The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-07

each of the principal foreign govern
ments has from 5000 to 10000.
A handkerchief formerly belonging to
Richard Wagner, with dedication to
the composers bride embroidered on
it. was sold for $500 at Munich.
American drills are much used in In
dia for well boring. For deep artesian
wells American tools and methods are
considered as representing the latest
ideals.
Because the tonnage over the famous
Forth bridge in Scotland was 60 per
cent heavier last year than in the year
when it was opened much Of the struc-
ture will be rebuilt.
The population of Belfast is slightly
under 100000. and in the entire prov
ince of Ulster. some parts Of which are
unsuited to mOtorcars, there are only
about 100000 people.
A poison of unknown nature prob
ably is responsible for the large num-
Der of fatalities among ducks in the
Salt Lake valley. in Utah, in the op1n-
ion of officials of the department of
agriculture.
In some of the municipalities of Ger
many the sight Of a building operation
is regarded in the nature of an eyesore.
which is to be deplored, and the strict
est regulations are made to meet such
contingencies.
A new convenience for business Of
fees is an electrically driven machine
which automatically writes the names
of employees and the amounts due
them on pay envelopes and adds the
entire payroll.
The average pay Of every man, wo-
man and child in the United States
who works for wages or salary VIII
this year be close to 500. In 1900 the
average pay was only $479 and thirty
years before that but 1910.
A mathematical prodigy, nineteen
years old. has been found in Chicago.
He can reckon the number of seconds
in eighty-seven years in seven SECONDS.
without any hesitation at all he can
give the cube root of 1866 or multi
ply 291 by S76.
The record sentence was imposed on
a man in Fort William, Quebec, when
he was found guilty on 40 counts OF
having muskrat skins in his posses
sion. He was permitted to choose be-
tween a fine of $500 or a total Of
twenty-seven years in jail.
The newspaper business is in its In
fancy in Afghanistan. Only one paper
is printed I'm the country. and when
Consul II. d. Baker wrote to the pub
Usher, in Kabul. in regard to placing
in it advertisements of American
firms no reply was received.
After ten years of investigation and
experimentation Thomas Ingham of
Liverpool has developed a seaweed
product which he terms "algin" and
uses in the manufacture of noninfiam-
mable cinematograph films and of a
paper which is claimed to be water.
flame and germ proof and odorless.
The French police have arrested an
old thief, known as Father Noel, who
never entered a tobacconist's shop
without taking at least twenty cigars.
He stole daily an average of 300
cigars of the best quality, and a wo-
man who worked with him put them
into boxes and sold them to restaurant
keepers at greatly reduced price.
A one year course in tanning has
.4,I hn Draft incti
tute. Brooklyn. n. T.. in cooperation
with the National Association of Tan
ners. The course is for men already
employed in the tanning industries or
high school students without practical
experience who wish to take up tan
ming.
In New Zealand all males are Oblig
ed to do military drill from fourteen
to twenty-one years of age. and schools
are required to withhold scholarship
grants from any student who cannot
prove that he has complied with the
provision of drill. Much opposition has
developed. especially among school
men. according to the American Peace
society.
Barometers Indicate State Of Mind.
/ If you're a business man-watch the
barometer.
If you want to sell big bill of
goods-watch the barometer.
Such is the advice of DR.. Colin A.
Scott. professor of psychology in the
Boston normal school.
The barometer, he says, Is as sure
an Indicator of persons minds as it is
of the weather. You'll find them ac-
tive and up and doing with the barom-
eter high; gloomy and irritable with
the barometer low.-Boston Post.