Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-22
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

1ne entire population of the wOrlu
could be placed on the Isle Of Wight.
There are silver ingots in the Bank
of England which have lain there for
more than 200 years.
Large quantities Of machinery are
being ordered by japan from Great
Britain. Among the latest orders is an
immense heating plant, for group Of
manufactures, and complete outfit for
a new sugar.making industry.
Every night while the British Parlia-
ment Is In session letter Is dispatcl,e
from the House Of Commons to King
Edward, giving a summary Of the pro
ceedings during the sitting. At present
the letter Is written by Herbert Glad.
stone.
or the 100000 miles of railway In
the world. only about 10 per cent nre
found In strictly tropical territory. and
no more than Is per cent within what
would be termed tropical and subtrop.
ical areas. Tracks abound In the tenn.
perate zone.
THE Nj Spelin Ieag of Amurrika
has," the says the Glasgow Herald.
"just added scvcnty.6vc more wurds
to the language. 'Tisls' and 'tung' are
two Of the wurst. II wool Civ us silk
feelin about the diafram to eat an eg
spelt with wun g. We get a numncss
thru all our Inns at the site OF such
loren wurds us 'agast' and gard lam
M s,1 tue lps vt
more. but these are more than enuf for
wun parragraf."
A driver on the Avontuur railway.
South Africa, while staying ut the Gam.
toos, caught large cobra dc capello
alive. The cool way In which he did
the trick (says local paper) sent a
cold shiver through every one who saw
1t. He simply caught hold Of the joint
OF Its tail, gave 1t sudden jerk toward
him and caught 1t by the back Of the
head. lie then placed 1t In biscuit
tin. The snake was three inches in
diameter and about four feet long.
We hear that a Parisian metallurgI.
cal engineer claims to have perfected
Il process of welding copper to steel
wire so rs to make u noncorrOsive coat.
Ing. Many advantages. 1t Is said, will
result from the use Of this new wire.
such as high tensile strength and elias
tlcity, combined with smaller surface
exposed to wind and sleet than would
be the case with Iron wire Of the same
conductivity. This wire Is especially
useful over long spans. rs pole intervals
may be much greater when It Is used.
Engineer.
The Inhabitants OF Groden, in the
Tyrol, recently celebrated the advance
ment Of their town to the grade Of
market place" The streets were elab.
orately decorated. ana In place Of stat.
uary. says correspondent In the Welt
Spiegel, great images were made Of
snow, Of which there was great quan.
tity. A gigantic statue OF st. Ulrich
and busts Of heroic size. on artistic
fedestals. Of former burgcrmeIsters and
Of the Emperor Francis were produced.
and the unique street decorations show.
ed that the little place contained much
artistic talent.
Another hot spring wns recently
added to the nineteen which Carlsbad
had for years enjoyed. WOrkmen who
were engaged In clearing out the chan.
nels Of the "Muhlbrunn" suddenly
broke into new spring Of hot mineral
water twenty-five feet below the sur.
face Of the ground. The water gushed
up and. overtiowing the promenade. ran
into the river Tepl. The appearance Of
the new spring was not altogether wei.
come to the citizens. because they fear
that Its flow may diminish that of the
Sprudel fountain. which is Carlsbad's
most valuable asset as health resort.
An Austrian engineer has discovered
that trunks Of trees retain the salt Of
sea water that has filtered through In
the direction Of the tiber. lie has con.
structed an apparatus designed to util.
ixe this discovery In obtaining drinkablc
water for ships crews an quickly 40
the process Of filtration Ia accomplished.
This apparatus consists Of pump
which sucks up the sen water into q
reservoir and then forces It into the
fllter formed by the tree trunk. Al
soon as a certain pressure Ii reached
the water II seen Mt the end In from one
to three minutes. according TO the kind
Of wood used. 1t makes Its exit from
tho other extremity Of the trunk at
irst In drops and then In tine streams,
the water thus filtered being drinkable.
freed. In fact. from every particle Of
the salty taste.
As long agO as the thirteenth century
a Chinese named Ye-jln-yang. dlscOv.
cred method Of inducing the fOrma.
tiOn Of pearls IN the Chinese river mus
sells. The mussels were gently opened,
and small pellets. usually OF clay. In
serted. The mussels were then placed
In about two feet Of running water. At
the end of two or three years. says a
writer In the Manchester Guardian,
they were again opened. when It was
often found that nacreOus matter had
been deposited on the pellets, forming
pearls, millions OF which are sold I'm
China. The most curious pearls repre-
sent the form OF small seated image
of uBddha. The figures are cast In
thin lead or stamped on tin. and In.
serted In the mussel. instead Of the or.
dinary pellets When covered with the
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