The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-09-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

HN RUSSIAN cuufcn mas RUE
against the publication OF the Old Tesla
ncllt without the Apocrypha.
Il penny will buy twenty times as
much nourishment in the shap. of oat-
meal as Iii the form Of beef.
All Australian race courses are oval,
and from one and one-fourth to one and
0nc-haf miles each in circumference.
-Laborers are so scarce i'll SwitzCr
land that they have to be imported not
only from Italy, but Bohemia and Silesia.
AS lac as the year 1880 Cleveland.
O.. had a population Of only 1916. The
population in that year OF Cincinnati
was 24,S31
Famine is rife in the extreme south
Of Italy, and jewels from church
shrines are being sold for the benefit Of
the destitute.
A st. Louis MOI ncgress helps her
husband crack stone in one Of the streets
She says she would rather do SO than
wash clothes
The best maple syrup comes from the
north side Of the tree. but the flow is not
SO large as when the tree is tapped on
the SO"th side
A geographical board in the Domin-
ION OF Canada settles all questions as to
the correct spelling Of geographic names
IN the Dominion.
Most counterfeit documents are de-
tccted through some individual peculiar
ity of the counterfciter Of which he him.
self IS not aware.
Cork and poplar arc the lightest
woods in the world and pomcgranate one
OF the heaviest: it is more than one-third
heavier than water.
There are in western Queensland
Australia. siXty-four artesian wells. the
minimum daily capacity Of any Of which
is 4.SO0,000 gallons.
South Dakota has an aggregate of
l,9W,0O0 acres Of vacant government
land, which is now subject to entry by
qualified applicants.
The Stcrict. caught in Siberian riy-
CTS, completes with the pompano from
til" Gulf Of Mexico. as the most deli
clous fish i'll the world
The canton Of Graunbunden, in
Switzerland. has passed Il law prohibit
ing the operation of automobiles within
the limits Of the canton.
Prof. w. l.. Blake of the University
of Arizona published the statement that
f,lllers' earth has been discovered in the
southern part of Arizona.
On the big steamer Oceanic there is
no seat ut table marked No. Is, nor any
cabin bearing that number. This is ii
concession to superstition.
The park board of Cincinnati i'll 1872
Il
sparrows. They would give double the
sum now to get rid of them.
1t is estimated that the population
CT Berlin will complete the -two-million
figure by the end of 1902 The present
population is about 1.S43,0OO.
The female mosquitoes are normally
without much doubt plant feeders Why
they should draw blood at all is IL ques
ton WHICH has not been solved.
I
just now than ever before. West End
shopkeepers declare that the American
invasion lately is Unprecedented.
1t is said that Il fresh order. to be
known as the Southern Cross, is to be
established in the celebration of the fed
Grafton of the Australian colonies.
China has not yet learned to it's full
extent the use of the check and the bank
Of deposit. the money order or the bank
draft in her mercantile transactions.
An anonymous donor mas given E30-
600 for the erection at st. Petersburg Of
an asylum for old Hebrew artists who
are unable to follow their profession.
Train butchers" report that there is
no demand for campaign books Four
years ago at this date campaign litera-
ture formed the bulk of the trainboy's
trade.
The New York patrolman starts at
$500 year, and his pay is increased
year by year to $500. $1,000. $1050,
$3.50, until his sixth year, when he gets
into the $1400 class.
The geological park established in
Washington is becoming an important in
Stitution. Already the collection of ami
mails includes several species never be-
fore brought into captivity.
Wedding Festivities in Cairo, Egypt,
usually continue for three days, during
which time there is constant feasting and
jollhcation. The guests are expected to
remain while the festivities last.
Several societies in Germany amuse
themselves by dispatching carrier pigeons
to and from various points. About BOO,
600 birds are thus employed. 1t is said
that the army uses 5000 of them.
The Paris Exposition offered 1927
grand prizes, S166 gold medals. T., %
silver medals, 11,615 bronze medals and
1888 honorable mentions. total Of -
$50 awards. This beats the record.
Kent county Eng farmers propose
10 turn the automobile to account next
year. This year large part of the fruit
crop rotted for lack of transportation.
the railroad companies being unable 10
meet the emergency. To prevent repc-
titiOn OF the woful waste the farmers
will next year send their fruit to the
metropolis by automobiles and steam
vans over the public highways.
-Crusades have been legion in Boston
and New York against unsightly adver
tisements. both i'll town and country. \
Boston club offers a prize for the set Of
twelve photographs which will best illus
tratc the Disagreement of landscapes in
the way indicated. The New York Cen
trail railroad has taken up the matter
with the object of protecting the scenery
along its route
Among the summer visitors at Old
Orchard Beach, Me-, is John B. Clough,
a citizen of Memphis, Tenn, who is con
sidercd Il splendid swimmer in his South
ern home. Mr.. Clough went swimming
in an unusually heavy surf last week and
was Knocked about IA good deal by the
waves. He fought his way to dry land
with much difficulty and reached his cot
tage in a dazed condition. Since then he
has been unable to utter word and
physicians are much puzzled oyer his
case.
Uses for SeaWeed.