Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-02

3ne of the signers of the Declaration of
independence, has just been sold to J.
w. Willis of Newport News 1t was in
his house that William Henry Harri-
son. the President of the United States.
-ss born.
The 14ytle homestead. the oldest brick
building in Cincinnati. and the home of
Gen. William III. Lytle who gained fame
IN the Battle of Chickamauga and as the
author of Cleopatra" the poem begin
ming with the words Il am dying, Egypt,
dying" is to be torn down.
College endowments by millionaires are
very rare in Europe as compared with
this country Something approXimating
such an endowment is reported from Til
sit, where the late sanitary expert, DIR.
Goburrek, left 100000 marks to be lent
without interest to women who study
medicines in Germany and Austria.
One of the most curious articles in the
possession of Lord Rosebery is a mann
moth silver wine beaker, which has al
ways been used at the christening of his
children. At the christening of his
youngest son tn =, zen bottles of
champagne were poured 1to the beaker,
which was even then bu pne-third full.
The Wesleyan Metho list church, in
England. has lost one of its most dis
tinguished ministers by the death of
Rev Ebenezer Jenkins at the age of So.
He joined the ministry in 1915 and inn
mediately was sent out to India, where
for nineteen years he labored as a mis-
sionary. Dr. jenkins was well known
III this country.
The body of Patrick Henry, the orator,
lies in Il quiet grave on the Henry estate
in Charlotte county, Va. Red Hill is
the name of the estate, which is on the
Stanton river, So miles from Lynch
burg. When Patrick Henry bought the
place it comprised about $500 acres.
One of the nearest neighbors was John
Randolph of Roanoke, - miles away.
Red Hill is now owned by Henry's
grandson, William Writ Henry.
DIR. G. G. Franklin, the new president
of the British Medical Association, in
an address to the association at Lei
cester, pointed out the danger of over
specialization in medicine. The devel-
opment of the specialist, he said. was
inevitable, and he feared might tend to
produce narrower type of medical man,
but on the whole the development had
so far been beneficial botn for the public
and the profession.
Elisee ReclVs was a great worker.
Every year he turned out a volume of
his Geographic Unverselle'' from his
studio at Geneva, and he allowed no in
terruptions. Professor Albrecht Penclz
called on him one day, but was told
hluntly that he must call again, as this
was his wOrk-hour. Some of his most
important plans We're cut short by his
death among them an atlas of all the
volcanoes on earth.
1t has been considered bad luck to
give a Stuart name to the princes of
Great Britain, but now this notion has
been set aside by the naming of the Int
est Wales baby Prince Charlie" Thus
are told prcjudiccs broken down. Queen
Victoria was proud of her Stuart blood.
yet foI a. that Georgian royalty dared
not name his offspring Charles. But the
popular King of Portugal and baby's un-
Gle Charles of Denmark are Charleses.
aud for them the infant prince is called
The oldest diary IN existence is said
to be that preserved in the Japanese fam
lily of Hoaka. 1t has been duly main
tanned by the various heads of the fam
lily for four centuries. An English COM
mentator notes that about twenty years
ago dispute over precedence arose be-
tween two branches of the family and
that this was promptly settled by re-
course to the diary and the discovery of
the record of dinner given 200 or 300
years ago by the head of the family to
he founder of the side line
The Car has Il passion for French
lovels. and his favorite author is Fran
'oIs Coppee he also reads English novels
and magazines with avidity. The Ger
Ma" Emperor confesSes a weakness for
trench writers, especially Georges
ohnet. the author of the famous Iron
Master, but he is also diligent reader
German and English authors, and
leVoteS part of every evening to reading
20 the Empress. He is Il great admirel
OF kipling, and has taken the greatest
delight in reading the Jungle books "a
his children.
NJ White. the senior Russian envoy. i,
q victim OF the tea habit. So far as can
Ice learned. he has drunk nothing else
since arriving ut Portsmouth. He takes
It with his meals, between meals and at
night. The first thing the distinguished
ttnSsian demanded upon reaching the
wentworth Hotel Monday night was a
cup OF tea. Bring me some hot water
ana lemon. but and here the giant Mus.
coNlle held up his hands While loo;
OF alarm came ovar bis I;,,l, r.-