Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-13
- Miscellaneous Items. u

l,.unced in favor of Chamberlain tariff
scheme.
"A map of Jerusalem in Mosaic has
Nppu found in Palestine and is said 10 bc
over 1900 years old.
Our best thinking is done i'll the back
of our brains. say scientists, as the result
Of recent experiments.
Thirteen life insurance companies in
Great Britain refuse to accept risks Oh
unVaccinated persons.
The good results of administering po-
tatOeS in certain forms of diabetes are az
hrmed by French physician. DIR. MoSse.
who states that he has effected cures by
this means.
Aduitcrants highly injurious to the
health have been found ia innocent look
ing cakes, cheap caramels and other
sweet stuffS sold freely to children in
New York city.
In the coat pocket of a workman who
was discovered horribly mutilated at Vim
cennes near Paris. We're found mann
scripts OF poems written by him in Latin,
Greek and Hebrew.
Native drug stores in Japan are still
largely stocked with dried snakes, toads,
lizards, crabs, ETC., infusions of which
are the popular household remedies
throughout the country.
The snake stone is the center Of half
the superstitions of South African ma
riyeS. although its supposed power of
extracting venom inflicted by snakes has
been shown to be myth.
Regulations have been made in
Vienna that all electric lights must be
raised to sixteen feet above the pave
ment rs otherwise they are likely to in
lure the eyesight of pedestrians.
Mary Cam, who personally saved
tit,,-t hp1t,l,s. aF tho
Gen. Slucuu, is To get a gold medal aud
purse. She is scarcely II. and at the
time had been out of the hospital Ouiy
n few days.
AT an Irish wedding recently a Lon
don firm supplied the best man to the
order of the bridegroom. whose friends,
disappearing of the marriage. had Ie
fused 10 take any part whatever in ;he
function
The London Express gives the fol
lowing complete list of Lcbaudy's titles:
Jacques l.. Naiin-a-Dcn Emperor of the
Sahara. Commander of the Faithful.
King Of Tarfaia, Duke of Arlcuf, Prince
Of Chai-llun.
There are %. 436 miles of ocean
cable in operation today and only ST97
miles are owned by governments The
British cables, which connect London
with all parts Of the world. have a total
mileage of 154,099.
-ilamond cites the case OF woman
who always gave ont an odor or pine
apple when she was in temper. and an
ether who SmClt of violctS when suffer
ing from hysterical attack. Certain
doors are inherited.
We should never have had the pan-
anna hat but for the quick,fingered In
dams Of the lSthmus Of Panama. Even
today their secret process Of seasoning
the grass blades used in weaving these
hats remains unrivaled
Telegraph lines in the Kongo Free
State usually run along the banks of
rivers. y track is cut through the for
est, and the living trees are Topped rs
poles, where suitable, or else wrought
iron poles are employed.
The supreme court Of Germany has
rendered an opinion that the title of doc
tor conferred by American dental col
lcges is not 20 be recognized to Germany.
constituting "A violation OF the German
law against unfair competition.
An elderly Rrxt0n gentleman claims
Ia be the record omnibus rider Of Eng
lend. For The last twenty-five years,
With The exception of Sundays and holt
days, he has iourneyed each day ia the
city ON the same bus and occupied eN-
actly the same seat
The Japanese Red Cross society II
able To supply through its various
branches 1000 female nurses and 200O
male nurses. Female nurses are not sent
10 the front but undertake duty In .Iapnn
in the military and Red Cross hospitals in
various parts of the country.
A Berlin chemist has secured n
patent on a compound for auima! food
which has Sawdust for its chief mgredi-
tnt. The inventor argues that as many
animals have liking for the roots and
leaves of trees and shrubs aud appar-
entity iud plenty Of SuStcnancc in such
articles of diet such animals should sub
si>t equally as well rs upon >uwdu>t
when properly prepared.
AT Warthen>tei,. Germany. there is
n unique botanical library Outwardy
the books present the common appear
auce Of a block Of wood. but Il careful
examination reveals that each j. Il com
pletc history of the particular tree which
IL represents. At the back of the book
the bark has been removed for "A space
which allows the scientific ana common
names of the tree to be placed as a tide.
Mortar was made by the people of
Tahiti when our ancestors were SILVER
ing in holes in the rocks They dived
into the sea. brought up Jumps Of coral
burned them in pits, using wood as fuel
and mixed the lime they got in this fash
ion With sharp sand and water. With
this mixture the ingenious savage plaA-
erred the walls and floor of his house.
md hetter mortar could not be- obs
aimed
The word "vaudeville." which now
means Il play in which songs are intro
luced, is a corruption of NauX de Wire.
he names Of two valleys in Normandy.
fuller in Nire in the fifteenth century.
some humorous aud SatiricaI
thinking songs which were very popular
France, under the name of
heir native place, "NauN DE Wire" The
ernS seem to have been corrupted into
ok de Vile.
In response to 4 general desire Of the
ariy the officers of the Porto Rican
rachcrs expedition at Harvard are max
NJ arrangements to have the Porto (
;ican coffee served regularly To- them. as
MS Is one of the things they have missed /
he most since leaving their homes Spe- /
al instructions are To be given the deal /
rs by a member of the party as 10 the ,
Sact method Of roasting rs Porto /
lean coffee. to be satisfactory Ia the |
atiyeS, must be roasted perfectly black /
The wonderful insect killing capacit
the toad is known in general way ~
e enlightened few. says Country Life
America. IN important colony af