Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-03
NOTES OF INTEREST.

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e fhree months ago had a home with
! Mrs Jennie Fields and the latter'S thr,4,
/ eats Is now puzzled 10 know where hp
1 - ygllg 10 spend the remaining wears of
ms lie. Mrs Fields died in February.
anu the will provided that so long as
her Fhree cats lived Mr. Taft was u
live IN the Field homestead ANA care for
the eats but upon the death of fbe eats
| tue entire property was to 20 to Mrs.
Nettle Holhrook, a relative of AIrS.
4 leiaS During the meantime, Mrs Hol-
hfeok was to see that Mr.. Taft. who
/ y o. wears of age and not Ia very good
heaith, was To have good care Two of
| me cats were found dead recently. and
the thlrd disappeared. Mrs Hulhrook
because of the death of the cats. has
advertised the Fields homestead for
SAFE but Mr. Taft still remains at the
tiouse ana declares he will stay until
forced out by law, as he believes the
cars uldnt die natural death,
Relating his experiences during explor-
alton in Bolivia to the Royal Geographic
| a. society, Maj. L. Ii. Fawcett remarked
that voyages up the Amazouian rivers
were not without their dangers
Ihere are anacondas (giant snakesl.
cFocodIles, electric cells, sting rays. and
the peranla, a small deep-bodied fish
| with razor-like teeth and an unappeasa.
pie appetite for blood. Men unfortunate
enough to fall into the Paraguay-where
the perama Is most prolihc-may he
picked clean before they can be rescued
Inc anaconda is ubiquitous. moves by
night and has weird cry The majors
party Killed one 50 feet long, and anoth-
err party reported killing one 81 feet in
length
Insects are legion, and render life a
torture. Mosquitoes are the least often
fAla =. l
TO root by bees, inside ones clothes and
outside, in ones ears, nose. eyes, hair
ana mouth If it is opened. puEgent-odored
ana seeking salt perSpiratiou. Feeding
by DAY under such circumstances is out
OF the question: There is a whole list
OF dreadful and obscure diseases. aud the
BraZll-nut tree, dropping il Sheavy fruit
from 100 to $50 feet often breaks
travellers head. There is also tree
which drops a cOlorless liquid which
causes the body to swell and gives acute
pain,
There are rumors which cannot be dis
proved, since no one knows the heart Of
the continent. of a white race with blue
eyes and red hair There are also tales
of strange beasts and huge and ancient
runs, so that South America may well
hold for the explorer surprises greater
than that of the African pigmy and
okapi, London Mail.
\ physician advised the Sauers. who
live on the fourth floor of 90 Ninth ave.
nue.. to dispose of their eat and her five
kittens because he feared that they
might harm Harry Sauer, three months
old. who slept in the room with the cats.
Orders were Obeyed as far as the kittens
went, but the family decided to keep
the mother cat. The old cat disappeared
about the time that the kittens were
drowned, but she came back and started
search for her offspring She decided
to investigate the baby carriage in which
Harry was asleep. The baby woke up
and screened loudly AS the cat nosed
among the bed clothes. At this the
jumped upon the child and scratched
him badly. Then splitting and scratch
ing, She dragged Harry ont of the car
rlagc and let him drop to the floor Mrs
Saner ran in from the next room and
found the eat elawing the habys face.
She called for her husband. David Sauer,
and the cat turned on her. scratching
her about the face and arms David
arrived with ii broomstck and drove the
animal out of the room. BY this time
the whole house was astir and several
OF the men tenants come to the rescue
driving the cat, which had lots of fight
left, down stairs to the cellar. Two
policemen who were called found her
backed up in a corner of the cellar still
splitting. Policeman Thorn held her down
with his nightstick while Policeman
Stanley shot her Mrs Sauer and her
baby were taken to Bellevue hospital
and later returned home. The dead cat
was sent to the board of health
In a food packing suit for which testi-
mony was given before master in
chancery of the federal court nj In
Idianapolis, New York doctor declared
that the tests of the Roosevelt referee
board and its results did not prove that
the use of SenzOate of soda is non-iu-
furious. On the contrary. he asserted
that the tests made 10y DIR. IL. W.
Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry of
the department Of Agriculture showed
that the use OF benZOate Of soda is i'll
iur.ous and from his own observation, he
is Of the opinion that the giving of ben
Zoate of soda indlscrminately in food
products is undesirable, because beHzoic
acid liberated from benzoate Of soda in
acid foods causes digestive Disturbances
The use of the bcnzoate of soda disturhs
the normal temperature Of the body, and
tends to reduce it.
You can't always believe rumors re-
gardlng what is going to happen at
Washington. Not a few times measures
recommended by President Taft have
been reported beaten, but have picked
up enough votes 10 go through Several
W Wisconsin newspap ers which have pub
iShed editorials explaining how the
S2J0,000 appropriation for the tariff
board was cut out will have TO revise
their statements or let their readers
20 misinformed; for the appropriation
was made and the board win contribute
important Information helpful in the sci
entitc revision Of the tariff There have
been numerous reports Of the absolute
failure Of the railroad bill. bat up to
date they are unjustificd by what has
actually occurred. The railroad bill will
not pass exactly as il was introduced.
but there is at present no ground for
saying that it has failed. In spite of
the rumors to the effect that postal saw
ings bank legislation is doomed. there
is still possibility that a postal savings
bank measure will be enacted at this SEES
sion. The organization for the obstruc-
ton of legislation recommended by Pres
ident Taft makes a great deal Of noise
but does not always secure the results
at which it aims
Those were very interesting revela-
tons which Senator Depew made yester-
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