The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-13

The Japanese cons der sailed whale
meat a delicacy.
More miners die of consumption
than are killed by mine accidents.
Owing to the dry cold atmosphere
infectious diseases are unknown in
Greenland.
| Denmark claims that there is not a
single adult person in her domain
who cannot read and write.
A young crocodile, on emerging from
its egg, starts instinctively for the
nearest water, even il 1t is not in sight
The streets Of Greater New York
liz extended in one continuous line,
would reach almost across the Ameri-
can continent.
The town OF Westhoven, In Ger.
many, still enforces an old ordinance
which forbids any one to walk In the
street with a Lighted cigar.
1t has been estimated that the Eng,
Ilish language possesses fully $4,000
more words than the French, German,
and Spanish languages combined.
Whales teeth pass as currecny in
THE Fiji Islands. They are painted
white and red, the red teeth being
worth about twenty times as much as
the white.
Among army officers In some OF the
European countries the custom still
prevails OF wearing ring set with
turquoise as talisman against yio-
lent death.
For long time the Beers refused
to sanction the construction of rail
ways In the Transvaal on the ground
that nowhere were such eontrivances
mentioned in the Bible.
Beef is never seen at Chinese tab.
lie. Oxen capable of drawing the
plough and the wagon are considered
to be too valuable to the farmer to be
consigned to the butcher
A newly-married couple, who are
both deaf, and are trying housekeep-
ing without a servant, have devised
and ingenious substitute for a door.
bell When a caller presses the cleo.
trio button all the lights in the house
flash up, and his presence is made
known.
Dr. Samuel Johnson, so 1t is record
ed, would never enter a room left boot
foremost and brave Marshal Sake was
in terror at the sight OF cat. Peter
the Great was in tremor OF fear if
he had to cross bridge and Byron
turned pale If he spilled salt at the
able.
! There is in the northern part of
Finland curious stone which serves
the people instead of barometer. This
stone, which the Firms call IImakiur,
turns black, or blackish gray, when
bad weather Is approaching. Fine
weather has the effect of turing 1t al
most white. The Firms regard the
stone with superstitious reverence, but
the scientists say that it changes in
color are due to salts contained in its
composition.
In the Days News"
Sir Hamar Greenwood, the new
Chief Secretary of Ireland, is one oil
considerable number Of Canadians
who in recent years have risen to high
positions in the public affairs of Great
Britain. Born in Whitby, Ont, 81
years ago, Sir Hamar was educated il
the public schools OF that town and al
the University of Toronto, and for {
| time was employed in the Provincial
department Of agriculture. Since TAX
| ing up his residence in England few
| years ago he has enjoyed rapid pro
| motion, becoming a Mathematical
| onel, a baronet, Kings Counsel, and {
| Cabinet Minister, record only sur
| passed by Sir Eric Geddes. Sir Ha
| mar began his ministerial career a lit
| tie more than year ago as Under
| secretary for Home Affairs, and wal
| promoted in a few months to the pos
\ of Parliamentary Secretary to tht
| Overseas Trade Department, which HI
now leaves for the most difficult an(
responsible position in the govern
/ ment.