The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-02-07
TIMELY BREv|TIES


10000 are exported.
During the last two years Canada
has sustained loss of over S45.OO0,OO0
worth of property by fires.
Rubber boots are now made with
a leather inner heel which greatly in
creaSes the boots period Of usefulness.
One of the European companies man
ufacturing harveSters for years has
employed an American technical man.
ager.
Our farms are decreasing in size. the
average number OF acres in farms hav
ing decreased from 146 in 1909 to 13S
in 1910.
The secretary of war and Mrs. Slim
son have leased the home of Mrs.
Churchill Candee of washington for
the season.
Egypt receives ten times MS MANY
tourists as Turkey doeS-about 100000
n year Cairo counts on $1O.CGOOOO a
year from the tourist traffic.
Since the discovery in England of
the lawn moving proclivfties Of the
guinea pig the price OF these little ami
mails has increased fortyfOld.
There are $500 pit brow girls in Ian
cashire. about 20 in Durham, 80 in
East Scotland. so in the Swansea dis
trict and 100 in the Cardiff area.
France and Germany import from
Greece large quantities of an inferior
grade of wine made from dried fruit.
1t is used for blending purposes.
For advertising purposes Pennsyl-
vanian has patented a fan in the shape
OF a human face with tongue that
The area of the abandoned farms
of the United States is said to be
equal to that of strip of land from
Maine to Florida ten miles wide.
Six freshly baked pies were placed
in the cornerstone of the Domestic
Science building. Cincinnati. by u bak-
ing concern which will occupy the
structure
Experiments prove that the gums of
trees, so highly priced by man, are pro-
duced by disease. Trees can even be
inOculated and made to furnish the
coveted gum.
Experiments with a process for OBJ
tanning Il textile fiber. with merits be-
tween those of cotton and linen. from
the nettle are being fostered by the
Australian government.
In the Malay peninsula an English
naturalist has discovered n species of
ant that makes it's nest in the fleshy
stems of ferns that grow on the limbs
of trees high in the air.
The number of depositors in savings
banks in the United States in 1920, the
earliest year for which the figures can
be shown, was little less than 5000
and last year over 100000.
The worlds first international fiber
congress was held in Java last July
The raw products out of which fibers
are made are now considered second
only to breadstuffs in commercial i'm
portance.
The Chinese colony in Paris has in
creased to such an extent that the
Celestial empire has given orders for
the construction of pagoda there. Ar
chitects. masons, carpenters and deco
rators will go expressly from Picking
and Canton TO build it.
\ small tailor in the Twin Cities has
head for advertising. In front of
his store stands an oil barrel with the
head knocked in. The barrel is bright
green, and on it in red letters is paint
ed, STAND In My Barrel While Press
Your Suit For 80 Cents
Fishing methods are being revolu-
tioniZed in the seas around the islands
steam trawlers. The vessels on trial
have resulted in the discovery of new
and valuable fishing banks which
could no: have beeu fished by the ma
tive rat
Rice ia rot. as commonly supposed.
The dHi,y I'D Of all the Japanese. The
ron;pr cll%saS cannot afford it. The
maximum price of 50 Il buShel was
reached last August. This was. how
ever not due to the laws of demand
and supply. but TO artificial manipu
lati0nS Of brokers.
The much talked of bridge across
the Yangtze river in China is not TO
he built because it has been figured
out that the cost would be prohibitive.
But a tunnel is likely to be construct
ed under it. as this is not only practi-
cable. but would cost only reasonable
amount of money.
Since the first woman deputy of Nor
way. Nine. Olga Roystad has made
such IN exceptional record among the
lawmakers of that country doors hith-
erto barred have been opened to WON
en-. The Academy of Sciences, for cen
turtles tightly closed against women.
has just elected its first woman mem
Der.
With the opening of the American
factories at Niagara Switzerland lost
control of the aluminium market.
which the little republic had held for
roor- Nathan Smitzprl1nn