Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-02
= Curious CONVERSATIONS. e

many potatoes as the United States
The average price busae is 23ia cents.
4 dying ground Of elephants, re-
sort where these animals go 20 die, was
an Interesting discovery by Maj. poXeii-
Cotton in eastern equatorial Africa.
Il monumental work Of reference, an
encyclopedia of sixteen large volumes. is
INST being published in New York city
Whether by design or accident. not Il
page is numbered.
German iron ard steel manufactur-
crs recently met, AID, although no Eaal
agreement has been reached, the organ:-
cation Of the steel syndicate is now
practically assured
Returns of the revenue from indirect
taxes in France in 1903 show that re.
ceipts amounted to $5GS, 3S0,2S0, an in
crease of Spool $50 over the estimates
and $50, 115, $50 over 1902.
Edward Brook of Hoddan Castle
AMMAN, who died recently has be-
queafhed the sum of f61S2 los To the
working people in the mills at Hudders-
field. of which he was senior director.
Wages in the United States on Ii,
average are more than twice those in
Belgium, three times those of Denmark,
France. Germany, Italy and Spain. and
one and a half those in England and
Scotland.
The frequent discovery of new dia-
Orange River colony is resulting in inn
portant orders being placed with British
manufacturers for diamond washing ma
chnery.
ST. Paul and Minneapolis are the
largest frog markets in the world. The
rotal receipts for the last year from the
frog catchers of the state exceeded 800
900 dozen. requiring the slaughter Of no
less than 100000 frogs
British Self-nsurance societies have
clearly established the fact that total
abstainers live longer than moderate
drinkers and deserve a lower insurance
rate. Some companies provide a special
department for teatotalers.
The Mexican government, having ac-
CURED preponderance Of stock in the
National international and luteroccanic
always, is now practically the owne,
of these roads, and it is reported that
these three lines are to be consolidated.
Spain is getting to be great source
Of supply for fruit consumed in England
Excellent melons. something like Amer
KAT cantaloupcS, are imported from
Spain and can be bought in Liverpool
1T prices ranging from to 1G cents dur
ing the season.
In Italy there are 10000 skilled
w0rkmen engaged in the manufacture Of
silk. In 1902, 5000 of her people emf
grated. More than three million of her
last 10 years, yet there is gradual in
crease of population.
Some of the old Nile lakes, which
were formerly dry salt plains in summer
and covered with few inches Of alkali
water in the wet season. have been re-
claimed by the British government and
are now worth from $500 To $500 an
acre. They produce magnificent crops.
d the ho9x Of PartSGllslss ~ =, a4si..
I Dickens museum this month. The
Portsmouth corporation recently became I
the purchaser, at public auction. Of the I
house, No. 1903 Commercial road, in /
which Charles Dickens was born. and |
decided TO convert the place into Il mu-
scum.
Considerable attention has been paid /
during late years to the buoying and /
lighting of the upper st. Lawrence, until /
today Il good, clear channel. with four /
teen feet of water at any season, is clear
~ marked all the way from Kingston to
Montreal. Modern gas buoys, burning
acetylene gas, light the channel at ali |
needed points.
Last year there were taken from the
streets of Manchester 1S,G60 tons of mud I
in various stages of moisture and deposit
cd on moss and peat land with the result |
that really valuable agriculture land is
reclaimed. Now the London corporation
has bought about 100 acres of ground /
near Barking, and will soon make SINH
lar experiments.
The most curious spire in England is
nc Chesterfield, the leaning tower of /
Pisa not being more interesting To sight
Seers than the queer kink in a respectable
church. which, tradition says, was caused |
by the devil kicking out as he passed the
Spirc. The devil had just had his hoofs
shod by local blacksmith, and his pain
was 50 intense the ediiicc was shaken ont
of shape.
The first number OF a new review.
the lbysikalisch-C themselves Centralblatt.
has just been issued. II is not intended .
as medium for the publication of orig
NAL work, but as a comprehensive cen
'.ahIng review Of progress in physical /
chemistry the extraordinarily rapid rise
and development of which during the last
decade j. almost unique in the history of
science The abstracts are 10 appear
either IN German, English or French. /
hy the authors themselves The review
VIII he issued twice a month.
The Benedict Arnold house. Revo-
latl0nary war landmark mt New Haven.
is being torn down. The front doors and .
some OF the colonial windows have been
given 10 the New Haven Colony Ills
t0rcal society for preservation For
many years the old house. where Gen
Arnoid lived when an apothecary before
the war, has been the center Of several
store, yards. Its interior has bcea a .
warehouse.
The Norwegian government has Just
tested and decided 10 use a ErcSayin.
ylobc invented by Capt. J. VI. Donvir,
VINO has heeeu experimenting for years
On his inventions. This globe Is a nov
sort of wreck raft intended 10 he used
when 4 ship GOES down. Il viii holi
fifteen persons, aud with this number
safely slowed away In it's interior CAM.
Donyis has several times stterrd his llf,.
saving globe through rough seas In safe
h8rhor. The globe is made OF tarce.SiN-
teenths OF an inch steel plates, is prr.
tectly water tight aud provided with an
ctor, rudder and tiller, and MAY he pro.
Visioned for 4 months occupancy il nee
c~Sary.
Use OF CorpuScleS.
Recent experiments ia France show