The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-24
TIMELY BREv|TIES


The total value of church property
In the United States for all dehomina-
tons Is $i.131.J.5.sti1T
In the white pubic schools in Alas
ka in 1910 there We're G2l pupils. main.
tanned at a cost of S36 1856
Forty years ago the paper making
industry of Finland was In its infancy.
Now 1t IL worth $o,0O0,o00 year.
An Italian inventor living in Phlla-
delphia has patented burial casket
to hold corpse seated upright on
stoo..
The record Of cost to manufacture a
moving picture film was attained
when French firm spent $4,000 to
reproduce an opera.
Cocoanut oil egg yolks and small
proportion Of cream are the ingre-
dents of q new butter substitute man
ufactured In Bohemia.
or similar form to the usual type Of
life preservers is a new one made Of
air tight metal chambers. which will
not decay, as will cork
The art Of photography has been
advanced IN Siam by the royal family,
several members of which are expert
amateur photographers
BY making sweet scented black
beads from rose petals. puverized and
baked into pulp. California woman
is believed to have rediscovered lost
art Of the middle ages.
The Egyptian government imposes a
heavy fine on firms using Egyptian
tobacco 20 fill Egyptian cigarettes
The tobacco actually used is Turkish
and the paper Hungarian
The earth and rock excavated from
the Panama canal when finished il
piled into column yard square
would reach three ffths of the way
from the earth to the moon.
Tests made by the University Of HI
nois have shown that coal loses less
heating value by exposure to the air
while being stored than it does by the
breaking Of the humps into dust
Trade of the United States with non
contiguous territory In 1910 reached
total Of over $o00.000,O00, an increase
Of roundly 100 per cent over 1908. the
first year for which figures are avail
able.
Even though Russia's fisheries Yield
more than 1,200000,0o0 pounds of sen
food annually the demand exceeds
the supply to such an extent that the
empire imports more than 40000o.00o
pounds Of fish year.
That California last year shipped
15.344,1s8 pounds Of prunes to Ger.
, many and almost as great quantity
to France Is one or the interesting
faets OF Callfornia's export industry
revealed by the custom house mani
tests.
The inner bnrk of the cotton tree In
utilized by the inhabitants Of Bahia
for many purposes. 1t Is n remarka-
inch In width will without any prep
| aration sustain weight OF 80 to 100
pounds.
The largest international hygienic
exhibition ti..,t las ever been held will
! take place the coming summer from
May until October In Dresden. the at
tractive capital of Saxony. 1t win be
open to every American article of first
class make.
! A French financier, Auguste Loutre-
| FL, who died recently, left 100000 to
| various institutions for the advance.
ment Of science, and his gift Is con
sidered very unusual, Giving money
for such purposes is not rich mans
habit In France.
An international musical congress is
to be held in London next May to
bring together the leading musicians
of the world. A fund Of 5000 has
already been guaranteed This win be
the first congress Of Its character ever
held In England
There are over 10000 foreigners in
Portugal, including some 1000 Eng
lish people. The total population at
the last census $1,000 was 5,423,000,
just little over the population Of
London, which was estimated In the
middle of 1900 at 4 $50, 93S.
Last year over 55,0o0,000,000 feet of
timber were cut In the United States.
More than 1900 acres of timber are
cut In the United States every work
ing day At the present rate Of con
sumption the desirable and accessible
timber of the country will be exhaust
ed in between twenty-five and thirty
five years.
The German war Office has placed IN
order for another dirigible balloon OF
the Parseval type for the use of the
! army. The specifications provide that
| the airship have motors developing
800 horsepower, which viii assure a
speed of thirty-six miles an hour A
wireless outfit Is to be part Of the
equipment.
Aeroplanes are becoming increasing.
1 ~ costly. Six months ago $500 was
about the limit for monoplane, $1,000
for biplane. They are now building
the latter to cost between $4,000 and
$4,000, while the "last word" In mono
planes, Beriot fitted with 100 horse.
power fourteen cylinder Gnome en-
CINE. costs $1,000.