Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-03
4 MiscelIane us Items. x

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In the French city Of Beauyais 4
small vehicle, built with two wheels and
drawn by Il man or boy Is IN common
usc. II is called Il vinagrcttc.
-EXperiments made with kites on INC
Mediterranean have shown that over 4
lgrop surface of water the temperature
and The rapdity of air movements dc
cline STEADILY in proportion to the a'tl'
tndc
Ali the theatrical and amuseemnt
announcements Of Paris are posted on
pillar billboards that are placed nj IN
IervalS alt1g the boulevards. 1t Is
agains, the law to dishgure walls with
posters.
\ New Haven (Connl iudga recently
rendered Il decision in which he stated
hat there is no law in that state which
makes il Il crime or miSdemeanor to take
and tlse an automobile without the own
cr's permission.
Ii is expected that the Yosemite val
lev IN California will soon be made as
accessible to visitors in winter rs i'll sum
'her. through the completion of the new
abroad which is being built from Aier-
rd to the entrance To the park.
According to H. b. Osborn, who lee
ured recently at the Royal Colonial in
,ttufe. London. Canada's immigrants
are best in the following order: Scots
men. Americans. Englishmen, Scandina-
VANS. Germans and Doukhobors.
The largest dinner ever given assem-
hed III Paris Il few days ago. Fifty
thousand Mutualists of France dined at
the Galer.e des Machines together. Five
hundred walters served and 10000 dishes
were used at nine miles Of tables.
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marry Miss Roosevelt in February. has
& collection Of violirs which includes Il
Stradvdrius. Guillamns formerly be
longing 10 Isaye, and an Amato, once
the property of Theodore Thomas.
The khedive of Egypt IS one Of the
pbleItates who have pr0fited. both NOR
ally and financially, from the protection
of Britain. In addition to his annual
grant Of SIO0.0O0 ne has amasSed an
enormous private fortune and his morals
are infinitely better
Korea has Il population of about g.
W000O Seoul, the capital has %, 900
and is constantly increasing Already
$1,000 japanese live in the kingdom. No
less than SS,0O0,000 has been spent on
railways. The foreign trade WAS worth
$26,G16,IST last year.
There just died in workhousc At
budapest the oldest woman in the Aus
trian empire. She was Nine. BorseS.
and had reached the age of III years,
having been horn in lISS. Nine. BOrses
was II JewesS, and up till the last few
days enjoyed good health.
If the world were nirdieSS, natur.
alSt declares, man could not mhabit it
after nine years time. in spite of nil
the sprays and poisons that could be
manufactured for the destruction of in
sects. The insects and slugs would sim
ply eat all the orchards and crops i'll that
time.
~ well-supported movement is on
fool To erect handsome monument to
Joe Grimaldi, the clown who died in
1897, and whose tombstone i'll the grave
yard of st, James. Pentonvlle, London.
is in II dilapidated condition. Grimaldi
was the originator of the clowns slogan,
Here we are again.
AT the present time there are IFS
Filipino students in this country receiv-
ing an education at the expense of the
Philippine government. The candidates
are selected by examination, and one
stipulation is that they will enter the
Philippine civil service after they have
completed their studies.
Camille Flammnrion has been max
ing experiments in Paris to see whether
the moon eXerts any influence on the
growth of plants, according to the legend.
lie made different sets of paintings at
dates which correspond to the different
phases of the moon, using peas, beets,
carrots potatoes, beans and many other
vegetables of the ordinary kinds. The
results were extremely variable and no
fixed rule seemed to govern them. The
plants appeared AT periods which had no
connection with the moons phases.
Jack London, the author, who was
recently in Boston. recalls an earlier visit
eleven years ago, when he arrived ON the
truck of = freight ear. He lost his way
n the tortuouS streets of the city, a
unique experience for him. although he
has tramped about many cities of the
word. London'S experiences as tramp
have not made him open-handed and
hoSpitahle On the door of the London
home in san Francisco is Il sign read
ing: No admission except on business;
no business transacted here" while on
the back door is another sign. reading
Please do not enter without knocking;
p!eaSe dD not knock