Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-18
Items Of Interest


In 1906 there were 1928 labor strikes
in Germany. In. 1907 there were 2,266;
in 1908 the number was 1,347. OF the
19 8 strikes 2C6 were successful. 437
partly successful and 704 unsuccessful.
For the purpose Of promoting the sale
OF German goods abroad, instruc ion
courses for cnltivating the artistic taste
of storekeepers and their salespeople
have been instituted in Berlin.
A bi is being pressed in France to
give that country syst IN OF deposit ac-
counts at pOstofficas, against which
checks might be drawn for transmission
of money from one point to another. y
Steel is true alloy containing several
foreign elements. Here, as in iron, the
special values of the different steels de-
pend on the nature and proportion of
these elements. Steel may be had as
soft as the softest irons.
The number Of marriages in the
county 1T London last year was lowest
thousand of the population on record.
The number was 3s. 209, and the rate 15.9
a Thousand, which compares with II a
thousand The previous ysar.
China's ministry of the, interior has
deciaed upon the perisd from the seventh
TO the sixteenth year as the age Of mi
nority and study, aud has decreed that
from l6 to 40 shall be the age Of man
hood Tor Chinese people. ts'
.BI"k tin gnds are steel goods, roared,
Vessels made 1T tin would melt IN the
fire or fall to pieces immediatei! that
they were used. St'"l must he used, and
"block" only means that an extra thick
covering Of tin has been given. -
Recently there has bean great sale of
hans. m cabs and horses in London.
From one establishment, alone 12o cab
horses and more than 70 cabs were sold.
There is no great demand for them, and
the prices realized for the cabs are very
small. s's *a8
1t has been shown by physician who
has made study Of the effects Of roller
skating that excessive indulgence in this
sport frequently results in fat feet, de-
fectiye development Of the leg muscles
and impairment of the gait and carriage
of the body.
In France they have an expressive
phrase, liquid mone,." 1t means that
part of the family income which is used
for the necessities and luxnries Of life.,
1t is kept apart from the more serio' 8,
substan ntial portion Of the income, which
is that set aside for saying.
Housewives in Austria ia are wrestling
with the servant problem. Their adver-
tisemerts make Interesting reading,
One offers plenty Of outings" another.
throws out the bait of Sundays free" !"
while third one goe better with "Sat-
urday afternoons and Sundays off >"
; la the cities Of Great Britain the popu-
lation OF which is 10000 or more, the
average rate Of ia, e for street railway
travel IL cents passenger mile. In the
cities Of continental Europe the average
.ratefo. fare paid for urban transp"'ta-
,tion is cent pas enger mile, /
south Africa contributed the gena est
amount IT, the worlds stock Of gOI in
the asst year. its share bring little over
$l5O,OOO,OUi, the United States slightly
less than $lOO,u0,f0O, Australia about
5000 ,'.n, Russia about $25,0sO,0 0 nd
Mexico little less than So 90 o O.
The forest service considers that it
would be entirely p ~sible, if the forest
land is improved and the timber econonl-
icaly cut and mpIet ly utilized to
produce on the remaining .45,OOO,OOO
acres sufficient wood for a population
mach greater than that now in the