Ore pound of sheepV. w;:ol is ca
pable -of producing one yard of cbrth.
Vienna’s street railway system cost
$4v),(XO,GeO. and it is estimated that it
will pay for itseli in ten years.
One thousand bricks made by ma
chine take 1.4.5 minutes, instead of two
* . hours and four minutes when made
* bv hand.
Ameiieans.prefer electricity for run
>■ ning automobiles, the French petro
leum and the Russians wood alcohol
*** costing in ‘that country eight cents a
gallon.
Steam shears cut into lengths the
steel lor 56 buggy axles in 30 minutes.
The blacksmith without machinery
did well to do the .job in 18 hours and
40 minutes.
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The art of paper making* has
reached the point where it is possible
to cut down a growing- tree and con
vert it into paper suitable for printing
purposes within 24 hours.
Coal mining is developing rapidly in
Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas
worked and the number of mines show
a great increase. The coal areas of
0Canada are estimated at 07,200 square
miles, not including areas known but
as yet undeveloped in the far north.
More than 500 men who were work
ing at. the barbers’ trade in St. Louis
prior to the enforcement of the new
state license law have left the city.
These could have registered within
the 9v-day limit for one dollar each
without passing an examination, b!it
under the law the board can in its
judgment revoke the license of any
barber unable to pass the examina
tion. Fearing the latter, the 500 in
* fcrior workmen preferred to go else
where.
Dr. Simpson, a Boston physician, says
that old persons should not. use arti
* fieial teeth, lie says they enable aged
persons to eat meat, and nature intend
ed them to eat only soft food. When
the teeth drop out it is a warning that
only vegetable food should be eaten.
According to the Engineer, an Amer
ican firm is turning out a large quantity
of paper tiles for roofing purposes.
They are said to be hard and tough,
and the glazing somewhat resembles
Japanese lacquer. They are said to
~ be cheap, and can be made in any color
or shape to suit the purpose.
Writing in the Entomologist, Mr. J.
Henry Fowler, of R'ngwood, draws at
tention to the number of moths float
ing on the surface of tan pits. The fiif.d
contained in these pits is largely an
essence of oak bark. He suggests “good
liquor from the tanyards might be tried
by collectors as a substitute for treacle
in attracting moths.”
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