The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26

IuS SSIAUl1Suu10uI " SLOW us XOUU8.
By a French presidential decree the
postof1ces in Madagascar are author.
lied to make use Of international re-
ply coupons.
Germany imports more Of Italy's
products than any other country. The
United States comes second and
France third. /.
According to the final provisional
ce.sus returns, the population Of India
is nov 315.O00,OOO. an increase Of 90
100000 since 1901.
Owing to a lack Of demand for 1t,
grapefruit can be bought in London
for a fraction Of the price asked for
it in the United States.
Russia contains nearly one-half of
the Jews In the world and is the only
country with a larger Jewish popula-
ton than the United States.
Shippers at Hongkong claim that the
Chinese peanut is a better article than
that furnished by any other part of
the world, not excepting Virginia.
Engineers r figuring on erecting a
dam 700 feet high in the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado to impound sufh-
cient water to produce 100000 horse
power.
The type used in the government
!,rin.in. od:.e at Washington last
49,: i. paced end to end. would en-
X, l::;a weird. with about 5000 miles
.oais
Ia '.'ai checks PASSING through
t'ss.iing houses in London and
~ .oFsi III one month excel the
Il, !. ~ tie gold and silver coin in
I'd.
y "~...da.aic Of plague in the far
!. y: responsible for a great increase
;br. !,:i;e Of many drugs. Carbolic
, h...;. advanced so per cent in the
s.sie:r: markets.
20 prevent explosions Of coal dust
IL s3Eae German mines water is forced
into assures under pressure, and after
1t is pumped out the coal car be bro
ken down with picks without blasting.
OF all the countries in the world
Servia contains the most centenarians.
In that country, which has fewer
than 100000 inhabitants, there are
$50 persons whose age exceeds 100
years.
A great figure in literature is brought
nearer to u time when we read that
a very old woman has just died In
Scotland who in her girlhood knew Sir
Walter Scott and experienced the good
mans Kindness.
Loudoners complain that they cannot
get enough Of the seedless California
oranges. They like them because the
pulp can be removed with a spoon and
because they are so large that n is
enough for two people.
Work has begun on the building Of
the palace Of the future Chinese par
lament at Picking. The structures are
modelled after those Of the Belgian
parliament. The total cost will be
81, 100000. Mr.. Klein. a German, is
the architect.
What is said to be the smallest per-
feet glass bottle ever blown has been
made by Robert Gillespie. a blower in
a glass works at Millville. N. ]. The
bottle is not much larger than a ker-
mel of corn, but is in every way per-.
feet. including a ground stopper.
"A merchant in the Yukon region has
discovered a way Of making stoves
that yield at least 50 per cent more
heat than those commonly sold. He
uses huge sheet iron drums arranged
In such a. way that the smoke must so
down one side Of It and up the other.
Since Jan. ], 1907: sixty-6ve open
air schools for children aflicted with
or predisposed to tuberculosis have
been established in twenty-eight cities,
according to an announcement made
by the National Association For the
study and Prevention Of Tuberculosis.
The boring Of the nine and one-quar-
ter mile tunnel through the Alps.
which WIN shorten the railroad Jour
ney from italy to London from two to
three hours. was finished March 81.
The French contractors who under
took the work.were engaged ii II four
years and a half.
.Parsonr Davies. the veteran prize
56ght promoter. vas given his sobri,
iquet BY the late William b. Wander
bilt one night at Madison Square Gar.
den. Vanderbilt said. ..That fellow
looks more like a parson than q sport
man. Davies right name; Charles
IL. has been forgotten ever since
nh spebble industry - making rapid
progress and Is assuming considerable
importance 81 upper Normandy. Over
10000 tons of pebbles are annually
picked up on tho Normandy heaches..
Most Of IL Is sent abroad. Those ems
ployed IN gathering these pebbles earn
81 cents per cubic meter ((S5;a2 cubic
lfeet). 81 s.
Great Britain more and m~ore-sendsS
jto the United States for scientific In
Istrumsnta. Ingloo0sthe British imports
,of suchsapparatus amounted to 33,985.
900; 81 which 3l,Ol8.s10sycame from
Francs ana $1.066, 220 from tho Emitted
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