The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-10-09
ROUND THE WORLD

nation automobile patrol and emer.
gency ambulance.
Chicago health board offers free ty.
phoid fever serum inoculation to 1,OOe
citizens to popularize the idea.
Treaty tree" twenty feet In cir
cumference. near Tarrytown, N. T.. fa-
nous in history. has just died.
Draining the Zuider Zee of Holland
will be undertaken In parts. The first
dam will reclaim 100000 acres.
According to the Canadian Forestry
association. 80 per cent Of Canada is
capable Of growing nothing but timber
crops.
The old cathedral Of st. Louis
New Orleans. has been closed az un.
safe. owing to the sinking of the east
wall. II was built In 1921.
Known ns the kleptograph, a burglar
alarm invented by an Italian ignites
a fashlight and photographs the in.
truder who invades the room In which
Il In set.
Dogwood. the principal source Of
shuttles for use In cotton mills, 10
growing scnrcer year by year, and vari.
Gus substitutes are being tried. but
with no great success.
One Of the German navy's dirigibls
balloons Is being fitted with . 10000
candle power searchlight. capable Of
Illuminating the surface Of the sec
from height Of 5000 feet.
Missing his mistress when she came
out, Boston dog waited forty Eight
hours at a church door for her ap-
pearance and could only be induced
to leave when she came after him.
For testing the terminating qualities
OF seeds quickly an Iowa man has
patented cabinet something like an
Incubator. warm moisture rising
through the walls and dropping on the
seed trays.
An ultra modern German institution.
the purpose OF which Is TO counteract
| tho evil OF hnste In the modern bust.
ness world. In the "slumber saloon"
where sixty hunks for MONDAY maps
are provided.
The chief industries OF northern
Rhodesia are cattle ranching. general
farming. tobacco and cotton raising.
Citrus fruits also do well. Up to the
present there has been but little undn
eral development
The Integrity Of afternoon tea In
England has been threatened by some
INSCRIPTIONS members Of. the house
of commons. who have ordered steaks
and heavy food at the hour when the
aroma Of tea should hold Its own.
A machine has been perfected which
pours any dry powder into paper
bag. folds the bag, makes paper box
and places bag and a folded circular
within Il. pastes on label and seals
the box ut rate Of 1900 boxes an
| hour.
To aid a policeman In controlling a
prisoner n Philadelphia has patented
gloves with electrodes In the palms
which send powerful current through
an unruly man from storage battery
forming part OF the polieeman's
equipment
An automatic tre alarm ana ex'
tinguisher invented I'm Germany EN-
ploys n thermostat 10 ring a bell and
liberate large quantities OF carbonic
acid gas In room In which II IL
placed when the temperature rises
above the danger point.
A brides dressing room Is to be pro-
yided at n church In Madison avenue,
New York. The organ loft over the
church entrance will be removed, and
I'm its place beautifully equipped
room will be built Here the bride will
be able TO put the finishing touches 70
her attire after the drive TO the church
The coke industry In the United
States has now reached in good years
the 100000. 900 mark. and. moreover
there Is steadily growing Increase In
the proportion OF coke made In by
products retort ovens whereby the val
uable byproducts OF gas. tar. ammonia
etc. are saved to the value or tens OF
millions OF dollars annually.
A life buoy for aegial navigation has
been invented by Nova Scotia man
The parachute Is folded In horizon
tal position ON the tail OF the hyine
machine and attached to the aviator
nv harness. II IL folded by straps
connected to electromagnetic releases
and on the pressure Of button VII
open and lift the aviator out OF his
seat.
The new Chinese dictionary publish
ed recently at Shanghai represents nv'
wears labor of many of China's great
est scholars and supersedes as the
standard the famous dictionary pub
lished in I7l6 by the authority or th'
Emperor Khanghsi. Many scientin'
words are included in the new dicuon
ary. and many obsolete characters have
been dropped.
Alfred Austin. the late poet laureate
was lucky In his work as JOURNALIST
For many years he did his daily tasi
at home with the assistance OF tele
graph wire run into his study si1t!
miles from the London Standard OF
Ace. His instructions came over th'
wire. and his editorial article went q
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