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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
CAMEL HUNT IN THE DESERT.
Animals Run Wild in Parts of California
and Arizona

William Hood, chief engineer of the
Southern Pacific company, who has made
a study of the Colorado desert and its
counterpart in Arizona and northern
Mexico, says the scheme of a party of
kansans to go on camel hunt in those
desert regions next month is no fools err
rand. There are wild camels in the des-
ert. He has seen them, but is not in
position to say whether there are 200 or
1,200, young and old running wild
Back in the '70s," continued Mr..
Hood, "a number of wild camels scared
the life out of a horse | was riding 1t
became unmanage tble and backed me up
mountain side fully 100 feet | have
seen them at different times in the south
ern parts of Yuma and Maricopa coun-
ties, in Arizona, but do not know that
of my own knowledge"
The wild camels in the southwestern
deserts are descendants of animals
brought TO this country by the Washing
ton authorities about thiTty-tive years
ago to be used as an experiment. 1t was
found that there was too much mountain
climbing to make the use of the animals
practicable and they were turned loose to
shift for themselves.
Later on a Frenchman brought small
herd to use across the Arizona deserts
and was fairly successful until the trans
continental roads were built He then
had no other alternative than to turn
his camels loose in the desert. They are
said to live very far away from water
so i'll order to get close to them water
and provisions to last several days have
to be carried. Native horses are of no
use in hunting them, as they cannot be
made to go near the camels. There is
absolutely no doubt that these animals
have been Chicago Inter
Ocean
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

no more till / woke up. to find myself
in bed, my husband, as white as sheet,
bending over me.
Thank God you are alive he ex-
claimed as l opened my eyes. i feared
had done for you with my wretched
willfulness. Now you are to be taken
away Immediately
so / was bundled off to a hotel, and
then, later on, we spoke of OUR gruesome
experience.
"He had heard and felt exactly what
/ had, and so had each guest. When
tainted there was an ignominious sauve-
qui-pent, as if the devil were at their
heels.
Needless to relate, we never returned
to the house. From our landlord we
could get nothing but shrug and Il
West Indian 'Ho, ha, how funny now!'
My husband exchanged notes with
the men who had been present, and each
related exactly similar stories The doe
tor forbade me to recur to the subject,
so | had no opportunity of finding out
for myself the ladies' version. Ny hus-
band tried in vain to discover if there
were any stories about the house, but
he soon after exchanged into another
regiment, and we left for England We
neither of us care to talk of this glimpse
of the uncanny, for few would believe
us. My having done so to you is excep-
tional, | assure you."-Sir Frederic H.
CoWen in Nj. A. p
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
HEN REFORM.
a Simple Device to Overcome the SlOth
of Years Invented Up in Maine.

Emerson Dodge of Belfast. Me, stu
dent of agriculture at the University OF
Maine, has invented a new kind of trap
pest which he contends will compel re-
luctant hens to lay two or more eggs 4
day.
Before introducing the new nest to the
poultry they must have become familiar
with the ordinary trap nest. This Is
box with two rooms so arranged thaI
when the hen enters the first and passes
through door into the second she
touches a spring which closes the mld'
die door behind her. Here she remains
III solitary confinement until the man
who gathers the eggs sets her at liberty
1t is asserted that in a few weeks a
hen, realizing that depositing an egg i
the price of her liberty, will lay the egg
even though she may have felt no IN
clination to do so when she went INTO
the nest.
Mr.. Dodge's invention is IN the form
of an extra compartment attached 10 lIe
second chamber of a common trap neS-
Having laid an egg in the usual nest tis
hen waits until the attendant comes
along to set her free. In the Dodss
patent she goes into a second trap DeS',
from which she cannot escape untIl SUE
has laid once more.
A hen unfamiliar with the Dodge hes'
will not get the hang of the invention un
til she has suffered from close eonhhei,
ment for few days, but it is asSeF "a
that after learning that there is no means means
of escape until she has produced secuHg
egg. her desire for freedom oYercoiu3
ancestral habit, and the additional egg
forthcoming. i'll,
Mr.. Dodge is now experimenting WIZ WIZ
still another compartment, hoping .',',
he may coax the hens to lay three tETES
day. He contends that the estapiL-H '-,
rule among hens of yielding no nlql+
than one egg a day is merely a lazy hap5'
which has been confirmed by long usn7lj
He saws that if Old Grimes hen eouia
Law two eggs on Sunday, there IS no It1
son why all hens should not lay Two 'ss7
or more every day.-New York sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
ToBoGGANING IN THE ALPS.
Slide Upon Which Record of Almost Mile
a Minute Has Been Made.

st. Moritz is one of the highest villages
in the Engandine, having an altitude of
about 5000 feet. and is a great center of
winter sports; it is consequently much
frequented by English and other nation
alities who enjoy the sports of skating
curling, tobogganing, skiing and handy
which can here be obtained under the
best conditions. Good tobogganing can
be had in many other places, but at St
Moritz it is carried to a fine art, and
only an expert can expect to compete
successfully on the renowned "Cresta"
toboggan run, with its wonderful curves
and banks. The name Cresta is derived
from a small village of that name near
the finish of the course.
The course is a little over three-quar-
tiers of a mile in length, with difference
of elevation, from the start to finish, of
about 600 feet; the gradient varies at
different points, being most steep at the
church leap.
As only one toboggan can occupy the
track at a time, the races are all de-
cided by the time taken to complete the
course. The record time from the start
to the finish is at present 81 Clio seconds
this entailing a speed of sixty miles an
hour or more on the fastest parts. The
curves of frozen snow are built up with
high banks accurately shaped to allow
the tobogganer to so round them ut the
greatest speed, the nlgneSC bank being
about twenty-five feet in heighth. These
different banks have we'll known names,
such as the Battledore and Shuttlecock.
Scylla and Charybdis and Bulpett's Cor
ner. The whole track is practically of
ice, and after passing the finish it has
for a short distance a steep upward
gradient, the great momentum obtained
carrying the tobogganer uphill.
The toboggans used are of the "skele-
OF |.
bogganer lying in a prone position and
steering with his feet, by means of spikes
attached to the toes of his boots. The
principal race run on the Cresta is the
GHand National, which takes place at the
end of February, or the beginning of
March. and might be called the derby of
Dayos and other places to take part in
this contest.-From the Electrical Re
view.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
BEGGARS IN INDIA
The Efforts That Have Been Made to pr.
Them Down.

The beggar nuisance is very common
one in India, and the endeayors of III.
police in the large cities to put il down
have met with only limited measure az
success. This is no doubt due to tbc
fact that Indian opinion is remarkohly
tolerant toward sturdy beggars. asps
clally II they wear the guiSe of religion
But there is reason to believe that -
wholesome change is coming over pub,io.
sentiment III this as in so many other
matters. There were about 5000 ono of
beggars in the country at the time of
the last census, and nearly one-ffth Of
the number were classed as religions
mendicants. The number, large as il is
represented a decrease of about I nor
cent. from that at the previous censuS
and the decline has been attributed in
part to the comparatively heavy mortality
among them during the famine wears
But, says the report, lit is also partly
attributable to the spread of education
and the consequent weaker hold which
the so-called aScetics have on the imap
nation of the people," it being much less
easy than it was formerly for the mem
bers of the various begging communities
to unloose the purse strings of the peo-
pie.
There is, happily, reason to believe
that the changed feeling among the edu
Gated classes is filtering down to the low
er levels. This evil is not confined to
one particular community or religion. II
is as rampant among the Mahometans
as among the Hindoos. The Asar JadiJ
an ably conducted vernacular paper pub,
lished in upper India, dealing with queS.
tons of social reform among Mahomp-
tans, has been forcibly calling the at
tention of its co-religionists to the neces-
sity of reform in their notions of char
| ity. Our contemporary shows by a refer
ence to The Police Gazette" that the
number of Mahometan beggars under
surveillance has been rising every week
1t cites instances from the records of
criminal courts to prove that some of
the men who pass for religious teachers
have been convicted on charges of fraud
and immortality committed on the prom
erty and persons of men and women who
had been misled by their religious ap-
rearance-Times of India.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
WHEN JAPAN LOST.
How the Powers Robbed the Island EN-
pire of the Fruits of Victory.

The treaty of Shimonoseki was signed
April IL, 1898. On April % the Russian.
French and German ministers at Toxic
presented a joint note to the japanese
government protesting against the ces-
sion of China of the Liaorung peninsula.
on the ground that as japanese pos
session 1t would be a constant menace TO
PeEin and danger to the independence
OF Korea, and hence detrimental to the
general peace of the Orient
Russia had increased her military
forces IN TIE Amur province, and her
fleet in Chinese waters numbered twenty
two vessels, including some of her best
ironclads. Germany also prepared to
strengthen her fleet in those waters The
British government refused to join in
menaclng demands of the three powers.
but advised the Japanese government TO
yield. Japan submitted the joint note to
the generals and admirals, and they re-
ported that scarcely a ship was in thor
Ough fighting trim, while the whole mill
tary organization had been put to severe
strain by the recent campaigns in Korea
Manchuria, the Liaotung peninsula. etc.
The financial resources of the admin
lstratlon were nearly exhausted, and II
would clearly have been madness for
Japan to engage under such conditions
in war with European powers. She
therefore sought only a dignified means
of submission, and finally, after much
negotiation. an arrangement was reached
and protocol signed at Pekin early in
November. Japan accepted 10000. 900
taels as extra indemnity and agreed 10
evacuate Port Arthur and the Iiaotung
peninsula, while China is said to have
coyenanted not to cede any part of the
latter to any foreign power. japan was
thus forced to abandon part of the fruits
of her victory. under pressure brought 70
bear on her at the moment when she was
least able to resist
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
A Western Wife.

She walked behind the tagging mules.
That drew the breaker thro' the soil;
Hers were the early rising rules,
Hers we're the ewes of wifely toll.
The smitten prairie blossom'd fair,
The sod home faded from the scene;
Firm gables met the whispering air,
Deep pOrehes lent repose serene.
But with'ring brow and snowy tress,
Bespeak the early days of strife:
And there's the deeper wrought impress
The untold pathos of the wife.
o western mother! in thy praise
No artist paints nor poet sings,
But from thy rosary of days,
Gods angels shape immortal wingsi
VIII Chamberlain in National Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
China'S Coal Fields.

China's resources of coal and iron are
among the largest and most favorably
situated in the world. The extent Of tho
great coal fields has been put at 400. 000
square miies--twice the area of France
and more than seventy times the aggrf-
gate extent Of all the coal fields of Brit
am. OF the quality of the deposits much
has yet to be learned. hut tho distin-
guished German geologist. Baron Won
Richtofen, reported many years ago that
both the anthracite and the htuminonS
varieties were equal to the hest produced
IN Europe 1t is expected that very soon
China coal viii be delivered at far east.
ern. ports at prices with which no other
Goa! can possibly compete. and that Chi
ma; IN consequence Of this development,
will become Il large exporter of iron
Engineering.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
German Cadets Dignity.

The Berliner Tageblatt publishes an
account of an extraordinary incident
which it states is creating Il sensation in
Strasburg. \ young artillery cadet see
ing the servant of a well known lawyer
of that city riding a bicycle miStook his
livery for uniform and angrily rebuked
the man for not saluting him. The man.
who was a Bavarian, jokingly explained
the difference between a civilians livery
and soldiers uniform, whereupon the
enraged cadet called a passing soldier
and had the servant arrested. Suisse
quently the man was released and COM
planned TO the colonel of the regiment.
who not only upheld the cadets action.
but maintained that the cadet had the
right to run his sword through the SER
want. as he had insulted the German uni
form. The servant will now have to ap-
pear before a court of law for insulting
the cadet.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

few years which is surnrising Ine last
stance, in 1898 French makers dali,ioalalI-
1880 automobiles; in 1904 they deliverted.,
%, 900. The total value has grown 'giett
S0,000,000 francs $4,000. OtU in i ISnH
to 176,00o,000 francs $3.50. 200 0oo go 10
1904. The value of explorations in Sa n,
was 100000 francs $3.50, 0OO); in 199 3
i was i4,oOo,W0 francs ($14.SO0OO0,
francs (S16,000.000). The in9nStrU,.
employs $1,000 workmen. $4,000 miscai
laneous employees and 10000 chanffeTTnl,
and machiniSts eu'S
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
Sentiment in a Room.

Tse Uphosterer and Interior Decorator
in a brief statement strikes at the beo n
of the trouble with the average decorator
He puts no heart into his work" is the
accusation. He is mechanical. lie
constructs a period room that is correct
decoratively, but superficial. cold and I'M
sympathetic. You never can make a
lovable room with mere side walls. a
door and little necessary furniture. You
must touch the sentimental chord in
ones nature to succeed. We enjoy the
Colonial room. with its buffet If cld
Dutch crockery. its mantel display
of East Indian curioS, its old Dutch
prints on the wall. or the examples of cid
sampler work. becaGse these minor fit-
mentS touch the tender chords Of our ma
ture and arouse a patriotic sentiment"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The warfare of the sexes has taken a
new turn in Knoxville, Tenn. \ gamb-
ling house there was recently raided by
the police and number of well known
young men were arrested. The girls of
the city are demanding that the police
make public the names of the men,
threatening to cut the offenders acquain-
lance. The men treat the matter as a
joke and have asked the hairdressers of
the city to make public the names of all
the girls who wear Switches"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The changes now going on with British
warshps in commission are of drastic
nature and they are attributed to Ad-
miral Fisher who is understood to hold
the theory that protected cruisers and
Sich craft are of no use today and that
the British squadron should be armored.
He maintains that sloops and such like
craft are useless and that old cruisers
are no better. They cannot fight and
they cannot run away.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The SovereignS of Enrone have revo.
hues as follows; Car of Russia. S12.-
uOo'oOo; Sultan of Turkey. S7.5OO.o0O.
emperor Of Germany, $3,S00OO0; En-.
peror of Austria aud King of Hungary.
S3.'ooo0o; King eff Italy. $3.2l0.00o:
Ming of Great Britain. S2,600.o00: King
OF Bavaria, Sl.400000; King of Spain,
$l.4o0,0OO; King Of the Belgians. S7O0..
wv; King of Saxony, $T3J. 900; King Of
Sweden and Norway, $4,000: King Of
Portugal, S525,0OO: King of Wurfan,-
burg 100000; King of Greece. 5000
200; Queen of Holland. S24o0n0. Kin og
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The imports of American -four into the
United Kingdom in 1903 We're nearly 81
100000 greater than in 1902, although
less than for the years Immediately pre-
ceding 1902 The total imports of -four
into the United Kingdom in 1903
amounted to 11,56S,173 barrels, valued
at $47,320, 152, of which 9,2T0,651 bar
rels, valued at S37,073,44O, were import
ed from the United States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

Ii is said that in Norway a bucket of
water is always placed within reach of a
horse when he is taking his allowance of
hay. ut is interesting" says the writer
Of this incident, ito see with what relish
they take sip out of one and mouth
full of the other alternately, sometimes
only moistening their mouths, as any ra-
tional being would do while eating n
dinner of such dry food. y broken
winded horse is scarcely ever seen in Nor
way"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
Canadian Gretna Green.

Some people suppose. that IT, T.. h t-5'.
Green is no longer in existence - -. -
f ind It's name is now Windsor. end }.
Is Canadian town in the PROVING, a.
Ontario. close to the United States Der
der Il was recently stated in The pr,
yincial legislature Of Ontario {Aat
fewer than 500 marriages were ceieol l, H.
in Windsor during the past year, III
great majority of the happy conplts -'
hastily crossed the border IRON t'. -r.-
joining repubhc.-London ti-H@i
Bits
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

Twenty-one years ago peasant in the
village of JaennersdOrf, near Ostprieg-
nitz placed his son in small building
and, after walling him in, kept him there.
Food was handed in through a small
opening not many inches in diameter,
which was the only channel for light and
air within. The peasant is now aged 30,
his wife Sc and the son 46.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
Made His Hen a Wooden Leg.

One of the agricultural freaks to be
seen in Lancaster county is a hen with
wooden leg. The fowl is the property
OF Daniel Brubaker, farmer living near
Rheems.
The chicken lost Il Leg by an accident.
and humane members Of the family fitted
it with a wooden appendage as near like
the original as possible. The hen is said
10 strut around without any difficulty
Philadelphia Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

From Munich comes the glad intelll-
gence that beer drinking in that city is
on the wane. However, it is worth men
tionng that it will be some time before
any other place takes the championship
from Munich. The daily consumption of
beer there still amounts to four glasses
day for every inhabitant every day in
the wear
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The body of NJ. Markilf, the great 81
berian railway contractor, says the St.
James Gazette, has been stuffed by his
widow, fitted with glass eyes and CARRIED
in dress clothes, aud it now inhabits a
richly inlaid cabinet in corner of Nine.
MarkoH's drawing room.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

Recent excavations in Egypt have re-
vealed Il bond dated A. ID. 1O0-anpren-
uclng slave for two years to the semi
ograph, to he taught to read and write
shorthand. or the signs that your son
Dlonysios knows the teacher receiving
in all l2o drachmas-ahout S23.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

As an encouragement TO school chill
dren to be regular and punctual in their
attendance mt school the Surrey county
tEnGlandl education committee has de-
cided to give them picture postcards bear
ing views Of places of historic and local
interest in the county.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The revenue stamps that had to be af-
fixed to the documents by which the Met
ropolitan District Electric Traction com
pany made over the undertaking to the
Underground Electric Railway company
of London cost $19,500
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25
Servia, $24O,000; King of Roumania,
soar 600

Francois Dumon, French waiter, has
lust left Denver, on his way home TO
France, having made $4,000 in tips IN
five years. OF this he made $4,000 last
wear at St. Louis. He speaks six lam
guages His father and grandfather were
walters all their lives, and he was brought
up to the business. He is still young
man
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The last revolution in Uruguay was
one Of the most successful pulled off in
South America for some years. The gov
eminent paid the insurgents 100000 TO
quit fouling.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

\ man has been arrested in Paris
whose method was to tear a different
piece off each of n number of bank notes.
and then. placing the pieces together,
produce a complete bank note, which he
was able TO pass.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

An armorplated motor car, carrying a
qnick-iiring field gun, is being constructed
at the Daimler works in Wiener Neu-
stadt, Austria. 1t will be so arranged
that it can be fired in all directions, even
over the head of the driver.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

An experimeuter in India has shown
oils from iifty-siX kinds of common
plants, such as the cucumber tapioca
plant, etc. Nest of these oils have never
been put to use, even if their proper.
ties are known, aud it is suggested that
a wide field for developing new indus.
tries is here open.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

A correspondent Of the London Times
calls attention to the fact that William
Pitt said: America. Canada and Louisi-
ana are the three countries on the conti-
nent of North America"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

A London tailor, suing for wages. testi.
ied that he worked from Thursday morn
ing 10 late on Saturday night without a
break, and when he collapsed on his
bench and was taken home his emplovpr
dismissed him summarily because he
could not work on the Sunday rs wru
He won his case.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

A German cotemporary states that
within the last decade the population of
Europe has increased about $4,000, 900.
of whom Russia contributed 100000
and France less than 100000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

When dining with the King of Eng
land (where uniform is not worm the
proper dress consists of evening dress
coat, evening dress waistcoat, brooches
and black silk stockings or trousers and
white necktin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

1t il proposed by the German govern
army to 100000 prvates, corporals and
lance-corporala. The military estimates
show an increase of nearly S20,000,000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The street railroads of San Francisco,
in accordance with request by the
board of health, have issued an orde:
against the carrying of soiled clothes on
their cars in bundles or baskets.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-25

The Dutch government has introduced
4 bill providing for the compulsory in
surance of Dutch sailors against the
risks and accidents of their calling, es-
pecially in the North sea.