The Adair County news., 1911-07-12
TIMELY BREvIT|ES

Earliest fbOuuS were prOuuceu III
1860.
Hawaii is the pineapple farm of the
world.
Yachts were first constructed in
England in 1904.
Voting by ballot was introduced in
st. Louis in 1912.
Last year l.31O,411 barrels of her
ring were caught in Norwegian wa
tiers.
The presidents mail amounts TO
about 1000 letters day and 1900
newspapers and books
This year marks the six hundreth
anniversary of the invention of spec
tacles.
A new motor horn changes its tone
at the will of the chauffeur by slight
ly changing the position of the bulb.
The London Mendicity society pos
sesses nearly 10000 begging letters. of
which 81 per cent are absolutely I'M
deserving.
According to the census returns,
just published, the population of Paris
is now 2.S46,9S6, an increase of 1874.
255 since 1906.
A fruit picking machine which will
slide fruit down a twenty-five foot
chute into baskets without bruising
is a New Workers. invention.
An English cruiser which had been
in the water for seven years was re-
Gently relieved of forty tons of bar
nacles, muSsels and vegetable growth
Maria Krissoff of Wilma, Russia, is
petitiOning for a divorce because her
husband shot off her high heels as size
was walking in their garden one morn
ing.
CinematOgrap films which were TAX
en- during the recent champagne riots
in France enabled the police to identify
and arrest many Of those who took
part
Having seating capacity for 10000
spectators and standing room for an
other 10000. the stadium at the Turin
exhibition is the largest of its kind in
the world.
New Workers should fee! Weather
this year than last, for their real es-
tate is worth 1897, 04S. 6S3 more than
it was then, according to the asses
sors' figures.
An Italian Giuseppe BartoH. after a
labor OF FIVE years. has succeeded in
making a clock wholly of glass. and it
is said to be a wonderful piece of
technical work.
The house in which Thomas Carlyle
was born at Ecclefechan has been sold
to the London syndicate which pos
seSSeS. CarlyIeS house at Chelsea and
will be furnished to represent the
house as it was in Carlyle's boyhoOd.
Prior to the discovery of petroleum
in Pennsylvania the oil shale Of New
Brunswick. known Is albertite. was
largely shipped to the United States
where it was used III the production
Of illuminating gas.
The total output Of asbestos in this
country in 1910 was 3.619 tons. valued
az $6S.357. an increase in production of
20 per cent over that of 1909 Georgia
and Vermont are the chief asbestos
producers VI this country.
Inhabitants of the little town OF
FeOdOrina, in Russia, have built q
schoolhouse from the proceeds of q
voluntary tax Of penny per glass
OF vodka consumed which they i'm
.,or,d an rb,p.Sat-,- 80. q, ---t,,Io ,-oc,.
Owing to the growing demand il
England for soft cheeseS. q Yorkshire
agricultural college has issued Iea6et,
to encourage farmers to make cheeses
OF the types Of Camembert. Brie. Pom
rEveque ana Gervais as made IL
France
A French portable theateT include.
modern tent. With SnockdOwn stage
scenery. dressing rooms, chairs and al
electric plant Apparatus and per
formers are hauled from town to town
in tweDty-cue special cars drawn by
eight traction engines.
Having been in vogue for centuries
the custom Of ringing two bells. one Z
summon the rich and the other the
poor TO vestry meetings. has now been
discontinued at Northleach, GlOuces
tershire. on the ground that it is out Of
keeping with moderu feeling
IL a recent sale IL New York cir
& the library Of the late Miles NJ
O'Brien. banker ana president OF thC
board of education. q complete set Of
The signatures Of the presidents Of the
United States from George Washing
ton 10 William II Taft was sold 70
SIOO.
Over the fountain Augusta Victoria
at Hamburg is to be built Il pavilion
after the style Of Roman temple
THIS has been designed by the German
emperor. who has also composed the
following inscription for the fountain
"Nymph. dispense the healing water;
to the sick: may God restore them
cured and rejoicing. to their families.
In quarter of a century the mum
Der Of members enrolled in the ma
tional college fraternities has riser
from 72.000 to almost 100000. o.
( whom 10000 are women. The under
/ graduate membership in normal yea
now ranges betveeu 20 0O0 and 25 00O