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

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A hybrid fowl. the offspring of 4 whit
English pheasant cock and a guinea b,,
recently died ON Il farm near Palatiue'
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The practical use Of the Searc}liol,
IS only l0o yards. while Il torpedo can g..
yards.
The geological gardens in LoYdo..
aaYe Just acquired four Japanese a,.>
Que of their chief peculiarities is th,r
the tail is reduced TO i stump.
a 26-inch umbrella that will fold IT.,
ana go in an inside pocket withoir
GROWING mas been invented and CON
structed by Minneapolis man:
The closing of Glasgow's saloons -,
10 instead Of p. m. has led to an I'M
mediate reduction Of 30 per cent. in Tho
police cases of drunkenness.
The British courts recently eypoSct
a ruse by which L0ndoners were rSc,,,
ing jury duty by registering their wiz.
as tenants at their residences instead of
themselves.
The London General Omnibus com
pany has over 10000 horses None ne
the experiments tried in relation 70 tb oa
substitution of motor for horse traction
has yet proved satisfactory.
The toad is exceedingly greedy. u
feeds continuously throughout the nighr
and in twenty-four hours consumes "
quantity of insects equal to about fou,,
times its stomach capacity
One diamond mine, the Premier. near
Pretoria, i'll the Transvaal, yielded -
S91 carats during the month of Nav
The value of this output is estimated at
$525,000.
An extremely fine quality Of green
leather made in Turkey is manufactured
from the skin of an ugly fish called the
angel fish. This is a kind of shark-a
shark with thick. wing-like fins that have
earned for him the name of angel
1t is said that in the precincts OF
Westminster abbey the finger plate of >
door is covered with leather made from
human skin. but the story is not based
ON anything trmer than tradition. Books
DO exist, however. bound in human skin.
There is no royal household in Eu-
rope where tradesmen'S accounts are so
regularly paid as in that of King Eu-
ward. Once every month every single
item In connection with the ordinary eX-
pense of the household is paid to the
uttermost farthing.
A specie of mineral soap tree is found
III Japan, China and India. BY using
water of alcohol the saponaceous ingre-
dent of the fruit is extracted. The soap
possessing no alkaline qualities is claimed
TO be superior to the ordinary soap of
commerce
While other nations build monuments
TO the memory of men who have done
great and noble deeds. the Dyaks heap
up pile of the branches of trees in
memory of the man who has uttered a
great lie. so that future generations may
know of his wickedness and take warn
ing from it.
War is once more being declared in
England on ivy and on elder bushes near
cathedrals and other fine buildings The
ivy is accused of being "a destructive
boa-constrict0r weed,' while the elder is
condemned because its roots have Il
naughty habit of forcing themselves into
Masonry chinks.
The native home of the peanut is sup
posed to be Brazil. From there it spread
to Spain, Africa, China, Japan and India.
1t is called pindar in India and goober in
Africa. 1t was recognized and cultivated
as valuable agricultural product in those,
distant countries LONG before it was COM
mercially grown Mt home.
The arches under the new or Will
liamsburg bridge across the East river at
-New York are not only TO be used as
stalls for fish dealers and the push cart.
men, but six school rooms are to be fitted
up under them for temporary use and to
relieve the congestion existing in thal
crowded section of the city.
that is claimed to be safe and truStwor-
thy has been invented by Chicago man.
by means of his device, in which the
third rail is inverted. and practically hid
den from view, the inventor declares it
impossible for persons or animals to come
in contact with the charged rail-
The pumping station and coal shed at
Gallen, on the Burlington railroad, short
distance east of Sterling which began 10
IiSHOnpar into tho Garth rooap+1,,
tirely out of sight now, with the exception
OF the top Of piece of stOvepipe, which
is still visible in the large circular hole IN
which the buildings disappeared.
-Shoddy clothes are made from Cheap
yarns spun over cotton warp These
yarns are spun from old wooden rags
chopped into waste, then carded ana
spun into threads of various sizes and
strength. The cloth is soft, nicely I'm
ished and attractive in appearance and
comparatively free from imperfections.
The presence of moisture in tobacco
Is the London Lancet believes. of some
Importance to public nealth, since the
combustion of tobacco containing a large
proportion of moisture is impeded. while
as the generation of vapor is increased.
so are the chances of the poisonous prin-
ciple being carried into the mouth.
With better knowledge and mole cX
tended search in Alaska the United
States may again include tin among its
important metallic products Lode has
been found in the Lost River district.
about thirty miles east of Cape Prince of
Wales. Prospecting is now going on in
this locality and the outlook appears to
be good.
Great advance in deep level mining is
the result of the advance in engineering
science. Some years ago 1900 feet was
considered a great depth, but this limit
base been much exceeded At Fienu.
Belgium, 5000 feet has been touched,
while at Calumet, Hecla and Tamarack.
in the United States. mines from 1900 To
5400 feet have been worked The tenn
perature is the great thing to overcome.
1t is quite possible for anyone ta
own a forest of miniature oaks which
may be grown even without the aid of
soil. In order TO rear miniature forest
procure a shallow dish and cover the
base of il with moss an inch thiCk