Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-08
- Notes Of Interest.
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To New ork CITY.
Places of amusement in New York
city have $4,000 more seats than the
churches have.
An ordinary crop of cotton takes
from the soil, in one acre, more than 20
pounds of chemical salts.
One reason why colonization by Latin
races has been so successful is that they
intermarry with the natives.
The Colorado fox runs faster than
any other living animal, and the cheetah,
or hunting leopard. holds second place.
In Spain every important train is
accompanied by two members CT the
civil guard, who pOmpously patrol the
platform at every stopping place.
The Swiss are the hotekeepers Of
Europe. Various Swiss syndcatCs are
running civilized hotels in all places
where the multitude so.
Although Spain is on the gold basis
gold is never seen there the silver pese-
ia being worth only about Is cents
while the gold one is worth nearly 20
The silver and paper currency is ever
changing, varying from 126 to 1870 for
100 gold pesetas during the last year.
Newspapers are beginning to -four
ish in Italy. The first in circulat ton and
enterprise is The Evening Courier of
Milan. with 10000 circulation and an
equipment of American Hoe presses.
The Tribune Of Rome is next in circu-
lation and influence, with an output of
100000 copies daily.
Whenever we get a call to attend
case of epilepsy" said an ambulance
surgeon at Bellevue, 1--WE always find
the patients neck and face covered with
salt. The efficiency Of salt as cure for
epilepsy is evidently a relic Of some old
country superstition. though just what
it is we've never been able to find out"
New York Sun.
1T is calculated that only two
thousand miionth part of the heat emit
ted by the sun is caught by the earth,
whose coal supply power is relatively so
niinitesmal that if every bit of coal in
the world were cast into one great bon
fire and instantaneously burnt it would
not generate as much heat as the sun
produces each tenth Of a second.
Lord Cadogan is known as one of
the best landlords in London. When
North street, Chelsea, was remodeed re-
Gently a syndicate wanted 10 buy his
property. He said II will sell it. but
| must insist upon your granting new
leases to everyone who is in that street
50 that no one is turned out for five
years, and so that they will have ample
notice" 1t made a difference of $3.50
900 TO him.
Says the Penang Gazette Of certain
conditions i'll the Malay peninsula: The
number If Crocodiles in the vicinity Of
Penang and Province Wellesley is on
the increase. 1t seems that fishermen
who get them entangled in their nets
otter release them to prevent their nets
from being damaged and to save them.
selves the trouble Of killing them. The
authorities might offer rewards for the
destruction of these reptiles, as was GUS
tomary n few years ago.
I'm China and its dependencies, with
a population of 400000,000, or % per
cent. of thetotal population of the world
rice is the principal food supply Thesame
may be said also of India, with its popu-
lation of 213,O00000, and Japan with its
100000 In addition to these, it is
n chief article of diet with other peoples
Of Asia and Africa. whose population is
estimated at 100.000,000 The total
reaches S15,000,000, or 80 per cent. of
the total population of the earth.
Many and curious are the legends of
the kingtisher. One of these is 10 the eff
feet that the bird was originally a plain |
gray in color, but upon being let loose
from the ark flew toward the setting
sun and had its back stained blue by
the sky and its lower plumage scOrched |
by the sun to gorgeous hues. The dried |
body of the kingfisher was once used as |
charm against thunderbolts and moths |
and it was hung up SO that il might |
point with its bill to the winds quar-, |
ter.
Paris honOrs famous literary men by |
naming streets after them. The death |
of Henrik Ibsen has started talk of thus !
concentrating the great Norwegian. |
\ dramatist of the lighter sort declared |
his readiness to vote for a Rue Henrik |
lbsen on condition that there should also |
be Rue Bjornstiernc-B jornson. This. |
npt nttlv In b.,p
to the author of Beyond Human !
Power but would be productive of
amusing results in the case of cabmen. |
as, no doubt, it would
In Turkey there is great consrmp.
ton of the milk of the buffalo. the com
mon COW, the goat and the eve, hut it is !
hardly ever used in natural state Ac-
cordng to a paper read at the London
Academy of Medicine, the milk is CON
Siderahly reduced. After slow cooling
the milk is treated with ferment taken
from the previous days supply In n
few hours Il kurd forms which is called
Naghoun. The preparation is preferred
To milk, and it has Il pleasant clean, acid
taste and is. of course, nutritious.
There are about 225,0OO miles If
cable in all the bottom of the sea. rep
resenting S250,000,0O0, each line costing
about 500 Il mile to make and lay.
The average useful life of a cable nova
days is anything between 30 and 40
years, according to circumstances. About
100000 messages are conveyed by the
worlds cables throughout the year, or
$4,000 n day. the working speed of any
one cable being mp to 100 words Il min
ute under present conditions, About 80
per ceut of these are sent in code or
cipher.
Screw propellerS, like most other in
ventions, had great difficulty in getting
recognition from authority For in
stance. Sir William Symouds, surveyor
and principal designer to the British al
miralty. could not be brought to believe
in them. lie declared that steamships
of any sort were 'monstrous" and thai
the screw was impossible. The day
came when choice between paddle wheel
and screw propeller had to be made M
naval authorities tied two ships stern Il
stern. and when the screw propelled
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