Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-25
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Fish are unusually scarce in Lake
Erie.
Porcelain is being used for water
pipes.
American fashion plates are used In
German tailor shops.
The United States sold Korea about
$1,000 worth of goods last year.
A portrait of Marconi Is to be en-
grayed on one of new issue of Italian
stamps.
California produces more oranges
and lemons than any other State in
the Union
The United States mint at San Fran
cisco Is the largest institution of the
kind In the world
Iowa pays women school teachers
less than any other State. the average
salary being $3691 month.
The port of New Chwang at the
mouth of the Llado River, Is the great
est bean market in the world.
The secret of the art of writing is to
have somewhat to say, and to say just
that and no other.-Richard Grant
White.
A London firm of tea dealers has
been fined for including in the weight
of packages of tea sold the weight of
the paDer wrapper.
The Russian officials are considering
projects for dredging the mouth of the
Petschora, in order to utilize the
stream to better advantage.
The American automobile made its
debut at Odessa for the first time dur
ing the last year, and few machines
were sold which have given great sat
isfaction.
The city of Grenoble, France, INSTALL
ed its new system of electric lighting
from a water power source twenty
seven miles distant, in the valley of
the Romanche.
The shark has returned to European
waters In the Baltic, where sharks
had been unknown since 1859, they
have made their appearance in consid-
cradle numbers.
Special district technical schools for
improving the artistic education of the
working girls and designers are about
to be opened In certain centers in st.
Etlenne. France.
A concession has been granted to
civil engineer, Mr.. Eugenio de An
drade, for the building of an electric
railway between Rio de Janeiro and
Petropolis. Work must be begun with
in two years.
The frequent discovery of new dia-
mond mines in the Transyaal and Or
ange River Colony is resulting in Inn
portant orders being placed with Brit
lsh manufacturers for diamond wash
ing machinery.
The island of Cyprus, in the Mediter-
ranean, will have railroad. 1t Is re-
ported that an amount of 100000
francs has been appropriated for the
construction of narrow gauge rail-
road line across the island.
The Sungari River empBlng into the
Amur Is the waterway for the north
ern part of Manchuria and drains a
district twice the size Of the Lao wa
tershed, but having little. II any more.
first-class agricultural country tribu-
tary to 1t.
American stationery is being more
aud more appreciated in Europe, Aus
tria exports large quantity of paper
but really good letter paper is exceed
ingly scarce there. Pens, pencils and
erasers of Austrian manufacture are
likewise inferior.
The whole import Of live geese to
Germany amounted to 6,220.055 in
1900. 6,431 .247 in 1901, and 1881, 145
valued at S5,513. 492) in 1902, a steady
Increase which is typical of most food
imports which supply the great middle
classes of the German people
The French Minister of Finance has
Just published his report of the receipts
from the tax on bicycles for the year
I 9O3. the total sum collected on go. $50
bIcycles being 6,92l,23S francs Isl ,3S4.-
24T. 6O. The number has increased
from 229,Sl6 in 1896 to the above fig
ures In 1903.