Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-22
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
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The United States contains nearly
100000 separate farms
Insurance companies will now take
risks for limited amounts ON football
players.
About 1000 people in Paris are en-
ployed in the preparation of human
hair for the market.
The recent census shows that about
II per cent of the population of the
United States is colored.
There is not much show for Hawaii
for statehood. The registered vote for
the islands is only 1000.
The miners of the Yukon district.
Alaska. employ $3.50 men. who receive
an average of 81 an hour.
Russia proposes to increase the num-
Der of its troops on the German and
Austrian boundaries to 100000 men.
Australians are trying hard to obtain
a market ia London for the passion
fruit, which is so popular at the an
tipodes.
While the English law provides for
the organization of labor bodies it de-
priyes them of the privileges of incor-
poration.
The beds of the immense coalfields
lately discovered in Zululand extend
downward for 40 feet in places, and
the coal is of good quality.
Berlin is to have an Italian exposi-
ton in the geological gardens. There
will be imitation streets of Naples,
Rome, Florence, Pompeii, Venice with
canals), etc.
Mr. Wigham of Dublin, the lighting
expert, has invented a paraffin lamp
for the purpose of lighting buoys. 1t
is designed to burn three months with
out attention.
The longest lived people have gener-
ally been those who made breakfast
the principal meal of the day. The
stomach has more vigor in the morning
than at any time.
The most novel provision made in a
will is that of St. Louis woman that
her remains be moderated and the
ashes mingled with those of her hus-
band in the urn where his already re-
pose.
When outside preparations for trou-
BILE are going on, Uncle Sam always
does a thriving trade in the live stock
business Mexico is now purchasing
cavalry horses by the carload in this
country.
Only in II states can a married wom-
an dispose of her separate and indie
pendent estate by will. In the remain
ing IS states she must have the consent
of her husband before she can will her
own property as she may wish.
The proposition for the construction
of q floating machine shop for the use
of the squadrons in various parts of
the world is receiving the earnest at
tention it deserves, and it is not inn
probable that a definite move in this
direction will be made soon.
Dredging the channel of the Della
ware river al Reedy island, 40 miles
below the city of Philadelphia, is now
in progress. 1t is planned to dredge
channel 80 feet deep for width of
600 feet. The present contract calls
for the removal of 100000 cubic
yards of mud by Oct. /, 1901.
The large steel works of Krupp, in
Essen, consumed last year no less
than 100000 cubic meters of water,
which equals about the consumption
of the city of Frankfort, with 100000
inhabitants. The Essen works con-
sumed, further, 1,6S2,500 tons of coal
and 1S,S00,000 cubic meters of gas.
In the organization of the police de-
partment at Johannesburg the system
of Identification by finger marks is be-
ing introduced, and in this way every
native is to be registered. The plan
will be of great assistance in the dis
tribution OF passes, the regulation of
labor and the suppression of illicit liq-
uor selling.
The big Stanford stock farm at Palo
Alto is now arranged on a basis where
it can be run almost forever, the en-
tire revenue Gcing to the university.
At the time of Senator Stanford's
death there We're 1,463 horses on the
farm. That number has been sys-
tematically reduced till now there are
about 300 horses.
Electric time service was first intro
duced more than 40 years ago. In
1857, in Brussels. Belgium, what was
then known as the Nolet system of
electric clocks, was put in service,
about 100 clocks being installed at
various places in the city and electric
ally connected with the master clock
at central point.
The eastern portion of Australia is
rich in cave systems mostly in lime
stone formations. several, such as the
Jenolan, Yarrangobilly and Wombey-
an, being of considerable extent, al
though only partially explored. Most
of the caves. which are generally of
highly picturesque character. are in
charge of caretakers appointed by the
colonial government.
1t is the rule of the war department
to grant honorable discharge from the
army to soldiers who desire to get into
business in the Philippines A large
number of officers and men in the
volunteer regiments have already done
so, and many others whose commits
sions or terms of enlistment expire
in July next have made application.
This is considered one OF the most
effective methods of Americanizing the
island.
The coffee growing industry in trop-
ical Africa is developing tremendously
The seed was introduced into the coun-
try about five years ago by some mis-
sionaries with the object of ascertain
Ing whether the resources of the coun-
try were favorable TO The culture OF
the article. The ground appears pc
culiarly adapted 10 the industry, since
last year 100 tons of coffee were ex-
ported from Uganda alone, and the
result of this years production win be
ever greater.
Well. From $500 Down.