The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-18

~N~~~N0O~

deaths in New York City among chill
dren under 5 years old.
New York city ranks high as lover
Of dogs. The sales of dogs for the last
year amounted to about $4,000.
The United States consumes more
than half of the worlds production Of
sugar This means 6OOO,0OO,O00 pounds
a year.
The greatest monolith of modern
times Is the Alexander column in Adj
miralty Square, st. Petersburg. 1t is
eighty feet in height and weighs 400
tons.
Great Britain would like to rid itself
OF rats. Recently a deputation from
the Incorporated Society for the De
4 struction of Vermin, headed by Sir
James Crichton Browne and the Duke
Of Bedford, waited upon Lord Caring
ton at the Offices of the British Board
Of Agriculture and urged him to ap-
point a commission to inquire into
the destruction of crops by rats.
The record compiled by the Journal
Of Commerce shows that in the year
now closed there were issued by vari-
GUS corporations of new bonds, notes
and stocks to the nominal value Of l.
81 ,419,00,O00; this is an increase, COM
pared with 1907, Of nearly $4,000,
600. New securities authorized, though
only partially distributed, amounted to
So, 1876, 100000, or eighty-seven and one
fifth millions more than in the prev
ious year.
When the German Emperor was the
guest Of the Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand at Eckarstan for deer shooting he
spoke every day to his encourage at
Berlin over a special telephone line.
This wire, forty miles long, was spe-
cially laid at great expense to suit the
Kaiser's convenience for q few days,
and because the ordinary wires did not
carry the voice clearly enough. To
prevent the Kaiser's telephone talk be-
ing overheard all other lines were dis
connected before his majesty began 10
speak.
Chief among the natural riches of
Asia Minor are the vast forests which
cover the interior mountain ranges Of
the country. In the Vilayet of Smyrna,
for example, there are 100000 acres
of valuable woodland, which comprise
| nearly one-eighth Of the entire vilayet
/ or province. The kinds Of timber con-
sist chiefly in larch, oak, lockwood,
pine, cypress and cedar. In the vilayet
of Adana there are 100000 acres Of
forest and there is considerable tim
Der, tar and resin explored from the
port of Mersina every year.
Miss Ella G. Wilcox has been elect
ed to the School Board Of Maiden,
Mass. This is looked upon as a great
triumph by the women Of Maiden, as
both political parties refused to NOM
mate her and she was forced to run
independently. In Everett Miss Belle
D. Curtis was elected to the same Of
fee without opposition. In Somerville
the regular Republican candidate de-
feated Mrs Mary B. Brewer on the
ClIlZ0uS LlCh0L, Willie Ill dd'ClA1ll
Miss Anne Wheeler was elected by
handsome majority over her male COM
petitors.
Mrs Jennie L. Doane Of Brockton,
Mass, has been appointed to admin
lister the 100000 estate Of the late R.
N. Packard and also is to have COM
plete control of his large shoe fac
tory Mr.. Packard died suddenly with
out making a will. His heirs were a
brother and two sisters, none of whom
knew anything about his business. Mrs.
Doane had been in the employ of Mr..
Packard for a number of years and he
had often spoken of her ability to his
relatives, declaring that she had more
brains than any two men of his ac-
uuaintance. For that reason his heirs
asked to have her appointed and put
in full charge of his business.
The mineral wealth of Asia Minor is
proverbial. In the Vilayet of Smyrna
there are about sixty mines being
worked under firemans and seventy
five under licenses. On the shores of
the Black sea the coal fields of Her
aclea form an actual source of vast
potential wealth to the Turkish EN-
pire. The beds extend long the shores
of the Black sea for nearly forty miles
and run inland coming to an apex at
Angora, distance of nearly 200 miles.
The coal, though lying In very thick
seams, contains too many impurities
for it to compete with English coal
except after being hand picked and
screened.
An Austrian inventor appears to
have solved the problem of the regu-
lation of clocks by wireless telegraphy,
which has heretofore been rendered
difficult because of the various disturb
ing influences in the atmosphere. The
central clock of this inventor sends
a signal only once every sixty seconds
and the clocks to be controlled are
provided with apparatus which will re-
ceive the Hertzian waves for that Sec
on3 only, while for the remaining fifty
nine they are unaffected by any Hert-
zian waves. In case of disturbance
during the one second when they are
i'm circuit with the receiver, the dis
turning wave may set the clock in
CORRECTLY. and for the next minute it
will be fraction Of second fast or
slow. However, this inaccuracy will
be corrected by the master-clock a min