The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-29
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Jersey City. n. j., is now under com.
mission government. >
Ostriches and alligators are raised in
incubators in South Africa.
Philadelphia has 547 vacant lots un-
der cultivation by poor families.
A cloud of locusts brought an air man
to the ground in France recently.
A woman suffrage directory will be
published in New York by Ann Dow
ling.
Los Angeles had a rain June %, the
first instance Of the kind on that date
in thirty-tve years.
The egg production Of this country
increased from 45O,OOO.O0O In 1880 to
1,3OO.OOO.OO0 in 1912.
A furniture museum is being organ
lied in London for the benefit Of furni-
ture designers and builders.
A machine for drying whey and con-
verting it into powder for food has
been invented by Il New Yorker.
Culebra slides began to be trouble
some as long ago as 1884, when the
French were working in the cut.
One factory in Ohio uses 100000
feet of poplar and oak lumber annual
ly. producing 300. 100000 bungs a year.
The number Of cattle In this coun
try has decreased in recent years.
while the poultry flock has grown
larger.
An Ohio Judge suggests that brides
to be should submit samples OF their
cooking with their applications for q
license.
The oldest town in Alaska is Una
laska. 1t was settled in 1778. Its pop
ulation. according to the last census.
was 281.
Apple growers in the state Of Wash
ington are planning to sell their crops
in Colombo. Singapore. Calcutta and
Hongkong.
Louisville (Ky.) grocers who keep
their stores properly clean are reward
ed with certificates Of merit by the
Housewives league.
A potato shortage in England caused
prices to advance June l In Manches-
ter to $50 per ton against $3.50 a
the same time last year.
A Siamese government savings bank
has been established to encourage
thrift among the people. Interest of
2 per cent is paid on call deposits and
8 per cent for six months deposits.
A portable s%earchlight supplied with
gas from a tank carried on a mans
back has been invented to enable
linesmen to see the tops Of poles at
night without having to climb them.
superintendent william II. Maxwell
Of New York city has a record Of more
than a quarter Of a century in a pro.
fessional administrative position in
New York IL his term In Brooklyn be
included. ..... ..,...
There are 1904 establishments In
Brazil engaged in the textile industry.
principally cotton goods. The number
of operators employed is about 1885,
700 and the value Of the output $685.
100000 annually.
A French scientist vino has combin-
ed the motion picture camera and x
ray apparatus into n instrument. by
which the processes of internal organs
may be studied. has given 1t the name
of biorontgenograph.
Using mercury vapor lamps in her
greenhouse. a Scotchwoman horticul-
turist not only forces seeds to sprout
and plants to grow in half the usual
time. but also produces greater depth
Of color in the vegetation.
The average output of. coal to each
person employed in the industry in the
United States is a little more than 600
tons. in the United Kingdom 260 tons,
in Germany 24O tons, in France 1888
tons and in Belgium 16l tons.
After an investigation, made. under
the direction of the Liverpool Anti
sweating league. the statement is
made that there are $4,000 women at
work In factories. shops. warehouses.
etc. who make less than $3.15 a week.
Not many years 8 Russia was a
strong rival Of the United States in
the production of petroleum. Now the
Russian empire ylel0s only ABOUT w
per cent as much oil as California
! alone and not much more than Okla
homa.
Sault Ste. Marie still maintains it,
reputation for being one Of the great
est ports In the world. The shipping
that passed through it's canal in the
last twelve months IL reported to have
exceeded that Of the suez canal by
100000 tons.
Famine seriously threatening, cor.
tinued drought having prevented the
planting Of crops, the Chinese in Ho-
nan district have taken their gods out
Of their temples and set them In the
sun to bake until they appreciate the
need Of rain.
After four years Of litigation . To
kyo court has affirmed the decision Of !
a lnwor Iannnoao cnrrf whirh In 1Q0o