The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-11-01

| There were only 6,99S females among
the 3S.Oj3 persons who immigrated to
| Cuba last year
| Statistics show 232 deaths of infants
under one year old to every 1000 births
| in European Russia.
The mortality in Italy has been re-
| duced from 3O.S per 1000 in 1872 to
about 10 at present
Chicago's old Union club has closed
it's doors. Founded thirty years ago.
Too exclusive to live.
Builders of 200 foot concrete chin
ney in Germany used the reinforcing
steel as lightning rod
At the usual price of electricity a
motor on sewing machine will take
10000 stitches for cent.
Australians famous black opal mines
are running out, the present output be-
ing practically none at all.
A wet summer like this years means
a loss of 80 per cent in the profits from
tourist travel in Switzerland.
An American sewing machine COM
pany has opened eight schools in China
in which the natives are taught to en-
broider with silk by machinery.
A miniature fountain attachment for
bottled water holders has been patent
, ed to enable persons to drink without
touching their lips to any receptacle.
There are no suitable pulping woods
, in Australia or New Zealand. so that
these countries are wholly dependent
: on outside sources for their paper sup
. ply.
The banknote washing machine
which has been in operation at Wash
| ington for q short time has capacity
of 10000 to $4,000 pieces in an eight
hour day.
A striking decrease in infant NOR
tality has been noted in Manchester
| England. since the introduction of strics
regulations as to the sale of milk from
| tuberculous cows.
The supreme court of Leipzig has de-
cided in the case of Il waitress who
! was dismissed for flirting with custom
ers that flirting was not criminal and
was necessary for waitress.
! Swansea is the chief seat of the cop
J per smelling trade in Great Britain.
and within compass of four miles it
! possesses various works. giving en-
ployment to over 10000 persons
| Oysters in Viennese restaurants cost
=: $120 Il dozen and are therefore not
| much in demand Only about $4,000
! worth are annually imported. mostly
! from Belgium. Germany and Holland.
| For photographers use in dark rooms
j there has been devised a lamp carry
! ing several different colored glasses in
wheel in front of its opening SO any
i colored light can be obtained when
: desired
In America. says the Louisville COu-
| rier-JOurnal. Il SchOOlteacher works
upon the average for about half as
| much as Il bricklayer and has to tell
the boys that education is a necessity
If they would get on in life.
The work of thickening and heighten-
ing the Assuan dam. on the Nile. to its
new level will probably be completed
/ this year The dam will then be able
to hold 2.3OO.OO0OOO cubic meters of
water or more than double its original
capacity.
"rhe largest door in the world" says
La Revue Scientifque. lis now being
constructed at Cherbourg for one of
the drydocks of the arsenal" II
! measures over 124 feet long by SO
broad and has cost $160.0O0. A num-
Der of similar doors are said TO be also
under construction for other French
naval ports
The rabbit pest in New South Wales
is spreading Notwithstanding all that is
being done in the shape of trapping.
poisoning. fumigating and digging out.
The greed of the rabbit is proverbial.
and the amount of heritage devOured
by this animal is considerable The
commercial loss sustained is conse
quently an immense one
On emerging from the railway sta
ton at Zurich one comes across three
middle aged women kneeling at their
boxes and eager to impart luster TO
the lTdNGiGI UOOlS III lIlt lAtSIFd IL
of leisure they are generally seen knit
ting stockings. Search the rest Of the
busy city and you will with difficulty
be able to get your boots cleaned
The president of the hoard of educa-
ton at Picking is this year sending 11G
students. male and female. TO foreign
countries-England. France. Belgium
annual allowance The privilege is
given only to those who served and
distinguished themselves in the revolu
ton on who 90 NJ. '':srp :: ..l..e. !.
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