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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23
SYSTEM PLAYER AT ROULETTE.
Syndicate to Back Earl of Rosslyn at
Saratoga,

1t is said in New York city that
James Francis Harry st. Clair Erskine.
fifth Earl of Rosslyn, will be taken to
Saratoga before long by a syndicate of
gamblers, headed by Bud Renaud, pro-
prietor of the Merchants Club in New
Orleans and one of the best known gam
blerS in the United States to he exploit
ed as system player at roulette Mt n
gambling place that is now being fitted
up 10y the syndicate IN or near Saratoga.
Last winter RoSslyu announced in
London that he had a sure thing system
Tor beating roulette and he advertised
Tor subscriptions 10 Il fund which he
might take 10 Monte Carlo to make a
fortune for himself and the subscribers
lie found considerable number of ner.
sons who were willing To give up their
money. For time koSslyn's WINNINGS
We're Of such magnitude that the suh-
ScrlherS 10 the fund were encouraged
Al length, however. the nercrntave in
favor of the house and against the nlaver
did lis work. The Rosslyn system wont
the way of all other systems and the
young man went broke or nearly so
There Is an unwritten decree that thera
shall he Just six gambling resorts in
saratoga and no more. Since tho sly
nave been doing business other men have
tried to break into the town and omen
othet places. hut they have been told
laat thvy Mere not wanted 1t remains
20 ee seen II the syndicate can ovevcome
this obstacle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

a SPILL but our host produced littls
silver box and solemnly lighted up for
us. So at last we rose to our beds, orr
prodigious tapers adding to the blaze of
the electric light a familiar scent Of
home. and not by any means, the most
agreeable one.'
The sketches throughout the book arc
''deliciously" apt, but the romance that
is put in for a sustaining thread is nor
even self-sustaining. Miss Cotes might
better have told us more funny things
about ourselves, and left her English
lords and American girls to some other
matchmaking author.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23
BIG BILL DEVERY'S HOST.
Ex-Police Chief of New York City Enter
tai1s Families of Constituents
at Picnic.

Big Bin Devery's outing for the women
and children of the Ninth Assembly dis
trict in New York city was the largest
excursion party that ever left Goth
am. There were nine boats in the feet,
two steamboats,, a tug and six barges, all
dashed together and loaded down with
people. "Touchn' on and appertainin'
to- how many people went. Devery said
$4,000. He did not lose one of
them. One boy whose family did
not take him was drowned at
the New York pier. 1t took three hours,
from s o'clock until II. to get the people
aboard, and even then there were 5000
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23
Wouldn't Approve of Rescue

One OF the officers in certain volun.
men. One evening as he ,yas r,t,,r,i us
'6ome he slipped into some dcrn wafrr
a private i'm his regiment. however. han.
ptuei 10 see him, aud. after Sou3r IRON.
ne; succeeded lu pulling hun out.
lhc officer was very profuSc i'm his
thanks ana asked his rcscucr the hest
way il" could reward him
The best way vau can rs,c,rl .,,, =,
said the soldier is to saw uofhin, sbon,
IT, ''''@ """"'
WHY, my dear fellow" said the aston.
ished officer why do You wish me- m
say nothing about ity'
Because il the other fellows knew I'll
RULED VIZ" oNt they'd chuck me inr'-
CWr."a: !!-ur&tuvc
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The most serious mistake which Tracy
made was in killing himself after all that
has occurred. The emphasis is on the
after" IL he was going to kill himself.
why didn't he do it at the outset--or let
some one else have crack at him.
Tracy took a good deal of unneces-
sary trouble to disturb the congregation
as he went out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

An English clergyman has invented a
contrivance which he calls a hyposcope
that will enable a soldier to aim and
discharge his rifle from cover without
showing his head. This instrument will
still further complicate matters for
columns attacked by enemies using
smokeless powder, and will make battles
simply exchanges of lead for opposing
forces that are both under cover and
supplied with horoscopes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23
Great Labor Saving Machine.

\ Norwegian, Henrik Finne of Stay
anger, has invented a machine for turn
ing out tins used for sardines and ancho-
vies. Hitherto a skilled laborer could
make about 600 tins daily, but Mr.. Fin
mes machine will produce from $4,000 to
10000 day.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The captors of Tracy may have as
hard a time in securing the reward for
the desperate as they did in corraling
him in the wheat field.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The anthrax epidemic among the cat
tie near La Crosse should be fought
strenuously, without regard for cost.
The disease is one to be feared, as it
attacks human beings as well as ami
mails
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The people who are asking is Venice
doomed|' seem to believe that the fall
of the Campanile was due TO the under
mining of the foundations Of the throne
which the Queen OF the Adriatic built
for herself upon the sea. But the Cam,
panile had stood for a thousand wears.
and 1t was not as near the waters edge
as other structures that are intact and
hunglng workmen are said 10 have has
tened its collapse The fall OF the Cam.
panile of San Stefano is now predicted.
But even If ii occurs it will not ncses-
sarily imply the doom of Venice. There
are other cities where buildings nave
crunhled to ruin. Chicago's old post
Office disintegrated TO large extent be-
fore is was pulled down. but Chicago
still endurcS. London is apprpheuSiye
regarding Westminster Abbey ana ST.
PauIS Cathedral The latter is a very
modern building compared with the
crumbled Campanilc of san Marco: but
the rigors of changing seasons have
wrought upon its fabric 10 such an eN-
tent that when Macau,ay's New Yea
lander makes his trip to England. after
civilization has moved its seat of empire
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The purchase of a large tract of Wis
consin land by Chicago stock-raisers will
open the eyes of other investors as to the
opportunities in Northern Wisconsin for
getting rich in the raising of high-priced
hpef
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

Sh"',ld King Edward come across the
Atlantic with fast yacht. to race for
the Americas cupS The yachtsmen Of
this, country viii show him how happy
they can make man while they are
really disappointing him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The fatal mine explosion at Trinidad,
Colorado, adds another list of dead to
record Of disasters that will make 1902
memorable in the annals of mining.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

A camper at Evanston, Ill.,, claims to
have killed a mosquito measuring three
quarters of an inch. The Eastern folks
who assert that they have seen the sea
serpent might as well go away back and
sit down.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The organization of stogie trust de-
velops a new phase of the smoke prob
lena situation that is not so much
"agin" smoke as "agin' the smoker.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

AS a result of the striking of oil in
Ontonagon county, upper Michigan may
have another inning at the get-rich-quick
business, which once ragged along Ger
tain iron range of glorious and inglorious
memory.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The earthquakes and reviying volca-
noes may eventually put Alaska into a
melting mood.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

Brewers have no interest in the report
ed big hop crop in Kansas; it is merely
an epidemic of fieas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The stranger in America, trying to
learn TIE language. might remark Il
comprehend Est ees call hard coal be-
cause Get ees so hard to get"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

There is nothing distinctly fattering in
the claim from Lodi that the late Mr..
Tracy of Oregon penitentiary was a
Badger product.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

Milwaukee's heavy importations of
Holland herrings will either cast sus-
picion on reported big catches of fish by
home amateurs, or give outsiders an idea
that they have undertaken systematic
campaign against the beef trust
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The riot in support of an umpire at
La Crosse is evidence that the fans
have mission, after all.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

Recalling Prince Henry's remarks con
corning Milwaukee's pretty women. in
connection with the Crown Princes re-
ported affair of the heart, it would APP
pear that the German royal family is
not at all oblvious to the charms of
femininity.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The White Lead Trust shouldn't i'm
agine that it can paint the town red"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-23

The French Academy's opinion that
the Koch theory of incommunicability
of bovine tuberculosis to man has been
disproved by the illness with tuberculo-
sis of DIR. Garnault, who inoculated HIM
self with germs from COW to test the
theory, is in accord with the idea that
where doubt exists it is better to be on
the safe side. The very fact that cattle
are afflicted with tuberculosis is enough
TO make people shun both milk and meat
of such animals, even though the pro-
duets might be harmless.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14

grafton there-and, oh, my dear lord
what shall my punishment be?"
"This, o my beloved" and he kissed
her with the tenderness Of renewed
love, "know, o my princess, that !
helped thee do that brief cruelty. My
race has many secrets, and I have
solved them for my own knowledge.
1t was 1, Light of my Eyes, who ex-
aggerated the feeble brilliancy of the
glow-worm into that rare glory of dia-
monds. I who made the curious see
what did not exist, and it was / who
held them spellbound, that you might
leave unseen"
'But my Lord Of Rajput, how gained
you this strange power?"
"Ask me not, o Splendor Of the
Earth. 1 practice it no more since in
renouncing my people and my faith I
lose the power"
"But is it not accounted sin in
your country, my lord, to destroy life
even the life of an insect"
"Joy of my Soul, 1 am no longer in
India, and l believe no more in it's ira
ditions, beloved one, since I have
known thee '-Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
Atm osphere of Ceylon.

When visitors enter Horticultural
Hall, in Philadelphia, they pant. The
heavy air-stagnant and warm and
moist--oppresses their lungs. But the
tropical plants in the hall would die
without this kind of air, and a man
said of it the other day: 1T is very
much like the air of Ceylon. Ceylon
has just such heat, and just SUCH a
crushing prostrating humidity as this.
Do you know that every European
house out there has among its servants
a clothes airer--a man whose sole duty
it is to air and beat the clothes, which
otherwise would become covered with
n thick. white coat of mildew in a few
hours? 1 took $3.50 camera with me
to Ceylon. The dealer had warranted
the wood to be perfectly seasoned, but
/ had not been in the island week be.
fore my camera had warped and fallen
apart. The Ceylonese, in their horrible
climate, are healthy because they eat
no meat and drink only water" ."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
A TEXAS DESPERATE.
Career of Ben Thompson, Who Killed
Twenty-six Men.

Career of Ben Thompson, Who Killed
Twenty-six Men.
"When Ben Thompson was killed
in San Antonio, in 1883, the last of the
desperadoes of Texas crossed the big
divide,'" said Mr.. w. B. Brush, former
postmaster and a leading citizen Of
Austin, at the New Willard.
II knew Ben Thompson intimately.
He was, when free from the influence
Of liquor, as modest and courteous q
gentleman as G1e would wish to meet.
Drink did not exactly make demon
Of him, but IL made him very aggres-
sive, and woe to the man who crossed
him at such time. He was as brave
a man as ever lived, and never took
an unfair advantage.
''His skill with pistol was some
thing marvellous. He could operate
a pair of revolvers simultaneously,
and his aim was unerring. He made
one of the best Chiefs of Police that
Austin ever had, and during his admin
istration the town was model for or
derly behavior If he went out to
make an arrest, the toughest cowboy
had no thought of resistance.
"Ben was born in England, but came
to Texas when a child, and grew up
during rather a stormy and lawless
period. He was always attired in the
height of fashion, and some of the best
men of the town were his warm per-
f,,tA IL, IN. 1nxy
in a bantering way asked him how
many men he had killed.
"Ben paused as if stopping to count
up his victims and then replied: We'll.
as near as | can remember, I've killed
twenty-six people, For moment no.
body said word, and then Ben broke
the silence by exclaiming, but that
doesn't include Mexicans.' "-Washing-
ton Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
IN THE EVENING HUSH.

What witchery dwells in the evening gloam
When the fire burns low and the shadows
roam
like fitting ghosts where the dim light
falls
In Pickering shapes on the dusky walls?
What spirits come when the heart goes
back,
And moves again DER the darkened track
That walk with me through the long ago
In the evening hush when the lights are
low?
What shadows over the dim room creep
TO silent mourn or to pause and weep
And place a wreath on some crumbled
tomb
Half lost in the dust of the ancient gloom?
Forgotten shapes that in silence come
When the ears are dulled and the lips are
dumb,
And only the dream tides ebb and flow
In the evening hush when the lights are
low.
Gray spectres out of the vanished past
Come stealing forth; and all flying fast,
The mystic ones from the future greet
And clasp white hands as the winding
sheet
Unrolls, quick flooding the haunted room
With the scent of long dead roses bloom;
And memory's visions come and go
In the evening hush when the lights are
low
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
Things That Went Wrong.

Mrs. Mahala jerks, an estimable
married woman, residing in Neosha
County, Kas., awoke from an after
dinner nap one day with a loud shrek.
She had dreamed that something ter
rible had just happened, or was about
to happen to her father. farmer in
Illinois.
So strong was the impression upon
her that she looked at the clock and
noted the hour, firmly convinced that
her dream was reality.
Two days afterward Mrs. jerks re-
ceived n letter from her father, writ
ten on the day when she had her
dream, conveying the news that every
body in the family was well, and he
hoped these few lines would find hei
enjoying the same great blessing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
A Historic Tree.

The oak tree under whose branches
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas held political debate in 1858,
is still standing in Bloomington, ILL.,, in
the yard Of e. NJ. Bowen. 1t appears
to be centuries old. In 1858 the tree
marked an inclosure then known as
Hinshaw's pasture, former public
meeting place. George Hinshaw. The
owner, was Democrat. He arranged
to have the debate there, being an ad-
mirer of Douglas. The two candidates
for United States Senator had engaged
in series of debates, and the one held
in Bloomington attracted voters from
far and near. y platform for the can.
didates was constructed directly under
the boughs of this old oak. It's
shade protected the audience as we'll
as the speakers. Only three men are
now living in Bloomington who heard
the famous orators. They are John
Dawson. Adam Guthrie and w. s. De,
pew.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
Robespierre,s Clock .

Robespierres clock, which stood in
the room occupied by him in the house
of the carpenter Duplay, is now in the
possession of Mile. Geniat, an artistic
of the Franchise. The clock, aside
from its historical value, is most inter-
csting on account Of its curious works.
The face is of copper and has only one
hand At the Chicago exhibition this
clock was an object OF much interest,
1t is to be placed in the Carnavalet
Museum. by the side of the great clock
of the Tuileries, which struck so many
historical hours from the time of the
Directory until the burning of the Tuil-
cries Oh the evening Of May "A. 1871.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14

All! Always thus in the eerie time
'Twixt night and day, l can hear the chime
From the clock of fate, on either hand
From the curtained past and the unknown
land
/ have dreamed about but have never seen;
And 1 hark to both as l sit between,
While the white ones mingling come and &c
In the evening hush when the lights are
low?
There are ghosts of dreams that dreamed
when young;
When hope her shimmering bright scarf
flung
All jeweled, streaming adown the sky,
And loves bright chariots thundered by.
Bright dreams they were; but the brightest
Are they of the palest and care-lined brow
When the ghosts of the old days come and
go
In the evening hush when the lights are
low?
The freight dies and the night is here;
The Pickering shadows disappear
To roam again in the far-off land =
And beckon me with spectral hand. (,
All, well! not long till /, too, shall be
A silent one of the company,
And haunt the gloom and the firelight's
glow
In the evening hush when the lights are
low.
Lowell o. Reese, in the San Francisco
Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
AS BADLY OFF AS SELKIRK.
Tho Impecunious Scotchman Who Har
assed a Good Natured Man.

u
Edward H. Sanborn, well known il
Philadelphia manufacturing circles
says the Philadelphia Record, tells OF
professional deadbeat who has haunt
ed him for years. MY first encounter
with him." says Mr. Sanborn. "was
when l was connected with the drug
business in Boston, nearly fifteen years
ago. He introduced himself to me as
the son of n prominent chemist in
Glasgow, Scotland and said that he
had come to this country with glitter
ing promises that had not been full
filled, and spun such nard luck tale
that l gave him some assistance. He
came around regularly after that, and
his pet expression was: Il am cut off
as completely from my friends as Alex.
ander Selkirk was on the Island of
Juan Fernandez He got to be such
a nuisance that / told him l had 20
more money, and he needn't come
around, or words to that effect
well, one evening after l came to
Philadelphia l was sitting in the Rev.
Russell H. Conwelrs parlor when a
Scotchman was ushered in, on beg
ging mission. I didn't recognize him
until he CHANGED to remark that he was
cut off from his friends as completely
as Alexander Selkirk was on the Island
of Juan Fernandez. l called DR.. Con-
well aside, and the result was that the
fellow went away empty handed, and
without recognizing me.
"On another occasion, when I was
doing newspaper work, I was writing
at my desk one night, when fellow
strolled into the office and announced
that he was a Scotch newspaper man
in hard luck. l paid no attention to
him until the words floated over to my
corner: I am cut off as completely
from my friends as Alexander Selkrk
was on the Island or Juan Fernandez.
l looked up and recognized him, and
again his plans were frustrated. The
other day he braced me on the street.
Are you as lonely as Selkirk on the
Island of Juan Fernandez? | asked.
He gave me one look and sneaked
away"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
RUSSIAN ENAMEL.
Coming Novelty in the Way OF Jewelry
For the Fair Sex.

Coming Novelty in the Way of j ewelry
For the Fair Sex.
Quite a smart novelty introduced by
a live jeweler is what is called Russian
enamel. Naturally it is made in Ger
many-nearly everything is. 1t comes
in number f forms, all pleasing and
all decidedly odd. The quaintest part
of it is that the enamel is transparent
This quality is particularly well ex-
plotted in the hatpins. There are two
sorts of heads-one in the shape of
Mercury wings, the other in a design
that tops a knights staff They cost
50, and show off the design the best of
any of the pieces, because they stand
out where the light may shine through.
For mere prettiness. the double shell
is the choice; it is one Of the novel
things to hang on a chain. The shell
folds together with room between for
keepsake. The enamel changes from
blue to green, and is marked off finely
with gilt in cathedral glass effect. This
costs SS.
Much more elab ,rate is a necklace
with a pendant 1t is Of gold, in an
ancient design and two bits of the en-
amel breaks its length few inches
each way from the pendant. And this
pendant is in the shape of human
head with green and blue hair around
her ivory face in true posteresque fash
ion. A cabochon emerald is on her
forehead. and the more YOU look at II
the more you wonder If the idea Is
Egyptian or astical.-Philadel-
phia Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
Selling Gem etery Lots.

"It is no wonder that dress in black,
for my business is the selling Of ceme-
terry lots. Is there anything in the
world more solemn"
The speaker, a fat man, lingering his
black tie, resumed:
81 don't believe I'd ever make sale
If l wore gay, joyous colors. For most
of my patrons are people who have
suddenly lost q near relative-couples
that have lost their first child mainly
and their grief is profound as they
conduct this ghastly business Of buy
ing graveyard ground, and 1T Is my
place to jar on them as little as possi-
BILE. Hence 1 wear black and look
grave.
my work is sad, but it is saddest of
all when old couples-old, childless
couples-come to me to buy lots. A
couple are getting on in years. One
will soon be gone. 1t is necessary to
select with care, consulting one anoth'
er wistfully. They consider the view,
1t is best, they think, to be on an emi'
nence. They consider the subject OF
shade. The fertility of the soil, also
is an important question, for they think
that they will like flowers to grow on
their graves.
II admit" said the agent, 'that
make a good deal of money, People
you know, are in no mood for driving
bargains when they come to buy theil
graves, and 1 take advantage of thai
fact. But my work is so sad that Il
has to be very lucrative to keep me a
| t"-Philadelphia Record,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14

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York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14

Kentucky has within her borders
nearly onc-fourth as many sheep as
oil the ether Southern States com.
lined.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
Matrimony, Eminence
and Longevity
BY Edgar Sa1tuS.

THORNDIKE of Columbia University discusses
in the issue of popular periodical propcst
tions general interest. First that of eminence
marry young second. that matrmony is good for hem
The prior proposition is uncontroveribe. Shining
amples superabundant Last week, or the week be-
fore the Sultan of Zanzibar married The Sultan Is
precisely seventeen Zanzibar he is certainly eminent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14

|
in milionaie
with
O
intellect
hundred
Hitera
Inlteacy habit
a
But the uneducaed to be ped those who have reached
middle life without the
sefconfdence
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-14
~ ~ II
Education as a Reserve Power
BY w. BoIIrke CockI an.

Of ironm manufacturers
l the OF o
~ thing a
possible decried the idea of
college education acquiring culture This
1 probably the
of
hot get
of