Show industrial MATTERS one half of the farms in the united states are mortgaged year the sheep in this country grew pounds of wool AMMONIA is extracted from the thames mud and the residuum after the operation is mixed with iron ore and made into brown paper BRUSSELS following the example of manchester and paris proposes to he come a seaport this can be done for a comparatively small sum by deepening the present Ville broek canal FIFTY years ago a horsepower horse power cost six or seven pounds of coal per hour today to day a good compound engine will produce a horsepower horse power at one and one half pounds of coal per hour water power costs nearby as much now as then THE bon marche the great dry goods store of paris employed emp loyes attendants they are fed on the premises the kitchen in which their food is prepared is the largest in the world and gives employment to 60 cooks and assistants A NEW attempt to redeem the roman campagna is being made by a number of lombard farmers they have obtained land between home and the alban hills where they will use improved methods of irrigation and agriculture the malarin in the campagna it is officially bated has diminished greatly of late ears the increase of cultivation |