Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-11-27
ROUND THE WORLD

! Russia has thirty.two schools for sea-
men
Uruguay now has an American shoe
/ store.
! Berlin to London Is q distance Of TAG
miles.
Ontario has an indian population Of
| 23.O44
Turkish rugs generally are made BY
james Bryce says japanese lack
originality.
Corn growing Is highly successful N
the Philippines.
Belgium's seaboard IL forty-two
miles In length
china's primary school system 10 ~
be thoroughly systematized.
Belfast last year sold 1902 tons OF
thread to the United States
Bolivia's pavilion at the San Francis
co exposition will cost $4,000.
Egypt has virtual monopoly in the
production OF long staple cotton.
II is estimated that the annual catch
Of Holsters in the world Is 125.OOO,OO9
Professor Aroing Of Lyons, France
says human perspiration is an irritanl
poison.
New Brunswick has 1888. 600 acres
Of land. Of which only 1.474.O76 acres
are cleared.
There are $1,000 merchant ships IN
the world. capable of transporting A.
600, 600 tons.
More than 100000 dozen eggs
were imported into Canada from the
United States during the last fscal
year.
The sparrow hawk renders good
service in destroying insects and 70
dents and should be thoroughly pro
tected.
Pol Plancon, the opera singer, who
had great popularity in the United
States few years ago, died recent!
In Paris
Oil pressed from copra. the dried
meat Of cocoanuts. is rapidly replac
ing animal fate in the manufacture of
artificial buffers in Europe.
Last year the tobacco industry in
the United States contributed to the
government nearly $1OinMCAO in in.
ternal revenue taxes and i"rorts
Something like huge Umbrella is a
protector for young trees that is hoist
ed on pole and closed in the daytime
and unfolded and lowered at night.
A century ago only 300 species OF
orchids were known and those very
imperfectly. Now the latest authority
gives the number Of known species at
10000.
Aspen wood is used almost exclusive
ly in making matches in Sweden. as II
is easily cut and porous enough to be
readily impregnated with sulphur or
parafiin.
What Is said to be the most scientific
milk producing plant in the world is
maintained in suburb Of Dresden.
more as philanthropy than as a
source of profit.
prosperity in Spain lies in the cOun
try's mineral riches. The surface areas
Of the workings open at present cover
about 2.5OO.OOO acres.
Estimates place the amount Of royal
ties received in thirty years by the
Baireuth house OF Wagner at not less
than $1.5OO.OOO. Last year the sum of
So, 0S6 was received.
The bishop Of Calcutta recently
pointed out in an appeal for the evan
gelizatiOn Of the Mohammedan world
that Mohammedans form one-eighth OF
the worlds population.
or the 100000 mules that are est,
mated in the world more than half are
in the United States. No other couu-
try is credited with 100000. Spain
comes nearest with about $4,000.
The Lloyds of London have recentlv
issued form Of insurance against ap.
pendicitis The claims have become
80 numerous that they have found ii
necessary to double their premiums.
Master Humphreys clock" made
in 1920 by William Humphrey Of Bar
nard castle. Durham, from which
Dickens took the title Of book. was
sold recently at Sotheby's in London
for f12O.
Kukui nut oil Is a valuable Ha.
waiian product and is in demand in
the paint and varnish trade. 1t has
been shipped to the United States from
various Pacific islands for the last sew.
enty-dve years.
A machine has been devised for imi
tating the noise Of an aeroplane engine
with the object Of alarming hostile
troops The Servian and Montenegrin
troops used a rattle during the Balkan
war to initiate machine gun fire.
A new Greek law forbids the emigra
ton of boys over fourteen, except on
deposit Of sum varying from $40 to
$500. according to age, the deposit be-
ing recoverable if the subject returns
and performs his military service.
Magneste is ii mineral which is over
SO per cent carbon dioxide. the gas
which is used for charging soda water,
ginger ale and similar beverages. BY
far the greater part of the magnesite
occurring i'm the United States is found
In California.
Within six years the American Red
Cross has ey~ended approximately
$4,000. including the value of donat
ed supplies. in trying to afford some
measure of relief for hundreds OF
thOusa nds of inhabitants Of the fam
Inc region of central China.
The most important producer OF
quicksilver in the United States is the
| famous New Almnden mine Of Santa