Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-30
Curious COMBINATIONS.

about one dltRUtldlll vi ~ a -'iN -
arctic ease set with diamonds. another Il
gold match box set with rubies and n
third a gold cuspidor.
The Canadian Pacific Railway com
pany is boasting that it has accom-
plshed the feat Of landing British mails
in Hong Kong in tweuty-nme days from
the dispatch from London, or nearly "A
week less than the previous record.
-Chrysanthemum smoking il the latest
thing in England. Cigarettes made Of
cbrysanthemum leaves and cascariila
bark have been found to give rehef III
cases of epilepsy. and one doctor recon-
mends them as a substitute for tobacco.
in the six months ending June 80,
229I ~ miles of new railway track were
laid in this country, n greater amount of
new construction than in any rorresp"nd-
ing six months in the last fifteen years.
except IN 1902 when new construction
aggregated 23l4 miles.
The greatest monument of the
mound builders. not only in Ohio but
in the entire country, is the Serpent
mound, in Adams county. This immense
mass Of earth. probably piled up for
purposes Of worship. has had a curious
history in respect to changes Of owner
ship in recent times.
According TO the Pioneer n post is
now running weekly to Gartok. the new
trade mart in western Thibrt, 50 that
the British trade agent at Gartok is kept
in close touch with India The route Is
hy way Of Amora and the Lipu Lckh
Pass. and to reach Gartob from Almora
takes about ten days.
--Ferreira. the leader of the Beers who
raided the Cape Colony for a few days
recently Till the colonial forces rounded
them up, *. as his name would Indicate.
Portuguese. His lieutenant is named
Max Jensen. He fought bravely for the
British against the Beers during tile war;
but is rrputed to be "A desperate.
The capital invested in American
manufacturing establishments in 1901
amounted to S12,G96. 265.GT3 according
10 recent figures of the census bureau.
This shows an increase in five years Of
IL per cent. The gain in the products
uf manufacture was 30 per cent. the
1904 aggregate being Sl4,S02, IA 057.
The tax collector of Adelaide South
Australia, officially reports the conScien-
tionSnesS of Il taxpayer who, in getting
up u statement of the real estate he
owned. for taxation purposes, put down
1t piece of land of his measuring, . feet
by q ieet III - cemetery. and ln-
der the column. Name of occuper,"
gave that of his departed wife
DR. NanSen is fond of sailors He
says that there is brotherhood of the
sea which stamps sailors aud singles
them out from all other cullugs lie
has found more thOughttul eanestnesS
among sailors and better spirit than
among members of any other profession.
Sailors. lief belieyes. bear an their hard
ships and Fsufferings with calmness and
fortitude.
The natives of certain parts If India
are in the habit every year, III the sum
mer, of digging the dry river banks for
fish. which they dig out by hundreds,
Just as they would potatoes. The mud
humps are broken open. and the fish,
perhaps s or 10 inches long, will be-
found alive. aud often frisky, rs if just
removed from its supposedly native ele-
meu: the water.
according to celebrated composer,
the popular song. though SnCered mt by
the superior is in reality the ambition of
most composers Thousands of them, he
SAYS would give their ears To write a
tune that reached the barrel organs"
Ana when it has been on the organs
some little time Il good many other pea
Pile would wish to dispose of their earS.
London Globe.
Sir West RidgeW8y, until lately gov
crnur of CeVlou. returned To England
from that country i'll a German steam
ship, The question was raised in the
House of Commons why he had not trav-
rled on a British vessel The colonial
secretary explained that Sir West was
allowed to take his pet dog with him on
the German ship, "a privilege the English
Ships had denied him.
1t is not generally known. says e.,
London Express, that generous country
supplies members of the House of C,n-
9
~ the Express says, snuff was de
Scrihrd in the estimates as such, but to
ward on the objection aroused lay i'm
proving habits the charge of 900 a year
was mixed up ~ covered IN the esti-
mates MS lamp OIL
In Scotland il was long customary
tu place uu Il mans tombstone the SYM
h"l of his trade. aud in burial grounds
t"mhStones 81 orlmmcnted are 10 be
Found. Thus. at the Abbey of Duublaue
sugar cone may hr seen as showing
the grave ct grocer. mn ny and Il saw.
with hammer and nails occur uu the
grave of carpenter, and an awI and a
hammer OH that at q shoemaker.
Originally the word 'impertiucn; -
slSnltled merely mot belonging to-"
When Wycline said that there we're
many men in this world who were i'm
pertinent 10 earthly lords" he did moi
mean that they were Cheeky" int
merely that they bad uo masters. Tacn
aN used 10y Shakespeare, "impcrtmcni"
ramr to mean irrelevant" Just zoe
wears ago il wa~ dc6ued u> ~isuif,ins
absurd silly, idle"
Tie Frcuch government has lust
r'uSinn,d eff Francois Gcrmouim, tile
guardian "i the Bastilr column Gero-
uum was chawvter He lrft Corsica
Si\lN Years 3Ir 60 serve m the Grrua-