Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-22

the University of Pennsylvania by Rev.
h. w. living, Honolulu missionary.
| The collection goes back to a time over
300 years ago, and includes those odd.
early Chinese coins which were made in
! the form of spades, razors, keys, shirts
and tools.
An American art student in Paris
| says; There are more wrecks of young
ilves and young ambitions in MOntmatre
than in any other quarter Of the globe.
Fellows who fancy they are destined to
become great artists have the illusion
knocked out of them. but they refuse 10
leave. They are there from all parts of
the world, stranded, hopeless beggars
living no one knows how, and stunning
their fell0w-men.
The shipbuilding industry in Maine
has been very active during the past
year, and it is estimated that the new
tonnage turned out al the Shipyards of the
Pine Tree state will amount 10 about a.
600 tons by December 31-10,000 tons in
excess of the output for 1890. Thirty
three SchoOnerS, most Of which are of
very large re have been launched this
year, aud the outlook for next season is
very encouraging.
The rare books. furnishings and old
china belonging TO Wkitestock Hall. in
The English lake district, and the home
of George Romney. the celebrated por-
trait painter will shortly be offered for
sale by public auction. TIN relies and
| books date from the end al the last cen
| fury and the volumes number nearly
1900. Whitestock hall has continued to
be the ancestral home of the Romney
| family down 10 the present day.
| What is the use, people are beginning
/ to say, ot forming. at great expense. eN-
! petitions to the north and south poles
! tat least in this country, when we have
! A..
! which have probably never yet been fully
/ trANersed. These are Maine IN tbs north
and Texas in the south, where immense
| treasures in woods, minerals. game aud
other articles of substantial profit are
worth all the sentiment inspired by prac.
| ucallY V1lueicsS expeditions 10 frigid
/ zones.
There has been great progress in the
size of electrical machinery since the dy
namo began to he an important factor IN
industrial affairs. Twelve years ago a
machine absorbing fifty horsepower and
able to maintain 800 sixteen can He
! power lamps was considered very large
and machines Of this Size were the cX
| cepton rather than the rule. Now dyna
mos OF 1000 and 5000 horsepower are
usu0i sizes, while a number Of machines
of 1000 horsepower are working at NJ
agara Falls.
Irish statistics lately issued show
that the lransvaal war must have drawn
pretty heavily on the equine resources OF
the green isle. The number of horses
and mules in Ireland in 1899 is given al
6l04l5, while in 1900 it mad gone down
to 397.64l. a decrease Of 12,7T4. The
falling off was altogether in horses. these
being fewer by 1892 than in the pre-
vious year, Mules, on the other hand
had increased by 5IS, which seems al
| extraordinary thing, as the demand fol
them for military purposes was also very
active.
The change in the character and
methods of naval warfare has brought
| into the service a class Of men entirely
different from those who used to "shivci
their timberS' and splice the main
| brace" on our men-of-war years ago
Battlcships, cruisers, gunboats and tor
pedo boats are now enormous engines
composed Of the most delicate and com
plicatcd machinery. The sailor of today
is an accomplished scientist. He mus
be both a machiaist and an electrician
and those requirements have brought
into the service high class Of men,