The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-13


a Pittsburg firm has sent one to the
Kongo and another to the river Nile.
Fresh apple exports from the United
States last year We're very large
100000 barrels, valued at $5,456,450,
or almost double those Of the year
previous
Because Of objection to the word
''heathen" the Woman's Union Mis-
sionary Society of America for heather
lands has dropped the last three words
Of its name.
Sugar production in Formosa under
improved modern methods has reach
ed a point where the profitable dis
posal Of the crop Is becoming a Sc
rious problem.
Chilean forests contain immense
quantities of timber suitable for wood
pulp, for the possession of which
French, German and American firms
are now competing
Many letters are being received In
India from the United States bearing
only 2 cents In postage, while this rate
applies only to the British isles, Cana
da and Newfoundland.
The value of products taken by the
fisheries Of the Atlantic coast is nearly
double that of all the rest of the coun.
try combined, being 66 per cent of the
total of the United States.
Turkey breeders who have been trou.
bled by their charges straying are rec
commended by the London Agricultural
Gazette to put Il bell on few Of the
leaders, old hens by preference,
Hundeiebsnversieherungsgesellschaft
is the name of new business con
Germ In Frankfort -on-the Main. 1t
means in commercial English the
Company For the Insurance of Dogs
Lives.
After long investigation three Euro
pean scientists have decided that trees,
through their foliage, extract free nj
trogen from the atmosphere, something
that men only recently discovered how
to do mechanically.
Reindeer In Alaska Increased from
4075 in 1902 to over 10000 In 1910.
The civilizang effect OF the reindeer in
dustry upon the Eskimes. who are nat
urally a people of ready Intelligence
aud adaptablllty, Is remarkable.
Virginia has placed memorial to
Patrick Henry, orator patriot and the
,arn n, nm u,aaIth's first trnyarunr IA hia-
toric st. Johns church, Richmond 1t
Is bronze tablet, paid for with an
appropriation granted by the legisla-
ture
The new Japanese gardens Of Bue-
nos Aires Were opened on Feb. 2. They
are on the bank Of the river Plate
and are the only outdoor amusement
resort of the city. They are the near
est approach to such public resorts as
Coney Island. etc, in Argentina.
In the sixty second congress the total
number OF senators is ninety-two, rep
resentatiyes. 39l The salaries of both
senators aud representatives are $500
per annum, no extra salary for extra
session, but they receive mileage al
the rate Of 20 cents a mile each way.
There IL a general movement through
out the Russian empire to improve the
peasants cottages and TO put up fire
proof model dwellings on the model
farms established in many rural dis
tricts. This movement Is due in part
to the great destruction OF houses and
whole villages by fire.
Captain Butt and James Sloan, Jr.,
Of the secret service. the presidents
always lr'srnt protectors. have proba-
bly, been photographed more than any
two men N The country. They have
been wiz, both MIR Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt Sometime, fifty cameras
have been snapped at their party In
Ave minutes
According 20 q recent report by DR..
Conrad Biesalski of Berlin. there are
70 900 cripples In the German empire
out Of a population Of t,0.500,o00. Over
10000 Of the cripples are In need Of
proper treatment iDr Besalski states
that in Is per cent of the cripples ex.
amined their deformity was due to tn.
berculosls Of the bones and joints.
The old conflict In Germany between
the supporters OF the Latin and the
Gothic character in writing has again
broken out with great fury. The I'm
mediate cause Of the outbreak Is the
acceptance by the petition committee
OF the reichstag Of a petition signed by
many influential persons begging that
the Latin character be the only one
used in the first three years OF school
instruction.