Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

man can cut 10000 waichwaeelS in 4
day.
\ scientist says a sigh is due to w5r-
~. hnt that deeper cause Is iark %
oxygen.
An estimate Of the rice acreage in
eastern Texas this year places 1t ut 3D.
900 tons.
4 new island has been formed out at
sea, about ten miles from the mouth Of
the Rhone
-CGrpses Of paupcrs are being used aS
targets in testing rifles and field guns by
German army experts.
Thirty million persons left Europe
during the century just closing to seek
thtir fortunes in ether lands.
-Four hundred women are employed
rs telegraph operators in the posto,lice
buildjng Of Manchester, England.
The latest triumph in the industrial
world is the stone lathe II is cighty-siN
feet long and weighs many tons.
New Scotland Yard, london, is the
largest police station in the world. 1t is
capable Of accommodating 5000 police Of
hcers.
Italian archacoiogists are now max
ing use Of Roentgen rays 10 all III read
ing obscure impressions and in discover
ing forgeries.
Not ali parts of Europe enjoyed Il
mountains the first violent sn0Wstorn oc-
Cured on October II.
The abandoned" farms of Massa-
chusetts are fast being taken up. Three
years ago there were $50 thus clasSed in
the state. A recent enumeration shows
there are now but 126
1t has been found that a dozen Portu
gucse oysters contain about six grains OF
phosphuric acid French oysters have
about orr grains per dozen.
Prussia does not permit cremation.
but does not forbid the export of corpses
to Bremen. Hamburg, Hessia or Thur
ingia. where they can be burned
An eminent Italian doctor has been
experimenting with the inhalation of PEE
iroeum fumes in cases of whooping
cough and has obtained good results.
-Parisians are happy in the thought
that the submarine beats On patrol duty
III the Seine will ever protect their city
from the invasion of foreign enemy.
The longest-livcd people have gcner-
ally been those who made breakfast the
principal meal Ct the day. The stomach
has more vigOr in the morning than at
amy time.
The area in Ireland under flax this
year is 1922 acres, an increase of H.
;}3S acres on 1899. Under favorable con-
ditions flax yields in Ireland about E6
VI - per Stututc dtlN'
Stockholm. Sweden. has 10000 tcle-
phone stations, averaging one for each
household. Those who have no apparatus
Of their own pay only 2ls cents for a mes
sage within IL radius Of fifty miles.
In ton of Dead sea water there are
1877 pounds Of salt: Red sea. 93: Medi.
tcrranean, 81: Atlantic. 81; English
channel, r.: Black sea. %; Baltic, IS.
aud Caspian sea, IL.
In certain places in New Jersey cells
are a drug on the market. At Mulica
Hill recently they eogged up the water
wheel. stopped the running of the dy
namo and shut off the electric light
During the unprecedented rainfall mt
Calcutta in the third week of September
- people were killed and 1S2 brick
houses. besides 400 huts fell to pieces.
The rainfall IN one week was III inches.
The castle at Brindisi. built 10y the
Hohenstaufcn Emperor Friedrich H.. is
Low used as prison. The grounds are
iull of vipers, and every summer six Ia
ten of the criminals are killed 10y them
y large Dublin manufacturer has
room entirely furnished with Irish peat
The carpets on the floor, the curtains az
the windows and paper on the wall. are
made from this substance For years he
has experimental with the material.
which Is now very largely exported Ms
iuri. and he has discovered that from it
II is possible to procure almost any Kind
Of fabric.
"tcrmary surgeons are complaining
OF hard luck. With the cable cars, the |
trolley ears and now the automobiles |
their business has gone to the dogs. mc; |
aphorically speaking. Soon there will be
as many surgeons as there are horses.
Massachusetts has now only four
Towns IN which there is no public library
ana they are very small ones. being Mari /
borough, Gay Head, Lakeyille and Nor
Well. IT Is doubtful if any other commu-
MY OF 2,So0,00O inhabitants can equal
that.
The large steel works of krum. in |
Essen. consumed in 1899 no less than
to,Wb,00O cubic meters of water. which
'quals about the consumption of the city
o. frankfort with 100000 inhabitants.
ne Essen works consumed, further. T.
"S-, 1uo tons of coal and $500. 900 cubic
meters Of gas.
Bctween the towns of Los Angeles
ana Pasadena, southern California.
ther" has been constructed an overhead
nath for The exclusive use Of cyclists.
ne path is built of wood varies from
three feet to fifty feet in height. and has
an average gradient of one in 50. The
pain accommodates four machines
abreast and is lit thoroughly by electric
light