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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
EXPERTS WITH THE WHIP.
One Man Could Crack Off a Snakes Head
at Twenty Feet

That grabbed old German. Schopon-
hauer, who said the crack of whip was
like a drink from the bad place would
have found but little TO complain of Il
he had postponed his passing for a
while said q thoughtful man, ''for the
whip Is getting to be an awful scarce ar
ticle in this age. | suppose he whip Will
finally pass out OF existence altogclher
unless it is put to a new use. OF course,
the small riding whip, the kind in which
jockeys use in urging the horses they
ride, VIII be used as long as horsetleah
is used.
But the kind of whip the old German
had in mind was of Il larger, longer and
older type. the kind the OK driver uses
even now in some Of the more remote sec
tions of the world. Whips Of this kind
generally swing easily on the end of n
long handle Frequently the handle is
eight or ten feet long and is made of
hickory or some wood that is supple
enough 10 bend in the green state. The
whip itself. which is generally four
teen feet in length. with a Stagrass
cracker on the end, tightly twisted and
knotted Mt spaces an inch apart. 1t Is
this article that makes the noise Of which
the old German peSsimist complained, and
n whip Of this kind in the hand Of m
expert can be popped until it sounds Ike
the crack of doom. In quiet forest
where timbermen carry on their work,
this noise is even fercer than it is in the
cities
"Teamsters in the cities still usc the
old whip to some extent, but it is cradu-
ally going out, and the sharp crack Of
the seagrass is rarely heard.
speaking of whips, / am reminded Of
the marvellous accuracy some men ac-
quire in the use Of whips. ! suppose the
Eskimo has reached higher standard
of proficiency in this respect than any
other class Of men. / have seen boys Of
this race pop a silver half-dime at a dis
lance OF twenty feet every time they
swung whip. They can simply hit any
thing they want to hit as long as it is
within reach Of the whip. But here IN
the South / have witnessed some rather
notable performances in this respect. Up
! in Arkansas | have seen oX-c3rt drivers
crack off a snakes head At q distance Of
twenty feet. and they could do il whom
ever il pleased them to do it.'--NeW Or
! leans Times-D Democrat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
How to Drink Water.

A beginning of kidney trouble lies in
the fact that people, especially women,
do not drink enough water. tumbler
of water slipped in the morning immedi-
ately on rising, another Mt night. are rec
commended by physicians. Try 10 drink
as little water as possible with meals but
take a glassful half an hour to an hour
before eating. This rule persisted in day
after day. month after month, VIII int-
prove the complexion. and the general
health otherwise. Water drunk with
meals should be slipped, as well as taken
aparingiy.
Ice water ought never to be taken
with ones meals and as little as possible
between meals. One never knows what
is being taken into the stomach in water
filed with Clipped ice. 1t is safer 10 fill
bottles with water and allow them to
stand beside ice to chill until required
Tests have been made which show that
one gill of ice water which means M
average tumblerful, poured hastily down
the throat reduces the temperature Of
the stomach from 100 to 20 degrees, and
it takes more than half an hour TO re-
cover the heat ii has lost. Cold wafer.
slowly slipped, will not be followed by
such a result, cooling the system pleas
antly in hot weather without chilling the
glands Of the stomach 50 that digestion
cannot take place.-Detroit Free Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
LABRADOR DOGS.
No Known Case of Hydrophobia IN Lab
radoY.

1t is a remarkable fact that while vjr-
tualy every resident of Labrador has
been bitten by the savage dogs Of that
region, there has never been Il ease of
hydrophohia there. This fact is attestcd
by lir. GUentell, the superintendent of
the English medical mission there, WHO
has now spent ten years on the coast
and treated over 10000 patients. lie
cannot explain this singular cirCunr
stance; it. may be due to climatic con.
dittons, but II is more probably the result
OF the wolhsh strain ia the breed of the
dogs. The extraordinary part of il is
that such a condition should be found
allied with the most absolute S0yaEery
on the part of the animals, They are
the herccst of any hruteS trained t. be Of
service to mankind; they will attack any
thing they believe weaker than them
selves, and they are only kept in sub
lection by the unceasing use of the lash.
They ares cross between the wolves
and the earlier Newfoundland dogs
brought there, and by this time almost
all but the wolfish characteristics are
eliminated. The coast folk find them
Indispensable, vet live in fear of them.
No man ventures abroad without his
whip; every woman carries a stout club;
it is death to a child to get among them.
Only last month the little son of the
agent of the Hudson Bay Company 5
post mt Sandwich inlet was attacked by
| these brutcs. Within a minute they had
inflicted over sixty bites on the child.
and but for the devotion Of pet re-
tricver dog and the lads mother prompt
! Iy flying 10 the rescue he must have been
literally torn to pieces. He was taken
to the hospital ut Indian llarhor, where
| be is making a quick recovery This
was mere fortunate outcome than was
the case at Cartwright last year 4
child wandered from home, aud when the
distracted mother few 10 where a pack
Of angry dogs were rayenng, she found
nothing but the bones Of her offspring.
\ little girl was so badly mangicd bv
them ut Punchbowl last year that She
never recovered
Every year brings it's quote Of These
faishapa. while there arc scores. it not
hundreds. Of cases of adults being bitten.
1t is impossible to keep sheep, goats or
poultry on the coast because Of the
hrutes, and their determination would
have been effected long ago were il not
for the fact that they are the only
means by which communication il kept
NJ in winter. There are no horses on
the coast. as there is uothin-, to feed
them. Teams Of dogs attached to SIedgas
are the means Of travel. With them the
settlers 20 from harbor 10 harbor make
hunting trips in the interior haul fire.
wood from the forests and convey ppl-
tries to the Hudson Bay Compa1y'-
posts. These dogs play the Same part
in the economy of this region rs they do
IN the Arctics, and there the character-
iStics are the same, though we do not
/ hear % such Instances Of Their sayagcrr
baltimore American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
The Chinese New Years.

In China the New Years day IS enc Of
great rejoicing. The festival there
comes usually some time in February,
depending on the moon. The celebration
lasts a month and is ushered in with the
beating of drums and a good deal Of
noise, including the firing Of crackers as
on our Fourth Of July. The houses and
shops are decked with flags and banners
and lanterns. For two months before
this festival, every Chinese is busy gel
ting all the money he can legitimately lay
his hands on, and the reason for it =
this: Every Chinaman owes money and
pays as slowly as he can. But it is an
unwritten law that the man who does
not pay all his debts before New Years
day is unworthy of any consideration
from his fellows. Everyone, therefore,
paws his debts on that day. or before thar
day, and then goes about the streets
greeting his friends with the doubtful
salutation, Gong he fat Fol" meaning
something like our Happy New Year.
The Joss houses are visited and worship
is carried on and feasts are held.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
NO NEED OF SERVANTS.
VIII There Be in the Year 2oco A. D.
if Dreams of Present Century
are Realized.

They Ii. O.. the married couple of the
futnrcl will probably not keep servant
for two very excellent reasons, because,
in the first place they will not want one.
and in the second, they will not get one
if they do. \ servant is necessary in the
small modern house, partly to supplement
the deficiencies Of the wife, but mainly To
supplement the deficiencies of the house.
She comes to cook and perform various
skilled duties that the wife lacks either
knowledge of, training, or both, to per-
form regularly and cNpediuouSly. Usual
~ ii must be confessed that the servant
in the small household fails To perform
these skilled duties completely. But the
great proportion of the servants duties
consists merely IN drudgery that the stu
pdite8 of our present-day method of
house construction entail, and which the
more sanCly constructed house of the
future viii avoid.
Consider. for instance. the wluton dis
regard Of avuidahe toll displayed IL
building houses with service basement
without lifts, Then, most busting and
sweeping would be quite aYodable If
houses were wiselier done. 1t is the
lack of proper warming appliances which
neCcSSitatcS Il vast amount of coal carry
ing and dirt distribution, and It IS this
dirt mainly that has SO painfully to bo
remover AS;llh'
In many houses there are stlll me OF
ienslve duties OF filling lamps ana black
ing boots TO he done. Our coming house,
however, VIII nave no lamps to need MI
ing and, as for the boots, really intelli-
gent people will feel the essential ugli-
ness OF wearing the evidence OF constant
manual ION upon thelr persons Ihey
VIII wear SORTS OF SHOES ana BOOTS thoI
can be cleaned by wiplng IN minute or
so. rake now the bedroom WORK. inc
la'k on ingenuity III Sanltafy HltllES Ut
present Iof9lus the obvious convenience
- nov anu 'oid wafer supply 10 tne
ne9ioolni ana mere IS mlghty teichlhg
anu toLrSI iiE "l wafer ana Stops 10 ne sot
ttn ,},ls uaii}' al !not VIII ctIS'; hFtIy
neul"oll NiH nave iiS own hath utesninS
i io,aiii wien any Wyi,-prcu person. WI nc
lnlfiilgeht anl c"n3ldei9te eh9,lsh TO use
anu Ic"Fr Wlthout llle sur n"Sl % l2e-
lll'i IIl.. ms so laf as up stairs goes
a o'dS 9nl{ ie'VeS o'a Ih"a!ns 10 DC uohe,
ANU ANN " p',', uotS tlot l"he llVe hllhu.ps 70
il"hG Town STAIRS vast amount Oh
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
Steel Furniture for Warships.

The now cruiser Baltimore. which has
been rebuilt Mt the Brooklyn navy yard
during the past three years. will he
equipped with steel furniture. TIE
stntcrooms and the crews quarters win
alike be furnished in q new Kind Of
metal furniture, which has been manu-
featured at the local navy yard ana
which will. within the course of five
years. be used exclusively on al Of the
warships Of the United States navy. Tho
adoption Of steel furniture in The navy is
nm important step in the development
of naval architecture and Of naval equip
meut II is considered by far the most
important advancement toward the prr-
fectiou Of perfectly equipped fighting
craft that has been made for several
years. For the past few months Con
structor Capp4. assisted by Naval Con-
structor Nut'ings has been quietly work.
ing away NJ the yard deyisiu2 pattrrns
for the new kind Of furniture and work
ing ont the problem of how massive stool
plates may be turned into delicate tables
ana drcs>ors hook cases and other ar
tjclae to be used in the quarters Of the
val officers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
An Ideal Land is New Zealand.

"lhc best country | have seen in all
my jogging about the world is New Zea-
land said Arthur Malone Of London,
now visiting Washington. 1T is true
that the government Is almost purely
paternal, but it is such q benevolent pa
tcrnalism, and the people seem to thrive
under it SO well, that there is little room
for hostile criticism. 1t Is a country
whore pauperism has been practically
abolished. and where every man who II
DESTROYS of Il home can secure one. The
government will not permit q monopoly
OF land, and those who had big tracts
were forced to surrender them 30 that
the poor could get farms. | do not mean
TO say that New Zealand is paradise.
or that its people are so far elevated
above the rest of mankind that they are
without the usual shortcomings Of hu-
mainly, but altogether | consider that
they have as nearly a perfect system
OF government MS could be devised, aud
that nowhere on earth is the status Of
the individual better. If your American
coal fields were Ia New Zealand "A strike
would Doe au impossibiity, for they would
be- operated hy th" state. pro bono pub
LEO. Washington Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

of men, vino have married intelligent.
agreeable, accomplished women, but
women who never mad, and never will
have Il single title to good looks, YET
these men see in their wives faces the
beauty that would shame Venus de
Milo.
l have said nothing of the beauty into
which high and noble thoughts often
mold the plainest face. BE sure of this.
that life chisels its story ON every human
countenance. and that if you live beauti-
fully You will grow beautiful. 1t is the
the clay. like the light through an aha
baSter vase. This is the best beauty,
little sister. and it may belong to you. =
New Orleans picayune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
The Throckmorton Coat.

Newbury is restoring it's JacobeaD
Cloth hall as memorial Of the late
Queen and Sir Nicholas Throckmorton
has presented for the restoration fund q
coat which Is curious relic of the clofii-
making days Of NeWbIry aad the dis
trier. In 1911 an ancestor Of Sir Nicho-
las--Sir John Tlrockmorton- wa@rfcd
$1,000 that on june - he would dine III
coat that had been fleece on the Sheep
back ~ O'Clock on the same morning
Newbury helped him 10 win the bet
Two sheep were shorn in tne morning.
In eleven hours the fleece had become
cloth Two hours and twenty minutes
later the cloth had become a coat. ana
Sir John sat down 10 dinner under the
eyes Of 5000 people who had assembled
10 see this remarkably quick change
The question Of fiji. we presume. did 10,
enter into the conditions. London Daily
Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
A ThundeIing Joke.

Who could imagine the London Times
Of today INDUCING in such frivolity as
the following story which it printed in
1902:
complaining to - French gentleman that
his house was greatly infested with rats.
and thar hc would willingly give a CON
siderable sum to get rid Of them, was.
ou the following morning land after tine
Frcuchma1 had received his bin. accost-
"a by him: Sure. | shall tell yoU yich
way goa shall get rii Of De rat 1 will
be obliged very much to YOU il You can
charge De rat as you charge me, and | viii
be d--d Il DC rat ever come to your
house again.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
HOW TURKEYS SULTAN LOOKS.
Ruler Of the MOslem Nation Acts as Ii
lie Were Haunted.

The lot Of the Sultan of Turkey is not
Il happy one. Probably no potentate on
earth is 50 continually haunted by fear
of death as is this dark -hued despot.
Ray Stewart Baker. who recently saw
1Aodul uamid at Constantinople, says oI
him:
Il stood on the palace terrace rising
above the little roadway down which on
friday the sultan ventures forth TO saw
MS prayers. | saw the extraordinary
precautions taken to protect him-the
gathering of all his 5000 troops. the sion
page of traffic by walls of armed men in
every roadway leading up to the palace
then the surrounding of the few hundred
yards of roadway which the Sultan must
traverse from his palace gate to his
mosque by rows of soldiers knee deem
1t was a strange, gorgeous, homogeneous
spectacle.
preceded by his women in closed car
rlages, several of their sons and some
eighty great generals and officers of the
army marching OH foot. came the Sultan
himself. He was driven slowly in an
open carriage facing forward. with his
minister OF war sitting opposite And
this is Abdul Hamid H., the absolute
ruler of 25,G00,000 people. the defender
of the faith, monarch of the glorious gov
ernment, var,ously known elsewhere as
the sick man of Europe and the great
assassin Every speudOr of general
and trooper is forgotten; every eye is
fixed on the little, Old, round Shouldered
man IN the carriage. \ shout-weH-
trained and evidently long practiced
shout, curously lacking in fire and spon-
taReity-g0es up from the troops The
old man raises his hand in salute. He
wears a red fez; his face is sckly white,
like parchment; the nose is that Of an old
eagle, long, hooked, high bridged-the Ar
menian nose, his subjects will whisper
in contempt. His eyes, what one sees
of them. Tor he turns his head neither to-
the right nor to the left, are deep set and
black.
Those who know him best say that
he has a peculiar way of moving his eyes
without moving his head, as if he were
always seeking to look behind him, to pry
out secrets, to surprise hidden motives.
His beard is deep blue-black, as are his
eyebrows; naturally they would be gray,
hut he dyes them, for the Sultan must
never look old. TO his generals he leaves
all the pOmp and display OF gold lace and
tinsel for himself he is clad wholly in
black, like a eunuch. without onament-
ton of any kind. The Raven he lk@
been called, and the raven he looks. The
Sultan is not really old--and yet if there
is one impression above another that he
gives it is that of age and great wear-
ness.
Poor old SULTAN -Exchangc
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

An interesting dedication. and one tIai
has more than ordinary sentiment con
nected with II, is the inscription that
may be found IN Or. james Ludlow S
forthcoming volume. incentive for Life.
which the Fleming II. Reyell Compau,
10 the President. who in his youth was Il
nari-hioner Of DR.. Ludlow's III the Col
ignite Reformed Church, New York. I.
reads as follows:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
THE USUAL WAY.

lIe took n pill.
lie paid the Hill.
lie made his will.
IL somher grape
Ills heirs all drape.
And mourn in shape.
4 year they wait,
Til, surrogate
The viii probate.
And then with zest
The same contest,
Good man ut rest.
While on this sphere,
From far and near,
All held him dear.
Great men Of mind
In him did find
Their fellow kind.
Alas. In vain.
Now past earth's pain,
Adjudgcd insane"
The suit these win.
The rest chagrin,
The lawyerS-tin. -Ex.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
Combustible Alcohol.

Tie price of combustible alcohol in
France is nearly double what il Is in Ger
many. In the latter country it is chiefly
tile Irish potato that furnishes alcohol,
while in France il Is the beet root. The
cultivation Of the former costs nearly
double that Of the latter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
a Four-Cornored Fight.

jim aud Lou Sm;zor of near Paris
ajlird bald eagle under unusual circum-
stances few days ago. fl If.
tackled big turkey While ii and
the tFFkey werc fighting. some crows at-
tackled the eagle. The eagle clunc to the
turkey with its taloua while it beat off
The crows with its beak and wings The
contest was getting interesting when one
Of the SmizeIs Grad into the fiuttcring
bunch and killed the eagle. 1t measured
~ inches from tip to tip.-kansas City
Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

President Of tie United States.
4. with aneCti0nate recollection ~ a
boy In the pew who has since, In
. public life and personal character.
sigually eXemplided the prcccpts co.,
tanned IN this book
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

One of the handsomest Christmas pres
ents given in theatrical circles was Il
@5otO diamond brooch from \. c. Good
win to his wife, Maxine Elliott.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

Elsie de Wolfe. the actress. is back in
New York after playing a thirteen weeks
engagement on the road in The Way of
me World. Miss de Wolfe was an
noyed today because a report was circu.
lated that her tour had been A failure
She says she made money.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

Cornelius Vanderbilt il making such
rapid progress towards recoy cry that he
Is planning to sail for Europe about
February l with his wife.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10

The estate Of Charles broadway Rouss.
who died March last, leaving property
said to be worth several million dollars,
Is the defendant in a suit in tho supreme
conrt in which Miss Edna Wiener Nc
Clellan Of 103 West Seventy-seventh
street seeks to enforce the performance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Styles of 1872 and
 1880.

All of the gowns this sea- son smack of the styles of 1872 and 1830. The women in reception toilets will be seen with broad shoulders and broad hips and small waists, and gowns this sea son to be the correct thing must be given in this effect.
 A brown gown illustrates this, and is of particular in terest, showing the new com binations in brown, blue and hello.
 A blue walking suit made of noppe Examine over red silk, and shows the French idea or the walking dress which deviates somewhat from the American idea of the long coat. In fact, all of the dreSsy suits are made of the short Waisted effect, and leaving the style of the long peplin coats for the walking suits.
 In this department will be shown five or six very hand- some gowns, one in a lace stripe Crepe de Chine. This gown is sheered around the hips and at the foot, and makes the very wide Crino- line effect of the year of 1872. The goWnis trimmed in Au-. tumn leaves and lace in the color to match the gown. Underneath the lace is a suspicion of Lilac Chiffon.
 The sleeves are the feat ureS Of this as well as all the gowns, they are enormous and ever elaborate. Exceed ingly full at the elbow and dropping away in scarf effects to the hand. Gray Chiffon Voile shown in this same De- partment has a sleeve of yell low taffeta draped with gray mouSSeline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Boys Clothing Department.

The Boys Clothing Depart ment continues to improve It now has a space that it can show its high-claSS stock tC advantage, and you will find that for the money you can not buy anywhere else in the South the sort of Boys Cloth ing which we sell.
 Rough and Ready School Suits at 800 to 500 and Dress Suits at BOO to 1000 are the best ever shown in any Boys Department South.
 Also TOT the little fellows, line of Norfolk Sailor Suits at 800 to 7.50.
 A line of Norfolk Eton Collar Suits at 300 to 1o.0o..
 A inc of Norfolk Eton Collar Russian Blouse Suits at 500 to 1000.
 A special line of Sailor Blouse Suits in Fancy Colors at $50. These are 4.5o, 500 and 600 suits, in sizes three to ten years, of Serges, Flannels aad Cheviots, just the suit to start the fall with. We are showing the largest as- soriment of Boys Hats in new shapes and colors in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
A Big Stock of Shell Hair
 Ornaments.

Here are a lot of Shell Hair Ornaments in the Notion De- partment, we sell them just as cheap as we do any other Notions.
 We have just added a new line of Manicure Implements "a good class of goods, and the prices are marked in pro portion to our small expense.
 Large size Stick Pins, three for roc.
 Ask to see our special in Back Combs, 25c.
 Our new "Baretto" Back Comb, 25c.
 Shell Combs as pretty as Real Shell, at 100. Security o Waist for Boys and Girls, at soc.
 Gotham 75c Ladiea' Supporters, with fancy webbing and satin belt, at soc.
 One l'l fancy Garter Webbing, at. per yard. Dc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
l.. J. @ L.
The New Custom Order Depart
 ment.

One of the most favorite spots in here is the Custom Order Department, where there may be seen a showing of fine costumes made to or- der and made for exhibition. This is a deviation from any house in the South, and will be welcomed by the ladies of Birmingham. Madame Snow, the new Dress Maker. has designed these Frenchy gowns, among which are her own designs and copies of French gowns.
 Copies of French garments by Pacquin, Worth and Sincox.
 Especial attention is called to a brown lace gown, made over blue taffeta and chiffon with an interlining of chiffon in brown.