The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-15
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


STA. It is worth $4,000.
With accommodations for 500 per-
sons, a huge ale store at Burton-on-
Trent, England, is being made into a
skating rink.
Cimarron is the latest town to con-
tract the slogan habit. The one chos-
en- is: Simmer on, Cimarron. >
Kansas City Star.
Felled at Amersham, near Harrow,
England, walnut tree measured TWEEN
ty-four feet round, weighed ten tons
and the trunk realized $245.
The Mexican government has COM
pleted arrangements with the Krupps
to establish a plant for the manufac-
ture of Mauser bullets, smokeless pow
der and gun cotton.
An Atchison man thinks he is enti-
tied to the Carnegie hero medal. His
daughter, a princess, had company in
the parlor; the young man was her
hearts desire, worked in bank and
always wore good clothes. But the
father walked boldly into the room
and sat down, and he had on his barn
clothes, too. His daughter gave him
such look of scorn it stopped his
watch, but he stayed anyway.-Atchi-
son (Kan.) Globe.
The Times enters a protest against
the present method Groton takes with
tramps, At present they are given a
loaf of bread and can of salmon or
piece of cheese and directed to the
lookup, where they find the door open
to receive them. They build fire,
make themselves at home and go
whenever they like. If this continues
Groton will be the tramps' headquar-
ters and the village at their mercy
Groton (Vt.) Times.
The great controversy which now
agitates South Norwalk, Conn, over
the question whether a lobster swims
forward or backward recalls the ia
nous definition of lobster in GER
tain French dictionary-"a red fish
which swims backward" Six words,
containing three gross errors 1t is to
be hoped that the contestants of South
Norwalk will not refer to that die
tionary as an authority for settlement
of their dispute.-New York Tribune.
When Andrew Carnegie offered to
build seventy-eight libraries for New
York City on condition that the city
would provide the sites and books, it
was estimated that the municipality
would not have to spend more than
100000 to carry out it's part of the
contract Controller Metz recently re-
ported that the city has as yet only
secured f1fty-fve sites and in purchas-
ing these has overrun the original esti-
mate. He figures that by the time the
city gets the remaining sites the cost
will be $3,3S7,535.
1t has recently been discovered that
the leaves of the fern plant, which
grows almost anywhere, is an excel
lent preservative for packing articles
of food, fruit and even meat It is
said that on the Isle of Man fresh her
rings are packed in ferns and arrive
on the market in as fresh a condition
as when they were shipped. A mum.
Der of experiments have demonstrated
that potatoes packed in ferns keep
many months longer than those pack
ed in straw. In fact potatoes packed
in fern leaves are as fresh in the
springtime as when they were first
dug in the fall.-Eternal Progress.
Prince Buelow once invited Herr
Won Holstein to dinner, telling him
that it was to meet the Emperor.
But" replied Holstein, 81 don't be-
lieve that I have a dress coat at pres.
ent. will try, however, to get one
made in time, and if I can't, perhaps
the Emperor will take me as I am"
This, the Times says, was reported to
Holstein was to appear in any garb he
pleased. When the meeting took place
Holstein was in his usual frock coat,
and the Emperor laughingly tapped
him on the shoulder and said: ri see
the dress coat wasn't ready. 1t doesn't
matter. London Evening Standard.
The Deutsche Theater-Zeitung, of
Berlin, relates that at recent dress
rehearsal in that city the bell had
sounded for an important scene, when
the leading lady called excitadly, mot
yet! Not vet! Wait!" Inquiry on
the part of the stage manager revealed
the fact that the doorway through
which she was to enter was not broad
enough for her hat. Change the hat"
commanded the stage manager
'eWiden the door," answered the
actress. Both insisted on having their
way until the director cast his vote
in favor OF the actress and the stage
carpenter was instructed to change the
setting to admit without danger to
it or the wearer" the monster head.
dress.
The official figures relative to peni.
Tertiary conditions in Chile show a
great decrease in the number OF
crimes During the years 1902, 1903
and 1904 the people of both sexes
sent to Jail were, respectively, 63,448,
4,403 and 63,425. In 1906 there were
only 50,443 persons incarcerated, of
whom 1857 were women. This shows
that alcoholism has greatly decreased
in Chile. A law was put in force in
1902 which had been strictly applied
to the inebriates, who formed 55 per
cent of the total of prisoners. Of that