Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-01-21
- Miscellaneous Items. =

The best aid 10 digestion. it is assert
ed. IS TO whistle for half an hour after
meals.
Finding long rusty mil in his morn
ing foll 4 Niennese citizen charged his
baker with endangering the public safety,
The baker was fined 81.
-Sah Lake has planned for an extern
sion of its water supply that Will cost
S1.000,G00 and make the supply ample
for city Of 10000 individuals
The Congo is one Of the widest wa
terways in the globe, if not the finest.
1t is twenty-five miles across in parts. so
that vessels may pass one another and
yet be out Of sight
During the year 1908 Australia inn
ported from all countries goods valued at
SlS5OO9,52i or this amount goods to
the value Of S30.544 l0t were imported
from the United States.
Pennies are soon to be introduced
into South Africa, Heretofore the
Hickey" has been the smallest coin and
il is worth about Il cents. The penny
will he OF copper and worth cents.
According to a German authority the
worlds silk production in 1903 amount
rd to 81. S9T 600 ayoirdup0is pounds. not
including what was produced ana con
sumed in the home markets of China
and Japan.
The German town Of Biibrich has Il
law which calls for a special tax an all
honscholders who have balconies attached
10 their houses. They are considered a
luxury The tax money is used for the
improvement of the streets.
On account of the abolition of His
office as returning officer Of the school
board elections II. List of Penge Eng
land, has been allowed 30 cents per au-
nun as compensation. Each quarter he
will receive Il check for 1919 cents.
According to lecture given by Very
Rev. Dr. Coifey Of Maynooth in Coun-
~ Roscommon Roman Catholic church.
there are now more than 10000 licensed
drinking places in Ireland. or one for
every 40 members of the population.
Barbados business men have offered
20 supply 10000 negroes for labor in the
TranSvaal and to agree to deliver them
at Lourcnco- Marques within twelve
months ut Sl00 per head, provided the
wages should be not less than $3.50 per
month, with board and lodging.
In the last five years New South
Wales has received S20S.11l .S12..2:i for
her wool clip, or only S2,965,94G.S2 less
than during the previous five years.
though the sheep then numbered 23S,-
lOI,G4S in the aggregate, against only
lI3.396.0l4 for the last five years.
Among The natural curiosities Of ia
pan are its singing insects. The mos
priced If these tiny musicians is a black
beetle named "susumushi." which means
'inSect bcil." The sound that il emi>
resembles that Of little silver bell Of
the sweetest and most delicate tone
AT present patents are granted IN
Great Britain at inventors risk: but Il
new ACT provides for a search of the pat
cnt office for fifty years back To SCI
whether the applicant for patent has
been forestalled in his ideas. This viii
make British patents worth good deal
more than they have been.
The natives ef India take more aud
more to beer. Formerly the consumption
VAS very small there are now, however
l9any large brewerieS and last year their
continued production aggregated nearly
9UUO,oOO gallons. Ii is said that about
10 per cent. of this production is con,
sumed by the army. Most of the brew
cries are in the Himalaya mountain dis
tricts. ON the railroad line between tho
stations of Murree and narieling.
Taking advantage of the fact THAI
letters addressed to the President of the
French republic, to the presidents Of
the Senate ana Chamber of the prefect
1T Police DO not require to he stamped
the Maun, Il Paris newspaper. has or
caniZed Il new system Of petitoning in
favor of 2-cent postage. With every pa
per sold "A post card is enclosed ad-
dressed to the president of the Chamber
of Deputies. The readers are asked to
sign it and drop il into the nearest post
box.