Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

The electric chair for execution.
used only in the United States.
The worlds gold production in f3a-
has been figured at $3T6, 2S9. FOG.
The Chinese have twice sacked Mo-.
eow-once in 1887 and again in 1904
There is received daily at the NOV.
of New York an average of S274 .On6 !,
gold and silver imports.
Although South America has aho,+
twice the. area of the United States II
has only half the population.
The town of OrsOn, Sweden. is with.
out taxes. The necessary revenues aga
derived from forest reservation.
The tobacco plant has grown larger
and more profuse in the United Sta7s
than in any other country.
"A japanese porter carries his teap,,
with him when he goes to his day's
work, as an American workman carries
dinner pail.
The third-class passenger service IF
the English railroads is constantly In
creasing in popularity at the expense If
the other classes.
1t is predicted that cement will soon
be shipped largely in bulk on account of
the increasing cost of bags and barrels.
made in this country last year.
Many tales are told by travellers If
the wonderful skill of the Algerians in
handling rifles. The native Algeria,s
would rank with our expert rifle shoot
ers.
One of the most remarkable PAIL
way bridges in the world is that which
connects Venice with the mainlapf
Built on 223 arches it is 12,050 fit
long.
"A native savings bank is to be-
opened near the native customs in TEN.
sin by order of the Chinese Viceroy
Yuan. Deposits will be accepted of ii
and upwards.
two great new transalpine tunnel
schemes. One is to pierce the Spluegen.
and the other the Greina, in the canton
of the Grisons.
M. Safanof, the Russian conductor.
never uses a baton. Instead he waves
his arms, clenches his fists and fights
the air in a manner disquieting to the
average concert-gOer.
I'm all France there are only 11O0
persons who are millionaires in our sense
of the word lin dollars). Of millon9ires
i'll francs there are about $4,000. apart
from the 100 already counted.
DIR. Longstaffe who is mountaineer-
ing in the Himalayas with two guides
and a Gurkha officer, has reached The
summit of Trisul, 23,406 feet. This is
the record for the Himalayas.
A nugget weighing.fv ounces, which
must have been passed Nver by wheeled
traffic for years, has been found in tie
main street at LintUu;-~n ear- Ballaat
Australia, by one John Golden as he
was returning from work.
Princess Ludwig Ferdinand of Ba-
varia has formed league to promote the
wearing of shorter skirts. The kaiserin
and other prominent women are said to
be in entire sympathy with the move
ment.
In all France there are only 100
persons who are millionaires in our
sense of the word lin dollars) OF mil
lionaires in francs there are about 10,
900, apart from the 100 already
counted.
1t is estimated that 21,00O,000 acres
are available for rice growing in Louis
lana and Texas and the value of such a
crop would be $400,000,000. This would
make the rice crop fifth in point of value
among the cereals of this country.
Sir Langdon Bonython is one of Aus
trala's journalistic knights. From the
position of reporter he worked his way
up to the editorship. He has sat in the
Commonwealth Parliament and taken a
catroh in his state.
Queen Alexandra is but one of The
many royal ladies who bear the name of
Alex" Her two nieces, Princess Alex
andra of Hesse, who is now tire widow
of the Grand Duke Sergius of Russia,
and the present Czarina of Russia. are
both known as alex"
Consul w. II. Hunt reports that the
declared exports to the United States
from st. Etienne, France. for the first
quarter of the present year. compared
with those of 1906, show an increase Of
S3l9OI0. The increase was in cheese.
gloves, lace and velvet ribbons.
Possibly as guaranty of speedy fu-
nerals Berlin has acquired its first cleo
trio motor hearse. The hearse has been
approved by the nolice and is to be put
III regular service Immediately. It's own
er SAYS that ii Will enable funerals t. be
dispatched in one-third of the time that
Is now necessary.
Suppose that one could find an alloy
that would bear the same relation t.
aluminium that steel does to carbon or
bronze to tin, says The Engineering Rec
ord. The result would be a new strac-
tural material of immense importauee
IN mechanical work. The builders ~
hight machinery are looking for just this
thing
DIR. Julian F. Thomas. the aerouaut.
who was recently the victim Of an ag-
tomobile accident, is an absolute fatal
list. He is entirely devoid of fear. He
often has said himself that his COM
tinuous risking of his life in balloon and
automobile trips was not due to unusual
courage, but simply mental inability 10
feel fear.
The South African conquest cas-.
Great Britain a cool 81 ,200,000.0O0. ana
the Beers must have spent a sixth a-
much more in defending their little Pc
publics. To get a foothold in Maucl1-
ria and drive back the Russian armies
took a tidy S1.1000 100000 from the Jap
aIieSe treasury, while ambitions FIR
greater empire cost the Gar $1,000
tuO In these two wars, not counting
the many millions which Germany
still paying out in Southwest Africa -Hs
stupendous total of $4,000, 100000 VS.
expended.
In twenty-seven years DR.. J. Hrs
berg. German oculist, has used
TnaEueT III s54T operations for remav
particles from the eye. In the s-
years ending 1903 he performed the ape7-