The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-12-27
ROUND the GLOBE

There Is tower In the canal zOn'
from which two oceans may be seen.
Seventy schools Of hOrseshoeing arr
conducted In Germany at public ex
pense
Peking and Tientsin are the Onl!
cities of north China that have water
works.
New York has the first electrically
driven fire engine in use In the United
States.
African cotton production Is rapidly
growing in quantity and improving il
quality.
The Chinese tea crop OF 1912 is pro
nounced scarcely up to last years
standard.
The forests of the Alaskan coast
yield about 21.OOO,OOO board feet Of
lumber year.
One department store on Broadway
New York. pays $4,000 a year rent
or $40 square foot.
Denatured alcohol is the fuel being
used to heat new variety Of freight
car made In Chicago
The chief ingredient Of an artificial
rubber invented in Holland Is said tC
be freshly caught sea fish.
Forty-hve per cent Of all the green
backs In This country are OF one, two
and five dollar denominations.
Samuel Rea. vice president Of the
Pennsylvania railway, says England
has the hest highways in the world.
OF the 100000 odd persons in receipt
Of poor law relief in England and
Wales 20 per cent come from London
Business men Of Dawson, Alaska,
say that recent fires In the Yukon
have destroyed timber worth 100000
OOO
Tourists will be able to reach the ia
nous leaning tower of Pisa in Italy by
an electric street care line In the near
future.
A new counterfeit twenty dollar gold
certificate. resembling 1906 series, check
letter d. plate LAT, has. been discov-
covered In circulation.
A peace pipe started around the
world by the Kaskaskia tribe of Red
Men, Montclair, N. j., nine years ago
has been safely returned.
The opening Of the Suez canal is held
responsible for Marseilles and Milan
being made. in place Of London, the
principal markets for the distribution
Of raw silk
In the recent automobile race around
Sicily the only car that endured the
tolting over the bad roads without a
broken spring or loOsened screw was
Of American make.
One Of the most ancient and pic
turesQue callings Of Spain, that Of the
professional beggar. is In jeopardy A
decree has been issued for the suppress
sion Of mendicancy.
To cure ringing noises in the ears,
due to the displacement OF tiny bones
in the organs. a French scientist has
invented an electrical apparatus which
uses sound waves to replace the bones.
Australia's new stamp has picture
OF a kangaroo gravely contemplating
a tuft Of kangaroo grass" as the gov
eminent calls 1t, but scOffers say 1t
looks more like rabbit sticking its
head out of burrOw.
The proposal TO widen the SimplOn
tunnel has, 1t seems. been rejected by
the French government in favor Of the
original plan Of having a second gal
lery, the cost Of which is estimated at
about 35.OOO,OO0 francs.
ZanzIbNr's rOadways are damaged ev-
cry year by the excessive rains. Exper
lments looking to the preservation Of
the roads are now being made with a
patented American product The fluid
Is sticky and contains wood pulp.
Cooperative farms are probably to be
established in England for the benefit
OF those women who expect to enter
farming after emigrating to one Of the
colonies and also to furnish cOngenial
employment to women who like agri'
cultural work, but lack experience and
facilities.
Different German states have differ
ent RI es for persons who want to
hunt. In Prussia. for instance, Ger
mans pay about $3.50 a year for the
privilege. and foreigners pay four times
that amount In Wurttemberg native
hunters pay about $3.50 year, and for
eigners pay twice that amount.
An art expert visiting a baron at
Budapest recently discovered that an
old piece Of carpet which was used
as a splashcloth over the washstand
was a piece Of gObelin tapestry dating
from the fourteenth century. he offer
ed $515 for II, but the baron, becom-
Ing suspicious, had 1t valued and learn
ed that 1t was worth $4,000.
A fashion has sprung up among Par
Is taxicab drivers of exhibiting on their
cabs notices which read: THE driver
talks German" The driver talks Eng
llsh." and the like. Fired by their ex-
pmple. a negro taxicab driver, who
was formerly chauffeur to the king OF
Siam In Bangkok. Ia said to have af,
txed the following notice on his car:
III talk Siamese."
There are twenty-five orphanages in