The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-09
ROUND THE WORLD.

New fOFk MS Ni,Hlu It's cry Dounu-
aries 5000 vacant acres of land.
Manufacturers are seeking substi-
tute for glass which will not De brittle.
Wages In Belgium are lower general.
ly than in any other European country.
Porto Ricans are displacins bull
drawn carts on great estates by anto-
mobiles
The demand for their hides in South
Africa Is met by Matching al!igators ia
inenbat0rs.
Evangelist Billy Sunday says the
last genuine religious revival in 1.-THE
United States was that of 1851.
Indias latest great irriga ton project
ia the Nii Right Bank canal, in Bonn,
bay presidency. 1t cost $S..C0.GN0.
A hospita. for women will be estar-
lished in south London because of ar
least supposed demand that wome1
want women doctors
There are now New York. Chicago.
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia market
ing clubs. the last to be organized be-
lug those OF philadelphia.
M0tornen Of the traction system OF
the English city of Birmingham re-
ceive cash bonuses when they avoid
accidents due to negligence.
Old Epiphany Baptist church, phi,a.
dolphin, long Il l,ndmuTk. is to be de-
molished tc make. way for IN anarI-
ment house to cost Sl.00O,0D0.
Recent official figures placed the
number Of sheep in Australia and New
Zealand in excess Of 1l7,0O0.O0O. the
greatest number in eighteen years.
An American sewing machine com
pany has opened eight schools In
China. in which the natives arc taught
to embroider with silk by machinery.
Dr. II. s. Frost. superintendent o.
Boston's Hospital For the Insane. re-
ports great success in the use OF warn.
water baths in calming violent pa
tients.
New York a,t imri'i''- ~" starting a
campaign for Il s;r! ~. lay - govern
and restrict the sale VI cocaine. The
present law is too feeble to check the
traffic
Germany's area devoted to vine cul-
ture reached its maximum. o9I.03I
acres. in 1906 and has since decreased
by 1880. The vintage varies greatly
from year to year.
oh Il, u,la Il ftin,r ia l,I., invaut.
ed by Wisconsin man is made Of
plate glass. lighted from below by
electric lamps. which also quickly dry
ink used on drawings.
The record for snbmergence is claim
ed by the Italian navy. rs one of its
submarine boats recently remained I'M
der water with twenty men on board
for twenty-four hours.
On the back OF eac., seat Of new
London theater there will he coin in
the slot telephones to enable persons
with defective hearing to listen to
what Is being said on the stage.
The National Poultry association has
been organized in Havana. with
branches all over the island. for the
purpose Of promoting the breeding OF
all kinds OF poultry on Il large scale
The price of fresh salmon in Ger
many is abont A cents Il pound in the
spring and reaches double that figure
at other times. Canned smoked sal
mon is preferred to the fresh canned
fish.
Minute measurements Of ball bear
ings on the aylcs of II New Jersey troll
ley car that has travelled about 10
600 miles in four years showed that
they had resisted abrasion almost per.
fectly
Parties sent out by the French gov
eminent To explore the Sahara desert
have reported that the obstacles in the
way of building railroad across the
waste Of sand are not so great as was
supposed
Captain Louis c. F'latau Of St Louis
has $50 practical inventions to his
credit in the patent office AT Washing
ton. His latest is Il turbine engine
which, he expects to revolutionize
transportation by land and sea.
Deck benches that have been in
stalled on the steamers of one trans
atlantic line can be converted into life
RATS to cafry six persons by raising
lower portions TO Il level with the
seats, where they lock automatically.
The popular belief that the Panama
railroad was constructed ut a cost of
one life for every railroad tie is gross
exaggeration There are 10000 ties,
and in the FIVE years of It's construc-
ton total of 1900 laborcrs were EN-
rloyed.
All our coffee must be purchased
outside of this country. But this does
not deter the American public from
using STo000.o00 pounds of it every
year, or nine and one-quarter pounds
for each man, woman and child In the
country.
Now that I.assa has succumbed to
the advance of the globe trotter what