Show BITS OF INFORMATION The he present rell nt d demand mand tor for French o ren h champagne champagne cham cham- amounts to nearly quart bOttIe bottles a year Mrs John JOhh Alexander Dol DoaI If recently started d a anew new pawl Dowie movement In Chicago Chi cago cage It t Is ill reported that she will es c. establish i es-i a now Zion City A noted Gorman Cerman doctor declares mat foat elevators t ii In high buildings I are arc a sy potent I cause of ot heart a disease ls and and- d' d seriously lo af affect af- af feet mortality of American business men In Manila some lome monkeys monkeys' were exposed to th the sunshine and died in about seven seven- ty live minutes but other monkey Y under the shade of ot an umbrella set act In the tho sun were unhurt Passenger yates rates cm the f Chilean government govern o t fi m ment railways have V been Increased p about 20 per cent which makes the fare tare about Z 24 cents centIS a mile for tho the first class and 12 cents cents- a mile mill for tor second class The rue Admiral de crossIng cross cross- h Ing the Rhino r at hul J noticed cil his s horse home stumbling n 1 when in midstream Would you ou Oll drown tilt an admiral in fresh tresh freshwater freshwater water he shouted The shouted The Argonaut TW lew American films sro are popular at the moving picture I shows o In N Nuremberg C and adjoining 1 fn German cities Consul George GeorgeN o N N. N Ifft states state that the only ones oMs of Interest Inter est cst are those depleting depicting cowboy and Indian Indian In Indian In- In dian life lite Collapsible water ate towers adopted by th the th Berlin fire department are but bitt five fl feet llIn long Ions when closed yet jet ct can cats be extended to throw a II level stream of water Into a window on the eighth floor of a building Mme Sarah arah Bernhardt attributes her herni feeling of youth south t to two causes cause e The hm first ni is hard work J which fI saves s-ives me e from trum boredom and the second is III the fact that I never neter by any chance do what my doctor doctor doc doe tor tells me Elizabeth Carpenter of oC Castine Mr Me a freshman at Smith college was awarded I the prize for tor the best beat entrance ex ex- ex I She is the youngest student In the class of ot about being scarcely 15 years oldIn oldIn old In New York City during the last summer summer sum sum- mer only two In every lOG cases of poverty poverty poverty pov pov- erty in the care of a charitable association tion were traceable to drink Sickness caused S 43 cent and d unemployment 35 5 per cent of per the cases A few Ja Japanese anese women who have ha traveled traveled trav tray sied abroad have adopted corsets and itIs Itis It ItIs Is possible that more of them 1 will do so as occidental customs increase but but- the till prospects of an early or large gain gain in in the tue trade of this article are not bright The receipt of underpaid letter letters from fron- the United States Is so ao common in ChInese Chinese Chi ChI- nese cities that the business firms generally gen gen- refuse to accept tr letters t i unless elean e the envelope fo p shows the address of some o American American Amer Amer- ican lean firm wIth which they arc are in commit commit- The great reat bulk of the so caned called potato flour nour that is sold Bold at retail retail- In the of Germany for cooking purposes Is sim sins simply simply ply finely ground grund and sifted potato stat cli There is however a flour obtained by grinding and bolting dried potatoes that thatis is a comparatively new product Ostrich feathers dependent almost en en 1 for their value upon the I of ot the day are one of the most important products of Cape Colony The surprising I ing tog difference In values In feathers which to the casual observer would appear simIlar similar sim- sim aim sim ilar liar best Illustrates the reason wh why such large lars prices are paid for tor some of ot these bIrds The chick or bird of well wel known producing stock always brIngs a fancy price as the produce of such auch commands a ready market at a good figure The shrimps from the coast of the gulf of or Mexico are of ot good size generally fully tully three inches In length and frequently ex exceedIng exceeding ex- ex this measurement They are much muon larger than those caught on the British coast and the north Atlantic coast of the United St States tes They are in fine condItion condition condition condi condI- tion the year round and may be caught Inthe in inthe inthe the lagoons any season of the year wIthout without with wIth- without out fear of Interruption by at least not for more than a a. day or 01 so durIng during dur dur- ing lag any time of the year jear Despite the falling off in the sales ales of champagne to the United States amountIng amountIng amount- amount Ing to nearly bottles the trade trape with the world at large amounted In round figures to bottles in 1910 against In the previous year year- This Increase In sales would c cause use great satisfaction to the champagne dealers If It the they had not at the same time good reason reason rea rca son for tor serious reflections for their future Since 1906 the harvests of at grapes for champagne wine have not come up to normal nor nor- mal and the harvest in 1910 was a complete complete complete com com- failure A notable feature of Spain Spain's s cork indUstry industry industry indus indUs- try Is the remarkable increase in the export ex cx- port of cork waste and shavings As new uses are continually being found for tor cork the waste vaste matter is becoming more valuable valuable able A few years ago the waste cork In ln Inthe inthe the forests was thrown away awa and the shavings In the factories were burned as fuel In 1910 tons of this waste was is exported from Spain to foreign countries countries countries coun coun- tries while In 1906 the amount was tons In 1907 tons in 1908 1900 12 tons and in 1900 1909 tons having more than doubled since 1906 Present pi prices Ices of cork waste range from 24 to 32 33 A tonA ton A company is being formed in Prague for the purpose of utilizing an Important invention by bv which beer can be more quIckly fermented than b by the present method of storing it In iii cellars As s a re result result re- re sult suit of practical comparisons it is claimed that the cost of producing one hectoliter of beer gallons will lie be reduced to toSI 81 SI cents which would mean an annual saving of about if all the bOer beer made In lii Bohemia were manufactured by bythe bythe the dIsh new process With the new ne method beer will be produced sterile In closed tanks and will 1 be he matured and made ready for tor the market in eight to twelve days With the present present- process about three months Is required to accomplish the same results The use of electric lamps for lIghthouses lighthouses light lIght- lighthouses houses presents certain disadvantages It Itis Itis Itis is with some sonic interest that we n-c follow tollow the course of some experiments in France on the use of a new Kind of incandescent incan incandescent mean incan descent light for lighthouse purposes The lamp In question has a number of filaments Cia fila ments mounted somewhat after the fashIon fashion fash lash ion lots of the fibers of an Incandescent gas gab mantle In this way was a a very strong light is secured which moreover has the de desirable dO- dO property of being very ery uniform in all parts of ot the circumference AccordIng According Accord Accord- ing ins to recent trials the new type of ot lamp gave twenty times as much light as a a. burner and required very verv little attention Th The lamp is particularly particular ada adapted adapt adapt- t- t cd ed for shore lighthouses which are easily placed in communication with electric light tight mains Scientific American Concerning newfangled words words' brought into fashion by a war th the most remarkable ble is Swifts Swift's of 1710 In the Tat- Tat tl tIM tIM- r.- r. lie He held the thear wai nar of the time responsible i sible for fot speculations operations preliminaries preliminaries pre pre- p communication communication com coin battalions Nearly all of these are familiar enough no now non but it must b be observed that Swift was n-as as worried not so much b by the fear that If It war continued and the words 1 remained In constant use people would malt upon abbreviating them For IraI his esaa essay denounced de de- dc- dc such hateful abbreviations as which he feared might become even eu-en Inc and and mob In iii some instances Swifts Sn-itt's fears fear have been justified We do things on spec now nIo and examines go in for forthe forthe the law prelim London Lon London lon Chronicle |