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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
" Young Folks Column. *

father, an there'H be moon artcr
| awihel. An of course I'll take the old
gun along
Her mother was about to make further
protest when 4 look from Polly stopped
/ her.
sally is right. mother. we mustn't
tbink of personal danger at time like
this. l Eould - myself If | could. but
can't However, Sally knows the way
perfectly, an Is Il splendid shot an, as
she says. can dose an lngjn baby most as
wed as | can. / don't believe therel be
much danger.
Rut rs she saw her sister leave the
cabin, and heard her footsteps move
away in the direction taken by WaSsa-
, mon, short time before. she concealed
her face behind her spinning wheel 81
| that her mother might NOT see the ankle
~ she knew il expressed
Five minutes passed then there came
the clear Shr,ll hoot of an owl, thrice
repeated.
That's her signal" cried Polly. her
voice warering between laughter and
Sob> shes crossed the brook an is Just
eutcrn the woods. That means shes ali
right-an' brave girl she is. too
rive minutes later came another t'hoot,
boot sounding very faint aud far away.
After that there was silence save for the.
occasional howl Of 4 wolf or the Wild
fearful scream of a maraudlug panther.
Sometimes they heard Stealthy footsteps
near the cabin. and knew that some wild
beast was proving about in search of
stray bones
All night long they waited, listening
and trembling, hoping and fearing. and
only when the light of Il new day began
to creep through the oil paper window
aid they hear returning footsteps. Both
of them were ut the door when Sally en-
tered, wet, tired, and with hands and
face scratched Ivy the briers of the
sWamI,S she had passed through. Sire
went directly TO n basin of water on q
bench near the door and began to scrub
and rinse ont her mouth.
What's the matter, child:" asked her
mother. anXiouSly.
But Sally went on vigorously with her
work. and only when she seemed to be
satisfied that her mouth was clean dill
she leave the basin and drop wearily into
her fathers high backed roomy arm
chair,
It's all right. another" she said. with
glow of triumph on her face; "the pa
poosc was doubled up an wheezin' aw-
fully. Int | dosed an coddled him till he
got better, an then told his mother what
to do; | didn't come away until he was
out o danger
Did You see Wassamon?" asked
Polly.
Didn't /. though" she said. luguhri.
ouly. "IIc stopped me when | was COM
IN away an made me squat down an
smoke a pipe o peace with him. He said
that my friends should be his friends an
that ! should always be to him as one uf
his own family. Ugh! the nasty pipe!
smoked il like a regular lngin. hut il was
awful. I'm afraid | can't ever get the
horrible taste out o my mouth, Tgh,'-~
Philadelphia Times
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Now and Then.

l leave with God tomorrow's where and
how.
And do concern myself but with the New
That little word, though half the futures
length.
Well used, holds twice its meaning and its
strength.
Ike one blindfolded cropping out his way,
] viii net try to touch beyond the day.
Slice all the future is concealed from sight
I need but strive to make the next step
right.
That done, the next, and so on, ill find
I'elchapce some Gay l am no longer blind,
and, looking up. heildld Il radiant Friend
Who says. "Rest now, for you have
reached the end.
-I,Ma Wheeler Wilcox in PHILADELPHIA
Evening Bulletin.
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For Blue Monday.

Try washing red table linen in water in
which a little borax has been dissolved.
Add a few dro9s of ammonia to the
blue water to whiten the clothes
Clothes turned right side out, carefully
folded and sDrinhled are half ironed
Sprinkle salt on a wine stain and pour
boiling water through it until it is gone.
kerosene may be saTciy used with bolt
ing water to whiten yellow clothes. The
quantity required is a tablespoonful 10
each gallcn of suds.
If coffee is spilled on linen the stains
can be removed by soaking the part in
clear cold water, to which a little borax
has been added. for twelve hours.
Wet fruit stains with alcohol or pour
boiling water through them.
If the stain is from tea or fruit do
not put the article IN cold water, or the
stain Will become set. Simply pour boil
ing water over it until it disappears,
which it will do if quite fresh.-Philadei-
phia Enquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
9hs Cost of Ambiguity,

\ good story illustrates the danger thai
lies in the anonymously worded telegraph
dispatches. The wife Of a New York
lawyer of large means and adequate
knowledge of the value of the dollar had
gone to an auction sale Of laces, Of which
she is Unfortunately fond, and had seen
some pieces which took her fancy. The
price was $4,000 and she hesitated &c
make the purchase without asking her
husband whether she should do so. She
did so. and received this reply: no price
too high" Madame promptly bought the,
laces, and so struck was She by the gen
crosby, not TO say gallantry, Of her hus.
bard. that she added to her store $1,000
worth besides. When her husband re-
turned that evening, she learned that the
dispatch he had sent read this way. 'Nc.
Advertiser.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25

New York, Jan 11-While Wall
street Is surely the financial center OF
the country it is just as truly the spct
where the American fashions in ui u, ;
clothes are arbitrarily decided uyon
More Americans who can afford to dlrss
as they please, and who through GER
tain theatrical quality in their work on
the stock exchange, are inclined to br
especially attentive to their outward
effect. congregate daily there than any
whore else in the country. They are
all on view at oGee-tm0re men together
than can be seen regularly anywhere else
in this part Of the world. What they
wear in and out Of office hours makes
standard that men Of more sober call
ings accept with notifications. a Dlaci;
sack coat and lghter-cOlorcd trousers is
the regulation dress. 4 certain number
Of high hats and black cutaways with
equally black waistcoats appear on the
older men. but the taillcsS coat far out
numbers any other kind. The round
| tops Of DERBY hats Cutnumber every
thing else in hcadgcar. The broker"
and those members Of firms who stay
in their offices are more carefully got
no than the men on the floor Among
these outsiders, particularly the prcsi-
dents aud higher officials Of large hnau-
! cial institutions, the black cutaway aUd
| high hat have bccOI'o a sort Of badge
! Of Office As the yoGager men graduate
from the 1o0r to grow old In inside
/ Offices the tails Of their coats grow
/ l1Dupr.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25

In the Era William s. Walsh, tie oh
server, has an exceedingly interesting dis
QUESTION ON calendars which contains
some curious information. Mr. Walsh
writes.
among The Greeks and Romans. al
MANAGES OF calendars were not written for
the general public, hut were preserved rs
part OF the esoterie learning OF the
priests, whom the people had to consult,
not only for the dates Of the festivals,
| but for the proper times when various le-
gal proceedings might be Instituted.
About 800 Il. c., however, one Encius
Flavius, secretary to Appius Claudius,
stole these secrets by repeated apphCa-
tions to the priests and eollated the in
formation so gained. II was really pub
fishing nm almanac, when. as Liyy re-
lates, Flavius exhibited the Fast on
white tablets around the Forum From
this time similar tablets containing the
calendar the festivals. Astronomical phe-
nomena and sometimes illusions to his
tOrical events became quite common
they have been dug mp in Pompcii and
elsewhere.
There are also cxtant Christian calau-
dars dating as far back as the Fourth
century, which give the names Of the
saints, aud other religious information.
One Of the most famous OF the calen-
dars of the Middle 4 ges is tnat COM
piled 10y Petrus of Dacia in A. -. 1900.
\ MS. copy is preserved in the Sayilian
library ut Oxford. The Symbocal Man
or Man Of Signs (Iomo Signoruml, still
n common feature nj amanacs, appears
in this hook. not it is coniectured for the
first time. rs ii seems TO have been sur
yival from the time of Ptolemy's "Alma-
gcsi," collection Of classic observations
and problems relating to geometry and
astronomy.
The first printed almanac was the "pra
Pmribus Annis," issued Mt Vienna in
1851, by an astronomer named purbaGh.
The earliest known almanac devoted OK
pressy to fine year of issue was pub
lished by Radicals in 1888.
ThcHccforth, the cphomeral yearly
character Of The publication came TO he
definitely recognized by almanac makers.
Nostradamus set the fashion Of incor-
poraiing predictions OF coming events in
10 almanac9, fashion that has con
tiuuod 10 this day in AL purely astrolo.j-
cal brochures Of this sort. despite intor-
mittcut efforts to suppress il by royal au-
taority IN France aud elsewhere.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
The Modern Young
Man As He Is in Society.

The more study the ways Of the mod
crn young man the better l understand
why women say that the society Of a
man is seldom enjoyable before he has
attained the age of 40. writes Max
O'Rell. The modern young man is con
ceited. assertive, blase. He settles the
questions Of the day with an air Of SUI
preme authority; he patronizes the
girls crosses his legs half sitting. half
lying on easy chairs. IN the presence Of
ladies, and thinks he cOnfers a great hon
or upon them in Condescending to dance
ton.
In France and in England he is objec-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
To Give Commands in Chinese.

Tho British war Office is doing oil in
It's power to encourage the stuay of Chi
nese in the army 1t is considered i'm
possible TO continue the training Of rcgi-
ments ike the Chinese regiment of in
fantry unless the English y. G. O.'s are
able 10 instruct the men in their own
tongue. The secretary Of state for war
is Offering rewards as an encouragement
10 proficiency in the Chinese language
London Mail.
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Not G Mark for the Sermon.

After preaching a sermon on the fate
of the wicked. an English cier"e
an old woman well known for her Cos
siping propensities, and he said: Il hope
my sermon has borne fruit. You heard
what / said about the place where there
We'll, as to that" answered the dame,
''if | as anythink to say, it be this: Lei
them gnash their teeth as has em-I
ain'tn'-San Francisco Argonant.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
Amcrican Women's Crownc.

-Four American women will wear
crowns and figure in King Edwards
coronati0n-the Duchesses of Marlbor-
orgb and Manchester and the CountesSes
OF Craven and Essex Fashionable jew
eers are at work on tiaras and crowns
initiating famous ones in history. and en-
mine is steadily creeping up in price beth
in New York and London. because L.
too, is the selected trimming for the robes
of royalty.-Town and Country.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
- Gossip for the Ladies. ~
....

toned. One sees very few women who
stand upright. All have an air of fra
gllty, ennui ard languor thar suggests
certain paintings of BuTne-Jones and Ros-
setti.-P Philadelphia Enquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
Cotton.Growinr in Hungary.

Hungary hopes to be able to raise cot
ton. although the warm season is only
five months long and the plant requires
seven months to ripcn. The difficulty is
the seed and by adding certain ingrcdi-
ont, to the soil.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25
MhislkY Trust Dividends.

The whisky trust paid out S1,9l1 1868
in dividends during last year-mOrc than
double that Of the previous year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-25

The above j. photo Of Miss Lillian
Norton Of Boston, who is superintendent
of postal finance. At Washington She
receives Il salary Of $3.50 per year, which
makes her the highest paid woman en-
pl0ye Of the federal government
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
Mines and Minerals
Of Arizona
MONARCH 6. & C. M. CO.
Preparing to Sink Double Compart-
ment Working Shaft.

c. J.. Baker, neral manager of the
Monarch Cold and Copper Mining com
pany. whose property is considered by
the theoretical expert and the prac-
teal miner as among the most promis-
ing mines in the great southwest min
eral belts. has been in jerome during
the past week looking after the inter-
tStS OF his company. says the Jerome
News. At the mine he has made every
arrang amert necessary for the sinking
of Il double compartment working shaft
to depth OF 800 feet. and he left this
Saturday morning for Prescott from
which city he viii al once have shipped
to the property a steam hoist of neces-
sary capacity to sink into the thou
sands Of feet if necessary.
During the year that this company
has had control of the property ii has
spent thousands of dollars in thorough
ly exploring its ground. during which
time they have located many large
bodies Of high grade gold ore. and can
now sink a working shaft in Il location
where the ores from every claim in the
group can be most economically
brought to the surface and to the mill
Mir. Grandy. one of the directors of
the company. who has been at the mine
tOG some weeks. lcII EfltdN IOf GALL
fornia. from where he will go to BoS-
ton. Mrs. Grandy is With her husband
on his pleasure and business trip. They
expressed themselves as much pleased
with Arizona and its climate, and their
democratic bearing to all with whom
they came in contact while here. made
many friends.
Another mining company is in prog
ress of organization With d group of
promising claims in the Jerome district
as Il foundation. The property is To-
Gated south Of Equator hill near the
Minsus Mountain and Verde Chief
properties. The organizers are the To-
caters and owners of the property. and
the Individual owners will. as soon as
the organization is perfected. deed the
property over to the company. thus as
surfing every person VINO may invest =
dollar in the stock of this company
some thing which he cannot lose by the
company failing to purchase the prop
Grty upon which the organization is
based.
While there has not as yet been much
! development work done on the prop
erty. the showing is a good one ard
those who have visited the mines speak
very highly Of it. Work on the prop
erty viii be started within the next
thirty days and continued until the
claims are thoroughly opened.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07

West Copper Mining company will
probably arrive in the city tomorrow.
They are coming to confer with the
city council concerning the proposed
water franchise. Tuesday night the
conference viii be held in the fire
house. superintendent Dwight of the
Bisbee West company said yesterday
that he was not in a position to state
whether his company would demand an
exclusive franchise. The Bisbee West
company has its large pumps installed
and Will probably make a test some
time today. The pumps have Il capac-
ity Of 2SS.C00 gallons every twenty-four
hours. and are OF the latest improved
pattern. \ test viii be made to deter
mine how much water the main shaft
is capable OF Observation-Disclosures.
Wednesday David Lawrence, the
mining engineer. returned from the
Harshaw district where he had been
for the purpose of surveying = num-
her Of claims. He reports two inpor-
tant strikes in that section. one being
in the HardsheH and the other in thu
Alta mine. 1t is also said that the
HeTmoso people have made Il good find
IL the old Hermoso.-Vidette
The hoist in the Victor mine. Lynx
creek. which was damaged by fire ON
the 10th of April. has been repaired and
sinking is again being pushed. y stamp
mill viii soon be in operation on this
property
Assays Of the truEkful OF ore brought
in from Crazy basin by y. =. Shultz
showed values ranging from 81 a ton
TO $500 = ton. As the ore is all prac-
tically surface ore it is very good
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07

Office are preparing to present again
the claims which have been rejected
at his hands. Mr.. Ware, who is to
succeed to the commissionership. is to
meet rash Of these men, backed by
the pension agents and the C. A r., the
latter in those sections where it is act
ing with the pension agents. Commits
sioner Ware will be asked to admit
these claims, and it VIII be urged upon
him that his appointment to this place
makes it logically necessary that he
shall Go so. Whatever may be the as
surarces offered to the public in the
case lie viii be told that he is pat there
net to continue the policy of his prede-
cessor, but to reverse it. If it were
otherwise. he will be asked where was
the necessity for the change 1t is n
conundI'um which, from a party point
Of view. admits of but one solution
Boston Herald.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
DEPEW MEETS HIS MATCH.

This story on Chauncey NJ. Depew is
too good to be original, bat the sena COR
must be in ii, just as Lincoln was in
all the stories of 4 past period. a
tramp met the senator ana asked him
in that easy, Velvet-tongued way:
Would you kindly assist q" etc
ChaunCey, of course is an easy m2 X
and as he famed himself after extract
ing the quarter, the tramp inquired:
And who may L say was so kind
hearted?'
"Oh, never mind. That's all right
But in after years. when l recall al
those whose tender hearts"
Never mind. my good fellow
Then 1 cannot accept it sir. I nllst
let my friends know"
We'll tell EN- it was Grover Cleve-
land and let it go at that"
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
AURELIEN sCHOLL.
Ane cdotes of Paris Most Famous
Roulevardier.

They are telling many stories about
the late Aurelien Scholi. playwright,
novelist essayst. duelist and. above
all, and first of all, newspaper man.
Scholl coined Il famous word, which at
once acquired international reputation,
and he coined it in a newspaper hester
RoGueplan invented the word ''lorette.
then came "cocotte,'' and in 1888 Scholl
put in circulation "horizontaie."
Scholl is often described as we'll as
mentioned in the Journal des Con
courts. In 1853 he sat in the office OF
Paris" Il literary journal: ''Scholl,
with his monocle screwed in an eye,
his witty bursts of rage, his ambition
Of gaining the next week $4,000 francs
a year by his romances in Twenty-Five
Volumes
His wit was biting. He said of Bar
riere, Yes. he has talent, but he does
not know how TO make you forgive it"
His vitality was depressing to men of
weaker nerves and slower thought.
Epi%rams. anecdotes. prophecies in
credible stories flow from his mouth.
from soup to fruit. from the rising
from table to the leaving the house.
He must have been a tiresome person.
He told Daudet Huysmans and Ed
mond de Goncourt Of a rope dancer
whom he courted. His rival was lis
sot. whose pictures of the Savior We're
exhibited here in the old Providence
station. Tissot used to go with her to
the railway stations. holding in one
hand the hoop through which she
| jumped. and in the other little sew
ing machine with which she repaired
| her costume. And at the same dinner
! he told of an American who. whenever
| he arrived in q strange city, went to
! the circus, ordered dinner for the COM
pany, and thus was sure of an elephan-
teer who would show him everything
! in town.
| Scholl believed in the power of the
press He once said: Fear no one
except justice and the Figaro
He was a sick man as far back as
1887. when he was obliged to- eat pre-
pared bread. He was happy because
he could get to bed at a. m. When h.
was in love with the rope dancer he
was obliged after the show to he at
cafes until 3 a. M. then at a bar fire.
quented by acrobats. the man that
walked on his fingers and other ingen-
ious artists, and when Scholl, dead
tired, wished to go home. the dancer
would point to some far away place
and say: Am 1 wrong. or is there MOI
little light off there?' So it would be
a. m. before he could pull his boots
Yet Scholl stood the pace bravely fol
he was born in 1S33.-Boston Journal.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
y GAS PIPE DREAM.

The drillers on the we'll being sunk
near Big Hill, in Matagorda county,
have struck a marvel in gas. In Il let
Ter written recently. Il gentleman visit
ing that nciGhborhood says: AT n
point near 500 feet deep they struck 4
gas formation with pressure much
stronger than any wen on Spindle Tcp
or any other part OF the coast country.
and the dIilla-s. not knowing what TO
expect, had The holes torn up and lost
two holes just as they struck rock
that shows from rocks blown cut. Il
forma ton exactly like the cap rock at
Spindle Top.
Mr.. Nj. p. Lea, of Lea K Son. Beau
mont driliers, Is drilling the well. He
has made a permanent gas we'll out Of
the first well and so great is the pres
sure that he has piped the gas into the
boiler as I settling tank to prevent get
ting grit into the engine and pumps,
and runs the engine from direct pres
sure without steam CT fire, and is now
down four hundred feet with the third
voii with tire gas power. The pressure
is not all turned on. yet the boiler blows
OF all the time 1t 10 pounds.
There is another phenomenon con.
rccted with the use Of the E.is. After
it il used for pC..er in the engine and
pumps. the escape pipe gives the ap-
pearance OF pipes in an ice factorY
filed with ammonia. The ice freezes
Il quarter Of an inch thick on the out
side in contact with the atmosphere.
and chunks of ice form ON the inside
from condensation Of gas and blow out
when they shut off thu sas sufficient to
DllSh ii ni1f ''-ITGuctCn Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
KING DROUGHT.

Ny read is fenced with the bleacned,
white bones.
And strewed with the blind white
sand
Beside me suffering dumb world means.
On the breast of a lonely land.
On the rim of the world the lightnings
play.
The heat waves CULVER and dance,
And the breath of the wind is a sword
to Stay.
And the sunbeams each dance.
I have withered the grass where my
hot hoofs tread.
| have whitened the sapless trees.
have driven the faint heart rains
ahead,
To hide in their soft green seas.
have bound the plains with an iron
band.
I have stricken the slow streams
dumb.
To the charge of my vanguards who
shall stand?
Who stay when my cohorts come?
The dust storms follow and wrap me
round,
The hot winds ride as a guard:
before me the fret of the swamps is
bound
And The way of the wild fowl barred.
i drop the whips on the loose fanlzed
steers.
l burn their necl1s with the bow;
And the green hide ripe and the iron
sears
Where the staggering lean beasts go.
. l lure the swaSman out of the road
70 the CLEAN of a phantom lake:
l have laid him down. l have taken his
load.
And he sleeps till the dead men wake.
My hurrying hoofs in the night go by.
And the great fccks bleat their fear:
And follow the curve of the creek burnt
And the plains scorched brown and
sore.
, The worn men start from their sleep
les rest
With faces haGgard and drawn:
IheY cursed the red sun into the west.
And they curse him out of the dawn.
They have carried my outposts out and
out
Ent-aIade of my sword for sigh
/ am the master. the dread king
drought
And the great West land is mine.
-McMllan's Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
E CTEL MENToNE


, Miles east of Hollands, ca the Kite
Shaped Track. Santa Fe Route.
Nest advantageously located sanitari-
I'm in Southern California. Under rsv-
management. open all the year.
Newly furnished and refitted through
out Offers To the invalid and health
seeker home comforts and environ
ment at reasonable rates. Highest Gle
ovation in san Bernardino valley "on-
tigucus to railroad. Free from irigl-
ton dampness. Address for partiou-
lars II. T. KING. Manager.
Mentone. Cal.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-07
NO LOSS OF TIME.

1 have sold Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
years, and would rather be out of ,of-
fee and sugar than it. I sold five boz
ties of it yesterday to threshers that
could go no farther. and they are at
work again this morning.-H i.
Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As will
be seen by the above the threshers
We're able to keep on with their work
without losing 4 single days time. You
should keep bottle OF this Remedy in
your home. For sale by Elvey 6; HUI
lett.