Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

more and more into the small fruit and
grange business.
Relic hunters are the vandals to
whom nothing is sacred. These peStifer-
ous destroyers are now defacing the can
oDy over Plymouth Rock.
On account of the Immense amount
of room the authorities of the st. Eliza
beth hospital al Appleton have made ar
engagements to care for a limited number
of aged and infirm people.
In 1899 the revenues derived by the
Mexican government from the tobacco in
dustry amounted in value to 81, 200, 600
az against 100000 in 1898, $1,000
in 1895 and 100000 in 1888.
TT may be noted as an agreeable evil
dance of the spread of Egyptological en-
thusiasm in America that nearly half the
aggregate income for the fund for the
LAST wear came from the United States.
Eastern capitalists with unlimited
capital at their command are planning to
develop northern Georgia on huge scale.
They have purchased 10000 acres of land
in FIVE counties which are said to be rich
in mineral resources.
AT the first stroke of - O'Clock de-
noting the end of the century an immense
quantity of redfre will be SET afame on
the city hall tower in Philadelphia. 1t
is 10 burn ten minutes. and viii be visible
in all directions for thirty miles.
The Swede and Norwegian immi-
grants take more kindly to agricultural
labor than any other class of foreigners.
Next to them come the Germans, and
last of all come the Irish. only Il small
per cent. of whom make their living OH
farms.
AT a small village near Namur a dis
covery has been made of $50 pieces Of
Roman money in perfect state of pres
ervation, belonging to the Third and
Fourth centuries. and bearing efiigies of
40 fewer than fifteen different EmperOrs
and Expresses.
The Northern railway of France has
Just produced an important invention for
testing the soundness Of its permanent
way. 1t consists of Il specially-construct-
ed ear, provided with self-registering in
struments, which show at glance any
defects in the line.
The 112 cotton mills of Mexico con-
Sumed last year 100000 pounds of cot
ION and produced nearly 100000 pieces
of woven and printed goods These mills
give employment to $4,000 operatives
and the sales for the year amounted to
more than $2S,000,000
The amount of stamps sold in Borneo
and Labuan during 1899 was 100000
the postage paid on letters sent from
these two colonies never exceeds the sum
of $500 a year. The remainder. f19,200
may be presumed to find its way into
albums all over the world
Children in the big cities do not ger
a very intimate knowledge of animated
nature" The Chicago Journal says:
"Seventy-eight school children were polled
Mt the fat stock show recently. Only
eight had seen a COW before. four had
seen hog, six had seen sheep"
A writer in lie Yacht is advising his
countrymen to take lessons in cable cut
ting. He points out that in case of war
the ocean cables are one of England's
vulnerable points, and that the gentle art
Of seyering the cables requires ability
which it would be too late to acquire by
the necessary practice when the war had
actually broken out"
The new Russian cruiser Askold,
now being built at Kiel, will soon be fin
ished and sent to Russia. The Askold is
1929 feet long and 40 feet broad. Her
displacement is 5000 tons, and contracted
speed % knots. She will carry thirty
four various kinds of ordnance1and all
quick-fring. This vessel is intended for
the Baltic fleet.
"A very singular and costly accident
happened to the sailing ship Springfield,
which recently arrived at San Francisco
with a cargo of Portland cement from
London. After her long voyage round
the Horn it was found that the cement
run together and sOlidify in one adaman-
tine mass. The only way to get it out
was to quarry it.
Louisiana papers explain that i'm
proved processes in making sugar are so
thorough that the world is deprived Of
the old New Orleans sugar-hOuse mo
lasses. Many consider this fact the re-
verse of an advance in chemistry. Glu-
COuSe strip is Il poor substitute for the
f,Il ri tnO
laSseS of former days.
The last report of the United States
Secretary of Agriculture states that the
introduction into California of the insect
which fertiizes the Smyrna fig has prov
ed successful. In one locality more than
six tons of Smyrna figs have been pro-
duced. An important parasite has also
been introduced to prey upon the olive
scale, so injurious to the olive growers
Of California.
"A great mending of state tapestries
will soon begin in France. The task of
filing in all of the wOrm-eaten parts of
2.33 tapestries will be done at the Gobe-
lin establishment. OF these ninety hard
ly hold together. The cost will be EDS
000, The work will be spread over
twelve years, because there are so few
skilled in all $50 tapestries made before
the Revolution.
II afHlefS ana veterinarians throughout
Central Missouri are much concerned at
present upon the effect which the de-
cayed end of the corn are having upon
horses and cattle 1t is believed that the
ends of the ears contain some parasite
which crazes the animals. In Pettis
county hardly a day passes that some
line animal Is not reported dead from the
effects Of the corn.
The largest sign in the world is he
ing erected on the factories of a sewing
machine company at Elizabeth. y. J. It
Is to be 6S3 feet long and Il feet high; Is
Of the wire screen order, and upon the
screen are to be wooden letters nine feet
high and four feet wide. The trade
mark of the company, a shuttle or bob
bun, will be the size of an ordinary row
boat. The sign will weigh about fifty
tons. The wooden letters will all have
been carved by hand.
"A little over a year ago a Galveston
yiolinist bought Of Chicago dealer a
nne old violin. for which he paid 5000
In the recent hurricane which devastated
the Texas city this instrument was aban-
doned and not recovered until it had re-
manned under salt water for several days
In the meantime the glue had become
dissolved. and when recovered the violin