Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-20
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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The annual wear and tear on the
worlds currency is estimated at two
tons of gold and 100 tons of silver.
IN all the civilized countries Of the
world 60 per cent of the persons over
10 years old have to work Cor living
There are in the State of New York
forty-three villages of between LOCO
and 1000 inhabitants which have free
libraries.
The Firms evidently have not found
woman suffrage failure. Nineteen
women We're elected to their first Par
lament. Now twenty-five have Just
been elected to the second.
Berlin opened rink on Sept. / for
ice skating all the year round. This
makes the fourth permanent ice rink
in Europe, others being operated in
London, Paris and Munich.
The ivory nut, which is so much
used by button manufacturers. Is the
fruit of a species of palm which grows
in Central and South America. 1t
forms valuable crop, particularly in
Panama. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
A German statistician has calculated
that the steam power in present use on
this globe is equal to 120,000,o0o horse
power. The coal needed to supply this
steam for year would make freight
train extending ten times around the
earth.
The FIRST recorded production OF a
pay iii Australia tGak place In June
of the year 1850. 1t Mas called "Tho
Recruiting Officer" The proceeds of the
first pay night (some f20l went to the
family of man who had been drown
| ed. In January, 1T96, rough ana
ready playhouse was opened and the
public had to pay one shilling head
for admission. The payments were
made iii kind, wheat flour or rum talk
ing the place of the usual currency. -
London Standard.
Don't mark your stationery any
longer with a monogram. That is out
of date. The iatest symbol is the
thumb mark. 1t Is engraved In gold or
silver and has MI the value of Ber-
tillon mark Of Identification. Station.
| ers who have introduced this way OF
| marking use the prints in the center of
q correspondence card and about half
| an inch from the top to make them
most effective. The thumb ia some
times printed In red or blue, although
the metal colors are more popular
New York Sun.
Mrs Bertha Ayrton has succeeded in
ascertaining the cause of the refractory
behavior of the searchlight In certain
respects and In devising remedy. The
British admiralty called on Prof Ayr
ton to investigate the trouble some tim,
ago. After making many investigation:
he turned the problem over TO his wife
who is the only woman member of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers and
| who received the only medal ever
awarded to woman by the Royal So
ciety Of London for original unaidet
| work.
The Congregational parsonage at Kit
terry IS one of the oldest houses in the
State of Maine. II is the oldest ecelesl
| astical residence in the State, and the
oldest one in present use In New Eng
| land The house was built IN 1920, II
the days Of Hon. William peppereil
father Of Sir William Pepperell, II
contains the library bequeathed by Sin
William to DR.. Benjamin Stevens, FOR
| forty years minister OF the Kittery
Point church. IL. Stevens in his turn
bequcathed the library to the Congrega
tional ministers Of llittery and Yorb
(! Tor all tine Many Of these books con
\ tain the Pepperell coat.of-arms. ken
/ nebec (Me.) Journal.
The death of James w. Paul. The
| Philadelphia banker, recalls this story
which he told ut Philadelphia clul
| not long ago. II was gong home ONT
/ night late and saw man who had evi
IDENTIFY looked deep into the cup max
ing frantic but unsuccessful efforts &c
! open d door with latchkey. After
looking at him few minutes | decided
| to help the man, who was not SO faI
gone as to have forgotten his polite
j ness, for before entering the house
/ through the door which succeed
| ed In opening lie asked my name
and thanked me. | proceeded on my
way, but had gone only a few steps
when heard some one call Mr.. Paul
Mr.. PAUL. / turned, and there was
my friend of the latchkey coming to
ward me with unsteady gait When b,
reached me be put one hand affection
ately on my shoulder, and. looking me
in the face, said Say. cid you evei
get an answer to that long letter you
/ wrote TO the ThessaloniansP
Some anonymous German writer has
published In Berlin a work called "The
Condor" IN which he describes wal
breaking out 10 1920 between the Unit
ed states and Brazil, Argentina and
Chile. allied for the purpose OF defend
ing South American nations against tho