The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-01-24
ROUND THE GLOBE

rlIty-sefen tnOuSand Sc0tchmen left
Scotland last year.
Louisville, Ky. 10 covering old brick
pavements with asphalt
There are over $4,000 justices OF the
peace IN England and Wales.
Within a year the population Of
BuenCs Aires has increased almost So.
900.
As a humane way OF RlauEhterinG
cattle electrocutiOn is being tried in
France.
By January government business
will be conducted from Delhi az the
capital OF India.
Pneumatic tires are being made In
France from papel chemically treated
and compressed
The United States postal department
employs 10000 pOstmasters, who draw
$28,000,O00 yearly
Two new British battleshIps will be
fitted with anti-rolling tanks, the iirBt
war craft 80 equipped
About one-tenth OF the electric lamps
made In the United States every year
are used for advertising signs.
Buffalo excludes temporarily from
schools children from homes where In
fantile paralysis has been noted.
Constituting a record. the pOpuiatlo
Of New South Wales has Increased by
over $1,000 during the last siE months
&c, Wagner Of Denver has cOmbin
ed raspberrles and stra wherries In q
new fruit to be called Fasp. strawber
ries
In twenty years there have been 4,00C
Inventions OF tires, not including me
chanlcal devices to take the place Of
tires.
In the garden city near Dresden. en-
tabllshed three years ago, the mortal
lty is only G per 1000, against 1877 In
Dresden
In the United Kingdom there are
million children between the ages OF
twelve and sixteen who are not being
educated.
There are vastly more natives In the
south OF China who are cutting thelI
cues and adopting European clothes
than In the north.
Since the beginning Of the century
the wheat harvested in France has only
once exceeded the absolute needs Of
the French people
Within fifteen years there have been
built in Berlin twenty four bridges over
the river Spree and neighboring ponds
and to connect new streets.
A London theatrical agent who has
over 1900 artists on his books, de
clares that never more than One-third
Of these are employed at the same time
Despite American, German and Belgi
an competition steelmakers Of England
got the contract for building for BuenOR
Aires the greatest elevated water reser
vOir OF It's kind In tho world
Italian shipbullders have constructed
a floating drydOck In which submarine
boats can be subjected to external
pressure tests without the necessity Of
sinking them into deep water.
A system of personal Identified hon
based on the patterns Of the veins on
the back Of the hand has besn invented
by an Italian scientist. who claims that
IN no two men ara the veins exactly
alike.
After a careful study Of meteorologi
cal records. Or, Peppler OF the Univers
Ity OF Glessen has reached the cOnclu
sion that 1912 marked the beginning Of
a cycle Of dry summers which will last
thIrty-nve years
The shell Of the largest quahaug ever
found on Cane Cod weighs one pound
twelve ounces. The shell 10 ave inches
long and ls thought to be more than
forty years old. It was picked up 90
the Harwich fats.
There Is invested ia hotels and res
taurants In Switzerland. which depend
largely upon tourists for their support.
about Sl7b.OO0.OO0. and the aggregate
number Of persons employed 10 these
establishments Is over 100000. b,
The bOotblaek a. a London instItu.
ton.is vanishing. Two or three decades
ago. boOtblacks abonnded In the bust.
ness sections OF the city. but now, ex.
,epting within two small sections, one
cannot be found In a days walk.
A serving maid In one Of the most
lristocratic families Of Vienna was dis
missed because It was discovered that
lhe was using her mistress visiting
cards, to which she had added her
name and the explanation. Cook to
he above"
The making OF tons Of lead pencils 10
Europe has depended on the Imports
II American cedar A frln In one Ger
man city has made 3O0,000O00 lead
pencils a year from the American CO
lar 1t Is said that over 900 tons Of &c
lar are used daily.
Norway has nSh Gamers asso-
Nation. the aim Of which IL to keep
Up the quality and reputation Of Nor
vegIan mrdines. It has endeayored to
leeure the enactment Of laws pFescrib.
ng the form Of labels TO be used and
the packing Of winter
,atches