Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

49, ~N~->-~-~~-~O~~~.~->
during the last hundred years the
hours of labor in England have been re
duced from sixteen 10 ten, ana IN many
cases TO eight.
The smallest mail ever dispatched
was one recently made up for BuenOs
Ayres. the official entry of which was:
Letters, l J.; newspapers. nil.
Relic hunters are the vandals 10
whom nothing is sacred. These pestfcr-
Gus deStr0yerS are now dCfacln@ the
canopy over Plymouth Rock.
Gunmetal has been entirely discarded
for steel in tie new type of Italian field
and mountain artillery. Of which the first
battery has just been delivered for use
Among the Burmese football is as
popular as it is in Englsh-speaklng coun
tries. But the Burman does not wear
boots. lie kicks and shoots goals with
his bare feet.
The United Kingdom of Great Brit
ain and Ireland started into existence on
January |, 1901, with a population of
i3,I00,0O0 Its population in 1900 in
round numbers is 41,0000O0.
A Mexican newspaper declares that
when Mcxicans visit the United States III
winter they suffer more from the over
heated houses than from the cold out
side.
While the established belt adapted to
the cultivation of the prune extends from
the state of Washington TO Arizona, by
TAR the larger percentage of the product
is yielded by California.
The elaborate plans that have been
prepared for the extensive new sewage
system for Havana are wholly dependent
ON electric pumps directly connected to
electric meters for their operation.
How many will go to Cape Nome in
In spyinag IN. fn i, Ia,
ton troubling Seattle (Washl outfittcrs.
The first wild rush is over but it is ex-
pected that, in spite of this. between
Each year about 100000 bushels
of wheat are grown in Africa. Austria
lin stands At the foot of the great wheat
producing countries, being credited with
a product of about 35,000,000 bushels a
year.
Near the Church of Plan-C outhey. ia
the Canton Nalais. there has just beer
unearthed an ancient Roman villa in
splendid preservation. The professional
details of the building excite enthusiastic
admiration among Swiss architects.
So far the best emergency ration is
one devised by American army officers.
Ii consists of one pound of raw lean beef
and one pound Of bread seasoned with
salt and red pepper, eaten dry without
cooking. One pound Of the mixture suS-
u
ty-four hours.
A poultry statstician says that there
are about 350,000000 chickens in the
United States, and that during the past
wear they have produced approximately
14.0WON. 600 eggs, valued at about
S175. 200 900 Over $3.50. 100000 worth
of poultry is eaten in this country in
the course of year.
A beautiful work Of ancient art, and
one that is of the highest interest to ar
chaeologists. has just been uneathed near
Agueileia, Italy, Ii is "A majestic monu-
ment 10 Quintus Etroveus Capreolus,
Roman general. and is embellished with
figures representing Psychological legends
and in splendid preservation.
The population Of the whole world Is
about 800 100000. or this Great Brit
ain and her colonies has $50 per cent;
Russia, 800 per cent. France, 6.3 per
cent; United States, 81 per cent; Ger
many l.6 per cent; Austro-Hunggy, 81
per cent; Italy, % per cent.
If the North Pole is not discovered
in the next year the chances are that i;
will never he An expedition will start
ont from nearly every civilized country on
The globe for that long-S0ught-fur region.
The chances are that the skeletons of
many brave and ambitious men will hc
S;rewn along the Arctic shores before the
hrSt year of the coming century Is ended.
In a wood near Polnora, on the edge
of the Northern CarpathiauS, Il woman
went To gather sticks. leaving her baby
in secluded spot. Upon her return she
saw two great eagles bearing away her
child, which they had aiSupmbered. mon
Il hunt being made hy the inhabitants,
the bones of the baby were found in the
eagles nest on the rocks amid the snow.
Even the birds are not forgotten mt
ChriStmaStide by tie Swedish peasantN.
At the door of every farmers house Is
erected Il pole. to the top of which j.
bound a large. full sheaf of grain. Thvre
is not peasant in all Sweden who viii
sit down with his children to a Christmas
dinner until he has first raised aluft a
Christmas dinner for the little birds thu;
live in the cold and snow without.
While frequent appeals are being
made in the United States for the pres
rryation Of forest lands other lands are
giving the timber question serious atten
ton. NJ. Mclard Chief of the French
Forestry bureau, points out IN rppo1
;hat the consumption of timber in the
world is greater than the production 81
the accessible forests with the uhV,ou>
result that the governments must soon
take measures 10 preserve their timber
lands.
Down in the Queen City" they are
Roasting of Il steel engraving of t3ugin-
natl and suburbs the river. boats ANA
bridges. with sections of the cities GA the
kentucky side, the largest engraved pan
o,amic view of any city in tac world,
representing nearly one years close m,
plication in its execution 10y Charles +
Ulrich. Ii adoruS the lobby wall OF the
Gibson house and has attracted much
attention and elected many CuComiums.