The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-04-15

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ing will produce every year food ap-
proximating $500 pounds Of beef.
More is paid for a mutton chop
in New York hotels than for q sheep
III Colorado. according to reliable re-
ports.
A burglar, claiming to be a gradu-
ate from a California school for burg
lars. and holding diploma, was cap
tured at Providence, Rhode Island.
A toy balloon, released in wauke-
gan, Illinois. was found IL days later
In Altoona, Pennsylvania, as 1t de-
scended into the street. The distance
between the two cities is about $50
miles. 5.
The American Bible Society, after
more than 100 years Of publishing
the Bible, has announced 1t will soon
close down its plant in New York
City because of the high cost of pro-
duction.
Hollywood. Illinois, a little suburb
Of Chicago. has become SO upset over
the scandals reported in Hollywood.
California, that a group of citizens
has started a movement to change
the name of the place.
Telephone-telegrams are sent In
Berlin. The message is given to the
operator. who gives 1t to an operator
at the other end who communicates
with the addressed, obtains a reply
and telephones it back.
Luther Burbank's latest addition
to the plant world is a new black
berry known as the "thornless black
berry," The cane has no thorns and
the fruit Is larger and more delicious
than the ordinary blackberry.
Bangkok. the capital Of Siam, con-
tains 10000 houses, a large portion
of which float on bamboo RATS as a
precaution against foundations, which
are of frequent occurrence owing to
the low surface of the region.
More than $1,672, 900. 600 was lost
in fires In the United States during
the FIVE years between 1915 and 1920.
of which 100000 was attribut-
able to smoking hazards-smoulder-
ing cigaret butts in waste paper bas-
kets and other carelessness.
The talking movie" has been de-
veloped in Japan. in that the part of
every player in a screen play is taken
by actors, placed in boxes on either
side Of the These actors
speak the parts Of the characters as
they would on the legitimate stage.
Emile Treville Holley. seventeen
year-old freshman at the college of
the City of New York, has just been
nominated for appointment to the U.
S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Should Holley pass the examinations
he will be the first colored. boy to
enter Annapolis since the Civil War.
A combination church and hotel is
to be built in New York, according to
reports. The building will be II
stories high and will have Sunday
school space in the basement, a
church on the first three floors and a
missionary school on the roof. A
strict censorship is to be exercised
over hotel guests, and dancing and
card playing will be prohibited.
Surgery with a pen knife recently
saved the life of a two-year-old boy
in Cincinnati. The child had strangled
on a peanut and the physician, real
izing that death would ensue before
he could obtain his surgical instru-
ments, slit open the boys throat and
incised the trachea just below where
the peanut was lodged, permitting
the passage of air. Later. the peanut
was removed and the child recovered.
A break In the circuit Of the wires
of a new burglar alarm, caused by
any moving of the window or door.
pulls a telephone receiver down and
sends a voice over the telephone wires
to the exchange switchboard, giving
the street and number of the house
and announcing that 1t is being en-
tered by burglars. Central switches
the call to police headquarters and a
patrol wagon is soon on the scene of
activity.
An invention in the form of a new
roller bearing for freight cars and
passenger coaches cuts down friction
some 80 per cent and abolishes the
hot box entirely. The gross weight
of a car and its load amounted to