Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
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Evergreen Cemetery. Colorado Springs.
1t is expected that the Australian old
age pensions project will cost f1,So0000
yearly.
Twenty-Five high school principals in
Kansas are women. They are said to do
their work so well that no one has ever
suggested putting men in their places.
There is never a part Of the year
when Pixies Peak is entirely without
snow. In the hottest July and August
weather snow is TO be found even at a
considerable distance from the top OF
the mountain.
Twenty-Five men interested in the
navigation of the air, have formed the
Aero Club of California at Los Ange-
les. The purpose of the club is to OBJ
tain suitable grounds for experimental
ascents and maintain repair and con-
struction shops.
A residence of at least FIVE years is
required to qualify an alien for natur-
aliZation. No matter how long a man
may have been in the United States,
two years must elapse between the date
of his declaration of intention and his
admittance to full citizenship.
To meet the deficit in the budget the
French Minister of Finance suggests
the doubling Of the licensing fees of
vendors of absinthe. This taxing of
the green peril will, it is thought, be
popular; the minister anticipates that ii
will bring him in 100000.
Adeline Genee is a Danish girl, who
made her debut as a dancer at Copen-
hagen when she was II years of age.
She then went to. Berlin to dance at
the Grand Opera House, and after
ward to Munich. She is considered to
be one of the most graceful ana accom-
plished dancers in the world
In the manufacture of alcohol from
peat, Danish company, with one ex-
detrimental plant in Denmark and one
in France, has found the cost to be
about one-fourth of that made from po-
tatoes. In the process of manufacture,
the cellulose or fiber of the peat is, con-
verted by sulphuric acid into soluble
carbohydrate and this is fermented by
a special yeast.
In 1907 Philadelphia's export and
import trade increased $50, 100000 in
value over the figures for the previous
year The total value of the city eX-
ternal trade for that year was over
S150,0O0,000. These figures account in
part for the opening of the new steam
ship service between Genoa, Italy and
the City of Brotherly Love. The 1tal-
ians want some of the business.
India's government has recently au-
thorized the employment of women
telegraph operators. The candidates
must be between IS and 80 years of
age, and they must be unmarried or
widows. They must undergo training
of twelve months in the telegraph train
ing classes. during which time they will
receive $500 a month, the same allow
ance that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death of
Grover Cleveland, it is interesting to
note that only twice before i'll the his
tory of the nation has the United
States been without a living ex-Presi-
dent. George Washington died in 1899,
when John Adams, the second Presi-
dent, was in office. Andrew Johnson,
at the time the only surviving eXChief
Executive, passed away in 1875, two
years before General Grant retired to
private life.
The Dutch government has granted a
concession to the Amsterdam and North
Holland Electric Tramway Company to
build and operate an electric railway
system in Holland. The route will be
nearly fifty kiloms, running from Am
sterdam north through Zaandam to
Kromeminie, from Zaandyk to Wyk-
aan-Zee, and Wormerveer to Purmer-
end. The Holland Development Com
pany of Amsterdam will build the en-
tire system.
The Arabian Nights" is an extensive
collection of tales forming part of the
Arabic literature, and the exact title
of which is THE Book of the Thousand
and One Nights" They were first made
known to Europe by Antoine Galland,
between -1704 and III. He was a
French Orientalist, who succeeded,
after much effort, in obtaining a manu-
script, which ne supplemented by gath
ering tales from professional story-teil-
ers whom he met during his travels in
the East.
AS an instance of the Great Eastern
Railways elaborate precautions for the
safety of travellers on its system. the
Railway News says that at Broxbourne,
for the purpose of advising the station
signalman when a train has passed his
down or up advanced starting signal, a
rail contact is placed about 300 yards
ahead of the respective advanced start
ing signals, and on the engine reaching
the rail contact bell is rung in the
signal box. and this bell continues ring
ing until the signal is replaced to dan
ger.
Freie Presse, Vienna, ]. Pierpont Nor
gan was a busy sightseer in that CITY
on his recent visit. With Mrs Douglas
and her daughter he visited all the
great art collections land on Sunday
called at KreutZenstein castle, where
he was received by the Countess Kin
sky. He was deeply interested in what
he saw in the restored castle and lis
tened with devotion when his hostess
played on the chapel organ" The re-
port also speaks of Mr.. Morgan's visit
to the Lainzer Zoo, where he showed
the greatest interest in the boars, las
he had never before seen one"
Prague, in Bohemia, is now holding a
great exposition, to last until Novem-
Der, having put up twenty-One large
exposition halls and 100 smaller edi-
fees, hosting 1900 exhibitors The
Experiment and Educational Institute
for Rravi0o of Berlin Germany in