Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-19

seven boats of the Holland type. This
determination is wise, as the tests at
Newport showed that the diving boat
is the best under all conditions and in
all performances
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Despite the remarkable performances
of the Zeppelin and Parseval airships,
in Germany, aeronauts who witnessed
the fights are of the opinion that aerial
navigation cannot be successful with
dirigible gasbags, because little progress
can be made against winds Of only small
velocity.
The mixture discovered by the agrono-
my department of the College of Ag-
riculture at the University of Wisconsin
for the ''cure" Of poison ivy is for the
destruction of the plant itself. A 40
per cent colution of iron sulphite and
sulphuric acid would be a destructive
remedy for skin irritation.
Great Britain's payment OF ransom to
the Moroccan bandit Raisul for the re-
lease of Caid Sir Harry MacLean re-
calls the days when the United States
and other great powers paid regular trb-
ute to the Tripoltan pirates. When the
Raisali-MacLean incident is finally
closed there will be no more brigandage
in Morocco.
If Sweden's yachtsmen want the
Americas cup there is no reason why
they should not be given an opportunity
TO capture it. They are sailors by in
heritance, and if they have yacht de-
signers who can match their ability to
handle boats in all kinds of weather they
ought to be able to give American
yachtsmen some exciting races
An electric headlight for locomotives
has been introduced by which it is said
an engineer will be enabled to see the
tracks full mile ahead This light
ought to conduce to greater safety; but if
somebody could produce signal that
would practically enable an engineer to
know what is going on around curve,
many lives would surely be saved an
nually.
Maj. Hersey's reported determination
not to participate in future attempts by
Mr.. Wellman to reach the north pole by
the aerial route may be based upon data
other than meteorological, although the
explorers had plenty of opportunity for
atmospheric science during their stay at
Spitzbergen. 1t is unlikely that further
ballooning toward the pole will be at
tempted.
Sir Thomas Lipton's contention for
yachts that are strong enough to cross
the Atlantic under sail should not be ig-
nored. He will be well supported if it
can be proven that the Reliance is unfit
for an ocean voyage. There should be
a conference of leading foreign and
American designers to formulate speci-
ications as to plating and scantlngs
that will insure fairness in construction.
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The chauffeur of racing automobile
at New York added one more victim to
the list of sacrifices in the craze for speed
by dashing through a crowd and into
fence when one of the tires of his racer
burst Automobile racing should be ut
terly abolished, not only in the interest
of sport, but also in the interest of the
machine ITSELF which is losing popular
ity because of the many fatal accidents
TO racers.
A prominent resident of Newark. New
Jersey, was killed by an automobile. the
other day, just as he had alighted from
a street car. This is new danger CON
corning which all should be on the alert.
Formerly it was only passing cars on
the same line that threatened passengers
at the time of alighting, but now it is
the automobile, which is confined 10 no
particular course, and which may come
upon it's victims suddenly from any di-
rection,
Chief of Police Bingham of New York
recently dumped into the ocean off Sandy
Hook about 5000 revolvers which
were taken from crooks" during the
past year. The guns" filed thirty-tIyo
large boxes, and were valued in the ag-
gregate at $4,000. The revolver habit is
more prevalent than 1t ought to be in en-
iightened America. but this evidence is
OF course from sources in which gun
play is naturally expected.
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4 new era for outdoor workers seems
TO be foreshadowed by the action of a
contractor in New York city. who has
equipped nearly three hundred men with
ollskins, so that they can continue their
work even during rains. Ii may be pos
sible in some lines of work to thus avoid
expensive delays and prevent loss not
only to contractor but 10 workingmcn.
and the New Workers experiment is
therefore of interest to contractors gen
orally.
The announcement from Lyons.
France, that a young inventor has dis.
covered method by which electricity
may be carried TO machinery fer motive
power without the use Of conductors is
probably premature. The statement is
accompanied by an assertion that