The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-21
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


population of any of the states OF this
country, numbering 1870.
Though heat will make a solid or q
liquid incandescent, it can only in
crease the pressure of a gas.
Pure ground coffee will not discolor
cold water until it has been soaked for
some time, while the addition OF chic
DRY as an adulterant will Immediately
impart a brownish hue.
A new English safety oil lamp for
miners is lighted without removing the
protecting gauze by a platinum wire
through which a current of electricity
Is passed from a storage battery.
One of the big Brazilian railroads
has just completed a plan by which it
will send four Of its mechanics to the
United States every six months and
put them at work in some Of our big
railroad shops, so that they may be-
come familiar with American methods.
Rumors have been rife that the con-
stitution Of young Japan is d~egenerat-
ing year after year, says the Eibun
Ts%ushinsha, but they are firmly denied
by the authorities, who are of the opin-
ion that according to the reports of the
physicians of conscripts both consti-
tuition and weight are showing an up
| ward tendency on the whole, and there
is not a bit of cause to justify the ru-
mors.-Japan Advertiser.
King Albert Of the Belgians has the
distinction of being the only royalty
who has served an apprenticeship as
newspaper reporter. For four years.
he was the regularly accredited marine:
reporter of a Belgian weekly, and in.
the pursuit of his duties travelled
through most of the countries of En-
rope, visiting the ship yards. The in
centive behind it all is a deep interest
in the maritime future of Belgium
London Opinion.
Europe's forest schools-at Chariot
tenburg, Dresden and Elberfield, in,
Germany, also at Bristal Wood, near
London-are attracting the interest Of
physicians and teachers. Charlotten-
burg school is situated In the midst of:
the pine woods, and the only protection
ever offered is a mere roof, in case Of
rain. No lesson periods are longer
than 20 minutes, and much time is.
given to play. Five simple meals are
served the children daily.
At the opening of the Ruskin park
extension, Denmark Hill, Mr.. George,
Alexander said that in coming down
- o.I~oI M. Coror;,, What rpoc D,.c
kin's favorite game, and was told,
"Battledore and Shuttlecock." Mr..
Severen also told him that Ruskin be-
lieved in exercises that were useful,
and when at Oxford advised some Ia
dies who had given him a catalog Of
the various exercises they practice6
that better than all would be to carry
the Goals Observation-Disclosures Re-
view.
Many amazing sounds have been
heard in various ~parliaments, and it is
not so very long ago that the barking:
of dogs, the mewing of cats and the
quacking of ducks were upon occasion
heard in our own house Of commons.
1t is rather curious, therefore, that yes
terday is said to have been the first
time that the shout of "Pfui!" was
! raised in the Prussian chamber. 1t is
a sort of combination of the English
"boo" and the French "Gonspuez!" and
is si%ngularly impressive. - London
Globe.
Have you ever heard your blood?
Have you ever put one of those large
sea shells to your ear and heard what
the children say is the sound of the
sea, the music of the waves?" Well,
that is really the sound of your blood
AS it circulates-echoed in the empty
shell. You can hear it sometimes when
your head is on a pillow, but it does
not sound so musical then. Try the
shell at any time and you will find
that your blood is always flowing. Stick
your thumb in your ear and listen.
That is natures way Of constantly car
rying the nourishment from well di-
gested food to every part Of your
body.-New York Press.
Experimenting with the boil weevil,
a Texas farmer caught q lively one
and placed it in water where it would
freeze to death during the night. Next
morning he found the water had frozen
solid and the weevil was in the cake
of ice. and the farmer congratulated
himself on the discovery that cold
would kill the weevil. But when the
ice melted the bug walked around as
lively as before freezing and tf@s farm
err is convinced hat freezing is not
the proper means to eXterminate the,
insect. He threw the weevil into a
hot fire, and at last accounts was.
watching to see if it would come out
alive.-Centerville (Tex.) Jeffersonian.
ANY one with the price can do az.
Gaylord Wiltshire did-go to Inyo.
county, California, and stand on a
mountain of gold and silver ore" said
a mining man. Every one of my age
in the business" he continued, knows
about that mountain of gold and silver
ore. The late Senator Stewart and eX-
Senator Jones, both of Nevada, spent.
millions trying to get gold and silver
out of that ore at a profit. That was
the famous Panamint mine operation.
| Jones and Stewart and others lost ev-
cry cent they put into that deal. The
gold and silver are there, sure enough
but the rock is 'rebellious' to a degree
that the science Of mill men and fur
mace men has never been able to over,
come."-New York Sun.
According to C. Hart Merriam, chief
of the biological survey, the increasing
ravages of wolves is to be added to-
the many other leakages of American