The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-05
ROUND THE WORLD

ing houses.
The birth rate in Italy is 31.52 per
1000 inhabitants.
Italy raises one-sixth of the entire
European corn crop.
More than 10000 pupils in the rural
schools of Missouri are studying agri-
culture.
st. Louis has nineteen citizens whose
properties are assessed at more than
100000 each.
Formosa has thirty-two modern sug
ar factories One of the companies
has capital of $1e,0O0,000.
A suffrage poll of 1000 women in
New York showed 571 in favor, e51
against and 77s Indifferent.
Frances importations of woods from
her African equatorial possessions In
clude 1900 tons of mahogany annually
Pittsburgh has pending building prof.
ects calling for expenditures aggregat-
ing 500 $50, 500-mostly new skyscrap-
ers.
Paper from which gas nantes can
be made, instead of using the more ex-
pensive fabrics, has been invented by
an Italian scientist.
Melborn Hosp Of Kansas City, Kan.
three years old. plays the piano by
ear, rendering difficult pieces quite ac-
curately after once hearing them.
A new fire station just erected at
Pretoria at cost Of $4,000 is one of
the most completely equipped build
ings of its kind In South Africa.
The Chinese government has en-
gagged French expert to establish
military aviation school, with twelve
aeroplanes of three different types.
The German government has ordered
the construction Of plant which will
use government coal and be capable of
producing 100000 gallons OF benzol,
the new fuel. annually.
A new English life buoy carries two
incandescent lamps on each side, sup
piled with current by a storage bat
terry which is switched on automatical-
ly as the buoy is lifted from rack.
Owing TO abnormal conditions pre-
vailing in the rice market In Japan,
the poorer people are locking to other
foodstuffs for their main diet. Man.
churian millet is rapidly growing In
favor.
Nearly 100000 is invested in Nor
way in the whaling industry. During
the past few years whaling companies
have paid huge dividends. In some
cases 100. $50 and even 200 per cent
per annum.
It is said that the English papers
have published schedules which show
that. while foodstuffs have risen from
20 to 30 per cent In fifteen years, lux
uries of the common sort have decreas-
ed in price
Parents who keep their children at
home to help in the Homework and
with the family washing have been
warned by the Milwaukee authorities
that these will not be considered valid
excuses for keeping children out Of
school.
While sponge fishing in the Ameri-
cas- is rather a modern industry, 1t
produces more than two-thirds Of the
| worlds supply in weight. The fish
cries OF the Mediterranean now pro
duce about one-hah OF the worlds sup
ply in value.
Gas rates have been reduced by the
English town of .Workington (popula-
ton, 100000 from 80 cents TO As cents
per thousand cubic meters and for gas
engines from As to 421a cents. From
profits 5000 has been transferred for
relief of taxes.
Port Arthur, at the head Of Lake
Superior, is about to build the greatest
freight carrier on the great lakes, with
grain capacity Of 100000 bushels.
The boat win be 625 feet long, and she
will operate between, Port Arthur and
Collingwood. Ont.
I The pearl fisheries of Ceylon are 10
| Gated in the gulf of Mannar. near the
extreme northwest corner OF the is
land, and the banks most famous In
times past lie close to the shore near
place called Marichchukkaddi. Since
1907 the banks have not been produc-
i've.
The Germans have no use for stale
or frozen fishes. They secure their fish
fresh daily. not only from ocean and
rivers, but from many thousands Of
artificial fish ponds. OF these ponds
247 new ones were constructed last
year by the Bavarian Society Of Fish
cries.
A plan to protect country against
hostile airships is given by the London
Illustrated News. Aerial mine bal
looms are held captive by cables high
In the air, ready to be exploded by
men in charge of their carriages when
ever an enemy's dirigible comes near
| them.
The new French law making the
soldiers service three instead Of two
years is expected to become effective
Oct. / next, and 1t Will increase the
French army by 1e5. 600 on a peace
footing. II viii necessitate the equip
ment Of many more men and win re
Quire the construction OF new bar.
racks.
or the 10000 children in the Hawai-.
ian schools 81 per cent are said to be
japanese, and they are increasing at a
more rapid rate than any other race.
| The Portuguese have a little less than
l17 nor cent and the Hawaiiane IA