—.— , g The entire properties of the universities and colleges of the Tlnited States are valued at £40,000,000. One-fourth of this belongs to four universities. Tunnels are getting cheaper. The oldest of the greatest four tunnels, the Hoosac, cost £3 15s. per foot ; the most recent, the Arlberg, only about £1 10s. per foot. Buluwayo, which two or three veara ago was the site of Lobengula's royal Kraal, is lighted by electricity, and the electrical plant was imported from the bmted States. Mr. Hiram Maxim has put the tricycle to a new and an important use. llf has fitted the machine with two Max'm guns, each weighing 2SIb., and capable of firing 600 rounds a minute. Each machine will carry 1000 rounds of ammunition, i.
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Lake County Press, Issue 906, 12 April 1900, Page 7
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