Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ice from the mountains, and the product
is cheap.
To be perfectly proportional, a man
should weigh % pounds for every foot
of his height.
In proportion to its size Great Brit
ain has eight times as many railways AS
the United States.
1t ie said there are fewer divorces
among the Chickasaws than with any
other race Of people.
AT Miles, Mont, the salooukccpers
have petltiantd for permission TO close on
Sundays. They need the rest.
Owing to the stubborn resistance Of
the Sultan the cities of the west coast
of Morocco are still without Geographic
connection.
The German Emperor has never
formally been crowned King Of Prussia.
Thr coronation ceremonies will take
place next October.
The Deutsche kolonialbatt declares
that settlers have poor prospects of sur
cess in Samoa unless they have at their
disposal at least $500.
a German savant says dying is a
perfectly easy and painless process Con
sciUusnCss ceases in nearly every inStanc"
before the heart stops bcating.
The work Of the Chicago city drec-
tory enumcrators for 1900, almost com
p'eted shows that the population of Chi
cag0 is not less than 100000.
Berlin postal authorities estimate
that no fewer than 10000 postal cards
without any addresses at all are mailed
in the German empire every year.
"A recent test Of the salt water fire
service of Boston gave abundant salts
faction. Fitted with the modern aces
sories il is no longer an experiment.
An inventive genius has produced a
- min hfsth has ttsh fefl n a.
stem in order to enable the smoker to
summon a cab without taking the pipe
from his mouth.
There il to be constructed from Da
mnscus TO Mecca railway in order that
pilgrims may he saved from a sea voy-
age. II is proposed that the line shall be
built by soldiers.
When shipping race horse from
California all trainers coming from there
usually bring along n lot Of California
hay in order TO avoid IL change of diet of
their horses.
A recent shipment of 1000 bushels
of wheat from Portland. Or. to Yoko-
hama was the first cargo made up eXclu-
siycly of this cereal that ever crossed the
Pacific ia Japan.
The government Of Greece is now
more liberal with mining concessions.
and as a result mines are being worked
in the provinces Of Attica, Thessay,
Milo and Bocotia.
One man makes all the burglars
jimmies in London. The police know the
man well. and are fully aware of his pc
culiar trade. but there is no law 10y
which he can be arrested.
Besides her almost innumeralle load
Of human beings that the big Oceanic
carried of from New York recently she
took 100000 Young shad, which are to be
planted in English waters.
Buckwheat cakes are losing favor in
this country The amount of buckwheat
raised is only about one-half of what 1t
was thirty-tive years ago. notwithstand-
ing the increase OF population.
On Ruby creek, Whatcom county,
Wash, about 1000 acres of placer
ground have been taken up near the
junction of Skaiit river with Ruby. Sew
eral seasons have been spent in running
ditching and putting III Il plant.
Tie banks of Puget Sound cities har-
ing fixed Il rate Of discount for all Cana
dian money the Canadian banks at Vic
toria and Vancouver have retaliated by
imposing a discount of 10 cents on the
dollar for United States bank notes.
-Corls that have been stepped in vase
line are said to he an excellent substitute
for glass shoppers, without their diSad-
vartagcs. They are not affected by acids
or chemical fumes. and they do not be-
come fixed by blow or by long disusc.
A school Tor employees has been start
cd in one OF the shops of the United
States taStrun Pipe aud Foundry euai-
pany, In Cincinnati. The company has
fitted mp a room With drawing apparatus
and instruction will hc given in the com
pany'S time.
Color photography will. doubtless. in
time be- OF great use for reproducing the
medical and surgical aspects of disease.
Mr. Ives has experimental upon this sub
ject with his 'kromskop," Ii is easy to
sec its usefulness for lectur ng and teach
ing purposes.
in new apparatus for handling
goods arranged CA shelves the upper half
of the shelving is suspended by means Of
pulCys and ropes 10 slide up ana down in
movable guideways with clutches for St.
curing the pu,ltyS To revolving shafts To-
raise or lower the shelves.
Idaho orchards cover 10000 acres.
Apple trees cover 10000 acres. pear trees
1000 acres, rruuc trees 10000, peach
trees 1000 acres cherry trees aud apricot
trees 1850 acres each. uectarinP aud al
mond trees lOhl acres, grape vines 300
acres and small fruit, 700 acres
The much-heraldcd Ncruest lamp is
soon TO be placed ou the market for
household and store lighting II will use
the commercial llO-vwt current and
lNht ',sh AlilitifN ltf Arl~tAliltt' power Z or
wilderness. brightness aud beauty II is
said to far SurpaSS all ether lamps.
Tea drinking is constant occupa,
tiuu fer n Thihetau. In every tent and
in every house the tcakcttlc is always
IN the fire. The laws Of hospitality hind
all "a present tra 70 their guests, and
every IhihrtNn carries with him q wood
en- bowl Of lIimalayan maple by way Of
teaCup.
To dispense di~iufectng liquids
new device is formed of central hall
To he filled with the fluid. with wirl
extending through the center. auA haviu.
it's ends inserted in an outer she'll "a
volatile material, woven about the ball
20 vaporizo the liquid as the WIGS draw
il ont.
Massachusetts was he FIRST state t,
establish a free puhIj, library commits
Sipu by the act uf $3.50 Since then com
missions have been formed in Colorado
tcnueyJieut, Georgia. Indiana, Iowa