Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-17

Il Notes Of Interest..

treat Britain owns more land of
North America than the United States.
-Japan is perhaps the only country
in thp world where the fashions in wum-
ems dress have not changed materially
in 300 years.
AS near as can he ascertained the
unapprOpriated and unrescryed public
lands Of this country amounts TO w.
23S, T07 acres.
The new harbor works at TOXIC will
cost S10.OO0.O0O The money is being
raised by the japanese government by
foreign lean.
The railroads Of England and Ire
land are of different gauge. Those of
ireland are ) feet , inches; Of England,
4 feet 81 inches.
The Leesville (ColoJ Light tells how
the members Of Il lodge at Leesville
turned out enthusiastically at flu
neral of a lodge brother.
Lost in the Australian bush, near
Port Darwin, for five days. Engineer
Commander f. :. Silk was found alive
and well by black tracker.
The searchlight of the British Dread
nought has new feature in that 1t pro
iects beams at the same time in opposite
directions TO facilitate signaling.
The highest inhabited place IL he
world is the Buddhist monastery of
Ilane in Thihe.. which is situated about
seventeen thousand feet above sea level.
There is factory in Amsterdam,
Holland. which cuts and polishes 400
OU0 diamonds annually. About twenty
women do most of the actual cutting Of
the stones,
Daniel Osiris, the jewish banker and
philanthropist of Paris. who recently
died. left a will in which he disposed of
$l3.O0O.OOO, giving 100000 to the
pastcur Institute.
One of the most eloquent preachers
in Wales is Rev J. Paulston Jones. He
has been blind since he vas years Old
hut graduated with high honors at the
University of Glasgow.
Mr. Ernest .Iardine the purchaser
of Glastonbury Abbey, has stated that
he is willing to sell the abbey to the
Church of England for the same price
tt30,OO0l that he paid for it.
Five thousand pounds was paid ut
Christie's auction rooms, London, recent
ly for necklace. Ii was composed Of
fourteen emeralds, six large pearls and
eighty marquise shaped brilliantS.
The only woman who ever ruled fer
an American colony was Lady Carteret
Lord CarteTpt married for his second
wife New York widow, Mrs. William
Lawrence She was a woman OF strong
character, and was appointed regent dur
ing his absence from the colony. Many
documents are eXtant signed by her as
regent.
Baggage belonging to Chinese
coolic who had landed at Singapore from
Sumatra was being examined the other
day when something hard was felt in Il
pillow Upon opening the pillow the off
cial found a skull and all the homes of n
human skeleton. The coolie declared that
the bones were those of his brother, and
he was taking them to China for burial
-Four countries grow s6 per cent. Of
the hop crop of the world. England IS
perceptibly in the lead with production
Of PSI per cent. of the total. the crop
of 1905 being adopted as the leading one
for which information is available for all
countries Next in order stand Germany
with 23.3 per cent. the United States
with 20 per cent. and Austria Hungary
with IA per cent.
Manager Toyowaka of the japanese
NItsui Bishi bank says that women
make most of the goods exported from
Japan. Male workmen verscd in
mathematical and mechanical knowledge
are becoming experts in new branches
of industry. such as shipbuilding and
ironworking, in which they display the
greatest patience. In the tea, silk weay-
ing and light industries female labor is
invariably required.
The British government has recently
given notable recognition Of the excel
lence of American agricultural teaching
and education by the selection Of \. f.
parr of the Iowa State Agricultural col
lege as director of agriculture and ami
NAL industry for British India. Prof
Parr will receive salary of $40
OOo a year for 10 years, and il is under
stood that he win then be eligible 10 re-
tire and draw Il pension for life $1,000
year.