The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-11-11
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BRIEF DISPATCHES


Sweden is smoking quantities Of
foreign tobacco
Maryland's thoro crab supply IL be.
coming scarcer yearly
Americas 1915 cranberry crop f.
estimated at 100000 barrels
Eighty per cent OF Cuha's shoes
come from the United states.
A factory In the Azores will manu-.
facture alcohol from sweet potatoes.
Italy exports from $4,000. 900 to 81.
100000 worth OF human hair annually.
The newest ONCE building feature
is a garage for the accommodation OF
tenants.
About half a ton Of whalebone II oh
tained from one whale. its value being.
roughly, 5000.
Several garages on southern Calf.
ornia wash the cars with water heated
by the suns rays.
Extensive work has begun to prove
definitely whether petroleum can be
found in South America.
There are 100000 drug users in the
United States. Heretofore the figures
have been overestimated
Holland has begun operating a new
line OF steamships that will ply be.
tween Amsterdam and the west coast
OF South America.
Four cities In Germany, four In
France. one in Italy and one in Russia.
have installed some plants tor the pur-
ification Of their drinking water.
The Echo Beige says that Count
Joseph de Hemptinne was executed At
Client on October &c He was a mem
Der OF prominent Catholic family.
The $4,000 inhabitants which were
credited to Dawson City Alaska. dur
ing the height OF the 1895 gold rush.
have now dwindled to a mere 1000.
Scientists In Germany are trying to
find some way to utilize the great
amount OF fuel contained In 500 square
miles OF peat beds In southern Bavaria.
I Ohio. which has been employing IT'S
state prisoners to make paving blocks,
has now passed law under which the
men may be set TO work on the roads.
In Norway II has been found that
whale meat. vas; quantities OF which
have formerly been thrown away,
makes a palatable and nutritious sau'
sage.
Fifteen years ago the total annual
cost OF the British army was only III
tie more than 100000 The pres
emit war u costing Great Britain SIS.
ooo. 900 a day.
An armored automobile for military
purposes, invented by a Massachusetts
man. has a steel shell so curved that II
will defect a rife bullet from whatever
angle is comes.
Two English physicians are expert
menting with a parasite with which
they hope 20 exterminate the nies OF
! their country within a few years.
Potash fertilizers seem to give pro
lection from frost A French market
gardener has found that plants In a
field strongly tertilired with kainit suf
fered little from series OF heavy
frosts.
Mitchell McCloskey. an employe Of
the Baldwin locomotive works oil
Philadelphia. has two little fingers on
each hand. and two little toes on each
foot. All the extra digits are perfect
iy developed.
Sir Charles Topper. whose long
career as a statesman In Canada earn
ed for him the title OF the DomInion's
Grand Old Man" dies in England
He was ninty-four years old and once
was premier OF Canada.
Boxelder county. Utah. not many
years ago a mere desert. has this sea
son, for the seventh time In eigh,
years. won the grand horticultural
prise at the Utah state fair.
In Great Britain the skins of Dam
sen plumbs. OF which the yield this sea
son has been unusually large are to be
used as blue dye. especially by car
pet makers. as the ordinary supply
from Germany has been cut on.
Country schools in Washington
state are specializing in warm lunches
The teachers are trained in household
arts and the school lunch is used not
only TO better the physical condition
OF the pupils but TO teach domestic
science.
China is planning to allow no doc
tors, except those who have received a
recognized course OF training in med
iclne and surgery. TO practice In the fu-
ture Some time viii elapse. however,
before the old type OF Chinese doctor
disappears.
Finishing OF the new Canadian gov
eminent grain elevator at Calgary
marks the completion Of the chain OF
government elevators between the
Great Lakes and the Rocky mountains,
those at Saskatoon and Moosejaw be-
ing in operation now.
Recent sales by the government total.
ing l26.000.00 feet OF saw timber In
the Olympic national forest, In west
ern Washington. mark the opening OF
this hitherto inaccessible storehouse
OF timber. estimated TO contain stand
OF $4,000. 600. 900 board feet
When q Sudbury. (Pa) man pulled
his horse out OF the we'll into which
the thoughtless equine had fallen ne
found attached TO one OF It's shoes n
rusty bucket containing more than S.