Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-16

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The rules for the airship contest, made
public by the managers Of the St. Louis
Exposition, contain no warning Keep
off the track"
Chicagos boy bandits enjoyed the nov
city Of being sentenced 10 death twice.
but they viii have to be content with the
aotorieiy of but one hanging.
4 Hancock man is said to have dis
covered a new cure for the drink habit
Tie oldest Of all cures has never been
improved upon; that is, the stopping Of
drinking.
The gold output Of South Africa ii
March was 100000 ounces, or 81 100000
IN excess of that for the corresponding
month of 1908. 1t is beyond question
that the worlds gold output for 1904
will exceed that of last year.
The old-fashioned yellow primroses,
which are beginning to blossom in the
south of England, have now a competitor
called the buttercup primrose 1t was in
tioduced by W. Il. Harris, nurseryman
of Philadelphia.
NJ. Roualt has found that trees ihay
be transplanted in full foliage in May or
Jane with little or no injury if the NOV
ing is done at night. This has been
demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of
prominent French horticulturists.
Oklahoma people demanding the admis-
sion of their territory as state have u
new argument Who can say that a ter
ritory isn't ripe to come in, when it Is
big enough to be the home of bank
that has failed for million dollars?
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Among the natural cuiiosies Of ia
pan are its singing insects. The most
orized Of these tiny musicians is a black
beetle named 'susumushi," which means
insect bell" The sound that it emits
resembles that of a little silver hell Of
The sweetest and most delicate tone.
4 magnificent suite Of apartments in
he winter palace, ST. Petersburg, has
been transformed into working rooms
and depots Tor garments destined for the
soldiers and the wounded. Here 500 la
dies Of the aristocIacy assemble daily
snd cut out and sew articles of clothing
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In Japan there is a deep-rooted love
for the strenuous life The boys are
trained from infancy in athletics. 1t is
said to be not unusual to see little tots
turning somersaults and handsprings in
Tho city streets 1t is not 10 be wondered
at that Japan's soldiers are hardy and
brave.
According 10 Paris newspapers the
surgeons are now dressing wounds with
silver leaf, The silver is simply placed
~ the wound or ulcer, snd as it sticks
closely TO the surface little cotton
soaked in collOdin is sufficient to keep it
in place. The effects Of this sheet Of
silver are said to be very remarkable.
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Twenty or thirty years ago grain was
nearly all sown by hand, and il was one
3f the honors bestowed on an old laborcr
10 give him this task. Today this is done
automatically by machine, and there
are machines for laying on the manure
and doing the work preparatory 10 sow
ING. So with grubbing, hoeing and clean.
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appliances.
Brazilians are great coffee drinkers.
Numerous cups are drunk each day by
The average man and woman, The bev-
erage is made very strong and very sweet.
1t produces au exhilaraton Of a more
intense and lasting kind than beer. Those
addicted to this habit become very rest
lesS and scarcely able 10 sit still or stand
till even for a moment.
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New York boasts of some fair imita-
lions of the tower Of Babel. Such are
Tho Manhattan Life building, - stories,
'lS feet; the st. Paul building, - stories,
}0S feet aud the ParS Row building.
- stories, 3S2 feet Buildings of from
fifteen to twenty stories and $50 to 800
feet are such common iudicents of the
landscape MS scarcely to attract atton-
ton.
Doctors can't be expected to carry
typewrlterS in their vest pockets-mean-
,ng the machines, of course-but there is
some reason for the campaign in London
against illesible prescriptions. There
have been poiSonings as result of mis-.
takes of drug clerks in deciphering ply.
sicians' hieroglyphics, not on,y in Lon
ion but elsewhere in Europe. and also
IN the United States.
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II viii he a long time before the road
is finished all the way from Jerusalem 10
Nazareth. There is great deal Of pow
"rty in the country, the CONSUMPTION OF
extra soldiers has been great hardship
and one looks in vain for signs Of pros.
perity throughout the county. these be-
nc confined exclusively 10 Yafa. Hebron.
Bethlehem and Jerusalem. whore foreign