Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-04
- Miscellaneous Items, -

Iron was discovered in Virginia tthe
first metals found in America i'll 1715.
The Royal Mint of Vienna is coming
81 .000.00O worth of new gold and silver
money for Seryia.
1t costs on an average $500 10 put
ont a fire in London. and 500 to ex-
tinsuish one in New York.
-Galalitn, or MILESTONE" IS being
much used for decorating. and promises
to take the place Of marble,
The unusual sight of the lion and tho
lamb lying down together may now be
seen in Il menageFie in Paris.
Cornwall is the only county in Eng
land which has 10 theater. \ scheme is
on foot to build one at Falmouth.
Capital punishment still exists in
Switzerland, but all death sentences inn
posed within the last half century have
been committed
-Pineappes are now sent successfully
from South Africa to Europe packed in
special kind of peat. which prevents
rot or mold.
-London's places of entertainment
would hold all the Inhabitants of Mil
waukee-312, 000 about-and then there
would be several thousand vacant seats.
Study of an an ancient bridge at
Ieucade has convinced NJ. PHI. Negris
that the level OF the Mediterranean is
ten feet higher than it was 1000 years
ago
All well-educated Spanish women
are taught from the earliest years to
handle the sword, and as a result they
are noted for their admirable figures
and easy walk
Iceland seems to be hardly as desti-
tute of trees as some suppose, an old idea
being that it possesses only single tree
An investigation shows that the island
really contains woods having various
trees Of considerable size. and that the
climate is not unfayorable TO tree growth.
According to calculation every
man of the German eXpeditionary force
IN Southwest Africa costs the govern
ment - marks per day, which equals
about $4,000 per annum. A German
statistician says that the entire cost of
the Boer war for England worked out
at IA shllings per man per day.
An institute for cancer investigation,
TO be in the immediate vicinity of the
Academy hospital at Heidelberg. will be
begun soon, and its completion is cN
pected i'll the spring of 1906. II will bc
the first large institution of It's kind in
Germany, and probably in Europe, where
scientific investigation will be combined
with treatment of patients
In the Island Of New Guinea. or Pa
qua, the chief adornmcnt of the women
is necktle made OF black ants. The mn
tive girls find the ants in the gardens.
they bite off and swallow the lower end.
throw away the head and thread the
thoraX. One woman, the bride of Il
chief wore necklace II feet long, OH
which were the bodies of 1900 ants.
"A device to prevent the drying out Of
corkS in liquor and wine bottles. which
has the effect Of making the contents OF
the bottle flat and stale is to be seen at a
st Louis Wholesalers establishments 1t
consists of cork which is supplied with
4 cell into which some moisture-satu
Cted materiaHis placed before the cork
ing operation is performed, and it is said
that this win keep the cork in the proper
condition indefinitely.
1t is said that one of the justices of
the peace in Indian territory finds time
hanging heavily on his hands OCCASION
ally. and Il lHck Of silver in his pocket
When this occurs he sends out Il trlSv
messenger to round up Il group of In
dams and bring them IN. The justice
then marries a couple or pairs of the
ahorigiues, and gets So piece from
them before turning them loose again.
1t is further said that the Indians don't
mind much, and that no trouble is
caused.