Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-24

water colors. pastels, and pen and ini
drawings, and several Of his picture
received awards at the recent interna
tional exposition ia Paris.
The stately new cathedral at Rich
mond. Va. which Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Fortune Ryan have given to the Roman
Catholic bishop and his successors in th'
see, will be consecrated Thanksgivin;
morning.
Joel Chandler Harris-"Uncle Remus'
has actually attended a public barbe
cue in Atlanta. and seemed to enjoy it
His friends hope that he may yet ge
the better of the sbyness which is his
one fault.
The "compounder" who prepared april
cot brandy for distribution to his pa
irons in Northern Michigan in a com
mon wash-tub will probably be reviled
by certain other wholesale mixers for
having carried things a little too far.
The Michigan City yachtsmen who
were picked up on Lage Michigan after
drift of three days in a helpless gaso-
line launch, are doubtless convinced that
Il ere is no difference between a power
launch without gasoline and ii ship with
cut sail.
John Wesley Crockett Of Arkansas. n
great-grandson Of Dayy Crockett, hero
If the Alamo, has among his cherished
possessions the gold watch and the rife
gun" of his illustrous ancestor. The
rife was the gift of 800 young wings.
his admirers in Philadelphia.
The German empress, in addition to
Jewels worth 100000 that are her own
private property has the right to use
the splendid collection of gems that be-
long to the Prussan treasury, thus be-
ing able to appear ut court wearing
jewery worth nearly S1,J00000.
Miss Helen Taft daughter of the sec
rotary of war. has formed the commend
able idea of presenting her scores of
postal cards to missionary bishops of
the Episcopal church, of which she is a
member. The illustrated cards are sent
to the Indian agencies, and there are
used for merit cards in Sunday school
classes.
Japan is now planning a battleship to
exceed the displacement of the new but
famous Dreadnaught. As :he British
monster is the result of conviction
wrought by observation in the Korean
M 20 no ~ hat
the japanese and Russian fleets. the
victor in that contest should not be slow
in adopting the teachings of her own
experiences.
The government has in its employ a
man who does nothing all the year
around but kill mountain lions. John
Golf is the man and he was appointed
10 the position about a year ago. He
has two assistants and the three mcu
have killed several hundred of the ma
rauding brutes. Their work is confined
mostly To Wyoming. where the lions
reach their greatest size and ferOcity.
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\ new metal named monel produced
by the Canadian Copper Company at
sudbury. Ontario. is said to possess all
the qualities of nickel. 1t is a compound
of copper. nickel, iron and one or two
other minerals obtainable in the Sud
bury district, and can be produced ut Il
less cost than nickel. This discovery will
be of great economic value, as in addi-
ton to being cheaper. monel is not so
liable to rust as the metal which it will
probably displace to large extent.
\ movement is on foot at Bennington.
Vt. to place a marker on the spot ut
Bennington Center, where for nine
months from October 3, 1928 to July s,
1929 William Lloyd Garrison of Boston,
the abolitionist, published The Journal
Of the Times" Those who have the prof.
Get in hand have communicated with
some of GarrisCn's relatives to obtain
opinion on the form the memorial SHOULD
take and from letters received. a plan
has been outlined for rough-faced gran
lite boulder with one smooth surface for
the inscription.
The appearance Of tarpon and other
fish which have heretofore been conspic
nous only on the Florida coast and il
the Gulf of Mexico has strengthens,
the conviction that something has oc
CURED TO the gulf stream which Ina
changed the direction of it's flow. Thi
recalls similar observations on the Pa
cidc and renews speculation rs TO whet}
~ recent seismic occurrences have ne
So altered submarine conditions as I
Elake changes imperative in the world