Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-08-25
NOTES OF INTEREST.

IF a man could walk day and night
without resting he could make a journey
around the earth in 42S days.
There will be 1922 polling places in
the Greater New York this year. There
are 1853 in Nebraska and 1913 IN North
Carolina.
The skin Of elephant Charlie. killed
in Crystal palace. London, weighed ton
just one-fourth of the weight of the
beast in life.
So tfstff Ill arr. taals in gardens that
they are sold in France 10y the dozen for
stocking gardens. to free them from
many injurious insects.
A comparatively sober country not so
very long ago, France has become the
prey Of the cheapest and most delete
rious forms of alcohol.
The Chinese study chronology, judg
ing a man by the development Of his fore
head and a woman by the form and size
of the back of her Uranium.
The new forts at Dover England
are to have SIX 9-inch wirc-wound guns
having an effective range Of eleven miles.
They are nearly 10 feet long.
Perry years ago Japan had only
ccasting vessels. Now II has several
steamship companies. the largest OF
which runs thirty-tbrec vessels.
An apparatus for condensing sea fog
into drinking water has been invented
by Prof. Bell 1t viii be welcomed as
Il dcsideratum by ocean yoyagers.
The postal savings bank system is in
operation in Austria, Belgium, Canada,
France Hungary Italy, Netherlands,
Sweden and in most of the colonies.
The carliest-kn0wn system of fortifi-
cation was the stOckade. 1t has been
employed, as one time or another, by all
nations, but is still lin use in Turkey.
1t takes 5000 bees 10 weigh pound.
hut when the insects come in fresh from
the fields and flowers. freiGhted with
honey. they weigh nearly thrice as much
The first Littish church in this coun-
Try was recently organized in Philadel-
phia. The congregation consists of inn
migrants from the Baltic provinces in
Russia.
The number Of rooms in a house. of
windows or doors in Il room, even Of
rungs On ladder in siam must always
he, odd. Even numbers are considered
unlucky.
Inc turkish mother loads her child
with amulets as soon as it is born. and
Il small bit Of mud, STEPPED in hot water,
prepared by previous charms, is stuck on
its forehead.
One hundred and eleven of the ma
tiOnal banks of the United States hold
deposits of $5.000O00 or more ench~a
record that has never been equaled by
any other nation.
-Ostriches are not the only swift-run-
ming animals that can outstrip the speed
of a horse. There is land crab in Cuba
that can rival the ostrich and go much
faster than Il horse.
Last month the railway town of
trewe, in England, enjoyed Il holiday
and festival, the occasion being the com
pletion of the 4000th LOCOMOTIVES hnilt in
the great railway shops there
One hundred and twenty mule driv.
ers. caring for 1900 mules purchased in
the United States for the use of the Brit
lsh army i'll South Africa, left Chicago
for Cape Town via New Orleans.
"A new spelling book will he used in
Cincinnati in which there are some
changes i'll the spelling Of words. Among
them are thru for through. "altho" for
although, and 'catalog' for catalogue.
An officer in the Austrian army in
Vienna has invented balloons which will
float both men and horses across river.
They are To he fastened 10 the belts
around the men and the harness Of the
horses
Hawks have been seen to follow the
wake of II moving railway train. to
swoOp down on small birds that were
suddenly disturbed and frightened by the
noise, and therefore for the moment were
off their guard.
Liquids placed in vessels Of uuglazed
are quickly cooled. The
reason is that the porous carlhcnwarc
quickly becomes saturated and the evap-
Grafton from it's surface causes il to be
come quite cold.
Railway whistles inHct torture on so
many people that Austria has introduced
Il system If silent signaling to start and
stop the trains Belgium is trying com
pressed air whistles instead Of steam,
and Germany experiments with horns
"She who wears the lilac will never
wear the wedding ring runs the old
English proeerb and. although the scent
of the flower is sweet and its tiutS are
fresh and universally becoming. il is
ccntrahand among the village maideus of
England.
Wallpaper does not hang. and vet
the person whose business it is Ia paste
il up is called Il paperhanget The rea
son Is simple. Long before the intro
duction of wallpapers ArraS, town in
France. was famous for its tapestries.
called "arraS." These were used as wall
coverings and the men who Were en-
ployed TO put them M were called hang
crs
1t is certain that ants Intentionally
NaHcuuh tue ttSluCnCc OF certain insects
in their nests This is the ease. for in
stance. with the curious blind beetle.
claviger, which is absolutely dependent
upon ants, as Mullcy first pointed out.
II seems TO have even lost the power Of
feeding itself, at any rate it is hahimaly
fed by the ants, who supply il with nour-
iShment, as they do one another
The London Chronicle says that the
Lord Chief Justice. Justices Kennedy
and Phillimorc, Sir Edward Carson. q.
t.. and Joseph Walton, .. G.. are con
|ldering how best To welcome those mem,
bcrs ot the American bench and bar who
are likely to visit England during the
summer. IN recognition of the cordial
manner in which the members of the
English bench and bar were entertained
n America last year oil the occasion of
he visit of the International Law So
,iety, as well as on previous occasions.
Beer for Cape Colony.