Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES

1854 patents.
Dentists say that damp weather In
ereases their business 80 per cent.
Winnipeg expects to have in 1911 a
winter carnival. at which winter
sports OF all kinds viii be INDUCED in.
Twenty years ago the New York
postofice issued money orders to the
value Of $10l334.i78. and during the
last year their value was S42S. 543. $50.
Last year the Canadian northwest
mounted police handled nearly 7.00U
cases Of crime and misdemeanor ana
secured convictions in six out of every
seven Instances.
Originally made merely for brna-
mentation. electric light shades BOW
are designed along purely scientific
lines 70 diTuse or reflect the light with
the greatest economy.
Fifteen women have been electcc
10 the new parliament of Finland
The previous parliament. the FIRST -
which women We're eligible. had nine
teen women among its members
The ubrlcating mechanism OF g,-
roscope car is fitted with an alarm 70
warn the engineer, for II the axles OF
the rapidly moving horoscopes should
get hot they would cut through The
bearings in an instant.
The present population OF Argentina
IS estimated az over 6.S05.OOO, which
is nearly twice the population Of
Chile Brazil with 100000 inhabit-
ants IS the only South American
country ahead ~ Argentina
Heretofore regarded as valueless. q
certain kind Of soil Of which there arc
large deposits ia Denmark has been
found To make excellent bricks OF light
weight and 50 tough that nails may be
driven into them without cracking.
Tor the first six months Of last year
10000 Bibles were printed and circH-
! lated in China. while during the whole
Of the previous year the number was
only 100000. Nearly every Bible was
paid for. In Turkey there Is also a
great increase.
In the fifteenth century cotton mHn-
ufacture had bccome the leading in
Gustry in West Africa among the
Mandingo. Wolof, Songliai and Hausa
peoples From Liberia cotton cloths
were first exported to northern and
western Europe
The Old mahogany bureau desk used
BIZ Robert Burns ~ E!Iisland aud
Dunfries and at which the poet wrote
Tam o Shanter,- AUD Lang Syne~
and many OF lis other famous lyrics
was sold in London recently for S3.0o0
or unimpeachabie pedigree. this relic
aroused keen interest.
The sugar crop Of Porto Rico this
year viii be the largest crop harvested
in the islands history. The acreage in
cane this season is approximately 20O-
co. and the yield of sugar is estimated
TO De from 100000 TO $4,000 tons. an
average yield Of less than two tons to
the acre.
A fund Of 100000 is being raised &C.
be known as the Richard Watson Gil
der fund FOR thc promotion Of good cit
izenship. 10 De intustcd to- Columbia
university FOR the support Of several
fellowShirs for the pursuit Of the polit-
ieal ard social sciences and for practi-
cal civic work
Towels are mo- longer in use at the
Michigan College Of Mines. The fac
nifty has decided that towels are relics
Of barbarism and insauitary and cX-
| peEsiyc. Now when "a student washes
his hands and face he dries them with
a biz sheet Of paper and throws the
paper into wastcbasket
London has Fubber growers asso-
citation. with "a membership Of some
200 rubber planters and others indi-
rectly interested ia rubber growing.
IN the reading room of this assOcia-
ton there are between fifty and sixty
rubber journals from all the rubber
| growing countries Of the world
J Egg laying competitions are quite
popular in Australia. and each Austria
liam state is running at least one COM
petition. the state poultry experts hay-
Ing general supervision over them. lu
nearly an VI the AUSTRALIAN States
wheat forms leading part of the dict
or the poultry i'm these. competitions.
| When the census is taken in Eng
land. which is once IN seven years. the
police round up passcrs in the streets.
Sometimes n man for reasons Of his
lOWn docs not want 10 figure in the
census and tries to evade the govern
mcnt by riding around in cab all
night. but cabs and street cars are
stopped inst rs unhcsiiatingly rs pc
J dcstrians.
During the year 1909 there arrived
in sweden from she United States lTG..
3GT money orders. containing about
; $.;,4O0OO0 These figures are slightly
smaller than those for 190s From
Sweden 10 the United States thcrs
were sent during 1900 1902 money
orders. containing about $4,000
These figures are also slightly belox
1905.
Gold is coined IN Philadelphia ana
San Francisco. No, enough Of II zoe.
la;o the mint at New Orleans 10 max,
the coinage Of ID there worth whilf
AL three :nints make every denominc
ton Of silver pieces. The minor coin,
If base metal cents and niciels ar,
al minted IN Philadelphia. where nccr
ly I0O0nooo pennies are turned oa
annually
Hudson HaSim believes that lit
serious destruction would result fror
dropping dynamite from a flying un
chine He asserts that many tons @
dynamite might be exploded Ia tL.
middle OF Madison square. New Yori
city without amy more serious damaiT
than the biuwing ont Of the window.