Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-04-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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On an average over sixty reputed
centenarianS die each year IN Eng.
hand and Waies.
During the lsst fscal year 3.llT30i.-
535 fishes and dsb eggs were distrib-
uted 10y the bureau of fisheries.
The eastern states. from Maine TO
Alabama. produced gold worth S2l9..
l43 and silver worth $3J.070 last year.
The lighthouse Of Helgoland has
light of s0.O0O.0O0 candle power At
Nuremberg a lamp ten times as pow
erfui has been made.
During the year 1909 the Salvation
Army erected or dedicated properties
from Boston 10 Honolulu aggregating
in value nearly S5OU.0OO.
Besides Great Britain. the countries
which have old age pensions are Den
mark France. Belgium. Germany.
| New Zealand and Australia.
In 1857 the wheat crop Of California
yas more than three times greater
thau that OF Kansas. Lasg year the
I Kansas crop was seven tinles greater
than that Of California.
In ireland. OWING TO a lack Of sun
light and beat. peaches. grapes arc
tomatoes must be grown and ripcuec
Under glass TIE prices are ccuse
Quently almost prohibitory
There are few large farms in Ire
lard. there being out of the Co0.O9
holdings ia tie eBtire island US MANI
as 10000 which do not contaia q;
many rs i've acres and 10000 whici
contain 10 mere than fifteen acres.
The megaphoue has been used ~
some western army posts for the pur
pose Of simplifying the volume Uf ths
I blgle. where Il Is desired that the calls
shall be heard az a distance greater
than the sound will carry under or
dluary circumstances.
The shoe business IN Great Britain
! is largely controlled by trusts. ore Of
the chief combinations being known
as the Public Benedt company. This
trust has stores all over England. one
or more in each city and town. Their
goods are British made.
& Hubert Latham recently took up u
moving picture operator on a seven
minute trip ia his aeropiane TO an eie
! walton Of eighty feet from the ground.
Tie operator took pictures with the
lens pointing downward. The appar
Gius weighed go pounds. and its op-
orator 1876.
Ia Switzerland clocks are now being
made which do net require hands and
I faces. The timepiece merely stands
In the hall. and you press a button.
whea by means of the Photographic
internal arrangements. IL calls cut
half past g." or ~6ve minutes 10 o."
as the case may be.
Ono Of the last OF the cid possboys
or positions has died at Dartford
Kent. England He was John Wilson.
aged ninety-six. who had ridden be-
fore Queen Victoria 10 the early years
q her reign. when she used TO visit
TIE country houses of her friends IN
tie old fashioned style. travelling by
read
This advertisement appeared recent
ly in n Bavarian Journal: Man want
Cd to sweep snow at FTiedhof TIE
post is excellent. but | am compelled
20 resign because / ind that il is get
ting too much for me. as l already
hold the office Of town clerk. school
master and organist No candidates
without shoveis Of their own need ap-
ply"
! Foreign comment on the SIciDheu
! case so much impressed NJ. Barthou
q the French minister OF justice. that he
viii propose radical changes in the
I trial courts. lie plans TO take from
! the president OF tho court the duty
/ and privilege Of interrogatoire aud
conEGc 10 the public prosecutor and
the counsel for the defense the task
OF examining the accused and the wit
/ nesses.
In half q century the United States
/ department. CT agriculture has grown
I from a mere beginning to an instiiu-
ton with over 1900 employees. Con
sIess supplies il with an annual in
come for Its expenditure in the neigh
bCrhood OF s15.OO0Oo0. while half IS
much more is spent by the states Ia
their agricultural experiments. colleges
I and experiment stations
\ section OF the amphitheater IN
King ArthuTs round table field ia
honmouthshire. England, has been
partially exhumed. The Archaeolos-
zeal society has made fve excavations
around the walls. and the searchers
found the main entrance. the sand
which formed the bed OF the arena ADD
1 a cornerstone. From Inscriptions on
the stone they trace the date Of The
theater back 10 10 A. D., or 1850
years.
The Baccaga france glass facfory
has just pTOdnced new class of glass
| which, VIXEN heated to boiling point
aud then plunged into water at freez
ir= point. win not break The princi-
pal object was the making of safety
lamp tubes superior 10 those made of
the Jena product The composition Of
the glass IS. says the Revista Minera.
roughly 20 per cent bicarbonate Of
soda. 10 carbonate Of manganese. 0
oxide Of zinr and > oxide of lead.
Massachusetts has taken up the idea
Of pcor mans credit bank. This is
az institution where men Of little
means can get loans with no security
except their personal character The
bank accepts deposits and pays a small
rate CT Interest on them u is organ
ized In the form Of a company. every
member OF which can get small loans
on the endorsement Of other members.
As the society IS very careful n ad-
hitting members. there IS little Iikeii-
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