The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
ROUND THE WORLD

army has blade 81 7-S inches long
Missouri mines produced nearly 3d.
100000 worth Of zinc and lead in 1912
Germany yearly wagers $4OO,OOO,OOO
on horse races. with 10000 bookmak-
ers.
Natives of China are gradually learn
ing to wear European shirts and col
lars.
More than $4,000 tons of aluminium
were produced in the United States
last year.
The United States has 1868 glass fac
tories, and the value of the product is
SIS, 100000.
Berlin is experimenting with small
electric automobiles for the rapid dis
tribution Of mail.
The importation of locked horses
into the Philippine Islands has been
prohibited by law.
Several piers 1000 feet in length
will be constructed at the Atlantic end
of the Panama canal.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, is using great
quantities of rat traps because of the
bubonic plague scare.
Philadelphia has thirteen play
grounds. Last year they were enjoy
ed by 1,371,315 persons.
Last year churches of Christendom
contributed more than S3O,O00,OO0 to
missionary work.
A machine for drying whey and con-
verting it into powder for food has
been invented by New Yorker.
Sugar producing countries of the
world are exporting 13,00O,000,O00
pounds of it to other lands each year.
After two years Of experiments an
English manufacturer has turned out
a successful steam driven motorcycle
It is estimated that the force devel-
oped by the hydroelectric companies
of Japan is over 100000 horsepower.
A French scientist found 10.215,000
microbes the other day in a mud pie
with which his little son was playing.
Waters Of Lower California produce
Holsters, and many tons of the crusta-
ceans were shipped to the United
States last season.
With a carrying capacity of 1880
tons, the largest oil tank steamer in the
world has been completed in England
for the Mexican trade.
Practically all the lepers in the Phil
ippines have now been segregated and
transferred to the leper island of Gu
lion or the hospital in Manila.
With its newly established bureau of
mines, the University Of Arizona hopes
to aid materially in the development of
mining and other industries of the
state.
That radium emanatiOns have a mark
ed effect on woody plants. even forcing
them to bud in dormant seasons, has
been demonstrated by a German sci
enlist
Financial success in raising pigs has
been attained in at least two Irish CO.
operative enterprises. The Roscrea ba-
con factory is the most notable of these
institutions
In HongkOng. where labor is still
very cheap and the port is free to the
commerce of the world. the rise in the
cost of living has averaged at least %
per cent since 1896.
Crumbling stone arch railroad bridges
in Germany have been strengthened
by boring holes into the masonry and
injecting thin cement mortar at a pres
sure of five atmOspheres.
On its way to the sea the water of
river in southern California is used
three times to produce power. thrice
for irrigation and at two points to sup
ply municipalities in the usual way, all
within 100 miles.
In the southern states alone negroes
are proprietors of 10000 general stores.
300 pharmacies and fifty-seven bank
ing institutions. In the entire country
they own 2O.OO0,OOO acres of land and
more than 100000 houses.
Roumania is the poorest customer of
the United States. In proportion to its
total imports it takes only six-tenths
Of l per cent from this country. In
value our exports to that country
amount annually to about 100000.
Some good suggestion for making use
of corncobs is desired. The corn crop
Of the United States in 1912 was $780,
100000 bushels. with an average of
fourteen pounds of cObs to each bushel
or more than 100000 tons of cObs.
The encouraging theory recently ad-
vanced that the mineral elements of
the soil are ineXhaustible seems to be
borne out by the fact that Chinese soils
are among the richest in the world aft
er 1000 years of intensive cultivation.
Rowland Ward. probably the most
famous taxidermist in the world. died
recently in London. His father. Hen
~ Ward. accompanied the famous nat
uralist. Audubon. on his travels. His
career as a taxidermist extended over
forty years.
A large quantity Of wool in Austria
liza has to be carried on the backs of
''bullockies," or cattle, over wide
stretches Of waterless country. A spe-
cially constructed gasoline motor is
expected to end this state of affairs.
observation-disclosures tho no ctoroI oC,.icu1t11r.