Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-30


scraper offers possibilities of achieve
ments which will make this fye-story
spite fence look like a fireplace screen.
The Countess Lydia Rostopchine, spin
ster who has just arrived from Russia,
declares that old maids are happier than
married women. But how eau a woman
be qualified to illuminate conclusions on
that subject who has had experience of
only one Of the states which are COM
xared!
New direct steamship service between
New York city and Brazilian ports has
just been established with a schedule
which provides for sailings at regular in
tervals 1t is evident from this that
transit facilities between North and
South America are improving with the
development of export business, without
which steamships cannot afford to run.
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The United States battleship feet Is
fighting its way through seas made tur-
bulent by monsoons, but it will reach
Japan in good condition. The washing
overheard Of two men, reported by wire
less telegraphy, is evidence that the
good ships are being swept by the seas.
The ability of the modern battleship to
withstand rough weather has been fully
tested ON the long cruise.
There are hopes of discovering valu-
able diamond mines in Pike county, Ar
kansas. The region is said to exhibit
characteristics similar TO those existing
at Kimberly. Diamonds to the number
Of 13S have rewarded few weeks
search. The largest of them weighs
seven carats. There is certainly reason
for strong hopefulness among people
owning land in Pike county.
The latest estimates Of the crops Of the
Dominion by the statistical department
of the Canadian government is 1861
600 bushels of wheat, so, 723,000 bushels
of barley, 267 ,651, 900 bushels of oats,
and 1,SS9,000 bushels of rye. These fig
ures foreshadow activity and profit for
the business men and the carrier includ-
ing lake tonnage which must move the
wheat forward to eastern and foreign
consumers.
Three hundred engineers, architects
and contractors who visited the Edison
cement mill at New Village, New Jersey,
are unanimous in the declaration that the
Wizard of Menlo Park has revolutionized
cement making and ushered in an era Of
cheaper construction. This is important.
as concrete construction is rapidly taking
the place of the older systems, because
OF its comparative cheapness and its SUI
perior strength and durability.
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The ''true sardine" is said to have
appeared in numbers on the coast of
Maine. Ii this be true, the Maine fish
ermen should restrain their operations
until the fish become thoroughly habitu-
ated to the region. 1t would be nov
city If Americans could eat true sar-
dimes" that were caught and canned on
this side If the Atlantic. Hitherto all
sorts of minnows have figured as the
true cardines' in the American can.
A new mark for speed for fighting
ships is established by the British cruiser
Inflexible's 27A knots in her official
trial, and the remark in the dispatch
chronicling the achievement, that her
speed would have been greater had not
the fog hindered" is an indication that
the new mark is not to stand very long
The improvement in the speed of heavy
warships during the past decade is one
of the most important features of ma
rine progress.
Color is said to be so large a factor
in the New York apple market that deal
ers there are paying So per barrel for
red apples, and asking consumers from ST
10 IS for the rosy-cheeked fruit. Other
apples are selling at wholesale from ST 80
TO IS. In view of the recent past, CON
sumers in this section will be content
with sound apples of any kind. il they
can purchase them at reasonable prices
New York can have the rosy ones at sky
high rates.
y conference in Boston of the govern
ors of the New England states. for the
promotion of the interests of that part
of the country, favored a uniform policy
for the conservation of the fish supply,
especially Holsters. Uniformity Of game
and fish laws should be established
wherever several states border upon for
ests and waters which abound with game
animals and birds and food fish. Unless
the laws are made uniform in such
cases, the carelessness of one state viii
always nullify the efforts of others.
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Jose Limantour, secretary of the
treasury in Mexico, declares that re-
ports concerning the development of anti.
American sentiment IA Mexico are ut
terly groundness, He says the MeNicaas
have only the frieudliest feelings for
americans, who are heartily invited to
cooperate in the development of the
resources of the republic 1t would he
surprising were Mexico to turn against
the Americans, MS capital from the Unit.
ed States has assisted largely in the de-
velopment of Mcs,ico's mining industry.
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