Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-27
ROUND The WORLD

Ditlon Will be held IN London in March
tnd April.
Sweden is being urged to pass IL law
giving women the right to propose
marriage.
In the city of New York there are
upward of 5000 building material
eamsters.
The Chinese have innumerabe uses
Tor empty tin cans. fashioning them
nto many and various household uten-
sils.
Immense steam shovels made in Chi
.ago have been ordered for new har-
DOR work in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
| Russia has l.-tOO acres of tea planta-
lions. and the acreage is increasing
constantly.
| by the end of 1916 the Chinese army
| expects to have 1000 aeroplanes. this
FEARS budget calling for the purchase
,f $50
The laying of new cable will place
| England within ten minutes of Bonn
buy. Hongkoug, Colombo and Singa
| pore.
Switzerland, i'll proportion to its pop
| llatiun, spends more on poor relief
than does amy other country.
Chinese boatmen at Macao have been
letting off bombs and crackers to in
| luce the gods not to injure them with
whirlwind.
| St Louis is installing fire escapes on
| nh public school buildings In obedience
10 new state law.
| spltght corner posts for the hanging
" mosquito netting.
A Scotch builder has invented a new
| type OF wall tie that grips half dozen
bricks instead of two, as usual.
\ A tube which extends from the cen
ter Of the bottom toward the spout Of
new teakettle admits heat to hasten
the boiling of its contents.
| A giant among motorcycles is a
French machine of fourteen horse pow
er, designed chiefly for pacing bicycle
riders on race trucks.
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
a foundation that 1t can be handled as
a 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, one of the pioneers
In the electrical field, were recently dis
covered in small Italian town.
The largest bridge ever exported from
built. having total length of 5,325
feet Is being constructed for use in
Indiu.
At the request of the government Of
China Chinese student has been as
| signed as aid in one of the field parties
OF the United States geological survey
Bread may be kept fresh for several
days at temperatures below freezing or
exceeding 1O4 degrees, according to a
|
Dutch scientist.
The largest settlement in Greenland
is Sydproven. which has population
of 7GB, and the smallest Is Skansen in
north Greenland, with forty-six inhab
itants.
The largest cement kiln i'm the world,
operated ellt ecly by electricity. receiit
ly was put ITO operation by Penn
| sylvania lla t.
\ The desil for equal suffrage has
:. spread to India, where successful meet.
ings on behalf of the cause are being
held and unusual interest shown IN the
demand for wolnen's Acknowledgement.
Three of the bloys of the Ill fated
Andree expedition to the north pole
have been found. Disaster probably
overlook Andree between Franz Josef
Land and Nova Zenlba.
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 the great sci
entilic and industrial congresses Is to
June, 1915, in the shape of the sixth
international congress OF mining. met
nllurSy. applied mechanics and practi-
cal geology
Considered the most costly in the
world, set OF porcelain dishes has
i rf al, In,
Petersburg. 1t consists Of thirty-six
hand coored plates. This set has an
estimated value Of 10000 rubles ($18.-
54O). Il single plute. therefore. being
worth 1000 rubIes ($5l5). 1t is the
property of Count Oroff- Da vidoff.
A severe blow will be dealt to the
indian cottonseed industry unless a
way can be found to clean the seed
before 1t is shipped. In England,
which takes 9S per cent Of all the cot
tonseed exports of India, the importers
have decided not to accept any here
after which contains over . per cent
of dirt AT present the dirt averages
Not far from 8 per cent.
An extraordinary case Of religious
mania is reported from Panama. Al
individual who has proclaimed himself
the Messiah predicts the destruction
Of the world by deluge In short
time and some of his eighty adherents
are engaged in building nm ark. while
others are busy collecting III pairs ami.
mails of all species found in their Ne
gion.