The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27


posed a new branch of the municipal
government, sort Of ''boom bureau"
to do in an official way work which
the Chamber of Commerce now does.
A bill offered in the Legislature by Sen
ator Hill of Erie County to carry into
effect the suggestion would establish a
municipal department of commerce and
industry. One Of the schemes to boost
the city if the bill becomes law is to
expend $5OO,OOO in five equal annual
installments in advertising the special
advantages of Buffalo.
King Alfonso u.s. perhaps, the young
est monarch who was ever selected to
arbitrate on an international dispute.
which in the present case is the differ
ence between England and Germany
with regard to the Walfisch bay terri
tory. The late King of Sweden-by
reason of his age, his philosophic mind
and his aloofness from the. wrangle Of
international politics-was repeatedly
called upon to act as arbitrator, but it
was his majesty's jurists who did the
judicial work for him. No one expects
King Alfonso himself to study the
question now submitted to him with a
pot of strong tea at his side and cold
bandages round his head.
"On a recent Sunday morning I con-
Quoted service in an asylum. On my
| way to the institution I wondered
whether my fluffy, fearless chorister Of
last winter, robin, would attend. l
had missed him hitherto, and feared
some mischance had befallen. To my
delight, there he was on the upper bar
of the window sash, just a little down
from the top; and as we began to sing
down he darted to the floor in front
of the reading desk and poured forth
his silver treble with throbbing joy.
On the giving out Of the text he re-
| turned to his perch, and remained 81
lent till the parting paraphrase brought
him back once more to render with full
heart his gladstone song" The Scots
man.
! One of the most curious instances
of longevity is found in Miss Louisa
| Coutenay's 'Notes of an Octogenarian."
| A witness in a will case in which Bel
| lenden-Ker. the great English convey
ANGER. was engaged. was asked If he
had any brothers or sisters He re-
piled that he had had one brother who
died 100 years ago. The court ex-
messed incredulitv, and documentary
| evidence was produced in support OF
tbe statement. This showed that the
witness father. who married first at
the age of 10, had son who died in
infancy. The father married again at
the age of rs, and had son who lived
to appear in the witness box at the
age of "a. and made the above start
ling statement.
An alluring invitation is given for
this summer to the tenement dwellers
of Chicago by the great world of tout
of doors" 1t comes through the hos
pitality of the Mccormick branch of
the international Harvester Company
and board of enthusiastic assistants,
and takes the form of "city farm -
laid out and ready for planting and
scientific tending by those who other
wise might spend their time over wash
tubs. Ninety acres have just been Civ
en- for the purpose by the harvester
company on the recommendation of
their social welfare adviser, c.. w.
Price. The ground lies between 10Th
and 18th streets. 1t will make the
largest farm Of the sort in the United
States.
An expedition left Ilandudno. De-
ganwy. and Penmaenmawr yesterday
afternoon with the object of tracing,
If possible the submerged palace of
Llys Helig, a Welsh chieftain Of the
sixth century. The palace is said to
be visible at very low tides at point
midway between Penmaenmawr and
Great Ormes Head, but it cannot be
said that yesterdays search established
It's existence. The exploring party was
divided into two sections, one OF which
laid bare what looked like an old wall,
while the other claimed to have traced
the outline of a wall $50 yards long,
with a shorter wall running at right
angles. The rising of the tide COM
belled the explorers to leave the spot
before completing their search.-Lon-
don Daily Mail.
If M. Cunisset Carnot's observations
are correct, the crow is one of the most
intelligent of birds. Normandy is q
place where crows love to congregate,
and a Paris contemporary reproduces
Cunisset Carnot's experiences, to the
effect that in 1876 the first maneuvers
took place in Normandy after the war,
and it is not an extravagant hypothe-
sis that many crows who saw the
troublous times of 1870 were alive in
1876. These birds watched the soldiers
at a distance of about 200 yards, but
when in firing the men were extended
on the ground the birds would hover
about at quarters SO close as seven
feet, evidently, in the opinion of the
observer, mindful of the times they had
enjoyed six years before and in expec-
tation of a further feast London
Globe.