Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-07-04
- Miscellaneous Items. -

Atlantic City possesses a police mo-
Tor car which is used solely for the con
veyanee OF intoxicated prisoners.
1t is estimated that the pOpula ton of
British Somaliland is about 250.0OU. Its
area is about $1,000 square miles.
Fifty university students are assist
ing with the extra work at Glasgow post
office.
Permanent salvage corps 10 render
aid in cases of accident are about to lac
organized by the Swiss Alpine clubs.
The proportion of water in child Il:
birth is 10 per cent; in the adult, % per
cent
The Liverpool docks. one of the won
ders of modern commerce, extend along
Tie Mersey i distance of siX and half
miles
has been discovered in Kootenny. r. G..
near the northeast corner Of Idaho and
within twenty-five miles OF the Canadian
Pacific railway.
The Yukon yielded tie Canadian gov
eminent a revenue of 81 1875. $50 last year
and the expenditure on the territory was
s2.j57 1886.
Vienna just now is suffering from a
dust plague, the low temperature render
ing it impossible TO water the streets
with safety.
rying out an underground railway ID
Manchester, England, with connections
with the principal out-districts.
The unveiling of the Wagner memo
rial at Berlin will take place on October
l. and the musical fctes in connection
herewith viii last for four days.
There is much anxiety among grain
men at the condition Of wheat in Kansas.
II has been found that the Hessian lily
exists there to an alarming extent.
Miss Josephine Nelson of San Fran
cisco is educating her lover. Jafe, Linde-
berg. that he may become her mental
equal. after which they will marry
The House of Peers consisted. at the
end of last year, Of 5O4 princes of the
blood and hereditary peers of England,
Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
Prof. 6. c. Maynard, department of
technology, Washington. has in prepare
tion a volume on all the guns and rifles
that have been used by the United States
army.
The railways Of the United States
kill and injurc each year more persons
than were killed and injured on both
sides during the B0er war. which lasted
three years.
When British ambassador is ap-
pointed to France he is allowed $4,000
for outfit. In the case of promotion Sl4,-
600 is allowed, ana in the ease of trans
fer $4,000.
Pesos, equal to half a dollar, are be
ing coined at the United States uiut ut
the rate of 100000 dag. The law pro-
yides for the coming of $40. 100000
worth of them.
A quart OF oysters contains about
the same amount Of nutrition as n quart
Of milk three-quarters of a pound of
loot FUN 90 .a1
pound of bread.
The Kentucky blue grass is confined
to circle where the dolomitic limestones
of the Silurian outcrop. and the Johnson
grass of the south is confined TO the soils
Of the cretaceous.
The imports Of the countries grouped
i'll a semi-crcle about Manila as dis
tributing point amount 20 Sl000O0,OO0 n
month. of which the United States sup
plies but 0ne-tenth.
Any housewife can tell II the milk
man is using formaln as a preservative
by setting an uncovered bottle OF milk in
warm place: If il does not turn sour
something is wrong with il.
--One-fourth Of the hay and forage
crops in the United States are from wild
grasses which have not been brought
under cultivation because OF their poor
seeding quality.
The Bible publications of the Oxford
University press have been issued for
300 years and can be published in 100
languages and dialects, Orders for l00,-
600 Bibles are quite common.
The largest airShip yet constructed is
20 be built at st. Ouen 1t has been de
signed by Senior Jose de Patrocini, who
has received a subsidy from the Brazil
ian government for the purpose.
The importations of opium that is
prepared for smoking is double that used
by physicians and morphine hahitues
The amount is more than half million
pounds and the value S3,500,O00
Amos Martin of Princeton Pa. has
just passed his l0 birthday, and is one
of the few survivors of the battle of
Waterloo. He was a piper in High
land regiment during the battle.
A few years ago the United States
exported all it's cotton. Last year. out
of a total crop of 10000 bales il kept
for home manufacture over 100000, of
which northern mills are using 100000
According to the Accident Bulletin
published by the interstate commerce com
mission for the last quarter of 1902 the
number killed by railways in three
months was 93S and the number injured
1887.
Immigration continues on the in.
crease. For the first seventeen days of
May, this year, 20 101 aliens passed
through Ellis island, as against 45.4SG
last year and 36,S71 in the same period
Of 1901.
Greece will erect pavilion at the
worlds fair st. Louis. and will also
make exhibits in several of the different
departments. Among the interesting
things exhibited will be reproduvtious OF
old Greek statuary.
Under date OF April -, 1908, Min
lister leiShman Of Constantinople renorts
that the prohibition of American uork
which has been in effect in Turkey for
the past tive years, has been removed ana
orders issued to permit entry under usual
examination.
AT the beginning 81 january, 1902
the American Federation Of Labor had
2425 unions affiliated. divided as follows.
National and international unions 1Ol
state branches, 26; city ceutralS. AN.
local trade aud federal unions 1875.
H. +. Huntington, the multl.mi}6op-
aire. is building a palatial private car.
which will I've exhibited M the Worlds
fair, ST. Louis. The type viii he a >lrep.
er and will be adapted 10 use on both
steam and electric roads The ear viii
cost over So. 900