Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-29
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


About 5000 trademarks are regis
cred during the course Of the year at
he patent office
The 625 registered trade unions of
Great Britain have total member
ship of 1,973.56O
The member of horses in the United
States January /, 1900, was nearly
'ourteen million.
The great majority of immigrant ar
'ivals at the present time are coming
rom Austria, Russia and Italy.
The Carnegie Steel Company pays
about one-seventh of the entire taxes
collected by the city of Youngstown.
ohio.
The average weight of man 3 feet
) inches in height at the age of IS
% 40 years is l47 pounds The femi-
line average is five pounds less.
The total amount of money in the
United States treasury to the credit
! If the patent office at the end of the
fscal year 1908 was $500, 1859.
OF 1900, 100000 letters written in
4 year by the world at large, S,000,-
100000 are in English, 1,2O0,000,000
| In German and only 1000, 900 in
French.
| A conductor on the Great Western
railroad of England recently retired
fter fifty years of service. and it is
-stimated that during that time he
travelled $4,000 miles
The women of Nebraska are rejoic-
| ing over the court decision of the
State Supreme Court which gives
women who vote at school elections
he right TO vote on the question Of
school district bonds
Miss Sally James Furnham mas just
completed the bronze frieze for the
decoration of the board room in the
International bureau of American re-
aublics in Washington. The frieze is
divided into four panels, depicting
events in the history of the republics.
To man the entire American feet in
time Of war would require 1890 Off
sers and 72,2S1 men; and in time Of
peace, 1862 officers and 60,802 men.
according to Capt. n R. Usher assist
snt to the bureau of navigation.
These figures do not include officers
aud men 81 shoTo stations.
In certain parts of Asia and Europe
the custom of sailing newborn babies
is still practiced The method varies
| ha Il nf "a
peoples employing it. The Armenians
Of Russia cover the entire skin of the
infant with very fine salt This is left
On the body for three hours or more,
when it is washed off with warm wa
ter.
According to Consul General Jones,
at Winnipeg, Canada is in great need
Of rat traps Farmers in the grain
belt are becoming anxious over the in
vasion of rodents from the United
States, and are willing and able to
pay a good price for trap that will
combine durability and efficiency. The
rats are nearing Winnipeg and at
tempts to check them by incubation
with a communicable virus have SO
far failed to stop their march
The income of $4,000 which, &C.
cording to a recently issued treasury
account, the Prince of Wales drew last
year from the duchy of Cornwall
shows a notable increase in the value
Of the estate since 1897, when It
brought only $4,000 The returns
mounted steadily throughout Queen
! Victoria's reign until in the year be
fore his succession King Edward drew
SGT 900 from this source The in
! crease of 100000 in the last ten years
! is probably due to the falling in Ct
leases on the London portion of the
estate. which includes the greater part
of Kensington and is by far the most
valuable portion of the whole Dundee
| Advertiser.
/ The drysalteT that mysterious
REPRESENTATIVES. at the time of the
great fire a dealer in sailed or dry
meats, pickles, sauces, ETC. but he no
longer drysalts, but sells instead drugs
| dyestuffs, colors and chemicals, and
even buttons. His changed business is
due TO the fact that the grocer" and
the Italian warehouse man" have
captured his original trade, although
! they have mercifully left him the
name There are many other bust.
nesses that are equally puzzling Prob
ably most Of US know what a cord
wainer is, but what is an upholder
and what does he uphold? One re-
members the imposing "Societe Anon
yme des Ramoneours de Paris" which
so impressed and mystifed the inhab-
itants of Clare market until they saw
the familiar brushes and sticks which
proclaim the chimney sweeps bust.
ness,-London Chronicle.
If nature had not endowed Caruso
with a fine voice he would neverthe.
less have become a stage celebrity"
says Nos Lectures. "becaus of his pow
ers as a yentriloquist The tenor told
this story when he was asked whether
he really was ventriloquist 4 was a
guest at a country hotlge IN tho HUI