The Washburn leader., 1913-03-21
ROUND THE WORLD


Dreadnoughts.
Pennsylvania savings banks hold
$377. .025, ,116 in deposits.
The average yearly profit at tho ca
sino. Monte Carlo, is $5,OOO,OOO.
Chicago fortune tellers are said to
have secret union and scale of prices.
Illinois in 1912 produced 2s,OOO,O0o
barrels Of oil Of fortytwo gallons each.
Philadelphia is giving service badges
to all policemen serving five years or
more.
1t costs 81, ,OOO, 600 a year to maintain
the national pure food bureau in Wash-
ington.
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, COR
duits and sanitary fixtures.
Five francs 1865 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
will present medal and diploma to
every astronomer who discovers 4
comet.
England and Wales together have
20 special schools for the blind. 81 for
the deaf and 245 for otherwise defec
tive children.
A strong magnifying glass to be fas
tened to the thumb with a clip has
been patented in England to help
person thread needle.
Black opals. for several years ex-
tensively mined in New South Wales,
have become exceedingly rare. hardly
any having been found for nearly &
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 3O,S59 MS
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 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, it on its last
journey, while Immediately behind It
was a motorcar covered with pail
and decorated with funeral wreatlfs
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 presi-
dent Of the United States is used in
Lancaster. Pa, for the purchase Of
coal for the poor at Christmas and for
other good uses. The fund was left
by President Buchanan. who was a
resident Of Lancaster. and the income
now amounts to about 5000 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 f'Tripon since 1904. when
she was set ON, nre and sunk by Lie.r
tenant Decatur to prevent her use bs
the pirates who had captured her.
A novelty in the way Of a textbook
for teaching English to- foreign labor
ers Is. It 10 stated. to be used BY the
Chicago Young Mems Christian as
sociation. 1t will be called safety
First For Foreigners" and each lesson
viii consist Of 4 picture showing the
best way Of avoiding danger. It b
hoped in this way to reduce the large
number Of accidents to foreigners In
Chicago.
In 1918 the king Of Prussia sent out
from Breslau the famous Call TO my
people" (Aufruf an mein volk) that
Oiled the city with his subjects and
began the war for Independence. BE-
ginning May and ending Oct 81,
1919, Breslau will celebrate the event
With ah imposing historical exhibition,
for. which rulers. castles, museums and
numerous citizens have lent their treaS.