Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-07-28

them in asking the ages of the bearded
men.
The Supreme court of New Jersey
says it is not required that the railway
companies give audible warning of the
approach of their cars to children play
ing ON the sidewalk. 1t is enough if the
motorman makes every effort to arrest
the motion of the ear when such children
rush from the sidewalk and run directly
in front of the car.
A person born in the United States
of foreign parents who have not taken
out naturalization papers in this coun-
try, is natural-bOrn citizen of the
United States. having been born within
its territory and is therefore entitled TO
all of the rights of a citizen. He is n
native-horn citizen, independent of the
citizenship of his parents.
Elementary courses in agriculture are
to be introduced into the public schools of
Illinois at the beginning of the next
school year. With the primary purpose
of interesting country boys in what may
be their life work, the course will be
adapted especially to the country schools
but it will be introduced into town and
city classes in a modified form.
In 1891 there was printed in St.
Petersburg Il book containing interviews
with many prominent persons ON the po-
sition of Hebrews in Russia. The au-
thorities interfered and apparently every
copy was destroyed. One, however.
found its way to Berlin 1t has been
translated into German, and the original
presented to the British museum
Black diamonds are found at the
Cape Of Good Hope and in the province
of Bahia, Brazil. They are of two sorts.
carbons and borts, the first of a variety
Of diamond occurring in irregular cryS-
tals, having granular surface and a
distinct ole
what spherical and takes the form of
round masses with a rough surface
An Italian military journal gives an
account of perfected automatic rifle in
vented by captain of the Italian army
The. chief feature of the weapon is the
employment of a part of the gas gener
ated by the discharge of each cartridge
in working a rotary cylinder which ex-
tracts the empty cartridge case and auto
matlcally rechargeS the weapon from the
magazine.
In New South Wales a new use for
the photograph has been found. A can
dldate who found it impossible to visit
all parts of the sparsely settled region he
wished to represent in the Legislature
dictated his speech into an instrument
and sent a number of copies about for his
constituents to hear, a large picture Of
himself helping the voters to know whom
they were voting for.
From an industrial point of view the
Flemish city of Client ranks among the
communities of Belgium. According 10
the recent industrial census. published by
the minister of industry and labor, Client
has 42,33S workers, including bosses, di-
rectors, employees, mechanics and labor
erS. After Client comes Antwerp. with
40,416, followed by Liege, with 37,91S.
and Brussels Center, with 36.S17.
Friday as an unlucky day has lost its
grip. Superstition regarding beginning
great enterprises on that day is fading
away. Great steamers start on long yoy
ages on every Friday in the year. Good
Friday included. Journeys of all sorts
begin on Fridays, and the sixth day #
the week has no more terror now to The
average man than the first day of the
week. People even get married on Fri
day. There are multitudes who make
their advent into the word on that day.
but that is not their fault.