The river press., 1913-11-05
ROUND THE WORLD

nation automobile patrol aud emel
gency ambulance
Chicago health board offers free ty
phoid fever serum incubation to 100
citizens to popularize the idea.
Treaty tree" twenty feet in eli
cumference, near Tarrytown, N. Y. I.
nous in history, has just died.
Draining the Zuider Zee Of Hollan,
will be undertaken in parts. The frs
dam will reclaim 100000 acres.
According to the Canadian Forestr.
association, 80 per cent Of Canada 1
capable Of growing nothing but timbe
crops.
The old cathedral Of st. Louis
New Orleans. has been closed as un
safe, owing to the sinking Of the eas
wall It was built In 1921.
Known as the kleptograph, a burgla,
alarm invented by an Italian ignitea
. dashlight and photographs the In
truder who invades the room in which
It is set
Dogwood, the principal source OF
shuttles for use In cotton mills, is
growing scarcer year by year, and vari.
ous substitutes are being tried, but
with no great success.
One of the German navy's dirigible
balloons is being fitted with q 10000
candle power searchlight, capable of
illuminating the surface Of the sea
from height Of 5000 feet.
Missing his mistress when she came
out, Boston dog waited forty-eight
hours at 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
the evil Of haste in the modern busi-
ness world, Is 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 we'll. Up to the
present there has been but little min.
eral development
The integrity Of afternoon tea in
England has been threatened by some
unscrupulous members Of the house
OF commons, who have ordered steaks
and heavy food at the hour when the
aroma Of tea should hold it's own.
A machine has been perfected which
pours any dry powder into a paper
bag. folds the bag, makes paper box
and places bag and folded circular
within 1t, pastes on a label and seals
the box at rate Of 1900 boxes an
hour.
TO aid policeman in controlling a
prisoner a Philadelphian has patented
gloves with electrodes in the palms
which send powerful current through
an unruly man from storage battery
forming part Of the policeman's
equipment
An automatic fire alarm and ex.
tnguisher invented in Germany EN-.
ploys a thermostat to ring a bell and
Nberate large quantities of carbonic
acid gas In a room in which It is
placed when the temperature rises
above the danger point.
A brides dressing room is to be pro.
vided at a church in Madison avenue.
New York. The organ loft over the
church entrance will be removed. and
In its place a beautifully equipped
room Will be built Here the bride will
be able to put the finishing touches to
her attire after the drive to the church.
The coke industry in the United
States has now reached in good years
the $100,O00,0 600 mark. and, moreover,
there Is a steadily growing increase in
the proportion Of coke made in by.
products retort ovens whereby the val.
liable byproducts Of gas, tar, ammonia,
etc., are saved to the value OF tens of
millions Of dollars annually.
A life buoy for aerial navigation has
been invented by Nova Scotia man.
The parachute Is folded in a horizon.
tai position on the tail Of the flying
machine and attached to the aviator
by harness. 1t Is folded by straps
connected to electromagnetic releases
and on the pressure Of a button will
open and lift the aviator out of his
seat
The new Chinese dictionary publish.
ed recently at Shanghai represents five
years labor Of many Of China's great
est scholars and supersedes az the
standard the famous dictionary pub.
lished in 17l6 by the authority of the
Emperor Khanghsi. Many scientific
words are included in the new diction.
ary. and many obsolete characters have
been dropped
Alfred Austin, the late poet laureate
was lucky in his work as a Journalist
For many years he did his daily task
at home with the assistance of a tele
graph wire run into his study sixty
miles from the London Standard Of.