Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-08-04
- Notes of Interest.

NinS LuNdIu ~ iona or pigeon rae
ms and has participated actively in If
The layer Of the sea taken up in
clouds each year is now estimate5 -
fourteen feet in thickness.
The coach in which the lord novor ,s
London rides on state occasions has been
IN use since the year 1857.
bees can embalm as well as any nm.
dertaker. All intruders on their i've,
are slain and embalmed carefully.
Sealing wax is not wax, nor does If
contain SINCE particle of wax. II IL
made Of shellac and resin melted wi+L
turpentine.
Mrs. James Brown Potter is 10 an
pear as Mary Queen of Scots in the pI5v
which she has accepted for her return
TO the stage.
grievance. Nineteen times out of TWEEN.
ty his. name is printed "Speck Won Stern
burg"
In eight years the population Of
Osaka. Japan, has increased from Sill,
500 to over 1,0260OO. The number If
factories has increased by 991.
Queen Alexandra possesses a tea
service of sixty pieces, each piece being
decorated with a different photograph
which she took herself IN Scotland
The German Emperor, who recently
has added a Spanish uniform to his
stock of clothes, has the biggest ward
robe of any sovereign in the world.
"A wonderful pearl bearing the exact
likeness of the late Queen Victoria OF
England was found in fresh water
mussel in the Mississippi river near Da-
venport. Ia.
-TOlstoy is reported to be in excellent
health. He reads less than formerly.
but his reading now consists of Eng
lish and American works on labor ques-
tons.
1t is said that Gen. Sir Redvers Bull
Ter is such an excellent cook that he
would have little difficulty in obtaining
a tirst-class chefs position in a West
End hotel in London.
AT Mayville, n. Y. a monument has
been dedicated to Judge Albion W,
Tourgee famed as author of numerous
novels of the Ku-Klux period. Mrs.
TOurgee was present.
The only venomous bird known is the
death bird" of New Guinea The bite
of this bird causes intense pain in every
part of the body, loss of sight, convul-
sions and finally death.
The pyromosa has just recently been
discovered. 1t was found off Avalan
bay. 1t is about a foot long, with an
opening at the end. 1t emits a faint
glow until touched or frightened, where
upon it blaZes out in a vivid blare of
green light.
Word comes from Servia that ex-
Queen Natalie will present all her prop
erty, amounting to S15,0O0,00O, to the
government for the erection of a cathe-
dral, provided that her murdered son,
King Alexander, and her husband, King
Milan, are buried in it.
1t was stated recently at 4 public
hearing in Australia that S5,OU000U
worth of rabbits were shipped to Eng
land every year; that the rabbit, as
commercial commodity, was only III It's
infancy and that the trade would prob
ably grow TO $20,O0O,0OO year.
The governor of Herat has presented
the following report to the Amir Of Al
ghanistan: The behavior of the army
is satisfactory, and there have been no
cases of serious crime. The Herat army
now says its prayers FIVE times a dag,
and the men are becoming pukka very
good Mussulmans."
That the earth is growing tempo
rarily warmer is shown by the noun
tain glaciers These are made by vary
ing temperature and moisture to la-
crease and diminish in size during
periods of years that may be found 'o
be more or less regular cycles, and
period of quite general decrease began
about forty-fve years ago.
A gardener in Korea has formed
natural arm cnalr by twisting a grow
ing vine to the required shape. II is
also studded with seeds Of the @a-a.
tree which have grown into the ht,r
the vine. After the chair was FASH
toned in this way it was cut FROM .a
ground. dried aud polished until Il JOE
seInbed mahogany. 1t is 3 feet ( inches
high, - inches wide and weighs 81"
pounds.
In the states of Arkansas Indiana,
Kansas Michigan. Missouri. Nebraska.
Texas, Oregon and Wisconsin an ALIEN
may vote upon complying with the state
laws. after having made his preliminary
declaration to become a citizen at tA
United States. Under possible eNl-eNg."N
of American politics the election VI
President and Vice President and tie de-
termination of the policies OF the govern
ment might be determined by the woes
of aliens. In ali the other states IHa 5
son is allowed to vote who is NOT e.-.-
zen Of the United States.
BLACK Maria" is a familiar -.r.
with an origin more or less myster a,. +
has been suggested that Maria reat
represents the old world "marlna .ta.
which meant transported. or 'u0g'l.
q slang expression formerly aprHa-
persons chained or handcuffed -o-a't+-
on the way 10 jail. But more atiEael.|-
is the story that in the old colonial a"S>
a gigantic and brawny negreSs sep
sailors boarding house at Boston $40
frequently lent her strength to the
of law and order. Once she took
sailors 10 the lookup unasSiste1. 81.
for Black Maria. it is said. became
regular way of limiting that man --
TO be jailed.