The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-02
BUSINESS BREYITIES.
Artificial teeth nrc made Of paper

Artificial teeth nrc made Of paper.
Cooking by electricity grows in favor
The worlds hop crop Is over 100000
pounds.
Fourthousand English clcrgymcn want
employment
The wealth Of England is estimated al
GlO, 600 0O0,00
There are about 10. 600 shoe and leather
firms in this country.
South Africa has lots Of sheep, but
only ono wooen mill.
American grain elevators are being in
trOduccd in Germany.
Onc.thrd of the telegraph operators
IN England are women.
Half the ocean ships Of the world are
owned by Great Britain.
The cotton mills Of Japan give employ
mcnt to y, 900 operatives.
The entire stock Of gold in tho world
is less than 5000, 000 900.
The length Of all the canals Of the
world X nearly % 900 miles.
In Paris Berlin and Vienna there are
butchers who sell horsctlrsh.
There is tunnel 81 800 feet long on
one Of the Mexican railroads.
Three thousand locomotives are owned
by the Pennsylvania railroad.
The first cotton mill in this country is
said to have been ut Beverly, Mass.
There are 1900 900 GOO Of English cap
ital invested in American railroads.
Boston has built 1920 new buildings
IN the past decade Mt a cost Of $llG,603,-
45O.
On an avcrag" locomotive engineer
travc!- 10000 miles in the course OF n
year.
The mint Of Philadelphia has collcc-
ton OF over 5000 coins Of different ma
tions.
The cost Of an ronclad s about s400 n
ton. This includes guns and all equip
mcnts.
The net private indebtedness Of the
American people amounts TO $l0,700,
600, 900.
The first rocking chair was made on
Wv '''Nht'l lN'N'' hHlRhNollt hhHh'i ny
a farm hand in 1880.
Figures show that the total railway
mileage of the country on June 30, 1893,
was l7l b63. .52 miles.
The biggest quill toothpick mill is in
Paris. Norway leads in the manuiact-
ure OF wooden toothpicks.
Nickel Of the best quality il now sell
ing at 30 cents and fine silver at about
$ll per ayoirdupois pound.
The prospect now is that more than
900, 900 tons OF sugar will he made in
Cuba during the season OF 1894.
Londoners drink 0,SOOOO0 gallons of
milk yearly. or little more than two gal
Ions for each man, woman and child
The making Of lucifer matches is n
State monopoly in France, Spain, Portu-
ga, Italy, Greece, Roumania and Serya.
In tho matter Of well.kept country
and that Southern New England follows.
Last year New York city paid for its
school bill "a, 900, 900, for it's amusement
bill T,000,0 600 and for its drink bill $GO,-
900, 900.
A check for G5, ,333 $50 on the Bank of
England in payment for the Kimberly
diamond mines is said to be the largest
ever drawn.
In every mile OF railroad there are
seven feet and four inches not covered
by the rails-the space left between them
for expansion.
On the Mexican pension roll there are
names OF l5,2l5 survivors and 1882 Wild
ows, and something over 8, 900 cases were
pending at latest reports.
Pennsylvania furnished 10000, 900 of
the l70,00O,000 tons OF coal mined in
this country this wear. Illinois was sec
ond, with 10000 tons.
In Brazil it is not customary for SER
wants to reside in their employers house.
They come to work early in the morning
and return home in the evening.
Mrs. Levi p. Morton has leased the
house formerly occupied by Senator
Jones of Nevada in order to supervise
the complete education OF her daughters.
Everett Chauncey Bumpus of Quincy,
Mass, member OF the present freshman
class OF Harvard, is completely blind.
but intends to take the full course for
the degree OF bachelor OF arts.
Now that Marshal MrMahon is dead,
France has only one living citizen who
has been President, and that is Carnot,
the present occupant Of that high office.
Theirs died in 1877 and Grevy two years
ago.
Russian women and Japanese men are
pronounced by those competent to Judge
the best OF the worlds workers with the
needle, as shown in the embroidery ex-
hibits in Chicago.
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Prince of Wales is very fond OF