Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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IRELAND has 40S able-bodied persons
20 1000 inhabitants. Scotland 424 and
England 49,.
One of the jolliest clubs in Paris, it
rs stated, is one formed exclusively of
deaf and dumb persons.
I'm some parts of Hungary pound
Of lamb, for which the Berliners pay
80 cents, costs oulr / cents.
The longest state is California (17O
miles,; the widest Texas (760l. The next
ia breadth is Montana $500.
French philologists are busily en-
gagged IN discussing whether the word au-
tOinObile should be masculine or feminine
Most of the medieval manuscripts
have the important initials in red ink;
hence the term rubrics, from r1Ibrica,
red
The Amazon is 1914 miles in length.
rising within seventy miles of the Pacific
ocean aud flowing clear across the CONT
nent.
Throughout Africa the cows horn is
saVoritc instrument. being used in con
nectiOn with others on all festival occa-
sions.
"A Munich publisher has issued work
IA two parts on the oldest, biggest and
otherwise most remarkable trees i'll Ba-
varia
In spite of its capacity for hard work
The elephant seldom, if ever, sleeps more
than four OF, occasionally, five hours
day.
AT the close of the fiscal year 1900
there were TG,GSS post0dices in the Unit
I'd states, or one to every 1000 inhabi
tants.
The original word translated apothe-
cary in the Bible is believed by some au-
thorities to be better translated by per-
fumer.
In ''Ye Olde Seven Stars" inn. Ma
chester boasts the oldest public house In
all England. 1t has been licensed for
$50 years.
Before the end Of this year tele-
ph0nic communication will have been es-
tabished between the cities of Italy and |
Switzerland
A French engineer named NJ Souza |
OF Seine is reported to have |
made successful experiments with Il mo-
t0C-car pillow.
The damage to the wheat crop last |
year by the HesSian fly in the province |
OF Ontario, Canada, has been estimated !,
ut $2.000000.
The Amoor, the great stream of Chi !
na and Siberia, is 1900 miles in length, !
but for nearly nine months ia the year
~ icebOund.
"A married couple in Reno county. |
has., were i'll court about divorce suit |
recently, it being the anniversary of their |
golden wedding.
-It is estimated that Maine will reap
harvest of something like S15,000,00O |
AZ result Of this years visitation OF
summer guests.
Three out Of every five immigrants !
who come TO the United States are men, |
and ten out Of every seventytiye people |
here are of foreign BIRTH
The ringing Of curtcw upon the great |
BELL thn pf Tho ghunni pf "a !
Guild OF the Holy Cross has been re
Sumed at Stratford on-Ayon
The discovery in Palestine of yalu. |
able mineral treasures makes il probable |
that there will soon be an industrial
awakening of the Holy Land
The largest sugar plant in the world |
mas Just been prospected in Cuba to pro |
duce 10000 tons of sugar a season The
plantation takes in 1900 acres.
Niagara, though not the highest wa
terfall, holds the record for size Thir- |
ty-twO million tons of water roll over the |
cliff in the course of single hour.
The royal crown of Persia. which |
dates back to remote ages, is in the form |
of pot Of iowerS, surmounted by an |
uncut ruby the size OF hens egg
The quickest passage from Europe to |
Australia is now made by nne Of |
French steamships sailing from Mar |
settles. The trip Consumes tnlrty four |
days.
"A threewheelcd cab has made its APP |
4pearanee iii London. The third wheel |
rlInS in front of the passenger and is |
10 save him from accident should the !
horse fall
China has imported this year more
bottles OF beer from Germany than any |
other country in the world. The pres
encc OF the German army is held ia part /
responsible for this.
Rice lands in Texas two years ago !
oil Lou. fNr h..
such land is selling much faster at $50 |
Co. $50 per acre, and immigration to the |
rice belt Is quite active.
In place of wedding cake in Holland, |
wedding sweets are given" bruidzuik |
erS," they are called. They are handed
round by children and are served in
nower-trimmed baskets.
In some parts of the north of Scot
land iisherfolk turn back if hare or pIc
crosses their path; and nj sea they nevGt
pronounce the name of the hare, the pig,
the salmon, the trout or the dog.
Michigan has been called the Lake
state" for an obvious reason. Ii is bet
ter known as the Wolverine state"
from the former presence of great mum
bers of these animals In its forests.
The title of Prince OF Wales is not
inherited and has usually been bestowed
by patent and inyeSturc, though in few
cases the heir to the throne has become
Il iltlNt VI " AAtS SAAHltA ~ uN4hS ~ w
clared
1t was William Pitt who originated
the income tax in Great Britain in lT9S
as Il war tax. The NapoleOniC wars were
fought with it, From that time to this
it has been the resort of all ministries 10
meet war expenditures.
The WeStphaliau steel works AZ
BOchum, Germany. has just passed its
autumn dividend. u distributed Il per
cent. year ago. The Schoenherr factory
at Chemnitz, which paid IL per cent. in
October, 1900, has also passed its diy:
dend.
The term Infantry" was first used
by the SpaniarlS in the wars with tn
Moors to designate the bodygHard of
royal prince or infanta. 1t was extended
to the entire body of foot soldiers AMI
finally adopted throughout Europe.
The boiler tubes Of a liner, if placed
in a straight liIe. would reach neariy ten
miles sind the condenser tubes more than
twenty-five miles. The total number az
sengratp DiqCpS OF steel in the main