Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-28
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


There are 752 kinds of flowers
found in the Arctic regions.
OF an average each resident of Ber-
lin is said to spend one-eleventh of
his income on intoxicating drink.
In connection with the recent trial
Of Chatham (Eng.) dockyard men for
| thefts of old metal, the auditors re-
port on the navy says; Some of the
conspirators obtained leave of absence
| from the dockyard in order actively
to carry out the thefts."
Trudeau's classic experiment points
US in the right direction. After ill-
oculating a number of rabbits with
| tuberculosis he confined number of
them indoors and turned the others
outdoor The latter all recovered,
while the former all died-Medical
! Record.
! A seven-foot alligator has been dis
| porting himself in the canal near
| Pine street bridge. He has afforded
much amusement for the school chill
dren, for the gator has evidently a
! musical ear. He only appears when
/ singing is going on in the school.
| When this fact became known a num-
! Der of the children went to the bridge
and to the strains of Onward Chris
tian Soldiers" sung by them, he lazi-
| ly came from his hiding place and en-
| joyed the impromptu concert. The
experiment has been repeated several
times with success.-Ft. Pierce (Fla.)
Tribune.
Amsterdam enjoys an enviable rep
! utation for its cleanliness. Owen Felt
ham, who visited Holland in the sew
enteenth century, was particularly inn
| pressed by the spotlessness of its
| streets and houses. Whatsoever their
estates be- he writes, their houses
must be fair. Therefore, from Amster-
dam they have banished seacole, lest
1t soyle their buildings Every door
seemed studded with diamonds. The
nails and hinges hold a constant
brightnesse, as if rust there was not a
| quality incident to iron. Their houses
they kept cleaner than their bodies;
their bodies than their souls
Australia has an area of 2,974, sol
square miles. In 1906 the estimated
white population was 4,119,4S1, and
| the estimated residue of the aborig-
inal black fellows" about 1000 OF
these fully 10000 are within the linn
its of the state of Queensland, which
| occupies the northeastern part of the
continent and has a white population
of about 100000 on an area of $4,000
square miles. The Australian aborig-
ines are not civilizable and have a
very low intellectual capacity. They
are cared for by a well considered
system of laws and are looked after
| by protectors" located at numerous
| points throughout the continent.
query has been addressed to Kew
as to the wood used for mummy cot.
fins in Egypt, which was stated by
the correspondent to be that of syca-
more. Some pieces of mummy coffin
wood were presented to Kew in 1875
by H. H. Calvert, British consul at
| Alexandria, and later specimens of
| the wood of Ficus sycomorus were
forwarded from Egypt by DIR. Schwein-
furth. The microscopic structure Of
| these specimens has been compared
| in the laboratory, and we learn from
the Bulletin that there is no reason
to doubt that the mummy collins re-
ferred to were made from the wood
| of Ficus sycomorus-the sycamore fig.
! Westminster Gazette
Cattaro, the Austrian sea gate Of
Montenegro, which was recently be-
lieved to be threatened by Prince
Nicholas guns, was held by Montene-
gro once for a little time Montene-
gro acquired It in 1913 with the aid
OF a British squadron. Any inhabit.
| ant of Cattaro who was contemporary
| with the rise and fall of Napoleon
must often have had to pause and
| think what country he belonged to-
| For having been Venetian for cen
! turies Cattaro became Austrian by
the treaty of Campo Formio, and Ital-
ian in 1906, by the peace of Press
burg. 1t was absorbed in the French
empire in 1910, and wrested from it
in 1913, and finally. in 1914, Russia
compelled Montenegro to give 1t up
| TO Austria.
Of the worlds islands Borneo and
New Guinea are accounted the two
largest. AS their areas have not been
| accurately ascertained, 1t Is uncertain
which is the larger of the two. Au-
thorities vary, some calling New
Guinea the largest island on earth,
some the second largest. It's area Is
estimated at about $4,000 square
miles-greater than that of all our
Atlantic coast States from New Jer-
sey to Florida, with West Virginia
added. OF this vast isle the Dutch