Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06
ROUND THE WORLD

Janus.
Nearly all the timber used in Greece
imported.
Only IA per cent of the territory of
Italy is unproductive.
An international oil industries expo
siion will be held In London in March
ind April
Sweden is being urged to pass a law
giving women the right TO propose
marriage.
In the city of New York there are
upward of 5000 building material
transfers.
The Chinese have innumerable uses
'or empty tin cans. fashioning them
nto many and various household uten-
ills
Immense steam shovels made in Chi
,igo have been ordered for new har
bon work in Halifax. Nova Scotia
Russia has 400 acres of tea planta
ions. and the acreage is increasing
constantly.
Ey the end of 1916 the Chinese army
sNpccts to have LOCO aeroplanes. this
ye;tr's budget calling for the purchase
IL 80
The laying of a rev cable viii place
lngland within ten minutes OF Bonn
bay, Hongloiig. Colombo and Singa
pore.
switzerland. in proportion to lis pop
Nation. spends more on poor relief
ham does amy other country.
letting Of lomls and crackers To in
aucc the gods not 10 iiiurc them with
awllirlwind
st. Louis is Installing fire escapes ON
All puddle school buildings in obedience
to new state law.
BedSteads sold in India have to have
upright corner posts for the hanging
bt mosquito netting.
A SCOTCH builder has invented 4 new
type of wall tie that grips hall a dozen
bricks instead of two, rs usual
a tube which extends from the cen
ter of the bottom toward the spout of
n new tealiettle admits heat to hasten
the boiling of its contents.
A giant among motorcycles is
French machine of fourteen horse pow
err designed chiefly for pacing bicycle
riders on race tracks.
Amsterdam, the diamond cutting cen
ter OF the world, has more than 1000
applications from persons who wish
to learn the art.
An Englishman has discovered a
method for growing lawn grass on such
foundation that it can lie handled as
carpet or rug.
Blunt business letters, without saln-
tations and toulishes, nre in South
America considered evidences of bad
lusiness breeding
Much of the experimental apparatus.
notes, etc, of Volta. one of the pioneers
In the electrical field, We're recently dis
covered in a small Italian town.
The largest bridge ever exported from
England, and the largest but one ever
built. having a total length of 5.sso,5
feet. is being constructed for use In
India.
At the request of the government of
China a Chinese student has been as
signed as aid in one of the field parties
of the United States geological survey
Rrend may be kept fresh for several
days at temperatures below freezing or
exceeding lO4 degrees, according to
Dutch scientist.
The largest settlement In Greenland
Is Sydproven, which has a population
OF 7,iG and the smallest is SkanSen in
north Greenland. with forty six inhab
itants.
The largest cement kiln in the world
operated entirely by electricity. recent
~ was put into operation by Il Penn
sylvania plant
The desire for equal suffrage has
spread to India. where successful meet
Tugs on behalf of the cause are being
held and unusual Interest shown in tho
demand for women's acknowledgements
Three OF the bnoys OF the III fntea
Andree expedition to the north pole
have been found Disaster probably
overlook Andree between Franz Josef
Land and Nova Zemba.
Although the United States is the
richest country in the world in deposits
OF peat none OF several peat fuel
plants that have been established have
gone beyond the experimental stage.
one of the largest of he great sci
entiiic and industrial congresses Is to
he held in London In the e;u'iy part of
June, 1918, IN the shape Of the sixth
International congress OF mining. met
uilnrsH. applied mechanics and praoti
cal geology.
Considered the most costly IN the
world, Il set of porcelain dishes has
been on exhibit at in art show in St
Petersburg Ii consists of thirty-six
hand colored plates. This set has an
estimated value of $4,000 rubles (S1S.-
540>, Il single plate, therefore, being
worth LOCO rubles (S515) 1t is the
property of Count Orlotf Davidotf.
A severe blow will be dealt to the
Indian cottonseed industry unless Il
WAY can be found to clean the seed
,efore it is Slipped In England.
which takes 9S per cent of all the cot
tonsced exports of India, the Importers
have decided not to accept amy here
after which contains over 2 per cent
OF dirt AT present the dirt averages
not far from per cent.
An extraordinary case of religious
mania is reported from Panama. An
individual who has proclaimed himself
the Messiah predicts the destruction
Of the world by a lel,lgo i'm a short