The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-02-17
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The palm trees life is $50 years.

Over 5000 pounds of rose petals are
used In the manufacture Of one pound
Of altar of roses perfume
During business hours the southern
most square mile of Manhattan island
has population of 100000.
In series of telephone experiments
German scientist has made magnets.
alternating current transformers, and
even dynamos talk without the use OF
vibrating plates or membranes.
Aerial navigation as a commercial
enterprise is bringing with it the solu-
ton of various problems by the Ger
man engineers. One is perfecting for
the new company a system of COM
plete network of signal lights for guild
ance on the night trips. For fogs there
will be added signals by bell and
siren.
The United States capitol receives its
annual bath short time before Con-
gress convenes, the toilet articles used
consisting of about $500 feet of hose
in the expert hands of one company of
the fire department. Powerful streams
of water at high pressure remove dust,
spider webs, insects Of all kinds. birds
nests and other foreign substances
from the many crevices.
The Archaeological Society has made
five excavations around the walls OF
the amphitheater in King Arthur's
round-table field in Monmouthshtre,
England, and the searchers found the
main entrance, the sand which formed
the bed of the arena, and corner
stone. From inscriptions on this stone
they trace the date of the theater back
to ITO A. D., or 1900 years.-Popular
Mechanics.
The University of Pennsylvania was
the first academic institution in Amer
lea to have a professor of German.
Even from the earliest days of the col
lege the institution had professor Of
modern languages which included Ger
man, and this professorship was occu-
pied by Professor Dreamer, who was
himself of German descent. In 1880
q closer connection was formed be-
tween the University of Pennsylvania
and the Germans by establishing the
German institute.
Sow a large white sponge full of
rice, oats or wheat. Then place 1T for
a week or ten days in shallow dish,
| and, as the sponge will absorb the
moisture, the seeds will begin to sprout
before many days. When this has
fairly taken place, the sponge may be
suspended by means of cords from a
hook in the top of the window where
a little sun will enter 1t will thus
become living mass of green, requir-
ing only a little occasional moisture.
Suburban Life for January.
A record was established by the fish
commission in the distribution of fish
and fish eggs for propagation and
Matching purposes during the fiscal
year 1909, when the output aggregated
3,117,131,911. This is 240,000,O0O more
fish and eggs than were distributed
during the previous year. Whitefish
and several varieties of perch and fat
fish were used In greatest numbers.
Vast quantities of the fry of the cod
and the lobster also went out. Alto
gether the commission distributed the
eggs, fry, fingerlings, yearlings and
adults of almost forty kinds of fish.
The most luxurious prison in the
world is In Japan, about fifteen miles
from Toxic. In the midst of gardens
where flourish medlars and cherry
trees, where are seen ornamental ponds
with water lilies, arises the palatial
prison. The cells are spacious and
airy. The lighting throughout is by
electricity, and the apartments are fur
nished Iuxuriously. Bathrooms with
marble baths, hot and cold water being
laid on: dressing rooms and reading
rooms-nothing seems to be wanted to
make the sojourn in this prison pleas
ant. In fact, it seems an ideal country
residence.
In Ireland spiders are largely con-
cerned in the cure of ague; in many
localities the sufferer is advised to
swallow living spider. This ought
to make one shake nearly as bad as
the ague, and no doubt the better way
would be to put large black spider
in a box and leave it to perish, as is
the vogue in Somerset and some of
the nearby counties A lingering faith
in this old world superstition must
have been alive until quite recently,
for the making of spider web pills is
not an uncommon industry in New
England, and Longfellow tells of
popular cure for the fever "by wearing
a spider hung around ones neck in a
nutshell. Chicago Tribune.
Alaska contains the only first-class
bituminous and anthracite coal on the
Pacific coast; from the Behring River
district railroads can be built to the
sea. not more than ITO miles long,
over perfectly level country; and, &C
cording to a published statement by
Alfred H. Brooks, head of the govern
ment's geological survey work in Alas
ka. there are six billion tons of it in
both fields-more than one and half
times all the coal that has ever been
taken out of Pennsylvania. Two-thirds
of this has been filed upon by claim
ants-that is, as much coal as has so
far come from the mines of Pennsyl-
yania Mr.. Brooks estimates to be
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