Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1911 — ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Servian government has ordered 100 American typwriters ,for government use. The United States takes nearly one-' fourth of the nitrate production of Chile. J ; ’ The total quantity of lumber sawed In the United States was 26.9 per cent greatdr in 1909 than in 1899. There recently died in England a man who had spent 74 of his 73 years in a workhouse. Though the birth of our lumber ex-, ports have not greatly Increased in recent years, the valuation shows gigantic strides. ; , . , Exportation jof American typewriters increases constantly. In 1910 It was >8,848,464. ~ Itany. of the municipal enterprises tn the County of Yorkshire, England, were financial failures last year. British cotton exports this year show a. marked gain, particularly in South America, China and Japan. California pine has been grown successfully in Chile and Is In great demand there for many purposes. Grpat Britain Imported >3,804,400 wotrn of American scientific instruments In 1910, against >1,056,220 worth in 1909.