The Western news., 1904-08-10
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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-fve steamship lines
enter the harbor of Antwerp regu-
iarly.
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 tho sparrow has
six broods a year; in Britain seldom
more than three.
The women OF Saint-Brieuc, 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 ,SOO,-
900 bushels, against 148, 1922, 600 in 1908.
In the Bahama Islands the famin-
goes build their nests OF mud so high
that the rising tide will not food the
eggs.
The longest railroad in this country
Is the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy.
which owns 7,704 miles and operates
1911 miles.
Ii the worlds railroads we're equally
distributed over the earth's surface no
one would be more than seven miles
from some line.
Nevada has a 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. "the poverty of the
poor is mainly the result Of tho COM
petition Of the very poor"
According to recent Russian con-
sular report, six years ago 1900 chill
dren attended the Russian schools In
Syria. The number Is now 10000.
At Calvinia, Cape Colony, a statue
u to be erected over the grave Of Esau.
the loyal Kafflr, who was fogged and
shot by the Boer invaders during the
war.
Imports of palm oil into the United
states increased from 8.OS1, ,252 pounds
In 1901 to 1882, 800 pounds In 1908.
1he 1903 imports were valued at
&2.003, sos.
The average locomotive will draw
three hundred tons of goods a mile
every three minutes. 1t would take a
man and his team ten times as long to
haul single ton for one mile.
In an official report Just drawn up
for tho French parliament 1t is de-
clared that the feet is at the height
of efficiency, but that the garrisoning
and provisioning for several colonies
are insufficient
What 10 considered the largest body
Of cinnabar ore In the world has just
heen uncovered near Apex, Gunnison
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. ant
on deck arbors like those used in Ger
man gardens, which, 1t is expected
will be particularly appreciated by tn,
passengers in tropical regions.
The International Typographical
Union will build library at the Print
ers' Home at Colorado Springs, Colo.
10 accommodate the large number Of
hooks presented to the homo by tn,
late Congressman Amos J. Cummings
Tho library presented to the institu
ton BY Mr.. Cummings has 10000 vol
umeS.
Few persons have any idea of tn,
extraordinary manner in which tn,
population Of Europe has increased
during the last century. According t
statsticians, this population has NOR
than doubled itself from 1880 to 1890
To this increase the Latin nations o
the west and southwest contribute,
the least, and the greatest growth wa
in the east, where the people have no
yet become thoroughly saturated witt
the ideas Of modern civilization.