Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-06
- Notes Of Interest.


are most nearly eQul-QlStant Is AOilanu'
They are at an average distance OF TWEEN
~ miles from one another.
The CHILEAN nitrate fields escaped
earthquake damage i'll the recent shocks.
Tie increased American demand for nj
trate of soda has been so great that
number Of additional outside vessels
have been chartered to get the product
from Chill to the United States. The
American imports of nitratcs from Chill
IN 1905 amounted to 272,525 tons, valued
at $9,3O6,577.
in the grounds adjacent to Wentworth
castle, in England, is to be seen
unique sun dial, which is composed Of
fine yeW tree for the pin and closely
cropped box bushes for the Roman fig
ures and borderings. 1t was planted over
200 years ago and is still in good state
of preservation. Its timekeeping COM
paEeS fayOra bly, with sun diais of more
modern construction.
The Phillips system Of au-
tomato signaling between the signal box
and the cab Of Il locomotive has been
tried with success on the lines of the
North StaffOrdshire Railway company,
England. The system is arranged to
give a visual and audible signal in the
cab of the engine or any other portion
of the train and simultaneously to repeat
such signals i'll the signal box
1t is said of William +. Norman. the
auctioneer who died recently, that he
was responsible more than any other
man for stripping the south Of its old
furniture His auction room was
clearing house for ancestral mahogany
from below the Mason and Dixon line.
and to look about while sale was in
progress was to bring to mind all the
glamour Of before-the-war hospitality.
"A German marine disaster of an eX-
traordinary character is reported. The
good ship Agathe, from Hamburg, laden
with barley, reached Elbing where the
shipyards are, and was beating up the
EIbng river. An OK watched the vessel
from the bank. A sudden squall car
ried the ship little off her course, with
the result that she collided with the OK,
impaling il on the iibho0m, from which
it was removed with difficulty"
Ambulance dogs of the St Bernard
type are being trained by European
armies for use in W@c Those employed
10y the russians in Manchuria proved
useful in finding the wounded, many of
whom probably are never found. In the
FrancO-Prussian war, ont of 10000
casualties, there We're as many as 1900
returned as missing, Il very great num-
Der of whom. it is believed, would, with
the aid of trained dogs, have been recov-
cred.
1t is proposed to construct rcscr-
vor seven miles from Suere, Bolivia, at
an altitude of about 1000 feet above
the level of the city Into this reservoir
there will converge tunnels from eleven
springs Of pure water. making UP an
available total of 1850 gallons ~ minute
The water will be brought down 10 Suerc
through iron tubes with a force equiva-
lent to 100 horsepoweF, which it is pre-
posed TO utilize for an electric poweg
installation.
-Broken-down horses are shipped from
English ports to the continent of Europe,
where they are bought and slaughtered
for butchers meat. Boats continually
arrive at Amsterdam laden with mis-
cradle. sorebacked, blind and in many
cases, dying horses. Some of them have
been certified as unfit for further work
underground in the mines and. because
rh'y are unused TO the upper air aud
light, they suffer great torture from the
exposure. iher mlSerIes when III n
rough sea are indescribable
The salary of the President is 500
GOO. Presidents travelling expenses SO
600. secretary to the President $1,000.
other employees in executive office SGl-
600. contingent expenses $4,000, care
and refurnishing white house $4,000.
fuel for white house $4,000, care of
greenhouses $4,000, repairs to green
houses $1,000, maintenance of white
house grounds $1,000, policemen at white
house $4,000; secret service men $1,000.
naval yacht Mayiiower Sl5O,0OO, naval
yacht Sylph $4,000. Total S4I2,OuO.
Says a naturalist: The behring's
move on the sea in uncouutable numbers
in banks that are miles in length and
width, in windows So vast that they
perhaps keep passing one given point in
unhroken succession for months at It
time. Just SO with the menhaden. \
catch IN a purse net of 100000 is NOT
mlftNutHl. such numbers are sufficient
1" S'ahd ~ me faEaEes OF the natural
enemy. The bass, tile paddock and the
peii"cE may Kill TO thrir hearts coSrent
and sun the mynhoden will hold their
own.
The census bureau has issued Il
statement concerning manufacturers of
New York state for the last five years.
During this period the number OF manu-
factoring establishments has, increased
FROM %1,91I to -, 1871 capitalized ut S.
u3l, ia9,1l5. an increase of 81 per cent.
The employees number 9l4 800 and the
factory products had am annual value of
S1,4SS.34I.11a The priucipal industries
are men and WomenS clothing. flour and
Erl>tmlH products. foundry and machine
ShHp products. malt liquors and lAllDtiuy