The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-23
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All night banks are to be Introduce
Into London.
Chicago is Installing 10000 are stree
lights In downtown districts.
New York states savings banks col
tain 81 ,S27, 50T PSI in deposits.
The "squatters" Of South Australi
hold $4,000 acres each on an average
In England last year 16,s72,0o0 FIRE
meals were given 10 needy school pu
pills.
out Of the 100000 natives o
Egypt only some 100000 can read an,
write.
Holland exports more wooden shoes
to the United States than to any othel
country.
In Paris there is carriage fol
each forty-three persons and bicycle
for each sixteen.
Twenty-eight natives Of the United
States were naturalized in Great
Britain last year.
| The amount Of coal consumed in the
city Of New York last year amounted
to 100000 tons.
England's experiments with sugar
bects are gratifying. and John Bull
may yet raise his own sugar.
China uses millions Of pounds Of old
newspapers. chiefly British, as wall
paper for houses and cottages.
Cochin China is trying to find an
effective method to destroy the rats
that do great damage to the rice crops.
-Four new Dreadnoughts are to be
built in England for the Dutch navy,
but the guns are to be supplied by
Germany.
There are 1875 smoke consuming
furnaces in London. Fifty-four differ
ent types of apparatus are used In the
metropolis.
In the canton of Yalais, Switzerland,
the authorities have ordered that mo-
torcars on the highroads shah DC pre-
coded by horseman.
Leaders OF thought in Britain are
saying that hope for relief from labor
difficulties lies not in settling disputes.
but In preventive measures.
1t is stated by lady doctor that of
the children in London whom she has
attended % per cent wear amulets or
charms under their clothing.
London handles immense quantities
Of frozen meat, and it will soon have
facilities for storing the enormous
number of 100000 carcasses.
A landlord of SartouvilIe, town on
the banks of the Seine, France. has
tackled up this notice on his house:
Price of rent, $50 Discount of 81 per
child"
Chinese tailors are working overtime.
THE cause is the revolution. which has
changed not only the government, but
Is altering the customs and even the
clothing.
Cleveland has fifty eight retired pub
lie school teachers on pension roll, and I
within two years the number may be
increased to several hundreds by addi-
tignal retirements.
The total output of quicksilver In the
United States last year was 21,256
TASKS. Of which California produced
1850 TASKS and Nevada and Texas
combined. 1896 TASKS.
To enable person to leave a sunken
submarine New Jersey inventor has
buoy which can be entered
within boat and set free to float TO
the surface Of the water.
Flies can enter garbage can that
New York man has patented, but az
hey try TO get out they are caught in
! wire trap, which can be detached
md the insects destroyed
One of the most brilliant events of
he London season has been the Tback-
ray ball. where the dancers imper-
onated all the types of snobs mention
d In Thackeray's Book of Snobs."
One of Chicago's well known bridge
has designed the super !
tructure operating machinery and
over equipment of the bascule span
or great bridge in Lincoln, England.
A sounding board Of concrete has
cen erected at the NleSDauen semi
ary and the acoustic properties of the
oard proved highly satisfactory and
be carrying qualities all that could be \
esired. \
OF the 233,97s persons passing
trough the Suez canal last year those
assified as military totaled 1854,
lille the civilians numbered 12S.171
nd the pilgrims. emigrants and con
lets os,oJ3. I
When the late mikado came to the
lrone not single newspaper was
lblished in Japan There are now
1er 1900 daily. weekly and monthly 4
thirty daily papers being
in Tokyo alone.
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