Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
ROUND THE WORLD

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The wealth of the United States is
estimated at $l30CO0.O00,000.
| The bread eaters of New York city
devour daily 2.4';5. 1853 loaves.
two. has lived nearly fifty years Oh
two meals day.
New York now has municipal com
plant bureau. whittier citizens MAY
resort to "kick.'
This years crop Of Formosan teas is
reported to be better than previously
in many seasons.
1t has been estimated that 4.70S.OO0.
600 wood screws are used in the Unit
ed States each year.
Asbestos deposits throughout re
gion approximately by miles in ex
tent have been discovered in Natal.
| A man arrested in Paris recently was
wearing FIVE waistcoats. Eve pairs of
trousers, two Of socks and two of
stockings.
Boston's new custom house will be
sos feet high and has been designed
virtually to crown the city's pyramidal
sky line
According to the Canadian Forestry
association, so per cent of Canada Is
capable Of growing nothing but timber
| crops.
Individual glass rooms, with private
telephones. will be provided patients
recovering from infectious diseases in
new Chicago hospital
Willow is the lightest of British
woods. cubic foot of 1t weighs but
thirty pounds, A cubic foot of box
weighs ffty-seven pounds,
King George V. of England has or
dered Viscount Knollys to write an
official biography of the late King Ed
ward.
More than 400 patents have been is
sued by the United States for devices
intended to harness the power Of sea
waves.
The absence Of tunnels on the deck
of the Imperator is accounted for by
the fact that the ventilation is done
mechanically.
It is proposed to award hero medals
| to those who save victims of electrical
shock. asphyxiation and similar fatali-
ties by resuscitation
Thomas Harvey has retired at seven
ty-fve after serving forty-five years
as a policeman in New York. He will
draw a pension of 500 a year.
An aeronautical map Of the entire
world on scale Of one to 100000 was
planned at the recent international
geographical congress at Rome.
After seven years Of effort an Amer
lean expert has established in Uruguay
one of the largest and best equipped
veterinary colleges in the world.
Although Belgium has reduced the
working day Of its coal miners to nine
hours, the enforcement Of the law has
not apparently affected the produc-
ton.
A novel feature Of London's electri-
| cal restaurant is the standing invita-
ton for all patrons to visit the kitchen
at any time and watch the preparation
Of food.
Eighteen hundred Japanese emf
grants left for Brazil recently. This
makes the total in that country 1880.
all Of whom are engaged on coffee
plantations in Sac Paulo.
A solar physics laboratory Is to be
erected in New Zealand. at Nelson.
The site will probably be on a summit
known as the Fringe. which has an
elevation of 900 feet above sea level.
Tests having shown that recon
noissance work cannot be effectively
done at greater heights than 1900
| feet the French army has decided that
it's war aeropanes must be armored
against rifle bullets.
Delhi has a population of about $780,
900 people. The permanent population
will probably be increased by the resi-
| dence there of 5000 or 1000 govern
ment officials when the new govern.
ment Offices are ready.
Some of the larger dry goods houses
Of this country are said to expend an
nually rs much as 100000 in the prep
arati1a # samples. which are sent to
their patrons throughout the country
| from WITH " tiiuhe St!e' 'ioi@ VI
| stock.
During the fiscal year nearly % 600
| grazing permits were issued in the ma
| tional forests. and more than 2N.OOO.-
| 600 head of domestic animals were Civ
en- advantage of the privilege Cut of
the vast number or permits issued
only IA cases of grazing trespass were
observed
Student insurance is Il feature OF
German continuation schools For an
insurance fee of 10 cents per hnif year
the students in the schools for build
ers. for example. are insured against
all accidents that may happen to them
in the schoo!room or on the way to
and from school
Panama hnS teen losing business
steadily of late because of the with
drawal of thousands of workmen who
were employed in constructing the ca
nal At the same time Il good many
tourists have been spending money
there on their expeditions to see the
canal before the water. was turned in.
The United States mines only two
ounces of platinum day. and the
whole world produces each twenty
four hours only about ninety-five
ounces of this precious metal. This is
one thing in which the car enjoys al
most total monopoly. as Russia
yields over nine-tpnths Of all the plat
mum Of which the earth has any
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