The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-02-05

| Snull NOES III ledl COUuCCO.
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 collieries of south Wales,
with total loss of life of 2,9OS
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
100000. the latter being the customs
figures.
New York legal aid bureau for fee
of 10 cents furnishes a 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.
It 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 tremendous sale of Ameri.
can ice cream freezers.
The foreign commerce of the United
States in the calendar year 1913 ap-
proximated $1,75O,OOO.OOO of imports
and $4,000, 100000 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 Il 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 GIFTS acres of
pasture land or 494 acres of agricul-
tural land.
In Guinea there is a tree which
! yields peculiar kind of fruit-a huge
! fruit resembling in size a cannon ball
| and which makes tremendous noise
when it pops
In proportion to it's weight California
| redwood is the strongest confer so far
tested at the United States forest prod
| ucts laboratory. This strength is due
to it's long 6bers.
Frightful conditions among the poor
We're 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
CASlS W uldAc OuScIf 10 ulu luc1
who plan to traverse it on foot
It is said that the Paris Academy of
Science has offered prize of $4,000 tc
the person who devises a means for
DEMONSTRATING the heron in order to OBJ
tain aigrets without killing the birds.
The nizam Of Haidarabad is reputed
to be the wealthiest individual in
India and one of the wealthiest per-
sons in the world, with a personal in
come said to amount to $2.5OO.OOO a
year.
| After twelve years Of experience of
girl messengers in Europe, Reuter-
Telegram company declare boys to be
| better. as girls are not at all adaptable
| to the work. are slower and more ex-
| pensive.
Out of nearly $2O,OOO,Oo0 spent last
| year in the treatment and prevention
of tuberculosis in the United States
693 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 of New Jerseys most extensive
and profitable crops. has been raising
this flower for more than seventy
years. He is now lightweight.
In a new hotel in Worcester, Mass.
there will be a clock set into the floor
of the lobby. The dial will be of glass
one inch thick and will be twenty
four inches in diameter. The clock
will be run entirely by electricity and
regulated daily by telegraph.
The Norwegian government has
granted Roald Amundsen. the explorer
and discoverer of the south pole. per-
mission to establish a postoffce on
. board the FRAN during his coming trip
through the arctic seas This will be