Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
- Miscellaneous Items. -

mai written TOT ConlUfefS.
The cellar in the Bank Of France re-
sembes n large warehouse. Silver com
is stored there in 800 barrels.
Three million song birds are killed
each year for the purpose Of adjoining
womon's hats with their plumage.
The Russian minister Of finance has
raised the question Of the creation in
Russia Of chambers of commerce.
a mortality play. founded on Bun
vans "Pilgrim's Progress has been
successfully produced nj Birmingham.
The Glasgow city council has "A 10
minute sandGlass in front of each mem
Der, that he may limit his speeches to it.
Fifteen officers Of the German army
are ut present studying japanese in the
Berlin seminary for Oriental languages.
A black lily, or tulip, with a flower
eight inches in diameter, has been found
on the island of Luzon, in the Philip
pines
"A gallon Of water day is drunk by
every Japanese who practices rs nearly
all do, the gymnastics known as jiu-
jtsu.
Census figures Just published show
the population OF France last year was
391l9095, an increase of only 15I 100 in
two years.
The Chinese voice lacks two notes.
its scale has six notes instead of eight
The fourth ana seventh notes are the
missing ones.
For various misdemeanors sixty-four
schoolboys in Berlin were condemned
last year to imprisonment for from two
to ten months,
A medical authority says that in rail
way collisions the passengers who are
asleep escape the had effect Of shaking
and c0ncussion.
Almost the entire commercial wealth
Of India, with its population Of 300, 00O,-
900, is said to be in the hands Of less
than 10000 persons.
An engineer declares that 10000 peo-
pie now do the work with the aid of ma
chinery which needed 100000 persons
to do a few years ago.
There are sumptuary laws even in
the Cook Islands, where II Is punishable
oifense to eat more than 1000 cOcoanuts
in celebration of DEATH
Argentina has nearly one-third the
urea Of the United States, but only g.
100000 population. Her resources could
easily support 75,000,000.
If the paupers in Great Britain were
arranged III procession, four abreast
II is computed that the procession would
be nearly 100 miles in length
Living pictures-cever and finished
representations of groups taken from
Dresden and Sevres china-are very pop
MAR at one of the London music halls.
london has the largest proportion OF
insane Of any English city, the number
being 3Gi To every 100000. Nottingham
Is a close second, with 342 to the l00,-
600.
The San Francisco police arrested the
other day three men and three women in
what they said was n shoplfting school.
II had counters and shelves, and the
women were being taught to steal A
n a Of L. Il.
partment stores was recovered.
-Longwood, Bonapartes house in 81.
Helena, is now barn. The room in
which he died is Il stable On the site of
ms former grave is machine for grind
ing corn.
There are 190,221 professional beg
CARS IN Spain, of whom ii ,94S are WON
en- In some of the cities beggarS are
licensed to carry on their trade Seek.
ing aims is recognized as a Legitimate
business and the municipality demands a
percentage upon the collections Seville
Is the only city in the kingdom which
torbids begging in the streets.
"A new city slaughter house, covering
TWO acres. aud To be used for the killing
Of horses, donkeys aud mules for food
has been opened in Paris " h n bonount
ut which horse and donkey ilosb I w"rc
the only meats served. 1t is stated that
2a.00o horses donkpys and mules are
killed annually in Paris for food The
use of their flesh is increasing.
1t Is estimated that the total arca
Tor farming purposes in the United
states II ~ 100000 acres, an area larg-
er than England. Scotland, Ireland.
Wales, France. Germany. Austria
Spain. Japan and the TranSyaal There
are II. $4,000 persons engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. while all other iudns-
tries employ but lS,S45,00O.
a Hungarian blacksmith recently
sent novel present to the Austrian
Emperor II WAS Il goose egg with
horseshoe. a pair of pincerS. a file aud
Il knife, all riveted to the she'll, and The
work had been SO carefully done thar
there was not even Il crack in th,, sbc0
The Emperor sent him an autograph
photograph. medal and SO in return
The network OF canals in Flanders,
winch terminates ut the seaports at Neu-
zen, In the Netherlands. aud Ostcnd ana
EeehfuGSe, IN Belgium, offers an oppor-
tuhhy 10 use motor boats. aud the de-
mand rs increasing from wear 10 year
Several firms in this city manufacturers
motors fer boats, but preference is given
10 the American motor.
The Straits settlements have the
cheapest puStoiice in the world. Post.
cards, available in the colony aud Ia The
feQrrated Malay states, are Snld nj one
hith OF penny each; the letter rates oC
postage throughout the same arra is
slightly more than halfpenny. The
postage ON letters to any place i'm the
british empire is four-ffths Of penny To
the half ounce
The canton Of Zurich in Switzerland
has taken steps Ia establish m anuu0,
poll tax of 81 CENTS to he called fhr
Zurich medical tax, and that from the
fund thus produced, some hale y nunlJrl
PHYSICIANS are 20 be maintained. WHOSE
services IA Il sail
member of the commune. free of INV
remuneration, whenever he may chn.>e|
To coll for them
The marriage rate is higher IN r,,..
land than elsewhere. being Il in i6o6
In most other countries if varies rrn,,,
To 10 in 1000. The highest birth r,tr
according to volume of statistics ro'
ferring chiefly to foreign countries
sued by the British board Of trade i in
Roumania-39 in 1000 Thar count,.y
also also has as, the highest death rate. Or in
1000. The lowest marriage rote Is i'm
Sweden where il is o in 1000 ~