Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


to drive European nations from the EN-
pire This was told to a San Francisco
audience by "A Chinese editor.
"A school of languages for parrots
has been established IN Paris. The birds
are taught to speak English French,
German and Italian.
The master ringer of Lincoln ca
thedral has in fifty years made a record
of $4,000 steps assembled, and ! opes to
complete the million.
More than 1000 applications 'orspace
have already been received n Prague
for the complete industrial opposition
to be held there in 15Uo.
Methodist ministers in the United
States are today preaching in III or, lam
guages, il is said. than were used after
the miracle of Pentecost.
"A Dresden publishing house win is
sue postcards painted by royal artists.
The German Emperor viii probably con
tribute some Of the series
The digestive powers Of the hyena
are extraordinary. One of these animals
has been known to swallow six large
bones without crushing them.
The long tails of the Shah Of Per-
sia's horses are dyed crimson for six
inches at their tips--a jealousy guarded
privilege of the ruler and his sons.
The University of Chicago purposes
culture to meet the demand for "educat-
ed farmers" in the middle west.
Most of the cartoonists picture
Speaker Cannon as swinging his gavel
with his right hand. when as matter
of fact the speaker is eft-handed
Experience in England shows that in
towns supplied with soft water the death
rate is 1872, while in towns that have
supply of hard wafer it is only 1875.
N
has been Incorporated in Boston. The
object is to prevent navy boys from dis
elimination in places of amusement
The BARRIERS and Wig Makers union
IN Vienna is very stringent in its exam
nation before it will admit any new
members to the society Only fully COM
petent persons are allowed to practice.
Munich is to have one of the most
beautiful graveyards in Germany. The
city has purchased about 300 acres of
romantic forest land about FIVE miles
from its borders which will be used as
cemetery.
The telephoto attachment has proved
a splendid addition to the use of
camera. 1t was destined to enable the
photographer to obtain magnified pictures
OF scenery and buildings at consider
able distance
The curious fact is noted by Prof
Lamandain of Breslau that careful
measurements of the intensity of CRAWL
tation in different parts of the globe
show this to be greater on islands than
on continents.
In Hamburg the policemen in the
streets are instructed to watch the cars
sharply, and If they find a car that
carries a single passenger more than the
number allowed by law the conductor is
fined 3 marks.
New York at last has a solendon.
about the size of Il muskrat. the only
specimen of the strange animal ever
brought into the United States. 1t is a
native Of Haiti 1t is a gift of the late
Morris X. Iesup.
The greatest known depth at which
any green plant grows in fresh water
Is reached by n moss called Thamnium
tenant, which has been lately discovered
by Prof. II. 4. Forel 200 feet below the
surface of the Lake of Geneva.
The yate tree of western Australia.
growing to height of 100 feet and a
diameter of 212 to 3 feet feet yields the
strongest timber known Late tests
showed an average tensile strength of
24,O00 pounds 10 the square inch.
James b. Hill of Atlanta. Ga, is
the first negro in the country to receive
Carnegie hero medal. check for
5000 was sent as II reward for risking
his life III saving several people in dan
ger from runaway team in Atlanta.
The appraised value of precious
stones and pearls imported at New York
during January, 1908. is more than So
100000 less than for the corresponding
month of 1907. 1t showed a gain, how
ever, over last December of $105,9T755
According to statistics gathered by
the Methodists of England, the member
ship of the various sections of the
church throughout the world totals s.
44S,964, this number including probation
ers as against 7,959,549 two years ago.
"A fly so minute as to be almost in
visible ran 3 inches in half second.
and was calculated to make no less than
$40 steps in the time man could
breathe once. A man with proportionate
agility could run twenty-four miles in
minute.