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Over S.o0O,uOO loayes of bread are con.
sumed daily in Greater New York.
The trusts now in existence in Amer
lea have an aggregate capitalization Of
s.. 7SS, 713 900.
British trades union printers have
taken a decided stand against firms
who print the Bible but refuse 10 pay
living wages.
The largest sewing machine IN the
world is in operation In Leeds, Eng.
1t weighs 6,500 pounds aud sews cotton
betting.
a plan Is being arranged to establish
In the mills at Olneyville, K. l., the sys-
TEN for small savings similar to that in
the public schools.
The Dutch fishermen kill the fish
caught as soon as they reach the shore.
while the French fishermen leave their
booty TO die of suffocation.
A ship building firm in Belfast. Ire
land, has received Instructions from II
Liverpool company for the construction
of cargo steamer to be ESQ feet long
and 75 feet of beam.
\ new kind of cloth is being made In
Lyons from the down OF hens. ducks
and geese Seven hundred and fifty
grains of feathers make rather more
than square yard of light waterproof
cloth.
The silk industry in the United States
Is assuming gigantic proportions. Thr-
ty years ago the value of silk produced
In, 10 IF,.It -
100000. Last year it exceeded $751;
100000.
The glassworkers have set aside ST.
ESQ year to send representatives to
lawmaking bodies, and the miners, ma
chinlsts and telegraphers have also
made provision to keep members in gov
ernng bodies.
AT Sheffield single machine VIII turn
out 5000 finished knives per day, and
1t can be adapted for either ta BILE or
pocket cutlery. razors-holow or
stralght-sheep shears; indeed, for al
most any kind of tools.
The combination policy Of the Van
derbilts on the Lake Shore and Mlchl-
gan Central railways and the changes
and consultations on the Vanderbilt
syste.41 between New York and Chicago
is expected to result in laying Off 5000
men.
During the last twelve months the
Parsian shambles received 81 .667 horses
for slaughter, 80 mules and 81 donkeys.
Only one mule, $40 donkeys and 734
horses were condemned as unfit for hu-
man food. Prime cuts of horse brought
Is cents per pound, while the most in
ferlor kinds sold for 10 cents per pound.
During 1897 there were LOIS separate
fatal accidents in and about all the
mines and quarries, more than 20 feet
deep. in the United Kingdom, involv-
Ing the loss of l, ,102 lives, showing, on
comparison with the previous year, an
Increase of eleven in the number of ac-
cidents, and decrease of sc in the
number of lives lost
An apparatus has been invented for
recording the work of firemen in the
stoke room of steamships. 1t not only
tells the fireman what he ought to do
regarding the raising of steam. but ac-
curately registers the character and
amount of work. 1t is, in fact. rcgu-
lar tell-tale, which knocks revolution
gauges out of use.
Judge Holmes of the District Court
of Des Moines, Iowa, has handed down
an opinion in the case of George S.
Hughes against the Des Moines Typo
graphical Union. 1t fayors the latter,
holding Hughes cannot recover dam
nges from the union for being kept out
of employment because its members re-
fuse to work in the same office with
him, he being a non-union man. Hughes
had sued for $4,000 damages.
Farmer II. Cross of Hammond, y. Y,
has received Il tiers patent on paper
hanging machine, which experts say
will revolutionize that branch of the
Interior decorators art. The principal
features claimed for the new device are
that 1t will paper n given wall or ceiling
In less than half the time usually re-
uuired under the ordinary method. The
machine trims, pastes ana hangs paper
direct from the roll at any point or an
gle. In appearance it resembles II car
pet sweeping machine, and as 1t weighs
only seven pounds is easily handled and
manipulated
The Origin of Scalping.
At the annual meeting of the Balti-
more Folk Lore Society Miss Alice G.