Amador ledger., 1909-06-04
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAL

London requires all automobile
taximeters to be attached to the rear
wheels, because the hind wheels are
mure liable to slip than the front
ones.
The British museum, which is now
$50 years old, was originated by Sir
Hans Sloan. who bequeathed bis col
leotions to the government for 500, =
0OO, about -Hfths of their cost.
Argentine has begun the develop
ment of new petroleum field on the
east coast of Patagonia on its own
account. At depth of ITO feet n
good grade of oil is secured.
On the basis of bushel of corn
producing rs gallons of alcohol, it
has been figured out that last years
corn crop IN the United States was
sufficient to furnish 2O,000,000 horse
power for ten hours day for an en-
tire year.
The brazilian government is trying
to stimulate the production of silk in
that country by Offering bounties to
producers of silk in cocoons and to
persons establishing silk factories
under certain conditions.
The pearl fisheries of CeyIon have
been worked continuously since the
sixth century B. &.
In Germany there are several
schools in which young women are
taught to box.
by giving reduced rates for travel
under certain conditions, Belgium
has enormously increased her pas
senger business and revenues.
In Silesia building blocks of glass
are of common use.
Pigments of moIe than 400 different
colcrs are secured from coal.
Russla's population is increasing at
the rate of $500, 700 year.
Nearly all the travelling in Colon
bia must be done on horse or mule
back, as there are less than 500 miles
OF railway IN operation.
An Italian scientist suggests that
Vesuvius be tapped, the molten lava
being nodded into paving block or
stones.
In the importation of tea the
United States ranks third among the
nations.
Fifty pounds of candle will pro-
duce the same amount of illumina-
tion as 1000 feet of gas.
lea importatlons intu the United
States have ranged from SO. 900, 600 to
Sl8, 00O, 900 year.
Fifty years ago there were 23.00)
distilleries in Sweden. This number
has now been reduced to 132
Women are only charged half
rates at the hotels in the more north
ern countries of Europe.
Germany expects to decrease its
importation of saltpeter from Chile
by the aid of electro chemical pro-
duction of manures containing at
mospheric nitrogen.
1t is figured out that a successful
physician must have a clientele of
$50 families, or about $50 persons.
More than one-quarter of the to-
bacco consumed by the Spanish
nation comes from the United States.
Since 1877 cholera has killed more
than 10000 900 persons in British
India. The worst year was 1900,
when there were 1877, 222 victims.
A modern paper making machine
will produce ordinary newspaper,
from 60 to 120 inches wide, at rate
of $50 to 450 feet per minute. accord
ing to quality.
In Cuba cocoanut trees have been
injured by new disease which ap-
pears to be bacterial malady that
attacks only the crowns of the trees,
causing them to rot.
Discovery of coal beneath the
chalk cliffs of Dover has given rise to
the hope that it may be found in
workable quantities elsewhere in the
sonth of England.
Some of the mountains on the
moon are estimated to be $4,000 feet
high.
About 100000 persons are eon-
stautIy i'll In the United States, one
seventh of whom have tuberculosis.
Utilizing bis spare time during
fifteen years, a German shoemaker
has completed clock in which the
only material used was straw.
Under ordinary atmospheric pres
sure cubic foot of water may be