The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-13
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Ostend is to hold an international ex-
hibition of fashions in 1904.
Electricity is the motive force en-
ployed on 1925 miles OF rail in Italy.
At st. Augustine, Fla, is the only mill
in the world that gets its power direct
from an artesian well.
Ninety thousand pounds Of snails reach
Paris daily. They come from Burgundy
and Provence principally.
In Italy the. manufacture of playing
cards is state monopoly yielding an an
nual revenue of s4,000,000.
According the United States consul
general in Montreal Germany makes the
best lead pencils, but the United States
the best rubber e1asers.
This year must be marked with black
stone to the calendar of champagne low
ers. for 1902 will be one of the very
worst champagne years on record.
Swiss cowbells have been introduced
into the Himalayas as a protection for
cattle against tigers, The tigers are said
to run as soon as they hear the bells.
|. In Berlin the project is being consid-
cred of a seven-mile underground electric
! road which will cost $4,000. 00D to build
and four years will be required to build it
German manufacturers of coal bril-
quotes have formed a syndicate to export
machinery to the United States and build
up the industry Of making briquettes from
waste coal ana ignite.
. Four immense cleaners are to be puilt
by the Hartman railroad interests to ply
between Portland. Ore. and oriental
ports. They are to cost between 81, 300. 900
and 100000 EACH
Railroad men say that 10000 home
seekers, with their families have settled
this year in Idaho, Washington and Ore
gon. The Canadian Pacific has carried
over 100000 people to Manitoba.
T1x.ifo ~, fI- aff tod ofNo
do not figure very largely among the ma
tions possessing investments of French
capital, they being among the strongest
capitalistic countries Of the world.
The export of GOALS becoming very i'm
Iortant in Japan. amounting in value as
it did IN 1900, to $40, PA, us. A large pro-
portion of that has been sent to China,
British India. Hcngkong and the re-
mainder to other countries in the eastern
seas.
It is possible that Florida phosDha tie
will meet a serious competitor N the re-
Gently discovered deposits on Ocean
Island, northeast of the Solomon Islands.
which seem to be superior in quality to
either Florida or Christmas Island pics
phate.
It is reported that the Russian minister
of the interior is considering project for
Matchmaking the medical profession. so
tina. all doctors and chemists would be
state officials A commission has been
appointed to collect information on the
subject.
New, York and Louisiana capitalists
have combined to construct an irrlgating
canal sixty-four miles long, which will
pass through 100000 acres Of rich rice
lands and the oil belt An electric road
is to be built along the bank. The source
Of supply is the Atchafalaya river, a
branch of the Mississippi.
The Petit Bleu publishes a prediction
by the meteorologist, Herr Finger of
Prague, who is of the opinion that Mar
Unique and probably other West Indian
islands will be virtually destroyed by xol-
canic eruptions in Italy. He points out
that the most violent volcanic disturb
ances on record have occurred In years
ending with the figure 5.