The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-02-11
INDUSTRIAL BREvTIE
The Gold and Silver Output Of Mexico for
the Past Twelve Years The
Ivory Trade Increasing.

Four Aiths OF the engines now working
in the world have been Constructed dur,
ing the last twenty-five years.
In making champagne the grapes AN
squeezed elk times, each pressure max,
ing wine Of different quality.
One OF the oldest and most conserva
tive trust companies in Philadelphis
holds $50, 00O, 900 Of trust estates.
Electricity 10 used for making forginss
augers, railroad spikes, ball bearing and
other articles hitherto made BY hand.
The value Of the honey and wax pro
duced In the United States during the
past year has been estimated at 80, Co.,
900.
1t il eaid all the building trades oil
Chicago will ON April demand increased
pay and . contract excluding nOn-union
Workmen.
Horses arc 90 plentiful in Buenos
Ayres that every body has at least one.
II Is said that even the bsssars beg ON
horseback.
English capitalists are reported 10
have become interested in the coal fields
Of Ohio county, Ky, and propose to de-
velop them.
The Languedoc Ship Canal in France,
by . ehort psssa Of las miles, saves q
sea voyage OF 1000 miles by the straits
Of Gibraltar.
The hours OF 1000 men on the Union
Pacifi. railrosd syetsm have been re-
duced from nine to eight and only seven
on Saturday.
A druggist at Chicago believes that il
he could secure the soda water privileges
at the Worlds Fair his fortune would b
made for life.
An ingenious Boston man has Just pat
ented An electrical device designed to
automatically play banios, mandolins,
guitars and harps.
A year ago there were only fifty people
in the mining settlement OF Cripple
Creek, Col. Now it il q thriving town
of l0. 900 Inhabitants.
Four hundred acres OF land in Linn
county, No., fenced and seeded to tim
othy, but without buildings, was re-
Gently sold for $50 An acre.
The largest telephone center in the
world is that in the Exchange in Berlin,
Germany, where 1000 wires are con-
An inventor who recently had An idea
patented in every country OF the world
where the patent law exists had to pay
Just 81, $50 for the privileges.
One hundred thousand tons OF silver
and 800 tons OF gold, representing a
money value OF q, 80. OOO, 900. have been
produced in Mexico since 1881.
A recent invention il q new type OF
refrigerator car that can be run for
twenty days without re-icing. 1t is
charged with ice and certain chemicals.
There is scheme on foot for the estab-
lishment of . 5000. coo steel plant q,
Galveston, Texas, similar to the steel
works at Chicago, PittsburY and Cleye
land.
In 1880 the United States produced
80, 900 tons Of paper. In 1880 the pro-
duction was LOO, 900 tons or 10000
tons more than the total product Of
European paper mills.
Four mil, ion tons OF the finest ice ever
housed and $4,000 tons stacked for
early use, is the Hudson river winter
harvest. 1t has been gathered at an es-
timated cost OF 20 cents per ton.
u Bine1 iaCtofy at LiSeIpOOI mas glass
journal boxes for all its mach merry a
glass floor, glass shingles on the roof and
smokestack les feet high. built wholly
OF glass bricks, each loot square,"
Granite for columns, balusters, round
posts and urns is now worked chiefly in
lathes, which, for the heaviest work, are
made large enough to handle blocks
twenty-five feet long and FIVE feet in di.
ameter.
When Harrison W. Crosby first intro
duced canned tomatoes he sold them at
30 cents q can. This was in ls4S. For
a few years past the average price has
been cents for . much superior article
than that for which Mr.. Crosb by received
50 cents.
II the ivory trade increases at the
present rate much longer the elephant
will soon become extinct. One firm
alone in Sheffield last year received the
tusks OF no fewer than 1850 elephants.
A few years ago 800 pairs OF tu.ks were
sufficient for them.