Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


There is a florist at Pekin, Ill.,,
whose name is John Bloompot.
A North sea trawler has caught
mackerel twenty-four inches in length,
weighing four and one-half pounds.
Londoners live, on an average, to
an age of 81 years. In mast parts of
England the standard is below this.
Columbia University boys have
taken a step in the matter of reform
| that will meet with commentator.
They have barred mustaches
1t is stated in a consular report
that provincial Persia is practically
uncivilized. and that even the greater
mobiles have no special bedrooms, while
all sleep on mattresses on the ground.
Beds are ornaments, purchased occa-
sionally and placed in the drawing
room
To get rid Of the fluttering effect of
moving pictures, an inventor has APP,
piled the principle of the stereoscope.
the picture being thrown on the screen
by two lenses, in front OF which shut
tiers open and close alternately so rap
idly that there is no break in the
series.
A German inventor has brought out
a new process for lacquering brass
tubing by revolving it in q lathe and
applying the lacquer while the tubing
Is heated electrically Formerly the
heating had to be done in ovens, with
3 separate operation for every coat of
lacquer
More than ten times the sum paid
ever to the Indians for about twenty
two thousand acres, according to the
original estimate, has since been paid
Tor single square foot of New York
soil Probably there is no other sale
on record where the advance in value
has been so great.--Putnams
Arrangements will shortly be made
fy the Austrian government for the
public sale of radium for medical and
experimental purposes. The total
quantity of radium which has been
thus far recovered for scientific use
throughout the world is estimated not
to exceed a quarter Of pound
AS to dreams, there was a discussion
ct the club lunch, and one man re-
marked that no man dreamed of him
self as drawer than he is. When the
dream came, the dreamer was always
the under dog. He was in horrible
danger, and never did anything pic
t1resque to face 1t. There may be men
who are brave in their sleep But it
would be interesting to find one man
outside of the dozen sleeping towards
who is hero in a dream.--London
Chronicle
AS to the original inventor CT the
blaming machine. there is perhaps
ecarcely machine about which there
has been more controversy than this,
and there are many claimants to the
honor. There are records, however.
showing that Nicholas Ford a French
clockmaker, used metal planer In
1851 for machining pump cylinders.
apparently being under the IMPRESSION
that they could be made more accu.
rately in this manner than by revolv-
ing cutter.-Cassier's Magazine.
Melba's first public appearance was
made at the age of 6, when she sang
Comm Thro' the Rye" at a school
concert She was eager to hear what
her playfellows, and one in particular,
thought of her triumph After many
indirect attempts to introduce the sub
ject, Nellie at length found herself I'M
able to wait longer, and exclaimed ex
citedly: But the concert. the con
cert! I sang last night and was en-
cored' And she looked with interest
in the face of her friend, who an
Bwered, witheringly; Yes, Nellie
Mitchell and / could see your gar
ters!"-Melba, in "A Biography"
One of the most striking features Of !
the India of to-day is the remarkable !
increase in crime, especially violent |
crime, directed both against the person /
and property In many instances the |
crimes have been marked by lust for |
blood which could only have been die |
tated by the utmost barbarity. For ex- |
ample. in one case in the Montgam- |
cry district no fewer than nine per
sons were done to death simply be- |
cause a low caste woman who had |
married into the proprietary body /
insisted on claiming the position in |
the village that she considered her |
due. Five other cases are cited in |
which more than three persons were |
on each occasion done to death at one /
and the same time Dacoities and bur
glaries increased at an alarming rate, |
the exertions Of the .
police to cope with this state Of at
fairs.-The Englishman.
The Repertoire General des Collec- /
tion1eurs furnishes some interesting
particulars Of those whose pastime is
various objects This De
Gotta OF collectors contains 10000
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