Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-12-01
BUSINESS BREyITIEs.

nj Cooking by electricity grows in favo
The worlds hop crop Is over 1900, ,0t
pounds.
I'll Four thousand English clergymen war
: employment.
The wealth OF England is estimated O
f10,000, ,000, 900.
There are about 40, 900 shoe and leathe
firms in this country.
South Africa has lots Of sheep, bu
only one woolen mill.
American grain elevators are being in
troduced In Germany.
One-tbird Of tho telegraph operation
in England are women.
Halt the ocean ships OF the world ar,
owned by Great Britain.
The cotton mills of Japan give employ
ment to 22,000 operatives.
The entire stock of gold in the worlt
is less than sS, ,00o, 900, 900.
The length OF all the canals of the
world is nearly 2e,00o miles.
In Paris, Berlin and Vienna there are
butchers who cell horse6esh.
There is a tunnel SO 800 feet long on
one of the Mexican railroads.
Three thousand locomotives are owned
by the Pennsylvania railroad.
The first cotton mill in this country ia
said to have been at Beverly, Mass.
There arc 1900, ,o0o, 900 of English cap
| ital invested In American railroads.
Boston has built " 900 new buildings
IN the past decade nt a cost OF $Il6, ,003,-
$50.
On an average locomotive engincn,
| travels 10000 miles in the course o. A
| year.
The mint OF Philadelphia has colec-
tion OF over 5000 coins OF different ma
tions.
The cost Of an ronclad is about s4oO a
ton. This includes guns and all equip
ments.
Tho net private indebtedness of the
american people amounts to s19,700,-
DOC, 900.
The first rocking chair was made on
the Brewster farm, Kingston, Mass, bv
farm hand in 1880.
Figures show that the total railway
mileage OF the country on June 80, 1893,
was III ,583.52 miles.
The biggest quill toothpick mill is in
Paris. Norway leads in the manufact-
uTe OF wooden to0thpicks.
Nickel of the best quality Is now sell
ing at 30 cents and fine silver at about
sll per avoirdupois pound
Tho prospect now is that more than
600, 600 tons OF sugar will be mado In |
Cuba during tho season OF 1904.
Londoners drink 0,S00,0o0 gallons of |
milk yearly. or little more than two gal |
Ions Tor each man, woman and child.
The making of lucifer matches is n
State monopoly in France, Spain, Portn-
gal, Italy, Greece, Roumania and Servia.
In tho matter OF well-kcpt country
roads 1t is stated that New Jersey leads.
and that Southern New England follows.
Last year New York city paid for Its
school Dill - 1000, 600, for its amusement
PHI Y 900 600 and for its drink bill $00,-
10000.
A check for E5, 1888 $50 on the Bank of
England in payment for tho Kim berlv
fiamond mines Is said to be tho largest
,yer drawn.
In every mile of railroad there are
even feet and four inches not covered
~ the rails--the space left between them
or expansion. {
On the Mexican pension roll there are
lanes OF 1918 survivors and I, ,2S2 Wild .
'ws. and something over 8 200 cases were
'endine at latest reports.
Pennsylvania furnished 90, ,OO0, 900 OF
ne l70,0o0,0o0 tons OF coal mined in ,
his country this year. Illinois was Sec
nd, with 100000 tons.
In Brazil It Is not customary for SER
ants to reside in their employ er's house.
hey come to work early in the morning Il
MI return home in tho evening.
Mrs. Levi 2. Morton has leased the
ouse formerly occupied by Senator n
ones OF Nevada in order 10 SUPERVISE :,
no complete education of her daughters. n
Everett Chauncey Bumpus of Quincy. IL
lass, member Of the present freshman
ass OF Harvard, is completely blind. t;
ut intends to take the full course for tf
10 degree of bachelor of arts. fl
Now that Marshal McMahon is dead.
rance has only one living citizen who q
~ been President, and that il Carnot h,
70 present occupant of that high office, cs
liers died in 1877 and Grevy two years se
10.
Russian women and japanese men arc b,
onounced by those competent to Judge or
Q best OF the worlds workers with the co
edle, as shown in the embroidery OK WI
bits in Chicago.