The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


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The internal revenue tax on liquor
In this country in 1909 netted $57,456,-
ILL
Wasps rank next to the higher
classes of ants in point of insect intel
ligcnce.
Pipeline connections, says the Amer
lean Machinist, have been completed
by which it is possible to pipe oil
from the Oklahoma wells to New York
long journey of $500 miles. This is
The longest pipeline in the world.
There are many small savings banks
in Germany which accept deposits of
10 pfennigs (21a cents). Thirty per
cent of the people of Prussia have saw
lngs accounts Travellers are struck
by the absence Of beggars. The gov
eminent permits no person to solicit
aims.
American engineers have begun to
eXcavate the ancient city of Sardis,
about five hours distant by rail from
Smyrna. The work will last two to
five years, and it is the intention to
lay the entire city bare. Two hundred
men will be employed eight months
each year.
A scheme for the construction of an
elevated electric railway in Toxic is at
present under consideration. 1t is pro-
posed that there shall be two lines,
one running from the east to the west
of the city, and the other from the
north to the south. The cost of con-
struction of the projected lines is es-
timated at $12,000,000.
Signore d'Annunzio, the famous Ital-
ian novelist and poet, has been exult-
ing in the extent of his vocabulary.
Many people" he tells an interviewer,
find 500 words sufficient for ali the
purposes Of writing and speaking. In
my works you will find at least $4,000
different words. How many words
fallen into disuse have I brought back
to life! How many other words have
endowed with an entirely new mean
ing!"
A new system of treating eggs so as
to prevent them from growing stale
when in cold storage has been discov-
cred in Rochester. This consists in
rent. The theory is that eggs when
placed in storage are alive and are
gradually frozen to death, whereas if
the life is destroyed before they are
placed in storage they do not taste
stale, even when kept on ice for long
period
One of the strangest clocks ever
made was that constructed by a man
in Milan This clock was constructed
of bread. The maker, being poor
man, set apart every day for some time
a portion of his daily bread, which, by
a process of which he would not d.
vulge the secret. he was able to make
as hard as metal. From these frag-
ments of bread he thus constructed his
clock, which is said to be an excellent
one, keeping perfect time.
Hotels, according to an article in the
Hotel World, should be provided with
portable dog kennels, to be rented to
the guests who insist on taking their
dogs to rooms. Such kennel should
be about four feet long and of width
that would allow it to go through the
door of a room. 1t should be construct
ed of wood, lined part way UP with
zinc or sheet metal. The upper part
should be covered with open wire work,
and the bottom should be provided
with broad-tread casters.-Popular Me-
chanics.
Lord Byron had decided views on
diet His fear of fairness rather than
its suitability to his work dictated
the starvation to which he subjected
himself In 1913 he lived upon tea
and six biscuits day, and in 1916 his
diet consisted Of thin slice of bread
for breakfast and a vegetable dinner.
He chewed mastic and tobacco to keep
down his hunger in between. While
at Athens he drank vinegar and water,
and seldom ate more than little rice.
and Don JUAN it is said, was writ
ten mainly on gin and water. And yet
has recorded that no man
had brighter eyes or clearer voice.
In these days of scarcity OF prov
ender and high cost of living it's a
slight crumb of comfort to hear of one
commodity that is plentiful. It's crab
meat. The Baltimore papers report
that on the opening of the crab pack
ing season a day or two ago in the
various tidewater counties on the east
ern shore of Maryland the size and
quality of the crabs caught were all
that could be desired. The crab pack
ing business has in the last decade
grown to large proportions, and, with
the exception of the oyster business,
is the most profitable industry in
which watermen are engaged ON the
eastern shore.
Mark Twain played a practical joke
on the first audience he addressed in
England This was in 1872, when his
was already high in that
and the announcement of his
lecture filled ST. Georges hall, London,
to overlooking. Few, if any, of those
present had ever seen the humorist
He came on the platform in evening
dress. with the crestfallen air of
manager announcing disappointment
"Mr. Clemens had landed at Liver
pool, and had fully hoped to reach
London in time, but unfortunately
missed his train" The audience start
I'D hnnino hut the hons changed into