The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-21
ROUND The WORLD

Chicago has 100000 Polish inhab-
ltants.
Nearly all the timber used in Greece
u imported.
Only IA per cent Of the territory of
Italy is unproductive.
An international Oil industries expo
sition will be held in London In March
and April.
Sweden Ia 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
teamsters.
The Chinese have innumerable uses
for empty tin cans, fashioning them
into many and various household uten-
sils. --..
Immense steam shovels made in Chi
cago have been ordered for new har-
Dor work in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Russia has 1.4O0 acres of tea planta-
constantly.
BY the end Of 1916 the Chinese army
expects to have 1000 aeroplanes, this
years budget calling for the purchase
Of $50.
The laying of a new cable will place
England within ten minutes Of Bonn
bay, Hongkong, Colombo and Singa-
pore.
Switzerland, in proportion to its pop
u~lation, spends more on poor relief
than does any other country.
Chinese boatmen at Macao have been
letting OF bombs and crackers to in
duce the gods not to injure them with
n whirlwind.
st. Louis is installing fire escapes on
all public school buildings in obedience
to new state Law.
Bedsteads sold In India have to have
upright corner posts for the hanging
of: mosquito netting.
A Scotch builder has invented a new
type Of wall tie that grips half a dozen
bricks instead Of two, as usual.
A tube which extends from the cen
ter Of the bottom toward the spout of
a new teakettle admits heat to hasten
the boiling Of It's contents.
A giant among motorcycles is a
French machine of fourteen horse pow
er, 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.
Nss An Englishman has discovered a
method for growing lawn grass on such
a foundation that It can be handled as
o carpet or rug.
Blunt business letters, without salu'
tations and fourishes, are in South
America considered evidences Of bad
business breeding.
Much of the experimental apparatus
notes, etc, of Volta, III Of the pioneers
in the electrical field, were recently dis
covered in a small Italian town.
The largest bridge ever exported from
England, and the largest but n ever
built, having a total length of 5,32s
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 n Of the field parties
of the United States geological survey
Bread may be kept fresh for severa
days at temperatures below freezing OF
exceeding 104 degrees, according to 9
Dutch scientist
The largest settlement In Greenland
is Sydproven, which has a population
OF 766, and the smallest is Skansen, II
north Greenland, with forty-six inhab
itants.
The largest cement kiln In the world
operated entirely by electricity, recent
" was put into operation by a Penn
~sylvania plant.
The desire for equal suffrage ha:
spread to India, where successful meet
lngs on behalf of the cause are being
held and unusual Interest shown In The
demand for women's Acknowledgement
Three OF the buoys of the Ill fatet
Andree expedition to the north polt
have been found. Disaster probably
overlook Andree between Franz Jose
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