Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-30
- Miscellaneous Items. =

There are 5000 irrigated farms il
Oregon.
Il looking glass trust has been or
@aHized in Belgium.
The orange tree bears fruit aud flow
erS nj The same time.
The Bible publications of the ONford
University Press have been iSSitcd for Bon
years and can be published in 100 Ian
lt.a"eS and dialects. On an average, from
- 10 10 Bibles are furnished every min
}ife.
Among the sights in Paris j. raj
pound. whore the services Of tie rodents
are utilized for removing the flesh from
The etlrtasseS of dead animals. 4 horse
thrown in over night is quite stripped by
morning.
The chemist Laudin. in SweGen. has
discovered a large deposit rich in uraHi-
uln. Tho element in which radiun usual
j. occurs, ard Mr., Laudin has already
produced radium from it. Tie location
Of the deposit is still kept secret.
Six cocoon cultivation is becoming ono
al Seryia's national industries. l.aSI
year there were collected in that King
dom }45,000 pounds Of silk cOcoous. The
government is distributing free OF charge
the eggs Of the Silbworm.
blind maSseuses have been So sue
ccssful in London Santariums that the
cart of massage is To be taught in New
! ork schools for ,he blind. Their highly
developed sense of touch gives them an
aptitude for learning the work.
The expression kick the bucket, as
- anonymous with dying. is said 10 have
originated in al English method Of SUE
eide The intended suicide would stand
alun bucket put the moose about his
neck ani thcn Kick the hucket from nm
der him.
An attempt is being made to uncover
the treasure from the bottom of Lake
Guatavita, in Colombia, sunk hy Indian
sun Worebipprs before the conquest by
tic Spaniards. One Frenchman csti-
mates thar It's yanG Will amount 10 over
5000 600, 900.
Cloth may be rendered waterproof by
rubbing the under side with Il lump Of
heeSWaN until the surface presents IL uni
form white or grayish appearance. This
method. il is said, renders the cloth prac-
tically Waterproof although still leaving
il porous TO air.
Ancient timckeeping has received
new light from two remarkable stones
lately unearlhed by the German cNplor-
"rs on the site of the old Ionic port of
Nibetus. The Zones are the remains
nf calendars. " which one is shown 10
date from 100 Nd.
Al Los Angeles, Cal, a large concrete
steel chimney has recently been erected
which IL $50 feet high above the base
aud IL feet in diameter outside aud II
feet inside. The chimney WIS erected
entirely by means Of a scafioldinS hUlt
inside as it assembled
Near ketSchau, Germany. is the
deepest hole in the earth. II is JI}5
feet deen, and for geological research
H44lF Tim lVillin.r IN,
aud stopped six years later because the
engineers were unable with their instru-
ments 70 90 deeper.
For years past the Swiss peaSants
have had almost monopoly in the mark
ing Of certain toys. Now in the vast
woods of northern New England the fac
tories will turn out in one day more
toys jhan ifty-nine households in the
T!rol could produce in week
There are few things in nature more
wonderful than the common Impulse
which SeiZeS millions of undcvcioped in
Sects living in dark tunnels underneath
the ground and urges them to cut their
way upward that they may complete
fher appointed life in the upper air.
Massachusetts scientists are making
collections of rain water for testing pur-
poses. The plan is to anAlyze the rain
that falls in any part of the state and
then compare it with the spring water.
This shows whether there is anytbjnr i'm
the soil which communicates the Suonlv.
he savage tribes in the interior of
Brazil are exceedingly fnnd nf r,,st
monkey Humboldt estimated tb,t cn,
small tribe Of poo Indians ro,.snnrnJ avon.
2Nta MONKEYS during ysar /, l. I'M
that untN rrccntly monkry n,e,t ,y.,s f,n
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