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There I. no oiyiliSoi laui ln the world md
! fcw savage ones where "yi i"no"s - Nnori,tn
Ingenuity and ,kilI do not confront tho traveller
on every sIlc 70 In the sorth ~ Sweden
| train. ~ reindeer are diav ,,g Amcri,ap wood
| cutting ma, hinery To Ioirt- mot ar distant
, from tho Sutth care The machinery Ias tp
/ he hauled hundred. ~ miles over the rnina
! ~ .now, but the shtcwd Swedish lumhcr-
! men have found that its uso almost doubles
! their prp1t. Again Puutas Arenas IN Terra
! dol Fueso " the mot ."uthcrlv continental
/ spot on the globe The important lighthouse
! thero /, equipped with electric machinery
manufactured within "A few hundred miles Of
| New York city.
Some of the schemes devised by the enter
| pr-lng Yankee are 40 daring that they nigh:
| have been almost sacrilogious in less prao-
tical age A large consignment; ~ stcel pumps
! was lately shipped To the East Their desti-
| nation was the Jordan Formerly pilgrims
! with m eye to the main chance had found Il
profitable TO se"urc cslabashUs Of water from
tho sacred river and sell their contents to
: churches and converts TO be used a. holy water.
. A wideswake American saw his opportunity.
| lie devised a steam pump OF convenient size.
| a number OF which were set up al suitable
| Points along the banks Of the Jordan The
/ result was q profitable business in retailing To
! the churches all over Europe
| Again. American devices are finding their
| wav into tho Vatican itself. The Sovereign
| PontiT has recently been our customer for n
| fashlcht apparatus. which stands by his couch
and can be ignited at any moment during the
night by pressing button.
| Tradition has assigned TO Bagdad the honor
! II producing the most celebrated Of lamps.
| But q New York house has superseded Aladdin
and his eonll, The lamps are Of farcful pat
;orn and are decorated with devices often
| more pleasing TO the eve Of tho Oriental than
he morals Of the Gscetic They arc Of simple
design operating without a chimney. on the
| principle of the blast furnace. They are CON
| vey,d 20 n point on the Persian Gulf. from
! whence they are hauled over some 800 miles
/ Il desert on c1nel back They are the trans
I farred to ra't7 and towed a hundred miles NJ
} the Euphra,cs. where they are again loaded
on camels. which convey them to their d"s-
| tnatlon. zoo miles from the river. Those
lamps ara quite the thing in the Orient. Among
/ the residences that they decorate are tho pal
9cos Of tho Sultan Of Morocco. tho Prince OF
Siam and several raahs In British India. They
are also popular in jerusalem.
! In lnda. too. il looks as though at no dis
! tant date the punka will he a thing Of the past
and the punka walla seeking new job. 4
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! ''c '' "''9e.' ""o"s ti'' ,'u'' up- -,u-ui'o
! ~ '!'' "'"'o ',''r '"'''''' III p''neo
! in particular having laid In n considerable
| sGpply, This torrid climate Of India opens
| up n number Of possibilities to the enterpris-
! iuG trader A few soda fountains have re-
! contly h"en shipped TO Calcutta experiment
| tally and It is thought a considerable trade
in this typical American article may ensue
Ice plants. too. have been shipped To various
! parts 0; tho country. and there il q call for
! more Another article considered indsnop-
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/ '''' ~ '"'"' P'0' VI 'ih' ny noapu'o
curt aims IS becoming popular In the east
! .li,nod ~ s,-rio
~ aaos ,ha a ,,on. ,,
! Nor docs the ancient land OF Egypt turn
| up Its nose at our new tangled contrivances
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"s supp's % y. n''"srs =" ''e ,P''..'is na''ns
! run rather low. owing 10 the Expectations
of curio hunters, an American firm has been
rulny I'D tho vacan,ies win mos, intsr.st-
,'""s tp ''' .aCa,''eS W''n i''os' interest
u matter of fact. they are manufactured by
a new patent process from, various condl-
meats, but they i"ok SO like ancient stone
that they woud deceive any but an expert.
Egypt appears 10 be getting 'risky In its old
age An American merrv-go-rorind OF the
coney Island type has recently been SET up
! a. I",' " ,''' '''"''
! VINO cut mo ngure In their snowy burnOoses
, bestritInu the green and cold ,iyers nd ola
! rh,r,s I, l. d,,,.,, So. 60, 49,, a.. ,
| P''7 ~ - u''N'" oS 9'ea"'' anu ils Hlu-l'
I l. the same old American ragtlme Another
! country which has become customer for
| American uerrv- gD-round- l. Spain
| Rut uuquesttonChly our most important
/ customer In the last l. CHINA. The greater
| part Cf the railroad equipment, engines roll
| irg stock, rails all subject ~ the dacrest
J annoyance - the Boxer, come from This ciun-
! try. And iu this connection 1t may be observed
that one # tho PRINCIPAL reasons that the Chinese
| show such violent hatred of railroads Is that
the"are afrHid thai tie graves of their ancestors
| which are scattered pretty freely over the
| country and not con'rei o. graveyarCs NAV
! tc disturbed by tie fixing II the ties An
| irurCrta't and novel recent shiIrnent TO China
! + tle mHc livery for Naterworks 10 be So.
I up in tho northern part OF the enplre and on
| Grated nv native labor This will no a re
| uarka bio Innovation In n country whoso moo
| ,,a have hitherto cor,ented themselves vim
wells and not bothered about typhoid cerrs
| WrSchIrin is one Of ihe rrrs, fc-tiie cnun,ri.s
| IN ihe world Seven croi,s Of what can 10
raised in tho year n, cortaIn mart vol sour ~
| tho pu1sian 'troona ia heirc i,, r.nrtad r ha
cause Of Vii. ia the cctn.Ie.e ahsonr, ~ nood,rn
rour -rills tho chimes. .till cli,ri,'r 10 ~. ~,
| .t,,r aud wo 40 mi nrocassos ybicl a.. 80 u'
! ,,Io,.,s y odr v.s-s orn tiov.vor az 49, sn,o
n"';r NIL ms iust boon srar,cJ ~ ,bo jntouI
| 10 ,,artiuerv Cf ,rrtrb is amnr;.nn % "pr,iuu,
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