The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-12-20
ROUND THE GLOBE

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The United States is salt import
ing country.
Brazil has had an Unprecedented rain
fall this yenr.
New York reports the 3 cent theateT
on the decline.
Venezuela has adopted the metric
system Of weights and measures.
In the past two years Paris has spent
ST48.OO0 TO entertain visiting kings.
Australia is taking steps for preser,
walton Of Its giant stringy bark trees
In parts Of Norway the area OF cnl.
tivated land might easily be quadr'i-
pied
There are 2S7 gas lighted buoys To-
Gated ON the waters OF the United
States
The United States last year sold
1885,, 0OO.OOO worth of fOOdstuffs to for
eign nations
Some Of Poiand's salt mines have
been worked uninterrpptedly for more
than tUO years.
There were only 609s females among
the 3S.053 persons who lmmlgrated to
Cuba last year
Statistics show 232 deaths Of infants
under one year old to every 1000 births
In European Russia.
The mortality In Italy has been re-
duced from 30,S per 1900 in 1872. to
about ~ al present
ChlcagO's old Union club has closed
It's doors Founded thirty years ago.
Too exclusive 10 live,
Builders Of q 300 foot concrete Chin
ney in Germany used the reinforcing
steel as 4 lightning rod
At the usual price Vt electricity a
motor 90 a sewing machine Will take
10000 stitches for cent
Australians famous black Spal mines
are running out. the present output he
ing practically nOne mt ali
A wet summer like this years means
loss Of 30 per cent in the profits from
tourist travel IN Switzerland
An American sewing machine com
pNny has opened eight schools In CHINA
IN which the natives are taught. to EN-
broider with silk by machinery.
A miniature fountain attachment for
bottled water holders hps been patent
ed to enable persons to drink without
touching their lips to any receptacle.
There are no suitable Puping woods
In Australia or New Zeuland. 50 that
these countries are wholly dependent
on outside sources for their paper sup
ply,
The banknote washing machine
which has been in operation at Wash
| ingtOn for short time has capacity
Of 10000 to a5.0O0 pieces in an eight
hour day.
A striking decrease in infant NOR!
tally has been noted In Manchester,
England, since the introduction Of strict
regulations as to the sale Of milk from
tubercuous cows u
The supreme court Of Leipzig has de-!
rided in the case " waitress who
was dismissed for flirting with custom.
ars that flirting was not crlminrl and
was necessary Tor waitress "i
Swansea Is the chief seat OF the cop
per smelling trade In Great Britain,
and within II compass OF four miles 1t
possesses various works. giving en-
plOyment to over 10000 persons.
Oysters in vIennese restaurants cost
$1.2O a dozen and are therefore not
much In demand Only about $4,000
worth are annually imported, mostly
from Belgium, Germany and Holland
For photographers use in dark rooms
there has been devised a lamp carry
ing several different cOlored glasses IN
wheel in front of its opening 50 any
colored light can be obtained when
desired
| III hluGllNds says tlt lOulsN hlC NOu
rlerJOurnal, schoOlteacher works
upon the average for about half as
much as brickIayer and has to tell
the boys that education is necessity
II they would get on 10 life. ti
The work Of thlckening and heigbteH.
ing the Assnau dam. on the Nile, to It's
new level will probably be completed
this year The dam will then he able
to hold 2,30O.000.OO0 cubic meters Of
water or more than double Its original
capacity.
"rhe largest door In the world" says
La Revue Scientinque. lis now being
constructed at CherbOurg for one jOf
the drydocks Of the arsenal. 1t
measures over ia feet long by 80
broad and has cost $lGO.OOO A mum
her Of similar doors are said to be also
under construction for other French
naval ports
Thesrab6it pest In New South Wales
y spreading Notwithstanding all that Is
being djne in the shape Of trapping,
poisoning, 'fumigatlng and digging out.
The greed Of the rabbit is proverbial.
and the amount OF heritage devoured
by this animal is considerable The
commercial loss sustained Is coDse-
quently an immense one.
On emerging from the Railway sta
ton at Zurich one comes across three
middle aged women kneellng at their
boxes and eager TO impart luster 70