Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
PARAGRAPHS.

Last year 800 American meteor cars
crossed the frontier of Germany en-
tour.
New Alaskan copper fields may re-
duce the price of eIectrolytic copper 10
. cents pound.
Siberia exported nearly $4,000 tons
Of butter last year, chiefly to Denmark.
Germany and England.
The center door type of cars has
been found to be the best suited for use
in suhways of New York
Louisiana is about 70 take up the
subject of rat determination as Il means
toward prevention of disease.
Statistics just compiled show that
the average is BIS car rides Il year for
each inhabitant Of New York city
More than two hundred thousand
pounds of human hair are exported from
Hongkong to this country annually.
Electric power is used on 1856 miles
Of street railways in Great Britain to
l4S miles operated by other means.
An alloy of iron and thorium, when
lightly struck like Il flint gives off very
bright sparks which set shayings atire
The British museum possesses a
chair - the throne of Queen Hatasl--
which was in use some 1900 years ago.
The Gauschaufel is simply an open
air snnitarium for healthy people opened
last year by the municipality of Vienna
The Chinese city of Eoochow. which
is about the size of st. Louis. gets all
its milk through half a dozen walking
dairieS,' that is, men who bring cows To
be MIXED in front of customers houses
1t is reported that Ehata Eitaro, IA
wealthy resident of Omi province. will
present 10000 tiredies to the Emperor in
Il few days. These trefies are said To
have been caught by himself aud his
mother and wife.
A German writer pleads for leaving
wooden articles implanted and I'M
polished. lie maintains that they are
not only more beautiful in their naturh!
state, but actually keep better aud are
more easily cleaned.
Out of 206 railway charters granted
by the Canadian Parliament in the TWEEN
~ years ended 1909, only twenty~eight
have resulted in any construction. eighty
six have lapsed and the others have re-
ceiyed extensions of time,
The negroes of this country formed
in 1900 1873 per cent. of the population;
in 1910, 1903 per cent: in 1850, 15.t
per cent; in 1860, 14.12 per cent; in
1880, 13.l1 per cent; in 1890, T. 90 per
cent, and in 1900, 1850 per cent.
After the completion of the railroad
from Christiania to Bergen the Jour
cities can be made in 10 hours, instead
of in so by sea. The total cost OF this
railway is estimated at Sf0000OOO
In n process recently patented in
Germany for the regeneration of vui-
canized iudu rubber fragments of old
rubber are mixed with from one-tenth 10
one-tfth their weight of anilin, and the
mixture is heated until It becom 's fluid.
When steamers first came into use
very little attention was bestowed upon
the consumption of fuel 1t was not iii
til the Cunard steamers were started
crossing the Atlantic In 1910 that reli-
able records of fuel consumption began
to be kept Systematically.
A record run Of 1854 miles by mo-
torboat travelling at the rate Of 212
miles an hour throughout the distance
has been accomplished by the Brer Fox
H., which left Cincinnati recently to
make the long distance speed test run
TO New Orleans.
The eel has singular formation by
which il is enabled to retain life longer
than any other fish. This is a bladder at
the back of its upper fms which it fills
with water and is thereby enabled 10
moisten its gills for II considerable time
when out of water.
1t is understood that majority both
of the Canadian and American commits
SIbhtlb u the international waterways
commission will recommend that Il dam
he built on the Niagara river, opposite
Buffalo and Fort Erie, for the purpose
Of raising the level Of Lake Erie
"A sensation was created in church
near Leeuwarden, Holland, the other
day, by the announcement made by the
pastor from the pulpit that he considered
prayers superhuous, and tbdt he would
no longer deliver any. as they were in.
consistent with his Socialstic convic-
tons.
One OF the nam reasons why the
per capita fire loss in Europe is only one
tenth Of that Of the United States lies
in the fact that the fire insurance laws
abroad are more stringent, and that in
all the larger cities and towns the dan
ger of fire is minimlZed by strict building
restrictions.
The Gunnison tunnel, which is part Of
II great irrigation project in western Col
! orado is rapidly approaching completion
and will be the largest underground
waterway in the world. 1t is six miles in
length and will carry 1900 cubic feet Of
water second Its cost win be over
$2JO0,0OO.
The battleships Massachusetts and
Indiana, the armor FOR which was manu-
featured about 1895, carry a main belt
Of armor which contains plates - inches
inches in thickness to point below the
| water line, and tapering from that point
to s inches thick ut the bottom edge
--Tantalum, regarded as a rare metal,
! is becoming cheaper, ana is being tried
| for razOrs and surgical instruments. Il
! seems to he superior to fine steel. a
| thread Of tantalum, almost too fine to be
! seen by the naked eye, supports great
| weight, also makes fine hIament for in.
| candescent lamps and is more economical
| than carbon.
Artificial ice making in the tropics
! comes high. Water of 40 degrees or
! 90 degrees can easily and chcaply be
| thrown into icy ingots If cooling joy, bnt
when it comes 10 cooling water Of n
or 50 degrees the difficulty is strangely
| increased, even TO doubling prices IT,,
| in Buenos Aires retails AT % gold a
| hundred
A splinter that has been driven int,
the flesh can be removed by the aid y
steam. Secure a wide-mouthed buttl,
and fiji it nearly full Of hot water, plac
the injured part over the bottles mouth
| and r,rasg gliphtIy Tho action time ,,pg