Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-07
Items Of Interest

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There is florist at Pekin, ILL.,, whose
name is John Bloomppt.
There are 172 telegraph and s. tele-
phone otces in Korea.
Moscow has the lowest priced daily
publication. 1t costs farthing.
Jap children are not allowed in school
until after their sixth year.
For raw cotton from the United States
Canada paid $60oO,OOO last year.
1t was only few days ago that arsen-
ic ore was discovered in Virginia.
The movement of the drifting ice Of
the far north is about two miles day.
Victoria, Australia, spends $475, 600 q
year in trying to eXterminate rabbits.
The mines of Belgium yielded II ,559,-
745 tons of coal the first six months this
year.
There are more than hundred firms
manufacturing chocolate in the United
States.
Paper from the prickly pear has al
ready been manufactured in Port Eliza
beth, South Africa.
The hull of cotton is used in China for
fe. tilizing purposes, farmers paying
about 50 a ton for it.
North sea trawler has caught
mackerel "a inch s in length, weighing
AZ pounds.
Women are now allowed admission to
full matficulation in all German univer-
stiles except Rostock.
New England railroad is expert
menting with ball bearings for car ak
les to ecOnomize on lubricants.
The number of postofices in operation
i'm Canada during the fiscal year ended
March 81, 1909, was 12,479.
A vegetable cheese is being made in
an experimental way in England from
the caesin contained in soya beans.
LondOners live, on an average, to an
age of 81 years. In most parts of Eng
land the standard is below this.
On January 1, 1909, Germany had 85l,
314 teleshone stations; Great Britain had
556,S54, France, 9l,l59; Sweden, 1861 900.
European distributors of sponges are
heavily overstocked, and considerable
drop in prices is expected before long.
St. Petersburg viii establish a large
ozone plant to purify the city's water
supply, drawn from the germ laden Neva.
For the first time since the German
empire was founded, in 1871, the num-
Der of emigrants fell, last year, below
10000.
Telephone rates are fixed by the state
in Illinois, and interchange Of service
between companies in the same locality
is compulsory
The coal production of France is insult
ficient for her needs, although in the last
10 years it has increased from 100000
to 100000 tons.
Columbia university boys have taken a
step in the matter IF reform that will
meet with commendatiOn. They have
barred mustaches.
A translation Of the Scriptures into
modern, idolmatic Spanish is being pre-
pared for use in Porto Rice, Cuba, Mex-
leo and South America.
The British government has organized
a special department at the national
physical laboratory for Investigations in
aerial construction and navigation.
When a division is taken in the house
of commons a twO-minute sandglass is
turned to allow members time to enter
the house Then the doors are locked.
d ring tie last two years the oil pro-
ductlOn has doubled in America. The
production is $l6,OOO,OOO greater than
the output of gold and silver in the
United States.
Tantalum is "rare metal" of slight
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which it is now known to be put being
in making filaments for incandescent
electric lamps.
Five daughters have been born at one
time to the wife of peasant named
Gaira, near Series, in Macedonia. They
were distinguished at the christening
by ribbons of different coiOrs tied round
their necks.
The ragpickers OF Paris ore born to
their work, the occupation being passed
from father to son for generations. Each
ragpicker family has its own district,
which is inherited by the children and
grandchildren.
"Why is it," asks writer in Fliegende
BIaetter, that when man discovers
that he is genius he allows his hair to
grow long, and that wien woman be-
comes similarly conscious she has her
hair cut short?'
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