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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
February n, 1893.

we padded down the river with gun
wales unpleasantly near the water.
1t was growing very dark and the wa
ter around us was becoming alive with
allisators. While we We're rejecting up-
on our overloaded condition, our alliga-
tor came to life again and shifted ballast
until water poured over the gunwale. We
quickly balanced the boat, only to see
it again disturbed and to ship more WA
ter. \ scramble for the shore followed.
which we reached without capsizing, and
where we left our victim for the night
after again killing him. In the morning
our buZzard friend from the HomosasSa
river, surrounded by his family. was
sitting above him in tree, waiting for
us TO attend TO our carving duties.
There are drawbacks to hunting in tho
Great Cypress swamp. Even natives
have been lost and have died in its re-
cesses. 1t is bounded on the east by the
Everglades and on the west by series
of impenetrable mangrove thickets nj.
ternating with deep channels. If lost.
one should turn his face firmly to the
north, and. as a guide remarked To me
he ought 10 get something in three or
four days"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
Something lowering Over Jupiter.

A discovery of considerable Importance
in astronomical circles has recently been
made, which is arousing much interest
among astronomers. The planet jupiter
is the body upon which the discovery has
been made. Several peculiar pyramid
shaped spots have been observed on Ju-
piter. and the astronomers who hova
been watching them have observed thar
as they travel with great velocity to,
ward the object known to astronomers
as the Great Red Spot, they disapnear
and reappear at the other side of the
Great Red Spot. This seems to indicate
that the Great Red Spot is elevated
something which was not known hafora
Toronto Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
THE RETREAT.

/ have 70 gold nor lack of it:
Whenas l had it led me wrong;
Pursuing hot the tack of 1t,
/ starved my single talent, Song.
Who will may hold the foolish chase
With painting breath and stumbling feet;
This hour | quit the endless race
And hasten down the long retreat.
The road is rich with rare delights
/ missed them when | came this way;
| pause where Music's voice invites,
join the boys aud girls at play.
Times happy children. Even as these
Are they 10 whom my journey tends
Pans troop at play beneath the trees,
My fist inspireFs. comrades, friends
I left them at Loves own behest:
Love babe me fight for power and gold;
Then Music died within my breast,
And Laughter left me stern ana cold.
Love left me, too: it could not bear
Conditions which itself required;
Love blooms in serener air
And is by nobler aims inspired.
Love curiously itself deceives.
And moth like seeks devOuring fire;
Like windy flame in drifted leaves
Love makes of its own hearth a pyre.
Sans love, sans gold. sans power and fame,
/ walk with Laughter hand In haud
We seek the land from whence we came
Lies fairest and its gladdest land.
Frank Putnam in National.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
NARROWING ALLIGATORS.
A Perilous Sport in the Great Cypress
Swamp.


Aligators move rapidly under water,
are hard to see, harder to hit, and the
harpoon will penetrate only the least ac-
cessihle portions of the body. Nor does
the title to the hide necessarily pass with
making fast the weapon, says a writer
in Country Life in America.
One afternoon, in the CheeSehowitzkee
river. | harpooned large alligator which
towed me up and down the stream for an
hour or two and then sulked in its deep
est part. | pulled on the line until the
boat was directly over him and stirred
him up with the harpoon pole. lie rolled
himself up on the line, in the manner
peculiar to sharks and alligators, and
banged the boat suggestively. We rowed
to the bank and, making fast to some
bushes, hauled on the line until we sue
ceeded in worrying him nearly TO the
boat, when he rose to the surface and
attacked ms with his open mouth. We
renelled the attack with harpoon pole
and rifle. The former was promptly bit
TON i'm three pieces, but the latter appar-
entity finished him. 1t was so nearly
dark that we decided TO carry him in the
skif mile down the river to where our
sloop was anchored. and TO skin him the
next morning. We broke the seats out of
tho hoat. and together managed TO lift
the head of the alligator aboard and tie
n We then tried the other end, when
The REPTILE came TO life and landed blow
with his tail which lifted me out of the
st;fF into the saw grass, with the breath
Knocked out OF my body. and hand and
face badly cut by the grass. Boat and
Sortnnafely been left upon the bank.
was able to kill the alligator again. We
secured aim by floating the boat under
hin, and then bailing ii out. The alligator
completely filled the boat. so that my
eompanion and | sat uPon his back as
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
Smoked His Wifes Pipe.

1t was not generally supposed that the
new woman idea had gained general ac-
ceptanCe in Arkansas. but one woman
from that state who was waiting for n
train at the Union depot yesterday dem.
onstrated to the satisfaction of the spec
tators that she was the head of the fam
lily. Her husband had just lighted a nine
and taken a few puffs, and was settling
back in comfort for quiet smoke. when
his wife made her appearance. She eyed
him in indignant wonder for a few min
uteS, and then she made swoop on her
unsuspecting victim.
As she made grab for the pine most
of the spectators thought that another
Carrie Nation had made her Appearance
but instead of smashing the pipe on tho
floor, as the leader of the home defend.
ers would have done, the woman inserted
the stem between her lips and proceeded
20 read her husband lecture in which
she reproyed him severely Tor daring 10
smoke her pipe. He seemed TO take the
situation philosophicslly and made no 10.
turn 10 the torrent of abuse which she
heaped .npon him, showing that he had
been well trained in the school of experi.
ence. --Kansas City Journal.
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
THE OLD WOOD FIRE.
How it was Built and Kept Alive by an
Expert.

After the evening chores were dome,
my father would appear in the door
way with the big backlog coated with
snow, often of ampler girth than him
self, and fully breast-high to him as
he held it upright, canting in one way
and another. and walking it before
MN on its wedgeshaped end lie
would perhaps stand it against the
chimney while he took breathir~ SpeH
and planned his campaign. Then, the
andlrons hauled forward on the hearth.
ana the bed of half-burnt brands ana
lve Goals raked open, the icy log was
walked into the chimney, where a skHI,,
ful turn would lay it over, Kissing ana
steamlng, in its lair of hot embers, says
writer in the Atlantic Monthly. II
seemed thing alive, and its vehement
Sputterlng and protesting made !; y
dramatic moment for at least one smaI
spectator. The stout shovel and tonSS'
or perhaps, piece of iirewood used as
lever. would force it against the chin,
ney-back; then a good-sized stick, caAel
"backstick.' was laid on top OF Il
and the andirons were set in place;
Across the andirons another good-sIzeg
stick was laid. called n "fore-stick, ana
III the interspace smaller sticks Weio
crossed and thrust and piled. all qulc,A.'
" kindled by the live Goals and brands
In very cold weather a fire was kep.
burning all night, our father getting W
once or twice 70 replenish it. Even -
summer the Goals rarely became eNt'De"
A good heap of them, covered Win ~; ~
bers at bedtime, would be found a4''
when raked open in the morning.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

While Miss Fay Courtney was playing
at McVicker's Theater in Chicago, n few
nights ago, cat strolled from behind the
scenes to the front of the stage. ana
raised n laugh that spoiled what would
have otherwise have been a pretty love
scene. Provoking! But the piece was
a comedy, and the interruption wasn't as
bad as what happened to Milne when ne
was starring in Hamlet" at the OLD
Opera House in Milwaukee twenty years
or so ago. On that occasion o huge dog
walked in upon the grayedigger scene.
and anticipated Hamlet in picking up
Yorick's skull. The dog settled himself
comfortably, and began TO crunch the
relic of the Kings jester. while Hamlet
and Horatio looked on in CONSERVATION,
and the people in the audience laughed
till they cried.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

Statistics OF lake commerce show that
there was large gain IN business during
the season of 1902 100000 tons, in
round numbers. Half of the seasons ag-
gregate Of 100000 tons consisted of
iron ore. coal and other minerals. 1t is
to the development of the iron deposits
In Northern Wisconsin, Northern Michi-
gan, Minnesota and Canada that the ire
mendous increase in the shipping Of the
Great Lakes is largely due. or course,
typographical and statutory protection
contribute largely, also.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21
That Settles 1t.

Il see that some one is advocating the
project of newspaper printed in a con-
pact tabloid form like a book" said Mr..
Torque.
THE very idea!' cried Mrs. Toroue.
cts simply ridiculous"
''In what way?"
why, such paper would be simply
useless 10 put under a carpet. "-Baiti-
more Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

The indianapolis physician who pleads
that he meant no wrong when lie helped
sustain gang of grave robbers will prob
ably only convince the jury that it is
necessary to impress upon physicians the
Importance of proceeding with greater re-
gard for the feelings of their fellow men
when they seek subjects for dissection.
The convincing evidence against the ac-
cused is. the character of the men with
whom he dealt.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

There are those who viii doubt the
story that the Crown Princess Louise of
Saxony lost her reason when deserted by
NJ. Giron. her children's ex-tutor The
time when the Crown Princess lost her
reason was earlier than that. 1t was
when she forgot her duty to her husband,
her children and herself. and became in
fatuated with the fortune-seeking foreign
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

When the President opened the exhibi-
ton of me canning and allied industries
In Washington it appears that he dill
it with an electric touch-button instead
OF a can opener
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

Jeffries calls Corbett a trapped, an
tique and advertising seeking individual"
and then refuses James J. an opportunity
to hit him for it,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

When the proposed dynamite factory
near Ashland is established the northern
part of Wisconsin will be in position to
hear something drop.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

The FIRE loss during 1902, it will be
remembered, fell $l5.000,0O0 short of
1901. 1t is gratifying to note that the
first mouth of 1908 shows a diminished
loss as compared with January in the
two years Immediately preceding The
fire loss in the United States and Canada
was $13, 166,350 in January, 1908 $15,.
O32, 500 in January, 1902, and $1G,574, 05o
In January, 1901. Milwaukee, which
had gone for a long period without de-
structive fires, was visited by one in the
final week of December anlstYo in Jan.
uary. But it would be sinwfse to esti-
mate a tendency from a contradict sur
vey. The returns from the country at
large are certainly reassuring.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

When Dowie quits trying to save New
York he may want somebody to try to
save him. Then there will be another
opportunity for Bill Devery.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

Little Giron has lost his princess anG
the Princess has lost her little GirOn;
and it is 10 be hoped that the public will
now lose sight of both
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

What is taking place in the Fair case
illustrates that when people get ready
to fight viii, they can always secure
lawyers and witnesses--if the value Of
the property at stake is sufficient.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

The Wausaukee man who was shot ir
the shoulder by a hunter who mistook
him for a deer is tangible evidence Of the
need of game wardens in the north woods
to capture hunters who have not yet
heard that the season for deer hunting
has closed
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

The honor of possessing the largest
membership OF any automobile club in
the world rests with the Automobile Club
of Great Britain and Ireland. which has
now no less than 21S0 members.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

So you don't believe there's anything in
a name? VIII you please observe how
long it is taking to wind up the Water
bury strike!
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

James J. Jeffries seems to have broken
down under the persiStency Of challeng-
ers. Under the advice Of physicians he
will be able to hold the belt for another
year at least, by laying up for repairs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

The British admiralty announce ' ~
all the men who have served twenty-,n,s
years in the royal dockyards will be eNe'
ble for the imperial service medal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-21

Tuberculosis causes some 1900
deaths annually in Paris.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
MARLIN RIFLE CLUB HAS
THANKSGIVING SHOOT

The Marlin Rifle club held its
Thanksgiving turkey shoot at the
Elm street range yesterday after
noon. John Van Patten, of DavCn-
port, brought down the prize bird, a
25-pounder. The score: f. o. Davis,
,; Durham. >; Mitchell, ,; Reck, .; c.
II. Stephens. ,; Van Patten, ,; Sperry.
2; Helpenstell, ?; Ely, i; Freeman, 1;
Decker, /; Abe Rosenfield, /; Reidy,
1: Junge, /: Dunn, 1; Lynde. /; HUI
ber, I. The club holds its next tur-
key shoot Saturday, Dec. ~.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
Assirnee.s Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed assignee
of the Rock Island Furniture COM
pany, a corporation of the state of
Illinois doing business at the city of
Rock Island, in Rock Island county,
Illinois, and all persons holding any
claim or claims against said company
are hereby notified to present the
same to the undersigned under oath
or affirmation within three months
from this date whether said claims
are due or not. All persons indebted
to said company are requested to
make prompt payment to the under
signed.
Dated Rock Island, Ill, Oct. 81, A.
D., 1908.
CENTRAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK,
Assignee.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
REV. WESLEY HASKELL HAS
QUIT WESTERN PULPIT

Rev. Wesley Haskell, young minis
ter of a most volatile and meteoric
disposition, who figured in romance
with the daughter of a wealthy Mo-
line manufacturer, who has since
married another, a few years ago,
has been heard from again, having
just resigned the pastOrate of the
First Unitarian church at Alameda,
Col. Just what step he will take next
is not known.
As he stated when he resigned at
Moline, he has had a feeling that he
would like to get out and mingle with
the great world of men and affairs.
He quit his pastOrate at Moline to en-
ter the office of the factory owned by
the father of the young lady to whom
he was betrothed. Later the engage
ment was broken and Rev. Haskell re-
turned to his ministerial work, accept
ing a pastorate at Rockford.
Leaving Rockford he went west. In
spite of his facility in slipping out of
pulpits, he has many friends in this
locality, who are closely attached to
him. He is a likeable fellow and is
possessed of earnestness and convic-
ton beyond most men.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
NEW BRIDGE PLAN
Mayor McConochie FaVors Aban'
doning Site of Present
Structure.
CANAL BANK as ROADWAY
East to Opposite Main Street of
Village and Then Build
15O-Foot Structure.

Mayor McConochie has new plan
with regard to the reconstruction of
the south Rock river bridge at Milan
that may better suit the people of the
village than the proposed filling of the
ground occupied by the north span of
the present structure, to which they
have registered an objection.
The mayor favors entirely aban-
doning the present site and following
the south embankment of the Henne-
pin canal as roadway east to oppo-
site the main street of the village and
building Il 150-fOot span there.
The consent of the government to
the use of the canal embankment as
Il public highway would have to be
obtained, but it is not believed there
would be any objection met on this
score, as the embankment to the west
is used for a similar purpose.
Milan Would Get Best of 1t.
With the approach of the bridge at
the front of its principal street Milan
would catch going and coming all
travellers from the country lying
south, whereas now many of
the farmers pass ON in to Rock Island
quarter of a mile west of the main
business section of the village.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
DRAW THREE PANELS OF
CIRCUIT COURT JURORS

Three panels of petit jurors for serv-
ice at the January term of the cir
cult court were drawn yesterday af-
ternoon, the first to report Jan. 4, the
second Jan 1s and the third Feb. z.
First panel-T. ID. Gardner, Andalu-
sia; Robert Young, Phil Graham,
Bowling; Henry Wright, Black Hawk;
Charles Ross, Buffalo Prairie; a. j.
Gorham, Drury; James Hill, Charles
Lee. Hampton; NJ. Pennington, John
Martin, Ed Hull, T. f. Bruce, ID. NJ.
Pringle, F. H. Kracke, F. II. Hyde.
Charles johnson, Mic Johnson, p. j.
Kali. Gus Kause, o. f. Thornton, HAL
mar Eckbert. Moline; Otto Pewe, Ii.
NJ. Rossiter. II. T. McKOwn, l.. a. Col
Inns, Carl Pankow. David Hamilton, w.
\. Smith, William Andrews, &. h. Gay
lord, Jacob Sulzer. William Swan, j. j.
Carroll. W. H. Eastman, Rock Island;
Fred Dahn, Rural; Charles Gulden-
zopf, South Rock Island; Nathan En-
ickson. George Bustard, w. b. Hum
ter. South Moline; j. l.. Danner,
Drury.
Second panel-Thomas Bopes, An
dalusia: Horace Crosby, William For
sythe, Cordova; Il. \. Hass, James
Sachville, Coal Valley; r. +. Hill. Ca
noe Creek; Louis Gilbert, Coe; Henry
Kruger. Charles Witt. Jr., Drury; Ed
ward Stuhr. Hans Schade, Hampton;
F. d. Armstrong, Albert Paul, F. Lind
gren. Robert Witter, A. p. Lundquist,
Peter Munson, w. y. briggs, j. II. Nc
Keever. c. ~ johnson, Gust Tunnel,
c. NJ. Nye, Swami Tropp, L. S. Kain,
AXel Larson. o. Ebeling, Moline;
John Hetter, Joe Grotegut, w. w.
Clark. Ed Seidel, C.. j. Peterson,
James Bahen. George Tallman, Peter
Melgrin, /. T. Holmes, Oscar Apple,
Rock Island; Lewis Gardner, Port By
ron; Charles Brown, South Rock ISL
and; d. +. Noah. w +. Filbert, Zuma
Third panel-E. Hellpenstell, Will
liam Hurd, Carl Ewart, John BrOm-
ley. Jr., j. f. Anderson, Lewis Zim-
norman. =. \. Teska. William Fur
long, Gus Kirsch, Phil Bruchmann,
lax Harder. j. w. Crandall, George
Mcdonald, George Warner, Ed John
son, Charles BIadel, \. Hoffman,
James c. NJ. Nelson, Rock Island; ;
Gust Peterson. T. w. Wahlberg. Oscar
Goodmanson, William Day, Noah Hud-
die. Z. NJ Brown, j. G.. Hartman, Ed
Jones, c. \. Anderberg. Moline; David
Carr, Henry Houston, Fred Roth, w
II. Sanderson, South Rock Island; II
S. Cox, George Benson, South Moline;
Maxwell Lyons, Coal Valley; Julius
Christ. Black Hawk; Simeon COe. Port
Byron; Luther Peterson, Hampton
Lawson McIntire, Edgington.
Two divorce suits have been filed
by Moline parties - Robert Carlton
against frankie Carlton, desertion
and Belle Martin against Charles Mar
tin. desertion also. The Cartons were
married at Des Moines March Is, 1898
and the Martins at Canton, Ohio
March Is, 1899.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
LOOKS TO THE GULF
Burlington Road Reported Me-
gotiating for a Southern
Outlet.
HIGH EASTERN RATES CAUSE
New Schedule Practically Shuts
Line Out of Export Grain
Trade.

The action of the eastern trunk
lines in advancing grain and flour
rates to the Atlantic coast is likely
to result in the construction or ac-
quirement of an independent outlet
to the gulf by the Burlington and
probably some of the other Chicago
Missouri river lines, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Those of the western roads not
having lines to the gulf are practic-
ally shut out of the export -four and
grain business from Nebraska, Kan
sas, and other southwestern points
on account of the prohibitive rate es-
tablished by the eastern roads. Even
at the present 15H-cent rate to New
York, the gulf roads have the advan-
tage in the rate of cents, and with
the 2-cent advance to New York the
rate to the Atlantic coast will be at
least IL cents higher froms the Mis-
souri, river than the rate from Kan
sas City to the gulf.
The Burlington, which runs through
the center of Nebraska, will be more
seriously affected than any of the
OIneT EOdNiS. l u BIlOi an builcl IOI It's
Nebraska business to the gulf the eX-
ecutive officers of the road are now
considering plans for getting a line
to the gulf. j. j. Hill appears to be
in favor of such a move.
Making Overtures
Overtures. it is said, have been made
by Mr.. Hill to f. II. Hartman for the
IL. -,
the Burlington. Mr.. Hartman, how
ever. is said to be disinclined to sell,
as he needs the road as an outlet for
the Alton and Union Pacific. The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas would also
make a good gulf outlet for the Bur
lington. but it would require the
building of a connecting line. This
road is controlled by the Rockefellers,
and, though they have no particular
use for it. are said to be disinclined to
give it up to Mr.. Hill, except at an ex-
orbitant price.
Negotiations are said to have been
opened by Mr.. Hill with the manage
ment of the Santa Fe, and the latter
appears to be favorable to granting
the Burlington trackage rights over
it's line from Superior, Neb., to Gal
weston, Texas.
Rail Notes.
Telephones are to supersede tele-
graph Instruments in a number of the
smaller stations in Iowa on the Rock
Island, and as a result cheaper men
will be placed in charge of the sta
tions to replace operators heretofore
employed. y similar retrenchment
was made by the Rock Island a short
time ago in doing away with the night
operators at the smaller stations in
Iowa. The forces in the company
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25
Not a Sick Day Since.

81 was taken severely sick with kid
ney trouble. tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of which relieved me. One
day saw an ad of your Electric Bit
ters and determined to try that. At
ter taking a few doses 1 felt relieved,
and soon thereafter was entirely cur
ed, and have not seen sick day since.
Neighbors of mine have been cured of
rheumatism, neuralgia, liver and kid
ney. troubles and general debility
This is what B. F. Bass, of Fremont,
N. c.. writes. Only so cents, at Hartz
6 Ullemeyer's, druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25

shops have also been materially re-
duced.
Surveyors engaged by the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad com
pany have commenced laying out
route for the extension of that sys-
tenn from Burlington, Iowa, to St.
Louis.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-11-25

NJ. J. Balm. Ann Arbor-''Have tried
many medicines but find nothing so
good as Rocky Mountain Tea"
There's no other medicine that makes
sick people well so quickly. 35 cents.
For sale by L. II. Thomas, pharma-
cist.