The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-03
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

The annual wear and tear on the
worlds currency is estimated at two
tons of gold and 100 tons of silver.
There are in the State of New York
forty-three villages of between l,oOO
and 1000 inhabitants which have free
libraries.
The Firms evidently have not found
woman suffrage a failure. Nineteen
women were elected to their first Far
lament. Now twenty-five have just
been elected to the second.
Berlin opened rink on Sept. for
ice skating all the year round. This
makes the fourth permanent ice rink
in Europe, others being operated in
London, Paris and Munich.
The ivory nut, which is so much
used by button manufacturers, is the
fruit of a species of palm which grows
in Central and South America. 1t
forms valuable crop, particularly in
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
A German statistician has calculated
that the steam power in present use on
this globe is equal to 120,00O,0O0 horse
power. The coal needed to supply this
steam for a year would make a freight
train extending ten times around the
earth.
The first recorded production Of a
play in Australia took place in June
of the year 1889. It was called "The
Recruiting Officer" The proceeds of the
first pay night (some 920) went to the
family of man who had been drown
ed. In January, 1896, rough and
ready playhouse was opened and the
public had to pay one shilling head
for admission. The payments were
made in kind, wheat, -four or rum TAX
ing the place of the usual currency
London Standard.
Don't mark your stationery any
longer with a monogram. That is out
of date. The latest symbol is the
thumb mark. 1t is engraved in gold or
silver and has ali the value Of Ber-
tillon mark of Identification. Station
ers who have introduced this way of
marking use the prints in the center Of
correspondence card and about half
an inch from the top to make them
most effective. The thumb is some
times printed in red or blue, although
the metal colors are more popular
New York Sun.
Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded in
ocooY.fa ipiDo Tho no11co of tha rnf pa tOrv
behavior of the searchlight in certain
respects and in devising remedy. The
British admiralty called on Prof. Ayr
ton to investigate the trouble some time
ago. After making many investigations
he turned the problem over to his wife.
who is the only woman member of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers and
who received the only medal ever
awarded to a woman by the Royal So
ciety of London for original unaided
work.
The Congregational parsonage at Kit
terry is one Of the oldest houses in the
State of Maine 1t is the Oldest ecclesi-
astical residence in the State, and the
land. The house was built in 1929, i'll
the days of Hon. William Pepperell
father of Sir William Pepperell. It
contains the library bequeathed by Sir
William to DR.. Benjamin Stevens, for
forty years minister of the Kittery
Point church. DR.. Stevens in his turn
bequeathed the library to the Congrega-
tional ministers of Kittery and York
for all time. Many Of these books con-
tain the Pepperell coat-of-arms.-Ken-
nebec (Me.) Journal.
In Henderson County, Cain Cox, five
miles from Athens, has not only adj
hered to Investigation in all it's forms,
raising fruit, tomatoes and the cereal
and hay crops. as well as some cotton,
but he has been investing some money
in other experiments, some Of which
are about to turn out very profitably.
One of his side experiments has been
almonds. he having put in quite num-
Der Oh the young trees about five years
ago. The trees are now well grown
and are bearing fine almonds, though
! not as large nor as fine as the import
| ed variety The trees bore few
almonds last year and many more this
year, and by another year Mr.. Cox
thinks he will get crop large enough
to market.-Houston Post
| The death of James w. Paul. the
Philadelphia banker, recalls this story
which he told at Philadelphia club
not long ago: 81 was going home one
night late and saw a man who had evil
! IDENTIFY looked deep into the cup max
ing frantic but unsuccessful efforts to
open a door with latchkey. After
! looking at him a few minutes decided
to help the man, who was not so far
gone as to have forgotten his polite
ness, for before entering the house
! through the door which l succeed
ed in opening he asked my name
| and thanked me. / proceeded on my
way, but had gone only few steps,
when 1 heard some one call Mr.. Paul
Mr.. Pauln I turned, and there was
nv friend of the latchkey coming to-
ward me with unsteady gait. When he
reached me he put one hand affection
ately on my shoulder, and, looking me
in the face, said: Say, did you ever
get an answer to that long letter you
wrote to the Thessalonians?
Some anonymous German writer has
published in Berlin work called The