The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-17
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The average yearly profit at the ca
sine. Monte Carlo. is $5,OOO,OOO.
Chicago fortune tellers are said to
have a secret union and scale Of prices.
Illinois in 1912 produced 28,0OO,00O
barrels Of oil of forty-twNgallons each.
Philadelphia is giving service badges
to all policemen serving five years or
more.
1t costs $1,OOO,OOO year to maintain
the national pure food bureau in Wash
ingtcn.
Sierra Madre, CAL, now has one
story apartment houses. Spanish mis-
sion style.
Brand WhitlOck of Toledo says he
thinks Glasgow the best governed city
In Europe.
DIR. G. r. Sammis of Brooklyn has
discovered that ether may be success
fully used hypodermically.
Not only will the house Of the future
be made of glass, but the pipes, con-
duits and sanitary fixtures.
Five francs p6.5 cents is more than
the average laborer gets for days
work in the Lyon district Of France.
The cleansing of the bottom of an
ocean going vessel is now accomplished
by a machine without leaving the
water.
The Astronomic society Of Mexico
NJ fr10 IN
every astronomer who discovers q
comet.
England and Wales together have
40 special schools for the blind, 81 fol
the deaf and 245 for otherwise defec.
tive children.
A strong magnifying glass to be fas-
tened to the thumb with clip has
been patented In England to help a
person thread needle.
Black opals, for several years ex-
tensively ! lned in New South Wales,
have become exceedingly rare. hardly
any having been found for nearly a
year.
With the exception of local food
supplies of fish, fruit and vegetables
most of the food consumed in the Ba-
hamas comes from the United States,
chiefly in the form of canned goods.
Nearly three times as many British
as American workmen are employed
in the construction of the Panama
canal. OF 62,S1O in the canal zone
proper Great Britain claims 30,859 as
citizens, while the United States
claims II $50.
Prince Louis Alexander Of Batten-
berg, who has become first sea lord of
the British admiralty, Admiral Sir
Francis Bridgeman having resigned,
owing to i'll health, is a naturalized
British subject, having been born at
| Gratz, Austria, In 1854. He was nat
uralized and entered the British navy
| In 1868
The last of the horse omnibuses of
Paris disappeared from the streets
jan. II. A long procession Of motor
cars and taxicabs filed with flowers
| solemnly accompanied 1t on its last
Journey, while Immediately behind IL
was q motorcar covered with a pail
and decorated with funeral wrcaths
and crosses.
A large number of time clocks have
been placed on the various tramway
| lines OF Leeds. The conductor registers
each time he passes a clock, which re-
cords the time. This has done away
with timekeepers and has assured more
regular running Of the cars. Similar
| clocks have been In use In Liverpool
and Manchester for some time
One Of the few funds, IL not the
only one, left for charity by a presi.
dent Of the United States Is used IN
Lancaster, Pa, for the purchase OF
coal for the poor at Christmas and fol-
other good uses. The fund was left
by President Buchanan, who was q
resident Of Lancaster, and the income
now amounts to about $4,000 a year.
If it is found possible the United
States navy department will recover
| the cannon, bronze ornaments and
other relics of the old American frig-
ate Philadelphia, the hulk of which
has rested and rotted In the mud OF
| the harbor Of Tripoh since 1904, when
| she was set on fire and sunk by Lieu
tenant Decatur to prevent her use by
the pirates who had captured her.
A novelty In the way of a Textbooks
| for teaching English to foreign labor
ers is, it il stated. to be used by the
Chicago Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION. 1t will be called Safety
First For Foreigners" and each lesson
will consist Of a picture showing the
best way Of avoiding danger. 1t IL
hoped in this way to reduce the large
number Of accidents to foreigners iI
Chicago.
In 1913 the king Of Prussia sent ou
from Breslau the famous Call to my
people" (Aufruf an mein volk) that
filed the city with his subjects an(
began the war for independence. Be
ginning May / and ending Oct. 81
1913, Breslau will celebrate the even
with an imposing historical exhibition
for which rulers. castles, museums and
numerous citizens have lent their treas
ures Of that period.
Captain ROAD Amundsen, the Nor
wegian explorer. has just been formal
~ recognized for the first time In the
! United States. The National Geograph
ic society, at its annual banquet In
Washington, at which he was the guess
of honor, presented him with a media
In recognition of his attainment of the
south pole. When he goes north nexI
year in an effort to reach the NORTH