The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-08-24
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

at present than ever before,
The United States in 1915 produc-
ed 221,537 tons of fuel briquettes.
Steam railroads in this country
burn 135,000,000 tons of coal
year.
Indiana last year produced 1906
1862 tons of coal, valued at $18,637-
476.
A locomotive going at express
speed is said to give 1886 pufs
mile.
| Vinegar heated to the boiling
point will soften hardened paint
brushes.
In town in the heart of Russia's
salt fields many houses are built of
salt.
Fireworks are said to have been
first used in Europe in the city of
Florence in 1860.
Binocular sights are used in aim
ing a sporting rifle an Ohio man has
invented.
per cent of the growing sugar cane
Rats every year destroy about
in Jamaica.
Spain claims to be furnishing more
than three-quarters of the worlds
supply of olive oil.
A slide rule has been invented to
help in writing and translating mes
sages sent in cipher.
By an electrical refining process
plant in Norway is producing 5000
tons of zinc annually.
The paper pulp shortage in foreign
countries is causing many neWspa-
pers to suspend publication. -.
From trirty-three mines in 1915
South Dakota produced gold, silver
and lead valued at $7,507,782.
The longest time on record for
which swimmer has remained I'M
der water is minutes and 20 As
seconds.
During the first half of last year
more than $22,000,000 worth of
diamonds were produced in South
Africa.
tuberculosis among the miners in
the South African gold fields has
been reduced by the use of electricl-
ty for light.
A tray has been invented to catch
rats as they try to enter ship by
climbing a hawser as it is moored In
port.
A new instrument accurately re-
cords the steam pressure at all times
during vessels voyage, no matter
of how long duration.
Tho United States marketed 1,713
a,,4ra ta1t Of aa'osto5 Of domestic
production last year, d gain OF 80
per cent from the year before.
India ranks sixth among the world
cotton yarn manufacturers, having
6,8OO,O00 spindles. Three-fourths of
these are in the Bombay presidency.
Japan owns 1000 islands.
Russia had thirty grand dukes.
Chicago claims population of
2,55O,O00.
Buffalo has 5000 children in vaca-
IT There are about 1900 gas plants
in this country.
Los Angeles has an area of 337
square miles.
Chicago has 6,O85 lawyers, a gain
Boston now has 348,292 names in
it's city directory.
More than 235,OOO miles of tele.
graph cable underlies the oceans OF
the world.
, The word "khaki" was not used in
the way it is to-day until the Boer
war. 1o1o
Philadelphia will entertain in 1918
the state Christian Endeavor conVen-
ton. ...
= house, the oldest hotel in town, is tc
be demolished. oo,o ooc
: Cleveland has received $2l8.,OOC
in payment of three years tax from
it's street railway company.
The timber and other lands oWnec
( in the United States are source OF
profit which is growing yearly.
Soil is being imported to build VI
the Pacific island of Midway so COW
pastures can be maintained.
5 Seats which can be hung on auto
r mobile doors to carry additional pas
= sengers have been invented.
An alcohol lamp provides the hea
] in an apparatus invented by French
/ man to disinfect with steam.
Sixty miles of thread woven from
= the fibre of a species of Italian nettlC
e weighs only two and half pounds.
A meteorite weighing about TWEEN
ty tons is reported to have fallen re
Gently at Bezerros, Brazil.
IIovd-George, the successor O.
Lord hltcnenef aS DllIloil ""i -
= lister first came into prominence thru
j the stand he took in regard to thu
e struggle of the Boer war.
a Former Senator Albert j. Bever
e idge. of Indiana, who has announced
d his return to the republican ranks
e is not taking very active part il
e politics at present, devoting the mos
x of his time to the writing of a blog
r raphY Of the famous jurist' JOIN
s Marshall.
). Queen Elizabeth, of Belgium is
: familiar figure in the trenches Il
It the western war zone. Greatly darln
n times without number, she has bee
It within the range of fire, and it l
S only Just lately that she has bee
u persuaded to wear a steel helme'
y such as the soldiers wear, as a pre-
lection against stray bullets.