Show NEWS IN NUGGETS ir is estimated that english shops can turn out locomotives per year anu first sli railroad vi as opened from barcelona to mataro eighteen miles money is spent for brass bands than for alie schools of the argentine republic has a greater number of poets in proportion to its population than any other country BERLIN is to have an international matrimonial newspaper printed in thre languages THE first portuguese railroad was opened in 1854 from lisbon to carregado twenty five miles A HARTFORD man has invented a new electric motor which he claims will run over ka miles an hour ABOUT organ grinders arrive in london every june from italy and leave again about october pythagoras directed his disciples not to wear the skins of animals in any form and so their shoes were made ol 01 the bark of trees AUTOMATIC machines have been devised for use on a moving train which mechanically record the condition of every foot of track ALTHOUGH switzerland is mostly up and downhill it has 1950 miles of rail roay track which cost over per mile for construction RAILROAD say that an ordinary locomotive has horse power and burns a ton of coke for beigh ty miles of passenger train travel |