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

A French medical journal has pub
lished some interesting, if not reliable,
data upon badness, which it claims af-
fects Il per cent. of the male population,
In the cases of doctors this proportion is
doubled, hut musicians, with few eX-
ceptons, retain their hair until late in
life. Brass wind instruments cause bald
ness, the trombone especially being said
to remove the players hair in less than
five years The piano and violin have
the opposite effect, preventing and ar
resting the falling off of the hair. The
physician who made these curious inves-
legations gives no reason for the result,
hut claims that they may be verified by
observing the musicians in an orchestra
and the members Of regimcntal bands,
taking especial notice of those afflicted
with so-called "trumpcter's badness"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
Eccentric Coionnas.

BY the death Of the old Prince Colon
ma. at the age of 81 years his nephew,
who married Mrs. Mackay's daughter
and who bore the courtesy title of prince
takes rank as a full-hedged nobleman.
His full name is Ferdnando Marco An
tonic Giuliano Colonna, and he was born
in 1858. and married Miss Evelyn Julia
Bryant in 1885. The prince shortly aft
erward took his bride to his ancestral
gallery and related for her delectation the
deeds Of the COl0nnas.
An English paper reported a converse
ton that then took place, during which
the princess inquired of her spouse: And
for what shall you be distinguished when
your portrait is among these?" TO which
he replied: For marrying the most beau
tiful and amiable of the fair daughters
of America" Whether his opinion of his
brides amiability underwent a swift and
sudden change it is not known, but six
months later she found him brutal vul-
gar, gaming and fast. 1t was said at
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Immediate steps are to be taken at Co
umbia university, New York, to erect the
gate planned as a memorial to the late
Hamilton Fish, Jr. The gate is to CORE
spond to the Mapes memorial gate on the
Broadway entrance to the green, and will
be placed on One Hundred and Nine
tecnth street and Amsterdam avenue as
soon as the required funds are assured.
The inscription on the successful design
reads: This tablet is erected to the
memory Of Hamilton Fish, Jr., sergeant
Of the First United States volunteer cav
alry, who while fighting for his country
was the first to give up his life, and was
killed at the engagement of Las Quasi
mas. Cuba, June "A, 1893. a member of
of the class of 90 Columbia college.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Hudson river fishermen have reported
the greatest shad catch this season for
many years. The state forest, fish and
game commissioner reports that some
down-the-river fishermen have had such
liberal returns in the use Of the nets that
they have voluntarily withdrawn nets to
await until opportunity offers to dispose
Of all the fish already taken. The com
mission attributes the abundance of shad
this year to the fact that the Legislature
enacted a law prohibiting the lower Hud-
son fishermen from taking shad in nets
from Friday night until Monday morn
ing of each week, thus atfording the fish
chance on two days in the week to get
to the upper Hudson spawning beds. and
also to the fact that for a number of
years the commission has annually plant
ed in the Hudson ten millions Of shad
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
Poly gamy and Alcoholism Among the
Birds.

Cow h'ackbiIds are common to this To-
cality during the summers and they are
found in our pastures with the cattle. |
have never found their eggs in the nests
Of other birds, but they are Mormonis-
tie in their habits, one often having as
many as dozen wives. and | have
known the crow blackbird 10 have more
than one mate.
Some years ago an article went the
rounds of the newspapers telling Of a
man catching a flock of crows by soaking
corn in alcohol and leaving ii for the
crows to eat. and when they became
drunk he caught them tried bread
crumbs soaked in whisky on English
sparrows. bur they would not eat them.
and | finally got crow. and though |
kept him until he was very hungry |
could not get him TO eat corn soaked in
whisky, and he found 10 difficulty in
picking up every unSoaked kernel and
leaving the others. You may draw your
own moral, but am satisfied that the
crow will not eat food saturated with al
cohol. He Is either too uncvilized or too
mathematician the Birds of the Adir-
ondacks by Senator George Chahoon. in
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The Royal Meteorological society re-
Gently celebrated its fftieth anniversary.
From the address which had been pre-
pared for the occasion by the late presi-
dent of the society. G. j. Symons, it APP
pears that the earliest English meteoro-
logical observer was Rev. William Merle,
whose records, made at Driby, from 1897
to 1914, are still preserved in the Bod
leian library. Sir Christopher Wren, the
architect of St. Paul's, was the inventor
of the rain guage. Al English meteorO-
logical society was founded in 1923, but
did little work. Another was founded in
1890, but did not take any part in the
formation of the present society, which
was founded on April 3. 1850.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

TO understand the Kentucky noun
taineers one must live among them, said
]. III. Henry of Newport TO Il reporter Of
The Washington Post. "They are not n
lawless set They are honest in their
opinions. They are isolated from civil
ization. They believe that what their
father had before them is theirs by right
This is true of their land, Many Of
them have not the slightest title to prop
crty, yet they have occupied this land
all their lives. They say it was occu.
pied before them by their fathers. That
is sufficient. The same is true of the
illegal manufacture of whisky. They
argue that as they raise the corn they
should have the right to manufacture
moonshnc without being taxed. They
think this is common Justice. Any argu-
ment to the contrary at once brings the
stranger under suspicion"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
COAL MINES IN INDIA.
Pits Which Can be Worked Without
Liberating Fire Damp.

rs ~ h'~f Nau DS ~ VI hNh "
Liberating Fire-Damp.
Coal is widely distributed throughout
India, except in Bombay and Sind, the
Northwest provinces, and Oudh, Rajput-
ana and Mysore. where the mineral is
either scantily distributed or entirely alb
sent. The seams in Bengal and Assam
are frequently from 30 feet and so feet
TO as much as $50 feet in thickness. The
pits are often of considerable depth. At
present the deepest appears to be abour
100 feet. In many cases the working Of
the seams leads to the escape of little or
no fire-damp. so that the miners are able
to work with naked lights. At the pres
ent time Bengal produces more than
three-fourths of the coal mined in India.
Indian coal varies much in composition
and quality. Most OF it is quite suitable
for ordinary purposes, while some Of the
samples, @. G., certain of these from Ben
gal and Central India, are of excellent
quality, equal TO that of some of the best
British Goals.
The fixed carbon of the Bengal coal
ranges between 30 and 90 per cent, and
the calorific value exceeds 6000 calorieS
equal to about ten British thermal
units-while the ash often does not much
exceed and in some instances falls below
10 per cent, and the sulphur frequently
present in but very small proportion
Philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Brunswick, Me, place of about 1000
inhabitants. is probably the first munich
pality in the United States To undertake
forest planting ON n large scale, or what
is practically the Old World institution of
a town forest. The town owns tract
of about 1000 acres Of what was once
pine land. but long since given over to
fire and huckieherrics. At a recent meet
ing of the council 500 was appropriate
ed 10 improve this land by planting it to
white pine Seed will he purchased and
a nursery established to raise the young
trees, At the right age they will be
trausplauted in rows aud set out in the
positions they will finally occupy, and
will then require little more care except
protection from fire. The land at pres
emit is absolutely uuproductjve. Ii the
new plan is successful. il viii not only
he ornamental but profitable. Town for.
cstS are common in Europe and often
furnish large part of the municipal rev
J t.nltt
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
SALAMANDER CATS.
Southern States Honcyc, mbcd with
Their Underground 1unnels.

Their Underground u1nels.
In many places in the extreme South
ern states, especially in what is locally
known as the ''piney woods" one of the
most notable features is the constantly
recurring mounds of yellow sand which
everywhere dot, and, it must be CON
fcsSed. distigure the monotonous land
scapc. These piles of earth are usually
nearly circular in form. fairly symmetri-
cal in contour, from six inches to two
feet in diameter, and, save where they
have been beaten down by rain or winds
or the trampling of cattle, about half as
high as they are broan. Often these sand
heaps are pretty evenly distributed some
times so thiCkly as to cover at least one
fourth of the soil surface. If you ask
a native the cause of this singular phe-
nomcnon, which you will perhaps ut rirst
he disposed to consider Il kind of arena
ceous eruption E.'Eich has somehow hrok
en- ont on the race of nature, your in
formant will sententiously reply, ''Sala-
mandcrS!
All this Disagreement is indeed the
work of a curious little rodent punularly
SO name and about the size and color
of an ordinary rat He is never seen
above ground if he can possibly help it.
He digs innumegahle branching under
ground tunnels at depths varying from
enc to six feet, and these mounds Of
sand are simply the dump heaps
" hich. in his engineering operations, he
finds il necessary to make.
After carrying the cXcavated earth
10 the surface this cautious little miner
takes the greatest pains to cover Up his
tracks. No opening into his burrow is
left How he manages 10 SO carefully
smooth over his little sand mound ana
then literally pull the hole in after him %
is rs vet unexplained
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

One day ut Versailles. during the Fran
co-German war, Lord Odo Russell went
to call on Bismarck. but found him clos
etcd with Count Henry Arnim, who was
known rs the Ape" from his fantasti al
ways. says Tit-Bits. Before long Arnm
came out tanning himself with his hand
kerchief and looking as if about to choke.
Well he gasped, Il cannot under
stand how Bismarck can bear that
smoking the strongest Havana in Il stutfy
little room | had to beg him to open
the window"
When Lord Russell entered the room
he found the chancellor tanning himself
nCs dc an open CdSPTITC nt
What strange tastes some people
havc?' he exclaimed. "Arn.m has jusi
left me, and he was so ovcrpoweringly
perfumcd that | had to open the win
.lnu. ~
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
WHY THE WORLD ORGANS,

Somebody wrote bit of verse
For want Of more employment.
thing quite pleasant TO rehearse
In moods Of mild enjoyment.
And as you read IL DER again
And babe companions note il
1on thanked with all your might and main
The willing bard who wrote il.
But Mrs. Brown recited il
At some small social function.
And Mr.. Smithers made a hit
By singing it with JUNCTION.
To music Mr.. BlOObs composed.
Van Dahbs. of course, must mingle
New magic lantern views he shows,
For that Internal jingle.
Twas paroded from land to land,
In satire and pOlemic:
And no one dared to raise a hand
To stay the epidemic
And now ii haunts the weary mind,
With music all departed.
And life Is but a grueSome grind
That leaves us brOken-hearted.
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
THE PLAY HOUR.

Helene SWARM.
All. hear the joyful bell, the sweet deliv-
ereF,
With copper clamOr, twelve times changing
wildly,
And troops Of merry schoolgirls stream out
hlithely,
And gladstone babbllngs fill the happy play
ground.
Two far-haired lassies swing the rope so
nimbie
For brown, blushing maid, with raven
rlnglets.
Whose playful feet now up, then down,
leap lightly.
Another throws aloft the colored play-DaIl
And in her hand again receives il deftly.
How lovely seems where yon bright group
Is dancing,
With laugh and song, that wreath Of chill
drens facesi
The while one child, on sunny sandheap
seated,
Her dolly rocks and lisps, BE sweet, my
baby"
And on its waxen lips showers fervent
kisses.
Leonard Charles Van Noppen in the
Transcript.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

struction before the altar of that nation
al vanity which is miscalled glory.
La France-Ia Gloire-ia Drapeau"
They are fine words these. But to that
gray old woman left alone upon her hill
to which her children have been sacri-
feed in vain. Glory is but another name
for death. and the flag is that battered
tricolor before the cafe door. which has
lain, like a sad, unspoken epitaph, above
the wreck of all her simple hopes and
the ruin of Il brcEen Blackwood' 5
N q on yinn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The state department has been fur
nishcd by Consul HalStcad at Bjrmug-
ham With some interesting facts and hg-
Wcs concerning the Importation of eggs
and poultry into Great Britain. The
Importation of eggs into Great Britain
last year was valued ut S2A54S.22
while the poultry and game figures wer,
S%,S2lGi3, There is a growing demand
for turkeys in Great Britain, and of late
years importationS from abroad have in,
creased enormously, hut the United
States is not mentioned as sending poul
Try of this Kind to the English market
GeeSe, on the other hand, are less in
favor with the British public than for
merry, but still there is n demand in ex,
cess of the home supply, especially at
Christmas time. when il Is estimated
that from 1000 70 l5O.oOO geese. most
~ from France. are sold in London
France aud Denmark control the bulk of
the egg trade with Great Britain. Will,
most Of the foreign poultry supply come,
from Italy and France though Canada
of late has made a Strous bid 10 establish
Il poultry trade with England.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The brand made in Germany is an
expensive luxury for the German people,
when it is used on war materials. Herr
Krupp's cut in the price for field guns
from $1l4J to S464.30 under COMPETE
ton, and his reduction in the price Of
shrapncl from $2.03 to St10, afford COM
parsons which show the extent of the
tribute which the people Of Germany
have been paying 10 the Industrial king
az Essen
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The average annual production OF cot.
tonsectk oil IN Mexico during the past
few years has been. according Il data
furnished by Consul Griffith nc Mata-
moras. about 100000 pounds. and the
consumption last year. As near as can he
determined. was S0S6i. 400 pounds The
price has averaged about - cents per
pound. Inasmuch as the crop in Mexico,
as well as il the United States. has been
below the average, and there is strong
probability towing 70 the scarcity of rain
fall in the cottou.growiug sections Of
Mexicol Of another short crop. the pros
poets for the oil trade durine the coming
year are bright In the manufacture OF
soap this oil has no competitor; hut both
the castor bean aud the ,oyol ou account
of their hardness. may hr cultivated in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

\ correspondent of the Chicago Trib-
une argues in favor of The minting Of a
T5-ccnt piece, for the reason that 1T
would stimulate trade" "A consumer,
he remarks illustrativcly,' is struck
more forcihly by the cost Of T5-ccnt
garment when he haBds over for 1t a
halfdollar and Il quartcr-dollar, hcng
two coins. than he would he were he 10
hand over a I5-cent piece But do the
American people need additional tempta-
lions to spend, as much as they need in
creased Inducements 10 save.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The United States legation nj Pekiu,
China, has sent 10 the Essex Institute Of
Massachusetts an attcsted copy of the
imperial edict making domi-god of
Gen. Frederick Townsend Ward of
Salem, who was killed in the service Of
China. General Ward was the creator
of the Chinese army aftcrward com
manded 10y Chinese" Gordon The docu,
ment referred to is authenticated with
the seals at the Chinese aud American
governments, and is believed to he tn,
only copy in the original Chinese to u,
found in this country. as the state de
partment at Washington has only an
English translation thereof.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

such quantities in the near future as 10
affect the market. In fact, some Of the
latest improved machinery for crushing
the oil from the castor bean has recently
been purchased and will be used to refit
a plant near Durango, which has been in
operation for two years with unsatIsfac-
tory anna atus
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
TRANSACTIONS FROM THE DUTCH.
THE BUTTERFLY

THE BUTTERFLY.
NicOlaas Beets.l
The sun Is warm, the air Is, TOO;
The heavens blue.
The tiny globe Of morning dew
Hangs iike diamond cleaning.
From bloom to bloom ! fit around
TO rose and lily with no sound
To where The sweetest Kiss is found,
And there / hover ! roaming.
And once / crept. cen like thief
From leaf 10 leaf.
My ugliness became my grief,
From shade to shadow driven:
/ slept. awoke-my web broke through;
Felt vigor strange, my life renew:
Felt two wings small-and with tlem few
Away-away 10 heaven.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

After the fatal accident at Lockport
during the Dewey celebration, residents
along the line of Chcago's great drain
age channel should rot be disposed to
bigotedly insist upon the armament of
the Nicaragua canal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Arrangements have been completed for
the dedication Of the Mansfield monu-
ment Mt Antietam ON May n. A party
OF 200 persons from Connecticut will
have the dedication in charge. The
monument is to Major-General Joseph
X. 5. Mansfield, commanding the
Twelfth Army Corps of the Potomac
who was mortally wounded on the An
tietam battlefield September H. 1861
while dcploying his corps in action.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

German students are returning TO the
medieval notion of wandering about the
world. The modern pilgrims, however,
are personally conducted and know be.
forehand precisely what their Journeys
will cost them, Last year they visited
Italy; this spring 1900 Of them will go
to Constantinople and to Asia Minor. On
the way they will fraternize with the
Roumanian university students, who are
preparing big fruhschoppen for them
in Bucharest.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
What One Boy Ate.

George Day. a coloreG boy. was ar
raigned in the police court at Evans
vile. Ind. charged with breaking in a
fruit store. He admitted he ate seventy
FIVE bananas and tifty-three oranges. be
sides three pounds Of nuts all in three
hours time He is only II years old
Cincinnati Enquirer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

1t could not have been one of the old
est inhabitants" who ut Trenton, New
jersey, recently turned in fire alarm
because he observed n cloud like smoke
about the helfry Of one of the city
churches. The average citizen of New
Jersey knows the difference between u
flock of Jersey skcetcrs' and Il cloud of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Had the umbrella which the latest
Brooklyn bridge jumper carried down
with him been Of any service in the de
scent. perhaps an advertisement of the
fact by an umbrella manufacturer might
have thrown some light upon the real
object of the iump.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

\ story is told that Edison one day
after spending many hours in his labora.
tory, engrosSed in an experiment. joined
one OF his assistants AT luncheon in an
adjoining room, says the New York Mail
and Express. When he had helped him
self he sat before his untouched plate,
breeding over his problem until h. he
gan to nod from WEAKNESS and fell
asleep
While his employer was sleeping the
assistant removed his full plate and suh-
Stituted an empty one. Edison. on
awakening, looked at his empty plate.
rubbed his eyes, and looked again.
Dear met he said ar last. rs he rose
to leave the room. I'm hanged If I
haven't eaten my lunch and forgotten al,
about it
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The latest North German Lloyd liner
e to be 752 feet long, just 24S feet
shorter than the predicted 1OOO-footer
chat will soon be crossing the Atlantic
between New York and Liverpool.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The 'iverymen aud undertakers Of In
diasapois are making a stand for a pre-
MUM of 33 1-3 per cent. ON Sunday buri-
ais. The people Of the Hoosier capital
will have to do their dying early in the
week, in order to beat this gruesome
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Gen. Greely's Indictment Of the army
condemns the whole military establish
ment of the United States, with the ex-
ception of the Signal Corps. Gen. Gree
ly is the chief Of the Signal Corps him
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The hens egg has been sighted in Ne
braska, where it is reported that hail
stones as big as baseballs fell in re-
cent storm.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

. Dewey's voyage on Chcago's ''raging
canawl' has not PROCEED him against
sea sickness, should he venture on the
stormy seas of politics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

A Baptist preacher at Bamberg, South
Carolina, demonstrated that he is part
of his people b! shooting a stenographer
dead during quarrel over fence line.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Prof Hammock. a Berlin theo'oclAn,
has come forward with the startling the
ory that the epiStle 10 the Romans was
written by a woman. probably Priscilla
whom Padl mentions in che Of his let
tors.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

An American vice-president makes a
much greater stir while he is being chO-
sen than at any other period Of his ca
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Opinion seems TO be growing that a
certain Mr.. Gates is a wiry chap in
:atch-as-catch can affairs in the stock pit.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

Tornadoes seem to be doing the spring
blowing IN Kansas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

-Muvilage or paste can be neatly and
easily applied 10y a nov device. which has
tubular reservoir to contain the LIQUID
with a brush on one end the opposite
END eeiHs provided with a spring plunser
which forces the glue into the bristIc> Ter
use.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

The Turkish government aaS issued
an trade prohibiting the importation 4
all apparatus connected with electricity.