The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-09
TIMELY BREv|T|ES

Earliest violns were produced in
1860
Hawaii is the pineapple farm Of the
world.
Yachts were first constructed in
England In 1904.
Voting by ballot was introduced in
ST. Louis in 1872
Last year l.3l0.411 barrels Of her
ring were caught in Norwegian wa.
ters.
The presidents mail amounts to
about 1000 letters a day and 1000
newspapers and books.
This year marks the six hundreth
anniversary Of the invention of spec
tacies
A new motor horn changes its tone
at the will OF the chauffeur by slight
~ changing the position of the bulb.
The London Mendcity society pos
sesses nearly 10000 begging letters, OF
which 81 per cent are absolutely un
deserving.
According TO the census returns
just published the population of Paris
is now 2,S4G,9S6 an increase of 1884,
25j since 1906
A f@uit picking machine which will
slide fruit down twenty-five foet
chute into baskets without bruisine
is New Workers. invention.
An English cruiser which had beer
In the water for seven years was re
Gently relieved OF forty tons OF bar
nacles. mussels aud vegetable growth
Maria krissoff Of wilma. Russia. Is
petitioning for a divorce because her
husband shot off her high heels as she
was walking in their garden one morn
ing
Cinematograph films which were tax
en- during the recent champagne riot,
in France enabled the police to identify
and arrest many OF those who tool
part
Having a seating capacity for 10000
spectators and standing room for an
other 10000, the stadium at the Turin
exhibition is the largest of its kind ir
the world
New Workers should feet wealthief
this year than last, for their real es
tate is worth 1897 04S, 6S3 more than
It was then, according TO the asses
sors' figures.
An Italian, Giuseppe Bartoli, after
labor of five years, has succeeded il
making a clock wholly of glass, and il
is said to be wonderful piece OF
technical work.
The house in which Thomas Carlyle
was born at Ecclefechan has been sold
to the London syndicate which pos
sesses Carlyle's house at Chelsea anC
will be furnished to represent the
house as 1t was in Carlyles boyhood.
Prior to the discovery of petroleum
In pennsylvania the oil shale of New
Brunswick, known as albertite. wa
largely shipped to the United States
where it was used in the production
of Illuminating gas.
The total output Of asbestos in thi>
country in 1910 was 3.6l9 tons. valued
at $6S,357. an increase in production OF
20 per cent over that of 1909 Georgia
and Vermont are the chief asbesto,
producers in this country.
Inhabitants OF the little town o
Feodorina, In Russia. have built /;
schoolhonse from the proceeds Of
voluntary tax Of penny per glas
or vodka consumed which they i'm
posed on themselves for whole year
Owing to the growing demand II
England for soft cheeses, Yorkshire
agricultural college has issued Iea6et'
TO encourage farmers to make cheese
Of the types OF Camembert, Brie, Pom
PEveque and Gervais as made IL
France.
A French portable theater include,
modern tent. with knockdown stage
scenery. dressing rooms chairs and al
electric plant Apparatus and pei
formers are hauled from town to tow
In twenty-one special ears drawn b,
eight traction engines
Having been In vogue for centuries
the custom Of ringing rwo bells. one I
summon The rich and the other til,
poor to vestry meetings. has now beel
discontinued nj Nort hlearh Glouces
tershire. on the ground that II Is ont
keeping with modern feeling