The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-02-20
ROU Nd THE WORLD

SOutn AFRICAN credmerfes produce
S,0OO,OOO pounds Of butter yearly
The new sword of the United States
army has blade 81 7-S inches long.
Missouri mines produced nearly 49,
100000 worth Of zinc and lead in 1912
Germany yearly wagers $500, 600, 900
on horse races, with 10000 bookma
erS.
Natives of China are gradually learn
Ing to wear European shirts and col
lars.
More than 80, 200 tons Of aluminium
were produced in the United States
last year.
The United States has 1863 glass fac
tories, and the value Of the product is
$59,976Q0O.
1 Berlin is experimenting with small
electric automobiles for the rapid dis
tributioh Of mail.
The importation of locked horses
into the Philippine Islands has been
prohibited by law.
Several piers 1000 feet in length
! will be constructed at the Atlantic end
i of the Panama canal.
/ Vera Cruz, Mexico, is using great
| quantiti es Of rat traps because of the
| bubonic plague scare.
Philadelphia has thirteen play
grounds Last year they were enjoy
ed by 1,371,315 persons.
Last year churches Of Christendom
contributed more than $4,000, 600 to
missionary work
A mac hine for drying whey and con-
verting it into powder for food has
been invented by New Yorker.
Sugar producing countries of the
world are exporting 13,OOOOOO,OOO
pounds Of it to other lands each year.
After two years Of experiments an
English manufacturer has turned out
a successful steam driv en- motorcycle.
1t is estimated that the force deyel-
oped by the hydroeles.tric companies
Of Japan is over 1000 900 horsepower.
A French scientist found 1925, 900
microbes the other day in mud pie
with which his little son was playing.
Waters of Lower California produce
Holsters, and many tons of the crusta-
ceans were shipped to the United
States last season.
With q carrying capacity of 1850
tons. the largest oil tank steamer in the
world has been completed in England
for the Mexican trade.
Practically all the lepers in the Phil
ippines have now been segregated and
transferred to the leper' island Of Gu
Hon or the hospital in Manila.
With its newly established bureau Of
mines, the University of Arizona hopes
to aid materially in the development Of
mining and other industries of the
state.
That radium emanations have mark
ed effect on woody plants, even forcing
them to bud in dormant seasons has
been demonstrated by German SCI
enlist.
Financial success In raising pigs has
been attained in at least two Irish CO.
operative enterprises. The Roscrea ba-
con factory is the most notable Of these
In Hungkong, where labor is still
very cheap and the port is free to the
Of the world, the rise in the
cost OF living has averaged at least IS
per cent since 1896.
Crumbling stone arch railroad bridges
In Germany have been strengthened
by boring holes into the masonry and
injecting thin cement mortar at pres
sure OF five atmospheres.
On Its way to the sea the water Of a
river In southern California is used
three times to produce power, thrice
for irrigation and ut two points to sup
ply municipalities in the usual way, all
within 100 miles.
In the sout hern states alone negroes
are proprietDrs of 10000 general stores,
500 pharma cies and fifty-seven bank
ng Institutions. In the entire country
they own 20,OOO,0OO acres of land and
more than 600 900 houses.
Roumani Is the poorest customer of
The United States. In proportion to its
total I'm ports 1t takes only six-tentha
u l per cent from this country. In
'alue orr exports to that country
AMOUNT annually to about 100000.
Some q God suggestion for making use
II corncobs is desired. The corn cron
u the Upited States in 1912 was $780,
'oo,oOO bushels. with an average of |
ourteen pounds Of cobs to each bushel
n more than % 1000, 900 tons Of cobs.
The encouraging theory recently ad.
'ancch that the mineral elements OF
ne soil are mexhaustible seems to be
'orne, out by the fact that Chinese soils
re among the richest in the world aft. |
r 1000 years of intensive cultivation
Rowland Ward, probably the most |
'lInous taxidermist in the world, died |
ecently In London. His father. Hen |
y Ward, accompanied the famous nat. |
lralist, audubon, on his travels. His |
areer as a taxidermist extended over
orty years.
A large quantity Of wool in Austria
la has to be carried on the backs Of
bullock eS." or cattle, over wide
tret ches Of waterless country. A spe
iany constructed gasoline motor is
yDected TN end thic c<o<o ~ o0o;r, |