Review of reviews and world's work . energy expended in the consumption ofthis popular masticatory is equal to that nec-essary to light a city of 250,000 inhabitantsfor the same period. Chicle has advanced in price very rapidly. Prior to 1888 it sold for from 7 to 8 centsper pound; in 1896 it sold, for 36 cents perpound; now it is selling for 48 cents perpound. In 1885 the United States pounds of chicle; in the year endedJune 30 last, 5,450,139 pounds. The gum was known to Spanish ex-plorers 500 years ago; they reported thatthe Indians employed it to quench thirstand relieve ex
Review of reviews and world's work . energy expended in the consumption ofthis popular masticatory is equal to that nec-essary to light a city of 250,000 inhabitantsfor the same period. Chicle has advanced in price very rapidly. Prior to 1888 it sold for from 7 to 8 centsper pound; in 1896 it sold, for 36 cents perpound; now it is selling for 48 cents perpound. In 1885 the United States pounds of chicle; in the year endedJune 30 last, 5,450,139 pounds. The gum was known to Spanish ex-plorers 500 years ago; they reported thatthe Indians employed it to quench thirstand relieve exhaustion, The wood is ofa reddish color, closely resembling mahog-any, is quite hard, heavy, compact in texture,and fine-grained. Prehistoric door framesand rafters of sapota wood are foundamong the Mexican ruins, and are still in anexcellent state of preservation. To-daycabinetmakers employ the wood in the manu-facture of high-grade furniture. Where carehas been taken, trees have in some instancesbeen tapped for twenty-five PRIMITIVE METHOD OF BOILING THE CHICLE GUM. (After gathering the sap, the mass is boiled in primitive kettles in the open air until the water is evap-orated and nothing but the pure gum remains.) LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH. lAi WATKR AND POWKR FOR LOS ANGELES. XHK city of Los Antjeles, Cal., is carryinfj;out a combined water supply, irritja-tion, and power project which the WaterBoard of that city characterizes as one ofthe boldest schemes for providinsi; a munici-pal water supply ever undertaken by a city. It embraces the construction of 240 miles ofaqueduct at a cost of $24,500,cxx). A. Heinly contributes to the currentnumber of the Etif^ineiring Alagazine an in-teresting account of the plan, construction,and purposes of the aqueduct, in a note towhich the editors of that publication statethat, while it is their strong belief that itis not one of the functions of government,whether State or municipal, to undertakeprojects of the kind (i
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