Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-04

Withdrawn from productive 49, ~
lions TO pose as soldiers. Tha y.
equipments, food and clothing 4, y
men cost the worlds taxpayers 49, 80
4 $4,000 a day. 'a'il
4 AT Nevada G1o.l the Lanyon -
has notified It's men that for tha '. ~
go days chargers would receive = ~
instead Of 81, and kiln men ! ID s r-a
per 100 pounds. Under the ratas 's =
fore the cut chargers receives sa
and kiln men I IL cents No, -
| pounds.
Experts have estimated that tho 90,
production Of the Black Hills for ~, sssa
will be S10,000,0O0. distributed a. :,
lows: Bald Mountain district s3eS 81
600; Lead, Terraville and Central =
100000; Southern Hills, $1,000 Oop. q
the other districts, $1,00O,0O0.
In the erection of the tall Office hp,.
ings wherewith lower New York c,.,
is being rebuilt, the steam derrIcs !.
the most important and all-dominsn.
agency. las a rule these derricks No
up wagon load OF material at 4 in.
and deposit It just where it is wantas
The Electrical Age notes the IA,
! that when the cable between Scotlana
and the Isle of Null broke recentlv
communication was kept up witho,
a wire by induction. The distance h
two miles, and the telegraph line alon,
the island coast was paraleled on ina
mainland.
Twenty acres of celery in oransp
county, California, wiIl produce 25 ca.
loads. A carload of celery win sell "a,
$400 in the Chicago market At ths
rate the total product of the 20 acrs,
would be $4,000. or $500 per acre. len
freight charges. The celery is raises
on peat lands.
The subsidy of 100000 to be given
by the people of Seattle to the Seattle
and Lake Washington Waterway com.
pany, which is to fill in the tide fats
and excayate ship canal to Lake
Washington, has been completed and
work will begin according to contract
on Thursday next.
The practice of medicine in Japan
has progressed wonderfully in the past
few years. The field hospital serics
during the recent war was admirable.
Excellent local hospitals have been
opened in most of the Japanese towns
many of them in connection with the
Christian missions.
A San francisco special says: ''Or.
ders came from Russia this week for
two carloads of Sierra (Neyadal red
wood for lead pencils. The fine.
grained mountain redwood is said to
equal Florida cedar for pencils. As
the cedar is nearly exhausted, the de.
mand for California redwood will in.
crease"
Turbine wheels are being tried in,
stead Of screws as the propelling
power on small steamers AT Dresden
Experiments made with one boat pro
PEELED first with a three-bladed screw
and then with a turbine wheel, showed
that a speed of 5 per cent greater
could be obtained with 10 per cent
less horsepower by using the wheel
The use OF the telephone on the Aus.
tralian sheep ranches is becoming
common. 1T is employed on the CLARK
ranch, in Montana, where all the sheep
and shepherds are watched and han
died telephonically by means of SIX
stations, all communicating with
central point, from which come
weather signals. orders, etc.
Mr.. Edison said recently that he BE-
lieved the newspapers of the future
would be published by phonograpH
His reason for this was that the eye
sight of people was becoming poorer
the time of busy people was becoming
more and more occupied, and many q
the newspapers were now so large
that it was impossible for busy pecpis
to read them through.
The opium manufacture in BRUSH
India has been for more than eehtut!
government monopoly. Half hr
lion acres are under poppy cllltlvatlOA
ana the whole crop is delivered 70 lls
government manufactures at nAeu
contract price. The crop is DELIVERED
in the form of a juice at two govern.
mept agencies, where the juice
dried and the residue packed in chess
of 14O pounds capacity 1t Is SUI
monthly by auction at Calcutta. Lug
last report obtainable, that for looe
shows more than 1880 chests SOFA ~
export and nearly 1900 chests TOT =.
sumption in India. The goyerlllu'.
made profit of nearly S4,ooo'vV v
the amount sold for use in indla.
"A man living in Ionia, Mich nag
vented an electric mail car WHICH :.
claims, will run from Chicago g N.
York In five hours, that Is, at the ~.
of 200 miles an hour. The car i iuas'
entirely OF steel and weighs ~ 'ons
1t will be run over an elevated a.
The cost Of construction, inclu%'
rolling stock, will be about $lV'vW
mile This is what the inventor ci'. I'M.
and says. He has not given puS I'm.
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