Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-03-11
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The officers of the British navy
alone make q formidable squad of 100,
One Of the novelties of the vaudeville
stage in Europe is droye-siN in num-
bcr-of performing pigs.
The thickness of razor edge has
been reckoned at about one-milionth of
an inch
The mines of Belgium yielded H.
359.1f5 tons of coal the first six months
last year.
The American system of office towel
service has caught on In several Eng
iish cities, including London.
1t is expected thai aluminium coiuS
Of low value will be in circulation in
Frauce 10y the end OF this year.
The total value OF church property
in the United States reported in 1906,
for all denominations, was St2IT .1I5. SGT.
Honduras now permits free importa-
ton of fence wire and staples To help the
agricultural and cattle raising interests
of the country.
Use Of rat skins in the manufacture
of fancy articles is increasing. Last year
the trade in Great Britaia alone amount.
ed to $2jo,OOo.
The Germans are laying the foundn.
tons for increased foreign trade by more
attention to the teaching Of languages in
the public schools,
Hamilton college has Increased its
endowment 10y S4OOO0O in the last year;
S2o0o00 Of the amount was given by
Andrew Carnegie,
The worlds market for rice, ,neasur-
ing this market merely by the imports of
the principal countries of the world.
amounts to from $l50,00O.0OO to $500
oOOWO per annum
Japanese chOpstickS are delivered "a
the guests in a decorated envelope The
two sticks already shaped from one
tonguc-like piece Of wood are broken
apart by the guest.
The women of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in the United States are
reported to have collected and disbursed
100000 for home and foreign missions
during the last year.
The greatest hindrancc to the devel-
opment Of Asia Minor is the absence of
bridges ut three points where the
EuphrateS is now crossed by ferries. Ii
is now proposed to build bridges
Letters can now he automatically
registered in Berlin by an automatic pen
ny-in- the-slot machine placed in the post
offices, which specially stamps the let-
tiers and saves the sender from waiting.
More lard, according to the British
returns. is imported into Great Britain
from this than from any other country
S1SOOnkD worth i'm 1905. The same is
true of bacon $50 OO,OOO worth, and of
hams. $ll 100000 worth.
AT present the highest saluried wom-
an doing departmental work ia Wash
ington is Miss A. II. Shortrldge of New
York city. The state department recent
ly recognized her services by promotion
to salary of $500 per annum.
-Paz Ferrer. the daughter OF the re-
Gently executed Spanish aTitator, whose
violent arraignment of the Clerical party
made her conspicuous figure shortly
after the death Of her father, is credited
with having much histrionic ability.
Sir Richard Burton was dispatched
on mission 10 the King of Dahomey IN
1863. Queen Victoria sent her fellow
monarch u crimson silk tent, richly
embossed silver pipe, two silver walters.
coat Of mail apd a pair of gauntlets
There are probably not many land
owners who ply the hoe aud rake 1T the
age Of 81, but Lord Haddlngtou has al
ways given the closest personal atten-
ton to his property, and gardening IN
particular has always been one of his
.leenest delights.
In the vicinity of Conception of Tai
cahaunO, Chile. there are more than so.
100000 cubic meters of soft coal of
Ialt uudlty NIlllIu an uttu Hl ourO'V
square meters, or about 3OT square
miles The vein is % meters, or about
115 feet thick.
According TO French law Il certain
reserve is established which no testator
can hequcath away from his offspring.
A Frenchman with one child can dispose
of half his property according 90 his
pleasure the other half must inevitably
pass 10 the child.
While German meat is subjected 10
ante norton and post-morten eNamiua-
ton by government inspectors, every
piece Of meat approved being stamped,
the authorities exercise no control over
the methods employed by the meat pre-
pairing establishments.
Elizabeth IIirsch of Liegntz, Ger
many. who is Mt the head Of aud per
s0ualy manages a large factory ia that
place, has been recognized as q factor
in the business community and has been
chosen a member of the governing coun-
ell Of the Hansa- Bund.
The Paris Eclair announces that an
absolutely stable smokeless powder has
been discovered and is now at the serv-
ice Of the French army and navy. Chem
cal agents, heat, excessive cold. humid
ity, light and Herzian waves have no
errct upon this powder.
Much money is made by the sale of
old rope and string. Thousands Of dol
lars are netted by the buying and selling
Of old fishing nets alone; but this
amount is a mere bagatelle 10 the cash
that is turned over in the handling of
old cOrdage at the docks.
The Chinese are supersttious people,
and think it is a bounden duty to keep
the body intact, and if by any misfortune
they are compelled to lose limb by am
putatiou they invariably ask for the sew
cred member and keep it in a box, TO be
buried ia due time with the owner.
The Manufacturers Record of Balti-
more asserts that during the past decade
the cotton crops Of the south, including
seed. exceeded by $500, 10000 the
value Of all the gold produced In the
world. while it was Sl.472 10000 IN
excess of the combined value Of gold and
silver.
BY the opening Of the last section Of
the Kyushu railway. the Grand Trunk
line Of japan has been completed from
Sapporo on the north to KaG3shima on
the south. distance Of 1900 miles. The
first part Of this line 10 be thrown open
was The Toxic Yokohama section. which
began TO carry passengers aud goods ia
1872.