Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-05-01
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EI~fric air pumps are new auto con-
yenIenres
Il is believed that only 1000 buffa.
Ices are now In existence.
Ia Spain the old style charcoal bra
zier Is stiil IN use for heating pur-
poses
Canadian h0usekeepers complain be-
cause general houseworkers wapt 50
month instead OF ST
IL is proposed 10 establish farms
throughout Canada for the cultivation
OF fur bearing animals.
IL is possible TO accommodate COM
fortabiy 30ti000 persons In the New
York hotels at one time.
The British East African protecto
rate includes 3.0OO.OOO acres of forests.
so far virtually untouched.
Ten countries OF Europe have en-
tered into an arrangement TO prohibit
the use of saccharin in foods and Dev-
er3ges,
The Indications are that at no dis.
tani date there VIII be more German
students in America than American
students In Germany.
In Liberia coffee trees attain a
height of more than twenty feet. The
price OF the product is and 0 cents a
pound at the plantation.
New York theaier managers esti-
mate that the nightly attendance at
the city's places of amusement is 1900
mora thai, A. r.-.e n,a cons
In Ceylon the largest pearls are sold
for never more than $500. but when
they reach the great markets of the
world they are worth more than three
times this price.
In a series of telephone experiments
a German scientist has made magnets.
alternating current transformers and
even dynamos talk without the use OF
vibrating plates or membranes.
10 the recent parliamentary election
in Victoria. Australia. women cast
more than 30 per cent of all the bat
lots poiled This was the FIRST cleo
tlon in which women were allowed to
vote for members of the state parlia-
ment.
The project for building a new iron
railway bridge across the Neva In st.
Petersburg has now been worked out.
and the bridge is 10 be begun with
out delay. The bridge will be of au ex-
tremely simple pattern, and its length
is to be l.7J0 feet
There are only hair as many opium
dcns in China as there were eighteen
months ago. 1t is now difficult TO BUY
opium except by iiceuse. which per
mits smoker to buy at one time Eve
drains. Each license costs 10 cents
and is good for three months.
Greece has been producing too many
currants TO make the currant raising
industry profitable. Enough vines are
to be destroyed TO reduce the output
by - per cent. and S2.316.oOO Is 10 be
expended at once in reimbursing the
owners for the uprooting OF their
vines
Hubert Latham recently took up n
moving picture operator on q seven
minute trip in his acroplane TO an Gle
walton of eighty feet from the ground
The operator took pictures with the
lens pointing downward. The appa-
ratus weighed 200 pounds and its op
orator 1876
The Turkish boycott OF Austrian
goods is said 70 nave damaged the in
dustry and trade OF Austria severely
The branch which has suffered most
is that which manufactures the bon
nets lures" the red wooden cap which
Austria has provided Turkey with al
most exclusively.
10 Switzerland education is free and
compulsory. Ample facilities are pro
vided for the education OF all classes.
and iilitcracy is practically unknown
in the confederation. except among
immigrants who come into the coun-
try after they have passed the pre-
scribed school age"
In a speech before the University OF
Berlin Professor Albrecht Penck. who
was Emperor William professor at Co
iumbia university. said New York.
With its population Of nearly J.O0OOJO.
has a brilliant future Looking tar
ahead. however be thought Chicago
would be a greater city.
One OF the grocers OF Paris has been
found guilty OF contraveulng pure food
requirements. He offered for sale
eggs Of three kinds. described as
fresh new laid and ''todays.' hut
as even the last named came from
Russia the authorities Instituted pro
ceedinga. and he was Aned Sl00
The making OF paper from bamboo
Is no recent discovery. For genera
lions the Chinese have carried Oh this
industry In their homes. but their
methods are exceedingly primitive. no
chemlrals entering into their process
The Chinese use only bamboo shoots.
for the evident reason that the shoots
can be more readily worked mp.
The finest gold yet recorded IL from
the Great Bowider mine. Kalgoorlle.
Western Australia. II was derived
from the decomposition OF auriferuus
feiluridcs and was e99.1 fne. A small
quantity OF gold from the Pixies Peak
mine Cripple Greek. showed on assay
n fneness OF 900. while much of the
outcrop OF gold Of Mount Morgan
miDe. Queensland. was 997 fine.
More than 1900 persons went 10
Canada from the Quilted states last
year IN excess OF the highest cnlcula-
lions. Early IN the year Il was thoughi
by sanguiue officials thar 1900 might
be expected. but there were 9O.ifs
The Immigration commissioner esti-
mates that the average wealth Of
zach o. these SETTLERS In Canadian ter
ritory Is Si.Oo0. which means that $780,
100000 has been added to the wealth
OF western Canada.