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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-07-28

Sat on by Boy, it Reached Up and
Grabbed Him.

Grabbed Him.
Near the aristotype works on the out
skirts Of this town is a swamp largely in
habited by frogs, and frequently by small
boys. who pursue the frogs for the sake
Of their edible legs. Frank n. Reford,
the young son of Charles 4. Reford, went
to the swamp armed with a long pole,
with which he designed to STAY frogs.
The batrachians were wary, however,
and after several unsuccessful attempts
young Reford became weary and seated
himself upon what appeared to be a rock.
1t happened that it was not a rock, but
a large swapping turtle, which had With
drawn its head and other members in
period of contemplation, 10 which this
species Of reptile is prone. No sooner had
the boy seated himself than the tartle
thrust forth its head and secured fiTm
hold
Up rose the boy with exclama lions Of
surprise and grief so shrill and prolonged
that the employees of the factory came
out under the impression that somebody
was being murdered. They beheld him
rush madly through the marsh, and OBJ
served with great surprise what appeared
to be caudal appendage attached to
him. At the edge of the swamp young
Reford fell headlong. The caudal APP
pendage soon ceased TO be an appendage
and waddled back to the water, swim
ming away before anyone could get to
the spot and capture it. Young Reford
was unable TO rise and tainted away
when the men lifted him. lie was taken
home where it was found that he was
suffering from dislocation of the left
arm and the turtles bite. A posse is be-
ing organized with guns and dogs to hunt
the man-eating turtle.--tflen Ridge IN
j. Correspondence New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-07-28

on one of the stumps and was gayly dane
ing in a circle. In the meantime the fir
ing was increasing and the situation was
anything but comfortable, but the horse
kept on as if he was enjoying it. 1T
was not until afterward,' said Col Mar
longed to n circus and had been trained
to do this act amid the firing of cannon. ;"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-07-28
\ Circus Horse in Battie.

Col. Charles Marshal, enc of fine lead
ing lawyers Of Maryland was ajde-ds-
camp to Cen Robert f. Lee and weu.
through the battles Of the wa with his
chief Col Marshall ms EaGt INTEREST
ing stories OF his military iife. sod one of
the mo-i amusing was am eyI. .-icc with
new horse. His ia horse tsj uaeu
shot from aujer him .n the azaf of the
pr, yious day and be- lad taken posses
sion of an animal that seemed tp suit his
work ln tho battle . few hours later he
was riding 3,rrSs field in which there
were numerous stumps. Suddeuly the
performance opened The guns roared
and the air was filed with smoke aud
noise Before Col Marshall knew what
was happening the horse had bis four feet
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
A Murder Avenged.

Manila, July 3O.-At Oroquieta, in
Northern Mindanao, two soldiers en-
tered native store for the purpose of
buying food. While there one of them
was killed by bolo and his head sew
cred from his body. The other escaped
and gave the alarm. A company of
the Fortieth infantry stationed at Ca
gayan, repaired to Oroquieta and killed
eighty-nine natives, thirty of them
being in single honse.
Subsequently the gunboat Callao,
commanded by Lieutenant George B.
Bradshaw, shelled Oroquieua, burning
the warehouses. One of the crew was
killed.
A force of the enemy estimated to
number 500, under the leadership of
Alvarez, formerly the insurgent presi-
dent of Yarbranga, is now persistently
troubling Northern Mindanao.
A marine at the outpost of Isabella
de Basilan was boloed by natives and
so badly wounded that he died. Isa-
bella is tranquil.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02

Washington, July GOV. w. Rock
hill who has been selected as special
minister by the president to go to
China is to act as the eyes and ears of
the administration in China, TO make
careful inquiries into the existing con-
ditions, to learn the exact cause of the
present uprising, and report the facts
directly to the president for his guild
ance in the ultimate settlement and in
framing his policy for the future.
1t is expressly stated that Mr.. Rock
hill is going to China simply as an
observer for the president. This is
technically true, but it also may be
stated that he would be entrusted with
full diplomatic powers later on if
it seems expedient and in the interest
of an early settlement of the Chinese
problem to have directly on the field
on authorized agent of the United
States government.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Steam Carriages Failed.

Reports of the automobile tour of
1000 miles, that took place in England
recently, is that the carriages propell-
ed by steam did not come up to ex-
pectations. 1t was thought that these
would show extra efficiency in main
tanning moderate speed up an average
incline, and that they would show great
steadiness in climbing an unusual hill.
Plenty of grades were met on the tour
and the petroleum or gas motors gave
far less trouble than the others. The
tour was not arranged to show speed,
but only to accustom people to many
styles of automobiles, and the general
results are spoken of as satisfactory.
Hon. C. S. Rolls, driving a gasoline
Panhard carriage, was acknowledged
to have the best car and to produce
the best results, which included adapt
ability to up and down grades, fuel
supply for a distance, maintaining
steady speed and repairs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Stay and Spare NOT
Chinese Treat With Scorn The
Sanctity of an Ambassador.
WILHELM TO HIS TROOPS.

Berlin, July 30.-The Lokal Anze-
inger says that the emperor, when
addressing the troops at Bremerhaven
before they sailed for China, referred
to the responsibilities which had
sprung up for the German empire dur
ing the last decade.
The task before you is great one.
That a people like the Chinese should
cast to the winds international rights
thousand years old and treat with
scorn the sanctity of an ambassador
and the rights of hospitality in a man
ner so horrible is unprecedented in the
history of the world. Every ciziliza-
not founded on Christianity is sure to
be brought to naught.
eff you close with the enemy, re-
member this: Spare nobody, make no
prisoners. Use your weapons so that
for thousand years hence no China
man will dare look askance at any
German. Open the way for civiliza-
ton once for all. "
The Lokal ,Anzeiger's report of the
speech differs from the semi-officia1
reports, notably in respect of the
reference to sparing none and making
no prisoners when coming into close
quarters with the enemy, but the cor
respondent of the Associated Press was
assured by a perfectly responsible per-
son who heard the speech that the
Lolzal Anzeiger's report is correct.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,
Notre Dame, Indiana.

We call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of st. Mary's
Academy which appears in another
column of this paper. The 46th year
opens September 4th, 1900. We do not
need to expatiate upon the scholastic
advantages of st. Mary's for the cata-
logue of the school shows the scope OF
work included in it's curriculum, which
Is Of the same high standard as that
of Vassar and Bryn Mawr, and is car
ried out faithfully in the class rooms.
We simply emphasize the spirit of ear
nest devotion which makes every
teacher at st. Mary's Loyalty strive to
develop each young girl attendant
there into the truest, noblest, and most
intelligent womanhood. Every advan-
tage Of equipment in the class rooms,
laboratories and study rooms, every
care in the matter of food and cloth
ing, and exceptional excellence of eli
matte condiitons-all of these features
are found at st. Marys, in the perfec-
ton of development only to be OBJ
tanned by the consecrat:on of devoted
lives to educational Christian work, in
a spot favored by the Lord.-The Fine
Arts Journal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
A General Rising Expected.

London, July 2s.-A general rising
throughout China is now regarded as
so absolutely certain that all the mis-
sionaries throughout the empire have
been ordered to take refuge without
delay either at Shanghai or Hong
Kong. Ii Hung Chang announces that
the imperial government was prepared
to give safe convoy to the foreign
legations to Tien Tsin provided an
assurance is given that no advance
would be made on Pekin; and that dis
putes could be settled friendly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
To Test Eggs.

Paris is a great consumer of eggs,
and the fastidious Frenchman wants
his eggs to be perfectly fresh-say q
day old at the most. To make sure
that his eggs are fresh he puts about
six ounces of common cooking salt
in a deep glass holding water enough
to barely dissolve the salt. When the
salt is dissolved an egg is dropped into
the solution, and this is the test: If
the egg sinks to the bottom of the
glass at once it is not more than day
old. If it lacks about an inch of touch
ing the bottom it is two days old. If it
sinks only little below the surface it
is three days old, and If it floats on the
surface it is at least five days old; the
higher it rides the older the egg.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Who Shall Escort the Minister.e

Washington, July 27.-This govern
ment has acted all the while on the
theory that the ministers were alive
and has accepted in good faith the
assurances of the the Chinese govern
ment' to this effect;b but it has not recog
nized in any way the suggestion
contained in Cheng's cable that the
Chinese government should furnish the
foreigners an escort out of Pekin. 1t
was said at the state department that
the American minister is not to be de-
delivered up by force of Chinese
troops to the allied forces or anyone
else. This government deems it much
more appropriate if he needs an escort
out of Pekin, that it should be COM
posed of American soldiers
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
A suspicious Refusal.

Hong Kong, July 3O.-In order to
test the Chinese assurance regarding
the safety of the legations, the Italian
consul here requested the acting vice
roy of Canton to communicate with
him reply concerning matter known
only to the minister and the consul.
The acting viceroy replied that it was
impossible for him to accede to the
request, as all messages were received
from Pekin through the governor of
Shanp Tunp secretly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
The more a man contracts debts the
more they seem to increase
O-I-C


When a preparation has an adver-
tised reputation that is worldwide, 1t
means that preparation is meritorious.
II you go into a store to buy an article
that has achieved universal popularity
like Cascarets Candy Cathartic for ex-
ample, you feel it has the endorsement
OF the world. The judgment OF the
people is infallible because it is i'm
personal. The retailer who wants to
sell you something else" in place of
the article you ask for, has an ak to
grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's
trying to sell something that is not
what he represents it to be. Why?
Because he expects to derive an ex-
ira profit out of your credulity. Are
you easy? Don't you see through his
little game? The man who will try
and sell you a substitute for CASCAR-
ETS is fraud. Beware of him. He
is trying to steal the honestly earned
benefits OF a reputation which another
business man has paid for, and if his
conscience will allow him to go so far,
he will go farther. If he cheats his Gus
toner in one way, he will in another
and it is not safe to do business with
him. Beware of the CASCARET sub
stftutor. Remember CASCARETS are
never sold in bulk but in metal boxes
with the long tailed CO on every box
and each tablet stamped C. C. C..
What the average man would like is
= holiday the day after holiday.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
AT THE FEDERAL FARM.
Fine Crops-An the Work Performed by.
Conyicts.

Leavenworth, July 2s.-The federal
prison farm composes about 700 acres
of land in cultivation and all the work
is performed be convicts
Aside from the smaller garden vege-
tables the report shows that a 165-acre
wheat field threshed out 4,532 bushels,
or little over twenty-seven bushels
to the acre. There is 222-acre corn
field on the farm, and it is estimated
that this yielded and will yield over
10000 bushels. The exact amount
cannot be determined as much of it
was used to furnish roasting ears for
the 900 convicts. Two cabbage patches
of ten acres in all have on a stand of
$4,000 well developed heads. enough to
supply the prison for whole year.
Tomatoes are now ripening and it is
estimated that 6-acre patch will yield
5000 bushels. A 9-acre onion field is
expected to yield 5000 bushels in addi-
ton to the green ones used for the
prison tables. A 1OO-acre oat field
threshed out 1000 bushels.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
RECREATION AND HEALTH.
Both Can Be Secured at the Indiana Mil

Both Can Be Secured at the Indiana MIN
era1 Springs, Indiana
Like the young man in springtime,
whose fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love" when summertime comes we
all turn our thoughts to the consider
alton of the important question of
where we shall go for rest, recreation
and health.
There are all kinds of health and
pleasure resorts throughout this broad
land of ours, some of them, unfortu-
nately, anything but what their names
imply, and apparently operated for no
other purpose than to relieve the in
valid and pleasure seeker, financial
ly. So much so is this the case that
1t is indeed gratifying to the one seek
ing rest and recuperation from the
cares of the business and social world,
as well as the pain racked invalid,
who is fortunate enough to discover a
place where to use popular express
sion, he gets his moneys worth"
One of the most interesting, pictur-
esque and delightful places in this
country is unquestionably the resort
known as the Magno Mud and Lithia
Water Cure. located at Indiana Nine
raj Springs, Indiana. Here come the
overworked business man, the worn
out devotee of society and the profess
sional man on the verge of nervous
prostration, as well as the sufferer
from rheumatism, kidney and skin
diseases for which the baths are es-
pecially beneficial. The place is also
largely patronized by those who only
seek pleasure and recreation, its loca-
ton making it particularly adapted for
this purpose. There are many roman
tic and beautiful spots and places of
interest in the vicinity and it would
be hard to find a section of country
containing so many beautiful drives.
The country is very hilly, but the
roads are all graveled and kept in
good condition. This is one of the
things that makes the place especially
attractive to those afflicted with rheu-
matism, as driving is about the only
outdoor pleasure one crippled with
rheumatism can indulge in. Some of
the cures effected are really marvel
Gus and many who have gone to the
Magno Mud Cure as last resort have
returned home within a few weeks
filled with renewed health and
strength.
The accommodations, service, table
and attendance is all that can be de-
sired and the rates very reasonable
indeed. The Springs is under the able
management of Major H. L. Kramer
and a postal card inquiry addressed
to him will bring complete detailed
information as well as a copy of the
"Mudlavia Magazine" a unique and
interesting publication.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Mount May Surrender Taylor.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 3O,-Govern-
or Mount has said he was studying the
Powers trial at Georgetown, KY,
closely, and that. while he absolutely
declined to say what action he might
take on the requisiton for w. S. Tay-
Tor and Charles Finley in case Powers
was convicted, he said his decision on
the requisition was not irrevocable.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
INJUDICIOUS TEACHER
Said Christ Had Brothers and Was Asked
to Resign.

said Christ Had Brothers and Was Asked
to Resign.
Holyoke (Mass) Cor st. Louis Re-
public: Because she told her scholars
that Christ was one of ten brothers
and sisters. Miss Anna B. Hasbrouck,
an Instructor in history, has been dis
missed from the high school faculty by
the school committee Miss Has
brouck was asked to resign, and her
letter was accepted without a dissent
ing vote.
The incident which cost Miss Has
brouck her position happened in the
medieval history class a few days ago.
The discussion drifted to the parent
age Of Christ, and the student wanted
to know if Christ was the only son.
Miss Hasbrouck replied: mo; He is
one of a family of ten brothers and
sisters
second student doubted Miss Has
brouck's statement and wanted to
know her authority
Il cannot tell you accurately lust
now" she replied, but have the i'm
preston the statement is made in the
bible"
Some of the students, still skepticaI
repeated the assertion at home. One
OF the prominent clergymen of the
city, Rev. P. ]. Harkins, took occa-
sion to denounce the teacher in his
sermon at st. Jeromes church.
Pupils" he said, should be with
drawn from the school if incompetent
teachers are to misinstruct students
as this one has"
Miss Hasbrouck declined to make
public statement. She was appointed
a teacher in the local high school in
January, 1896. She is a graduate of
the NewsYork State Normal college.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Changes i'm Administration.

Washington, July, 27.-It is reported
with some degree of probability that
the vacancy in the position of first
assistant postmaster general, caused
by the resignation of, Perry S. Heath
is to be filed by the appointment of
Henry Clay Evans, pension commits
sioner, to that place. This is said to
have been decided upon in accordance
with the Presidents wish to crafty
the soldier element and the G. A. R.
especially. A popular ex-soldier is
said to be slated for the pepsion Office.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Russia to Bombard Chinese Cities

London, July 2s.-The Daily Express
has the following from st. Petersburg:
Admiral Shrewdloffbel, command
ing the Russian squadron in Chinese
waters, has received precise instruc-
lions to lombard the Chinese towns
Immediately on receipt of confirmation
of the report of the massacre at
Pekin.''
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Drouth sever. in the East.

New York, July 2s.-The drouth
which has prevailed generally in the
New England states and in New York,
New Jersey and Delaware since March,
has had serious effect on many of the
crops. The recent local showers af-
forded little relief to the farmers. In
New York state the hop crop is seri-
ously affected and the farmers also
report great shortage in the hay
crop. In New England the continued
lack as rain is threatening the late
crops, and in Massachusetts, the early
corn crop is a failure.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Death of q Pioneer.

Leavenworth,- Kas,, July 2s.-M. NJ.
Jewett, one of the earliest settlers of
Kansas is dead from an accident which
resulted in conclusion of the brain.
Jewett came to Leavenworth in 1855
and was prominent figure in the
border ruffian war as an anti-slavery
leader. He went to Colorado in 1859
and helped to lay out the city of Den
yer. One of the principal streets of
that city is named for hira. He was
~ years old. and had many friends
over the state.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Energetio Increment of Troops.

Washington, July 2s.-The United
States war department is moving at
present with greater energy than at
any time since the original orders for
troops, to get its contingent in position
for the task before it. General Chaffee
reported to the department formally
from Nagasaki and there received
orders. He cables that he will proceed
at once to Taku, not stopping at Che
Foo. He ordered in advance tugs and
lighters to insure speedy landing at
Taku
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Troops Pass on Missouri Pacific.

Kansas City, July 3O.-The Fifteenth
United States infantry, en- route to
San Francisco and China, passed here
on the Missouri Pacific Also two
trainloads of the Third United States
cavalry running by way of Ossawa-
tonne. Another train of the Third
cavalry went over the same route later
and two followed the next morning.
The cavalry is from Fort Mayer, and,
like the Fifteenth infantry. already en-
route, is destined to China via San
Francisco
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
Rains and Waahouts.

Topeka, July 27.-The railroads re-
port a heavy fall of rain over all sec
tions of the state and Colorado. A
cloud burst near La Junta, Colorado,
washed out several hundred feet of
track on the Santa Fe, making a few
hours delay in trains. Further than
this no washouts of Importance occur
red. In Northern Kansas, where the
rain was most needed, a heavy fall
was reported. In other sections it av-
eraged from one to three inches.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-02
STRENGTH OF MAEIA.
Rich and Poor Alike Drawn Into Its
Meshes.


Meshes.
Rome special correspondence of Gin
cinnati Enquirer: The stringent steps
recently taken by the Italian govern
ment in the celebrated Notarbartolo
case. in order to run to earth the pes
tilent "Mafia," have once again drawn
attention to this most desperate of all
organized bodies of men-a society that
the government will fail to suppress.
To American ears, unaccustomed as
they are to that fearful thirst for ven
geance, that spirit of the vendetta
which still disfigures so much of Sunny
Italy. it is hard to explain the real
power and scope of the Mafiosi. Brief
~, the Malta is species of Free Mas
onry of the lowest possible description,
the main objects of which are the pro-
lection of all members who transgress
the laws. In other words, it may be
regarded as an Anarchists protection
society, of which the power is unlimit-
ed, and the tolls are everywhere. The
members of the Malta are legion, and,
strangely enough, more often than not
rich man joins either to advance his
personal position, to carry on a hered-
itary fraud, or because it is intimated
to him that his influence and wealth
are necessary to the society If he re-
fuses his crops suddenly take fire, his
cattle eat something poisonous, or he
himself is either found dead or is car
.ried by ''brigands" into the mountains
and held for all the world like a
pledged article in pawnbroker's shop
until a heavy ransom is paid. The
poor man, too, is equally bound to
throw in his lot with the Malta. Nor
can one wonder at his choice. when we
recall the alternatives. Upon the one
hand his endeavors to earn an honest
living will be boycotted by practically
all his neighbors, and even by the large
landowners and shopkeepers to whom
he may apply for work. Once let him
join the brotherhood, however, and no
matter what his crime he will be pro-
tected to the last penny of the asso-
citation.