The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-23
ROUND THE WORLD

~s" >ASS bs'o obsoIo Z
on it's payroll.
Forty-eight searchlights will flash AT
the Panama exposition.
Chinese bought 1900 Bibles the tirs&
six months Of this year.
American Investments in Mexico are
estimated ut $1.O57. 10000.
Cincinnati is to have Il permanent
exhibit building for wares made In
that city.
The Chinese parliament has four wo-
men members. elected in the Canton
provincial elections.
In Russia only eleven in 10000 peo-
pie are mad: in England the rate IL
thirty-two in 10000.
The English prison mission every
Christmas sends out 10000 personal
letters to inmates Of English jails.
The population within u radius Of
6fty miles If Bristol. England. IL 2.5OO.-
OOO, and within a radius of 100 miles
10000 COZ.
A normal school for colored boys and
girls is being built in Washington. the
entire property representing an invest
ment of $2;GOOO.
With proper are brass dies for
printing upon wood have been known
to make more than 2.OOO.O 900 impress
sions before wearing out.
With the exception Of Siberia. Brazil
and the northwestern United States.
British COlumbia's timber wealth is
reported to be unparalleled in any
other country.
Justice Golf of the New York su-
preme court prescribed q term of jury
duty as Il cure to a juror who wished
to he excused IN the ground of ex-
IRENE ervuuSness.
An English army officer seems to
have perfected a practical weapon
which discharges by centrifugal force
at high speed missiles poured against
a rapidly revolving wheel.
For resuscitating persons nearly
drowned Or asyhyxiated u German
doctor has invented u table to which
they are strapped and put through the
requisite motions by manipulating the
table.
The French sardine industry began
about 1880. but not till 1850 did It as
any magnitude. The recent crisis
In the fish industry in Brittany in
volved the closing Of 118 sardine fac
A prize Of nearly $4,000 will be
awarded to the maker Of the engine
which best flls the requirements for
q military aeroplane in q competition
to be begun by the British war Office
In February.
Detroit has appointed a woman for
matron of the public schools. She will
have charge of the lunch room and
play room and will see that the chill
dren have a good time, while some or
der IL kept ut the same time.
Plaster casts Of the head. bust or
entire human body are made quickly
by 4 Boston inventors process. which
drst sprays the subject with a liquid
which hardens quickly. then is re-
moved and used as a mold for the cast.
1t is still customary for the poorer
In India to carry home water
on the head. Earthenware vessels
hitherto been in use. but az alu-
minimum vessels are becoming cheaper
they are replacing them because Of
greater lightness.
The recent scientific baby contests
in New York and elsewhere disclosed
the interesting fact that the prize win
ners usually belonged to very poor
parents who had broken every law Of
eugenics. Of heredity and Of hygiene.
Now comes o similar report from ia
PAN.
California led in the United States
in gold production for 1912. putting
out $20.O08.OO0. The production Of
gold In the United States during 1912
resulted in a decrease Of s.. 438.5OO as
with the previous year and
the lowest American production since
1907.
The bureau Of education in Manila
has issued a book entitled Good Man.
ners and Right Conduct. for Use in
Primary Grades" A large part Of the
volume is taken up with instructions
to the teachers. who are told that they
must possess politeness before trying
to teach 1t.
Colombia is likely to have q change
In its coinage. The standard coin Il
based at present on the pound sterling,
but the commercial world looks at
'hese coins askance. and commercial
transactions are as a rule made on the
basis of the United States gold coin.
the pound sterling being accepted ct
about $4.85.
Kames Castle. on the Isle Of Butte.
said to be the oldest castle in Scotland.
has been restored at q cost Of f7.OOO
by the Marquis of Butte. It has been
inhabited for 600 years. but the only
part Of the original structure 10 the tall
square tower. which Ii q landmark on
the island. The marquis has adhered
to the Scots baroniai architecture.
Germany's expenditures for primary
49, >~-A~- A-~~~S 000n