Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-10

There was a Davis and Parker preSi-
Dental ticket in this country thrty-two
years before the present combination ap-
peared. In 1872 David Davis of Illinois
was nominated for President by the
Labor Reform party. His running mate
was Coy joel Parker of New Jersey
Parts of Palestine in which Europeans
have settled have been made to yield not
only larger but fairly profitable harvests.
\ German colony that settled on the
heights Of Haifa thirtyfour years ago
has prospcred. Not one of its ninety
families is poor. All are fairly well to
do.
NJ. Dubois of Paris shows that it is
possible by means of Roentgen rays to
examine the living oyster without i'll any
way injuring it and to ascertain whether
or not it contains pearl. If it contains
only tiny pearl the oyster is returned
and is allowed to live until the disease
has developed a large pearl.
A photograph made with piece OF
ore containing radium. through the
opaque shutters of a photograph plate
holder. is the interesting result of an cX-
pertinent made in the Utah state build
ing at the st. Louis fair by s. T. Whit
akcr director general of the state eX
hibit.
Thirty or forty years ago what one may
call the public supply of toothpicks was
unknown. Every gentleman carried one
in his pocket. of gold or silver if he could
afford it, one made of goose quill if
he could not afford the other. but it was
not the practice to use it until after one
had left the table
Lord .Avebury was the first person to
have his photograph taken in England.
NJ. Daguerre, the co-inventor with NJ.
Niepce in the art of photography, went to
London to patent the invention which
bears his name, and paid an early visit
10 the present Lord Ayebury's father. Ii
was then that the child posed for his
picture.
Notwithstanding the large production
Of petroleum in Russia, the use of il
has been limited by tax on refined oil
Recently the Baku retiIars have petit
toned the government To abolish this tax
on refined oil for home consumption, and
to substitute for ii tax on all crude
oil produced,
With the exception of Naples, Milan
and Rome, New York is reckoned to he
the chief Italian city in the world. An
estimate of 100000 to 100000 as the
actual Italian population OF New York
and the Immediately contiguous territory
Is probably moderate. In comparison
with this Naples has population of 563,-
WO, Milan, 100000, and Rome 4G1, 900
Some of mans most dreaded diseases
smallpox, diphtheria. plague, rabies have
been vanQuished by incubation. and noN
incubation is TO cure soil that has beer
worn ont and make il fertile and produc
tive again. The germs that bring fertil
ity are mailed by the department of agri
culture III Il small package like "A yeas
cake. The cake contains millions of dric,
germs.
British yachtSmen are NOT pleased he
cause of Sir Thomas Lipton's willingness
10 have another try for the America
cup under the old rules, But the Iris
knights view that there would bc NOR
glory in winning under the same cond
tons that prevailed during long Serie
of losses is that of an in6omitahlc sport,
man; and all the world likes a pluck
sport"
Twenty-one years ago, when we weI
At the top notch of prosperity, immigrs
ton ran To TSS,0o0 people in yea
Ten years ago hard times cut the imm
grafton down to third of that humble
Last year again we went up 10 S51 90,
but these immigrants were not, as her,
,oforo. farmers, but went TO swell IN
numbers of uuskilled labor in cur gres
cities.
To feed creature on raw meat h.
not been generally considered the hu
way To render ii amiable and gentle. \,
eording to NJ. Houssay. Frcnch g,
pcrimenter. however. this j. precisely ~
result that such food has ola the domc>,
fowl, From the first year. feeding Suu
of the fowls with grain and others vii
meat. he perceived that the latter az
pedred tanner and allowed themselves
he handled much sooner by the hoy ~.
took care OF them. II must be a,Luou