Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13

IilSturlcai society
The industry of the beaver has been
turned 10 profitable use by two Colorado
Springs men engaged in mining opera
lions on the north slope of Pike peak.
When they found that it was difficult to
get sufficient water power To carry ou
the construction of certain tunnel. they
made breaks in the beaver dam in the
creek. thus allowing the water To flow
down for their use in the daytime. Dur
ing the night the beavers repaired the
breaks in the dam, storing water for the
next day. This procedure was followed
for several days until the beavers were
relieved 10y the construction of II steam
plant
\ powerful new automatic gun. whose
projectiieS. il is said will pierce half
inch BeSSemer steel at 10000 yards has
been invented by Alexander +. Mckeen
of RoNbury The gun carries a 9-milli-
meter cartridge, taking five of these.
which, the inventor says, can he fired IN
three seconds by the recoil shoulder ac-
ton. The receiver Is five inches long,
much smaller than any other automatic
gun 1t is really a ''gatling gun" for
the pocket. The Interior mechanism he
is keeping secret, as the gun is not yet
patented.
The sudden and unexpected manner
in which John O'Neil, a young New York
mechanic. lost his life the other day,
shows how uncertain is mans tenure
of life. O'Neil. strong and healthy
young man, was on his way home when
he was overtakeu by fate. During the
afternoon a severe rainstorm had flood
ed the streets and sidewalks and broken
some Of the heavy feed wires of the
electric lighting system. One of the
wires was hanging down to the street
level and had charged the puddles of
water ON the sidewalk with high tension
electricity. When O'Neil. unaware of
the danger, stepped into one of the small
puddles he received an electric shock
which killed him instantly.
Travelling 1000 miles to get Il drink of
water from the well from which he had
drunk in his youth. Robert Barnett, 80
Years old, former Marion, O., man, the
other day quaffed two cups of water
FROM the we'll and Immediately left Ma
riOn, not diVulging his destination lie
appeared at the door of the home of
Mrs. Frank Wetwiler, formerly the
Barnett home. After telling Mrs. Wet
wiler his name and the fact that his
family once lived in the house, he asked
for Il drink, saying; I've come 1000
miles for last look ut the old place and
u last ttiuk lIth llie hlu Ntlts Nv
drank from the old wooden bucket and
departed, after thanking Mrs. Wetwiler.
To others he said he had struck it rich
in the west, but would not say where.
\ few days ago. while a Penusylva-
MIA railroad limited express was running
east on the main line between Pittshurg
aud Altoona. porter on the rear end OF
the observation car discovered in the
Il IF
er robin and her young The robin had
evidently built her nest there while the
car was lying mt some division point and
not with the least intention of giving
her offspring a fast ride across the Key
stone state The robins were liberated
upon the arrival of the train ut Altoona,
Hiram Percy Maxim, Jr., of Hartford,
Conn, son of the inventor of the Maxim
gun and himself the inventor of the
noiseless gun. will begin fitting cannon
Of large bore with silenciug device
which he will exhibit in Germany when
! he returns to that country in October,
In an interview Mr. Maxim said that
the experts abroad. especially in Ger
many, were as much impressed with the
| iiashlesS feature as they were with the
noiseless feature Of the device. The 81
/ lencer was tested officially in England
| Austria, France and Germany, he said
| and companies were organized to manu-,
/ facture ii under control of the american
company. At Berlin, he said, machine
! shot SiNty-tiVe shots u minute with M
! Fash and no noise, save the whirring OF
! ;he gun mechanism.
| 1t has been learned that Gov Simeon
/ :. Pennewill of Delaware was one of Il
/ large number of farmers in Sussex coun-
! ty, that state who bought u supposed
! fine variety of cantal0upe seed from an
agent this spring The BUYERS slowed
! the seed extensively; even going so far
! in some cases rs To arrange for large
| shipments of cantalOupes. TO the sur.
prise of the governor and the other agri
! cultursts. however. the supposed canta
| loupes have turned out 70 Ice cucumbeFs
! The vines grew luXuriantly, and rs the
! cucumbers developed the Indignation Of
! the deceived governor and his fellow
! farmers increased in proportion The
| state executive is getting a great Yield
! from his fields, nevertheless, and is max
! ing large shipments of the unexpected
| product to New York markets The
! agent who practiced the deception is he
| ing looked for in vain.
! \ plague Of gnatS played havoc witl
! the band concert at Camp Fort, Ser
| Grit \. j.. on a recent evening. Th,
! band began its concert, as usual. in from
| OF the quarters of Col Brnkerhon, hu
! had hardly finished the first selection
when it was obliged to stop. The gnats
attracted by the electric lights. swarmet
around the musicians, attacked then
| faces and made it impossible for tn,
/ men to play. Not wishing to abandon
the concert as Col. Brinkerhoff had
| lot of invited guests at his quarters, th,
musicians got some mosquito netting. en-
ii into pieces and enveloped their head
| and instruments with it, The conccr
was continued. but even with that pro
lection the men had to take long inter
missions to fight off the TROUBLESOME
pests The band. wrapped up in mos
quito netting. made "A strange sight. Tn
gnats came from the nearby swamps.
Until few days ago n mackerel tia
| exceeded pounds in weight was con
| ~idered something remarkable in tn
Boston market, but when Capt Ruff
/ Mckay, Of the seiner Spectator, Shove
one be had taken. there was a change o
! opinion and the ordinary large mackerc
looked like a Gamer in comparison
Capt. Mckay had been SEEMING on TIA
Rips and bad taken some pretty bi
fish. many of them weighing above .