Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-05
Items of Interest

| LaceS were originally made Tor mems
wear.
There are blind stenographers and
typewriters.
The use of steel for shipbuilding was
begun in 1879
The tall silk hat first came into COM
mon use in Paris in 1897.
Sicily lost 10000 inhabitants by earth
quake in 1893.
The modern French navy dates from
the reign of Napoleon III.
Irrigation has literally reclaimed the
desert in California.
The average weight of the heart is
| from to II ounces
The Chinese pupil reciting his lesson
turns his back to the teacher.
The use of leather shoes of the foreign
type is rapidly extending in Japan.
Roumania has 100000 inhabitants, of
whom 10000 are blind.
1t is estimated that England annually
consumes the milk of 100000 cows.
The worlds postal business is increas-
ing at the rate of per cent per annum.
The eruptions of Vesuvius greatly in
creases the fertility of the ground in the
vicinity.
Most of the large olive growers in
Spain have their OWE mills for the ex-
traction of the oil.
Of the 100000 acres under cultiva-
tion in Burma, 100000 are devoted to
rice.
There are in France over $4,000 quail
fed medical practitioners and over H.,
600 pharmacists.
Of the Philippine islands, the one
which probably has the most productive
soil is Mindanao.
The roller skating fad, viii III became
popular in England last winter, promi-
ses to continue this season as we'll.
Tests by an eastern railroad have dem
Onstrated that it is possible for single
locomotive to haul over 6,1OO tons.
California's petroleum output has been
steadily increasing for several years, in
1908 reaching the record figure of A.
864, 742 barrels.
Into the trade school at Liege, Bel
GUM, there has been introduced course
in cigar making, fOstered by government
subsidy.
Many musk OK robes are in use in the
province of Ontario for cold weather
driving. They are rare and too costly to
be common.
The American red gum is entering
largely into the manufacture of furni-
ture. Early objections to its use have
been overcome.
Milk costs at least 10 cents quart in
Mexico and butter so cents pound.
The demand for poultry is always greater
than the supply.
Platform tickets are issued by some
German railroads for the use Of nom
travellers who wish to say goOd-by to de-
parting friends.
The smallest dog is probably the Chi
huahua, of Mexico. 1t can snuggle in
the palm of the hand or may be con-
cealed in bunch of flowers.
Hundreds of the houses Of Minneapolis
and St. Paul are equipped with outdoor
open bedrooms, where the owners sleep
in the cOldest weather.
An investigation of the 10y workers of
London revealed that the newsboys were
the most healthy, and those employed by
the bakers the least so.
In potato-growing contest in Derby
shire, England, one competitor got a
yield of 229 pounds from one pound Of
seed cut into 80 sets.
Ghe pounding noise of steam pipes can
be obviated by attaching to the pipes a
small check valve, set to admit air, but
not to release any pressure.
According to writer in the Journal
of the Gypsy Lore society, it was not in
1417 but in 1414 that gypsies made their
first appearance in western Europe
The game of whist has been traced by
curious inquirers to that of triumph or
triumph or trump. which was extensively
played in the early days of the sixteenth