The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-06
TIE World OF LABOR.
Echoes From the Busy Mill and
the Workshop.

Boston has q girl druggist.
Boston has 1000 Portuguese.
Breslau has paper chimney.
France makes the finest fans.
France reports celluloid pens.
Washable wall papers are new.
New York city has 5000 saloons.
Deep water divers US telephones.
Women embalmers are numer-
Gus.
Colorado Springs horses wear
wells.
There are aluminium railroad
passes.
Uncle Sam has 200 lady den
fists.
Pennsylvania leads in cigar out
put.
London has an aluminium
statue
London omnibuses have electric
lights.
Exporting rice is Slams chief
industry.
Europe has 27O miles of electric
railroads.
In Europe 100000 wear
wooden shoes.
Niagara represents 100000
horsepower.
Kansas Pennsylvanians will
hold reunion.
France has 100000 savings
bank depositors.
Glass blowing by machinery is
accomplished.
An aluminium bridge over Glib
ralter is proposed.
Europe imports 100000 tons of
wheat year.
Wine CHARTERS in France use
more than 100000 eggs year.
The soldering of glass and porce-
lain with metals is a novel French
process.
The state of North Carolina has
mined nearly $10,000,0O0 worth of
gold since 1874.
More machinery is moved by the
Merrimac. river than by any other
stream in the world.
Berlin firemen have to form in
line and salute their captain be-
fore running to a fire.
Nearly all the poultry, mutton
and beef consumed in Florida
comes from the north.
Women are longer-lived than
men. Insurance tables are now
being based on this fact.
The United States acreage in
grain is greater than the entire
area of the German empire.
Paris has an insurance company
that refuses to insure the life of
any one who uses hair dye.
In 1892 the United States pro-
duced $505, 100000 worth of silver
and 1929, 100000 worth of gold.
The Worlds Fair pays $500 a
day for music-outside of that fur
nished by the boards of managers.
Twelve years ago one sailor in
every LOG who went to sea lost his
life. Now only one in 256 is lost.
More cases of consumption APP
pear among needlemakers and file
makers than any other class of Ia
borers.
In 1000 ounces of our gold coin
age there are 900 ounces of pure
gold, 10 ounces of silver and 80 of
copper.
Bohemia has nearly 100000 sep
arate manufactures, more than
there are in any other province in
Austria.
The navy department buys an
nually about $4,000 pounds of
pure natural leaf tobacco for Jack
Tar.
A hive of 5000 bees should pro-
duce fifty pounds of honey every
wear and multiply ten-fold in five
years.
A New York electrician is build
ing an air-ship which he claims
will solve the problem of aerial
navigation beyond doubt.
In the process worked by NJ.
Lambotta, of Brussels, TIN Is re-
covered in the form of chloride
from clippings of timed iron.
Mexico sends the United States
every year 100000 worth of
"heniquen" rope, the cordage out
of which hammocks are made.
The Standard Oil Company will
reap the benefit of the high tariff
which keeps Russian oil out of
Germany.
Mr.. w. c. Todd has given $4,000
a year to the Boston public library
to be expended in newspapers for
the free reading-room.
The mayor of Shepherdtown, w.
Va, recently fined himself for let
ting his cow run at large, viola
ton of the towns ordinance.
A Western geologist says that
Kansas can raise wheat for an
e otbar 1000 wears before eXhausting