The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-11-05
ROUND THE WORLD

OHly "a per cent OF the territory or
Italy is unproductive.
An international oil industries expo
sition will be held in London in March
and April.
Sweden is 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-
sis.
Immense steam shovels made in Chi
cago have been ordered for new har-
Dor work in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Russia has 1,4OO acres Of tea planta-
tons, and the acreage is increasing
constantly.
By the end of 1916 the Chinese army
expects to have 1000 aeroplanes. this
years budget calling for the purchase
of go.
The laying of new cable will place
England within ten minutes of Bonn
bay. HOngkong, Colombo and Singa-
pore.
Switzerland, in proportion to its pop
ulatiOn, spends more on poor relief
than does any other country.
Chinese boatmen at Macao have been
letting off bombs and crackers to in,
duce the gods not to injure them with
a 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 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 its 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.
An Englishman has discovered a
method for growing lawn grass on such
a foundation that it can be handled as
carpet or rug.
| Blunt business letters, without Salu-
tations and f1ourishes, 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
England, and the largest but one ever
built, having total length of 5,32J
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 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 a population
of 766, and the smallest is SkanSen, in
north Greenland, with forty-six inhab-
itants.
The largest cement kiln in the world.
operated entirely by electricity, recent
ly was put into operation by a Penn
sylvania plant.
The desire 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 women's enfranchisement.
Three Of the buoys of the i'll fated
Andree expedition to the north pole
have been found. Disaster probably
overlook Andree between Franz Josef
Land and Nova Zembla.
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
entific and industrial congresses is to
be held in London in the early part OF
June, 1915, in the shape of the sixth
international congress of mining, met
allurgy, applied mechanics and practi-
cal geology.
Considered the most costly in the
world, a set of porcelain dishes has
been on exhibit at an art show in St
Petersburg. 1t consists of thirty-six
hand colored plates. This set has an
estimated value of $4,000 rubles ($1S,-
$40, single plate, therefore. being
worth 1000 rubles (S515). 1t is the
property of Count Orloff-Davidoff.
A severe blow will be dealt to the
Indian cottonseed industry unless a
way can be found to clean the seed
before it is shipped. In England
which takes SO per cent Of all the cot
tonseed exports of India, the importers
have decided not to accept any here
after which contains over 2 per cent