Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-28


is dead.
Owing to the character Of the opposi
ton to the proposed abolition of the
eighth key, if the movement is defeated
it can truly be said that the bill was
"coopered."
Milk and butter consumers viii not
object to effort on the part Of the Wis
cOnsin Dairyman's Association to secure
more stringent regulations against the
sale of impure milk.
The story that the Kaiser contem-
plates another naval demonstration for
the collection of debts was probably start
ed by somebody who believes that the
German ruler is all kinds of a simian.
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The Washington dispatch concerning a
pair of patched presidential trousers
would probably have been more truthful
had the reporter been less fearful of an
approach to profanity. 1t was simply
case Of d-dsdarned trousers.
When the wireless telegraph stations
are erected on the Pacific coast and in
Hawaii the telegraphers can become
Sporty" iii racing dispatches through the
air against dispatches following the wire
under the sea. The air line ought to
win.
The tornado season opens in the South,
as usual, where whirlwinds are thawed
out early; and the oyerturning of the
steamer on the Chowan river, with loss
of life. shows that there is danger even
on raging canawl,' in the tornado
belts.
The publicity feature of the winding up
OF get-rich-quick concerns may be a more
influential deterrent than the experiences
OF friends who have had their fingers
burned in previous financial traps. Few
people like to be advertised as easy
marks"
The grand stand at Racine collapsed
when the people took a stand simultane-
ously to emphasize applause. Unless
structures of this kind are made strong
enough TO resist the combined energy Of
cred safe.
There is n Milwaukee man who thinks
that the Technology of grammar may be
employed in the household. He says, My
wife is proper noun. singular number,
and agrees with John" As this philolo-
gist's given name is John, why should h.
not be cheerful?
The German scientist who proposes to
destroy mosquitoes by introducing an
aquatic enemy of the songsters of the
marshes ought TO hesitate long enough
10 ascertain whether the mosquito slayer
may not impose new ills, after the man
ner OF Jamaica's pestilent mongoose.
"Doc." Ames, formerly Mayor Of Min
neapolis. hut latterly fugitive from juc
tice. has been informed by the officers
who located him in hiding in New Hamp
shire that while his constituents still
want him they object to his running
which is contrary to what constituent
want men to do, as a rule.
have turned handsome profits in nike,
undertaking and life insurance business
in New York city. The undertaking wa
a double element of the game, becaus
the sharpers undertook the swindling o
the Insurance companies when they en-
gagged to bury the fake remains.
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1t has been supposed that the buffalo
practically extinct. but since the an
nouncement OF the establishment of eth
only herd" by corporation which woul
like to be practically a buffalo trust, il
formation concerning butfaloes hithert
uuheard of has been coming to the from
Perhaps the buffalo may have new il
ming, if competition between would-b
trusts becomes brisk.
If the wine used at n vessels christel
ing has any occult influence in produciu
speed. neither of the contending hous,
in the famous wine suit in connectiC
with the launching of the German En-
perors yacht Meteor have anythir
worth n deal of shouting. The Mete,
isn't the fast vessel it was hoped 81
would prove herself to be; in fact, 81
has been beaten repeatedly.
"Battleships are cheaper than war
says Lord Charles Beresford; and so the
are-if somebody else pays for them. III
notion that the only way for counti
to preserve the peace is 10 increase i
navy "a other nations increase theirs,
on a par with ehe notion which has l.
the governments Of France and German
TO burden their people With the East
enormous standing armieS-for the nav
is nothing else than ,tjse sscGuding army
the sea. 1t is foolish notion, and Il
nations which are guided by it will suffe
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Since Japan has gone TO school
Europe and ~AIurrics- - hc7'' intluen,
throughout the East has been stead
growing. In the interior of China, whe
no European merchant has ever thougl
of going. the japanese are locati1
themselves, and in Manchuria, whe.
Russia is supposed 10 have supreme co
troll, the japanese tradesmen outnumbu