Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-26
- Miscellaneous Items. y


The population Of London has in
creased II per cent. ID u years.
To crush half-;nch tuoe Of grant"
REQUIRES n weight Of eleven tons.
The naval vessels under construction
in the United States have a greater q
tai tonnage than thos, afioai.
The bureau Of statistics reports that
American trade in Puerto Rico has III
creased fiyefold since annexation.
The American Tract society mas is
sued an appeal for funds to distribute
tractS at the 81. Louis exposition
Scottish red deer have permanently
established themselves in several parts OF
the South island of New Zealand.
The cellar in the Bank of France re-
- uibl,s n large warehouse. Silver coin
is stored there in 800 large barrels.
In the province Of Samara, Russia,
4OJ.GO0 persons get their subsistence
from less than three acres Of land per
capita.
The value Of the cotton crop will
surely amount To S60OU0.OO0 next year,
if nothing untoward happens and the in
crease keeps on NJ its present rate.
Tourists returning from abroad can
now bring through the custom house. free
Of duty all articles to the value Of 500.
except cigars, cigarettes and liquors.
The ice harvest in Maine. now over,
is one Of the smallest ever gathered, but
the quality is good. The crop is $4,000
tons. Last winter it was 100000 tons.
Tine most expensive fur Is that of the
black fox of Kamschatka. the skin of
which when dressed, becomes . very at
tractiye blue. \ single skin is worth as
much as SlWW.
The most valuable almanac in the
world is preserved i'll the British muse
nm. II is written in rcd ink on papyruS
ana is believed to be about 1900 years
old.
In three mouths of 1902 the Kaiser
ling Whaling company took hfty-seven
whales. In 1905 the same company killed
eighty in ten weeks along the Korean
coast.
In Dutch Guiana tho women carry
upon their persons all the family savings
in the shape Of heavy bracelets, anklet>,
necklaces and even crowns OF gold and
silver.
In 1885, there were only $4,000 to
II 900 Jews in Jerusalem. Last year in
the city they numbered nj least IL 900.
In Ill about 10000 are actually living
in Palestine.
Orders have been given from the
British war office that every boy serving
IN the army is to attend school until he
obtains u trSt-cia>' certificate or reaches
the age Of Is.
Personal injury suits amounting q
$3S,tAb,o52 against the city Of Chic 20
are now pending. mostly for damages
arising from accidents caused by poor
sidewalks.
lie Radium is the title Of new peri
Odical which * 10 be issued in Paris ere
long. II will contain monthly records of
the progress made in the utilization OF
the costly new substance.
t;eorgia's new vagrancy law makes
it lawful 10 put to work on the high
Mass .-kanT -aall!L-.Nho Sannot show he
has regular employment. A Il result OF
the enforcement of this law the high
ways of that state are being put in the
finest condition.
The authorities of Edinburgh, in or
der to induce people 10 be yaCcinated, Of
ferCd half q crown--iD centS-tu every
person who would submit To the opera
ton. There was II great rush upon the
vaccination depotS, with Il great rush on
the saloons little later.
William Deborah and wife. Whine
bago Indians, who make their home in
the northern part Of Sank county. Wis
cnnsin, have been engaged AZ good sal
AIRY To spend the next summer mt the
worlds fair AT St Louis. Mrs. Deborah
weighs about 100 pounds and IS SAID 10
Ice the largest Indian Woman in the Unit
al States.
Canadian exporters are year by year
gaining q stronger position in the Scotch
market About half of the apples inn
ported nov are from the Dominion. The
system Of Inspection at Canadian ports
and at British ports, whereby the quality
of the fruit is in a measure guaranteed.
has proved useful to the shipper rs wc!'
as Ia the buyer.
curious ceremonies are witnessed in
Siam Nhrl, one of the sacred white ele-
plants dies II is given funeral grand
or than that accorded to princes of royal
blood. Buddhist priests otficiute ana
thousands Of deyout SiOmcSc men and
women follow tllc deceased animal Ia the
grave. Jewels aud offerings represent
in& some thousands Of pounds are buried
VITA 3hc elephant.