The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-01-29
ROUND THE WORLD

compressed leather.
West Virginia mikes use OF less
than one-quarter of the coal she pro-
duces.
Dutch engineers have been engaged
to supervise Peruvian harbor improve
pents.
An almanac printed in Newport. H.
L., In 1871. sold for <525 In Boston the
other day.
An Oregon log raft recently towed
TO San Francisco represented 100 acres
OF timber.
A new electric machine irons sheets
as fast as i've girls can feed them TO
the rollers
Some one has figured out that we
spend more for beer than for bread In
this country.
Harry Paxton. aged four. of Lon
don. England. recently voyaged alone
TO New York
81. Louis Is TO have a model postal
service under direction OF experts
from Washington
A press weighing 1900 tons has
been manufactured In England for
bending armor plate
Radium ore has now been found also
In large quantities In the Ferghana
district OF Russian Central Asia
More than one-third OF Australia's
residents live In four cities. sydney.
Adelaide. Melbourne and brisbane
n. B Donahue the other day dug up
near Dawson. Alaska. the hoof Of an
eohlppus. the ancestor OF the horse
hill "A Int
bureau. More than i0ooo complaints
we're registered there In the last twelve
months
The little country OF Greece sup
ports more goats than Uncle saEa by
100000 head. and Italy Is but 10000
shy Of our number.
IL IS proposed to award hero medals
TO those who save victims OF electrical
shock. asphyxistion and similar fatal
titles by resuscitation-
The last census OF Greenland. dsted
colony has a total population OF 1850
as against II .sa3 In 1901.
A party OF forty-fve girls left Van
couyer for Montreal recently. but only
five Of them reached their destination
the other forty having got married on
the way.
Assuming the population OF the Unit
81 States 10 he 1oooo0.oco. one man
out of every forty owes his means OF
livelihood and usefulness In some de
gree 10 Edison
India's methods OF storing grain are
stili very ancient and inadequate- The
II. In. ali h~
great peninsula t< yet 20 he finished In
the PunJab province
Articles of clothing from wood nbci
are being made In Europe The mate
rial for n suit costs about 20 cents
Clothing made Of this material. how
ever. cannot he washed.
Books have bccn conh-cated In Ttir-
key for the most curious reasons
Sanford and Merton for instance.
suffered this fate because the pet dog
In the tale was called Turk
An Illinois Inventor has brought out
an asbestos lined wooden cigar that
may be niled with tobacco and smoked
by those who Ike TO be regarded as
smokers OF cigars exclusively.
To save the expense OF n long and
costly approach the city end OF n
bridge that will span Havana harbcr
will terminate In a spiral driveway
and footwny making four turns
II T. estimated that there are In use
In the United States about 10000
elaborate electric protective systems
against crime. about 10000 smaller
rystems and some 100000 minor de
vices.
Moving pictures showing attempted
murders. attacks on religious bodies.
highway robbcries and. In fact. any
presentation wherein there Is vice or
violence In any form cannot be shown
In Qneiscc.
A, wilicsden. England. laundry pro
iricfor. finding that lie gets the best
work out Of his employees when they
are happy and contented. has decided
To give them free tickets 20 the tho
atcr once n week.
The stream which has been supply
ihs the ancient city of Damascus with
water for nearly forty centuries has
been harncxscd and win provide cleo
friclty TO light the city and operate
100 miles Of railway.
China has been hit hard by the in
creased cost OF living. The price Of
rice has jumped 20 per cent since 1911.
due partly TO the famine and more In
tho destruction OF crops during the
fightin. on the yangtzc.
German cities having population
Of 10000 or more boast OF their fnr
taxirab service. Six aud seven seat
cars may he hired In Hanover with
driver at the rate OF 3s pfennigs per
tilnmcfrr cnnnl 10 LIZ cents mile