The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-12-10
ROUND THE GLOBE

There are snid to be 800 Chinese
studying In American universities
London's latest horticultural show
attracted 10000 persons 10 eight days.
New York park officials are lighting
to save elms In Central park from de-
struction by caterpiIlara
United Stntes mineral water output
Of 1911. totaling 1927. .S22 gallons.
was valued at $7,s75.373
The Greek government Ii building
railronds. constructing irrigation works
and making harbor improvements
The honeybee has been no prolific In
Australia that It would be possible to
gather honey ip tons II It were profit
able.
Mammoth teeth. well preserved and
estimated by experts to be more thnD
half million years old. have been un
eartbed near Nsumburg. Germany.
There Ia a plan to safeguard Manila
against the longest possible dry season
by bnildlng high up on the Montalban
watershed a 1000. 100000 gallon reser.
vOir
lu Germany new houses are being
supplied with doors made Of compress.
ed paper. They are soft to step on and.
having no crncks Of any kind. harbor
no dust
BY signing an extradition treaty with
Honduras. July II. the state depart.
ment closed the last haven Of refuge
In the western hemisphere for fugitives
from justice.
The Russian Geographic society has
removed the name of Sven Hedin
from its list Of members because Of a
pamphlet in which he warned Sweden
against Russia
This country produced more than 81.
O0OOOO barrels Of salt last year. more
than enough for the domestic demand
American salt manufacturers have be.
gun seeking foreign trade.
Raphuei's painting 1.-THE Madonna Of
| st. Anthony of padua." which J. p.
Morgan bought In Paris ten years ago
for S5OOOOO has Just been transferred
from the National gallery. London. to
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art at
New York
The slight extent to which the king Of
! England ,nn Influence mems fashions
II shown by the practical disappear.
nncp of the frrk coat In New York and
London In favor OF the cutawuy Yet
King George and the Prince of Wales
still stick to the frM'k.
l gs,S Syx.kx ,l,,,r 0nv Anp
hausen. Germany. are required to ash
permission Of the school authorities be-
, fore they can marry. according to
new law Warming II given TINT this
permission win he denied In case OF
'obvious inability of the teacher to sup
port family"
NJ. r. Holder. the great painter. sit
ting In the Cnfe du NOrd. Geneva
drew Oh the marble topped table the
head and bust of u beautiful girl. The
ciife owner. NJ DOucque. has had the
sketch cut ont of the marble table top
framed and hung Several offers OF
$500 for II have been refused.
Brazil and the Kongo are worrying q
little over Professor Perkins process
for making synthetic rubber II Ia still
only u laboratory experiment. hut II II
should succeed commercially like syn
thetir indigo II would he a blessing Il
humanity ~ well ~ to autonObiIists
No crop pays heavier toll Of misery
than Nibber
Henry SmaIlwood. ninety-one years
old. OF High wycombe. England. has
1852 descendants living. including nine
ty.three great-gra ndc children and sever
grent great grandchildren He has Q
brother uged ninetytw0 and sistel
aged eighty A son. a grandson. d
great-grandson and grpat-great
grandson are all named Henry
The coldest inhabited place In th'
world Is Verkhoynnsk. In northeastern
Siberia. with mean annual teinpera
ture of less than 3 degrees above zert
and a winter minimum of ~ below
The town In maintained by the Rus
sian government ~ mn administrative
center for region where many thrifty
fur traders carry on operations.
The picture known M "Rembrandt''
Father" which the Munich collector
Hechler bought at London auction
some time ago because II was regarded
as q copy Of the original. has beer
sold. on the strength Of Professor vii
liam Bode's Authorization of II as nj
original. for $1l2.5DO The purchase
ia supposed to be Won Nemes. the Hun
gnrian collector
A violoncello was knocked down a
recent auction sale 10 London fo
1880 It was ny Nicolas Gagliano
made In 1851. after a Stradivariui
model. orange brown varnish. An
other old yioloncello, made by Qua
dagnini. was sold for &S75 Among tn
violins soid was u Stradivarius. will
two silver mounted bows, which
brought s2.OOO
John Muir says that among the large
birds of the Yosemite valley are gees'
and esgies and that the former ar
often deceived in the height Of the val