Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-04
II Curious CONVERSATIONS. X

lion has received II valuable gift an orig
NAL portrait Of Washington, by Gilbert
stuart. presented 10y Mrs. Ida A. Rich
ardson, vice regent for Louisiana.
A eat owned by Uriah Adams of NJ.
Holly. y. j., recently killed rat that
had about it's neck Il diamond ring bc-
longing 10 his daughter. Search Tor the
lost ring had been abandoned.
There are about 100000 craterS in
lie moon; and Prof. Pickering holds that
die numerous bright radiatins lines are
caused by snow. while those resembling
canals are caused hy vegetation.
In the New York building trades
strikes last year BOB laborers suffered
from enforced dleness being deprived of
employment for total Of l.1OI.0l9 days.
with q loss Of wages of So. ,Io1.14.
The discovery is said 10 have been
made in England of new spirit, 'un-
Ike either petrol or alcohol" and NOT
unpleasant" in odor, which is cheap and
will take the place of petrol in running
automobiles.
An eagle the other day attacked Il
peasant who was driving 10 BoulIeu,
near the Swiss border. The fight lasted
ten minutes, and ended in the eagle being
hit on the head with the butt Of the
mans whip.
A London laborer has collected many
hundreds Of Union Jacks Of all shapes
and sizes. Every table hed ana pilIoW ", ID
hi, hou>c has its covering Of bunting. The
very shift TINS man wears Is reu' "ii'te
ana hltle one
The custom of tobacconists exhibit
ing ctiiges of llighlanders outside their
shop doors originated in London. and,
though it was ut one time greatly IA
favor both IN Scotland ana England the
custom Is nov gradually dying out
4 .,rist mill nm titn .hfru ~ Ily.tou
BAY. Long Island. which was built 90
years ago, ana which i" now run by
Jesse Mnlinoaux, is 10 be demolished.
i he binding has not been changed Since
the Revolution.
firm If printing press builders IN
New Jersey owns nm old press bujit in
Bn~;on in 1142 by Thomas Draucr. Ii
Was the first press over used in New
IT,muShirr and is said to he onr of tha
eldest in existence.
Athens Crrccc - snnn tn bo ,,,-
pr,trd MIN paris hv railway Tho a.
,.i.,n .sovcrnment has already sncnrod tho
buillin. Of - road to thr Turkish frontier
which win soou he cnnnnrtnd win fhc
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botton ne laln $50. o, T"t AN, =" III it
the tide and IL eyidpntlv c"nnactnd ,,.;ti,
Ia sea nv mn undcrgronnd nhonn,I
Anstrolia bas =, a,.,'ha,, as,.i,,,,,.
rverv child VIC i NOT l',,,,,orteI IL IT,,
naranfs Incomes y ward az ia 81 state AZ
,aid - ,o,,;,,, r,, s,,, y, ~ -
in - nriyntn family wbcre i hnar,1 nnd
clothes nre nrovidoJ mill tho rnnrtarntt
birthday.
William Weller of Orange, Conn,
found the other dav among some old pa
pcrS Il SiXty-dolar bill of continental cur
rencH. The bill entitled the bearer To 60
nilled Spanish dollars. and bore the in
>cripti"n, God rcigns: the earth re
jOices."
Julius Jacobs has resigned his seat
on the Liverpool city council. his father
having stipulated IN his viii that none of
ms sous should become a candidate for
ihun'cipal or parliamentary honorS. as
lie has II contempt for English political
parties.
The campaign Panama hat worn hv
resident Roosevelt in 1900 was taken
hy some western railroad officials 10 the
hot springs of Wyoming. and left in one
OF Them Tor several months. The hat,
turned 10 stone. has Just been received
at Omaha. according to dispatch from
that city. In its petrihed form it weighs
about fifteen pounds.
duke Of WELLINGTON" the oli-tim,
battlcship which led the British Baltic
ieet in the Russian war in lSa4-G is 70
he sold at auction. She is built of wood
has tbrnn de,.Ls 'o,I l.; ntn f, 49,,
She has been used as depot ship at
Portsmouth for many wears. In war
times She carried lOt guns and had It
C.cW Of over 1000 men.
French Sorioty bas hcrun tn rebel nc
The printed list If we1Iing nrcsauts +
is no longer rood Form In rnrt,in sol.
to run down The pnmnt in nnhlir MIN.
If tbe narrutnl ,In,l. AVN tn ~ ~
carver of The servants b,Il rh, ~
tom has hpro,up very ostant,tinns ,ml
given ris, Ia nprh ,nl.yoi' s,,o',,i ANN
ana mental arithmeti,. '''''
Sn,re is nr,,,ilna n .,o .,, .,
Tho rra,iJ,,l ' az an' "lhef Gay I"
tu, the names of twenty moro nrnsidantS
ia addition 20 The Thirteen nav in iii,
S,mhol of academic, aufhnrit, 'rhiS !.