The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-30
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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 1872
Last year 1.31O.411 barrels of her
ring were caught In Norwegian wa
ters-
The presidents mail amounts to
about 1000 letters a day and 1000
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 IN
deserving.
According to the census returns,
just published. the population of Paris
is now 2.S469S6. an increase of 124,-
255 since 1906.
A fruit picking machine which will
slide fruit down a twenty-five foot
chute into baskets without bruising
Is 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 divorce because her
husband shot off her high heels as she
was walking in their garden one morn
ing.
Cinematograph 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 feel Weather
this year than last. for their real es-
tate is worth 1897. O4S. 6S3 more than
1t was then. according to the asses
sors figures.
An Italian. Giuseppe Bartol. after a
labor OF five years. has succeeded In
making a clock wholly of glass. and 1t
Is said to be 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 Carlyle's 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 as albertite was
largely shipped to the United States,
where it was used in the production
of Illuminating gas.
The total output of asbestos In this
country In 1910 was 3.619 tons. valued
at $6S.357. an increase In production of
20 per cent over that of 1909. Georgia
and Vermont are the chief asbestos
producers in this country.
Inhabitants of the little town of
Feodorina, In Russia. have built a
schOOlhouse from the proceeds of a
voluntary tax of penny per glass
of vodka consumed which they i'm
posed on themselves for whole year
Owing to the growing demand In
EDplaDd for snft chooSoS a Vorl-Sbiro
agricultural college has issued leaflets
to encourage farmers to make cheeses
of the types Of Camembert. Brie. Pont
PEveQue and Gervais as made in
France
A French portable theater includes
modern tent. with knockdown stage,
scenery, dressing rooms. chairs and an
electric plant Apparatus and per-
formers are hauled from town to town
in twenty-One special cars drawn by
eight traction engines
Having been in vogue for centuries.
tine custom OF ringing two bells. one to
summon the rich and the other the
poor to vestry meetings. has now been
discontinued at Northeach. GlOuces-
tershire. on the ground that 1t is out of
keeping with modern feeling
At a recent sale in New York city
&C the library of the late Miles NJ
OBrien. banker and president of the
board of education, a complete set of
the signatures of the presidents Of the
United States from George Washing
ton to William Il Taft was sold for
500.
Over the fountain Augusta Victoria
at Hamburg Is to be built a pavilion
after the style of a Roman temple
This has been designed by the German
emperor. who has also composed the
following inscription for the fountain:
"Nymph. dispense the healing waters
to the sick: may God restore them.
cured and rejoicing. to their families"
In a quarter of a century the num-
Der of members enrolled in the ma
tional college fraternities has risen
nom 72.OO0 to almost 100000. of
whom 10000 are women. The under
graduate membership In normal year