Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


Sh04h mas 4SuuCeu lus cost OF tele-
grams to America so per cent.
The coal bill of the United States
navy during 1908 amounted to $685.
300.
The Missouri Senate Committee on
Constitutional Amendments reported
adversely on giving women the right
10 vote.
A cable line is to be laid between
New York and Newfoundland and will
there connect with a cable to Europe.
The new section will be 100 miles
long.
Miss Charlotte Church. who is teach
ing in new schoolhouse on the Ne.
canicum. Oregon, is "baching" in a
cabin about mile from her school,
having no near neighbors but wild
animals.
Few capitals of the world are so
we'll equipped, not to say overstocked,
with statues Of public men as Paris.
No one has ever attempted to count
them, but a conservative estimate
places their number at considerably
In excess of 1000.
A convict in a German prison had
been extremely refractory One morn
ing the warden said to the keeper: Il
say, Huber. the scounGrel Is acting
worse than ever. Put him on bread
and water" But ne is already doing
two fast days" Then give him
cookbook to read.'N
A bluebird has a nest in an Odell
mail box and has now a little bird
the mother bird having remained at
her post while mail was deposited in
the box by both carrier and patron
and having now become so tame as
to allow one to stroke her with the
hand as she sits upon the nest,-Hood
River (Ore) Glacier.
It is estimated that a fence post,
which under ordinary circumstances
will last for perhaps two years, will,
If given preservative treatment cost
ing about 10 cents, last eighteen years.
The service of other timbers, such as
railroad ties and telephone poles, can
be doubled and often trebled by mex.
pensive preservative treatment.
For several years the sheepmen of
the southwest have suffered serious
losses from a disease known among
the Mexican herders as "pingue."
"Pingue" is popularity supposed to be
caused by eating either the leaves or
roots of a plant which has in the last
few years been quite prominent in the
public eye q e rubber plant or rub
Der weed. lot water and salt is an
efficacious rel-.sdy.
What is said to be the FIRST anti
treating saloon in the United States
has been opened in Des Moines, Iowa,
The proprietor controls fifteen other
saloons and declares that If the ven
ture proves a success he will install
the same system in all of the others,
Bartenders In charge will attempt to
induce drinkers to accept a substitute
for liquor in the form of buttermilk,
sweet milk, tea coffee and other soft
drinks. The liquor habit will be dis
couraged as far as possible in har-
mony with the ideas laid down by the
Iowa temperance forces.
An extraordinary case OF memory
in a 10-year-old idiot boy was present
ed at the last meeting OF the Vienna
Psychological and Neurological Soci-
ETY.. Without a moments hesitation
he could tell the day of the week of
any date mentioned, also the nlme,
day and the date of the movable
feasts in any year. He answered i'm.
mediately and accurately such ques.
tions as What day was June IA.
1902" when is Ash Wednesday,
1912" How long is the carnival in
1922" When is Easter. 1922 His
answers were invariably correct.
An amusing story of compromise Is
mentioned In a Paris contemporary.
1t seems that the law of France re-
quires parents TO name their children
either after the saints In the calendar
or from a parsonage in history. A
citizen Of Troyes went to the registrar
to inscribe the name OF his little
daughter whom he wished to be
known as Marianne. The registrar
adjusted his spectacles. scratched his
head and then declared 1t was impos.
sible. Marianne did not comply with
either Of the requirements. Finally
the matter was arranged to the salts
faction Of the registrar. To the child
was given the name OF Marie Anne
To the parents 1t was almost what
they wanted. and the law was salts
fied.-London Globe.
The Chicago Daily News complains
OF the haphazard way of reporting car
accidents in that city and pleads for
a law. like New York's, compelling
the traction people to register official
ly within a specified time all casual
ties. Chicago" says the News, lis
behind many other communities with
respect 10 the reporting Of accidents
on transportation lines. In New York
the coTnuautpE are re01iired IN mako