Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-13
Curious COMBINATIONS.

hined certain materials, put together III
the form Of small solid cone, which.
when dissolved in petrol Of bezlne, de-
stray the odors of burnt gases and leave
an agreeable perfume behind.
Germany has just revised its railway
tariff. which involved a multiplication Vf
tickets. 1t is calculated that a traveller
with a small family going from Null
house to Bale will find himself furnished
with sixty tickets in addition to which
are those for baggage
In appointing his son, Lord Bruce, as
his private secretary the EaN of Elgin
only followed the example Of the late
William +. Gladstone. who, when lie be-
came prime minister in 1889 appointed
Herbert Gladstone. then young man OF
20, to "A similar position.
Benjamin Jeans, who recently re-
fired rs guard on the London and Biz
kcnhead express after tfty-four years Of
service, probably holds the worlds rec
ord for travel. 1t amounts to more than
100000 miles, or the equivalent OF lbO
times around the equator.
Arrangements were made to take
sunlight photograph at the bottom of the
shaft of a mine 2OOO feet deep ut Som
brcrctc in Mexico, on June u, the only
day in the year when the sun shines
there Even then its rays touch the bot
-New York city boasts the oldest
structure on the hemisphere. 1t is the
Egyptian ohelisk, in Central park, first
erected as an offering to the sun god by
Thotmes Ill. Moses saw it when it
was old, for it was constructed more
than 1900 years before the Christian
era.
Women have patented cigarette ma
chimes, but it would seem that the femi
INV, x,vit,.s ,,I,.V
took to evolve an Improvement IN
cigars by soaking them in an extract of
pine needles. I'm order to take away
that nasty taste Yet such an i'm
provemcnt,' so-called, my be found III
the patent Office
Chicago teachers have a relief soce-
ty The members pay in 81 year, and
in ease of illness draw SO a week for
four weeks. This is safe proposition
for the society and is great insurance
for the teachers. \ cent n day for the
school year, or / cents q week the year
through. provides $40 in case of an i'll
-uess that lasts for a month.
The largest flower in the world has
been supposed to be that of ralllesia ar
noldi, which forms the entire plant and
grows to a diameter Of three feet as
fat. circular parasite on trees iii Java
and Sumatra but still larger-singlc
twenty-five p0undS-huve been reported
to exist in Mindanao, one of the Philip
pines.
A great construction, to be called the
palais philharmonique, is to replace the
old circus in the Champs Elysees. Paris.
The site has been coded for fifty years
to NJ Astnuc by the city of Paris. The
palais Philharmonique will be built
within eighteen months from now and
,,r.I I.K- .ont hal
ing accommodations for 200 persons.
An ear specialist insists that deaf
ness affects all the senses He says the
reason for this is that the ear is only one
servant of the seusory service of the
human system. Loss of hearing is really
Il partial paralysis Of the brain, but ow-
ing to the sympathetic c0nne elton of the
various SenS0ry nerve ccnters of the
brain, the others directly concerned have
TO combat for their very life the democrat
lzing influence of the affected center.
The great glacier on Mt. Blame is
being used for other purposes than fur
nishlng an occupation To guides and nm
attraction for tourists An lee trust
has gone into the business on nm extern
Sive scale of quarrying the clear. hard
ice, at mn altitude of 1000 feet The ice
Is blown out in great blocks by means
of dynamite, after which il is sawed into
regular sizes aud sent down the noun
tain sides on narrow gauge railway.
--Artitcially aeratcd drinking waters
were the invention of the chemist. 10.
Seph l'riostey, who in lT12 published his
directions for lmprcgnating Water
With Fixed Air in Order to Communi.
cate to Il the Peculiar Spirit and Nir-
tues OF Pyrmout Water aud Other Min.
eraI Waters OF a similar Nature" Some