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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
SMALL FARMs IN THE SOUTH.
They Are Ret Likely to Discard Work
men and Horses for Machines.

They Are Ret Likely to Discard Work
men and H0rses for Machines.
= Florida man who has been travelling
in the West-the section Of great farms
and prodigloas ranches-brin-s back the
rather startling information that the
farm hand is doomed and that the farm
horse viii disappear with him. Indeed.
the Florida man IS quite sure that the
passing Of these two neceSSaries of the
farm has already begun, ANA is quite well
advanced. Machinery is taking the place
q man and beast. Traction engines and
electrical motors are doing the work
formerly performed by hands and horses.
ne says, ana they are doing il Mt great
saving 10 the farmer. We learn from our
tlonda friend that a recently perfect ed
traction engine, which gets its power
from $3Sohhe, IS proving very p0pul 3r
on the big farms. This engine is small.
compact and easily managed. 1t is nos
HaIt as large as the 0lG-style steam traC-
ton engine, but is twice rs strong and
very much more economical. 1t win null
n gang Of I'VE or six subsoil plows, such
as are usually drawn by two horses carh.
and, because of its steady. untiring, IN
baking work. will accomplish more i'll q
day than cOu!C lie done by ten horses
anu as many men, and it requires but
three men 10 run the little engine Not
only VIII It pull plows, but it will run the
reaper, binder, thresher, feed cutter and
other machinery, and when the harvest
ing Is over ii viii pull a train of wagons
from the farm to the market
WITH the substitution of machine labor
for animal labor there Is no necessity for
the farmer to employ hands to get up at
> IN the morning and feed the horses. in
anticipation of their hard days work.
since no horses are necessary. All the
IN in fs. III
the tank of the machine, strike a match.
and his motor is ready for the duty be
fore II. The cost of the gasoline traction
engine Is about $1,000. but after the first
cost the expense is slight as COMPARED
with the keep of horses.
1t may be true. as our Florida friend
concluded. that farm hands and farm
horses will become fewer year by wear
on the great farms of the West, where
machinery can be protitably employed.
In this section, however, we expect to
see the hired man. and the "critter''
engaged for many years in filling the soil.
HE tendency in other than the great
prairie sections, as shown by the recent
census, Is rather toward small farms
than great ones. In the South the great
plantations of years ago are being broken
up into small farms that are cultivated
by families. Machinery to replace ami
mails cannot proftably be employed on
such farms. Meanwhile it is fact thar
the Southern farmers, and especially
those of Georgia, are keeping well uD
with the march of progress in the use of
improved and labor-saving devices for the
preparation of their lands and the culti-
walton and harvesting of their crops The
day may ccme when Dobbin will be
turned out to grass for good and all. and
when the automobile will do all the plow-
ing, grinding, hauling and carrying the
folks fO n1anfinu h1ff hn Sc.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
A Good Reason.

A clerical correspondent Of The London
Express tells of a wedding ceremony in
which he officiated, and in his zeal for
rubrical obseryanccs laid himself open to
Il cOmical and crushing retOrt
Il was then curate of 4 small country
parish in Sommersetshirt, and one day
a couple presented themselves. after due
preliminaries, for marriage at the village
church
"All went we'll uatil the moment came
when it is directed by the rubric that the
man shall place the ring upon the fourth
finger Of the wOman's left hand. but then
trouble began. The yokel, apparently
from nervousness or ignorance, laid hold
of the right hand OF his eXpectant bride
and placed the ring there resolutely.
No, | said, with quiet firmness. you
must put the ring onto her left hand
To this his only reply was stolid stare.
Thinking lie had not understood me.
repeated my words, but with no better
effect.
with as much warmth and insistenco
as was justified 10y the occasion, | now
took firmer ground ana said If you DO
he himself could then pass over and
draw it tight. But many of these
threads, to judge from their strength
and consistency, are not the work Of
young spiders, and. rs every observer
knows. they are often many yards long
and drawn so tightly that the face is in
stantly aware of their presence when
breaking them. The work is nearly al
ways done in the night time, 50 that OBJ
servation is difficult.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
An Immense Army Breeding Farm.

Tie British authorities have decided
tc have immense stud farms here, be-
ginning with horses and afterwards OK
tending the breeding establishments t.
cattle. sheep, goats, doukcvg aud mules
The FIRST order for brood mares win be
given in this country to the military
authorities, who will sell them to tho
civil authorities. II is aScertaincd that
1000 mares are thus to be acquired, with.
Of course. stations After a time these
viii bc imported from good stock, but
there is plenty Of blood in the country
10 make d beginning.
The mares 70 be handed over by the
military authorities are mostly acclima.
tjzcd now. Many Of them will be of III"
BDer mare breed. a hardy light little ami
NAL, which breeds well aud is very use
iui IN the long grass and stony yeldt
and Eojc- just the animal, in fact 10
carry a man around his farm and bring
bis produce to market in QuicI, time over
long distances.
one Of tho largest breeding establish
ments VIII be at Standeffon. British
and Australian men Tcrscd in horses are
70 bc appointed TO take charge Of these
breeding depota, and several ,.cll known
aen who have made the horse a study
have already been appointed to select tic
mare and stallion grounds fer he com
ncement-Pr Pretoria Cor. Of the Pail
Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

henrse "Gioconda," in which she opened
the other night in New York. She came
an hour late, and then when her l.ucio
was making one of his important
speeches in the middle of the first act
she suddenly stopped short with the re-
mark, I'VE win 60 ON to the second net ="
And in every subsequent rehearsal she
stopped short ut just that point. The
end Of The first act never was rchearsca.
One of her leading men tells how. in
addition to his own part he took the part
Of messenger in Antony and Cleo
pltra' because the minor actor originally
east for that and another unimportant
rart declined 10 play both. In one of the
Egyptians explosions of savage wrath
the actor was SO bewildered and fasciuat-
I'd by her fury that he forgot Il short
speech with which he should have inter
rdpted her ill Duse prompted him in the
Gentlest tone aud then went ON with her
TRADE in the tones ut once high and
hoarse, in which She was roaring forth
her rage. He tells too. that her hands
acquire such strength in this outbursr
that it is no fun n all being the luclleSs
messenger OF Antony's marriage 20 Oc-
tayia and being held down 10 the floor
with those hands at ones throat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
A SKILLFuL TONGUE.
How Paralytic Sews Without Use of
Hands.

One OF the most remarkable invalids
~ the world is Miss Tunison, paralytic,
who resides ut sag Harbor. T.. l., who is
| expected 10 visit friends in this city this
week. She has been helpless since birth,
having only the head and upper shoulder
muscle under control, and SO wonderful
~ has she trained them to serve her one
remaining member. the tongue, that it
performs with marvellous quickness and
Shil the tasks which feminine fingers
alone are wont to do. At her bidding il
traces with Il pencil held between the
teeth outline sketches Of flowers and
trecS; It graSps a needle, threads it and
works III and out the fine delicate
stitches OF embroidery fiuery: ii writes
letters 10 her friends, and it guides the
m4liet which makes music on her metal
apaone. Miss I'nnisons tongue is very
ruiy member, indeed. Never having had
the use ot her hands, Miss Tunsun has
thrown her full dependence upon the
tongue which, through the loss Of all
other members, is abnormally acute and
gifted.
Miss Tunison is a bright-faeed woman
Of 30, All day long she sits strapped in
= wheeled chair specially constructed for
her. wide board is attached across the
front, something like that Of a child's
nigh CHAIR This is her work table, and
on IL she has her boxes of coIored cray
ous, her work basket. SLED with sDools
of thread, needle books and endless little
odds and ends. There. too she has her
writing pad and several inch ana half
long pencils. Sharpened by some friendly
haud. When only / years old Miss Tu-
niSou began 10 train her tongue into use
iuncSS. She would pick up buttons with
il from her little table, and with string.
also IN her mouth, in some way pass the
yRpAufvl, hf of ~
Tor hours Str'nging buttons. Later She
began 10 sew.
10 see Miss TuniSon thread needle
preparatory 10 doing her embroidery
makes one half doubt ones eyes. First
she takes The little needle book from out
her work basket laying it before her;
then Il weight, specially made for her
purpose, is taken up by her teeth ana
placed upon one-half of il to hold it firm
while she removes the needle desired;
this done, she sticks it Straight up in the
table before her. Then thread is
wound OIL the required length and cut by
means of Il scissors manipulated in the
same marvellous way. Her tongue takes
up the thread and through it's exquisite
sense OF feeling passes it through the eye
OF the needle in rs short time as the ay-
eragc steady hand and eve require
The biz of cambria or linen on which
she is 10 enhroider is taken out and I'M
folded in the same way and the weight
placed upon one corner Of it TO hold it
down while sewing. Holding the needle
with her tongue. She places it where de-
sired, then lifts and throws back one
corner of the cloth so MS to grasp the
needle from the under side and pull it
through. making the stitch complete
This She does over and over again. trac-
ing and working out the most delicate
designs 0ud nearly always without an
| & Ia. I.
70 her mind when working. Philadelphia
| Ledger
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
Speed of Racing Camels.

The racing camel is very carefully
bred and valuable prizes are offered b.
a racing society at Biskra for the feet
est racer, says Pearson's Magazine
have seen the start Of a race aud it re-
minded me, in a far-off sort Of way. Of a
horse race. The cameis were all ar,
ranged in line and they shifted the air in
their anxiety 10 be of \ flag was
waved and they set off at a terrible
pace, as if they were only racing for q
short distance. They kept together until
they were almost ont of sight. Then
they seemed to settle down 10 the.r habit-
ual pace and the race proceeded with
long intervals between the competitors.
| have also seen the finish of camel
race. and it reminded me Of the first
motor car promenade between London
and Brighton. The came3s were certain
~ not 80 broken down and b6lra gglcj.
but they came in at intervals of several
hours and great patience was necessary
to watch them arrive.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
Some Big Dumb-Bells.

Some pretty big dumb-bells are re.
ouirrd to exhibit the strength Of the
modern strong man. 4 visit to works
where this line Of business is specially
entered to discovered some remarkable
weights \ pair of siDgle-grip dumb
bells with hollow balls weighed thirty
seven pounds each when empty and
which is the usual method Of increasing
the weight. A half bar-bel. or double
grip dumb-bel weighed 30 pounds.
while a full-sized 15-inch bar-bell for a
modern Hercules weighed 600 pounds
when fully loaded. The record bell made
by this firm was an order for an lS-inCh
bar which weighed BIC pounds when
empty. Besides these giant playthings
the standard sizes. from two pounds and
upward. look like those designed for some
kindergarten or pigmy race.-Phiadel-
phia Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

four different courses. According TO one
guest 1t was transparent, tasteiess. ut
tcIly uninviting, and more like wall
paper paste than anything else. Chinese
nuts took the place of sailed almonds.
Then there were dried GELS SLICED in
chicken broth. sharks cooked in Il dozen
ways and served in several courses,
lotus lowcr,' consisting of a Slice of faf
pork, slice of dried duck and piece
OF preserved watermelon, SO arranged
that one could take bit of all three 2f
once; dried mushrooms, turtles, preserved
ducks eggs, SHARKS air bladdcrs in oil.
9ba!one meat, q dainty worth its weight
m gold, being tiny part of little sea
animal; the web Of ducks fePf, ,lTc;,
which had been baked. stuffed with muSb-
rooms and steamed, and almond CRUEL
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
Two Lowell Stories.

Gen. James Grant Wilson tells these
two stories Of ] llues Russell Lowell.
Another autograph collacror wrote a
short note 10 Lowell describiu. his coll
lection ard concluding with the remark:
1 would he much obliged for your auto
graph The reply came, bearing with
It q lesson on the correct use of the
word should and would which deeply
impressed itself on the mind of the Pc
cipicut The sponse read. Pray do
mol say hereafter Il would he obliged
If you would be obliged. be obliged and
be done with IT, Say Il should be
obliged and oblige yours truly, James
Russell Lowell
The other story is that once a lady
asked Lowen why he had not .ent her
a copv of his last boOk, 10 which be re-
D,ied: Il could not afford 70. If my
friends do not buy nay books, who. pray
taU me. viii buy them Exchange.
a BerIiaer takes on the average 129
street car rides q year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
A Curious Recovery.

Mrs. Anna NJ Scott Of Denver. while
returning from a party i've years ago.
lost q valuable diamond earring She was
wearing. 4 few days ago she was look
ing for q little ring her daughter had
lost She did not find the ring, but did
find the diamond earring where FIVE
years before She thought she had IT,. it,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
peculiariaies OF the Memory.

1t is ins.anced as one Of the curiositic5
Of The memory that people who know
long pieces Of verse by heart frequently
eunaot remember their telephone mum
bcE
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
Japan's Merchant Fleet.

Under the japanese flag there are now
900 steam vessels Of $1,000 tons and
:;.,,.J sailing vessels of 126,GiS tons. max
ing total Of 1874 vessels Of 904.2 tons.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
A Chinese Dinner.

At n Chinese dinner given in San
Francisco in honor of Mrs. Robert Louis
Stevenson these were among the queer
things served Birds nest soup came IN
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

mere fraction OF the surface system.
Unlike the 'two-penny tube" in London,
which runs from go to 100 feet under
ground. the New York subway runs near
the surface all the way, and can be
reached by descending n few steps
People are apt nowadays to associate
tales of ''Shanghaing" with the extinct
trade Of the pirate, but right here in
New York this practice is being carried
on under the guisc OF employment agen-
cies. Greenwich street, between the Bat
terry aud Albany street. is essentially a
mariners thoroughfarc, the haven Of ref
ugc OF those birds of passage called cat
lie tenders, ami the first American home
OF the immigrants who come hithcr to
seek, If not fortune, ut least compc-
fence. One Of the pet schemes is to ad-
ycrtse IyT al sorts of help, and when
the prospective victims show up they are
told that the places are IN some far
away town Baltimore. let MS sAE-which
nercssltatcs sea voyage. Then once
on board the tramp steamer the dupes
viii he lHcEy il they see shore again in
SIX months. OF course, the agents get
bonus ON each man and the tramp steam
crs get their cattle tenders.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22
II GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
Life In the Paris of America. Is

December l6 is the date set by Mrs
X. Fulton Cutting for the dance which
she will give at her house for her dauga-
ter, Miss Cutting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

Former Congressman Felix Campbell,
president Of the Peoples Trust Company
Of BrooSiyn. died at his residence in
Brooklyn. lie was IS wears old. he
served four terms in Congress.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

Miss Helen ". Gould has returned 10
town from i.yndhurst. her country place
at lrVlnGton-on-the-Hudson. and viii
o9ea her house in Fifth avenue for the
winter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

Carl Schurz. who was reported serious
" i'll, las recovered sufficiently to dispel
alarm. Mr.. SchuZ was suddenly az
tackled while attending Il festival in hol-
or OF Andrew l.. White, former anl0as-
sador 10 Germany.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

J. 7. Morgan has bought the manu-
SCRIPT Of EuskiR'S Seven Lamps of Ar
chjtect1Fe At Il private sale, and is said
to have paid $4,000 for il.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

Announcement is made of the engage
ment Of Miss Mildred Howeljs, daughter
of Mr.. and AIRS. William ID. HoweIIs,
10 Prof, David Fairchild OF the smith
sonlan Institution. Mashinston. d. G.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

Robert W. Goelet. who was arrested
by Policeman Mallam of the Thirtieth
precinct November ; for speeding his
automobile on Central park west. WAS
convicted in the court of special scs-
sions and fined 800.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

After having been incaead for six
months in q plaster cast. which coz cred
his entire body except his head and the
lower parts Of his legs. Rev. Horace por-
ter. victim ~ bicycle Incident. has re-
turned to Plymouth church, where he is
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

A RerIiaer takes on the average 129
street car rides a year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

George Gerhard, one OF the oldest
portrait painters in New York city, i
dead from diabetes At the age Of -
years: He painted the portraits of many
prominent men of this country and had
exhibited his works both here and
abroad.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-22

assistant to Or. Newell Dwight Hills
The accident, which occurred in 1900,
caused the drawing MP OF MIR. Porer's
limbs 50 that he was unable to stand.
An extraordinary operation, the cutting
Of several important ligaments, was per-
formed, and the pastor, after six months
IN a plaster cast, is now able to walk
with clutches. These probably win be
discarded shortly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-06
THE CASH TRADE
FLAX EASY; GOOD QUAL1TY-oATs FIRM
AND ACTIVE.

FLAX-The market dipped under Saturdays
level and held below all trades. Neverthe-
less there good demand and everything de-
relatively irmer and sold frnctionally closer to
the No. price the average. or the receipts
about two-thirds was No. /. which a much
had expected. No. sold at 1923 al "a. Re-
5ected sold from $3.50 up to $1.23. averaging
Minneapolis received 115 cars, against IS cars
last year, and shipped 90 cars. Duluth had 1T
Closing prices: Minneapolis cash, s1.23h; to
81. 81 u.
CORN-Fifty-nine cents was paid for good
At the close No. yellow was quoted 5SAc.
Receipts, cars shipments, none.
oArshs1 prices PAID a fSE the choifs
sold as high as BE, ranging down to 9OAc.
There was good demand and some business IN
ito u No wts p at
FEED AND MEAI-Prices remain steady and
unchanged, with demand moderate. Coarse corr,
sa and erncks %ts No
esc sSss oass 1870 NO. ground fse'
shorts, s1s@i225; -four middlings, $3.50; red red
s9g S9 b. fed in 300 2o4D sacks
ton additional. Shipments. .G53 tons.
RYE-There was fair demand and sales of
At the close No was quoted 45Mc Receipts,
II cars shipments, none.
BARLEl-The market showed no, special
Demand was fair, Receipts We're 1o4 cars and
s2@ 45c; mailing grades, .45Me1c.
$7:5o@s: midland. $G.5OM7; medium, $5016; of
color, $2M4: timothy. fancy, $11 .5O@12; timo
thy choice $l1 30; timothy, No. l. $1o@
1880; rye straw, choice, $4n45o. Receipts
145 cars
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-06
ENORMOUS WORLDS SHIPMENTS eau
WEAKNESS,

ENORMOUS WORLDS SHIPMENTS CAUSE
WEAKNESS.
Chicago, Oct. 6.-Enornous worlds shipments
with weak cables and better weather caused IL
weak opening IN wheat to-day. The trading
was vas light. however. but with fair demand
there was a stronger feeling early in the session
neSemb Sa; opened Ac to ssc lower at $3.50 to
Duluth reported receipts Of 3S1 cars, which with
local receipts of 1O7 cars, ] car Of contract,
made total receipts for the three points Of ! OsS
cars against .4o1 cars last week and ], 357 cars
J., Wheat followed corn up and down, the market
s a1n IN a ahe da being weak after
being Nc lower. at 6sAc.
90 Close ;o Wheat; October. eskc; December,
No. Ss@5e: No M Sard wn}er 7Sc
No: 3 hard winter, 66@e9nc; No: northern
spring n s1 12@7ae NJ northern spring. es7oc
Clear weather throughout the west and south
west west caused weakness in corn at the opening and
selling WIS quite general At the decline there
commission house buying which brought about Il
h haly: t Gables were irregular There was !.
Mc lower at 4sAc to 4sMc. The early trading
rally to 4s m4sMc Local III receipts We're iii
cars, with 81 cars of contract grade.
bo Gogering by shorts and fair
prominent long disposed of large holding on
the higher prices and decline followed: Pc
being sGs to Put 4s SS1n sSSne0
Close Corn October, 6DAc; November. 564c;
December &c 4sA s'4s%s Nay, 42%c Ky; &c
Oats opened weak on favorable weather and
lower prices In other grains. Trading only
moderate and fluctuations were confined within
narrow limits December opened 3sm @c to II q
Se lower at 32hc to 32Ac Local receipts were
Close: Cash OATS October, 31%c, old 274c
December, 80 hc, old 2sc; May, 33Sc cash oats
No e. SOC; No. s. 29c.