Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
ROUND THE WORLD

st. Louis hotels now employ only
negro walters.
Rents in Hongkong have advanced %
per cent since the Chinese revolution.
New Orleans refuses to employ mar
ried women as public school teachers.
Duluth has put into service u combi-
nation automobile patrol and emer-
gency ambulance.
Chicago health board offers free ty-
phoid fever serum incubation to 1000
citizens to popularize the idea.
Treaty tree" twenty feet in cir
conference. near Tarrytown, N. Y. ia
nous in history. has just died. :.
Draining the Zuider Zee of, Holland
will be undertaken in parts. The first
dam will reclaim 100000 acres.
According to the Canadian Forestry
association. 50 per cent Of Canada is
capable Of growing nothing but timber
crops.
The old cathedral of st. Louis
New Orleans. has been closed rs un-
safe. owing to the sinking Of the east
wall 1t was built in 1921.
Known as the kleptograph, burglar
alarm invented by an Italian ignites
flashlight and photographs the in
truder who invadcs 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 vhri-
Gus substitutes are being tried. but
with no great success.
One Of the German navy's dirigible
balloons is being fitted with 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 ut a 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 a 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 bust
ness world. Is the "slumber saloon"
where sixty hunks for MONDAY maps
are provided
The chief industries Of northern
n
farming. tobacco and cotton raising.
Citrus fruits also do well. Up to the
present there has been but little min.
eral development
The integrity Of afternoon tea in
England has been threatened by some
INSCRIPTIONS members Of the house
Of commons. who have ordered steaks
and heavy food at the hour when the
aroma Of tea should hold its own.
A machine has been perfected which
pours any dry powder into paper
bag. folds the bag. makes paper box
and places bag and folded circular
within it, pastes on a label and seals
the box at a rate Of 1900 boxes an
! hour.
10 aid a policeman in controlling a
prisoner Philadelphia has patented
gloves with electrodes in the palms
which send powerful current through
an unruly man from storage battery
forming a part Of the policeman's
equipment.
An automatic fire alarm and ex-
tingulsher invented in Germany en-
ploys a thermostat to ring bell and
liberate 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 beautifully equipped
room will be built Here the bride viii
be able to put the finishing touches t.
her attire after the drive to the church
The coke industry In the United