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


the structure. This is the largest gift
to a southern association by a south
crner.
An English master mariner named
Death has had his name changed. He
said, in explanation, that he was now
acting as first officer, but expected soon
to have command of a ship. He was
afraid that few passengers would care
about risking a voyage in n ship cap
tanned by Death.
At Weston-on-T Trent, England the
other day, large swarm of strange bees
arrived and attempted to drive the local
bees out of their hives, but were re-
pulsed. They then swarmed anorily into
the village and attacked everybody they
met 1t was late in the day when they
retired, leaving the villagers all swollen
up.
As n general rule the lad Mt school be-
tween the ages of. Is and 1G requires
nine to ten hours of sleep. Growing
boys need large amount of sleep, and
when this is denied them, neither their
bodies nor their minds can develop prop
erly. An English contemporary points
out that this lack of hours of rest falls
most heavily on the clever boys.
Sir Clements K. Markham. who has
just retired from the presidency of the
British Geographical society, began life
as a midshipman in the old days of the
sailing ships, and his love of travel
dates from that period. One of his
earliest expeditions was to the Arctic re-
gions, where he served under Commo-
dore Austen i'll his search for Sir John
Franklin.
King Edward receives daily no fewer
than 1000 newspapers and 1000 letters,
while the Gear and the German Emperor
receive each from GOO to 700 letters and
appeals. The King of Italy is troubled
by about 500 and Queen Wilhelmna
from 100 to $50. All these, however,
are distanced by the Pope, who holds
first place with from $4,000 to $4,000
letters every day.
Mrs. Teresa Richardson has the dis
tinction of being the only English lady
who has been with the japanese Red
Cross society. She has received the
highest decoration for ladies' in Japan,
conferred upon her by the Mikado, the
accepting and wearing of which has been
sanctioned by King Edward. She has
also received the highest order of the
japanese Red Cross society and two
other decorations.
Probably the first iron railroad bridge
was built on the Philadelphia 4 Read
ing railroad at Manayunk by Richard b.
Osborne, chief engineer, in 1915 1t was
a double track through bridge, of thirty
four feet clear span, of the Howe truss
type, with cast-iron chord and web
braces, the bottom chord and vertical
web members being of wrought iron.
This bridge was followed by several
others of the same type.
Senator Clark bought the United
Verde for a gold mine, and admits that
if he had supposed it was Il coppered
property he would have turned it
down" 1t was offered to n dozen diff
fereut parties before he leased it, and
he says he was not proud of the trade
at the time The mine was discovered
by Capt. John Boyd, Il veteran prospec-
tor, in 1873, and was developed by two
Chicago men-John O'Daughcrty, an
amateur assayer, and his brother. Ed
ward O'Daugherty, a medical student.
L.,
Martin Luther, the greatest was ~
Mighty Fortress Is Our God" which
was published first in t527. This hymn
is believed to have accomplished II,
much for the Reformation as the trans
lation of the Bible did. 1t was sun;
IN all the churches of SaNony. 1t wa
sung at Luthcr's funeral. and its frs
line is carved on his tomb. 1t has bee
translated ut least eighty times, the mos
accurate being the version of Thoma
Carlyle.
Senator Clark owns 9S per cent q
the United Verde mine and, accordiu
to popular opinion, his income from
averages about 5000. 900 n month. ii
can make rs much more as he likes. lou
Is satisfied with that, The mine pre-
duces an average of forty million pound
of copper a year, Last year the outpu
was 46600,000 pounds, which, mt |
cents a pound, was worth 5000 0Ot
and this is said to have been all clca
profit. because the y-productS-the gol
and silver found with the copper ore
more than paid running expenses.
The German Empress usually spend
her summers at Kadinen on the uortl
east coast of Prussia. kadncu is snn
small village that its railway start,
is simply Il waiting room; tickets h,v
to he bought on the train. The row.
residence is plain two-stury co,t...
SO small that the Emperor. WHO praf.,
% spend his summers ON his Yacht no,
er remains more than a few bopr
From the park adjoining the leus. ~,