The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-09-16
ROUND THE WORLD

Cleveland in 1913 gave nearly $3,-
100000 to charities.
Since 1909 Japan has more than dou-
bled its exports of toys.
Panama sends about 100000 cocoa
nuts year to the United States.
More than 100000 American wo-
men are affiliated with mission work in
foreign fields.
X ray apparatus has been invented
for killing the tiny parasites that eat
small holes IN leaf tobacco.
BY the addition Of magnesia and an
oxide an extremely elastic glass has
been brought out in France.
The ameer of Afgha1istan receives
from the government Of India an an
nual subsidy of abous 100000.
Since 1857 there have been sixty dis
asters in the colIieries of south Wales.
with a total loss of life of 2.90S.
1t is said that Chinese girls take
more interest in American life and pol
itics than their American sisters.
The population of Manchuria is vari-
ously estimated between 100000 and
19,2900O0. the latter being the customs
figures.
New York legal aid bureau for a fee
Of 10 cents furnishes lawyer to assist
Immigrants and poor persons in obtain
ing justice.
Women are to be admitted to the fac
nifty of theology, the synod Of the can
ton of Neufchatel. in Switzerland, has
Just decided.
The new civil code has introduced
important reforms in Switzerland since
1t gives both parents equal rights over
their children.
1t is remarkable to what extent
Sweden exports butter. After iron ore
lt is the second article of importance
In the export trade.
Chinese in the Hongkong district
have recently taken to ice cream.
There is a tremendous sale of Ameri-
can ice cream freezers.
The foreign commerce of the United
States in the calendar year 1913 ap-
proximated S1.750,OOO,OOO of imports
8Al0 S-,OOOSOOOsNOO VI CAPOASSs
Chicago leads the largest twenty
two cities In the United States in the
percentage Of increase in automobile
accidents in the last five years.
The pOstof1ce. department of Indis
maintains a life insurance branch,
which has over $4,000 active policies.
with an aggregate insurance of $10,-
100000.
The ultra violet ray is being intro
duced by Paris dentists for whitening
discolored teeth and sterilizing them
in such a way that they are less liable
TO decay.
In Argentina it is possible to lease
not more than 1921 acres Of public
land and to buy directly CTS acres OF
pasture land. or 494 acres Of agricul.
tural land.
In Guinea there is a tree which
yields a peculiar kind of fruit-a huge
fruit resembling in size a cannon bali
and which makes a tremendous noise
when it pops.
In proportion to its weight California
redwood is the strongest confer so far
tested at the United States forest prod
ucts laboratory. This strength is due
4. TO its long fibers.
Frightful conditions among the poor
were revealed by the Dublin strike. II
Is said that there are over 1900 one
room tenements which house from
three to twelve people each.
Three airship trips across the uneK
plored region of the island of New
Guinea are planned by German scien
lists to make observations to aid men
who plan to traverse it on foot.
1t is said that the Paris Academy oil
Science has offered prize of $1,000 t.
the person who devises a means 70;
demonstrating the heron in order to Oh
tain aigrets without killing the birds.
The nizam of Haidarabad is reputed
TO be the wealthiest individual Ia
India and one of the wealthiest per-
sons in the world, with a personal In
come said to amount to S2.5OOO00 G
year.
After twelve years of experience OF
girl messengers in Europe, Reuters
Telegram company declare boys to be
better. as girls are not at all adaptable
90 the work. are slower and more ex
pensive.
Out of nearly S20,OOO.O00 spent laSl
year in the treatment and prevention
of tuberculosis in the United States
69.3 per cent of the money was derived
from public funds, either federal. state.
county or municipal.
In Stavanger. Norway, even peasants
and fishermen use electric lights. The
engineer Of the municipal electric plant
has organized a class of housewives
for instruction in the use of electricity
heated cooking apparatus.
w. F. Passett, who has done more
than any other man to make the dahlia
one Ct New Jerseys most extensive
and profitable crops. has been raising
this flower for more than seventy
years. he is now Lightweight.
In new hotel in Worcester, Mass,