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


According to the American Lawyer,
there are in the United States no fewer
than $50, 900 habitual criminals.
ST. Louis now claims TO be a greater
literary center than Chicago, on the
ground that it has more writer's.
Nearly $4,000 tons or corks are need
ed for the bottled beer and aerated wa
tiers consumed annually in Britain.
"A good bale of cotton is worth $50,
against the former $50, and the cotton
seed once a waste product, brings IS or
so to the bale.
In the Boston high schools the girls
outnumber the boys by 1000 or so, but
in the primary grades the boys outnum-
Der the girls by 300.
The reports OF an outbreak Of the
plague at NladivoSt0ck are confirmed
There have been nineteen cases, Of which
fifteen were fatal.
In 1900 there were in all the world
less than 30 shipbuilding yards. Today
there are more than 100 shipbuildmg
yards, turning ont a total Of 1000 vessels
yearly.
The first iron war vessel built in the
world was the United States steamship
Michigan, which is still on duty on the
Great Lakes, and has often been seen
III Chicago
Last year the price Of unbound
French books was raised from % cents
to 10. Recently another cents was
added, in consequence of the increased
price Of paper.
AT most Of the Swiss mountain re-
sorts toboganning is now in full swing.
At Leysin, Davos and St Moritz the
hotels are crowded with visitors intent
upon this sport.
This winter. for the first time in the
history of Dakota state or territory, the
Sioux Indians at Rosebud are allowing
cattlemen to Craze herds on the reserva-
uon on payment of a stipulated price.
In the early days of the last century
many efforts were made to faSten hard
points TO pens of softer material. Bits
Of metal We're often fastened as points
to pens of glass, tortoise shell or horn.
A working gardener living at Bru-
ncIs, France. has been informed by Il
firm Of New York lawyers that an uncle
who emigrated years ago to the United
States has died and left him a fortune
of t240,000.
In 1900 there were not more than
thirty colleges and other institutions Of
higher education in the United States.
At the close of last year there were 1870,
with a total of 1900 professors and
teachers.
The culture of the olive has recently
been introduced into South Australia and
Victoria, and good crops OF fruits are
now being obtained. yielding an excel
lent oil. The industry bids fair to be-
come an important one.
A Stockton CKan.l man purchased a
vacant building that had been used for
storage of corn. When he came 10 re-
pair it he found ninety-six bushels of
good corn under the floor, which had been
carried there by rats for a rainy day.
The first savings bank in the United
States was established in 1916. In 1890
there were ten savings banks in all with
SG'o dcpostOrs. In 1899 there were 942
savings banks, with 5.6S7,000 depositors,
and with total deposits of 81, 230. 100000. |
According to n report just issued by
the state mine inspector f Montana. that
state produces - 1-3 per cent. of the
world copper output and 81 per cent. of
the output of this country. These indus
trials hardly existed in Montana twenty
five years ago.
In the botanical garden at New York
cry an attempt will be made to put in
bamboo department. At the Royal Bo- !
tanlcal garden at Kew, England. there
are twenty specimens of bamboo, but not
so many can be grown in the colder eli !
mate of New York.
The beer poisoning scare has had the
effect of diminishing the consumntion of
beer III London by at least per cent. |
Most of the licensed victualcrs are now
dlSpiaylng placnrds guaranteeing the
freedom Of their liquors from arsenic and
all deleterlous substances.
Up to 1901 there were but three
banks in the United States. with an az
gregatc capital of $2,000,0OO. Last wear
there were 36Jl national banks in the
country and the total capital invested ia
banks of all kinds in the United States
amounts to almost $4,000, 00O,0
"A petrihed forest, covering an area of
100 square miles, has existed for centu-
RES IN Arizona. Thousands and thou.
sands of petrlhed logs Strew the ground.
and represent beautiful shades of mink.
purple red, gray, blue and yellow. One
OF the stone trees spans a gulf forty feet
wide.
In 1900 the Indian canoe was prac-
tcaiiY the only floating vehicle on tho
Great Lakes which hold one-third of an
me fresh water in the world. Today the
lake fleet numbers several thousand steel
steamers, with seventy shipyards on the
shores of the lakes to add constantly IL
the number.
In consequence Of the inSutfciency of
coahng stations FOR the Russian men-of-
war the ministry of marine is having a
large steamer constructed for supplying
'llc Niuauton with coal. y ilrSt payment
ct $4,000 has been made on account Of
the building of the Vessel, which is to
have displacement Of 700 tons
The Oregon Historical society pro-
poses a commemorative celebration Mt
Portland in 1905 of the centenary of thu
Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pa
cine coast. Invitations will he extended
To- the governors Of Oregon. Washington,
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming to share
IN the interesting historical festival.
According to the latest census the in
haoltantS Of the Russian empire number
l36uOp,00O. This is gain of 81 per
cent. since 1860. taking into account the
people acquired by annexation rs well as
those added through the excess Of births
over deaths. In the same period, how
ever. the United States has gained, ex-
elusive of anncXations. 1I0 per cent--the
world.
The total value of trade in toys has
grown 10 tremendous proportions. Accu-
rate figures are not attainablc. but eN-
perts estimate that the American people
buy annually between $4,000 900 and
100000. OOO worth or This Sum ahout