Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
Switzerland crle.yates $4,000 900 frrls


trees
Ths Untted States contains nearly
1905. 900 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 fer the market.
The recent census shows that about
- per cent of the population of the
United States is eolored.
There is not Irruch show for Hawaii
for statehood. The registered vote for
the islands is only 1900.
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 in 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-
prives them of the privileges of incor-
poratien.
The beds of the immense coalfields
lately discovered in Zululand extend
downward for 10 feet in places, and
the coal is of goou quality.
Berlin is to haze 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 paratfin lamp
for the purpose of lighting buoys. 1t
is designed to burn thfee months with
out attention.
The longest lived people have gener.
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 remaias be incinerated and the
dSuCS 1iiIllElGQ Win lIlOSC VI ACl nus
band liz 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 floating machine shop for the use
| of the squadrons in various parts of
| the world is receiving the earnest at
probable that a definite move in this
direction will be made soon.
Dredging the channel of the Della
ware river at Reedy island, 40 miles
| below the city of Philadelphia, is now
| in progress. 1t is planned to dredge
/ u CudhuCi ~ ItNl ONNp lOl a W idNh Va
600 feet. The present contract calls
Cor the removal of 100000 cubic
yards of mud by Oct 1, 19C
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.J00 tons of coal
and 1S,S0O,OO0 cubic meters of gas.
In the organization of the police de.
partment at johannesburg the system
of Identification by finger marks is be
h1g introduced, and in this way every
native is to be registered. The plaI
will be of great assistance in the dis
tribution OF passes, the regulation OF
labor and the suppression of Illicit liz
nor selling
The big Stanford stock farm at PalC
Alto is now arranged on a basis where
It can be run almost forever, the en-
tire revenue going to the university
At the time of Senator Stanford'j
death there were / 1863 horses ON the
farm. That number has been sys
tematically reduced till now there are
about 800 horses.
Electric time service was first intro
duced more than 40 years ago. Ii
| 1857, in Brussels. Belgium, what was
then known as the Nolet system OF
electric clocks was put in service
about Zoe clocks being installed al
various places in the city and electric
ally connected with the master clock
at a central point.
The eastern portion of Australia is
rich in cave systems, mostly in lime
stone formations, several, such as the
an, being of considerable extent, al
though only partially explored. Most
of the caves. which are generally of q
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 tue Philippines. 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 mos
effective methods of Americanizing tho
island.
The coffee growing industry in trop
zeal AFRICA is developing tremendously
The seed was introduced into the coun
try about Eve years ago by some mis-
sionsries with the object Of ascertain
ing whether the resources Of the coun
| try Tera favorable 10 the culture OF
the article The ground appears pc
culiarlv adapted 70 the industry. since
last year 100 tons OF coffee were ex
ported from Uganda alone. and the