The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-06-13
ROUND THE WORLD

The average yearly profit at the ca
sino, Monte Carlo, Is $6,0O0,000.
Chicago fortune tellers are said to
have secret union and scale Of prices
Illinois in 1912 produced 2SOO0,OO0
barrels Of oil Of forty-two gallons each.
Philadelphia is giving service badges
to all policemen serving FIVE years or
more.
1t costs $1,000O00 year to maintain
the national pure food bureau In Wash.
ington.
Sierra Madre, Cal, now has one
story apartment houses, Spanish mis-
sion style.
Brand WhltlOck of Toledo says he
thinks Glasgow the best governed city
In Europe.
DIR. G. #. Sammis of Brooklyn has
discovered that ether may be success
fully used hypodermically.
Not only will the house of the future
be made Of glass, but the pipes, con-
duits and sanitary fixtures.
Five francs 1855 cents) is more than
the average laborer gets for days
work In the Lyon district Of France.
The cleansing Of the bottom OF an
ocean going vessel ia now accomplished
by machine without leaving the
water.
The AstrOnOmic society of Mexico
will present medal and diploma to
every astronomer who discovers O
| comet.
England and Wales together have
40 special schools for the blind, 81 for
the deaf and PAS for otherwise defec-
tive children.
A strong magnifying glass to be fas-
tened to the thumb with clip has
been patented in England to help
person thread a needle.
Black opals, for several years ex-
tenslvely mined In New South Wales,
have become exceedingly rare, hardly
any having been found for nearly a
year.
With the exception Of local food
supplies Of fish, fruit and vegetables
most Of the food consumed In the Ba-
hamas comes from the United States,
chiefly in the form of canned goods.
Nearly three times as many British
as American workmen are employed
In the construction OF the Panama
canal, OF $3.50 In the canal zone
proper Great Britain claims 30,S59 as
citizens, while the United States
claims 1850.
Prince Louis Alexander of Batten-
berg, who has become first sea lord of
the British admiralty, Admiral Sir
Francis Bridgeman having resigned,
owing to Ill health, is naturalized
British subject, having been born at
Gratz, Austria, In 1854. He was nat.
uralized and entered the British navy
in 1868.
The last Of the horse omnibuses of
Paris disappeared from the streets
Jan. II. A long procession Of motor.
cars and taxicabs filed with flowers
solemnly accompanied 1t ON its last
Journey, while immediately behind 1t
was y motOrcar covered with a pail
and decorated with funeral wreaths
and crosses.
large number Of time clocks have
been placed on the various tramway
Lines OF Leeds. The conductor registers
each time he passes a clock, which re-
cords the time. This has done away
with timekeepers and has assured more
regular running Of the cars. Similar
clocks have been In use In Liverpool
and Manchester for some time.
One Of the few funds, II not the
only one, left for charity by presi-
dent Of the United States is used In
Lancaster, Pa, for the purchase Of
coal for the poor at Christmas and for
other good uses. The fund was left
by President buchanan, who was
resident of Lancaster, and the income
now amounts to about $4,000 a year.
II 1t is found possible the United
States navy department will recover
the cannon, bronze ornaments and
other relics of the old American frig-
ate Philadelphia, the hulk Of which
has rested and rotted In the mud of
the harbar of Tripoli since 1904, when
she was set on FIRE and sunk by Lieu
tenant Decatur to prevent her use by
the pirates who had captured her,
A novelty in the way Of q textbook
for teaching English to foreign labor
era 10, 1t is stated, to be used by the
Chicago Yourg Mems Christian as
ISOLATION. 1t will be called Safety
First For Foreigners" and each lesson
will consist of a picture showing the
best way Of avoiding danger. 1t is
hoped In this way to reduce the large
number of accidents to foreigners In
Chicago,
In 1919 the king of Prussia sent out
from Breslau the famous Call to my
people" (Aufruf an mein volk) that
filed the city with his subjects and
began the war for independence. Re-
ginning May l and ending Oct. 81,
1918, Breslau will celebrate the event
with an imposing historical exhibition,
for which rulers, castles, museums and
numerous citizens have lent their traas,