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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
GIANT MINING TUNNEL.
Cripple Creek will Have Hole Fourteen
Miles Long, to Cost $4,000, 900.

One of the largest mining operations
ever undertaken Is about to be carried
out at Cripple Creek, Col, by the Grip
pie Greek and Pueblo Mining Company.
Ii consists of the boring OF a tunnel
fourteen miles III length through the min
erallzed range and piercing the same
lateraIly to tap the mines now being
worked. When finished the output of
the mines Will pass through the tunnel
Hosting and pumping will thus come
TO an end on these properties
The magnitude of the undertaking is
unequaled except in the Alpine railway
tunnels. The Cripple Greek tunnel will
IN fact, exceed them in length. In 9TH
err respects, however, it will be inferior
as ITS total cost and the time to be con
sumed III its construction Indicate The
former is placed at $5,000,000 and the
latter ut three years.
The conditions for such an extraordi-
nary enterprise are favorable in Colo
RADIO, where the mines are located at
nlgh attitudes IN PERCEPTIONS ranges
The tunnel will probably intersect ore
Oodles whose presence is not indicated
on the surface. Such blind deposits or
veins will become the property of the
tunnel company and may independently
compensate it for its investment They
VIII, at least, be source of additional
proht in the operation of the property.
whlch is designed expressly to serve as
Il dIdlH anu common carrier for the
mines now being worked in the district
to be traverSed.
Some day enterprises of this character
Will doubtless be started in this state.
A tunnel to tap the mother lode in the
central counties would, however, be use
less, as many of the mines now being
operated ON that vein have already
pierced the ground far below sea level.
Sail, there are mineralized sections of
the Upper Sierra where the tunneling
of the range is feasible and where
bore, if driven, would tap the mineral
deposits of many thousands of feet be-
low the outcr0ppings and possibly opcu
up a wealth of mineral whose presence
is now not even suspected Enterprises
of this character are among the posi-
bilities of the future. Some would have
been undertaken long before this. doubt
less. had it not been for the non-suc-
cess of the Sutro tunnel. which devel-
oped no new ore bodies in its course from
Carson river TO the COmstOck If the
Cripple Greek tunnel proves, however,
a success. it will be sure TO revive in
terest in favorable localities for tunnel
ing on correspondingly large scale in
this state--San Francisco Chronicle.
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A NEGATIVE PLANT.
A Vegetable Parasite Interesting to Am
ateur BotaniSts.

Haying has begun and the sound of
the mower is heard iii the land. Now.
indeed, is the heart of the nature lover
full. and his scientific soul hungers for
the cool shade of the deep woods, where
many rare and unfamiliar forms of plant
life await his patient search. Usually,
TOO, IN the most 0ut-Of-the-way places
imaginable, for nature often hides her
most precious treasures as if jealousy
guarding them from determination.
The densely wooded slopes of the
Nissahckon and its tributaries are in
no respects an exception to this case. In
some Of the cool rawlings. beneath the
sheltering cedar pine and hemocks. the
little parasitic, but nevertheless interest
ing. Indian pipe or ghost flower may be
found cushing its nodding waxen bells
up through the brown carpet of pine
needles. 1t is a ghoulish parasite-that
Is, its matted roots SubSiSt either upon
the stolen juices of living plants or the
decaying matter of dead ones 4 mega
tive plant truly is this as it rises color
less. cold and clammy in the woods like
company of grim SpecterS The flow
erS. if cut or bruised, turn bIackish very
soon: so If YOU desire to keep a SpeC-
men several days. perhaps to study or
photograph. ] would advise YOU to dig
the plant up, root and all, and place it
in a saucer filled with water Philadel-
phia Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
Anent Leather Breaches.

Many correspondents, writes a con-
trihutor have had their say on the sub
iect of the centenary of trousers" but
| have not observed that any one has
said word about an article of attire
which was SO widely displaced by the
new fashion-particularly in the rural
districts. | fcrer to leather breechcS.
They were not allowed to pass away
without the need of one melodious
tear" In districts remote from centcrs
of traffic they died hard. 1t used to be
said that they were last seen in actual
wear in AmerSham, Bucks. curiouSly
out-of-the-way old country town. and |
believe this was So. | remember once
asking an old laborinG man. VINO was
engaged in clipping hedges in that part.
whether he had ever worn them, The
answer was: Did | ever wear leather
hreecheSi Why. on Sundays | never
wore anything else when were a Young
chap And how did You find them:"
| inquired. "Ekally warm in winter
and cool in summer was the reply.
his hand on his lever.-Paris Matiu.
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A Gastronomic Fraud.

The New York Evening Post tells of
fraud-and not pious one-practiced
on conhding patrons by n restaurant in
it's city: When one sits down To a meal
for which he himself is responsible
through his skill as a huntsman or fish
erman, the JOY of mere vulgar eating IS
supposed 10y many to have reached its
ninnacle. For those who are not too in
quiring, form of enjoyment approx
mating the real may be had at a certain
restaurant here in New York On the
lawn thanking this house is imbedded
pool of fresh water stocked with the
most toothsome brook front The diner
out, wishing to part with a dollar and Il
half for a mess of the speckled beauties,
has the privilege of angling for them and
Of seeing his capture. a few minrtes la
ter. temptingly placed before him ready
10 he eaten. The illusion is complete to
the uninitiated hut others more Skepti-
cal have learned that after the trout are
caught they are Immediately and care
fully unlocked and restored tn their ele-
ment, and the wares of local fish deal
err substituted on the broiler"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
Samoan WAYS.

SiXpence is the lowest unit of value. IL
any article is too cheap to stand the price
of siXpence land there are very few such
at these trading stationSl, the Samoan
must buy quantity or else take matches
for change. The islanders have the
knack of making fire seemingly without
eNcrtion by rubbing two sticks together
but they are keen after matches, although
the Swedish safety matches made in
Japan which pass current in the Pacific
ocean are probably the most incombuSti-
BILE matches made. certain not to light off
the box and extremely uncertain TO light
on ii. All this petty trade spreads itself
lazily along throughout the morning
Sometimes the payment was in small sill
yer coin, each piece Snuggcd away in lis
own knot in a strip OF cloth. Sometimes
again IT was necessary To weigh the baS-
ket of copra preferred in payment. and 10
dispute that ii had been fairly dried for
three days in the sun, and to he careful
not to count in the weighing the big
stone which will get in the middle of 50
many of the baskets of copra in which
these innocent children of nature deal
lippincOtt'S.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
FIELD MUSICIANS.
In Japan Singing Insects are Sold in
Cages.

The time is close at hand when the lit
tie musicians of field and wood, of
meadow and hillsides will begin To tune
their tiddlcs and guitars. to try their
tambourineS and pipes, i'll preparation
for the evening concerts they are to give
during the summer. The tree frogs.
those harbingerS of spring. are now sing
ing their last ChoruSeS. Soon we shall
hear the thrilling undertone of the black
field cricket, the presto of the CLASSY
winged tree cricket, the disputes as to
whether Katy did or didn't, the loud
chorus of the grasshoppers and lOcuSts,
and a little later the piercing note of
the cicada, says the New York Ledger.
How many Of us, | wonder appreciate
the performances of this marvellous or
cheStra which nature has trained:
What do we know of the Instruments
upon which these tiny musicians per
form?
The Japanese, always ardent lovers Of
nature. sell singing insects in bamboo
cages in their city streets There for n
few cents one can purchase n pale-grecn
Katy-did in Il red cage. bell insect.
which is large grasshopper with Il note
like tinkling bell, or n zC&U muShi, the
favorite of all the musicians, as il sings
from dusk till dawn. Where in New
York. Boston or Philadelphia could n
nature lover buy a field cricket. a cicada
or a katy-did in a cage and take it home
with him TO cheer his lonely hours with
its little fiddle or SongE
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
WHEN BILL WAS BoRNED.

When Bill was horned, they say tn stars
Was crossed-ol' Jupiter with Mars.
An 'twixt em Pallas an tn rest
Was sartin mighty bad distressed;
Young juno. Nesta, Ceres crashed
Tn hull blamed heavens SOrter smashed
When Bill was horned!
When Bin was horned tn people said
That they was curses on his head
An all through life he'd have [ go
A-totin or a load o woe.
Wall, p'raps tn stars wa mt ali Diame'
But trouble started all tn same.
When Bill was horned.
Fust thar was Pars0n Blimbel's pup
Grabbed Williams heel an chewed II up
An then he fell an broke his nose,
An later on shot off two toes;
An then was goFed by Perkins steer
Oh. he begun Il warm career.
When Bill was horned!
He filled tn stove with powder poof!
He went kihootin' through the roof,
An half an hour later he
Was found suspended in a tree!
Next day he killed a neighboi 5 COW
IL seemed To be ordained. somehow,
When Bill was horned!
Then Bin erowed up. How he got grove
An lived to see II. M one knoWed.
But somehow he jest did. and they
Elected him To Congress! Say.
We swear by what the stars portend-
We knowed hid come to some bad emil
When Bill was horned!
Baltimore News.
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- SNAP SHOTS. -

\ sign of industry-$.
Run into on all sides-deb:.
Some well-preserved people-mummies
No. YOU don't find old whisky at a
rummage sale.
The hay Ruhe's holiday is the hey day
Of his existence.
The bred that is called well-bred is
nearly always homemade.
1t doesn't pay 10 make a fuss over
people who are too fuSsy.
When they get in a rowboat is the
time some folks feel rocky
The weeks 20 50 fast now. what would
they do if they We're strong?
Whom the reporter has his pick" of
the news he calls it Scoop
The side trombone player knows the
ins and outs OF his profession.
Many Il self-made man finds that it
take :, wife to make him happy.
Some mems appetites are such that
they would rather drink than eat.
Is anger an aid TO aerial navigation.
SO many people fly mad, you know.
If the workmen in wagon factory
were women, the tongues might wag
proud woman may sweep out Of a
room. but she disdains to sweep it out
Somehow. the narrOw-minded people
are often those who have the big heads.
Consumption, it is said. is mainly due
to insutticiency of fat in our daily food.
Even good-looking people have TO go
to the optician to correct their bad looks
-Philadelp hia Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
Atlantic City Chair Pusher will Get For
tune with Bride.

George w Barnes, chair pusher on
the board walk at Atlantic City, y. J.,
has not vet found a wife TO share
his fortune of $15O.0O which awaits him
i'm England if he does not marry Mary
Ellen Dougherty. Between rests OF
wheeling inyalids up and down the beach
Barnes is keeping his eyes open for the
desirable one and when he sees her he
says: II won't be long in popping the
question.
Since the publication of bis inheritance.
which was left him by his uncle. William
L. Barnes. under the one condition.
Barnes has been flooded with letters
from women who are Just dying 10 meet
him"
"They're all too willing" says Barnes.
Uncle William always had an aversion
~ Miss pougherty and l suppose that
why he left me the money on the condition
| would not marry her. My lawyer IN
forms me that rs soon a | marry any
one but her l can legally claim the
money.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26

The famous blockhouse on San Juan
hill has a peaceful competitor, as an az
traction for all visitors TO Santiago, EI
Caney and San San Juan. On the very
top of the hill and within but a stones
throw of the blockhOuse which Roosevelt
and his Rough Riders charged. is To-
Gated one of the Largest" dairy estab-
lishments in the vicinity of Santiago.
By largest, however. the reader is ant
to be misled since this dairy consists Of
but herd of eight or nine cows which,
sometime, after firing themselves in
grazing, perhaps rest themselves beneath
the shade of the surrender tree" The
supply of milk from these cows is every
morning peddIed in primitive fashion in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26

know that the world would be better
were there more like you. Forgive me
for listening, should this story ever fall
into your hands.
Dear Melindy, may God in His infinite
wisdom and love guard and cherish you
always, and may your cup of JOY be
toward that better, brighter world where
Katy and little Melndy await your COM
ing.-New York Daily News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
Hailstones that Weighed Pounds.

HailstoneS nearly 3 pounds in weight
fell during Il recent storm at JeSSorr, i'm
Bengal Metal verauda roofs were Der.
forated. cattle manned, trees beaten
down and a mall killed outright by the
downfall
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
A Wonderful Plov.

Dir, Calling. who invented the gun
known by his name. has invented a pillow
operated by gasoline which will do the
work Of thirty men and eight horses at
an expense of q little more than 81 a
day.
The housing questions is getting to
be an acute one in the British country
districts as well as in the municipalities.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
Exterminators minated.

Because sweet briar became too album
dant in Tasmania goats were introduced
10 head them off. as il were. by eating
them, but the hriar came out ahead by
killing the goats
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26

British Columbia grew the world :
record apple last year. 1t was Il,
inches in circumference and weighed /
pound and ounces.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26
A Monster Mushroom

A monster mushroom has been gath.
cred in a field at Northwood. 1t weighs
II pounds > ounces, measures 81 inches
IN circumference and grew in three days.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26

the streets Of Santiago. Often the OWL
esr: as many other native dairymen do.
brings his cows into the city and milks
them in front of the residences of his
patrons. The dairy has been but re-
Gently established on San Juan hill, so
recently that some of the woodwork from
the ruins of the ''blockhouse" and the
barbed wire defenses have been utilized
by the owner of the dairy in the CON
strIc ion Of his COW stable, milk house
and residence combined in one X. A.
Pearson, assistant chief of the dairy
DIVISION OF the department of agricul-
ture at Washington, stumbled across this
bit of information and took a snapshot
of the dairy" during a recent inves5ig
tion Of the dairy interests of Cnba.
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\ sign of industry-S.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
Price OF Hogs And Men.

Sam Jones recently lectured in
Sigourney, Iowa, and justly
"roasted" those who signed sa-
loon petitions. This report is
from a Sigourney paper:
"This nice little Iowa town,
with a farming region around it,
makes one of the garden spots OF
the world. But with all your
blessings you can't get along
without three saloons to debauch
your village and ruin your boys,
Because you need the money
Here Mr.. Jones inquired of the
surprised audience. How much
is the license here? Some one
answered, $500 each to the town,
5000 altogether, resumed Jones'
What isy your population? Answer
1900, The speaker then did a
little lightning calculation and
resumed:
The liquor dealer walked up tt
you and said, If you will let us
damn this town, we will give you
40 cents apiece. Say, what woult
a 200-pound hog bring?'
Answer S12, so said Jones hogs
! S12 apiece, and folks 40 cents
head. Say, brother, don't yot
wish you were q hog? You an(
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
Notes From BilIvill2.

Among the Improvements con-
templated in our village this ia!
Mr.. George Brady will reshingle
his woodshed and paint his
kitchen. George is always doing
something to the credit of the
United States.
We learn that boils have be-
come almost an epidemic in this
community and have greatly in
terfered with baseball and lawn
parties. When you've got to
lean up against fence at an
angle of forty-five degrees, you
wonder how Job kept the old thing
going as well as he did
Mr., Levi Burchard, the popu--
lar shoemaker, is nothing if not
aesthetic. He has painted his
house whitey his barn red and his
fence blue, and as he sits on the
lawn Of an evening with his bald
head glistening in the dying sun,
the sunflower is nowhere in COM
parison.
Word has reached US by good
authority that Mr.. Philetus john
scn, who has a farm on the Five
Mile road, has lost his mind and
imagines himself a goat. DR..
Hartman has taken the case by
tue horns and has hopes of a
cure.
Some Of our people argue that
ginger ale is an intoXicant anc
its sale should be prohibited IL
the village, and the Gazette has
been appealed to for its influence
If we ever get money enough, We
shall drink a bottle and note tE'
effects. At present we are i'm
bibing buttermilk and standing
neutral.
There are over twenty sub
scribers on our books who have
agreed to pay in wood, and we
wish to jog their memories before
fall weather sets IN. Last Wlnte
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

we had to sit on tacks and ca
red pepper to keep warm, and the
thing got very monotonous be-
fore the spring thaw set in.
We understand that Sarah
Goebel, daughter Of Sam Goebel,
is going to sue George Shivington
for breach of promise and that
the lawyers have already taken
hold Of the case. Sarah says he
did, and George says he didn't,
and Sarah has 230 love letters to
prove it. There should be more
and less writingi in court
ship.-Billville Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

The relations between the gov
ernor and superintendent OF the
penitentiary r, B. Hogins are
very much strained. Gov, Davis
says if the power was in his
hands he would Immediately fire
Hoglns from his position, and
Higgins declares if he had the
power he would jerk Davis from
the governors chair. 1t is evil
dent there is little love lost be-
tween the two.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

The Rev. Sam Small was until
recently known as a temperance
lecturer of considerable note, but
since, according to his own ad-
mission, he took half a dozen
drinks on an empty stomach and
had to be carried from the ros-
trum from whence he was dis
coursing on the evils of intem-
peranoe, he is known far and
wide as a huge chump. Half a
dozen drinks on an empty 'stom-
ach for a temperance lecturerl
Poor Sammie Small!
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
For Boys 70 Think About.

1T is easier to avoid forming a
had habit than it is to break away
from a bad habit.
1It is easier to avoid beginning
I'd tamper with tobacco and strong
dfink than it is to free yourself
from the appetite if it be once ac-
qqired.
The dollar you earn and spend
Isl sIonly a dollar; the dollar you
earn and save is Two dollars.
He who makes it his rule al
ways to earn his dollar before he
spends it will never be a be ggar
or a slave to debt.
Your being a poor boy may
make in harder for you to rise
than if you were rich, but when
well up once it will be all the
easier for you to hold your place
Poverty may keep a boy down
for a time, but if he has in him
the true metal he will rise. Jay
Gould was a poverty-stric
surveyor. George W. Childs was
a booksellers errand-boy at 6
salary of four dollars month.
John Wanamaker started busi-
ness on a salary Of one dollar anc
twenty-five cents a week. An
q 'btfeS { Carnegie began life on
weekly salary Of three dollars
Abraham Lincoln was a miser'
ably poor farmers son. Andrew
Johnson was a tailor's apprentice
boy, and learned to read after he
was married. James A. Gar
field was a poor widows son, ano
as bare-footed boy drove mules
on the tow-path Of an Ohio canal
Religious Telescope.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

Gov. Davis and Reese B. Ho-
gins, superintendent of the state
penitentiary, have been engaged
in a war of words for the past
few weeks. Gov. Davis claims
Higgins is an incompetent official,
while Higgins claims the govern
or's grievance against him lies in
the fact that he would not appoint
Davis brother-in law, and an
other man who owed Davis a
debt, to positions connected with
the penitentiary management.
Thus the rumpus around the
state house subsideth not.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

Gov. Jeff Davis does not favor
the building of an annex to the
state insane asylum at any point
in Arkansas away from Little
Rock. He holds that the inmates
can receive better care and treat
ment under the direct attention
of the superintendent, and for
this and other reasons he faTefs
enlarging the asylum at Little
Rock. The governor is correct
on this proposition, and the next
legislature will fail to do an act
it owes the state, and a duty it
owes humanity, if it fails to make
provision for the proper care OF
the unfortunate insane OF the
state.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
Let us have some measure that

Let us have some measure that
will get the tax dodger, says rep.
resentative Myers Of Lawrence
county. A law that will compel
each citizen to pay his just pro-
portion OF taxes would be hard to
frame, and perhaps still harder to
enact, but that's the talk, Mr..
Myers. We hope you have a
plan up your sleeve that will do
the work.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

Gov. Davis states positively
that he will not be a candidate
for third term as governor. But
then the governor led US to be-
lieve 50 strongly that he would
not offer for Senator Berry's
place, we prefer to wait and see
about things hereafter. And
that's not doubling the governors
veracity, mind you. Of course
not.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
Since the editor of the Newark

Since the editor of the Newark
Journal announced publicly that
he neither chews. smokes, swears
or drinks, we would like to ask,
Just for information Of course,
if he ever stole watermelon in
his youthful days, or in maturer
years turned jack from the
bottom.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05

other boys, in their exciteme
took their unfortunate conrad
clothing and went away,
telling of the occurrence uf
some hours afterward. A lal
party Of men has been seini
the river in that vicinity, seard
ing for the remains.
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
Boy Drowned.

Redfeld, Aug. 29.-Three small
bows from Grant county, from
the families of three well-known
farmers, Smith, Tabor and Gill,
ran away from home and went in
swimming near Red Bluff fer"
rv. in the Arkansas river. One
of the boys, Gill, got beyond his
depth and was drowned. Tho
Sharp County record., 1902-09-05
As An Investment.

Speaking of what a newspaper
does for q community, United
States Senator David Davis, OF
Illinois, made an address that re-
mains ever green in the memories
of newspaper men. Said he:
"Every year every local paper
rives from $500 to $4,000 in free
lines for the benefit Of the COM
munity in which it is located. No
other agency can or will do this.
The editor, in proportion to his
means, does more for his town
than any other man, and in all
fairness. man with man, he ought
to be supported-not because you
happen to like him or admire his
writings, but because a local pa
per is the best advertisement a
community can make. 1t may
not be crowded with great
thoughts, but financially it Is OF
more benefit than both preacher
and teacher. Today EDITORS o.
local papers do more for less pay
than any men on earth. Patron
ize your home paper, not as
/ charity, but as an investment"