Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-10
~ Curiot,s CONVERSATIONS. e

in 1910 tea planting in India did not
exist. vet last year it produced W per
cent. Of the total consumption III Britain
The electric tramway of Lisbon, Por-
tu-al. is said TO be the finest in Southern
Europe. Ii was installed by an -3lnerI-
can concern.
The Shah of Persia has placed an
other order for six higlI-class autono-
IileS in Paris. The value Of this order
is said to be S2S,S00
There are forty-four members of the
United States Senate 60 years Of age
and over: some of them have passed 40
and two are 0ctogenarianS.
Wildcats are said to be on the in
crease in Scotland And It will be four
years before Mr.. Roosevelt is at liberty
10 70 over there and attend TO the trou-
BILE.
The imperial kitchen Of the Austrian
Emperor at Vienna costs about 500
day, SAYS a German contemporary Ia
this sum, however, are not included the
extra expenses for court dinners, etc.
In recent lecture in London it was
remarked as curious that though the
Thihetans had not realized the principle
Of the wheel or arch. they thoroughly I'M
derstand that of the cantlever and used
il in their bridges.
John d. Rockfeller's wealth in silver
dollars would, some one has estimated,
weigh as much as two tirst-class battle
ships: in one-dollar bills il would make
Il double girdle around the earth and
leave remnant 1850 miles long.
Tile Earl of Southeast. who died re-
Gently. was very proud of picturesque
herd Of Highland cattle he owned. When
he was dying he was carried, at his de-
sire. in Il couch. to Il window, and the
cattle were paraded past it, that he
might see them once more.
1t is safe to assume that at the con-
clusion Of the present hostiIities, of
which Korea is at least partially the OBJ
jective, but from the ravages of which
she has been thus far providentally
spared a great development awaits her.
and further expansion of her foreign
trade.
If the camphor bottle becomes roilly
il is going to storm When it clears
settled weather may be expected This
idea has seemingly been utilized in the
manufacture of some of our cheap baro-
meters. The main trouble is they sell
dom foretell the change until near its
arrival.
Remarkable fircproofing properties
are credited to oxide of titanium by an
English dyer. Flannelette treated with
I could not he made to burst into flame.
and other textiles are claimed to he
made equally resistant while it can
not be removed by dyeiug boiling or
washing.
The government of the Dominion of
Canada has decided to give n grant of
$4,000 To a Dominion exhibition to he
held during the coming summer at New
Westminster, British Columbia. Part of
the grant will have to be expended in
paying freight on exhibits from other
provinces.
The smallest full-grown elephant in
Europe is on exhibition in London. He
is 80 inches in height and weighs 80
pounds. When he was taken to a photo
graphic gallery the other day for his
picture he went in cab. A luncheon
of buns and brandy and water was pro-
vided for him.
1t may he that Hirdhito Michi-No-
Miya will be the next Emperor of Japan.
He is the son of the crown prince. who,
il is understood. has symptoms of con
sumption. The little prince is now /
years old, and the ministers of Japan
are already looking about to find wife
for him. He will have nothing to say
about the matter and must marry who
ever is chosen for him.