Bisbee daily review., 1910-04-28
STOCK MARKETS, RAILROADS. FINANCIAL AND MINING
FACTS IN FEW Lives

Aristotle described a comet which
appeared b. c. 3T1.
In Spain shoeblacking is mixed with
wine instead OF water.
A part of the lower Engadine in
Switzerland is being converted into a
national park.
Nearly 10000 beds in London hos
pitais are daily occupied by the sick /
and MANNED poor.
Every day the railroads OF New
York city move So per cent OF the
population Of the city.
The United States imports about
$4,000 tons of manufactured chalk !
year. mainly from England and Ger /
many.
From 1850 TO 1900. inclusive. the
government of the United States spent |
S4T4 ,l63.9IT in caring for the Indians
of the country
Fire played less havoc in the wood |
lands of the national forest states last
year than II did In 1908. although the
number OF fires was 40 greater.
The number OF accidents in street
and steam railroads within the city
Of New York was 56.4S1 In 1908. while
In 1900 the number was reduced "a
52.GlS
4 lock of Napoieon's hair. cut By his
servant on May 81. 1911, at the Hotel
de LORI. Brussels. was sold recently
for 81 at Stevens auction rooms. Gov
snt Garden. London.
An airship is being made for the
British navy which will have a lifting
capacity of twenty tons. In many re
spects this is the largest ever con
structed and is the first built for the
English government
The rapid growth Of mahogany is
shown in southern Nigeria. where the
site Of town destroyed sixty years
ago has been covered with mahogany
trees. some OF which are more than
ten feet In diameter.
\ German scientist has invented
so called duplex compass which by
| indicating the horizontal intensity OF
| the earth's magnetism gives the ap-
proximate longitude and latitude OF
4
The Canadian minister Of the in.
terror submitted figures showing that
there are still available for home
steads in the province of Manitoba
IL. So. 600 acres. In Saskatchewan 1C4.-
s7S.0o0 acres and in Alberta 117.369.0oo
acres
According TO the Pelzin Daily News
the Chinese ministry Of the interior in
tends 20 make Investigations concern
ing the prohibition Of early marriages.
which it considers to be attended with
evil results. The age may be fixed at
twenty.
The Venezuelan government has es-
tablished a national public school for
teaching the manufacture Of jipijapa
panamasi hats in tine school Of arts
and sciences at Merida, state of Meri-
da. The jipijapa palm abounds in that
district.
4 Cancer continues to increase in Brit
ain. There are annually some 10000
fresh cases. The death rate rises from
year to year. Some observers have
noted that this rise comedies with the
equally steady rise in the standard Of
comfort
The fact that it is almost impossible
: for married couples with children 10
find steady employment on farms ard
stations in New South Wales and 9th
er parts of Australia is creating pub
lie stir which is almost assuming TIE
dimensions Of a national scandal
A will was contested not long ago in
New York because the testatrix had
bequeathed a grand piano. several oil
. paintings and five pieces Of japanese
, pottery 10 a police station. The pro
testing legatee won out, and there was
a reversion of those art treasures 10
| the regular heirs.
Sacred cattle are slaughtered and
shipped to Paris to help out the scar
city Of beef. In PARKWAY Madagascar
are great herds. several millions OF
r cousins 10 midas breed Of sacred
hump cattle, and the farseeing French
: as protectors Of Madagascar pronounce
| the meat of these animals equal e
beef
i Through her grand mistress The
czarina has issued orders that the Ia
/ dies of the Russian court must mo-
4 smoke. She win not tolerate as 9
4 | lady In waiting a woman carrying thi
/ od0r of smoke on her breath or in hei
clothing. This Is revolution in Rus
sia, where smoking is common amons
4 | women.
A meeting was held recently at Mar
1 L QaiIlas France xrha5, tho bpoparss aut
4 street singers got together and formet
an organization for the protection Of
their interests and TO resist the en-
croachments of pretenders. A Fegulal
organization was effected. with consti
4 tuition and bylaws. and limitation!
were placed upon membership.
According to Consul General Jone
8 at Winnipeg. Canada is in great nees
4 Of rat traps. Farmers in the grail
& belt are becoming anxious over the in
yasion OF rodents from the Unites
q States and are willing and able to pa,
j good price for a trap that viii CON
i bine durability and efficiency tn
4 rats are nearing Winnipeg. and at
q tempts to cheek them by inoculatiOi
with a communicable virus have s
4 far failed to stop their onward march
4 Corn grows in 10 days from il
4 / planting time. IN the great corn bel
q during 1909 the corn farmers made ia
4 ground give up to them $l5.000.Oo
every day OF those 100. In othc
8 words. every day from the time III
:. corn farmers put the seed in tn
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