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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-12-12

lowed her own inclination rather than
abide by the advice OF those to whom
she owed obediencei
Cyril has pointed out 10 her that
neither father nor aunt had a right to
command her TO marry man distastefui
to herself, and TO some extent his words
had soothed her, but he knew nothing of
Philip, and it was the knowledge how
panied the latter would be when he learnt
all that made her feel ashamed OF What
she was about to do
at length the clock warned her that it
was time to start. She put on her ha2
and travelling cloak, and was about tS
blow out the candle, when thought sud
denly struck her. She put down the bag
for a moment, uDdid the front OF her
dress, and took from her bosom a tiny
silk satchet, and placed it on the table.
Then, with q sob, she hurried from the
room.
There were no people about the cor
ridors at that hour, and, avoiding the
hail, she made her way into the garden
by an iron staircase that descended from
enc of the balconies.
1t yet wanted some minutes to the APP
pointed time, and. after gaining the shell
1ct VI Inc TREES, Sie loltefeu SLOWLY DOWN
the messy path that led to the gate
where Cyril was to meet her.
1t was quie dark under the arching
boughs, but the end of the alley was
marked by spot of moonlight
She was close to it when the sound of
Lord Uptonbury's voice made her start
"Pll double the bet she does not come,
said his lordship. There goes the hourl
Another two hundred Miss Lefty does
not turn up"
Done! And now be eff" came the an
swer i'll Cyrils voice. Dash it, man,
you have no business here at all"
"Oh, just came to see fair, and have
the laugh of you. There, I'll go; but le
member, if she does not turn up you
lose four hundred. Cad, know she al
ways liked me best!"
At the first word the girl had stopped,
but as she realized the meaning of the
words she overheard, deadly faintness
came over her and she sank to the
ground.
She was, then, the subject of a bet
rn:de by the man to whom she had been
about to confide her future life, her very
benorl
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
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COPPER WITH A HISTORY.
Cent That Determined the Name Of the
Oregon Metropolis.

+. w. Pettygroye, son of +. w. Petty
grove, one of the founders of Portland
and the man who named the city, has in
his possession the copper cent with which
his father won the right to select the
name. He is a commercial traveller for
a San Francisco house, and naturally
sets great store by this cent, which he
has shown to many here on his visits to
this city. Some of his friends have be-
sought him to turn this cent over TO the
Oregon Historical societJ TO be preserved,
but he has not been able to make up
his mind to do this. George II. Hines,
secretary of the society, has been advisedJ
to wrestle with Mr.. Pettygrove and it isl
not unlikely that he may succeed in sci
curing this historical coin. Mr.. Petty
grove has also in his possession the Biblel
used on the occasion of the first sermon
ever preached in Portland, which, with
the cent, WAS presented TO him by his
father as a keepsake.
1t was in the summer of 1916 that A 4
L. Loyejoy and II. w. Pettygrove, Who'll
owned the claim on which Portland was
located, employed Thomas A. Brown tol
survey their property and lay it off intol
streets, blocks and lots, nd when he hadl
completed the plan the proprietors under,I
took to choose name for the newly born
city. Mr.. Lovejoy desired that It bel
called Boston, in honor of the capital of
his native state. Mr.. Pettygroye con-l
tended that Portland was more approx
pirate, as it was at the head of nayiga-'
ton and the port where would land ALI
the freight intended for the valley of the
Willamette and all the southern produced
of the territory. In order to decide thei
question it was proposed by Mr.. Petty
grove to toss a copper cent, which he hadI
brought with him as a souvenir of hist
eastern home. This was agreed to BY
Mr.. Iovejoy. The cent was tossed and
Mr.. Pettygrove proving the winner, Port
land was adopted as the name OF the
embryo city.-Portland 0regonian.
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Fresh Eggs-Year Old.

Some months ago a rumor went round
lit was started by correspondent of
the Lancet-tlat a chicken had been
hatched from an egg which had been
preserved by siiicate of soda for a year.
Another correspondent has just been ex-
perimenting. and has found that though
the eggs would not produce chickens
they could not be distinguished from new
laid eggs The produce dealer has long
ago discovered the virtue and the value
of the egg preservative, and has laid his
plans accordingly, while hens IN Russia.
Siberia. Morocco. and Egypt lay the
eggs. The breakfast egg which Is eaten
as new laid in Cape Colony, for instance.
has probably come with n million Others
from Russia by way OF London, and IL
about nine months old. Still, Il is "as
good rs new" and perhaps ii will be
comforting to learn that II won't hatch
chickens.-London Daily Chronicle.
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The Old North State.

North Carolina. with its area of $4,000
square miles and its stretch Of 600 miles
from end TO end, Is SO immense and its In.
terests are so varied that the people al
one extremity have little idea OF what
those at the other are like or what they
are doing. and in a modified way this il
true OF those between the extremities-
they are not acquainted with their fellow
citizens Of either the east or west and
know only in a general way what they
are doing II Is only, for instance. 175
viii surprise a good many people here to
know that the Bank OF Carteret at Beau
fort last week psid out $4,000 to Fiber
men, but this Is stated as fact. Certain
ly North Carolina Is rich in the three only
original sources OF wealth-the earth, the
water ard the Observation-Disclosures On. CD
Observer.
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Wanted No High Officers, =

In his "Reminiscences Of the Civil
War" General John h. Gordon relates
this anecdote: At the close OF the Civil
War, an old farmer near Appomattox
decided to give employment to any OF
Lees veterans that might wish TO work
few days for food and small wages.
He divided the Confederate employees
into squads according to the respective
ranks held by them in the army. He
was uBeducated, but entirely loyal 10
the Southern cause A neIghbor IN
quired Of him as to the different
squads: "Who are those men working
thereT Them is priyates, sir, of
Lees army" Well, how do they
work. Very fine. sir; hrstrate
workers" who are those in tie sec.
ond group2" Them Is lieutenants and
captains and they work fairly well.
but not as good workers as the pri
Yates" II see you have a third squad
who are theyT" THEN is colonies +"
well, what about the colonies? How
do they work. Now, ne1ghbor, you'll
never hear me say one word ag'in any
man who At In the Southern army; but
/ amt a-gwine TO hire no generals"
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CHAPTER V.
THE SILK sAcHET.

That night Lefty sat again at her win
dow listening TO the striking of the
church clock, but she no longer trem-
bled, for her mind was made up.
She had not come TO the resolution of
leaving all to share the fortunes of Cyril
Fortescue without many tears and self
reproaches. She thought Of her father,
and even more of Philip Redclife. What
would he think when he heard that she
had married without her fathers consent,
had run away from her aunt, had fol-
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'.oId lack .,

SO great was the modesty Of "Stone-
WALL Jackson that he often found his
greatness embarrassing. and he shrank
from public notice and applause.
Whenever his soldiers caught sight OF
him they rent the air with their cheers.
which he always acknowledged by lift
ing his hat. and then putting spurs to
his horse and galloping away Mt the
top of his speed.
Little Sorrel," his favorte horse.
writes his biographer. seemed TO know
the signal for his stampede, and per-
haps II was from these marvellous
flights that the foot cavalry" drew
some of their inspiration. Whenever
the sound Of the rebel yell' was heard
in their camp the soldiers jocularly
said:
That's Old Jack, or a rabbit"
In the movements Of the troops
about Richmond. on one occasion Jack
son and his staff were compelled TO
ride through field of uncut oats. The
owner rushed out upon them with great
indignation, vented his rage specially
on the general, and demanded his
name that he might report him"
In a quiet tone the name was given.
What JacksonT asked the farmer.
General Jackson" was the reply.
What" exclaimed the man, as the
truth dawncd upon him, what! stone
wall .Iackson?"
THAT is what they call me-"
The man took or his hat with the
profoundest respect and in voice
now all kindness and reverence, said :
General Jackson, ride over my
whole field; do whatever you like with
Ii. sir"
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couldn,t Read Her Mind.

Maude-They say that the younl
man who has been calling on you 70
some time is a mind reader.
Clara dor't believe 1t. II he wa
be would either propose or quit calling
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at the close of which he was ordered
TO Cairo. Illinois. In that unattrac.
tice locality no duty was given him
and after awaiting for several weeks
and sending repeated requests TO
Washington 10 be oriered to duty,
he concluded that he was marked
man and sent In his resignation In dis
gust. Upon this being received he
was ordered TO duty with the army be-
fore Petersburg. He went there, took
command of brigade, and was doing
splendidly with il, when the cruelty
that lay ut the bottom of his persecu-
tions actually dug up his old resigna-
ton and turned him out OF the SER
vice! The blow almost killed him; 1t
did for time deprive him of reason.
After the close of the war he went
to Egypt. and In the service of the
Khedive as stone Pasha," made his
name known everywhere. His death
occurred at New York lately and he
will long be remembered as the victim
of most tyrannical treatment by the
War Department.
1t seemed as though Secretary
cause that he was utterly indifferent
TO the feelings or the woes OF .ndi-
y.duals. Stories are told of him to
be sure that would indicate that he
had a heart that could he touched like
other men; but they Were exceptions,
After the battle of Cedar Mountain
a delegation went to Washington to
obtain the body of Col. Donelley. of
Che Twenty-eighth New York. who was
killed in that conflict. They went to
the War Department TO obtain per
nit TO visit the front. and explained
the nature OF their erraud. They met
with gruff refusal This was one
of a hundred similar eases. l. was Il
| positive wrong to the unfortunate
brave and their friends and relatives;
| aud the Instances were not few IN
which the kind-hearted President. Oh
appeal to him. gave the permission.
One case is reported III which tbs
| applicant redressed bis grief ON the
spot no doubt to the horror of the IN
| derlings, who had not thought ther,
could be any back talk TO the Secre
tary. An officer once introduced al
old man TO the office. explaining thai
he was in command OF the 149th Pa
regiment; that the old man had sol
in the regiment lying at the point OF
death, and wanted pass 10 the front
to he W. him in his last hour.
"He caut 60" was the brusque re.
ply. II allow no civilians at the front. =
The officer fred up INSTANTLY
my name is Dwight" he said, oval
ton Dwight. Lieut.. Col OF the 149th
Pa Vols. You can dismiss me from
the service as soon as you please. but
| am going TO tell you what think OF
you" and he proceeded to do so IN
the most vigorous language
The Secretary was, no doubt aston
ished; but the independent officer car
ried his point by sheer aI "a ity The
old man got his pass, and Col, Dwight
was neither dismissed nor punished
j. f. r., in American Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.

The city of Rome has just had a most welcome present in the person O: ] small wolf, which has already ar rived and taken it's place in the garden at the capitol, says the Pall Mall Ga Zette.
 Rome is supposed to never be with out it's incarnation, it's symbol, it's wolf; and, in fact, until lately a pair of wolves led the most idyllic life among the historic associations at the capitol and among what was perhaps more to their taste, the trees and flowers. They were fed like princes, looked at with awe by all the small children of the town and with affection by the grown ups. tine happy family once being com pleted by the arrival of two young cubs, which played like kittens, basked in the sun and only showed their teeth when fed. The two newcomers were dubbed Romulus and Remus indiscrim- inately, no one being able to tell them apart, until one fatal day, so it is stated, they fought and one was so wounded that he subsequently, died, whereupon it was declared that there was rot the least doubt that the old story had been repeated, and that Romulus had killed Remus for the sec ond time.
 The old wolves pined and died be- cause of the crime oi their offspring, 1t was roEanticaIly said, but in reality from forced inaction and overeating, and the Eternal City was left without ner symbol. When it was proposed to give the new wolf a mate it was scri- ously opposed. as it was said that mur- Ter was fated to follow and the crime 1f Romulus be indefinitely renewed.
 An extraordinary. but apparently well authenticated story of a bears freak comes from Russian village in the district of Odof, says the London Mail. The village lies on the fringe Of | ] forest, whence it is of frequent occur renee for bears to make proving eX- l cursions both by day and night into 1 the adjacent settlements. Some two weeks ago two young girls, aged re- | respectively five and thirteen, were | surprised by a huge bear at a short I distance from the village. The animal seized and carried off the younger child, while the elder, terror stricken, led home and gave the not unusual I alarm..
 An immediate pursuit was insti- tuted and the search was continued during the evening and the next day
 but without result. On the third day
 with the assistance of neighborinS will I lagers. wide cordon was drawn
 around an extensive tract of the forest
 and the searchers closed in. Toward
 sundown the bear and her booty were | discovered in a dense thcket. The
 child was perfectly unharmed, and re- ] clinihg in Q deep messy couch made for | her by the bear.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
THE DEAREST GIRL.

When all the dancing feet are still. The roses bloom is shed and sped. When she has waltZed her happy fill With Will and Jack and Ted and
 Fred. Tired of the whirl and iolity, Her lovely eyes weighed down with
 sleep, Then, at the last, she comes to me, And she is all my own-to keep. I find her gloves and tie her wrap. We say our good-nights left and
 right; Now I'm the o-be-envied chap Ah, now, indeed. it is good night. Of lovers joys let wooers prate; What could {. man ask more, in life, Than this best, dearest gift of fate To have a sweetheart for wife?
 Madeline Bridges, in Smart Set.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
Mines and Minerals ef Arizona
THE WHITE GOLD MINE
Assay Values Increasing-Ihe District
 Is Full of Prospectors.

Leonard White who came down from Wickerburg yesterday morning reports unusual activity in the Black Rock Mining district in which the White Gold Mining company's property is situated. He says there are probably fifty prospectors at work in that sec tion, more in fact than at any previous time within his recollection. He was told on Saturday that a sensational strike had been made by some one in learn who the lucky prospcctor was nor just where the new find is located. He also says ke was told Geal is on Tor the bonding of the Mahoney prop critics just east of the White con,pany's ground and across Slim Jim gulch. The figures are not given out, if indee l the deal has been made yet.
 Speaking of the White mine he grows more enthusiastic as the days go ty. The lower tunnel is now in 250 feet feet wide. Some distance back m up- raise was run to connect with the up- per tunnel giving good air in both workings. Two shifts are employed on the lower tunnel. The upper eunn,l las iANt bCC-l NOi hcNi lci Il IG AcSkS put a shift will be started there shol tly. The company thus far has been able to provide funds for working all the men that could be handled to at:vant- age. What the company most needs is a mill and Messrs. J. w. Walker and A. J. Edwards are now in the cast on the mission of securing funds for mill construction. Asked regarding the values NIr. White says the assays are getting a little better all the time. The method of work is to run the tunnel along under the vein and at the end Of every ten feet drill through the vein, samoling the contents of the hole in order to get an average of the whole vein- The last assay made returned S26.s5 in gold and s3.50 in silver The preceding assay was s24 in gold and ten ounces O; silver.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
COUNT ToLsTo1 ON EDUCATION.

Count Leo Tolstoi has applied his philosopry of life to the all-important subject of the education of children
 His views appear in a Russian periOdi-
 cal, and are translated in the current
 number Of the Literary Digest. Among
 ether reflections are the following:
 Education appears a complex and
 difficult matter only so long as we try,
 while neglecting to improve our own
 natures, to educate and build up the
 natures of others. Once we realize
 that we can educate others only
 through educating ourselves, the great
 difficulties vanish, and the question be-
 comes simple. Education is life. To
 know how to live is to know how to educate.
 There are two fundamental truths to be set down as rules for education:
 Live properly, and continue to perfect
 yourself and hide nothing from the children. It is better that children should know the weak side of their
 parents than that they should feel that their parents have two lives-one an open life, and the other a secret one. The trouble is that parents, without
 making any attempt at correcting their own shortcomings, try to prevent simi- lar faults in their offspring. Hence a struggle. Children are more penetrat- ing than adults, and they see and real ize the faults Of their parents, espe-
 cially the greatest fault of all, hypoc- risy, and consequently lose respect for them and interest in their moral pre-
 ccpts.
 Parents who lead an immoral life, an incorporate life, a selfish one, nev- ertheless. demand of their children moderation, temperance, industry. re- spect for the right of others. But the. language of practice. example, is heard and felt by the big and the little, by | strangers and by neighbors. Be honest and truthful: conceal ! nothing from children, and live so as to
 have TO reason for concealing anything this is the essence of education"
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
KILLING NEAR BISBEE.
Section Foreman Staffer Shot a Mex
 can in Self Defense.

Jesus Lopez, an unruly Mexican, who bee was killed Friday morning about 9 o'clock at Glance Siding by William Staffer, who is section foreman on the Fl Paso and Southwestern al that point. says the Bisbee Review.
 A coroner's jury was summoned and found from the evidence that StafTeI' was justified in killing the Mexican.
 Lopez was killed after a night spent in dissipation with men employed on the section gang. He came toward staffer as if to do him injury. and the latter shot and killed him instantly entered the left eye of the Mexican and came out the back of his head. He never moved from his tracks.
 LCpeZ was not employed on the sec tion, but came there Thursday night from the silica quarry to spend the night in dissipation with Mexican friends His reputation is generally bad, and local officers state that Ee has several times given trouble.
 During Thursday night Staffer told Lopez to leave the place, and went so far as to fire two shots over his head for the purpose of soaring him away. It did not have the desired effect, and when Staffer went to the section house 10 call his men, he found Lopez there very much under the influence of liquor
 Staffer told the Mexican to leave, and this he refused to do, declaring that he
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
FROM DICTIONARY OF A CYNIC

Ala abaster-Kind of beautiful white marble, so much used in novels for ladies' necks and shoulders that very little is left for ordinary consumption. Very rare now in the trade, still very common in poetry.
 Ardor-Heat. extreme and dangerous. Those who gamble with ardor ruin their families; those who work with ardor ruin their health; those who study with ardor go to lunatic asy- lum: those whc love with ardor get cured more quickly than others
 Argus-Domestic spy. Juno gave him COW to look after. With his hundred eyes he did not find out that the COW was no other than woman, To.
 Attraction-Force which tends to draw bodies to each other. Isaac New ton thought he had discovered the prin- ciple of universal attraction when he watched an apple fall. Eve had dis covered it 5000 years earlier.
 usterity-Self-cont which enables a man or a woman to receive a call from Cupid without inviting him to stay to dinner.
 Boudoir-From the French "boulder' (to sull1). Coquettish little room where women retire when they have a love letter to write or any other reason to wish to be left alone.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-02
JUST RIGHT FOR THE CHORUS.
How Scphronia Pinover Secured Fame
 as Stage Beauty.

Sophronia Pinover was so homely you could feel her coming two blocks away and around the corner. Her ug- Illness was so pronounced and pene- t-ating that the blind man who sat cn the church doorstep feared she might some day restore his sight. The town clock used to hold it's hands before it's face when she passed by-afraid of being stopped. It was even asserted in her neighborhood that flies, alight- ing on her experienced pains in their feet, but as to this I cannot speak with authority, since I am not in the conf dence of any fly that ever thus achieved corns or bunions. Yet the fact remains that Sophronia was no ravishing beauty.
 For time she tried to console her self with the reflection that handsome
 $ as handsome does, but the more tan gible reflection in her mirror gave con- vincing testimony that handsome did n't. and therefore wasn't.
 Then she studied the How to Make Yourself as Beautiful as Ebert Hub bard Aver department in her favorite newspaper, but the more she. worked over her complexion the more her face looked like a football massaged by a couple Of strong college teams. At last, driven to desperation, she decided to put herself out oi her mis- cry. So, having called for the deadli- est mixture she could find at the drug store soda fountain, she gulped it down. ran out into the crowded thor oushfare and fell to the sidewalk. | When the ambulance surgeon looked | into her face he said she was suffering from rheumatism of the mind, superin- duced by natural causes. He expressed 1 the opinion that there was one chance
 in thousand of saving her life. Not 1 that her illness was so very serious but there were three street car tracks i to cross, and it was a 1000 to 1 shot that the ambulance would be run down | by trolley car.
 1 The next day, when she came to al
 the hospital, a strange man stood by | the bed with a bundle of newspapers
 under his arm.
 T am theater manager" he said II see by the newspapers that you are
 T marvelously. beautiful young woman | I shouldn't have known it by merely
 looking at you, but if you see it in the Sun it's so, and if you see it in some
 of the others it's more than so. There
 fore I am here to offer you an engage ment. Can you sing?'
 No" she moaned.
 | "Gcod. I will put you in the chorus.