The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-07
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


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In ONE cheap restaurants the coffee
is often half chicory.
The trees which are used in the gov
eminent work of reforesting are
grown at eight government nurseries
in the western forest reserves.
Since 1883 the sea has washed away
419 acres of the British isles, but it
has also added 30,752. The land gain
ed, however, is at present useless.
In Switzerland education is both
free and compulsory, and such ample
facilities are provided for all classes
that i~lliteracy is almost unknown.
There are killed annually in the
coal mines of the United States three
times as many men per thousand as
in the coal mines Of most European
countries. II
An Austrian fire department is try
ing out a fire engine that, though
drawn by horses, is operated by cleo
trlclty taken from any convenient
source through a cable carried by the
engine. -
In the English Church Times the
clerical obituary for 1909 contains 461
names. The ages of $40 of the de-
ceased clergymen are mentioned n
these show the attainment of an aver
age age of 71h years.
So many counterfeit nickels are
dropped in the ~fareboxes of a New
York street railway company that the
lead realized when they are melted
down makes an appreciable item in
the revenue of the road.
For the years 1903 to 1907 Great
Britain has produced 1926 bushels Of
wheat an acre, as against 1879 in this
country and 9.3 in Russia, which
makes the poorest showing Of he.
large wheat-growing countries.
Two Tennessee craftsmen nave pat
ented a magnetic T-square, which is
held against the iron bound edge of a
drawing board by an electro magnet
in it's head. A switch cuts off the cur-
rent and allows it to be moved.
Mrs. Lulu Rice of Longmont, Colo,
recently received a certificate enabling
her to practice embalming. She was
the only woman among the seven can
didates who took the required exami-
nation and the only person who got
a certificate.
The London employer, in hiring a
shop clerk, insists on an agreement
that the latter shall not go into bust
ness for himself or enter the employ
of another within a certain distance
radius and within a certain time limit.
after leaving his employer.
London seems to have possessed a
roller skating rink over three-quarters
of a century ago, for in 1923 mention
can be found of the invention of a
skate "for rendering the amusement
Independent Of FROST" which was be-
ing practically exhibited at the old
tennis court in Windmill street"
Benjamin Franklin observed the
Londoner's habit of wasting daylight
more than a century and a half ago.
In walking through the Strand and
Fleet street at Z o'clock one summer
morning he noticed there was not
one shop open, though it had been
daylight and the sun up above three
hours, the inhabitants of London
choosing voluntarily to live much by
candle light and sleep by sunshine,
and yet often complain, a little alb
surdly, of the duty on candles and the
high price of tallow."
Salmon require little or no food in
fresh water, and while they will take
most of the things swimming against
the current and swallow or nibble at
them, still they always spit or drop
them out of their mouths, seemingly
only making play at eating. One
thing more. Any differences in sea
trout come not from being of differ
ent breeds-for all sea trout are of
the same class, only look different be-
cause of the water they frequent or
the food they eat. And the same
thing applies to brown trout. So there
are only two breeds of trout New
York Press.
Nobody is going to poke out a good
eye just for the sake. of getting a glass
eye,"j says the city salesman, but |
know a man who makes money on his
glass eye. He goes to Europe three
times a year on business. While there
he does a little trading in jewels as
a side line. 1t is on the homeWard
trip that he turns his glass eye to good
account. In the cavity back Of it be
carried two or three small but yalu.
able diamonds. Half the duty saved
is his commission on those stones
alone. The customs inspectors have
never got onto him. Naturally they
can't go around jabbing their fingers
into peoples eyes."-New York Sun.
One of the most popular spots in
Central Park is DR.. Tanners well,
heal the West S1st street entrance. A
few years ago the newspapers were
full of the exploits Of DR.. Tanner, who.
said he could do without food for
forty days. While he took no nourish--
ment for that length of time it was
said that he allowed himself all the
water he wanted and that he got it
each day from the spring that comes
out of q rock near S1st street and Sth
avenue. The park authorities after
ward scooped out a basin to collect
the water and provided cups. Lots of
persons who remember DR.. Tanner
ascribe wonderful properties to this
water and they go there every morn
ing to drink.-New York Sun.
There are English people who no.
doubt fear, whenever, they hear any