
with capital OF SO, ooo, 900, has been
| formed 10 construct q railroad IN siberia,
/ and that several former and present Amer
/ lean diplomatic and consular agents are in
terested In the undertaking.
| ACCORDING 20 a Japanese journal thcrs
arc twenty cotton factories now in opera
ton in Japan, with total Of q. $50 spincies.
There are also twenty factories Ia process
Of establishment or extension, with an est
mated capacity Of $50, $50 spindles.
AUSTRALIA exported !, 20, 76o bales Of wool
in the year ended June 30. 1854 against
/ I,l41, So bales the previous year. Compare
lively little is shipped direct 70 America,
though large quantities o. Australia wool
are purchased by American buyers a. ito
London wool sales.
A ooxPAsr has just been Incorporated ia
San Francisco tor he Dac afaciGre 81 CHAM
payne under "a new German patent. by
which, Il is claimed, feTInea tsil0u IL ancel-
Grated. Instead Of waiting tso year. for
slosV fermentation, fac champagne can te
made By this process 10 three or fozr Eeexs.
DrEIxs the same rear Ia which 81. .0o
pounds Of beans weri -. % California 2. 90.
0p.lsounas CT onions were a.so sen; from tAs
Golden State. Winter - C.sifornka's so<s
tinae for Shipping vegetables East Prom
The middle Of Octooer TAI tic lsa, o. JAM
AIRY caebages and onions werd .asir var
Eastward
WiTsgE radius Of forty rsiies % Riches
ter there are more thar 30 frzI.a ey.po-
ators. These eTsp0rssors give sn psoys2eE,
during Tee sstsrsn and VIZ oer q .bosst "a
oD hands, wssse wages sversTs froua Ave
70 twelve dollars week Lsst ssason the
prctuesso1 81 ,hass e~spors.ors vas ss,ou..
900, 90 psS1Ees, wo-.a ct hrst Goa. about
g 90 ou
Tgrzz Is neY Industry >. s.. gtr.os-.
Island Ga, ~s1cn Is tee Utilization a ev-
p-sSs for furniture ulzaersrsrre. ri. Or
merry ta-1nz beec rsa5 oziy for ,<iegrzrA
ane iSsepooae p1&ea a Dsw Esfil winch
VII saw cypress extensively has Jus, teen
competed, aud vii tara ct daily between
a, ~ n.a6 <S.aoo fsst Of lsz5er Inclaa.ng
The cypress Ell. the-s are three r.sIis -,
tse isAssd- rssy gsys esssloyraest 70 sooCi
BID zec-
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grangsr pA<1 prcTaa4s aszong shspper, of
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co-1sig1ec a. C5acSgo.
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