The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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Danish lighthouses are supplied with
oil to pump on the waves ill case OF q
storm.
Street fairs are becoming Il summer
and fail feature i'll Southern cities. Sew
Graz nave already been held in Georgia
and Aiabama and Virginia towns are
adopting the custom.
A regiment of 1000 men could read
| lily find shelter under a single banyan
| tree. In India there is one Of these
| trees which has 400 main trunks and
over 5000 smaller ones
1t has been decided i'll England that
| If person keeps bees he does it at his
own risk. and that he is liable in dam
| ages u the insects revolt and invade the
premises of other people.
| Over 100000 of our population are
in annual need and actually receive some
KIND of charitable assistance. In New
than 100000 unemployed persons.
From 1882 to the LIST OF January,
1873. there arrived in eastern Siberia t..
| lla!lo migrants from European Russia
overland and 33,60S by sea. From 1881
! to 1889. 532 persons returned to Russia.
Kansas City has now become The sec
ond hour-making point i'll the United
States, having made 4S,429 barrels Of
flour III one week. which eclipses all rec.
mills.
The University of California an.
| nounces course Of instruction in Japanese
and Chinese. two Of the most important
or the languages which it has recently
become desira BILE for many Americans to
| learn.
The distance from New York to San
ranclSco by water, around Cape Horn.
| is lo.6GO miles. BY the Is;hmian canal
HtCfn hot ~,
would be 1907 miles--a saving Of 1888
miles.
Il negro in jail at Freehold, y. J.,
| charged with murder, is ''hoodoo.' Out
CT four OF those who have testified
against him three are dead and the other
was recently knocked insensible and
robbed.
The. postal-service establishment OF
the United States is the greatest bust
ness concern in the world. The revenue
OF the postofficc of New York is more
than $S,000,G0O yearly, with a net profit
of $5,O0OOOO.
-Chloroform should not be admins
tered to the same subject twice within Il
week if it can be avoided. because it has
been shown that the elimination of the
drug is not completely effected within a
shorter period.
The state cf Georgia has an estina-
ed population of 100000 and gives her
governor Il salary of $4,000. while New
Jersey has an estimated population Of
100000 and gives her governor a sal
airy Of $4,000
An act for the prevention of cruelty
to wild animals has just become law in
England. 1t extends the provisions of
the Cruelty to tdOmestic) Animals Acts"
to all birds. fishes and reptiles not in
Guided in that act.
1t has been observed that artes;an
wells have daily period of ebb and flow,
as we'll as the ocean tides, only the pro
cess is reversed. The time of greater
flow of an artesian we'll is the period of
low tide in the ocean.
Bees are known to be excellent
weather prophets. There is a common
country saying that "a bee was never
caught in a shower" When rain is com
ing bees do not go far afeld but buzz
about close to their hives.
An enormous mushroom was found in
the neighborhood of Rickmansworth,
England. 1t was perfectly round in
shape and measured inches across and
- inches in circumference, and weighed
without the stem 10 ounces.
1t is now estimated that the urban
population of the country, as shown by
the new census-the population, that is.
of place containing 5000 inhab itants or
over-will reach 33 per cent Of the total,
as against % per cent in 1890.
In Mauritius they make tea of the
leaves of an orchid. In Peru they drink
mate, a tea made from q native species
of holly. The Abyssnians make Il tea
from the leaves Of catha eduls, which
has strong, stimulating qualities
An Ionia Mich.) woman has reversed
the usual order of things by inserting an
advertisement in the local papers warn
ing people against trusting her husband.
as she will not be responsible for the paw
ment of any debts of his contracting
-Hypnotism as cure for the liquor
| and tobacco habits is being put to prac.
tical and scientific use by Rev. George
=. Cutten, pastor of the Howard Avenue
Baptist church, New Haven. and former
ly center-rush on the Yale football cev-
en-.
-Roumania would appear to be the
most iIliterate country in Europe. The
last census shows that, in population of
nearly 100000. nearly 100000 can
neither read nor write, and that only
little over 1,OOO,OOO have any education
at all.
So successful has been incubation
against cholera among the coolies en-
ployed by tea planters in India that the
natives are now eager for the simple
operation. The planters have clauses in
their contracts calling for inoculated
coolies
Ic4u NIuTSudl Won w dluCrSee nag
for the campaign in China is a Uhlan's
flag, divided into four squares, two black
and two white. with a red border. and q
bar running transversely across the de-
sign The flag is attached to a Uhlan's
lance.
Scent farms furnish new occupation
for women. and a profitable one. 1t has
already attracted a number of women in
England, and it will only be short time
before American women fond of outdoor
life will turn to it as they have done to
violet farming.
This years apple crop in North Amer
lea is expected to be the largest ever
known. The horticultural statisticians
predict from S0O00,000 to 1OO,OOOOO0
barrels, which will be a supply of more
than one barrel for every nhabitant of
the United States.
At the time of the Roman occupation
of Britain five distinct species of dogs
were there. most of which can with GER
tainty be identified with those of the
present day. There were the housedog.
the greyhound, the bulldog, the terrier