Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


There are nearly fifty clocks on the
giant ocean liner Lusitania, controlled
by master clock in the charthouse.
The River Polk flows into cave in
the side of a mountain. and completely
disappears, at Adelsburg, near Trieste.
An airgun of large size, working on
the principle of the pneumatic hammer.
has been devised for killing animals In
a humane manner.
Eau de cologne, invented by Johann
Maria Ferina, over two hundred years
ago, is composed of oils of neroli, cit
ron, bergamot, Grange and rosemary.
An Englishman has invented bicycle
for the blind. In reality, it is q null
ticycle, carrying twelve riders, led by
a seeing person, who does the steer
ing.
According to the delegates to the ma
tional opticians convention in Philadel-
phia, women's eyes are weaker than
mems. and more Of the fair sex wear
glasses.
The French Ministry is drafting a
bill TO make standard karat for
weighing precious stones, fixed at 200
milligrams, and prohibiting the word
for any other weight
Miss Ross Becker has been appointed
a claim agent and United States pen
sion attorney in Missouri. She has
been known for years as one of the
most successful women in st. Louis,
being a notary public and an insur-
ance agent.
Miss Ruby Abrams, who was recently
graduated at the head of the art class
In Cooper Institute, is deaf, and until
few years ago was also DUMB. She
has been an art student ever since she
was graduated at the head of her class
six years ago at the Institute for the
Improved Instruction Of Deaf Mutes.
She has the record of having won four
prizes during her art course
1t is not a hundred years ago since
stays for women were composed not Of
whalebone or hardened leather, but of
bars of iron and steel from three inches
to four inches broad and eighteen inches
long. Again, during the reign of George
III. the top of the steel stay had long
stocking needle attached to it to pre-
vent girls from spelling their shape by
STOPPING too much over their work.
Consul General ltobert ]. Wynne
makes the report that the returns of
shipping and tonnage of the Suez canal
for 1907 show that the net tonnage
exhibits an all round increase the fig
ures for the last year showing en- in
crease of 1,2S2,93 tons, as compared
with that Of 1906, and an increase Of
| 1894 800 over 1905. Receipts during
1907 showed an increase Of $1,557, 900,
as compared with 1906.
The boring Of an artesian well Is not
an easy task. The well of Grenelle
(France) required from Dec. "a, 1888,
to Feb. &c, 1871. for completion. The
one at Passay of the same depth took
only two years to make. Our engineers
now count upon one year in w1ich to
complete the well of Maisons-L afiitte.
This well is already at a depth of AGO
meters. 1t will go to depth of $50
meters.-De Dion-Bouton Journal.
Mrs. Phoebe Rideout, of California,
is the latest recruit to the ranks of the
women bank presidents. Mrs. Rideout
has just been elected to succeed her
late husband as the president of the
bank at OroviIle, Cal, and also as pres
ldent of the banks at Marysville and
Gridley. The aggregate capital Of the
three institutions is said to be more
than 100000. Mrs. William Lang
don, wife Of the city attorney Of San
Francisco, has been elected president OF
the Union Savings Bank at Modesto.
Miss Esther V. Hassen. of Washing
ton, is to be the chief hospital nurse
Of the navy. She is a graduate Of the
New Haven Training School for Nurses
and has served In her profession In
Philadelphia, on the hospital ship Re
lief and on the Isthmus of Panama
Her appointment will make her head of
the corps Of women nurses In the naval
hospitals here and abroad, but not on
ships of war The corps of naval
nurses will number eventually moro
than fifty and will have an organiza-
ton similar to that Of the army women
nurses.
The production of American gems
more than doubled last year, according
| l. hn cot nj
value for 1907 being $471 300, while In
the preceding year the total was $685.
900. The total production Of sapphires
In the United States last year was val
ued at $229,S0O. Tourmaline is second
In Importance and is placed at SS4, 40.
Among other important gems produced
we're cnrysoprase, to the value Of $45,-
600; california;, $4,000; turquoise,
So, S4O spodumene gems (kunzite and
hiddenite), $14,500; varicite, utahlite
and amttrice $500; rose quartz, beryl,
aquamarine and garnet each over &c.
900.
Old-time barristers In England did
not openly receive fees for their serv-
| ices. An early method Of collecting
fees was the pocket which in medieval
| times a barrlster used to have placed
| I'm the back Of his gown, into which the
solicitor would surreptitiously slip the
fee. The pocket has long since disap-
reared. but the services Of n barrister
are still supposed to be honorary, and
by the unwritten yet despOtic law Of
the profession he must not sue for MS
| fee. He has, however, some compensa-
ton in being permitted 10 demand cash
in advance, and when once brlefed In
case etiquetts allows him to pocket
the honorarium whether he is able to
appear for his client or not.
Women postal clerks In Norway have
been promised equal pay with the men
clerks as one Of the first results Of
their obtaining equal political rights.
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