The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-02
NuBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

Saws were used by the ancient Egyp-
tans One that was discovered with sew
eral other carpenters tools I'm a private
tomb at Thebes, is now preserved in the
British museum.
intheytarlS9 the United states shipped
To the Philippines only S663 worth of
beer and no whisky whatever Last year
the shipments of beer amounted to $7l ,C35,
and those of whisky 3457l.
At Schwcinfurt. Bavaria. is one of the
largest of the worlds manufactures for
bicycle ball bearings. The two factories
there belonging TO one firm, turn out
annually 100000 gross Of these little steel
balls, and employ 500 men, working for
day Of ten hours duration.
one of the oldest bridges in Europe is
soon to disappear, under the demand for
better navigation of the river it spans.
This Is the stone bridge with 10 arches,
and a total length of 994 feet, built across
the Danube at Regensburg Ratisbon), III
Bavaria, by Duke Henry, the Superb, IN
1135-46.
The contract having been let on favor
able terms for the eXcavating needed for
the Improvement of the New York haI
Dor, II is expected that work will begin
as soon as the necessary drcdges are
provided. The 22,0O0,OO0 cubic yards are
to be cxcavated at a contract price of
10 cents per cubic yard, or about $500
600.
France is trying hard to suroass Ger
many in the matter of red tape. Adver-
tising posters must bear revenue stamps
varying In value according to The size
OF the poster. man who affixed n 10
centime stamp to a poster which should
have had only a 6-centime stamp has
just been fined l25 francs, or SIS, for the
offense.
An aluminium railroad hand car is be-
ing built by the St. Louis Aluminium
Casting company, and the makers pro-
pose its adoption by railroad companies
to take the place of the ordinary mus
clc-taxing ContrivanCe used by track
workers. The new car will weigh not
more than $50 pounds, or only about a
third as much as the ordinary hand car,
and one man can lift il off or on the
track. 1t is believed that two men can
easily run it from 30 to 35 miles an hour
for a limited time.
Manila, like the Cuban cities, mas
greatly improved in appearance under
of the Kansas soldiers who has just re-
turned from the firing line, writes as
follows: Coming into Manila, instead
of the filthy town we left 1t four months
ago, Manila Is clean as a modern city
The merchants have opened their eyes
ana put IN glass fronts, awnings OF mod
ern variety-n fact the changes are so
many that it would be monotOnous to
mention all. A year more and the most
careful observer would hardly recognize
the spot at ALL"
Augustir Days Bible will he one of
the rare books which the world will
talk about a century hence. Henry
Blackwell, who mounted all the pages,
arranged the plates and bound the forty
two volumes into which the original one
expanded, tells the story of how Mr.
DAILY collected the material for the work
He spent many years in collecting etch-
ings, prints, enEravings and drawing IL
Illustrative of the biblical text. In the
end he secured over 5000 of such illus
trations and then gave them unassOrtcd
to Mr.. Blackwell to arrange in harmony
with the text to which they referred,
Mr.. Blackwell estimates that he spent
l,S00 hours in merely asserting the ma
terial The Bible cost Mr.. Daily $4,000.