The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-22


is possible to buy English biscuits and
usually also English preserves.
The expectation of Belgian breeding
horses to this country is increasing de-
spite the vogue of the. motorcar.
Twenty-three playing card factories
IN Germany turned out nearly 7,5OO,-
Oc0 packs of playing cards last year.
Chins's new cotton mill Is the only
ore in the country. 1t was built by
the Japanese. The machinery Is OPP
Grated by electricity. .-
Cordwood made from sawdust and
shavings Is the Idea Of planning mill
man. The material Is compressed by
steel plungers into dies. s..
Teetotalism in Denmark is becoming
30 general that within the next five
years It is believed the sale of intox-
icating drinks will be prohibited.
The life Of Cuba IL largely sustain
ed by raisins, Its people consuming the
fruit more generally than any other
Of the Spanish American colonies.
BY the use of aluminium in connec-
ton with steel German naval officers
have perfected an armor that Is equal
" effective but much lighter than all
steel armor.
Gasoline may be supplanted by kerr
osene as source OF power for auto
mobiles by the invention OF a compact
device for producing gas directly from
the cheaper fuel.
The French lighthouse authorities
propose during the present year to
make experimental trials Of Hertzian
wave fog signals atFcertain stations
on the channel coast.
A lone herd of white cattle In the
old forest park of Codzow castle, at
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, survives the
numerous herds Of the species which
once existed In Scotland.
1t is odd. says the New York Post.
that the makers Of bonds should con-
tlnue to specify them as gold bonds
that is, payable In gold. as IL that
gave them q. kind Of superiority.
Investigations on the children in the
town or Kotzling. in Bavaria, showed
that of those who eat hard bread the
percentage with bad teeth was SO; OF
those who eat both hard and soft bread
81 and Of those eating only soft bread
1915. 49,. -. -
New Zealand Is being greatly i'm
proved by tree planting on q large
scale, and this will in time be a source
OF large revenue to- the state 1t is
carried on mainly by prison labor and
by the labor Of discharged prisoners,
who are given employment at planting
trees ~ $50
Beet cultivation has been raised from
q production Of 1000 tons in 1886 to
more than 100000 tons in 1910. There
is SO much beet sugar territory In this
country that II only one acre in fifty
were planted with beets once every
four years the entire United States de-
mand for sugar could be supplied.
J. p. Morgan has presented to the
Mount Vernon Ladies' association Of
Washington George Washington's um-
| OESllH. A6Wko OCH VI &NCW VA n
gave to the association pair Of brass
FIRE dogs, presented 70, General Wash
ington by General Lafayette. with a
piece Of Mrs. Washington's wedding
gown. .f
In one year 526 men were killed by
accidents Of employment In Allegheny
county, Pa. alone--195 steel workers,
125 railroaders, II miners and 1876 mis-
cellaneous workers. or these nearly
half were American born. 10 per cent
were workmen of skill and training
and 80 per cent were under forty years
OF age. qe
The Institute OF Plumbers at re-
cent meeting at Huddersfeld, England.
discussed the question of bringing an
action for libel against an author who
alleged in q recent volume that plumb
ing Is the worst trade from moral
point Of view" and that he would
sooner have burglar in his house
than plumber"
An official Of a big corporation who
was threatened with writer's cramp
from signing his name few thousand
times day has invented device
which enables him to sign his name to
eighteen checks or documents at once.
The device consists of an arrangement
Of eighteen fountain pens connected
with the pen in the hand Of the writer.
Ellison N. Cooper Of Philadelphia is
said to be quite contented with life
now that he can take all Of his bath at
once. He has received new bathtub.
which is the biggest in the world.
Cooper is six feet four inches tall and
weighs 400 pounds. His new tub
weighs 1910 pounds, is feet inches
long. feet inches wide and 4 feet
deep.
The models for the proposed statue
Of Lord Kitchener at Calcutta have
been approved by the committee. The
statue itself will represent him in field
marshal's uniform mounted on his ia
vorite charger. It will stand on a
stone pedestal containing four bronze
panels In bas relief representing scenes
from battles in which Lord Kitchener
has taken part.