Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-17


TO warm his outside must pay dear be-
cause of the shortage of coal.
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Since the Molineux-A dams case the
sending of poisOns through the mails has
become so common that it behooves all
the recipients of gifts of candy or medi-
cine to try their gifts on the cat.
Rumors concerning the formation of a
trust for the control Of the pearl busi-
ness will not disturb the average com
munity, which is just now particularly
interested in the black diamond trade.
In these days Of high prices for fuel,
a sudden drop in coal such as that ex-
perienced by the town situated over a
caving mine near Scranton, is likely 10
draw out the slang remark Doesn't that
jar your"
The Chicago swimmer who made
record swim under water and was pulled
out in an unconscious condition. has
lifted the record to a point where as.
pirants will have to consider the danger
of staying under permanently.
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Are the bonnets in England then so
beautiful2 A London pastor desperately
proposes the holding of religious services
in the dark, that the women of the con-
gregation may think of their deyotions in.
stead of problems in millinery.
Chicago has periodical hotel fires with
fatal results, to warn the owners and
keepers of such institutions to construct
safeguards. But for some reason the
warnings do not interfere with the peri
odicity of the fatal occurrences.
The coal operators in the anthracite
districts are making supreme effort to
relieve the coal famine in Philadelphia,
Washington, New York and Boston.
The people of the West will have Ia
wait until the Eastern sufferers are sup
piled with fuel.
Wise old Benjamin Franklin said that
a good way to get a man reconcled to
you is to esk a favor of him. The prin-
ciple has been adopted by the British wal
office, which is enlisting a company oil
Beers to 80 under a Boer leader against
the Somali savages.
Years ago an Eastern writer on agri
cultural topics scored success with O
book entitled "Ten Acres Enough" 4
farmer in the town of Porter, Walwortl
. county, Wisconsin, has during the pas
four years sold more than $4,000 wortl
of tobacco from an eight-acre field.
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The Social Economics Club of Chca
so. composed entirely of women, dis
cussed the marriage conditions of tn,
Orient recently, and came TO the con
clusion that American men make tn,
best husbands" 1t will he mterestin.
10 note whether this decision affects tn,
running of the Chicago divorce mills.
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Burglars who tried 10 make star
from Eagle. Wis. found that that par
ticular Eagle had sharp claws. TIL
policy of getting after rascals of tina
kind with the same vigor that is show
when fox is discovered in the hencool
would soon make burglary bushes
Of financial interest to the undertaken.
Judge Burnell of Oshkosh, who Gu
down the kissing bill of Mr.. Ballou o
Menasha from $500 to $500. is not S
romantic as the Oshkosh jury whic
made the original assessment. Even a
the present rate of 500 apiece. how
ever. Wisconsin kisses are rated higl
The question still remains an open one
What is the pecuniary equivalent of
kiss that is not stolen?
Hash has been the cause of a walk
out of regular soldiers ut the Sherida
barracks. About this time last year
was the subject Of protest from young Ii
dies attending the Wisconsin State I'm
versity, but there has been no complain
of late. 1t might be well for the Mad
son people to communicate their ne,
recipe to the people in charge Of tn
kitchen at Fort Sheridan.
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The success of wireless telegraphy hg
inspired a new pole-hunter, who woul
attack the mystery of the icy north wit
"A fleet of ships started at intervals an
provided with instruments for commun
cation through the air during the Ion
drift along the Nansen route. Con
munication in this way would be MOI
regular than by balloons, which wou
have to take chances with the wealth,
and the ice such as made Prof. Andree
buoys so inefficient
The sheep herders of Wyoming al
said to be bitterly opposed to the polio