Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-04
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

met the eminent lawyer and said.
We'll. Lockwood, that was a very good
alibi." Yes, my lord" was the an
swer; Il had three offered me, and
think selected the best"
The River Indus In width during
the year may vary by miles Traffic
for long distances cannot be guaran-
teed because the ever-shifting channel
throws up mud flats and sand banks
here and overwhelms good land there
in manner which defeats the wis
dom OF the ancient boatmen.
John Bright used to tell how bar
Der who was cutting his hair once
said to him: You ave a large cad.
sir: It is a good thing to ave a large
cad. for large cad means a large
brain, and a large brain is the most
useful thing a man can ave. as it
nourtshes the roots of the air"
Baltimore is congratulating herself
on the figures shown by the new city
directory, Just issued. A decided
growth commercially and a gain OF
nearly twelve thousand In population
, q the last year are indicated. The
population is placed at 691 1928, which
is gain of 1874. according to the
directory editors estimate.
r, A. Hudson, of Weddlngton. wa1
here Saturday and sold to Messr'i.
Stack q Hudson, sixty bales OF cot
ton for his nelghbors, the Misses
Ross. These ladies make I'm the neigh.
borhood of one hundred bales eacl:
year on their lands In that section,
and Mr.. Hudson carried them a checl;
for clear $S,0Oo.-Monroe (La.D
Journal.
Cole Younger, former bandit. out on
! parole granted by the Governor OF
Minnesota, has taken to the lecture
platform in Oklahoma. "A young man
never made a more serious mistake
than to suppose that the world owes
him living, II doesn't says Young.
err. THE understanding with the
Governor of Minnesota was that
might do as ! pleased as long as I
| didn't do 1t in Minnesota" the bandit
declares.
Greenland is governed by the Green
land commission at Copenhagen. Den.
mark. 1t was first settled by band
of Norsemen under Erik the Red. who
| gave 1t It's name, In S95. A bishoprlc
was founded there In the twelfth cen.
tury by the Kins of Norway, and
| about 1860 1t was constituted state
OF Norway. There then followed
blank OF 200 years in Greenlands his
tory, due TO climatic disasters. but be.
ginning with the Danish settlement
OF 172l, the country has belong to
| Denmark
On the west slope of the Cascade
mountains a giant red fir was recently
blown across the tracks OF the North.
ern Pacific railroad Traffic was
blocked by the monster log, which
measured eight feet in diameter
There was no saw within miles that
was big enough to cut the timber and
as the railroad company could not
wait the ave days required to saw
section from the huge log, dynamite
was placed in deeply bored holes and
the aged tree blown to spllnters. 1t
was easier to repair ten rods OF road
bed than to saw through eight feet of
| solid red fIr.-New York Sun.
The total number OF American regu-
lars who served In Mexico and its Dor.
ders during the Mexican war was 81
500; of volunteers, 22.027 In the as
saults upon Mexico City, General
Scott had on August 20, 1s47, an avail
able force OF 1878, nearly one.half
OF whom were recruits. After several
onslaughts the city was finally taken
on September II, after which General
Scott was reinforced to an aggregate
of 10000 men. The treaty OF peace
was signed on February 2. 1s4S. The
total American losses In the valley of
Mexico were 2,703, including 1888 ON
cers. The Mexicans had 1000 killed
and wounded and 3,73O Mexicans we're
taken prisoners of war.
Antietam is regarded as the bloodi-
est battle OF the civil war The losses
were nearly equally divided. The to-
tai in killed and wounded in the en-
tire Maryland campaign. September
1920, 1859, being 22,s91 for the two
armies. The proportion OF forces actu-
ally engaged in the fight Is estimated
by f. w Palfrey In his volume. AN
tietam and Fredericksburg" as three
Union to two Confederates. This is
based upon the exclusion from Nc
Clellan's strength Of the Fifth and
Sixth Corps and the cavalry division,
numbering together 29,550, which
were hardly used at all, losing but 2
per cent. The other corps OF the
Potomac lost about 90 per cent. and
the Confederates over % per cent.
The University OF oxford was found
ed by King Alfred in 8T2; the first
college OF the University of Cambridge
was founded by Hugo, bishop OF Ely,
in 1857; the University Of Paris was
founded by King Philip II about 1900;