The Adair County news., 1914-03-11
ROUND The WORLD.

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.
y 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 Afghanistan receives
from the government Of India an an
nual subsidy of about 100000.
Since 1857 there have been sixty dis
asters in the cOlleries of south Wales.
with a total loss of life of zoos.
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
19,290.OOO. 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
ulty 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
it gives both parents equal rights over
their children.
1t is remarkable to what extent
Sweden exports butter. After iron ore
it 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 APP
| proximated S1.75O,OOO,OOO of imports
and S2.5OO,OOOOOO of exports.
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 postofice department of India
maintains a life insurance branch,
which has over $4,000 active policies,
with an aggregate insurance of $1O.-
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 90 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 ball
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 dle
to its long fibers.
Frightful conditions among the poor
were revealed by the Dublin strike. II
is said that there are over 10000 one
room tenementS which house from
three to twelve people each.
Three airship trips across the unex
plored region of the island of New
Guinea are planned by German scien
fists to make observations to aid mer
who plan to traverse it on foot.
1t is said that the Paris Academy Of
Science has offered a prize of $4,000 Il
the person who devises a means fol
DEMONSTRATING the heron in order to oh
tain aigrets without killing the birds.
The nizam of Haidarabad is reputed
to be the wealthiest individual IL
India and one of the wealthieSt per
sons in the world, with a personal in
come said to amount to S2.500.O00 {
year.
+ After twelve years of experience OF
girl messengers in Europe, Reuter-
Telegram company declare boys to- ht
better. as girls are not at all adaptabl,
TO the work. are slower and more ex
, Densive.
Out of nearly S2O,OOO,O0O spent las
! year in the treatment and prevention
of tuberculosis in the United State:
693 per cent of the money was derived
from public funds. either federal. state
county or municipal.
4 In Stavanger. Norway, even peasant
and fishermen use electric lights. Tht
engineer of the municipal electric plan
has organized class of housewives
for instruction in the use of electricit!
Y heated cooking apparatus
] W. +. Passett. who has done mOr'
4 than any other man to make the dahl;
one of New Jerseys most extensive
and profitable crops. has been raiSin:
$ this flower for more. than seventy
years He is now lightweight.
, In a new hotel in Worcester. Mass.
there will he a clock set into the doc
of the lobby The dial will be Of glas
one inch thick and will be twenty
four inches in diameter The clocl