Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-12-19
= Miscellaneous Items. u


Sacramento expects to ship to the
east this season 1872 100000 pounds, or
5000 carloads. of green fruits.
of the strikes in Great Britain last
wear 36,91T were Successful. 35,0lo un-
successful and 1915 accepted compro-
misc.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad company
is building an experimental all-steel pas
senger coach for use in its North river
tunnel.
In Lowell. Mass, there are 1900
notwithstanding operatives who care for
S3S0O0 spindles and earn over 100000
a month.
No tree has ever been found larger
than the Sician chestnut of hundred
horses" 1t is no less than 30f feet in
circumference.
1t is safe to say that for every life
that is saved through the curative eff
fects of cod liver oil another is lost in
catching the fish.
Glass houses of very substantial
kind can now he built. Siesian glass
makers are turning out glass bricks for
all sorts of building purposes.
according to astronomers the Star of
Bethlehem. which conducted the wise
men to the birthplace of Jesus, will APP
pear once more in 1910 or 1911.
across the Delaware ut Trenton will bring
Philadelphia twenty minutes nearer New
York The total cost is $3,500,000.
Sculpture will be feature of Okla
hOma's exhibit at the st. Louis worlds
fair. d. !. Martz, sculptor OF Guthrie,
is preparing some specimens Of his work
for exhibition.
M. Gaub, the French chemist, says
that if the hair crop could all be shorn
ba Of 't.nu moo far
it could be made to produce ,022, 900
pounds of iron.
Continental walters, says Truth,
have an international system. in the way
they paste hotel labels on visitors lug
gage, of showing what may be expected
in the matter Of tips
Sneezing has been said by Mt least
one great medical authority to be evil
dence of a robust constitution. In proof
of this he declared that people in feeble
health never do sneczc.
A London eating house is TO be
opened near the bank, at which the wait
resSes viii be octoroons of the genuine
ChOcolate-cream tint, specially imported
from the southern states.
Consular reports of Japanese trade
for the eight months ended August last
show an increase of t.. 700, 900 in the ex-
ports, as compared with the correspond.
ing eight months of 1902.
1t is estimated that the amount of
Texas wheat now on hand and unsold by
the farmers does not exceed 5000. 900
bushels The total yield in the state is
placed at $4,000, 900 bushels.
The British workmcn have managed
10 put away II goodly littlc neStegg in
friendly, building, cooperative and trade
union societies and savings banks. The
records show that 2T,5SO.00O OF them
have 100000 in such savings.
That iow-lying territory of the Mis-.
sissippi should at times be oyerflowed is
not surprising if one considers that the
Father Of Waters" draws supplies from
twenty-eight states, draining one-third of
the area of the United States.
Portugal is the most illiterate country
in Europe; nearly 6S per cent of her
population cannot write. In Italy the
proportion Of ilterates is 81 per cent.
IN Russia, SO per cent. in Spain, q per
cent, and in Britain, not quite 1 per cent.
Diseases of the henrt have greatly in.
creased in Germany in recent years. one
person in every seven being now ainict.
ed. Influenza, alcoholism and excessive
addiction to bicycling and other sports
are named by DIR. Steckel as the chief
causes.
Feminine Moors are generally abso-
lutcly ignorant of their age. Among
Moorish women this is "A point of honor
hut ii is really no affectaton, for ms
their birthdays are never celebrated in
any manner the passage of the years is
far less noticed than il is with us.
The impression that British North
America is covered with valuable timber
is fallacious. Black walnut, red cedar
and white oak are not found north OF
Toronto. \ line drawn from the city of
Quebec to Saalt Ste. Marie will designate
the northern limit of beech, elm and
birch. The north shore of Lake SGi.rior
Will mark the northern boundary of
sugar hard maple.
There are said to be about 10000 OOO
migratory sheep in Spain, which travel
as much as 200 miles from the plains 10
the mountains. They are known ms
transhumantes and their march. resting
places and behavior are governed by spc-
clal regulations dating from the Four
teenth century. At certain times no one
may travel the same route as the sheep.
which have the right to Craze on all open
and common land on the way.
"A strange story OF the discovery of
an unSuSpected art treasure comes from
Canada. \ Montreal art denler was
playing golf and drove n ball through A
window Of Il cottage. Ii struck q pic
ture on the wall. The dealer Maid hand
some compensation and also acquired the
injured picture. Ii turned out, after
cleaning and examination to be n Dutch
interior by TenierS. Of the value Of
$1,000. Half of this sum the dealer gave
Ia the original owner, TO her great sur
prise.
NV First Musk Ok.