Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-19
NOTES OF INTEREST


According 70 Blanco's worl .. ..
fora of the Philippines thera a az" on il~
eight genera Of palms. with ei,b ,,"'hiy-
species, ON these islands. seven
1t is estimated that n..r,,
channel ii feet deep can he c,,r,. -l.'i .4s
from st: Louis to Lake NIich;so,.' 'e4
way of the Illinois river, for S35 6g0 'od ny
In Hartford, Conn, the lfe of
cat is in peril. The board M ,t,IEe'y
that city has come to the conc,u,5",,' Vi
eats are the means of carrying IiDI.ii''l
There are about 5000 lihra~..
tered over the United States. inrD,,g:aI5''
one at Tampa, with books in +ha SI '.,ilSS
language endowed by Queen Christ, ''s ..
Spain. --'s''Ad q
The British cruiser Terrible has ..
tabllshed an exceptional record ~ H..
cent prize firing by its crew with tb. =
of 104 rounds fired. ''t
During the past century tho .a,.,.... .
population of the United Srltn. vi
moved from point twenty min, oaa,
OF Baltimore to western Indiana r.
tance of 500 miles. us
"A prominent medical journal saw. .1,.
DeSt treatment for nervous dy>la,,>i., 49,
at least three weeks of absoIuta r..t t.
ned III some institution away from homo,
together with I; 1ull diet"
Some of the finest sugar mills i'm Nh.
world, costing S1.0OO,000 each. are rnnnI
IN Hawaii, and there are planters n, Ga
islands who produce $500 worth nf sn, ,',,
and 5000 worth of rice to the acre
The services of window dresser. 90,
IN great demand in Brussels just now. III.
city having decided to mark the npanin.
of the new century by awarding uril"I
for the best-dressed show windows anon
the stores.
Out in Kansas they are still paving
rlalmS Tor damages sustained in the ceIe.
brated Quantrell raid. Up to the present
time 1891 ,945.45 have been paid Tba
unpaid outstanding claims amount 10
$75,642. 80. ~
Miss Janet Gibson, only Il years old
is on her way from Chester. Pa. ia
Hong Kong. She goes to the latter mace
to join her father, who is in business
there. She will make the trip Of 5000
miles alone.
The French Chamber has voted the
abolition of the Red Mass. CT Mass of
the Holy Spirit, which is celebrated every
year on the opening of the law courts aft.
er the long vacation. The motion wa,
carried by majority of two.
Ordinary tumblers will hold water
because the globules of water are too biz
TO squeeze through glass; but glass is as
full of holes as sponge, and air blows
right through it. because the Specks of
air are smaller than the holes.
Only fifty years ago but one woman
worked to every ten men. At presen,
the ratio is one to four Thirty years
ago two-thirds of all the self-supporting
women were domestic servants Today
only one-third are so employed.
In Chillicothe. No, the people were
niSSa SfinH with tho tpl .ar, Inv,
federal enumerators. The newspapers
combined and took a census of their own.
Their count gave the city 800 more ppo-
pie than had been found by the regular
enumerators.
In the latest report of the London
School of Medicine, which claims to have
trained 254 medical women, it is stated
that nearly every town of Importance in
India has a qualified woman doctor.
There are also several in China and South
Africa, and even one in Persia.
An Italian who has returned from
Abyssinia declares that in the more dis
tant parts of that country there are still
a large number of Italian soldiers living
in slavery. They are mostly men who
were wounded at the battle of AdoWa,
left on the field and subsequently taken
prisoners.
New Jerseys tree-planting act can be
administered for local purposes by any
municipality in the state. Rochester. \.
Y, has secured legislation for systematic
tree planting and supervision by the city
authorities. The work has been placed
in the care of the park commission.
Steps have been taken by the Greek
government with view to the periodical
meeting of an international archaeology
cal congress in Athens. The congress, II
is suggested, should at first assemble cy-
cry other year and later on annually II
is hoped that all the foreign governments
will lend their cooperation to the PROJECT
About 800 persons Il day on an aver
age visit the white house the year ronnd.
The number rises sometimes to LOCO ana
1000, and the hours for visitors are ho-
many, being from 10 a. m. to 2. IN. IN
spite of this constant tread the beauliIh
Old-gold figured carpet i'll the east room
looks as well as when it was first phi
down, before Mrs. Cleveland left the
mansion for her new home in Princeton
In Austria there is Il system Of In
surance against strikes. \ company mas
been formed which indemnifies lis stock
holders or patrons for all losses SUSTAINED
by them from strikes in their estaolSn-
ments, whether voluntary, sympaIhru'
or forced. The premium is equal to > oF
4 per cent. of the payroll, and the lndtm-
nifty is 30 per cent. of the wages paiu 10.
work.
One of the things that appear - nave
been settled by the Boer war is the as
appearance from the British army OF 'Ae
organization known as the army corps
1t is stated authoritatively that the dl1is'
ion is the largest tactical unit that cip
be conveniently employed in the hrI',
The army corps sent to South AiFl'5
went to pieces Immediately after il lanG
ed, and all subsequent reinforceheh's
went out as divisions.
Minnesota believes in intei.i-rN
farming. An item from that stat III
forms the country that the study q AZ
riculture is to be introduced in the ME-
neapolis schools if the plans Of several
members of the board of education Pre-
vail. The work is to be conducted nn'..
special supervision of teachers skl'lr9. J.
educating children in the art OF i.'i.-
the soil. The study will be pur>NeH 'A
the summer months only.
-Scenograph pictures of the i.a.,
town flood will be one of the. att!tslr,.a
of the Pan-American exposition il ~.
falo next summer. Eye witneSseS. OK ISL. -s3
flood have furnished the painter ~
AuS+nt, of NaNxarE / VII. Ei.'