Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-19

The totaI number of men in the
United States subject TO military service
is II. l2G,150.
OF the $50. 4S9 negroes in the Unit
cd States, according to the last census,
only 2577 were of African birth.
The railway laborers of the United
States receive from two to four times as
much as laborers on European roads.
In China volunteer militias are being
formed. Thousands Of young men are
enlisting and meet twice a week for drill
In porous glass. which is made ~
France. the holes are so small that nfi,
Their dust nor draught can enter, ana
Yet the ventilation is said to be excel
lent.
The Natal government viii pay
$500 for the head of Bambata. the re-
beliious Zulu chief 1t is stated that this
handsome offer has made even the luke
warm chiefs less Indifferent
1t is estimated by experts that Irish
hogs are capable of turning out 10000
600 tons of fuel year for thousand
years. and if this were sold it would
bring in $G0,O00O00 annually.
In the tropical northern territory of
South Australia travellers need not carry
a compass. The district abounds with
the nests of the magnetic. or meridian.
ant The longer axes of these point due
north and south.
Strong measures against tuberculosis
have been taken by the local government
board of Scotland, writes Consul Elem
ing from Edinburgh. 1t is put in the
class Of infections diseases. and n cam
paign Of disinfection is inaugurated.
One of the Labor party's members of
the new House Of Commons lately re-
ceved from a constituent who thought
he had II grievance 10 which the govern
mcnt should give attention a letter Of no
less than 1900 closely written pages.
Germany ate 9G.S34 horses in 1908.
which was 1J.J22 more than in 1904.
Also 401 more dogs were eaten, not
counting the careful statistician added,
those dogs which were slaughtered for
table uses.
In recent speech at Taunton, Eng,
the bishop of Batli and Wells said it was
Il sin for man of leisure to take the
Lords day for pleasure, but a hard
worked man. who never had Il chance for
q recreation except on that day, did no
wrong to take it then.
An unfortunate Partisan the other
day happened TO call for professional
assistance on a dentist who was insane.
The dentist pulled out eight of his pa
tents teeth, quieting his objections with
revolver. Afterward he shot two po
licemen while being arrested
The French people are the greatest
consumers of cheap wine in the world.
1t is used more generally than milk in
the United States. Even the little chill
drcn drink it. The public schools give
il to the pupils, The servants insist on
the daily allowance for wine,
Ray Nanettisch. a newspaper man.
broke the worlds typewriting record at
Pueblo, Colo. taking 2600 words dur
ing the first 80 minutes, and finishing
the hour with 4917 words, over the long
distance telephone from Denver, 120
miles away. The previous hour record,
1880 words. was made by Paul Munder
at New York on Novemb s, 1905.
Lloyd George, now a member of the
British cabinet, was addressing a meet
ing in Wales. and his chairman said: Il
half to introduce YOU to the member of
Carnarvon boroughs. lie has come here
TO reply to what the bishop Of st. Asaph
said the other night about Welsh dis
establishment. In my opinion the bishop
of ST. Asaph is one of the biggest liars
in creashon; but he bass his match in
Lloyd George