The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-02-13
ROUND THE WORLD

New York has over 5000 building
material transfers.
Lyons. France. uniforms its stree
cleaning employees.
Women have ruled the mcn for COG
YEARS III Tibet. Asia.
Cleveland. o.. may soon establish q
domestic relations court.
Russians estimated revenue foe 12K
is placed mt Sl.S2i.5,A.G 60.
st. Peters Catholic church. Barclay
street. New York. is 1913 ears old.
More women are employed by the
British government than by TINT OF
any other country.
New York workmcn dug up recently
in Broadway Il cannon ball dating
back to British occupancy.
Three-tenths of the earnings OF G
Belgian convicrr are given to him on
the expiration OF his term Of impris0o-
ment.
An English sportsman works his ait
tomobile and yacht in combination.
When the former is aboard 1t drives
the boat.
Quartz lamps are eXpclimentaiiy IL
use on the streets Of Chicago and are
said to put the other electric lamps In
the shade.
NJ. II, Williamson Of Chicago hat1
found in Mrs. Belle Scott of kans;ks
City. Mo-, Il daughter lost to him fer
fifty years.
Canada has it's rural population prot,
lem also. Within the past ten years
$4,000 persons have left its faru1s fer
towns and cities.
On q new clock dial for quick read
ing the figures for the minutes arc
placed in n circle outside the h0ur 6g
ures and are larger.
Indavhlnai glass rooms with private
telephones will be provided phtients.
recovering from infectious diseases tx
a new Chicago hospital.
Government horticulturists are try
ing to develop a rose that will grow
in the United States and from which
altar of roses can be distilled.
LUG COtOuN Va lhc ] oVlllClJchcs
consists of "A number OF small islands
in the archipelago and small tracts or
the mainland of the Malay peninsula
A curious feature Of the apparel
trade in A~fgbanistan is the extensive
use made Of castofr uniforms Of Euro
pean soldiers. policemen. postneR. etc.
House building In France ts q stew
process. a year being usually required
to put up a building that In the United
States would be completed in three.
months.
The efforts of the Italian govern
ment to colonize the vast new terrific
ries in Africa may in the future have
some effect on the emigration to the
United States.
Three Of the bnoys Of the I'll fated
Andree expedition to the north pole
have been found. Disaster probably
overlook Andree between Franz Josef
Land and Nova Zembla.
The first crematory in the Neither
lands was recently completed neat
Amsterdam. In It the flames do not
lVuCu Iuc OOOys Oul uCuS INC All "
degree which %pu1verizes it.
DR.. Lobeck of Leipzig has invented
it is said. a superb method Of steriits-
ing milk. He heats the milk suddenly
to a temperature of 1876 degrees f.. FOL-
lowed by II sudden cooling.
In order to furnish high class enter
tainment to communities In their states
the universities Of Wisconsin. Mime
sofa and North Dakota have handeE
together for lyceum service.
The sale Of hemp il now rnnde 'upor
selection and valuation BY expertL
who judge the quality and value by
sight and touch. their Judgment being
founded upon years Of experience.
The continual stress Of their occupa-
ton is said to be having q pesnicaous
effect upon the teeth Of London motor
omnibus drivers. One dentist has 90
many of the men among bis patients
that he gives them reduced terms
In the last four years q number 81
important nations have. adopted the
use Of the metric system.
Among these are Denmark. China, ia
pan. the. five republics Of Central
America. Bulgaria. Chile. Uruguay anl
Siam.
The present chief holder Of radiun
i'm the world is Nine. Curie Of Paris,
who has between 2.G and 3 grams.
The Radium institute Of London ia the
next largest holder. having recently
acquired from Sir Ernest Cassel the
gram he owned.
On a lonely fell on the border OF
and Northumberland Ia q
bouse in which a Gre Of peat has b,rn-
ed continuously for the last 200 years.
The house is occupied by William
G~sodfebow. and II has been in the
family fr owe 00O years.
In a recently erected Partisan the
spiraI stairways built entirely c6
concrete have been installed In IRE
proof shafta- These stairways are in
tended to give firemen access to All
parts Of the building without inter-
ference with the public entrances an4