Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-31
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


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Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs.
! 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
! 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.
| 4 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 it
will bring him in 100000.
Adeline Genee is a Danish girl. who
made her debut as q 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 and accom-
/ plished dancers. in the world.
In the manufacture of alcohol from
peat, Danish company, with one ex-
perimental 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-
verified by sulphuric acid into a soluble
carbohydrate and this is fermented by
a special yeast.
In 1907 Philadelphias export and
import trade increased $25,00O,OO0 in
value over the figures for the previous
year. The total value of the city ex-
ternal trade for that year was over
! S150,0G0,000 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.
! lndia's government has recently au-
thoriZed the employment Of women
telegraph operators. The candidates
must be between 10 and 30 years Of
age, and they must be unmarried or
widows. They must undergo training
IF twelve months in the telegraph train
| ing classes during which time they will
receive $665 a month, the same allow
snce that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death of
Grover Cleveland it is Interesting to
1Ote that only twice before in the his
tory of the nation has the United
States been without living ex-Presi-
tent. George Washington died in 1899,
when John Adams, the second PreSi-
Gent. was in office. Andrew Johnson.
at the time the only surviving ex-Chief
Executive, passed away in 1875, two
fears before General Grant retired to
private life.
The Dutch government has granted a
concession to the Amsterdam and North
! FRO rny7av COuluaDv IN
Duild 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 Wormeryeer to Purmer-
end. The Holland Development Com
bany 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
IF which is ''The Book of the Thousand
and One Nights They were first made
known to Europe by Antoine GaIland,
between 1904 and 1717. He was
French Orientalist who succeeded,
after much effort, in obtaining a manu-
script. which ne supplemented by gath
ering tales from professional stOry-telI-
Frs. 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
According to a report in the Neue
Freie Presse, Vienna, J. Pierpont Nor
gan was busy sightseer in that city
IN his recent visit. With Mrs Douglas
and her daughter he visited all the
great art collections "and 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-