The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
HALAGA CATCHES AUTOMOBILE FEVER.

AN unique anu pecuii"r i"C'S
" " havp been unearthed of
late by the energetic for
cign consuls employed by Uncle Sam.
From the amour. of horsefiesh annual
ly consumed by the Partisan populacc,
generally supposed to thrive on alb
sinthe and frivoIity. to the almond out
.ook in Spain and the selling of eggs in
Germany by weight, the consular
agents have supplied the State Depart
ment with information as varied as
fantastic.
According to Consul Thornwell
Haynes, Paris consumes yearly Ills
LII pounds of horse meat The Vile
jult slaughter houses kin $4,000 horses
annually, and those at Pantin 1000. n
total of 10000. OF this number 10,5O0
are consumed in the environs of Paris
leaving the city itself 1880 carcasses.
In connection with the subject of
horses. Consul +. w. Mahin, at Not
tingham, reports that the use of moss
litter for bedding for horses is rapidly
coming into Use in Continental armies.
1t is claimed to be a powerful deodor-
izer and disinfectant-
Frum Leipzig comes Consul T.. H
Warner. who AYERS that Prussian Off
.cials have been petitioned to have eggs
sold hereafter by weight instead OF
number. The object is TO protect Ger
man poultry breeders from those of
foreign countries. particularly America
The secret of the scheme lies in the
fact that German hens lay eggs whose
weight is greater than those of foreign
fowls. weighing on the average 1855 TO
5144 pennyweights, while those i'm
ported only tip the scales at from o5.12
TO - I5 pernyweights.
Consul Warner also reports from
Leipzig a move on the part of the city
political authorities which is unique.
He says:
The Leirzis City Council has passed
an ordinance compelling those en-
ployed in the various departments OF
the city government TO take up their
residence within the city limits. rs
The water works, lighting plants. stor-
age warehouses. markets. pawn shops,
hospitals, exc. in addition TO the depart
ments under city control in the United
States are municipal institutions, n
large number of people will be affected
by this ordinance. 1t is said that this
action was taken in order to foster
Leipzig's growth, to increase the city S
income and to concentrate the CON
servativc vote"
The departure of the new 10,000.ton
steamship, United States. from Copen
hagen for New York. did not escape
the lynX-eycd consul at the former
port. who Immediately called the at
tention of the State Department TO the
N.ct that the vessel, with her sister
ships. Hellig Olav and Oscar H., has
more than twice the net tonnage capac
ity of any other steamer in the trade
between the two ports named. Thf
United States Steamship Company, OF
Copenhagen, for which these vessels
We're built. now own in all 127 steam
vessels, of 156,4S3 gross tonnage. 1t Is
but matter of time, the consul adds
when the steamship service from the
United States will he extended directly
TO the far eastern Baltic ports, TO keel
up with the march in trade of Amer
can exporters.
From Gaudeloupe, Consul l.. IL
Ayme, whose services during the disas
ters OF the Mont Pclee volcano were
so highly praised, announces that wire
less telegraphy has now been estab
lishcd for the use OF the public between
Gaudeloupe and Martinique. The tariff
charges are practically the same as
those Of the French Cable Company
whose lines have been broken-due t.
the volcanic activity-for some sixteeI
months. The service is satisfa ctOry
an average Of sixty messages beini
sent daily
Malaga. according to Consul d. r
Birch, has caught the automobile fevel
of the American type. The strang'
part of the story is, however, tina
| there is thus far but one automobile
now in Malaga, and that of the Frencl
racing make. One of the infuentia
men of the city, the consul goes on t.
say, has asked him to procure cata
logues OF the leading American ma
chimes, while another has placed al
order for a Detroit made machine
"Promptness in delivery" says Mr.
Birch, in conclusion, sis an essentia
point that should not be overlooked b!
American manufacturers in sendin;
machines to Spain"
Consul Birch also reports from Nal
aga that the crop of Jordan almonds IL
Spain for the next season promises 4
be normal for the first time since 1899
This means, approximately, that 100,
900 twenty-fve-pound boxes will b
available for export. The presen
price, $685., is considered prohibitiv'
by American buyers.
Turning to Bohemia child labor Il
found to be one OF the leading ques
tions, according to c. S. Mcfarland
consul at Reichenberg. UNSATISFACTORY.
condition In the cut-glass industry ha
brought on a strike Of some 1000 skllc,
laborers. and It was In this way tina
the facts concerning skilled labor wer
brought out. Children begin to recelv
instruction at very early age, AM
from about six years serve an appren
ticeship. All work Is done by piec
and no fixed wages are paid. An EN-
ployer claims that the average wag
amounts to seventy-six cents day TO