The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-31

u1aCJuItA@ ndFNeSleIS iuf years udS
employed IN American technical man
ager.
Our farms are decreasing in size. the
average number Of acres in farms hav-
ing decreased from 14G in 1900 to los
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 as many
tourists rs Turkey does-abOut 140.0O-
Il ycar. Cairo counts on $10C000OO a
year rom the tourist traffic.
Since 5he discovery in England OF
the Lawn moving prOcliySties Of the
guinea pig the price Of these little ami
mails has increased fortyfo.d
There are $500 pit brow girls in Ian
cashire. abou; % in Durham, 30 in
East Scotland. 80 in the Swansea dis
trict and 100 i'm the Cardiff area.
France and Germany import from
Greece large Quantities Of an inferior
grade Of wine made from dried fruit.
It is used for blending purposes.
For advertising purposes Il Pennsyl-
vanian has patented a fan in the shape
Of human face with tongue that
waves in ant cot AZ the IN is moved.
The arct q: the "ahaaGoucd farms
of the uriref States - said TO be
equal to thar OF ii strip of land from
Maine to Florida ten miles wide
Six freshly baked pies were placed
i'm the cornerstone of the Domestic
Science building. Cincinnati. by bak-
ing concern which will occupy the
structure
Experiments prove that the guns 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 4 process for OBJ
tanning 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 a species Of
ant that makes it's nest in the feshy
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
lie shown, was a little less than 5000
and last year over 9.On0NO0.
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 brCadstuffs 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 Il pagoda there. Ar
chiteCtS, maSonS, carpenters and deco
rators will go expressly from Picking
and Canton TO build it.
4 small tailor in the Twin Cities has
head for advertising. In front OF
his store stands IN oil barrel with the
head knocked in The barrel is bright
green, and on il in red letters is paint
ed, stand In My Barrel While Press
Your Suit For 30 Cents
Fishing methods are being revOlu
tiOniZed in the seas around the islands
of Japan by the introduction of English
steam trawlers. The vessels on trial
have resulted in the discovery of new
and valuable fishing banks which
could not have been fshed by the M
tive craft.
Rice is not, as commonly supposed
the daily food of all the Japanese The
poorer classes cannot afford it. The
maximum price of 81 Il bnshel Was
reached last August This was. how
ever. not due to the laws of demand
and supply. but TO artificial manipu
IatiOns of brokers.
The much talked Of bridge across
the YangtZe river in China is not to
be built because it has been figured
out that the cost would be prohibitive
But a tunnel is likely 10 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 an exceptional record among The
lawmakers of that country doors hith
erto barred have been opened to WON
en- The Academy of Sciences, for cen
turieS 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
several years. Neither Switzerland
nor France possess such rich mines
of oxide Of aluminium or such sources
of electrical energy as the United
States
Aviators are popularity supposed 10
be men of iron nerve and perfect
physical condition. Yet the great We
drines was rejected for military serv-