The river press., 1914-11-18
ROUND THE WORLD

orange groves.
Air guns were first made in Ger
many in 1856 by Guhr.
Beggars are no longer permitted on
ahe streets in Philadelphia.
Church to Let' is a huge sign on
dominion square, Montreal.
Last year California recorded one
marriage every seventeen minutes.
| Chicago Is to have a government
laboratory for analyzing drinking wa
| ter.
boston levies special taxes on all ad-
vertis1ng signs on fences and build
ings.
Kansas City compels the placing of
all billboards ten feet back from lot
lines.
Cambridge, England. now has a
school to educate pupils for commercial
careers.
The use of concrete for mine sun
ports instead Of wood is increasing
rapidly.
The annual coal production Of Nova
Scotia exceeded 100000 tons for the
first time last year.
The Moscow Museum of Apiculture,
the Oldest In Europe, will celebrate it's
tiftieth anniversary next year.
Perfumetl writing ink is London
fashions latest fad. 1t may be obtain
ed In a variety Of colors and odors.
Revolution damage claims presented
to the Chinese republics government
now call for more than $23.7OOOOO.
Korea has 10000 native and $4,000
Japanese fishermen. The total catch
last year was VALUED ut $6OOO,OOO.
Pumps are used very little in China.
The natives dig their own wells where
water is found at the depth Of few
feet.
Electric refrigerating systems are
now being installed in florists shops
to keep flowers in cold storage until
sold.
Philadelphia is urged to spend $780,
600 for Identification monument at
the limit Of South Broad street boule-
ward.
The United States bill for diamonds
the last decade has been just about
enough to buy and build the Panama
canal.
In the course of one year more than
COOO persons were identified by their
finger prints in the London police
court.
Hiram Bridges and wife Of Cleveland
have decided to live apart for a year.
II not then reconciled they will seek
divorce.
\ beautiful new flower has been
evolved by resident of California
who has succeeded in budding a rose
to blackberry bush.
An unloading crane mt one of the
ore ports of the great lakes takes a
twelve ton bite every time it dives into
the hold Of the vessel
\ Danish nerve specialist places his
convaescent patients on top Of
piano that they may be benefited by
the vibrations as it is played.
\ New York store window presents
an ever changing array by being built
in three tiers. which are constantly
shifted by hydraulic elevator.
The wearing qualities of rubber foot
wear will be increased by manufactur-
ing it on the same lines as are now fol-
lowed by the tire manufacturers.
Under the new regulations every SOL
dier and officer in France receives
special annual bonus of 2CO francs for
every child under sixteen years Of age.
4 f,,,.V -n,,1-,
tools Of that time could make 5000
pins a day. Now, with modern ma
chinery, workman can turn out 49,
100000.
The city Of London (EnglanD guard
ians are about to eliminate the word
"pauper' and to substitute the word
Inmate" in all official documents, re-
ports, correspondence, etc.
A submerged oak forest covering sew
eral square miles, from which logs
more than 100 feet in length have been
taken. was discovered by Russian en-
gineers while dredging a river.
The yuillOtine that once decapitated
thousands of hapless Frenchmen on
the Place de lH toncOrde is now in
London at Nine. TuSSauu'S WaXwOrks
exhibition. on MarylebOne road.
German naturalists are interested in
the fact that the wild rabbits OF that
country seem to be changing their hab-
it's among other things building their
nests above ground instead of In bur
rows.
Although South America imports
about S15.UW.0D worth Of canned
goods annually, the United States fur
ni>hcS only about 1S per cent of the
total, of which the principal item is
canned salmon.
Since November. 1910. six states and
one territory have given the ballot to
women. Seven states are to submit
the question Of woman suffrage to vOt-
erS next November and five states In
November, 1919
ADparrutlv tho most abundant bird