Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-11-18
- MiscelIane 3us Items. Il

On wheels Jlat their value is estimated
AT ST2W0.O00.
BY FASTING bit Of paper upon thu
pveid q Photographic record has been
made of the duration Of time required in
wiuking the eye. 1t has been found that
q wink requires onc-third of second.
Consul Atwel of RoubaiX reports a
new typewriter for the blind which is an
Improvement on the Braille alphabet sys-
tenl II was invented by Il Mr.. Vaughn.
Two alphabets instead of one are used
1t has just been estimated that TO-,
u0O.0uO sterling is being spent each year
on golf There are so golf clubs in
England. 100 in America, 632 in Scot
land and l34 in Ireland numbering alto
gether taO.0u0 players.
A London firm has constructed on
the roof of it's warehouses rifle range,
SO that its employees may have practice
without going far or being put 10 travel
ing expenses. Lord Roberts will open
the range.
A chauffeur recently fined ut Ken
sington, England, said he had agreed
with his employer that lie tthe chauf-
feurl should pay all fines. The practice,
he added was almost universal in motor
ing circles.
Having inquired Of the leading ON
nibus railway and parcel carrier compa-
MES as to the best material for road
paving. the council of Lambeth, Lon
don. finds that the majority are in favor
If wood blocks.
The growth of trade unicuism in
France has been very rapid. The title
under which the unions are known in
France is 'Syndicats Professionals.
They were first authorized by law in
1884. little over twenty years ago.
Rev. &. q. Richards, vicar of st.
pntnr and 81 p,ure Taddin,,for M.
lond LnS issnod a friendly, inritatio, +,
the men of his parish 10 call M The yicor-
age on Monday evenings throurhout tho
winter for Friendly pine and char ;,
,,,s l,:,.4.
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81 q XII" ~, XIV ~ i9'i aue tne
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~ ''l IA, lHe parry III Speciti run
same routc fiat tbey trarai@d hy tso, ,,n
and ON foot in 1871
At EglingLom Northumberland
quaint wedding custom, which b" '.''T hoo,
in existence for bnndrado ,F ~, a"S pg a.'i
prevails II y recent ,,.od,Ii,,,r =, Sii,i
parish church after tho cnrnr1ont ,lo
newly married connie found that q bontl,
had been drawn across Tho doo,,,.ay.
Over this bench The bride and b,.;dS.
groom worn connnlIod ~ ;nn,r, ,,,eo,,,
they could leave the sacred building.
President pritchott of tbo Noosc,.br-
sets Institute of Technology in an arm
Gle in a recent number of the Atlantic
Monthly saws that the most rcmart.o hIa
educational fact of the last fifteen wears
i'm this country has been fro plarvelons
growth of the state university. OF the
twenty largest institutions in This conn
try twelve are state universities: of the
first five three are state universities
The Hamburg American Steamship
company Is 70 call the i've decks above
the hold OF its new steamer Amerika by
me names OF famous statesmen. Amer
lcaH names were to have been used, bur
after Roosevelt Washington. Cleveland
ahd Franklin the names of sufficient
prominence gave out. or the nomeu-
GATORS memory failed him, and with
much regret he was obliged to add
kaiser
-George Uovlett of pa,.ou,.. po+,o.,,
England. has unhIished in = iocoI neu,,
panpr fine followin@ bnndsnn,a 80
monial: Il beg to sav thai Wiilian
Stevens of Town END Rodnnoa mas.
ured mo for n sniff of clatLo' ..,
made Inv his SON Vo,.,o,, ".'Sn was
have worn the some nn S,mJn, . i.ui
other times far fo,t,lso,.n,, ,.S', anu az
tan,. o,n ,sni -, i'i ~ ~ h years, ana
,,;,.an az ,,',, ~" now ana nor stitch has
m,
ne i"leSt adJunct To glass novelties |
Ine E nS umbrella Wh.Sh IS covered |
III S'k spun from glass. These UNI
Rrellas OF course, will afford no protec-
possess one obviGns odton t"m' "ut tiltI
linn tLo, ,,.,, 'o"1 ~ 1Ec-uaneiE |
face when mcatinr t6o ~ Wiz, ,Ion, 81 tne
and ot fla eo,'a -, " 'i.u anu rlil' I
"hIa ~ 'ur S t}s i'ile the user VIII be !
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