The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-24
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Over 4U persons have t'ern reported
missing in Chicago since Jan /.
There are said to be- sO' Chinese
studying in American univ ersitIes
London's latest horticultural SHOW
attracted 100000 persons i'll eigh! days.
New York park officials are ti.:h ing
to save elms in Central park from de
struction by caterpillars,
United States mineral water output
of 1911. totaling 67.527.S22 gallons.
was valued at 81 .S75.313
The Greek government is building
railroads. constructing irrigation works
and making harbor improvements
The honeyhee has been so prolific in
Australia that it would be possible to
gather honey in tons If it were profit
able
Mammoth teeth. we'll preserved and
estimated by experts to he more than
half million years old. have been I'D
earthed near Naumburg. Germany.
There is a plan to safeguard Manila
against the longest possible dry season
by building high up on the Montalban
watershed a 2.OOO.OOOOOO gallon reser
vOir
In Germany new houses are being
supplied with floors made of compress
ed paper They are soft to step on and.
having no cracks 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 it's list Of members because of
pamphlet in which he warned Sweden
against Russia.
This country produced more than b.
100000 barrels of salt last year, more
than enough for the domestic demand
American salt manufacturers have be
gun seeking foreign trade.
Raphaels painting THE Madonna of
st. Anthony Of Padua." which j. P.
Morgan bought in Paris ten years ago
for $5OO.OOO 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 can influence mems fashions
is shown by the practical disappear
ance of the frock coat in New York and
London in favor Of the cutaway. Yet
King George and the Prince of Wales
still stick to the frOrk
Men teachers in Schwarzburg-S Sender
hansen. Germany. are required to ask
permission of the school authorities be-
fore they can marry. according to
new law Warming is given that this
permission will be denied in case of
"obvious inability of the teacher to sup
port family
NJ F. Holder. the great painter. sit
ting in the Cafe du NOrd. Geneva.
drew on the marble topped table the
head and bust Of beautiful girl. The
cafe owner. nj Doucque. has had the
framed and hung Several offers Of
$500 for it have been refused
Brazil and the Kongo are worrying
little over Professor Perkins process
for making synthetic rubber 1t is still
only laboratory experiment. but if it
should succeed commercially like syn
thetic indigo it would be blessing to
humanity as well as to automobilists
No crop pays a heavier toll Of misery
than rubber
Henry Smallwood. ninety-one years
old. of High Wycombe. England has
152 descendants living including nine
ty-three great grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchi ldren He has
brother aged ninety-two and sister
aged eighty A son, a grandson.
great-grandson and great-great
grandson are all named Henry.
The coolest inha bited place in the
world is VerkhOyansk. in northeastern
Siberia. with a mean annual tempera
ture of less than 3 degrees above zero
and winter minimum Of IS below
The town is maintained by the Rus
sian government as an administrative
CGutcF lOT d region Wu0TeA uduv ~
fur traders carry on operations.
The picture known as "Rembrandt's
Father" which the Munich collector
Bechler bought at London auction
some time ago because it was regarded
as copy Of the original. has been
sold. on the strength of Professor vii
liam BODIES authorization Of it as an
original. for $112.5OO The purchaser
is supposed to be Won Nemes. the Hun
garian collector
A violoncello was knocked down at
recent auction sale in London for
| $1,000 1t was by Nicolas Gagliano.
made in 1851. after a Stradivarius
model. orange brown varnish An
other old viOloncello. made by Qua
dagnini. was sold for $S75. Among the
viOlins sold was a Stradivarius. with
two silver mounted bows. which
brought $4,000
John Muir says that among the larger
| binds Of ho V0coY,,i%o roI1o- 40. $4,000