News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 13, 1913

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— The fall of one inch of rain is equivalent to 100 tons of water per acre of land.

— The fact has recently been brought out that a trust exists to control the tips received at all the large city restaurants, thousands of dollars being paid over for the privilege.

— During the fiscal year 1912, 838,172 immigrants were admitted to this country, a decrease of 40,415 as compared with the previous year. On the other hand, 333,262 emigrant aliens departed, an increase of 37,596 over 1911. Nearly 70,000 aliens were naturalized during the year.

— Serfdom is finally at an end in Russia, by virtue of a law adopted by the council of the empire last week, following its passage by the Duma. Although most of the serfs were emancipated in 1861, the Caucasus region was excepted from the scope of the rescript because of special conditions prevailing there, and transitional measures of a supposedly temporary nature were adopted, but only after the lapse of more than fifty years was the transitional stage terminated.

— The total wealth of the four principal nations of the world stood as follows at the latest dates: — United States, 1910 ....$125,000,000,000 Great Britain, 1909 .... 88,725,000,000 France, 1909 .......... 83,000,000,000 Germany, 1909 ......... 63,500,000,000 Grand total ..........$360,225,000,000

— Although the cattle shipped to the Chicago stock-yards during the past year exceeded in value the shipments of 1911 by $3,000,000, the supply fell so far short of the demand that prices were advanced as a result. The fact is that while the population of the country increased by 20 per cent, the cattle supply increased only 8 per cent.

— From expert investigation it appears that the light-yellow oranges are not sun-kissed into ripeness, but sweated in air-tight rooms. The fruit is picked when green, and placed in air-tight sweat-boxes heated to a temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It usually takes three or four days to give the oranges their Turkish bath. The process brings out a pale-yellow color, and they are then cooled, packed, and shipped to market labeled “sun-kissed.”