Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

The British admiralty has just made
its first dental appointment. A dental
surgeon has been appointed for the
sailors and marines at Portsmouth. He
will rank as a civil servant, and so will
not wear uniform.
From letters received by the Church
Missionary society from Japan, it seems
that the severe trial through Which the
island empire is passing is finding ex-
preston in greater earnestness in the
performance Of heather rites.
According to the figures compiled by
the Publishers Weekly, the number Of
new novels and volumes of stories pub
lshed III the United States in 1904 was
1907 nearly 200 more than were report
ed in 1903 The number of new edi-
tons of fiction published in the same
period was S14.
The number Of petitions fled for dis
solution of marriage in England and
Wales in 1902 was 1850, against 900 in
1901. The annual average number Of
petitions fled in five years GS9S-1902l
was S53. The number of petitions fled
in 1902 by husbands was 600; By wives,
AL; total, 1850
4 Manchester England man asked a
japanese what struck him most about
the European face. He replied that it
was the horrible round eyes. \ Hndoo.
to whom he put the same question. said
that it was the glimmering eyes Of the
European that he Notwithstanding, pre-
sumably, half-closed.
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China has just granted its first patent.
1t is for an electric lamp, the inventor of
which is an inhabitant of Nankin, the old
capital of the Chinese empire, who calls
his lamp the bright moonlight and as
serts that it is far superior to foreign
glow lights that hitherto have been sold
at Shanghai and other Chinese cities.
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london, which has 10000 street acct
dents in q year, is still only talking of
horsed ambulances and an ambulance
system. At present the police trunde
the wounded in push-cart to the near
est hospital, where they get the first
ing to stimulate the authorities by quot
ing New York to them.
Sir Thomas Upton having declared
that while life lasts he win persist in
trying to win the Americas cup. loyal
American yachtsmen must be prepared
to see the famous trophy going across
the blue" some of these days. If he
has money enough for the task, Sir
Thomas can continue until he wins in
accordance with the Flaw of chance
Certain French astronomers have re
Gently come to the conclusion that the
qualification of the moon extends from
the surface to the center. and not, as the
American scientists think, from the cen
ter to the periphery. This view would
modify various existing theories Their
conclusion is drawn from the eXamina-
ton of photographs executed at the OBJ
servatory for reproduction in the new
lunar atlas.
Some of the Cars children are free Of
speech, unfettered of action and fully ap-
preciative of their exalted rank. This is
particularly true of the fair-haired, blue
eyed Grand Duchess Olga, who has often
been known to stop her little pony car
rage in the parks of Peterhoff-the
Cars summer residence-to call To or
der some passersby who had failed to ac-
cord her the attention she considered
due to an Emperor's daughter.
The exports of Australia in 1904 were
$3.50 042, 056, an increase of SIS, 1915, 63G
over those of 1901, the banner year pre-
viously. 1t is estimated that Australia
has to remit annually upon its external
Indebtedness and the capital it has i'm
ported, some $T2,997 800, and seldom
have the exports exceeded the imports
by anything approaching that amount
yet last year the exports exceeded the
imports by 500, 191 ,502, so that the OK.
ternal tribute was not only paid in full
but some S26, 765, $50 in excess thereof.
The death of William Iiegier the
wealthy baking powder manufacturers
who has been financing Arctic expe,li-
tons, will probably not Interfere with
plans already outlined for the relief of
the tmla expedition. which was last
heard from in the vicinity of Fran.
Josef Land. The demise of Fia,5'.
hacker illustrates the ecceatriciries of
fate. The young explorer went uortl, r.
rlsN his life, while his patron remained
neAhd III apparent safety, only Ia faH
victim to runaway accident.
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The March fire loss in tic I-n.rs3
States and Canada aggregated Sl47l5.-
600, being smaller than the loss for o.
Their OF the preceding months of laa5
but considerably larger than the March
ioss IN 1904 or 1903. The loss for the
first quarter Of 1905 is 60 nor CONF
). smaller than for the corresponding Nc.
riod of 1904, hut the corresponding NO