Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-09

.ously observed. Documents exist to
prove the origin Of the custom on
Shrove Tuesday in the year 12O0.-
London Standard.
Business is picking up some since the
blizzard A jack rabbit ran through
town the other day, fishing is getting
good again and there is some talk of
L street car line being established here
-Tonkawa (Okla.) News.
The petroleum production of the
United States in 1908 has been esti-
mated at between 175,OO0OOO and $780,
100000 barrels, an increase Of 5 to
} per cent, as compared with the pro-
auction of 16S,0OO,OOO barrels in 1907.
Last year the export of electrical in
struments and heavy machinery
amounted to $12,613 73O, as compared
with $17,460,775 the previous year, or
net falling off Of $4,S47,O45. This
IS a loss of over % per cent in the one
year.
Prof. Trevor Kincaid of the depart
ment Of zoology, University of Wash
ington, will leave Seattle for Simfer-
OpOl, Crimea, Russia, where he will IN
dertake, for the United States Bureau
Of Entomology, the collection and ship
ment of parasites of the Gypsy moth.
Three fine lions, shot by Capt. Geof-
rrey Buxton in East Africa. have lust
been placed in the Castle Museum. All
three beasts were shot within fifteen
minutes, and when Mrs. Buxton arrived
at the spot twenty minutes after her
husbands setting out she found him re-
garding the three bodies.-London
Daily Mail.
| King Gustav and the royal family of
Sweden were among those attending a
lecture recently given by DR.. Sven
Hedin on his recent travels in Central
Asia The Walburg medal of the Geo
graphical Society was conferred on DR..
Hedin and the society has raised
fund of over $500, to be known by the
/ Explorers name which will be devoted
to geographical research.
Canada has DR.. Wiley-the Domin-
ion analysist-who has been testing
samples of pure apple cider His re-
port is calculated to raise something
Of stir among drinkers of so-calIed
apple juice" OF siXty-two samples ex-
amined the chemist finds that many
contain salicylic acid, others are col
ored with aniline dyes and contain chic
rides and sulphates while some are not
cider at all, although sold under that
name.
Concrete lamp posts are being expert
mented with in the District of Colam-
bia. Several of these have been erect
ed in Massachusetts avenue and OBJ
servations will be made to determine
the permanency, efficiency and lasting
qualities of this type. The posts are
modelled in the shape Of a Grecian col
umn with a scroll and other ornamental
ton at the top. They support each a
round globe Of frosted glass, in which
there is a large incandescent electric
light.
The committee of 100 who had in
charge the celebration of Lincoln Day
In Chicago finds itself in the lucky
position of having about $4,000 of it's
funds left over. Various plans for using
the money have been suggested. The de-
sire Of majority of the members of
the committee is to use the surplus now
on its lands to found permanent me-
mortal for Lincoln. Some are desir-
Dus that the fund be set aside and its
interest used annually for a Lincoln
celebration. Others wish to give it to
charity or the promotion of other me-
MORALS
| Thomas A. Barrett of Pine street has
a curiosity in the form Of an oyster
she'll which grew inside the neck of a
| broken bottle, the latter remaining
around the center Of the shell. which
accommodated itself to the unusual
shape, while the ends continued to
grow, fan-Shaped. He came upon il
about six inches under the surface-of
The sand while claiming, the oyster
| being alive at the time. The thin side
Of the shell has since been broken off.
leaving the thick side in its original
| shape. The glass which forms the
| Odnu around II WAS apparently the neck
| Of q pint flask, inside of which the
oyster grew perfectly round. the shell
pressing so closely to the glass that it
Is mmovabIe-Providence Journal.
In speaking Of his appointment as
the head of the American School Of
! Oriental Research in Palestine, Prof.
Richard J. H. Gotthei said: THE
| school is sustained by the leading uni
rersities and seminaries in the United
States, and it serves the same purpose
| that is served by the schools at Rome
md Athens, and is in close connection
with the Archaeological Institute of
| America. The school has a commodious
| building in Jerusalem, and there
shall make my home for a year, when
mother professor from one of the con-
:ributing institutions will be chosen to
| Ill the place" Prof. Gottheil will start
,n his trip to the Orient next month.
| md will spend some time in CONSTANT
lople before beginning his work in
Jerusalem.