Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
NOTES OF INTEREST.

In the United States the sparrow his
six broods Il year; in Britain seldom
more than three.
The population of Greece is increas-
ing faster than that of any other country
in Europe at present,
The great festival hall mt the world :
fair is receiving the finishing touches.
This is the last of the large buildings, and
its completion marks the end of the big
construction work in the main picture.
4 Kentucky judge recently decided
thar men who transact business on Sun
dal cannot secure damages against ii
telegraph company if the latter fails to
deliver correctly i telegram on that date
The pre- sent Trinity church at the
head Of Wall street. New York. is the
third editce Of that name, the two pre-
ceding structures erected upon the same
ground having been burned.
British officers are having the sears
of face wounds removed by the use OF
light rays. The London Mail says: The
custom is rapidly growing Of surgeons
sending their patients to have the scars
!cit by operations removed.
Rockville, Md. deserves all the free
advertising that can be given town in
which n court bailif1 arrested constable
for using profanc language on the nam
street of the village. and carried the case
through 10 the conviction Of the offender.
The constable was fined 81 and the costs.
The Philadelphia police say that they
have discovered Shopifter, woman,
who brushes the valuable articles, such
as silk waists off counters in stores, and
then picks them up with her foot and
tncks them safely under her dress. They
claim 10 have caught the culprit and
proved her guilt.
Mrs. Susan j. Crane of Hartford,
Conn, has been made poorer by legacy
She was willed fifteen shares of the
stock of a bank which failed few weeks
later, and now Il Judgment for the face
value of the stock, $500, has been en-
tered against her. She says she will not
pay it,
Ry Il recent Canadian invention brick
laying is done by machine The machine
viii do all plain work and do it more
firmly than is possible by hand Each
machine is managed by two men and Il
hoy and does the work of six or seven
skilled bricklayers. Its operation can be
learned in two weeks.
Two of the seismographic instru-
mcntS set up by the German authorities
in Heligoland show plainly that the whole
rock Sways to and fro when ,tlpre is Il
strong westerly gale, Experiments are to
b" made shortly in order 20 ascertain to
what extent the rock is affected by the
firing of the heavy Howitzers.
Louis Tas, one of the hest-known
diamond brokers. estimates the OUTPUT OF
the DE Beers mines annually at $14.599,-
1oo, and of other mines ut $4,S66. 800
Add to this the cost of labor, the profits
Of the London syndicate, etc. and he
thinks that the annual output of dia-
mcnds is worth about SS4, 065 800.
Nothing appears to have been done in
regard TO establishing the head market for
the spice trade at Batavia, and the plant
crS stili seem TO he dependent ON the Ea-
fopean market. Business, however. in
different spices has increased wonderfully
within the past year, the exports to the
United states sharing largely in the in
crease.
- because there was singing school
IN the same apartment house in which
James I. kjhypth lived in New YORK
ne AMI his mother moved out. declaring
that the "shrieks" of the music pupils
gave them nervous prostration. He ms
sued FOX The rent of his Hat; aud is now
IA court toying 10 prove that the sounds
heard were really SluiekS
The adulteration Of candy and the
use OF inferior materials in making il are
tFSlnnlnS 10 attract much attention in (
E1gland; Prof. 0oSton recently lectured /
on 'SaccharomaniaeS." He expressed the (
"imloG that future scientists would place
I ee evils of sugar @luttony on pedestal /
aN conspicuous rs the drink question, a>
causing deterioration Of individuals and /
races.
Oae of The great advantages In sell (
ing goods 70 Mexico is that failures are
almost unknown, as The merchants OF
HrNlvD ore very tonSpl1-a i1.n and a%ftr,I I