The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

among the meats sold I see Chicago hams, bacons and canned stuffs
 The sale of carpenters tools is large. Our hardware holds it's own in all parts of Europe and our machine tools are &C., knowledged to be the best. American saws are frequently seen, ana there should be a demand here for the old fashioned wood saw. In many of the cities the chief fuel is wood It is brought in from the mountains and sawed and split in the streets. The ax used has a short handle and a blade about three inches wide: It is a sort of cross between an ax and a. hatchet For cutting down trees some American axes are sold. saw lot from Findlay, O.. in one of the stores of Berne. After the wood Is sawed and split it is carried up into the houses on the backs of men in great baskets made of slaves.
 The Swiss Using Electricity.
 There might be an opening for Ameri- can electrical machinery here, for the Swiss are rapidly turning their streams to account. There are little power plants everywhere, and many factories are run by electricity generated by water. Here at Geneva, the waterworks run the street cars and furnish the electric lights. They also supply power to workshops large and small throughout the city and its su- burbs. The power plant is on an island in the Rhone, right in the center of the city and only a hundred feet from where the Rhone runs out of Lake Geneva. There is quite a fall at that place, and the turbulent stream moves twenty great engines by means of turbines The ma chinery was made at Zurich. from where comes large part of the electric trans, and most of them are lighted by electricity. The tram cars are trolleys The electric lights here at Geneva are of the Brush variety.
 Geneva the Capital of French Swift
 zerland.
 The most of western Switzerland Is French, and Geneva might be called it's capital. The city Is one of the most beau- tiful of its size in Europe. It has mag nificent store buildings and many fine homes. It lies in nest in the hills on the shores of Lake Geneva at the point where the Rhone flows out on it's way to- ward the Mediterranean Sea. The Rhone divides the city forming several islands, over which bridges go from one side of the town to the other. On the islands are bath houses, restaurants, cafes and the waterworks. One of the bridges is on the site of bridge which Julius Caesar de-
 
 the FIelvetii. Geneva is city of schools. and 1t has students from all parts of Eu- rope.
 like Lake Geneva. It is a beautiful expanse of glassy green. with Mt. Blanc and others of the snow-capned Alps look ing down upon it. It is only from mile and half to eight miles in width. but 1t is as long as from Baltimore to Wash .ington. and in most places very deep. reaching a depth of thousand feet in some parts. The lake is in the form of a goose neck squash. with Geneva at the end of the neck. IL Is covered with steam boats and sailboats of various kinds, which ply from town to town and village to village along its banks.
 A Land of Vineyards. N In travelling from Geneva to Berne I sSirted the north side of the lake going through the rich orchards and vineyards which cover its shores. The land is well titled. the farms are divided bv hedges and the hills are so terraced with stone walls that every patch of them is used Every vineyard has a sort of doll house in it about the size of large store box. This is intended for the men who guard the ripe grapes from birds and other two- legged thieves. As in France. the vines are tied to stakes. Each vine has its