Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17
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There are 252.43G miles Of ocean
cable in operation today and only rs, 1914
miles are owned by governments. The
British cables. which connect London
with all parts of the world, have a total
mileage Of $4,000.
Mere woman is not counted as a per
sOnal entity in the census of Siam, but
the Queen appears In boomers ANA Il
fancy blouse at public receptions. Ilec-
tric street cars. controlled by Danes. run
ut a fast pace over an l1-nliie route in
and about Bangkok.
"A Vienna society has been formed to
aid persons with short memories. A card
is issued, upon which the purchaser writes
the date of an engagement and posts to
the socety's office. BY the first post on
the day of his engagement the card is
received by the purchaser.
The felOns nj the state penten;iary
at Carson City. New. have subscribed
money to the amount of SIS to aid in the
defense of four men, who are about to De-
tired second time for murder Of
which they We're convicted about yeal
ago.
Owing to the exceptional rains the
last season the Colorado peach crop IL
larger than ever The Ashenfelter
ranch. near Montrose. alone has shipped
over 10000 boxes this season, $3.50 boxes
having been packed on the ranch in one
day.
The largest peanut fields in the world
are in Guiana, on the north coast of
Africa. Peanuts are grown there by hun
areds If tons, hHt the quality is inferior
90 those grown IN this country. Most OF
the African peanuts are shipped to
France.
The skeletons OF four men who mys-
teriously disappeared there, between two /
days. twenty years ago, have been dis
covered in an old water hole near Quart |
rite. AIiz. They were on their way to |
California and no doubt were murdered (
for their money.
Robert Moffat is about to give up
Midneck farm. Wcsterkirk, Dumfries,
Scotland. The farm was originally
granted to Thomas Moffatt by Robert
Bruce in 1902 In 1870 the Moffatts
sold il 10 the Duke of Buccleuch, bat
continued rs tenants 70 this day.
The only South American country
producing cereals for export is Argentina
Thirty years ago il imported cereals from
the United States, from Chill and even
from Turkey, but in 1902 the value OF
the quality exported was $63,0000O0,
and according to NIL calculations ii viii
exceed $lG0,0O0,0O0 in 1904,
The St Gall embroidery district con
tums about 100000 people. In the m-
dusjry alone there are about 100000 /
men. women and children engaged the
children being employed as helpers Ia
the hand industry. The persons working
in their homes are also occupied with
farming which alone makes it possible
for them to exist.
John s. aud Martha Gentry. hus.
band aud wife. quarreled over the slay-
cry question at st. Joseph, Mo. Just be-
fore the war He enlisted in the Con.
federate army she went to California,
aud in 1874 she obtained a divorce. The
other day they met by chance on ferry
boat on San Francisco bag, and on Sep I
tember 80 they were remarked. Both
are over 10 years old
James Mooney, attached to the
Smithsonian bureau Of ethnol0gy, sees n
hopeless future for the Indian, among
whom he has spent the greater portion
of his life. He believes that il is prac-
tically impossible TO ciyilzc the Indian:
that. having no ambition for improve
ment or progress, they will continue IN
their present state. dying ont in numbers
till they become simply rowing bands.
The problem of navigating the tortu-
Gus waters of the upper Colorado river
and the lower Green and Grand rivers |
ana SO opening up to exploitation dis
trlct OF great mineral and prospective /
agricultural wealth has long hatlled Colo |
radans. 1t is now claimed nj Denver |
that 4 specially designed gasoline motor |
boat has proved equal to the task and |
that Il new empire will be opened up in !
which possibly Il second Cripple Creek /
will be found.
The development of marine signaling !
promises To be one OF the chief aids 70 !
the navigator which the immediate fu, |
t0re holds in Store. by means of sub |
merged bells and telephone apparatus for !
picking up the sound signals may be sent !
and received over considerable distances |
The system has been installed on four
Fplff Nili hat Nt,rl II
ton. and many government and foreign
officers have visited these ships during
the past year.
The citzrus of Chattanooga. in the
big pasture reserve Of Oklahoma, are
making preparations for a big wolf hunt
II is expected that hunters from Indian
Territory and Oklahoma will take part
The plans are for the sporsmen to gather
on the four sides of six-mile square
tract and proceed 80 the center forcing
all game ahead of them; when Mt the
center they will, with the aid of their
dogs, Kill the wolves. No guns will be
allowed in the hunt.
The women of savage tribes have
not lnfreQuently wardrobe consisting
uf furs which would he worth from
$4,000 to Si0.OUO. Grundeman, the ex-
plorer relates how one fair Grecnlander
wore a dress Of sealSkiu with a hood OF
that costly fur, the silver fox The gar,
ment was hucd with fur or the youuc
seal otter. and there was n fringe ut
wolverine tails, About $500 is probably
the average worth Of the dress Of In
dian women on the Columbia and Fraser
rivers.
In nearly cvery language ia the world
there is an equivalent for God bless
ven" when anyone sneezeS, for the same
superstition in regard "a it holds good in
every country To this Sahtnton In
France there is added sometimes the
phrase, and preserve y0u from the fate
of Tycho Rrahe." who Is believed 10 hay.
escaped death of cold by Il single ,neezn
which killed hin, In England "a tegu.
lar formula is: "Ouce for a wish. r,yi.,
for kiss. three times for letter anJ
four times for a disappointment. I'm
Italy the regular salutation is >hpply
"Felcita,' or May YOU IN. fortunate "