Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18

screen this earth gives hasles brighter
han radium
Notwithstanding The frightfllly high !
deatltrate among Johann Hochs wives,
there are enough Of them remaining to
warrant their application for cut rate
ON the railroads in case they determine
10 hold convention.
The average age Of the japanese naval |
crews is lower than that Of the men in |
any other navy No one over 20 years
old is accepted for enlistment The aver
age height is feet inches-less than
that of any other navy.
The highest figure paid to any pro-con- |
sui in England is 100000, which is the |
sum received by the viceroy of India. !
This seems a large sum, but it never
really covers the expenses The South |
African post pays $4,000.
The British admiralty has refused to |
grant an IS pence day special cam
paign pension to Adam Gushing, a
Crimean veteran - years old, on the |
ground that marines are not eligible, so
he has resorted to the almshouSe.
The steamer which carried 50, 10000 |
from New York for Paris recently was
La Champagne, of the Hayre line 1t
was not the first instance in this country
in which the champagne has been CON
nected with large outflow of gold.
The search for the bones of John Paul
Jones, in Paris, is interesting, but the
fame of the great revolutionary naval
hero is secure wherever his remains may
rest. and there is therefore no warrant
for large outlay in effort to find them.
At the Lewis and Clark exposition in
Portland. this year, there will be shall
low lake, about POO acres in area, which
will contain all kinds of fish, and be llu-
minated by 10000 electric lights, so
that the fish will be visible as they swim
around.
The gasoline incident at Cincinnati,
where an accidental escape of the vapor-
Gus fluid filled sewers and cause ex.
plosions many blocks distant from the
point where it was spilled, reveals an
opening for the spread of mischief in a
uesleged city.
The cantonal school board of Tcuo,
in Switzerland, complains in circular
to parents that owing to children being
allowed at home to partake too freely of
the strong native liquor. boys and girls
often 90 to school in Il hopclessly utoxi-
rated condition.
Butter color is made from anilinc. and
the desired shade is technically called
ago" As Il very small quantity will
color a large amount of butter. the pres
once of the chemical cannot be detected
by the taste. hut in large amounts il is
poisonous to a degree.
y spot on the sun 10000 miles long
has been discovered from a Chicago high
school observatory. This affords room
for any amount of practical advertising
of securing mixtures There will be
millions in il for the first eradicator that
cleans off that dark patch.
\ japanese newspaper printed in Hon
oulu says that a japanese company is
engaged regularly in shipping women to
San Francisco, where they are held in
virtual slavery. The passports required
by the American immigration authorities
are used over and over again
"
AT a cost Of - cents Japanese doctors
can dress the wounds of 500 men, They
use finely powdered charcoal obtained
by the slow combustion of straw in closed
furnaces. Sachets filed with it are APP
piled to the wounds, and its entiscptc
and absorbent qualities generally effect Il
rapid cure.
The skin of the men and women Of
some nations is much thicker than that
of others. particularly in hot countries.
The Central African negro has skin
about half as thick as that of Eu-
ropean. That Of negro is thj.&e>5
over the head and back evidently t.
TORN protection from the sun.
The women of savage tribes hay, ua-
infreQuently q wardrobe consisting of
furs which would be worth from S54An
10 $1,000. Gruuleman. the explorer.
relates how one fair Greeulander wore
dress of sealskin with a hood Of that
costly fu9. the silver fox. The garment
was lined with fur Of the young Sea,