The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
ROUND THE WORLD

There are women carpenters In Tibet
II takes 800 coolies to work 400
acre tea plantation In Cey1on.
Chicago requires movie" theaters to
install approved ventilating devices.
After a lapse Of forty years cotton
cultivation has been resumed in No
rocco.
Gas pipes are being made in France
from paper compressed. dried and var
| nished.
,Chile's government savings banks
contain deposits aggregating owed S.
10000.
Judge Mahoney OF Ohicago's munic-
ipai court holds early Sunday morning
sessions.
The British government is consider
ing an auxiliary motorb6at reserve for
service in case of war.
Venice is equipping its fre depart
ment with steam engines carried on
petroleum propelled boats.
A congress of university students.
representing forty-six nations. is to be
held In San Francisco in 1915.
Much Of the cork used throughout
the world comes from Portugal. which
harvests about 10000 tons year.
II the land in England and Wales
were equally divided there would only
be little over one acre for each per-
son.
Paraguay has valuable forest re-
sources, the most important Of which
Is quebracho. particularly rich in tan
\ min.
Marseilles plans to spend more than
$6.0O0.OOO to demolish its ancient slums
and replace them with modern high
ways.
Most Of the musk that il exported
from Tibet Is bought by French firm
and Is used in the manufacture of per-
fumery.
The famous Egyptian temple Of Ra-
mcses H.. thirty-two centuries old. has
been illuminated with electricity for
the benefit Of tourists.
1t has been calculated that nearly
3O0.O00.O00 feet or over 5000 miles Of
nlm are used up yearly to satisfy the
worlds demand for moving pictures.
As regards popular education. Ba-
roda is the most advanced state In Ill
dia. the only state In which primary
education is both compulsory and free.
The greatest drydock in the world
has just been completed In Liverpool.
1t Is nearly 1850 feet long and 1855
feet wide. with an entrance 100 feet
across.
Throwing dice for cigars is a COM
mon practice in tobacco shops In VAN
couver. and II the customer wins he
pays less than the recognized price for
bis cigar.
Makers Of small hickory handles for
hammers, chisels and the like are now
trying to use the waste from mills
which make hickory spokes and pick
and az handles.
Although there are nearly 100000
sheep in the United States. they rep
resent less than per cent Of the total
number Of domestic animals ON the
country's farms.
Charitable persons of New York city
are endeavoring to supply pure candy
to the children of the slums In place
Of the poor material which has here
tofOre been In their reach.
A patent has been granted an appa-
ratus for determining the direction Of
sources Of sounds by dividing the
sound waves and receiving hrst one
portion and then the other.
A new fire escape resembles a 81
| gantic tape measure. as 1t consists Of
a steel ribbon that unrolls from with
In circular casing as person de-
sends while seated in a sling at its
end.
The project for a tunnel under the
British channel to link England and
France is being considered afresh by
the committee Of imperial defense and
win be presented to the next parlia-
ment.
The cities Of Ulm and Frankfort, in
Germany. are trying novel plan for
housing their teachers. They are sell
ing to their teachers land at a low
price and accepting a mortgage on 1t
at low interest.
In Seville. the chief seaport Of south
ern Spain. flour costs nearly $40
barrel at retail In small quantities, but
oranges are less than cent apiece
Ham averages about 40 cents pound
and sugar 8 cents.
So that 1t will not be in darkness In
event of damage below decks u stenm-
ship built recently In England was
provided with a second lighting plant
mounted on the bridge deck and op-
Grated by a gasoline engine.
There were $4,000 patents applied
for in America last year Only 5000
patents were granted. or these not
more than 500 will get to the manu-
featuring stage and be a source Of
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