Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-23
among the meats sold see chicaso

among the meats sold I see Chicagu
hams, bacons, and canned stuffs.
The sale of carpenters tools is large.
Our. hardware holds its own in all parts
of Europe and our machine tools are
acknowledged to be the best. American
saws are frequently seen, and there
should be, a demand here for the old
fashioned wood saw. In many of the
cities the chief fuel is wood 1t is
brought~in from the mountains and sawed
and split in the streets. The ak used
|shas a short handle and blade about
three inches wide. 1t is sort of cross
between an AK and Ratchet For cut
ting down trees some American axes
are sold. saw a lot from F'indlay, o.,
in one Of the stores OF Berne. After
the wood is sawed and split it is car
! ried up into the houses on the backs of
men in great baskets made of slaves.
SWISS USING ELECTRICITY.
There might be an opening for Aneri-
can electrical machinery here, for the
Swiss are rapidly turning their streams
10 account: There are little power plants
everywhere, and many factories are run
by electricity generated by water. Here
at Geneva the water-Works run the street
cars and furnish the electric lights They
also supply power to workshops large and
small throughout the city and its sub
urDS.R Inc power pidlI ~ OH OH AoltlAo
in-,the Rhone right in the center of the
city and only hundred feet from whe1 {
the Rhone runs out Of Lake Geneva.
There is quite 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
supplies of this country. Many of the
cities have 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
CAPITAL OF FRENCH SWITZER-
LAND.
! 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. 1t lies in a nest In the hills o..
the shores of Lake Geneva at the poinl
where the Rhone flows out on its way to-
ward the Mediterranean sea. The Rhone
divides the city forming several islands.
over which bridges so from one side OF
the town to the other. On the islands are
bath houses restaurants, cafes and the
water works. One of the bridges is on
the site of a bridge which Julius Caesar
destroyed when he had his first battle
.rith the Helvetii. Geneva is a city OF
schools and is has students from all
parts of Europe.
I like Lake Geneva. It is a beautiful
expanse of CLASSY green. with Mt. Blanc
and others of the snow-capped Alps look
ing down upon it. 1t is only from mile
and half to eight miles in width, buc
L is as long as from Baltimore to WASH
iilgton, and in most places very deep,
Coaching. depth of LOCO feet in some
parts The lake is in the form of a goose
7eck It is covered with steamboats, and
;aiboats of various kinds, which ply
from town to town and village to village
long its banks.
In travelling from Geneva to Berne
si5irted the north side Of the lake going
through the rich orchards and vineyards
sllich cover its shores. The land is we'll
Sil!ed, the farms are divided by hedges
nd the hills are so terraced with stone
..alls that every patch Of them is used
very vineyard has a sort Of doll house
ii it about the size of a large store
OK This is intended for the men VINO
uard the ripe grapes from birds and
,ther two-legged thieves. AS in France
be vines are tied to stakes, Each vine
as its own stake and it is trimmed down
0 q stub every year.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.