Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-09-13
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sewer five miles long at a cost Of over
S2.O0O.OOO
Philadelphia officials now quiz all
marriage license applicants along Gu
genie lines.
Extensions OF the boundaries of Glas-
gov last year made IL the second city
In population In the United Kingdom.
More than five times ms many i'm
migrants entered Brazil last year as
went to that vast country ten years
ago.
The Rockefeller sanitary commission
for the eradication of the hookworm
has treated 100000 cases In the past
three years.
A competitive test of milking ma
chimes In England by the royal agri.
cultural society recently was won by
Swedish machine
or all the males In England and
Wales aged ten years and upward.
s37 per 1000 are occupied and iG3 per
1000 are unoccupied.
Efforts are being made to extend
navigation on the Rhine 10 Lake Con
stance. Three prizes, $4,000 $1,000
and $1,000. are to be given.
Rural districts In Denmark show less
than one-twcntieth of per cent H.
litcracy. In the United States the cor
responding figure is 10 per cent
Vacuum cleaners are coming into uso
IN New York for cleaning sidewalks,
sweeping them after o'clock in the
morning being forbidden by law.
\ French inventor has turned out an
arc light projecting lantern with which
may be used opaque pictures. glass
lantern slides or motion picture films.
At the request Of the government of
China Chinese student has been as.
signed as aid In one OF the field par
ties OF the United States geological
survey.
Medical inspection is particularly
well organized In the department Of
the Seine. France. where 30 medical
inspectors visit the schools of their
districts every week.
delphia bleachery 600 Turkish towels
were blown 100 feet In the air and
came down in what looked like u cloud
OF gigantic snownakcs.
The success OF three department
stores in China has led To the estab-
lishmcnt of fourth In the southern
part of the republic. The greater part
OF the trade is with the Chinese.
4 Vlennesc composer has written an
operetta intended for use In the films
only The characters In Ii will not
be heard. They will he seen. while an
orchestra plays the music intended TO
illustrate their story.
London streets are growing more
dangerous every year. In 1904 100
persons were killed and ten injured in
traffic accidents in the metropolitan
area. Last year the figures were 53I
and 10000 respectively.
The toxic tendencies of alkaline wa
tiers have been corrected with nitric
acid expcrimcntally by an Australian
chemist. which leads to the belief that
'
re safely irrigated in that manner.
Tree planting societies have been
started In Norway 10 cover the noun
tain sides and untillable areas of the
country with forests. as they were cen
turtles ago The annual report shows
that last year III societies planted
2.276.OO0 trees
Hollow concrete tile blocks will be
made nj Panama. the canal commits
sion having arranged for the erection
~ plant for their manufacture. Most
OF the permanent buildings Mt the new
town OF Balboa will probably be erect.
ed with these blocks.
Thirty-nine million passengers In all
crossed san Francisco bay between
December. 1911. and December. 1912.
an increase of over 100000 as record
ed In the year previous. They were
carried on the five ferry lines touching
the east and north shores OF the bay.
Construction Of the Peter the Grea,
fortress. the greatest fortress In the
world. designed for the protection Of
iFt'lNUui-s lAuSSids btFNb
This fortress will consist Of a chain
OF island forts extending across the
gulf OF Finland. distance OF over
thirty-seven miles
Last year over 10000 ministers
preached sermons on the prevention OF
consumption on tuberculosis day.
which will be held on Dec. : this year
II Is hoped this year to swell the mum
Der to 10000 aud To urge similar ac
ton besides In large number Of the
schools and other societies
DR. Pierre Roxe. who has just an
nounccd the discovery of an anti-chol
era serum. Is director of the Pasteur
institute. Paris He made his state
meni before the Academy Of Sciences
and said that monkeys which had been
infected with cholera had been cured
by incubation with. the serum
The shades OF the builders Of the
pyramids might have been Interested
onlookers M the sight OF iron girdcrs