The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
ROUND The Globe

The Suez canal traffic has doubled in
fifteen years.
Great Britain has seven and three
quarter millions Of dwelling houses.
The colOrs in the new Chinese flag
are red, yellow. white. black and blue.
In one uicIt recently 1.7S5 homeless
persons were picked up by the police
of London.
Nearly sixteen and a half million
tons was the worlds production of
sugar for 1911.
On an ostrich farm each bird has an
individual valuation based mainly on
the quality Of feathers yielded.
Among the employees Of the gown
ment printing Office at Washington are
$50 persons over sixty-fve years ~
age.
Liquid air loaded in thick phosphor
bronze cartridges IS being successfuIly
used for blasting in some English coal
mines.
it requires five big volumes 10 &C
COnmOdate i new condensed dictiOn-
Gr- for The blind printed at Vienna
from raised type.
Berlin is now within twenty-one
hours of London by the new schedule
Of the Great Eastern railway. by way
Of the Hook Of Holland
The performance st the Court thea,
ter of drama based On Buddha's life
and teaching was a recent novelty Of
the London theatrical season.
The total strength of the british
army on Oct. l, 1911. was 717.32G men.
including the regular and special re-
serves and the territorial force
DesertiOns in the United States army
in 1911 amounted to only 2SS per cent.
lower rate than in any other year
for ninety years, except in 1893.
Members of the staff Of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History have
sailed for japan to hunt the gray Cali
fOrnia whale. "a specimen Of which is
needed for the collection.
The new EIbe tunnel. which connects
Hamburg with Steinwarender. situated
on an island in the river. is 40 feet
in length, occupied four years in con
structon and cost E52J.OGO.
The battleship Espana, the first ship
of Spain's new navy. has been launch
ed at FerrOl with elaborate ceremonies.
in which the king aud queen took part.
Spain is making new start on the sea
with moderate and modest program.
According 10 figures gatheled by the
Journal of the American Medical aSsO-
citation, only sixty-fOur lives were lost
last year in celebrating the Fourth. In
1908. the year in which agitation for
safe ana sane celebration began. there
were So deaths.
Berlin almost stands still The in
crease since 1906 is only II per cent
or from 100000 to 2.OGiCC0 iahaUit-
ants. Besides the capital. six cities
have more than 100000 peOple-Iam-
burg, $4,000; Munich, $4,000: Leip-
zig. $4,000: Dresden. $4,000, Cologne
$1,000. and EreslaU, 10000.
All persons ON reaching the age Of
sixty-fve earning less than 1854 q year
will participate in the Old age pensions
established in France. According 70
estimates prepared by the government,
these pensions will entail an eXpenii-
tUlre OF $24,OC0.OO0 in 1912. $500, COO
in 1913 and $2G,OOO,OOO in 1914
Elliot ConrOy, an usher IL an indian
apOliS theater. refused = reward Of
500 offered him by woman for Fe-
turning TO her a valuable ring which
she had lost II the theateT COnrOy
said his mother had taught him that
though it paid 10 be honest he must
never accept pay for being honest.
Texas raises more turkeys than any
other state, perhaps because turkeys
require plenty of room for range. and
Texas surely can give them that. Lit
tie Rhode Island. however, is said 10
produce the larges: number OF big tur~
keys. some of them weighing forty
pounds ard worth 40 cents for every
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The picture Of President Taft has
been removed from the reception rCoW
Of the Ciudad Juarez custom house, il
which he and President U.az Of Mex
leo met two years ago. The picture
was removed by an order of President
MaderO. fOrbidding the exhibition of
pictures of any living persons in fed
eral buildings, .-.
There are 1878 smoke consuming
furnaces in London. Fifty-fOur differ
ent types of apparatus are used i'll the
metropolis, all OF which are effective
smoke consumers. Up to the date OF
issuing the report from which these
figures come 612 convictions for smoke
nuisances had been obtained before the
magistrates
Forty young Chinese women are
qualifying for the medical profession
in American universities through thC
influence of DIR. Yamei Kin. the arsI
woman doctor in China. DR. Kin. as
the heal of the Hospital For Women
in Ticntsin. has also for the last ten
years been training Chinese women for
the nursing profession. v
In Italy a means has been discover
ed to turn to account the hitherto