The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-25

nomically separate the gold found in this
compound state from the other const-
tuents. Today, however. several success
full methods are employed TO extract 1.-THE
precious metal found in such deposits. and
a consequent revival of interest in the gold
fields of the South is fast setting in, which
will soon result in rich yellow stream
toward the United States minis. The
state of North Carolina alone has pro-
duced 5000 in gold. and the great
body Of its ore remains untouched.
NOTES OF INDUSTRY.
England has $4,000 coal miners.
Seals are branded by electricity.
North Carolina has 122 canneries.
A China cotton mill has 1000 hands.
Victoria's gum trees average 800 feet.
London has 700 professional violinists
Persia has only women carpet weavers.
Australia sends cocoanut oil to England.
United States have $500 school teach
ers.
Germany is nrst in beet sugar produce
ton.
A machine makes 25Oo.ooO matches
daily.
New South Wales has 100000 acres OF
wheat.
Prussia is to have a State commercial
high school.
New South Wales produced 4o19 pounds
of cheese in 1897.
A London general omnibus is supposed
to earn s95 per week.
The knitting mills throughout New York
state are generally busy.
Java leads in the manufacture Of sugar
cane cugar; United States second
An English wooden manufacturer has
begun moking clothes from old ropes.
The Nicaraguan government exercises a
monopoly in the sale of ammunition.
Fewer French ships pass through the
Suez canal than German, italian, or even
Dutch.
The value of wool exported from Sidney
during 1897 has been estimated at $500
OOO
The annual production of coke in Can
ada, in the Nova Scotia region, is about
60 900 tons.
for travel and many have already begun
the journey inland.
The Dundalk (Ontario) Wooden Mills
Company, Limited, has been formed, with
capital stock of s25, 600
Tennessee is the third largest tobacco
growing state in the Union, Kentucky be-
ing first and Virginia second
The cotton mill at Richmond, Me, is
running extra time, and will run at night
as soon as extra help can be obtained.
The Peninsula and Murdoch gold mines.
in Marquette county, Mich, will be
worked this summer. Other fields will be
explored.
The mineral exports OF New South
Wales during 1897 included 50.5l3 tin in
COTS, $50. 55S copper ingots and 1s. 7s4 tons
Of shale.
The Kincaid Manufacturing Company
of Griffin, Ga. will probably double their
capacity, and a new factory 10 cost $780,
600 may be built.
In the towns OF Chile most shops are
open till midnight. and during the hot
afternoons. when everybody takes q sizes
IA. they are locked up.
In 1916 the value OF q bushel OF wheat
in England was equal to that Of a pound
OF nails. Todaya bushelof wheat will buy
10 pounds OF nails,
The cotton mills a. Forest, y. c., are
ready 70 begin operations under the sup
erintendeucy Of Mr. George E Ivey, for
merry OF Bessemsr City. y. c.
a ton OF American fax seed raised in
the state OF Washington was recently
70 Ireland. and was found to be worth
$50 1er ton more than rhe Irish article
European countries interested II the
silk goods industry are disturbed ard
somewhat worried over the present de-
velopment and future prospects OF the
japanese silk trade il the markets OF the
world
japanese auctions are conducted on q
plan which gives rise 70 none OF the noise
and confusion which attend such sales in
the United States. Each bidder writes his
name and bid upon a slip OF paper. wttch
he places in a box. When the bidding Is
over the box is opened by the auc;ioneer
and the goods declared the property % the
hiehes; bidder.
N England one spinner, one p.ece- and
half creeIer ia man who attends 20 Two
run pair % mules w3rn from
80 20 800 spindlss. but in india 4 pair o.
mules q from 800 70 $50 spinages require
one spinner. one cresIer and four psecerx
s:iu there is an improvement among the f.
workers which renders {; Only a question
OF time when India aettoaswiu supplszt
Lancashire goods at Gome. and perhaps
compete with them elsewhere.