The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
TIMELY BREVT|ES|

The population Of Tibet il estimated
ct 6.50O.O00.
Japan celebrates one of it, national
holidays BY planting trees.
The total amount Of American cap
ital invested In Cuba Ia about 1920.
100000.
In Russia last year 2.252 religious
books e published. the editions az
gregating s.692.39a.
Archaeological excavators in Sardinia
recently unearthed the remains of a
town Of the bronze age.
AS a result Of the offer Of the Poole
England, council to pay a reward for
every rat killed 1920 were accounted
for during three months.
American manufacturers Of printing
and writing paper have suffered al.
most a complete loss Of their New
Zealand business within recent years.
The current year marks the cente-
nary Of Bunsen, Of whom OSWALD
speaks as "the greatest inorganic chem
fist Of the nineteenth century since
Berzelius." !
Tests made by a French railroad of
a device for heating water before it
reaches the boiler by exhaust steam
showed q fuel economy Of more than
II per cent.
A convex mirror has been designed
for m~otorcyclists, who, by attaching it
to one wrist by a rubber band. can
lift the hand and see what is coming
behind them.
A census Of London paupers made by
the poor law commission indicates that
the number has been underestimate,
and it amounts to forty-eight for ev.
cry 1000 inhabitants.
/ The Spanish port of the Transpyre-
mean railroads. which France and
Spain agreed several years ago to
build. progresses slowly. while the
French sections are nearing compile
ton.
Within the last six months at grade
crossings in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut forty-six men. thir-
teen women and nine children were
killed outright. to say nothing of the
injured.
The percentage of women breadwin.
ners in the United States has increas-
ed Al. while the percentage Of men
has increased only 1.3. III P~ennsylva-
mia they have increased their percent.
age As. while the men have increased
only 81.
An order has just been issued by
Bavaria's regent. Prince Luitpold, that
in the future no official document or
letter is to he written with a type
writing machine. He positively re-
fuses to read anything presented in
this form Of writing.
The purists are nov Directing to the
use of such modern terms as drum
mer'' for commercial traveller. "sleep-
er" for sleeping car, hard up" ION
the co. ard so on. They also oppose
the phrase "an awfully pretty girl" on
the ground that beauty never produces
awe in the behOlder.
The production of the fine black
enamel of ancient Greek pottery Is a
lost art. and attempts to rediscover it
have failed. VI. A.. Verneuil has now
reported to the I';iris Academy Of Sci
ences that lie has duplicated the black
of the ancient enamel by using finely /
divided metallic iron.
According to ~geoiogtsts, the greatest
underground river in the world flows
from the Rocky mountains underneath
New Mexico and Texas, emptying it.
self in the gulf Of Mexico. This river |
is thought to be in places several miles
wide. aud it is believed that it feeds
rivers that flow upon the surface.
Radium Of the highest activity never
loses any of its properties. A regular
output Of radium means a regular in
crease in the quantity Of radium in, ex-
istence in the world. In consequence
of this property a hiring system has
been developed. a procedure which will
naturally hamper the development Of
a market.
Professor William NJ. Flinders Pc
trie. who recently returned to England
from another exploring tour Of Egypt.
bringing back some paintings on al
SuO UuO CcOAI pdAcso OutAuS OOSA "
100 A. D.. is Edwards professor of
Egyptolosy in University college. Lon
don. and has been exploring Egypt
since 1880.
The drought in Cuba last year proved
a blessing to Santiago city. So LITTLE
rain fell during the rainy season that
1t became necessary to bore deep wells
r.. It, o. Y..,~ ~a->. -~la>- FVShn 80.
ter from these proved 50 s~atisfactory
that the government appropriated q
sufficient amount Of money to make
this the permanent system.
1t is q curious fact that polo. the
most exclusive, aristocratic and fash.
ionable Of games. should have been
invented and named In the desert
wilds Of Chinese Tibet. It was at
least three centuries ago that the tt
hofou unmoda aatpf6a NJ awiff wild