Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Items of Interest

/ eTlng furniture IS kept Tree vi HlotnS anu
OIL er insects.
The government of New Zealand pro-
poses t. make leans to settlers, workmen,
oca bodies and mining companies. The
/ total advances a,e not 10 exceed $1n,125,-
90 in any one year.
Wireless telegraph stations are to be
installed IN Siberia which will enable
the war department Of Russia to keep in
communication with the easternmost
parts Of the empire.
A canal nine miles long, So feet wide,
and Il feet deep, in Desha county, Ar
kansas, has been complete and is drain
ing about 12O,OCO acres Of land contigu-
Gus to Arkansas City.
The oil strike in Tayabas, P. L., has
brought into existence six oil develop
ment companies. Many other companies
have also been lately formed to develop
the mineral resources Of the islands.
Tom L. Johnson omitted the word
''obey" from the marriage service when
called on to perform it as mayor of
Cleveland, because, as he said, he would
not help to make liars Of people,
CLOSING out sales" and the like are be-
ing placed under ban in many Of The
| leading cities Of Russia, where strict
rules are established governing such
sales to prevent an imposition upon the
public.
A variable stroke petroleum engine
mas been designed, intended to overcome
the difficulties which prevent such en-
gines being applied directly to the shaft
of vehicle, as in the case of the steam
engine.
The Buffalo board Of education is con-
sidering proposition to introduce in the
public schools text book on Buffalo
which will give pupils some knowledge
of the industries and institutions Of the
city in which they live.
BuenOs Ayres is getting sufficiently
busy to demand subways. A bill is pend
ing in the Argentine Legislature to au-
thorize the construction Of underground
electric railways operating in connection
with existing surface lines.
The peat b0gs of Sweden are capable Of
producing 10 billions Of tons Of airdried
peat, suitable for fuel. This quantity, as
compared with the present import of
coal, would be sufficient for period Of
! 1 200 years.
| Oyster production in Canadian waters
is steadily decreasing. The yield fell
from 30, 757 barrels iii 1903 to 27,297 bar
reIs in 1907. Canada imported S27l,760
worth of American oysters in 1908 out of
total export Of 1858 1872 worth.
On August 81 last the deposits in the
! Philippine postal savings hunks had
reached $4,000 OF the 591 new ac-
counts opened in August, 342 were by
Filipinos. POP by Americans, 81 by
Europeans, : by Asiatics, and by societ-
! les.
The study of foreign languages is max
ing rapid progress in German schools.
Most of the teachers are native born
French and English. This work is a
powerful factor in Germany's progress
as a power on international commerce.
A Denver bride called up her grocer
the other day and asked him where the
Porter house was He said he had never
heard Of the place. She said she hadn't
either, but she wished she could find it.,
because her husband wanted one of its
steaks.
The total length of the streets cleaned
in Berlin in 1901 was 320 miles. The
total working force was 2,056, including
500 'street sweeping boys" These bows
get from II to 80 cents day; the adult
IabOrers get 80 cents, and, after three
years, $119 a day.
At this time last year the steel car
builders had orders for 10000 ears The
year, according to the Railway and En-
gineering Review, orders have amounted
TO 10000 aud work already contracted
for will keep the plants busy until next
June.
A Salvation Army officer in London
says he asked a 10y what work he did
to provide him with food, etc, and the
reply was: Il pick strawberries in the
summer. | pick hops in the autumn, l
pick pockets in the winter, and oakum
for the rest of the year."
In September over $4,000 was saved to
the sugar planters and others Of Panay
and Negroes by the exports to the United
States, free Of export and import duty,
of 19,827,054 kilos of sugar. The islands
sent to the United States 81 944 metric
tons Of sugar in September.
Turkeys and People.
I'd hate to be turkey
Wouldn't your
Getting roasted or else being