Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The first mention of stamps is in the
letters of the old Bishop Synesius of Cy-
rene, on the Greek coast of Africa, 400
years after the Christian era.
"A remarkably meteor exploded
and fell near Hyndman, Md. recently. IL
Illuminating the country for miles Many
of Its fragments have been picked up.
For weeks the trains from italy tc
Switzerland ana Germany have been
crowded with Italians seeking work. In
many cases towns pay for the tickets to
get ria Of their army of unemployed In
hGrerS.
The moving sidewalk of the Paris
exposition was great success: 6.694, 30S
persons paid for the privilege of using
the platforms. while only 263J. S67 used
the railway that carried passengers in
the other direction.
Benjamin Ferguson, living ten miles
east of Dodge City. claims TO be the
champion trapper of western Kansas
During the winter he has killed 800 rae
c0OnS, coyotes and badgers, most of
which he skinned and sold.
A socialstic colony is to he set up in
New Hampshire. Religion nor clergy,
nor lawyers will he allowed in it. Ev-
eryone in the colony will he forced 10
work for q uniform rate of wages. and
those who are lazy or prove themselves
morally unfit will be expelled.
The second crop Of potatoes from the
industrial relief farm at Cclha Mocha,
Cuba, has just arrived in New York. and
will probably be sold by retail dealers at
about $3.50 a barrel. The farm in ques-
ton was established by the Cuban indus
trial relief commission 10 give employ
ment to widows and orphans.
The manufacture of carbon for use
in electric lighting and for other purposes
has grown 10 be a great industry in the
west Virginia gas belt. The processes
require great heat and the expenditure
Of large quantities Of fuel though the
plant required for putting the carbon
through the preliminary processes which
consume the fuel is neither expensive
nor complicated.
Russia has ip recent years been Gre
ating large export trade IN butter. IN
1897 the export amounted to 19,0Sl ,O3O
pounds; in the first 10 months of 1900
the export was double that quantity. he
ing - ,329, 30 pounds The principal in
crease of export is in the butter product
of Siberia. Butter trains, equipped with
refrigcrnting apparatus, convey the goods
to the ports of export.
More gallons Of coffee are consumed
in this country than other drink or stimu
liant, amounting in 1900 to l,2oI .9S3. 296
gallons. compared with .22l 800. lti0 gal
Ions of bccr, the next most popular hever-
3l2. Cos worth of tea and $4,000, 600 of
cocoa. bringing the total for alcoholic and
non-alc0holic drinks To 81 .22S .6T4925, an
increase over 1890 of SSl III, l03.
The usual humorous incidents were
not lacking in the recently-takcn British
census. An immigrant in New Zealand
stated to the authorities that his mothcy
was a Kaftir. his father an freshman
who had become a naturalized American,
hut afterward served in the French
army and that he was born on the pas,
sage between Yokohama and Colombo in
Spanish vessel. Put him down u
Scotchman' was the official decision.
The most costly state funeral which
has ever taken place was perhaps that Of
Alexander the Great. \ round million
was spent in laying Alexander to his
rest. The body was placed in a coffin of
gold, filled with costly aromatics. and II
diadem was placed on his head. The fu-
neral ear was embellished with orna-
mentS Of pure gold, and its weight was
SO great that it took eighty -four mules
more than year to convey it from Baby
lon to Syria.