Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-10

watched the proceedings. The snake,
sept rising W in turn until each one
had as say There va, 0hS prolonged
hiss like the exhaust ~ an o ,ean liner
! and then the snakes formed into hoops
and rolled away into the woods
Coasters at St Moritz, in the Swis,
Engadlne. use sharp iron rakes nailed
to their hoots. They slide down the
famous Cresta run on steel toboggans
ana travel from eighty to ninety miles
an hour 1t is necessary for the coast
erS to wear iron rakes on their boots or
they could not steer on the steep. wind
lns course Of smooth ice
"Cornstalks" is the general appellation
OF persons in New South Wales on ac>
count of their height and slimness Vie
toria Is noted for its gum trees. and Vie
| toflanS are required to answer to the
lheiegant name of gum suckers" South
Australians are GROW eaters in refer
ence TO the use of crows as food in
| times of drouth which follows the great
heat. The large banana plantations of
Queensland give its people the name of
| banana eaters" The hot and arid
| wastes of West Australia explain the
term sand gropers."
The editor of Army and Navy Life
/
DE the only phonograph cylinder contain
| ing a record OF Tne famous Dewey land
parade in New York city. He occupied
a seat in the front row of stand oppo-
site the Waldorf-Asto hotel, and for
| his DEDICATION had with him phone
| graph which he set to work Just before
SouSa' 5 band came within range, Faint
ly through the din Of cheering the music
| of the STARS and Stripes" can be heard,
gradually growing clearer. and then
passing away in the overwhelming thun-
der OF applause which greeted the sail
ors of the Olympia, and which we'll nigh
broke the recorder when Admiral Dewey
hove IN sight.
Gas lamps are made from egg shells
in Germany. The contents of the eggs
are drawn or blown out, the ends are
neatly cut of, and the body Of the she'll
is fixed in position like the regular man
tie, The light obtained from them is
good, while the new form of mantle is
much more durable than the old.
Weather forecasts are posted on let
ters in Mexico The postal department
has novel way of informing the pub
lie as to what the weather will be, Ev
cry letter passing through the postoifce
Is stamped with the indications for the
next twenty-tuur hours. The stamping
Is done simultaneously with the can
ceiling.
Religious services exclusively for men
III which tue congregation will he privi-
legged to smoke aud divest coat aud coli
lar II desired is IN innovation planned
by Rev. Sydney Goodman. assistant rec
tor of the Episcopal Church of the AS
cension, Atlantic City y. j. A moving
picture show will afford entertainment.
Mr.. Goodman feels that many men who
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by reason of embarrassment due 10 the
presence of the fair sex will take adj
vantage of the opportunity To listen to
religious topics expressed in practical
| manner.
Students of the Carnegie Technical
school held Il mock trial at PittSburg
ut which John WATSON of the engineer
| ing department was charged with theft
| He was brought in with pair of old
! handouts on his wrists The jury dis
agreed and WATSON was discharged but
when the mock sheriff went to take off
| his handouts they could not be unlocked
| A score OF old Keys were tried, and then
| WATSON was finally put To bed with
| them still on his wrists. The next morn
J ing he visited the Oakland police station,
! but no one there could remove them. He
! was almost frantic, when a machinist
| was finally summoned and filed the hand
cuffs off.
Council Grove. Kan, has among It's
citizens perhaps the only male Gressmak-
or iii Kansas. lie is w. Il. Baldwin.
one of the Oldest and best known engi-
| neers on the Missouri Pacific road who,
for number of years has been not only
the hreadearner but the family seam
! stress for Il family consisting Of his
wife and three daughters. His family is
now in California, but Baldwin still con
times To sew for them, and sends their
clothes to them in the far west lie
owns a beautiful home i'm Council Grove,
and it is not through poverty, but on ac-
count of his wife's poor health and the
| love Of the sewing machine that he acts
as dressmaker.
A quite remarkable old man, who new
or before had IA headache or suffered II
days sickness, Joseph j. Lovett OF
Emile. died at the age of ~ in the 200
| year-od family homestead Mt Bristol
| Pa He never tasted ten hpr coffee The
| pioneer Of the Lovett family, who built
the old homestead, came over with vii
liam Penn in 1tiS2. and Joseph, Lovett
of the sixth generation of this American
| Quaker family. held the original deed
conveying the far INTO them.
A rare twenty-dollar California gold
piece, struck at one Of the private mints
at San Francisco in 1855, will be this
feature of sale of old coins in New
York city. 1t is the size of a regular
government double eagle, but the meta
of which Ii is composed is Of brassy
color, differing materially from the red
dish hue Of the United States gold pieces
This is due to the fact that it was made
of pure California gold just as it wa
smelted. which invariably contained q
substantial alloy Of silver in its natural
| state, which gives ii the yelloNish color
The reddish gold Of the United States
pieces Is the result Of IL copper alloy Of
| 10 per cent. On the diverse is Il large
| Liberty head almost exactly like that
on the regular twenty dollar piece. with
thirteen stars around the border. and the
date. 1850" beneath the bust. On thf
coronct. however, instead Of the usuu
word Liberty" is found the inscription
IVY. NJ. & Co" This stood for Wass
Molitor & Co., a firm doing a coming
and smelling business In San Francisco
as early as 1852. On the reverse. which
Is similar to the recently discarded do
sign Of the old double eagle Of Longacre
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