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

waters prcening her wings for trial
! flights. The Brynhld won the Kings
| cup IN the Royal Yacht Squadron re-
Satta Of lRlS. The loss of the Brvnhild
| White racing, through the breaking of
! hef mast, shows what risks lave ueen
| taken IA the contests for the Americas
! cup during recent years with heavily
! oNer,Sparred Slaci s.. Happily, there was
! no loss of life because rasruers wore
close nj hand. Now thar the Rrynhnd
| IS gone. the honorS of British Yachting
| VIII have To he sustained by Sir Thomas
Upton 5 lateSt Shamrock and the fast
cutter White Heather both of which
We're being led over the course by the
! BrNnhlld when she met her fate Pint
| these yachts are very fast. and the West
ward viii have tasks en- out for her
that would be difficult indeed were II
not Tor the fact that her skinner. Cant
Barr Is familiar with British winds aud
waters.
Inc Skyrocket aud the Roman candle
nave long had a recognized standing
apart from connection with the celehra-
tlon of the Fourth of July. Only now
has wireless telegraphy arisen TO Super-
StSie them ms signals at sea. But they
may continue to be useful on land after
their use on the water has been aban-
doned. Immense damage to crops has
been inflicted by wild geese on the Sand
born ranch, in Shasta county. California
To kill off the geese would have taken
time and in these days would be likely
To arouse protest. for there is a growing
sentiment in favor of immunity for wild
hlrus. The management of the Sandhorn
farm, instead of killing off the wild
geese; decided to frighten them off. and
for that purpose laid in a stock of sky
rockets and Roman candles. Now when
ever tiock of wild geese is heard honk-
ing in the distance. Skyruckets or Roman
candles are sci off, and the birds con.
clude TO settle elsewhere than ON the
Sandborn ranch.
In reply to an inquiry from 81. Louis.
Consul-Geueral Frank H. Mason saws
household refuse in Paris is collected i'm
the early hours of the morning at Il cost
OF SlO.So annually for families i'm
flats, While in the collection boxes
and on the dock awaiting trans.
portation to the iucinerator the rubbish
is exposed to the operations of junk gath
erers. so that there is little of value left
when the refuse arrives at the furnaces.
The residuum ut the furnace is pulverized
and sold to farmers for fertilizer. which
contains SO large a percentage of potash
that it must be mixed With stable refuse.
The ashes are sold at from four to six
dollars Il carload of from six to ten tons,
Il price WHltn does not permit OF Shp-
ment over long distances Therefore the
fertilizer is utilized within Il radius of
between thirty and forty miles of Paris
The farmers who use this for soil enrich
ment purchase even the dust derived
from vacuum cleaners in stores. offices
and dwellings. regarding this material Il
high-clnss fertilizer for which they will
ingly pay the equivalent of eight dollars
per metric ton. If people generally were
n tI0rnunb Ia THAR IaNptin, IA tha e,t, all
economies as the French there would he
little waste in the world
The government, through its depart
ment of agriculture. is conducting a test
of the nntritive vnlne of foods II docs