Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-21
lteI,ss Of interest

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India has IA newspapers and s7s Pc
riodicals.
There are now 800 members of the
London stock exchange.
A flower cut Ia the morning will out
live flowers cnt lister in the day
sweden's increase in population last
year was the greatest Tor ten years.
Sewing on buttons is not wifely
duty In Japan there are no buttons.
Wild geats have 10 multiplied in Ha-
waii that they are now killed as pests.
The o1ecers Of the British navy alone
make formidable squad Of lo9,2lo.
Japan has nssrty 100000 people,
more than half as many as the United
States.
The dum-dam tqlIet is named after
the place. near Calcutta, where it was
6rst made.
2. The word "mikado" signifies some
thing like "the sacred gate" or "the sub
lime porte"
sNoya Sc0tia's apple crop will probably
not be much silort Of last years, 100000
bartels.
3 Jaw Fork is not , city Of spendthrifts,
fer its savings banks have 2,s7o,s59 de-
positors. 1s.
Wheat exports Of this country are de-
cliniRg because the home consumption
is ineraasing.
Three ont Of every 100000 people in
England and Wales are sentenced to
penal aervituds evsry year.
New York city HIS more automobiles
run At public expense than any other
three cities ID the world.
The annual growth Of the forests of
the United States Is not more than IL
cubic feet an acre
TheEe are now under construction in
NeVsyQsk city hYildings which will ag
syese la yalue about ilpe 400.
In tho course Of . year,ov 1000 peo-
pie arrested BY the London police are
identified by their finker-prints.
An average OF thirteen persons day
who use the railroads Of this country for
footpaths pay therefor with their lives.
Ssreral new Roman Catholic sees will
b erected In the Philippine islands as
lthsl respective boundaries can be de-
fned.
lsF Jspansss mothers do not kiss their
children. though they may press their
fl{ps to the Rorehesd or cheek OF very
yoqPPg lbeby.
Japan has one Of the largest steamship
companies in the world, with service to
tho United States and to England by
way ofSuez.
For every man, woman and child in
this cenntry there il manufactured
week more than twelve pounds of finish
cd iron and steel products.
Chicago now has law which makes
Traction companie' return the tares to
passengers who are on car which i- de-
tainad ten minutes Or more.
Opinion Of Paris says: London is
still q shop and factory. Paris is a
drawing room turned into kitchen.
Berlin is q kitchen turning into a draw
ing room."
The average price OF common brick at
the kiln decreased from IS in 1907 to
t$5 .|73 in 1908, while for vitrifed paving
lbrick the cost In 1907 was $l1.'2 as
against 5000 last year,.
japanese chopsticks are delivered to
the guests in . decorated envelope. The
ktwo sticks already shaped form one t. n
kguelike piece Of wood are broken apart
Eby the guest.
r The greatest. hindrance to the develop
ment OF Asia Minor is the absence Of
bridges at three points. where the Euph-
rates Is new crossed by ferries. 1t is
now proposed to build bridges.
japanese inns furnish fresh tooth
brushes every morning. free to every
guest The, brush is OF wood. shaped
like 9 pencil. and frayed to tufty brush
tot foer st the large end.
The average for each inhabitant of the
nabiic debt Of Great Britain is $90.26,
and 1t would require five years. revenue
to equal the debt, which is now 1894
$4,000, on: the basis Of the S. pound
sterling.
| The Lincolnshire England) county
tcourt ordered q man, who was owing $50
ito money lender, to pay the debt in in
l'stsiments Of 2 cents month. at which
,tate IL would take 365 years to pay off
the sum-.
The bursting Of gas main in Horse
ferry road, Westminster, London, led to
the serious fitness OF 3 number Of the
txsidents in the locality. fhe gas Gem
Ssny provided the sufferers with medical
atd and pih
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