Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-01-22

The producers of alcohol in France
are somewhat disturbed because of the
new invention by which alcohol is
manufactured by synthesis by means
of acetylene. Although the process is
dustry. the members of the Society of
Agriculture of Nord. in recent meet
ing, memorialiZed the government ask
ing that duty of AZ, cents pound to
be placed upon carburets.
K. II. NJ. Jantzen, a PittSburg en-
graver. has engraved the alphabet and
eight other letters and figures. making
thirty four in all, on the head of an
ordinary pin. This surpasses any
feat of the kind on record, and re-
quired the best of skill and patience to
accomplish. The alphabet alone has
been engraved frequently heretofore
on a pin head, but the task of adding
eight other characters is very difficult.
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Reports have been submitted to
President Z. H. Hartman, of the
Southern Pacific railroad, for the con-
struction of tunnel nearly seven
miles long through the Sierra Neva-
da mountains, at cost of about S14.-
100000. Such a tunnel would cut
down the summit grade about 1.500
feet. and would enable the company to
dispense with all but three of the for
ty-two miles of mountain snowsheds.
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Steps having been made to organize
union of Austrian locomotive engi-
neers, the minister of the interior for
bade the formation of such union. on
the ground that it would be a danger
to the state. The organizers appealed
to the imperial court, alleging that
such a prohibition was in violation of
their political rights. The court has
decided that the prohibition by the
ministry was legal and well founded.
The weaving of stone into material
for clothing. the making of flexible
and lasting granite trousers. black mar
BILE coats and fancy onyx waistcoats
may be possibility of the future, the
weavers say. Already curtains are
made of asbestos and cloth manufac-
tured from chalk. while a certain spin
ner has an armchair covered with a
soft and silky fabric of Titan red,
which he wove toilsomely out of rock
red shell.
Automobile sign posts to serve as
warnings of dangerous turnings. de.
scents, or faults in the highways will
be placed throughout France by
spring. The system of posts as de-
vised by the technical committee OF
the Frensch Automobile club is ex-
tremely practical. The idea was TAX
en- from the cyclists sign posts, al
though the motormens signs are more
novel and at the same time more
easily read.
Mr.. Carter II. Harrison wife of the
mayor of Chicago, has become the re-
cipient of a decoration at the hands
of Henri Merou, the French consul. for
her work in advancing the interests of
the Alliance Franchise On behalf of
the latter NJ. Merou presented her with
a handsome gold medal suspended
from a clasp in the form of rosette
The medal is the insignia of an officer
of public instruction. and is highly
priced among educators
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What is undoubtedly the smallest
horse in the world has just been
brought to Tampico, Mexico. by TIA.
biato Eposito and sold to A. j. Morri-
son, of Los Angeles, Cal. for a large
price. This Tom Thumb of equnes,
which is appropriately named "Lilli-
putian," stands just high enough to
reach to his owners knees and weighs
only 73 pounds, though fat and plump.
The pony is seven years old and 22ts
inChcs-five and a half hands-tall.
In some respects Venezuela Is the
most interesting country in the world
II is larger than France and Germany
put together, having a greater area
tnan the states OF Texas, Colorado,
Idaho and California combined The
best watered region Of the earth. II
has over 1000 nayigable rivers. the
miehtiest Of them being the Orinoco
which Is one Of the biggest rivers on
the globe. The delta Of the Orinoca
Is nearly as large as that Of the Nile
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The largest sewer ia tho world Is
nearing completion IN Chicago II
will be nearly two and "A half miles
long 2H feet inside diameter and
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