Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
PARAGRAPHS.


London has population of 400
America leads the world in the pro-
duction of rosin and turpcntine.
The coal bill of the navy last year.
including handling and storage, was &c.
544945.
The first cannon to be cast in one
piece was made by an English ironmas-
ter in 1913.
1t is quite possible that in fifty years
consumption will be practically unknown
i'll this country.
The new United States battleship
Michigan has been presented with silk
flag which cost 1926.
Part of Sixteenth street in Washing
ton is to have its name changed to Ave
nue. of the Presidents"
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, although
blind, was an interested spectator" of
the flights of the Wright brothers. near
Washington.
Vulcan. an alleged planet, was dis
covered in 1889, only TO be effectively
olhteratcd from the planetary system
fifty years later
BINGHAM scientists have succeeded
in developing a new variety of coffee
with unusually large fine berries which
ripen very early.
Filipino prisoners in Bilibid, both
men and women, are now allowed cer
tain number of cigarettes day at gov
eminent expense.
An electric curling iron heater, in
which n circuit is made with resistance
coil when coin is dropped in a slot, is
Il recent invention.
Seven 32o-ton locomotives, each %
tons heavier than the largest built, are
nearing completion at Philadelphia for
the Hartman lines,
According TO Levantine newspapers
American capital, under the new regime
is likely to be freely utilized in the de-
velopment of Turkey.
Asbestos is being used now in the
construction of warships to Il considera-
BILE extent, to replace the infammable
wood and the heavy iron,
In Australia there are ants which
build their nests along a north and soutl
line so accurately that a traveller may di-
rect his course by their aid.
Coke of Holkham, SO we learn from
W II. r, Courtier's short History of
English Agriculture" began his great
agricultural work about 1I76
The permanent international peace
bureau ut recent session in Brussels
took action in favor of the establishment
Of an international relief fund.
Irish inventors have perfected en-
bordering machines which successfully
rival the finest handwork Of the women
of that country at much less cost
Canadians consumed over $4,000
600 worth of liquors Of all kinds last
year. The customs and excise duties coll
ected thereon amounted TO S14 GG9, 1927.
DR.. William Osler is said 10 haze
been practically driven out of Baltimore
by the rule forbdding a physician to
accept IA fee from a brother craftsman.
-Manila's city budget for 1909 1910
fiscal year amounts to $1050,470 of
this S141,075 is for public schools aud
S225,OOO for public works and improve
ments
A Swede has constructed an aerial
torpedo which is claimed to be capable
of destroying a fertilization or the big
gest battleship afloat. 1t weighs -
pounds.
The largest known species Of orchids
grows in Ceylon. The leaves measure
up TO ten feet III length and a single
plant will have as many as 5000 bios
SONS in one year.
According to the London hospital,
some English physicians are ordering pa
tients to eat oysters that have been well
soaked in sea water, as Il cure for dys-
pepsia and tuberculosis.
There is nothing to substantiate the
contention that the human body emits
radiation which affects the Photographic
plate. The French Academy of Science
has investigated the matter
An instrument that enables the user
to gaze into the human stomach and
watch the digestive processes al work
was explained at the British Medical
association meeting in Belfast
White III the shade. red in the sun,
such ia the two-fod character that has
given q name to the chameleon race At
night or when it is carried into dark
room it assumes a wax-lke Wilderness.
Miss Ivy f.. Woodward has been ad-
mitted to full membership to the Royal
College Of Physicians of London. This
il the first time that the coveted M X
g. T. has been conferred upon a womaft.
The city Of Naples win soon be light
ed by electricity secured from water
power At Cape VoltuFno f6,0O0-horse-
power viii be generated and carried at
5000 volts to the city, ffty-six miles
away.
The automobile demand in Mexico is
shown 10 be on a steady increase. That
the taxicab system has proved success
Is shown by the fact that a number Of
new taxicabs for Mexico City are now
en- voyage.
Los Angeles county in California, has
established a divorce record for the first
FIVE months in 1909 The figures indi-
cate that one divorce has been granted
| since January / for every four marriages
celebrated.
The high price Of wheat has caused
| the British farmer to alter greatly the
| layout If his yearly crops. In the last
year the acreage under wheat in Eng
| land has increased no less than IL per
cent, or nearly 100000 acres,
billiards was invented by a pawn
| broker in the Sixteenth century He
used to push the three brass balls-the
insignia Of his trade-ab0nt his counter
| with n yardstick, using boxes, fastened
to the sides Of bis counter, for pockets.
The Canadian minister Of the int