Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-18


than Austria-Hungary, 22,OO0Wn more
than Italy.
Golden and diamond weddings were
celebrated by GA couples in Prussia last
year. and the state contributed medals
TO each husband and wife.
Thirty years ago the annual eXpendi-
tire Of the Mexican federal government
was only $4,000. 600. This year it win
amount to three times as much.
Russian military cadets are now per
mit;ed 10 wear mus,aches and boards.
Their naval confrereS are to wear mus
taches, but must shave the beard.
The first mention Of stamps is in the
letters of the old Bishop Synesius Of
Cyrene. on the Greek coast Of Africa,
400 years after the Christian era.
San Francisco is now in size the
ninth city in the Union. and according to
the last census has a population of 342,-
IS2 souls.
-Four years ago the total shipments of
sailed salmon from Seattle to the East
aggregated less than 1000 barrels. This
year il Is expected to be 10000 barrels.
The Pennsylvania railroad * reported
20 have over $4,000 individual sharehold-
ers who must he notified of the new
stock allotment and receive subscription
warrants.
With an area of 1900. 900 square Kill
cmeters Mexico offers plenty of room for
growth in population. At present the in
habtants average less than seven to the
kilOmeter.
There are hints from Paris of the re-
turn Of the once fashionable ferV0nierc-
jewel to be worn on the forehead and
held in place either by a velvet band or
a fllet of gold.
The heaviest precious stone is the
zlrCon, which Is four and une-haf times
heavier than an equal quantity Of water;
the ightest IS the opal, only twice as
heavy as water.
A new ordinance in Atlanta prohibits
the sale Of cocaine except by druggists
en- physicians prescriptions. The use of
the drug has become verS prevalent
among the negroes.
From present indications America
will soon be omtdoing France in the con
sumption If frog flesh. The city Of New
York alone consumes COG, 600 hams" Of
frogs during the year.
An Of the diamonds that you see in
the jewellers windows are pure carbon.
They are carbon ystallized-the most
permanent of gems, for they can neither
be melted nor dissolved.
"A new cojton-glnning machine en-
ables two men to gin 1000 pounds daily.
and under the cid system they could
turn out less than d hundredth part in
the same amount Of time.
According To a recent regulation. pu-
pills in the schools OF SaXony will here
after be required to commit 10 memory
29l Biblical verses and 1913 verses Of
hymns i'll addition to the catechSm.
The population of the Isle of Pines is
1889. composed of 1890 Cubans. 1915
Spanards and II others Their citizen
ship is classified as 2S1S Cubans. -
Spaniards, 334 in suspense and Is aliens.
the commodore was out Of town. The
stock sold at liz when the commodore
got back and ordered his brokers TO buy
up everything that was offered. He fur
Their fooled the shorts by selling options.
The first clocks manufactured in this
country were by Eli Terry at Plymouth.
Conn, in 1893. The manufacture soon
became extensive, and Connecticut wood
cn clocks were famous all over the coun-
try,
The natives Of the east coast Of At
rica have a species of cymhal exactly re-
semblina in shape the dumh-hells used by
athletes. They are played in pairs, one
III each hand, and violently smitten to-
gether.
-Snaiis are not only regarded as a
great delicacy in Paris hut are reckoned
as very nutritious. HygienistS say that
they contain II per cent. OF niirogcnouS
matter and they are equal IL oysters in
nutritive properties.
The Greeks and Romans had no
weeks until they borrowed this division
Of time from the East. The Greeks di-
vidcd the month into three equal periods
the Romans into three very unequal. The
Kalands. ldcs and N0nes.
7. J. II. Faulkner civil engineer
from the United States. has placed Mon
rovia in Siberia. in telephone cummuui-
cation with White Plains. settlement
twenty-five miles up the ST. paul's river.
This is the longest line ia the country.
The Amalgamated Society of Engi-
necrs is fifty years cid and is signalizng
The event by opening splendid new head
quarters in London aud issuing a little
book detailing the history of the organ
izatiou. In the year 1917 among the
ruck of the little engineering trades
unions, there was one called the Old Me
chanicS. which stood firm and hoaStcd a
membership of 1000 and credit balance
If k25ooO. 1t secured the abolition Of
the custom by which an engineer was
unable 10 obtain fresh employment nm
less he had clear discharge from his
late employer. Rapid development fol
lowed once all the men OF the craft were
united.