Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


years old
Germany forbids the use OF 0oric
/ acid IN curing meats and requires tina.
ali meat picked in salt or brine must
fontain at least 8 per cent salt in its
mnermost part.
A dressmaking establishment in
! Boston almost entirely operated by
Electricity has an electric cutter ca
sable of cutting out $50 thieknesses
IF cloth at once
Black tin goods are steel goods,
| coated. Vessels made of tin would
melt on the fire or fall to pieces imme
iiately that they were used Steel
must be used. and "block" only means
that an extra thick covering of tin has
been given
In the cities of Great Britain the
population Of which is 100000 or more,
the average rate of fare for street RAJ
way travel is II cents passenger
mile In the cities of continental Eu-
rope the average rate Of fare paid for
urban transportation is / cent pas.
senger mile,
| IN 1898 certain individuals hired
man to go from Castine to Wiscasset
and carry letters and papers once a
fortnight. He walked the whole dis
lance over the route. The next year
postmasters were appointed ana mail
sent once a week by carriers on horse
back. Rufus Crane, the first postmast-
er, in Warren, collected 20 cents as his
pay Tor his first three months of work
Lewiston tMe.t Journal.
1t Is said that the first hospital
ever built in America was erected by
the Spaniard Cortez in the City of
Mexico in 1924. 1t was endowed out
Of The revenues obtained from the
properties conferred ON him by the
Spanish crown for his services in the
conQues, OF Mexico The endowment
Mas so arranged that it still exists
ana = paid at the present day. A SUI
perrisoT is named by the lineal de-
srcudant of Coetez at present.-Medi.
cal Record.
Al one Of the Wagner operas a few
days ago Il woman nudged her friend
and said: Who's thar distinguished
man oowng to you over Jherc2' Her
b friend looked in the direction desig-
mated and smiled in a return greet
= ing That's my butcher" she said.
, Il see him here quite often, When
20 marketing in the morning we al
ways discuss the opera. He's German,
you know, and really knows a lot
about other things besides cutting
meat New York sun.
AT the trials Of the rebels held at
Carlisle England, after the 1745 rls-
ing, one witness was, although a
Scotchman, examined under the Eng
fish form of adjuration. He gave an
account so palpably wide of the truth
that the prosecuting counsel had him
re-sWorn after the form of his own
country He then gave evidence of a
very different stamp. On being asked
how he came to utter so many false
hoods when first sworn, he replied:
sworn. There's an unco difference
atWeeu hlawing on a beauk an sean,
in ane's saul TO heu!"
From time to time scientists en-,
deayor to measure the heat Tadiated
IRON some OF the brightest stars. One
Of the most successful efforts in this
direction was prosecuted under the di-
rection of the astronomers at the
Yerkes observatory. With the aid OF
an apparatus recalling the principle
OF the Crookes Iadiometer, they have
ascertained that the star Vega. which
shines very brilliantly near the zenith
in midsummer evenings, sends to the
earth an amount Of heat equal to that
OF an ordinary candle six miles dis
tant Arctuus, the star celebrated b.
Job, which has a somewhat fiery color,
radiates about twice as much heat as
Fega.-Harpers Weekly.
Korea, where the assassination of
the premier followed closely on that
Of Prince Ito, is living up 70 its an
cient reputation. At one time, a his.
torian explains. fatal quarrels yecame
so frequent in the country that dras-
z
was promulgated ordering adult males
10 wear on all occasions a china head,
dress. shaped like an inverted flower
pot 1t was impossible TO fight when
crowned with this fragile gear, and
the penalties for removing it were Sc
we're The first offense ent2iied fifty
blows on the soles Of the feet, and
the second mean decaDitation. This
decree had the most soothing effects.
the nature of the Inhabitants changed
as II by magic and Korea became
known as the land OF the morning
calm"
The festival of St thomas or Can.
terbury, from being perhaps the most
popular of saints days in England,
has now fallen into complete desue-
tude, and its revival Is not advocated
! IA. even the most feTVeqt OF Anglo