Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-17
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Drunkenness has been added 10 the
already imposing list of maladies which
oculiSts pretend to cure by the relief of
eycStrain
The country which sells most 10
japan in British India, Great Britain
coming next. with China third, the
United States fourth. and Germany fifth.
The most frequented lake il Europe
is the Lake Of Lucerne; last year twenty
steamboats, piled on it and carried .529,
600 passengers and over 1000 tons OF
baggage and freight.
"A New York physician says: The
greater part of the whisky, brandy and
beer sold ia New y 0rk today Is chemical
ly prepared and is absolutely unfiy for
tie human stomach.
Several American war correspondents
in Toiio, who have nothing much else
10 de- are said to he learning japanese.
! is thought that they intend to try t.
get 10 the 'front.' in Disguise.
Near Manantoddy. Ind. man.
while sitting in his compound with a
striped blanket wrapped round his body,
WAS mistaken for a tiger by another man,
an inmate OF his own house, aud shot
dead on the spot.
Nova Scotia. They are guides, hun ers.
fishermen. and they live on the outsk rts
Of the villages. as well rs on II reserve on
Bear river. and make moccasins, baskets.
rustic furniture and other odds and ends
The final eel us B.lletin on the negro
population show tat there are 92U4,-
oil negroes in tie United States, includ-
ing .AiuskG. Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Half Of this number are under ID years
If age and from IL to rs per cent. of
them have white blood in their veins
Everyone nowadays, owing to the dis
closures Of scientific investigation. be-
heyes that sugar plays n more important
part in the dietary than mere condi-
nent. II is food, and when used judi
clollsly IN combination with other foods
adds markedly to the value of a ration
Some time ago ii was decided to
plant IN the garden Of Anne Hathaway's
cottage at Shottery all the yarians.shrabS
flowers and plants mentioned ia Shake
speare plays aud sQnnets They are ali
ID furnishing condition.
"A scientific engineer has constructed
\ fefrigerating machine for freight ears,
which forms an integral part OF the ear
ahd does away entirely with the necessity
OF constantly reiilling the refrigeratins
chamber with ice during its journey.
NV AfNiNo NuitH tbiilitiilS Il llllI
bard rubber monograph plate which calls
out the hours loud enough to be heard
twenty feet away. Sentiment can be
added by having the words recorded on
me plate IN the tones Of dear frieId-as
those of mans wife or children.
The raffeSia Of Sumatra is said To he
the largest and most magnificent flower
IN the world. 1t is composed of five
ioundish petals, each foot across and
81 red color, covered with numerous ir-
regular yeiloWlSh white SwaIingS. The.
petals surround a cup nearly a foot wide
me margin OF which bears the stamenS.
a tree which grew nearly 20 feet in
a year and Il half has gone from the
experimental station in Santa Monica
canyon 70 the worlds fair 10 show what
taiitornia can do when in a hurry for
Il place IN the shade 1t holds the cham
plon long-diStanec sprnting record of the
mted States.
The treasurer of the United States
"h May .. 1903. redeemed two half-rert
pieces. lhiS is the first time in the his
Tory of the country thar any such coins
Rave been presented for redemption. II
IS more than century since the first
1tat-tent piece was coined. and il j.
Ftary nifty years since the government
discontinued minting them.
Most people overcStimatc their pulSc,
rs they often count its beats when talk.
lnS about the matter. and il is fact
we'll known to physicians that the eN,
rilement of conversation viii quicken III,
pulse from five To twenty beats The
best time To arrive at the true norma
Is shortly after waking in the morning
when the nerves are unexcited.
In the days when "A snutf box was
considered necessary attribute TO tn,
ptrQui>ittS of a hCau--or helle-~mucl
ingenuity was brought to bear upon tn,
manufacture Of these dainty uiileS. Til,
rc>ult2 were often very novel. Thost
with taste for the morbid could hun
boxes made from the wood of Scafald>
chairs that murderers had sat upon. %
parts of their houses.