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


city Of New York last year amounted
to l9.OOOO0O tons
England's experiments with sugar
beets 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 hnnses 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 Drendn0ughts are to be
built in England for the Dutch navy,
blft the guns are 10 be supplied by
Germany. ,.
There are 1879 smoke consuming
furnaces In London Fifty -four differ
pnt types Of apparatus are used in the
metropolis.
In the canton of Valais. Switzerland,
the authorities have ordered that mo.
tOrcars ON the hlghroads shall be pre-,
coded by u hOrseman.
Lenders 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 a 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 Sartouville. a town on
the banks of the Seine. France, has
tackled up this notice on his house:
price of rent, $50, Discount Of 50 per
child.S
Chinese Ialors are working overtime,
The cause is the revolution. which has
changed not only the government, but
il altering the customs and even the
clothing r.
Cleveland has ilfty eight retired pub
lie school renchers on pension roll and
within lwU years the number may be
increased to several hundreds by add
tlOnal retircmentS,
The total output of quicksilver In the
United. States last year was 2l,256
TASKS. of which California produced
1880 TASKS and Nevada and Texas,
combined, 2.39G TASKS.
To enable person to leave a sunken
submarine New Jersey inventor has
patented bnoy which can be entered
within a boat and set free to float to
the surface Of the wafer
Files can enter q garbage can that a
New York man has patented. but as
they. try to get out they are caught in
q wire trap. which can be detached
and the insects destroyed
- 0nes Of the most brilliant events Of
the London season has been the Thack.
cray ball, where. the dancers imper
sOnated all the types Of snobs mention
ed in Thackeray's Book Of SnObs."
One of ChicngO's well known bridge
companies has designed the super
structure, operating machinery and
power equipment of the baScule span
for a great bridge In Lincoln. England
"a sounding board of concrete has
been erected at the Wlesbnden semi
nary, and the acoustic properties Of the
board proved highly satisfactory and
the carrying qualities all that could be
desired
or the 233,97s persons passing
through the. Suez canal last year those
classified as military tOtaled 1854.
while the civilians numbered l2S,I7l
and the pilgrims, emigrants and con
victs 28.953
When the late mikado came to the
throne not single newspaper was
published in Japan. There are now
over. ZOO daily. weekly and monthly
publications. thirty daily papers being
published In Tokyo alone
The new dollars Of the Chinese re-
public are objects Of a good deal Of Gu
rioslty among the natives. They carry
English on the diverse side and Chi
nese on the reverse. with the picture
Of DR.. Sun Yat Sen. founder Of the re-
public
/, Twenty-Five professors. representing
twenty-five institutions Of learning and
nineteen states. worked the past sum.
mer in Pittsburgh iron aud steel mills
for 20 cents nm hour Their object was
to gain practical knowledge Of eco
nOmie subjects
A German chemist DR. Bergius. has
succeeded In making out of peat and
eellulose n substance which has all the
properties Of hard coal. lie hopes to
succeed iu giving practical value to
what be has succeeded In accomplish
ing In his laboratory.
Loeb DOchart castIe. which was
bJilt in the thirteenth century on aD
island in the loeh Of the same name
and IL associated With the famous Rob
Roy. hns now been taken In hand by
the Scottish Historical Antiquarian AZ
ISOLATION and Is being renovated so as
70 Insure It's permanency,