The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-26
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Abraham Lincolns fortune was
$4,000.
The visitors at Niagara Falls last
year are estimated at 100000.
The National University of Mexico
will be opened next September.
Only one ounce of soap per head is
annually used by the people of India.
The silk of the spider is lighter and
stronger than that from the silkworm.
The candy bill Of the country Is
over $5Oo,000,O00 annually. The school
bill is about $450,O00,000.
John Burroughs says the English
sparrow is an unmtigated nuisance
and advises everybody to break up Its
nests.
dollar bill recently subjected to
microscop.cal examination by gov
ernment experts contained 100000
germs.
The various fire insurance companies
doing business in Canada were called
upon last year to pay losses amounting
to $l0,279,455.
n a.
ual in France over forty years old pos
sesses S2,239. Only the Netherlands
and England furnish higher figures.
"Kneading dough with the feet still
prevails in some Italian shops in New
York." according to an official report
Of the New York department of labor.
Two years ago the Hudson river was
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crossed at New York only by ferries,
and now the tunnels are carrying at
the rate of 5O,O00,000 passengers yearly.
A Philadelphia foundry makes
speciality of breaking up old steel can
non and remelting the metal for hun
dreds of purposes for which it is Pc
culiarly adapted.
When placed in a vacuum and ex-
posed to high tension currents of cleo
tricity diamonds phosphoresce, those
from different diamond fields exhibit
ing different colors
Italy has joined the modern move
ment for reform in taxation, the new
prime minister, Luzatti, having an
nounced his intention to bring forth
budget similar to the Radical one re-
Gently passed in England
Charles II. Peck, botanist, Of the state
of New York, in his annual report
states that the known species of edible
mushrooms in New York amount to
200. Five new kinds of edible mush
rooms were discovered in the last year.
Reindeer to the number of 300 were
taken from Lapland to Labrador and
northern Newfoundland three years
ago through the efforts of Dr. Wilfred
Grenfell. They are thriving in their
new home and rapidly increasing in
numbers.
The patent on the single tube bicycle
tire has now expired. Probably few
persons will be interested in this fact
today but in spite of the apparent dis
use of the wheel one northern manu-
facturer says that his factory is max
ing more bicycles than ever.
A special report of the census board
presents the results of the first attempt
made by that bureau to secure official
statistics concerning salaries paid to
ministers. The figures cover 1854 200
religious organizations, representing
102 denominations, and show an aver
age of only $663.
A woman's theater is to be opened in
London soon. Gertrude Kingston, the
actress, is to manage 1t. There are to
be spacious wardrobes and lockers for
wraps and hats and tea room and a
supper room. Plays by women for
women--as most plays are--and acted
chiefly by women are to have prece-
dence.
A deposit of soda has been found at
the terminus OF the projected line OF
the Uganda railway. 1t is described
by the dlscoverer as being lake about
ten miles long by two or three wide.
The water is only n few inches deep
and covers hard surface of soda re-
semblng pink marble. The soda was
found to be of considerable depth.
Australia has a pure food law that
applies to all imports and is intended
to protect consumers against fraud. II
the soles Of shoes are made of paste
board, with thin outer sole of leather
the fact must be plainly set forth on n
label firmly attached to each pair OF
shoes. Similar regulations apply to
other classes of manufactures.
The revising boards dealing with this
years recruits for the German army
have had to examine 2,13S,1S9 young
men. or these 443,3S5 We're recognized
as being fit for service, 35,63S had al
ready been enrolled, and out of the
443,3S5 men who passed the boards
only 210,137 young men We're drafted
? into the army aud 11,T65 into the navy
Perique tobacco is grown in st
James parish, Louisiana, on a small
scale, and the method Of handling is
unique. 1t is highly aromatic and Is
, mostly used for blending with Other
; smoking types. Each grower manu-
factures his own product into package:
known as "carrottes," and the entire
output is marketed through one con
Germ.