Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
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Prof I.odge contends that while life
cannot generate energy it can exert
guiding force upon energy.
The elevated railroads of Manhattan
arc now maintaining service represent
ing 10000 car miles a day
A pearl fisher Of Western Australia
named BrOome has found pearl whose
value is estimated at $1,000
Last year British exports t43 49,
0iG tons were over million and quar-
ter tons more than those Of 1901.
An automobile lawn mower. driven
hy electricity. is now used to cut the
grass on the Capito! park in Washing
Ton.
The English town Of Sunderland has
voted to put electric lights into the work
ingmen's homes owned by the municipal
ity.
Another bottle-nosed shark, feet in
length. has been captured IN the herring
nets of a Yarmouth England fishing
boat.
The naval expenditure Of Great
Britain this year is To be S112.2SI, 800,
an increase OF $lG,000,0OO over last
year.
Chinese girls are being employed in
San Francisco as telephone operators,
for the accommodation OF Chinese mer-
chants
TIP to date 31S statues of William /.
Of Germany have been erected in Ger
man towns at a total cost Of about So.
0000
A collection Of stamps formed hy II.
c. owen Wheeler of the London Phil
atelc society was sold by auction re.
GENTLY for 5000.
From Liverpool to Yokohama ny the
H., L., a
miles. BY New York aud San Francisco
it is i2,00S miles,
Extended experimentation shows that
salicylic acid used rs a preservation in
f0odstuffS has no greater effect in delay
ing their digestion than has common salt.
Americans now own the Canadian
Northwest said Canada's minister of
the interior in a speech to delegates
from the London chamber Of commerce.
Germany sold the United States in
the first quarter of 1902 So. 7S6, J9I
worth. In the corresponding quarter of
1902 this year the sales were SOS, 1872, J49
worth.
The Roman soldier was fed on coarse
brown bread and sour wine. The Span
ish peasant who works all day ana
dances all night eats only black bread
and onions.
London is the birthplace of the
Young Mems Christian association, and
although it celebrated some eight years
ago it's semi-centennial ii has not be-
come languid.
california pruncs are slowly driving
out the imported varieties. California
now has over 10000 acres Of prunp trees,
and Idaho, Oregon and Washington have
about 10000 more.
A woman named DURAN, living at
II0udeng. dreamed the other night that
she was being murdered. She awoke in
50 great n fright that she only survived
the effect two days.
TIE cattle king of the western plains
is passing away forever. A few years
ago there We're nearly 100 milli0naires
exclusive cattlemen, in the southwest
new there are but thirty.
The honor of possessing the largest
membership OF any automobile club in
the world rests with the Automobile club
Of Great Britain anG Ireland, which has
now no less than 2lSO III, i:.berS.
1t is said that the Victoria falls on
the Iamhcs which are to be used to de-
yelop electrical energy, have an eStimat-
ed horsepower OF 35I0OO.000 as com
pared with Niagara's 100000
The number Of persons carried daily
by the elevated trains in New York now
averages about 100000 They travel on
the average about four miles, so that the
average fare is about a cent mile.
Tie British postoilice department
handled last year ninety-two pieces of
mail matter per capita of population,
while the United States postothce depart
ment handled l97 pieces per capita.
What is 8stated to be Il spring Civ
ing forth a liquid resembling essence of
violet both in perfume and chemical
composition has been discovered in II
valley near MILAN. Aveyron. France.