Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

ing built near Cheboygan, Mich oe-
The rearing of worms and M
faciure of silk We're completely HIN l,iS..l'
up IN America by the Reyolution O'Ohe2
The Belgian government il drar,.;-
Up biIi providing for the total sum-
SION OF Sunday newspapers. 'p'es-
The expense of harvesting 1000 acr,.
OF wheat Is not more than SG00 rs ri
amount Is exclusive, of course of NJ
planting. Flowing field costs 81 u 5ag
Secretary Franklin Allen OF tho S:,.
ASSOCIATION of America states thar IN IN
capacity of the present silk plants i IN. .ae
Gent to more than supply the domestiic
demand. OO4ii'S'-c
Minnesota is called the s'Bread ana
Butter state; and rightly, too. for i aSt
year her mills turned out 26,630.5OO bar.
rels of flour and churned over 90 OGo 6Hn
pounds of butter. '0'''0oV
The biggest grant ever made 70
railway. company was $4,000 sonara
miles given by the United States goyarn-
ment to the Union Pacific railway yvb;di,
was opened ii 1869. WHICH
All southern California cities 1o,l
forward e be supplied with electric now 0vr
er from htrn river, where at first $1,000
tanned from an SOO-foot fall.
During the whole of 1900 no roso %
rabies was found in England or Scotland
and it is asserted with confidence that tbs
disease which had been present for con-
turtles has been entirely eradicated.
"A large number of cuttlefsh have
recently been caught off the north roasf
of Germany. As they have never before
been met with in these waters. it is diff-
cult TO account for their presence.
Portland, Or, is planning to hold an
aUnocitia,, in 100ds III 80
is known as the Lewis and Clark exnedi
ton of 1S04-6, which opened the north
west territory of the United States
-Pineapples come into bearing in Ha-
wall when the plants are four months
old and bear in abundance for years, Lei
tuce can be planted at any time and II
develops quickly. The same is true Of
celery.
A novel idea for sportsmen seems TO
be of Portuguese origin. An electric
lamp is placed on the collar of the hunt
ing dog, and this frightens foxes and
badgers from their burrows when the
dog enters.
There are now in operation in Bel
GUM eleven extensive mills, where corn
meal is ground. One mill at Alost has
"a capacity of 100000 pounds per year.
1t is said that all the mills are crowded
at present.
Paris now has automobile fire en-
gines which measure six to ten feet,
weigh two and one-half tons, or when
fully equipped, G3S0 pounds. They start
to work instantly. The pump delivers
twenty gallons a minute.
Some of the wooden churches Of Nor
way are fully 700 years old and are still
in an excellent state of preservation.
Their timbers have successfully resisted
the frosty and almost Arctic winters be
h. kaII
with tar.
1t is said that the first book printed
in this country from stereotype plates
was a catechism by Mr.. Watts. This
work was issued in New York in the
year 1913, and was compiled for the ben
eft of the children of several New York
churches.
The postoffice has been making ex-
periments between London and Glasgow
with a new system of telegraphy by
which twelve messages can be sent over
the same wire simultaneously and the
number can be doubled by the duplex
method Of transmission.
I'm Brazil drinking brandy together
may constitute marriage; in japan the
same with wine. To join hands. to sit
together and receive congratulations, are
odd binding customs; also to be smeared
with each others blood or for the WON
The annual output of the American
paper mills has been estimated as al-
proximately ., 700,000,000 tons, valued al
5000, 100000. Great Britain, our chief
rival, produces about 1,O00WO.0O0 tons
yearly, and Germany and France come
third and fourth with S0O,0O0,00O and
4OO,0W,OOO tons respectively.
A statute making it unlawful TO ADD
water or any other substance to milk
hot ;c inf fnr colo iS hold hV
Iowa court to be a constitutional eXef-
else of the police power, even If the sun,
stances added are not injurious or USED
with intent to defraud, but are merely
for the purpose of preserving the milk.
The mule-drivers who take their an
imals across the South American Andes
always cover the eyes of the mules with
loads. If they could see they would be
unmanageable, but blindfoded they
meekly accept their burdens and start
in the journey without protest.
1t is n curious fact that in lt"
the Turkish government prohibited the
export of Angora kid skins on the GROUND
that the trade threatened the extinction OF
the Angora goat; but. these ANIMALS , ar
now more numerous than ever, ana lHe'5
usefulness is far more widely recosnlzeu
than was the case century ago.
A new and most interesting method
of obtaining X-rays has been described
by NJ. Nordon. He states that II or
binary light is allowed to fall upon an
electrified aluminium plate, prereraoly
one electrified negatively, that the hghl
penetrates the plate and issues from the
other side in the form of A-rayS..
The French military authorizes are
making use of an ingenious invention ~
protect their carrier pigeons aSa!ns,
hawks. The apparatus consists OF
very tiny whistle and screw attached -
the pigeon, whose flight causes. the screw lTc,
to revolve and blow the whistle Inc
noise effectually scares away the enemy.
Besides fishes, the different varleIlt>
of turtles form a large part Of the M"
rine industry Of Key West. The dggTe
aate weight of turtles taken in one yea -d
was 337 900 pounds valued at SI@o1V,
The value of tortoise shell from lne
Hawksbill turtle) taken during the sa.lC
year was $1674. About 4,92l.l04 tnr'e
eggs were taken.
Portland has the largest ana MOI
magnificent fuchsia plant in Oregon !.
| springs from a single stem some > men
| in diameter, but divides into. three o.
! the surface of the ground. The Top y
feet in height and is 20 feet IN ~
| conference, and is loaded with hunaIt7I a.
of beautiful flowers in every stage OF W
| Al