The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-31
ROUND THE WORLD

Italy Is unproductive.
An international oil industries expo
sition will DE held in London in March |
and April.
Sweden is being urged to pass a law
giving women the right to propose |
marriage.
upward of 5000 building material
teamsters
The Chinese have innumerable uses
for empty tin cans, fashioning them
into many and various household uten-
sis
Immense steam shovels made in Chi
cago have been ordered for new har-
Dor work in Halifax. Nova Scotia.
Russia has 400 acres of tea planta-
tions and the acreage is increasing
constantly.
| By the end of 1916 the Chinese army
/ expects to have 1000 aeroplaneS. this
years budget calling for the purchase
of 80.
The laying Of new cable will place
England within ten minutes of Bonn
bay. Hongkong, Colombo and Singa-
pore.
Switzerland. in proportion to its pop
ulation, spends more on poor relief
than does any other country.
Chinese boatmen at Macao have been
letting off bombs and crackers to in
duce the gods not to injure them with
a whirlwind.
st. Louis is installing fire escapes on
all public school buildings in obedience
to new state LAW.
Bedsteads sold in India have to have
upright corner posts for the hanging
of mosquito netting.
4 Scotch builder has invented a new
type of wall tie that grips half dozen
bricks instead of two. as usual
\ tube which extends from the cen
ter of the bottom toward the spout of
a new teakettle admits heat TO hasten
the boiling of its contents.
A giant among motorcycles is a
French machine of fourteen horse pow
er. designed chiefly for pacing bicycle
riders on race tracks.
Amsterdam The diamond cutting cen
ter of the world. has more than 1000
applications from persons who wish
10 learn the art.
An Englishman has discovered a
method for growing lawn grass on such
foundation that it can be handled as
n carpet or rug.
Blunt business letters, without salu-
tatiOns and fourishes, are in South
America considered evidences of bad
business breeding.
Much of the experimental apparatus.
notes etc. Of Volta. one OF the pioneers
in the electrical field. were recently dis
covered in small Italian town.
The largest bridge ever exported from
England. ana the largest but one ever
built. having total length of 1925
feet. is being constructed for use in
India.
, At the request of the government OF
China Chinese student has been as
signed as aid in one OF the field parties
of the United States geological survey
Bread may be kept fresh for several
days AZ temperatures below freezing oil
exceeding 104 degrees. according to a
: Dutch scientist
, The largest settlement i'm Greenland
: is Sydproven. which has population
OF 766. and the smallest is Skanseu. IL
north Greenland. with forty-six inhab
itantS
! The largest cement kiln in the world
/ | operated entirely by electricity. recent
ly was put into operation 10y a Penn
sylvania plant.
The desire for equal suffrage ha
spread to India. where successful meet
ings on behalf of the cause are ben;
/ held and unusual interest shown in tn,
demand for women's acknowledgements
: Three Of the buoys of the ill fate,
Andree expedition TO the north pol
}. have been found. Disaster probabl
n overlook Andree between Franz Jose
S Land and Nova Zembla
t Although the United States is tn
II richest country in the world i'm deposit
e of peat. none of several peat fue
= plants that have been established hay
gone beyond the experimental stage.
One OF the largest OF the great Sc
enttic and industrial congresses is I
= be held i'm London in the early part o
- June, 1915. in the shape of the sixt
u International congress OF mining. me-
m allurgy. applied mechanics and pract
IN cal geology.
N Considered the most costly in tn
4 world. 4 set OF porcelain dishes Ina
been on exhibit at an art show in s
- Petersburg. IT consists of thirty-si
hand colored plates. This set has a
&c estimated value of 10000 rublcs CS1S
ne 5i0y. single plate, therefore. beiu
id worth OOO r.VhlaS fS1I1A IL iS fh
= property of Count OrlofT-Da vidoff.
- \ severe blow viii he dealt to I'll
& Indian cottonseed industry unless
way can he found TO clean the see
= before il is shipped. In England
which takes rs per cent of all the co
a. tonsced exports OF India, the importer