Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-22
Curious COMBINATIONS.

uoinds of butter are not received
-Thirtv-two thousand homes are now
closed in New York city. while then oc-
cupants are at the summer resorts.
In the land of Melukkah, or Median.
9rl old mines in which mining tools OF
The date 800 Il. c. have been found.
Nine. Patti possesses an old don
called Henrietta, which was gwen 10
her when she was for singing nicely
During the last ten wears the single
uroduct Of sisal finer has yielded III 1uc-
man the enormous sum of 29I, 100000
Mexican dollars.
The use Of colored papers for house
decoration. which was scarcely known IN
China until quite recently. is now becom-
'ng general
Charles Francis Brush. the Noted
cleveland electrician. has on his office
ttoor: office hours, 1880 to u. He
* there promptly and never works over
time.
Tile net used by japanese fishermen
for yellowtail, bonito and funny IS some
times several thousand feet in length.
The seine nets are sometimes three miles
long.
The oldest building in Wall street.
New York. is the government assay Of
fee. Immediately east of the sub-treas-
y
having been erected in 1879.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is an
excellent linguist, for she speaks French,
German and English as tluently as her
native Dutch, and she knows something
besides Of Italian and Russian.
Wurthemberg. Germany, has 1877
600 acres Of forest from which its net
profit last year was S2.240OOO. The
Germans cut the older trees and plant
enough young ones TO take their places.
There IS 4 remarkable increase of
railway traffic III New York city. Each
month this year there have been 100000
more fares collected than during the cor
responding month last year, and G.0OD-
OGn more transfers have been issued.
Darwin relates that the gauchos of
the American pampaS live for months on
the fat meat of the oxen they watch
over. The ESkimuS can get along very
well by eating from five pounds to six
pounds ii day of reindeer or seals flesh,
So long MS it is not too lean, but contains
a due proportion Of fat.
Northwestern Ohio. south Of the
counties bordering on Lake Erie had il
hate and slow start in Industrial devel-
opment and in population. The Indians
were in possession long after they de
parted from the rest of the state The
forest was dense and the land was hard
tD clear Transportation facilities were
poor.
AT the birth of a Japanese baby a
tree is sometimes planted, and this must
remain untouched until the marriage day
of the child. When the nptial hour ar
rives the tree is cut down and skilled
cabinet maker transforms the wood into
furniture, which is regarded by the young
people as the most beautiful of all orna.
ments of the house.
Three fishermen at Southwold the
other day secured a fox shark, or thrash
er fish, a pugnacious species which is the
greatest enemy of the whale. This fish
is rarely caught in our waters, and the
one that was captured was about { feet
in length. One blow from the enormous
ly strong tail of this fish is sufficient to
staye in the sides of a large boat.
In well that has been boring since
1902 water was reached the other day.
II is at Boultham, near Lincoln, Eng.
and is to supply that city with water.
The wells depth is 1850 feet. When
water was tapped there was noise like
thunder. and in fifteen minutes the wa
ter rose lS5 feet. In few hours it
was within 10 feet of the top of the
shaft.
The German Kaiser's castle in Po-
SflIs NllNl ] tiNNlt. II DtiliS RAJ lulA tOlll-
pleted. 1t is in RomaneSque style. with
buildings grouped around two interior
courtyards, overlooking the greater of
which will be the dwelling rooms, while
IN the smaller will be the state apart
ments One feature of the facade is n
chapel with tower 80 feet high The
state hall is 80 feet square and lined
with bronze decorated marble
The age Of horse cannot at
L
teeth. After the eighth year the
horse gets no moro new teeth. So
that this method is useless for horse
more than = years old. As soon as the
set of teeth is complete. however, a
wrinkle begins to appear on the edge of
the lower cyclid. and another wrinkle is
added each wear. SO that To get the age
of horse moro than : years old yun
must count th" teeth plus the wrinkles.
Tho stree railway operating plant uf
Portland Ore, which employs Sawmil1
refuse as fuel, has adopted cindor-scp.
aratlng plant with great success. \ pow
Crtul drnught from steel fam forces the
furnace smoke through Il steel plate tlut
into II vertical steel cylinder - feet il
diameter The bottom is conc shapct
hopper FOR receiving the cnderS Will,
the smoke, after losing it's velocity, slow
ly energies through an aperture ut III,
top. As the gases lose velocity the Gin
dcrs, being heavier, drop into the hopper
whence they are conveyed back so TIA,
furnaces to he completely burned. BE
sides ahating the nuisance the hoilr
economy is increased
a remarkable epitaph is ON u tomb
stone in Brighton churchvard in Eng
land. 1t reads; In memory OF phoeh
tlueSSei, who was born mt Stepney i
tie wear lfl3. She served for man
wears as a private soldier in the Fift
Regiment of Foot in different parts q
Europe. and in the year 1141 fougl
under the command Of the Duke Of Gun
herlaud at the battle of Fouteuoy. wheI
she received hayouet wound in Ii,
arm. Her hong life, which commence
IN the time ut Queen Anne. extended
the reign of George ~. by whose m,
nlticvnce she received comfort and SUI
port in her later years She died
brighton. where She had hong reside
December u, 1921 aged los years"
To Break the Monotony.