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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10
Wykaz grup,

kt6re z3oay{y d~obrowolny podatek ma
rzecz Wydzia}u Wspar6 q. N. P. cd l
kwietnia do l maja 1900.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

which ratified that treaty was not Repub-
mean then. 1t required two-thirds to
make the treaty law. Now he is going
up and down the country claiming to be
The greatest patriot of the lot"
Concerning the campaign in general
Congressman Cannon said: There Is no
apathy among Republicans. They are in
terested enough in the campaign, but
simply have not the time to stand on the
corner and talk politics. They are con
hdent, their minds are made up what TO
Ito, and they will be on hand election day.
nut they are too busy to spout politics
SO early in the campaign. Everybody is
working at a conservative increase Of
wages. There are some labor troubles it
is true, but what are they aboutr -Four
years ago the trouble was thar people
were desperately looking for employment.
Now they are employed and the trouble
~ over the division Of the proiits-the
old. old dispute which always has and
always will be on between labor and cap
!tai. There was no dispute over the d.
vision OF the profits four years ago I'M
Ter Cieveland-there were no profits
ana perchance if Bryan should win this
year there will be none four years hence.
t-iect Bryan and there will be the. same
desperate search for work there was four
years ago. But the Republicans are 90
ing to win. without doubt"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

He was dark as ebony. ana the ragged
straw hat that gravity barely kept on his
woody head and the broken shoes Of
mems size on his sockless feet were OK
iremcS of hahiliments il The same de
gree of dllapidati0n, says the Washing
ton Star He was probably = years old
and when he shufiied into Smal's flower
store AT Fourteenth and g streets it
was evident he was not in search Of
orchids or American beauties or Brad
carnations
Approaching Miss Brooke the young
Ster said, baShfully:
Miss. kin YEN glib me er mousse"
Miss Brooke was both astonshcd and
amused.
Why" she exclaimed. "thi, is not a
mouse store, little boy"
But dcy's or mouse in yo' windy" re-.
turned the lad.
Leading the way ont Inc boy pointed
70 the corner Of the display window on
Fourteenth street. and. sure enough.
there, nestled under the ferns. was q
round sleek little mouse. 1t was caught
without difficulty aud given 70 the hoy.
who received it with hcarty '1hankce."
When asked what he was going to do
with it he replied:
Dat lcetlc dorg ob mno git err chanst
ter PLAY wild i'm"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
TALK FROM CANNON.
CAUSTIC COMMENT ON THE
BRYAN CAMPAIGN.
After Advising the Adoption of the
Spanish Treaty, Candidate Bryan
Criticizes the Policy of Retaining
the Philippine Islands.

Uncle Joe Cannon Of Danville, chair
man of the House committee on appro-
priations, has made a hot impromptu
speech in Chicago on the issues Of the
campaign. He didn't start out to make
a speech, bat was drawn into it before
he knew it. Congressman Cannon was
at Republican congressional headquarters
to see Chairman Babcock, when a news
paper man came in and asked him for an
interview on the political situation.
Mr.. Cannon seldom talks politics for
publication. He is willing enough to be
interviewed on congressional matters. but
as a rule is loath to discuss campaign
affairs. 4 few gruff remarks about
party victory" usually is the extent of
his replies. At first he warded off the
interview in his customary manner, while
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin,
Hull Of Iowa and Sherman Of New York
stood by and smiled. Then somebody re-
marked that the Democrats charged the
Republicans with being afraid to discuss
anti-imperialism, and Uncle Joe" shook
off his cloak OF reticence ard gave his
small but select audience an old school
political speech. The Congressman list
ened with interest
Il have made two speeches and l in
tend to make some more" said Congress
man Cannon; ''and from this on ! intend
to discuss this so-called Imperialism bust
ness. Why, it was Bryan who made the
ratification of the treaty possible That
treaty became the law of the land as soon
as Bryan got the Democratic Senators TO
vote for it, and now he is abusing the
Republican, administration for carrying
out its provisions. Bryan's friends claim
he is patriotic and sincere. | deny that
the facts-the plain, cold facts-show him
to be sincere and patriotic On the CON
trary, they prove him to be a demagogue,
ipsincere and guilty of rank treason"
The Republican Congressman looked
the applause they dared not express au-
dibly as Mr.. Cannon warmed to his sub
ject. $50 Bryan calls the doctrine of i'm
perialism the doctrine of DULLES and cow
ards, does he? Well. as every sensible
thinking man knows. imperialism is a
myth-a straw man which Bryan knocks
down with great display. But the so
called imperialism cry was made posi-
bic only by Bryan's action in supporting
the adoption of the treaty. The Senate
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

call the "crime OF 73." | boarded with
old man Skinner all winter He did
sell his wheat for a dollar and a half
and his wool for forty-hve cents in
1872. But l will mention some facts
which he forgot to tell you, and you
may jog his memory a little.
| studied algebra that winter by the
light of a homemade tallow dip be-
cause Skinner could not afford TO buy
in these days when the Standard OIL
Co. Is crushing the life out of Skinner
he takes his oil can TO the grocery and
buys gallon for twelve cents.
We used roasted wheat and burnt
molasses in place Of coffee that winter
because coffee was fortytive and fifty
cents a pound. Now, tine Unsuitable
coffee trust makes Skinner pay thirteen
cents Il pound for good roasted Lion.
We used homemade sorghum in
stead of sugar. Skinner bought just
six pounds of dirty-looking brown
sugar that winter and he paid dollar
for the six pounds. Now, in these aw
grinding the farmers under its iron
heel, Skinner gets sixteen pounds Of
nice graduated sugar for a dollar.
Mrs. Skinner had one calico dress
which she saved for Sundays. On week
days she wore linsey dress woven
by her own hands. Calico was twenty
two cents a yard and people spoke of
its being cheap at that. Now, you can
get good calico at five to six cents.
The SINNERS rode to town in big
farm wagon in those days. / remem-
Der hearing Skinner ask the price of
buggy and, when he was told that it
was hundred and forty dollars, he
sighed and said that he could not af-
ford 70 buy. Two years ago he bought
two new buggies, one for himself and
Mrs. Skinner and one for the girls,
Melinda and Maria. He got the two
for a hundred and ten dollars, fifty five
dollars apiece.
When l got through teaching that
school | bought me n new suit of
clothes. 1t was a Teadymade suit of
rather ordinary goods and costme TWEEN
| ty-eight dollars. This summer l bought
better suit from Dowd & Beckley for
twelve dollars and fifty cents.
In those days Skinner sold pound
of wool for forty-five cents. With the
money he could buy less than three
pounds of sugar, or little more than a
gallon of OIL or one pound of coffee, or
two yards of calico This year he sold
his wool for twenty-seven cents a
pound With the money he can buy
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

four and half pounds of sugar, or two
and fourth gallons of oil, or two and
a fourth pounds of coffee, or five yards
of calico.
Now 1t seems TO me as plain as day
light that the best measure of re-
enumeration for labor or farming prod
ucts is the amount Of food or clothing
that you can get for them am best
paid for the labors of day when l can
buy the most with the wages for the
day.
Judged by this standard, never were
the workingmen, and especially the
farmers of America so prosperous as
during McKinley's administration.
There has been plenty Of work for ev-
erybody who wants to work. Our folks
have just been getting their church
painted. They put me on the commit
tee to attend to the matter, and the
hardest thing had 10 do was to find a
painter Every painter to whom !
went had work engaged ahead for the
season. At last l found a boy who
knew a little about painting and gave
him the job, and he did very well. Not
only has there been plenty Of work. but
wages have been good and would buy
far more of the necessities and com
forts Of life than the wages of the Ia
borer in tie days of deprecated cur
rency after the civil war
Meanwhile, everybody knows that
this prosperity has come about under
! the Dingley tariff. under a gold stand.
ard. and under a Republican admins
tration. They also know that the Dem.
ocratic platform dictated by Mr. Bryan
denounces the Dingley tariff and the
gold standard.
My boy II is simply astounding to me
/ that any wOrkingman, or farmer OF
business man should think seriously Of
! voting the Democratic ticket this year
Leaving out the requirements of pat
riotlsm, self-interest ought to make
every man a Republican this wear. 4
| supposition that the nation will vote &c
/ tear down our protective system and
/ preclpitate a financial revolution is ar
| insult to the intelligence Of the Ameri
[ can people. YOUR FATHER.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOCKED.
Unconscious Two Hours, it Seemed but
Few Minutes TO the Victim.

Few Minutes to the Victim.
Il have received number of pretty
bad shocks i'll my life" said an expert
cuccd electrician, but have had only one
really narrow escape from death. The
sensation of an ordinarily severe shock is
familiar to the majority of people, and il
not especially peculiar, but a Knockout
dose of the current is something entirely
different. | was splicing connection in
il pOwcrhouse when | got my Jolt, and
mstook an are light feeder which had
sagged down for a dead wire. had II
pair of pliers in my left hand, and at
tempted to push it out of the way with
them. That much remember perfect
ly. Then all of a sudden | had most
extraordinary sensation. | felt as II my
blood was expanding ana swelling every
vein in my whole body to the last pitch
of tension. The great arteries in my
neck seemed to stretch until they were rs
big around as ship cables. ana SufIocated
me with their pressure. and | had the
same bursting feeling in my cyehalls, my
tongue. my nostrilS and even the roots
Of my hair
IAN this came over me with terrible
SWiftncSS, but it was nothing like n
stroke Of lightning or the twinkling of an
eye. On the contrary, several seconds
seemed To ClapSr, and the feeling was so
entirely different from what | had al
entered my mind that had been shocked
! 10y Il high-powcr current, Then, as near
ly as | can describe il. my oyerstrained
tissues appeared To give way. something
exploded in my brain like Il 1O0-tou gun.
and everything became black. Almost
Immediately, or so could have sworn,
| opened my eyes and found myself on the
/ floor fully conscious hut very weak AS
/ a matter Of fact. / had been hurled a
dozen feet. What | imagined had con-
/ sumed at least a tenth of il minute had
| possibly occupied 4 thousandth part Of Il
second, and | had been nsensible fully
! two hours. j simply shows. as we have
often observed in dreams. that under ah.
normal conditions the brain loses all con
/ ception of time. | am pretty positive,
| from questioning Il number Of people,
! that everybody who survives shock
I from a current over certain voltage
/ has an experience very similar to my
own. The trouble is in describing it,
which have done very impcrfcctly.
/ One of our linemcn probably hit it off
better He said he fell us if he had
'Swelcd up and busted - New Orleans
/ Times Democrat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
Anticipated Him.

Miss Fr0cks thought that she detected
symptoms Of growing scntimcutality in
young Mr.. DOlley, and she determined
that she would discourage him. says Har-
per's Bazaar. Her kindly efforts t. make
it apparent that his advances were un-
welcome were of no avail. however lie
was too dense OF too eSotistical to soc
that she regarded him only with tolcra-
ton. and he rushed on to his doom
Miss Fro"ks.' said he. assuming It
langnishing attitude and q manner ia
tended 10 b. expressive of his boredom
condi. ION, Il am going to ask You "a
question which no doubt has been put 10
yOu many a time before and
oh, | know what you are going "a
say" the girl cut IT.. "Ycs. I've been
asked the ucsiiOn "a great many times.
and I'm going To- answer it this time be
fore ! am asked again
Mr. Doiicy looked at her IN dazcd
sort Of way. and She went on;
Yes. / do play golf"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
The Limit" snake Story.

Il was running Oh road in south
western PcnuSy vanja." said an old en-
giucer 10 Il Philadelphia reporter when
/ killed two miles Of snakes in three
minutes II had been Wct and cold
spring, and the same weather conditions
had extended To- about The middle of
May. and it seems that all the snakes in
that part Of the country had started to
cmigratc. and a. the rails had become
warm under the hen, of the sun the rep
tiles naturally enough found the glitter
ing steel a smooth and comfortable high
way, and they just coupled up, on taking
hold Of the others TAIL and started down
the track happened TO be- coming
along with the j"rk-Watr.. and we were
making twenty-five mites an hour when
We met the procession Jack McDeviu
my fireman. saw the varIniIts first. and
h" completely collapsed but when per
cciyrl what We were up against | pulled
the throttle Of the old ~ wide Open lrt
the sand drop and smashed two miie, Of
snakes ia less than three minutes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
Found Barnum's Turtle.

Nathan l. Bennett, a well-known da-
mond broker of Maiden Lane, New York
city, recently purchased small lot of
land near his summer home. in Bethel,
Conn, the birthplace Of the famous
Snowman, T. 4. Barnum. This land was
a part OF farm once owned by Mr..
Barnum. having been left to him by his
father. Wishing to improve the land.
Mr.. Bennett set two men cutting bushes
and digging trenches. While he was
watching the men work yesterday, he
found a big swapping turtle partly hid
den in a clump of bushes. The turtle
tried to escape, but it was cornercd aud
turned over on its back In order TO ex-
anime the prize, the turtle was turned
right side Up again, and it was found
that there was something engraved on
the back of its shell. After the thick
coating Of moss had been scraped away,
the initials ''P. T. II" and the date
1880 were found cut in the shell and
still perfectly lcsible Barnum was
twenty years old at that date
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
isndyard Wasn.t in IL.

In his earlier Indian days Kipliug was
once most amusingly sold. writes the
London correspondent Of the New York
Commercial At th',t time lie was de
void Of companionyhip but delighted
mostly when in company that the chief
pnrt Of the conversation should be his.
While living at rather a solitary station,
he had invited two Indian civilians, both
old Winchester boys, to spend the week
end with him, and promised himself Il
fine spell OF "man-tak." The two. com
ing from far distant parts Of the coun-
try. arrived at kipliug's door at the same
minute. The recognition was mutual
Said one " ykchamist to the other:
"Iiullo, Weren't you in IS house,"
"Ics, and you were in s."
Then, after hurricdly greeting their
host the two settled down and talked
school shop without intcrmission for the
three days Kipling hadn't even ''looIi
IN,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
DEAR BOY LETTERING. q.

My Dear Boy-Senator VIM. NJ. Stew
art has said about the so-called i'm.
Periallsm issue just what | meant to
say in this letter SO | send you his
statement and defer any remarks of
my own till some future time. Mean
while, take this opportunity TO an
sWer your last epistle.
You say tia. you told Mr.. skinner
mat labor had never been more ade-
Pua'ely rewarded than during McKln-
icy administration. and that he re-
p4ed' That is not true so far as farm
Ars are concerned. Before the de-
honetization of silver l sold nv wool
Tor nifty cents a pound and my wheat
lor dollar and half a bushel."
les, my son. your father remembers
nose days. l taught school in tho
SKINNER district the winter Of 1872 73.
Just before the act which Democrats
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
CALIFORNIA PLANTS.
The Cultivation of Flower Seeds in
Many Assorted Varieties.

Mauy Assorted Varieties.
Flower seeds are extensively grown in
California, where there is cultivated
great assortment Of varieties, and while
nearly all kinds flourish, there is SO much
hard work and close application neces.
Sary that we have not been able 10 sue
ceSSfuly compete with Europe on most
things. Sweet peas. nasturtlumS, cosmos,
yerb2nas, petunias and aSters are quite
successfully grown, and the seed trade
now looks to California for most of the
sweet peas and a great many nastur-
tiumS.
Southern California has several very
prominent growers of fine double petu-
MAS and other plants. The rapid adj
vance of the California sweet pea seed in
popularity is most marvellous. \ begin
ming was made i'll this line in n moderate
way about 1880. when there was not over
n dozen varieties listed. At hrSs about
Il quarter of an acre was grown, now one
grower alone has grown from 1870 to 200
acres of them each year for the past five
years, and there are no less than 12I
varieties in his complete list This grow
or has introduced more than twenty var
icties of great merit IN the last three
years. among them the famous race OF
"Cupds.' SO important factor have
the California sweet pea growers become
TO the seed trade that some dealers "a
there annually from the east to inspect
the growing crops and to hunt for nov
elites in the sweet pea line. Flower
seeds are grown ia a number OF places
throughout the United States, but only a
portion of the trade is supplied with
homegrown seed. Outside OF California
limited amounts Of flower seeds ar,
grown, the principal kinds being asters.
phlox. petunia. vcrbcna, portulaca, zinnia.
balsam. hollyhock, pansies. sweet peas,
/ begonlas, coleus, aud some greenhouse
plants - Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
THE SHIRT WAIST PERIL.

A man stood sadly thinking
As he ne'cr had thought before.
And his heavy heart kept sinking
As he scanned the dry goods store
Where mems shirtwaists were suspended
He exclaimed, in tones perpleXed.
How Will this strange tale he ended?
What is going TO happen next?
Twill our wives 90 earn the money
And disturb our sweet repOse
with remarks passed out as funny
On their husbands Easter clothes?
VIII they scan the ledger sadly.
And with accents wondrouS wise
Say. Affairs are going badly;
Dear. you must ecOnomizeE
viii our loving spOuSes quote us
And declare at Sabbath dawn
That we 30 to church to notice
What the other men have on?
OF all foibles ever started.
BY this one we most are veXed.
And we ask it, tmidhearted.
What is going to happen next
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

Some years ago reporter for a New
York financial newspaper WAS sent to
interview Col Thomas j. Lowcry, a
prominent railroad promoter ana opera
tor of the Northwest, on a rumor that he
was about to make an assignment, re-
lates the New York Commercial. He
secured an audience with the railway de
veloper, who was in conference NJ bis
hotel with numerous tnancicr~ and off
Gals
'There is rumor in Wall street, Col.
Lowery," began the reporter. that YOU
are financially embarrassed,
is that so| interrupted the colonel
What is the name of your paper. and
how long hay" you been working on it,
II have been ON the Coupon seven
years"
''Well, my dear boy go back 10 The
Office and tell the editor that you're not
on TO your job. Why, l have been huaa-
cially embarrassed more years than You
have been on that paper and with that
the reporter was led gently from the
room.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

John X. Mcdonald, the contractor for
the proposed New York tunnel for the
rapid transit railroad is about SO years
old and has made his fortune by hard
wo"k. 1t is said that he can get more
work Qut Of his men without urging them
than any other man in New York, I'M
less it is John -. Crmmins, the million
airc railroad builder. One day last
spring, at jerome Park, where Mr. Me
Donald is doing the greatest work of his
life except the tunnel contract Il visitor
noticed q square man. covered with mud
and built like pcgtop. with wide
spreading shoulders, talking TO the fore
man.
Say" he asked of laborcr, lis that
Mr.. Mcdonald. the famous contractor
who Is going to build the rapid transit
tunnel"
Nav" answered the workman. "He
mint no famous contractor. That's Jack
Mcdonald, our boss "
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

Among tho assembled officers at a re-
cent supper in South Africa was n very
pompous, scIfopinjonatcd major. whose
rank commanded for him respectful
hearing. but whose habit Of iBstructing
his brethren in matters military, both in
and ont Of season, made him rather nm
popular. Winston Churchill aud the ma
jor sat side by side nc the table. aud The
martial potentaie voiced his opinions IN
his usual manner. Churchill bore the
inhlct.on dumhy for u season; then tak-
ing advantage Of pause. when the ma
jor wanted 10 take breath, he said. very
c0mpiacent,y and irrclcyaHtly: DO vou
know. major. ! met q man this morning
who would gladly forfeit fifty podnds for
the pleasure Of EickI.y YOU" Kicking
me- sir" roarcd the angry major: kick
ing me. ! must ask you to mention his
name immediately" But the fact is.
major, | am not sure that ought to tell
you" replied Churchill, with well-as-
sumed caution. But / insist on know
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08
The Reason for His ..Aloofnc--.'

As Il we'll know }. the late Duke ~
Argyll in his latter days kept much 10
latcs the New York Press. Lord H~r-
scheli used to tell this story illustrative
If the reasons for the dukes reserve:
Once being go an inn on thr west coast
af Scotland. the question Of MacC alum
M0res 'alnDfncs~' came M for discus
sion between some II the guests. when
the landlord put an end 10 the argument
by saying:
"Wrel. ye soc, the duke is i'm vera
deiicult position. His pride O birth pre-
vents his associating with cordiality
among men OF his ain intellect. aud his
pride o intellect equally keeps him from
associating pleasantly with men o his
ain birth.