Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-11-28
ROUND the GLOBE
Holland has no jury trial system.
Colombia fluids its alligators pest.
London has 10000 pupils in night

Greater New York has 1919 more
men than women.
Portsmouth is the most strongly for
dfieu point in England.
Importation OF champagne is on the
decline, aud that Of beer ia increasing.
Los Angeles is driving out "matri-
mOnial bureaus as socially unlesira-
ble
Colorados 1912 fruit crop is valued Mt
$6.OOO.OUO In 1899 it was worth $780,
CTS.
Adventists have purchased Spion Kop
battlefield. South Africa. for u mission
farm.
Washington complains that business
is fast emclUaching on residential dis
tricts.
Missouli's new capitol building. to he
erected in jefferson City. will cost
SS2..23O.127
American college bred men are said
to be stunning the ministry because of
low salaries.
United States railroads this year were
made subject to forty eight new laws in
the various states.
Gambling is prohibited throughout
Spain, even in the most aristocratic
clubs
Under certain conditions. local au-
thori.ies in Prussia are permitted to
tax incomes below x25O year.
Open air physical culture classes for
the free instruction of women and girls
are held every Sunday In Berlin
The French government has placed
an increased tax upon signbonrds In
the hope Of decreasing their number.
Japan's new battleship. the cruiser
kongo, has displacement of 27.oO0
tons. Its length is 7O4 feet. its breadth
92 feet.
w. w. Glass of Columbia. Mo. has
presented Abraham I.incoln's school
dictionary 10 the Missouri State llistor.
ical society.
Poor's Manual for 1912 shows that In
the fiscal year 1911 American railroads
earned an average Of o.l3 per cent OH
capital stock.
During the Inst twenty years land
in the United Kingdom devoted to
farming has decreased by more than
100000 acres.
Kilkenny castle Ia one Of the Oldest
Inhabited houses Ia the world, many VI
the rooms being much us they were
800 years ago
The Japanese. besides drinking 2lO..
100000 gallons Of sake or rice wine in
one year. have In addition disposed Ot
100000 gallons Of beer.
Ihe International Aluminium syndl
cato hns fixed the price OF the metal
for next years delivery at $3.50 per
metric ton of 2.2O4.62 pounds.
Practically all Of the jade now mines.
comes from Burma. though New Zea-
land is producer OF some note. China
takes practically the entire output.
President z. r. Thwing of Western
Reserve university has secured fol
Cleveland the meeting next March OF
the Religious Education association
There'll he 1900 delegates
There are now $50 athletic organiza-
uons In Bohemia. with membership
Of nearly 100000. including 1900 wo
men. The athletic movement has de
yeloped almost entirely since 1871.
Reports from Germany say that the
stork is disappearing. Naturalists
have been Investigating the cause OF
the stork's disappearance. and peas
ants have been encouraged to build
nests for the birds and supply them
with food
Large districts In the far east for
merly planted IN tapioca are now be
Ing planted In rubber trees and as Il
consequence no lower prices for tapina
are looked for Land for tapioca grow.
ing can be used only one-fourth of the
time and must be left idle for the re
mAinder.
A French author. quoted by the Gas
World. points out that there is room
for Improvement In the manufacture ol
gas mnntles. What IL wanted Is uni
| formity rather than durability. Al
present. he says, the difference in light
| ing power among mantles from the
same batch may amount to 40 per cent
The rhinoceros beetle. which came t.
the island of Apin. Samoa. three years
ago. destroying the cocoanuts. has in
creased In number despite the efforts
made for its suppression. 1t is esti
mated that In the infested district 81
| per cent of the cocoanut trees are at
fected. 20 per cent have been set bacl
In bearing and 3 per cent killed.
With the completion Of a seven story
building Tokyo is able to boast of the
| first skyscraper In its history. The
structure, begun In January, 1910. wa'
but recently completed. 1t Is consid
cred fire and earthquake proof. 1t wa!
designed for offices and is especially
noteworthy because it is probably the
highest Of its kind in the far east.
Dust from the tail of Halley's comet
according to French astronomer, 1.
responsible for the coronas that have
frequently been seen around the moor
In perfectly clear weather ever sine,
May 10, 1911. The angular size Of {
corona depends upon the size Of tn,
! solid or liquid particles in the all
which diffract the light. The smalle
these particles the larger the corona.
Dried and smoked abalone meat
most of which Is cured at southern
California fishing ports, is purchased
| by oriental importers Mt fancy prices
Occasionally 1t sells for $500 ton. II
some instances divers are employed t.
procure the mOIlusks. and It Is not un