Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-08-12
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Germany has ten trade journals de-
voted to tobacco.
Imports of cheese into the United
States now exceed the exports.
Vessels of eighty five steamship lines
enter the harbor of Antwerp regu-
larly.
To keep the whole German army in
the field for one week would cost $780,
100000.
1t Is estimated that Guatemala's
coffee crop this year will amount to
one million sacks.
In the United States the sparrow has
six broods a year; In Britain seldom
more than three.
The women of Saint Brieuo, Brit
tany, are celebrated for the beauty and
the fine texture of their caps.
The corn crop of Argentina this
year Is officially estimated at 173, 800,
300 bushels, against 148 ,422 900 in 1903.
In the Bahama Islands the famin-
goes build their nests of mud so high
that the rising tide will not flood the
eggs.
The longest railroad in this country
is the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
which owns 1874 miles and opera ties
1871 miles.
If the worlds railroads were equally
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one would be more than seven miles
from some line.
Nevada has mile OF railroad for
each Ave citizens, but only eighty
seven hundredths of mile for each
one hundred miles of area.
According to Charles Booth Of the
Salvation Army, 1.-The poverty of the
poor is mainly the result of the COM
petition of the very poor"
According to a recent Russian con-
sular report six years ago 1000 chill
dren attended the Russian schools in
Syria. The number Is now 10000.
At Calvinia, Cape Colony. a statue
is to be erected over the grave Of Esau.
the loyal Kaffir. who was logged and
shot by the Boer invaders during the
war
Imports of palm oil into tina United
States increased from S,0S1, 252 pounds
In 1901 to 1882, SOC pounds in 1908.
The 1908 imports were valued at
50, OS8. SOC
The average locomotive will draw
three hundred tons of goods mile
every three minutes. 1t would take
man and his team ten times as long to
haul a single ton for one mile.
In an official report just drawn up
for the French parliament it is de
clared that the fleet is at the height
OF efficiency. but that the garrisoning
and provisioning for several colonies
are insufficient
What Is considered the largest body
OF cinnabar ore In the world has just
been uncovered near Apex, Guumson
County. Colorado 1t is about two hun
dred feet wide. carries gold and is
about 80 per cent quicksilver.
The new Hamburg steamers that are
being built for the South American
service will have some novel features,
including a playroom for children, and
on deck arbors like those used in Ger
man gardens, which, 1t is expected.
Will be particularly appreciated by the
passengers In tropical regions.
The International Typographical
Union will build Il library at the Print
ers' Home, at Colorado Springs, Colo,
TO accommodate the large number OF
books presented to the home by the
late Congressman Amos ]. Cummings.
The library presented to the inssitu-
ton by Mr.. Cummings has 10000 vol
umes
Few persons have any idea of the
extraordinary manner in which the
population OF Europe has increased
during the last century. According TO
statisticians. this populati has more
than doubled itself from 1850 to 1900.
To this increase the Latin nations of
the west and southwest contributed
the least, and the greatest growth was
In the east. where the people have not
yet become thoroughly saturated with
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