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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-19

The festival and mission meeting Of
The Lutheran Childreu~ Home on West
Mjlwanltee avenue, held on sunday,
was participated in bgoycr 5000 Friends
of the institution Addresses were
made BY Revs. NJ. AIbrecnt, iIagcdoru
and Lisfeldt the latter superintendent
of tbe home. Music was furnished by
several large choruses from the city
and a brass band. Dinner WIS served
ON The grounds. These gathering are
held annually in order to promote in
terest in the society More than 300
have ioined since its organization, six
year, go. and Some $50 children have
been piaced in good homes through It's
apPurN
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
A Record of Recent Events as
Reported to This
PaDer.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

The mornings and Outgoings of Your
Friends and Neighbors Chronicied by
the News Staff of Reporters and Corr
respondents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
MOUNT ETNA STILL SAUNDERS
The Great Sfcilian Volcano Has Re.
manned Quiescent Since the
1899 Eruption.

The height of Mount Etna, the ia.
nous volcano of Sicily, has long been
fixed at 1886 feet. It's height has re-
Gently been more accurately measured
by trigonometrical processes and the
exact elevation is found to be 10,775.
The difference is not important, but the
more exact determination will, of
course, be given on the maps hereafter
published. The main crater has a
width of 1,72s feet and depth of s26
feet. Mount Etna has periods of al
most complete quiescence. Six years
had elapsed after the eruption of 1892,
when in the autumn of 1898 blue flames
began to emerge from the mouth of the
largest crater and . great deal of vapor
was emitted from the lesser orifices.
It was then announced that Etna
seemed to be preparing for an effusion
of lava. probably on the. south or
southwest slopes. The expected erup-
ton, however, did not begin till the
morning of July 10, 1899, when great
volumes of SMOKE and lava began to
issue from the main crater, but after
several days the activity gradually
subsidized, and Etna soon resumed its
peaceful aspect and has since seemed
to be in slumberous condition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
INDIANS OF WELSH ORIGIN.
Customs and Language of AborfGines
Indicate Descent from
Europeans.

OF late there has been considerable
interest manifested in Great Britain
relative to the Welsh settlers in the
United States. The matter, however,
lacks the great interest caused in the
eighteenth century by the statement
that tribe of Welsh Indians had been
discovered, states the Chicago Chron-
icle. In the seventeenth century John
Josselyn, in his Voyages to New Eng
land" mentioned that the customs of
the Inhabitants resembled those Of
ancient Britons, and Sir Thomas Her
bert, another traveller of the same date,
in his Travels" gave Welsh words in
use among these Indians.
A century later reports from several
traders and others were received Of
an Indian tribe that possessed manu-
script, spoke Welsh and retained cere-
monies of Christian worship. Among
other information then published was
the report of Capt. Abraham Chaplain,
of Kentucky, that his garrison near the
Missouri had been visited by Indians
who conversed in Welsh with some
Welshmen in his company. Those
Indians were thought to be descend
ants of colony said to have been
formed by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyn.
edd, on his discovery Of America in
117Q.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02

huence, unless there happens a ii:
vote, in which case the vice presiden;
casts the deciding vote.
The vice president pro tempore, how.
ever, is in touch with all legislation, be.
cause he is senator and is chosen to
preside without losing any of his in
fiuence in committees and on the floor
of the senate. Thus, while Senator
Frye is the chosen presiding officer, he is
still a senator from sovereign state,
and as such he commands respect in
all legislative affairs. He is consulted
his opinion is of great weight. So far
as actual influence on legislation is
concerned the pro tempore presiding
officer is a great factor, while the vice
president is not factor, except super
ficially. ...
The vice president cannot make q
speech nor express an opinion on the
floor of the senate. The constitution
only permits him to be the presiding
officer. But the president pro tempore
may leave his place at any moment,
and as senator from sovereign state
he may take the floor and address the
senate in his own way, in his own time.
and impress his own individuality upon
current history, because the presiding
officer pro tempore is somebody,
while the vice president is a nobody.
This is strange anomaly in our gov
eminent, and is without parallel in the
governments of the world.
Very few vice presidents have been
popular with the men occupying the
white house, and few Of them have been
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02


pied the camp-stool shown in the il
lustration while much of this nest
construction was under way. Except
q few feathers, there was nothing car
ried into the hole made by the wrens
in the body of the hornets nest. As
soon as all was to their liking, eggs
were laid and the brood successfully
reared.
While the parent birds were notice
ably tame during the days of nest
making, they were even more SO when
there were young birds to look after.
Without really troubling them, I tried
in many ways to test their confidence
in nv good will toward them. Several
times / leaned against the pillar sup
porting the roof of the porch, as shown
in the illustration, SO as to bring my
face within 10 inches of the opening to
the nest. Twice, under such circum-
stances, one of the old birds darted
nv me and entered, but at other times
waited most impatiently until again
sat down in the chair near by. sax.
One fact that interested me greatly
was that when interrupted by my
coming, the wren, firmly holding
wriggling worm in its beak, would
scold Grossly, making loud whirring
and shrill sound. How the bird could
make the sound and still retain the
worm in its beak leave others to ex-
plain.-Charles C. Abbott, NJ. D., in
St. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02

callers there. Vice President Hendricks
was ngood terms with President Cleve-
land during the first term of that
strong man, until his death. But dur.
ing the second Cleveland administra-
| ton Adlai Stevenson was not a fire.
quent caller. Mr.. Hendricks and Mr..
Cleveland had an understanding be-
fore they were elected. Mr.. Hendricks
| went to New York and informed Mr..
Cleveland that it would be necessary
for him to have the doing oat of
patronage for Indiana, in order to car
ry that state, and Mr.. Cleveland assent
ed to the political necessity of that
course. He kept his pledge with Mr..
Hendricks, therefore there was har-
mony between them.
Garrett A. Hobart was popular at the
white house with President Mckinley,
and so was Vice President Roosevelt,
because Mr.. Mckinley was big man
physically as well as intellectually, and
he had no idea that any vice president
expected to outlive him and get his
high Office. Besides, he loved his, fell
lowmen and had kindly feeling for
both of the gentlemen who were on the
ticket with him, and no small political
conditions could change the benignity
of the disposition of that wonderful
man.
1t has seldom occurred that vice
presidents have died in Office. The first
was George Clinton, who died in Wash.
ington November 20, 1912. He had been
vice president almost eight years, serv-
ing one term with Madison and one
with Jefferson. The funeral occurred
the following day from the capitol.
The eight pallbearers were all revolu-
tionary soldiers. The next vice presi.
Dental death occurred two years later,
and was also in the administra ton of
Madison. Mr.. Gerry had presided over
the senate on the day preceding his
death, and seemed to be in good health.
While on his way to the capitol he BE-
came ill, returned in his carriage to
his boarding house, and there died
within an hour. He was buried beside
Clinton in the Congressional cemetery.
Washington was then a city of less
than 10000 inha bitants, and the bodies
of the dead were promptly buried in
those days, for they could not be kept.
Although Senator FryeIha right
to address the senate at any time, it
is not likely that he will speak on any
of the remaining bills before that body.
He spoke frequently and vigorously in
favor of the shipping subsidy bill, but
is not particularly interested in the
Philippines or reciprocity bills. He was
born September 2, 1881, and is almost
II years old; but he looks no more than
50, and walks with the vigor of man
of 40. He is an eloquent orator. He is
a good presiding officer. While in the
chair he is dignity and justice incar-
nate. SMITH D. FRY.
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mental vision the dear people all OF
the time, and when they seem to
be most in earnest they are not ex.
pecting to affect the votes of their
visible colleagues. They are expect
ing to affect the votes of the dear
people at home.
In the senate the real work is dom.
not in open sessions but in the com
mittee rooms. It is time-honored
custom of the senate to always &C.
cept the reports of it's committees
and act in accordance with those re-
ports. This is practically what is
meant by senatorial courtesy"
of which so much is written from,
time to time for the daily newspa-
pers.
Presiding over the sessions of the
senate at this time, when national
legislation is nearing completion, is
Senator William Pierce Frye, of
Maine, who was elected president bro
tempore by the senate, after Vice
President Roosevelt acceded to the
presidency. The position of presi.
dent pro tempore is permanent one,
even when the vice president is living
and actively engaged in the perform
ance of his duties. Very few vice
presidents have performed the func-
tions of the Office in later years. Dur
ing the administration of President
Hayes the vice president was seldom
in Washington, and rarely presided
over the senate, his work being done
by the vice president pro tempore.
The Office OF vice president is =
thankless one, and the incumbent
constantly feels that he is a nobody.
waiting for a contingency which may
make him somebody. The senator's
do not consult the vice president
about any legislation whatever
They do not regard him rs one OF
their number, and he il without in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
PRETTY .PARLOR TRICK.
How to Cut in Two, without Touch.
Ing 1t, a Thread angling from q
Cork in a Bottle.

If anybody should tell you that you
can cut in two without touching it a
thread hanging from cork inside a
sealed-up bottle, you would be likely
to think that he was guying you. But
it may be easily done, and in such a
way as to completely mystify the spec.
tators.
Get clear glass bottle-a pickle
bottle will do-and to the under part
of the cork attach a bent pin. To the
pin tie piece of thread long enough
to reach three-fourths of the way
down the inside of the bottle, and to
the lower end of the thread fasten any
small object, say shoe-button, to
make the thread hang taut.
Insert the cork and seal it with wax,
and say to the company that you are
going to cut the thread in two with
out opening the bottle-in fact, with.
out touching the thread.
To accomplish this, you need .
reading glass, or sunsglass, and access
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
CURIOUS BIRDS NEST.
"rens Coolly Appropriate the Dom.
AcAAe OF Hornet Family and
Establish . Home.

Anose who are familiar with our
common house-wren know how often
~ happens that very strange nesting
SITES are at times decided upon by this
olro. 1t is not SO long ago that a
Small watering-pot, hanging within
easy reach OF pump constantly used,
was taken possession Of, and the
wrens, all unmindful of people con-
stantly coming and going very near
them, raised their brood, and returned
the following summer. A permanent
box was placed in the spot after the
second season, and this has since been
used. ~
Wrens have been known, too, to
enter houses through open windows,
and attempt nest-building indoors, and
IN places, too, very inconvenient to the
family, as in a card-basket on the
piano. and on the pole supporting por-
there's. But more curious than all
other instances, it seems to me, is the
Following. In the spring of 1901 hor-
nets nest that had long hung in my
nall was temporarily placed in GOV.
cred porch. Some weeks later a pair
OF wrens were noticed examining it
very critically, and they finally decided
that as nesting-site it was in every
way admira bic. The fact that l was
frequently sitting on that porch, often
with two or three people, in nowise
troubled them. The birds were abso-
lutely fearless. --
Having chosen the hornets nest as
summer residence, the wrens cleared
out sufficient space for their use, and
Clipped a new circular entrance to
1t, as the illustration shows. This
they made the more secure by plao-
ing in front platform of twigs, many
of which were thrust through the pa
per walls. This was not always cas-
lily done. and gave rise to some cross
words. or so it seemcd-and I occu-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02

to a window where the sun is shining
clear and bright. The feat is more
mystifying if you perform this part
of it in private; SO you go to the win.
dow, hold up your sun-glass so that
you can focus the rays from the glass
directly on the thread through the side
of the bottle, and in a short time the
heat from the focused rays will burn
the thread into two pieces, the end
with the button attached falling to the
bottom of the bottle. Then go back
to the company with the bottle, and
they will see that the cork has not been
moved, and yet the thread has been cut.
1t would be better to use black
thread for the experiment, as that
color absorbs heat best, and will burn
more readily.-BostonG Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
P's AND o's.

AZ a. little girls and little boys
should mind their P's and Ga
W eise SO many, many things
Of value they will lose.
=, wnlle stands for prompt and please
Ano prettiness and plays.
patlence and politeness. and
=. fropriety and praise,
- also stands for pinch and prv
MI, Ano plague and poster; you
WI see 1t heads perversity,
~ And pert and painful, too.
men as for Git stands for quick
Ana quietness and queen,
oeAclous ounce, and quartz and Quill
And Quaker so serene;
stlli ITS at the head of quail
ana quarrel, quip and quack,
Ano quicksand, Quinsy. quiz and quake,
And Querulous, alack!
Hlzaoeth Lincoln Gould, In Youths Com.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
TINY HUMAN BUNDLES.
Italian Women In New York Fasten
Up Their Babies in Genuine
Indian Fashion,

The Indian pappooses, which are
strapped and fastened into sort OF
fiat cradle, tied about with loops to pre-.
vent their falling out, like queer
enough. There is sling attached to
this cradle which passes over the
squaw's neck, and the baby takes its
journey on it's mothers back, being
able to look about and see the world
as it travels.
When it arrives at home it is hung
upon the wall, or on a tree, out Of
harms way, and must amuse itself as
best it can by observation. its arms
and legs being too tightly fastened to
allow the kicking and jumping about to
which our babies are accustomed.
And there are plenty of babies in
New York fastened up in much the
same method that Indian women use.
They are babies Of the italian colony.
A ''bambino in faschia" is a common
sight in the Italian district. The baby
is "swaddled"-wrapped in a long piece
of cotton cloth. Sometimes the arms
are confined and sometimes they are
left free.
The child is laid near one end of the
strip of cloth, which is wound tightly
round and round, over and over and fl.
nally the end is turned up over its feet
and the whole secured by strings tied
in several places around the living bun
die. The good Catholic mother makes
each time the sign of the cross over
her baby when it is tied safely. and she
is always careful to place its legs and
arms straight and to make its clothes
comfortable before she proceeds to
fasten them up.
The baby so tied up is very good.
It wears lace cap profusely trimmed
with various colored ribbons, and its
solemn little dark face looks out with
an air of being quite used to the stu
alton. Babies SO tied are easy to
handle. They do not need many
clothes, and, indeed, do not wear many
under their bandages.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02

tally complete; but there is tc
be lot of talking done in the grea
hall during the few days preceding ad.
! journment. -rE -.rF.t
| There is great deal of difference
between public talking and actual de.
ba ting. The difference is well defined
between genuine discussion of public
measures and talking for talks sake
in order to be prepared for political
campaign. The statesmen of all par
ties are guilty of campaign oratory in
congress, weeks and months before
the beginning of work on the hustings.
The real work of the house of repre-
sentatives is done, each year, when
revenue bills are passed and appropria-
ton bills have been adopted. After that
all speech making is done for the pur-
pose of filling the Congressional Rec
ord with political material for distri-
button over. the country during the
congressional campaigns. Under the
existing laws all speeches which APP
pear in the Congressional Record can
be sent through the mails free of
| charge, under the frank of member
of congress. The political managers
have tens of thousands Of speeches
printed at the government printing
office, where the rate is merely NOM
inal. The speeches are put up in en-
velopes, singly or by the score, and the
franked signature of some member of
congress is stamped on each envelope
by some employe at political head
quarters. Then other employees ad-
dress the envelopes to the people in
each congressional district; and the
United States mail carries tons of
matter thus at great public expense.
And this custom will continue as long
as the people themselves send to con-
gre=s men who thus impose upon the
public treasury, by reason of public
credulity. ---
The constitution devolves upon the
house of representatives the duty Of
raising revenue for the support of
the government, and also requires
that all appropriation bills shall
originate in that body. The senate
may concur or amend all such bills.
but when the original bills are sent
from the house to the senate the real
work of the house, the necessary
work, is completed.
While it is ,constitutionally neces-
sary for the house of Representatives
to remain in session until the senate
shall have completed it's branch of
the work of national legislation, the
members of the house take occasion
to attend to their individual polit-
zeal affairs, hence the needless and
almost endless amount of campaign
oratory at this season of every cam
paign year.
The senate is a deliberate body.
where there is no rule limiting de-
bate. One senator may talk every
day and talk by the hour if he
chooses, while others sometimes
make no speech for year or more.
Usually the speeches which are made
in the senate are intended for his
torical effect, as well as for present
political use.
Visitors listening to debates in
either branch of the congress can see
only the surface of procedure They
do not realize that back of the Wis.,
ible senators and representatives are
the invisible millions of people-the
people to whom the uttered speeches
are to be sent in printed form. But |
the men on the floor have in their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
One Jury 0verrule. Another.

A jury in Barton county, Mo-, had
acquitted the proprietor Of the Joplin
Globe of the charge of libel. The
paper had accused the plaintiff of .
heinous crime. TA1 latter was never
convicted Of the crime, but the de-
PENDANT proved to the satisfaction Of
the Jury that he was guilty. neverthe-
less, and . favorable vsrdist followed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
PIGEONS Give Fire Alarm.

A flock of pigeons owned by a Phlla-
delphia man gave an alarm OF fire the
other morning, and probably saved the
lives of the inmates of the house. The
nieeons are quartered in loft at the
rear of the house, and when at four
o'clock in the morning they set up a
great fluttering and cooling, they awak-
ened a boarder. He thought it strange
conduct on the part of the birds at that
unseemly hour, and got up to investi-
cate. He found that the house was full
Of smoke, and lost no time in arous-
;np the inmates, one Of whom ran and
turned in an alarm of fire. A Adjective
Aue was the cause of the fire, and dam
ooe to the extent of $500 had been
done before the flames were extin-
euished. The pigeons were all saved.
What He Was Waiting For.
Even minister of the Gospel has all
he can do to retain his patience under
+he business methods of modern de-
nartment store. DR.. Storrs, the we'll
known Brooklyn divine, started on
purchasing tour in one of the big stores
sn Manhattan the other day. After
several hours struggle he met friend.
wood day, doctor. What are you do
sn1 here?" he asked. DR.. Storrs calmly
replied: 81 can best answer your
question with the words of text, Job
II IA: All the days of my appointed
time will I wait until my change
anmss."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02

HeIedity.
"Do you believe in heredity?"
"Certainly; know barber who
has three little shavers."-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02
WORK ALMOST DONE.
Congress Ready for Adjournnen,
at an Early Date.
Nut the Orators Are Kept Busy Max
Ing Campaign Speeches and
"Chewinx the RaE' for
Partisan Eject,
Especial Washington letter.

work of the national house
of representatives is substan-
tally complete; but there is to
'e lot of talking done in the great
1all during the few days preceding adj
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-02

vance of the rejoicing throng, filling
the air with their glad song. All Jeru-
salem is stirred, and, moved by one i'm
pulse, it catches the refrain and goes
forth to meet the coming King. Will
ing, eager hands catch the bending
branches of the trees, which gladly
give of their luxuriance to carpet the
ground over which the King is to pass.
The flowers skirting the roadside fair
ly spring into the hands of the happy
children in their eagerness to lend
their fragrance and beauty to such a
scene as the world had never before
seen and never again will see until the
One who On that day was the center
of that joy-intoxicated throng shall
again come in the triumph and reioic-
ing OF Heaven to be received as King
by the nation which then rejected
Him.
"Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does His successive journeys run:
His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till moons shall wax and wane no more"
Sounds of Joy and of Weeping
While the multitudes rejoiced, and
hailed Jesus as King, the heart of our
Lord was being wrung with the agony
of His rejection and the coming de-
struction of His beloved city. AS He
reached the summit of the Mount of
Olives HE beheld the city and wept
over it." Jesus knew that many in
that throng who were now praising
Him would in few short days be cry
ing for His blood. With that infinite
wisdom of His Divine nature He was
able to penetrate the shallowness Of
the passing emotion, and see beneath
the germ of unbelief and the pas
sion born of holl. IF Jesus had
turned to that multitude that day
and plainly told them that their song
of praise was only the prelude to the