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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
THE DUsKY NIGHT.

How better than the radiant golden day
I love the dusky. stIll. mysterious night.
When Twilight, slipping down the starry
way,
Unfoids her somber curtain gainst tine
And troops Of purple shadows softly steal
Through dcwy haunts with velvet shOddeB
Armed With their silver lanccs that re
veal
Win luminous radiance their dim retreat.
love the scented silence, when the 4ower',
SensuouS and sweet, with heavy dropping
heads.
Distillng perfume through the lonely hours,
Are sleeping ia their dewy garden beds
And all the jeweled sky Is bending low
over the earth. its watch and ward 10
In azure depths its censers swing and
Their golden lights reflected in the deep.
I love the soft dark mystery that conceals
Nights hidden things within its shadowy
way.
While whispering voices stealth1y reveals
The tryst Of gnomes that vanish ere the
/ Ioye the rune ana rhythm of midnight
winds
Harpn2 weird anthems in their mystic
hight
All. yes, far better than the radiant day
love the Somber, dark, mysterious night.
Elizabeth Clarke Hardy in Woman Home
Companion.
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Story by Conan DOYLE.

An American woman asked Conan
Doyle one day why he had given up the
practice of medicine.
Because the work was too hard. =
DoVle answered
oh, it can't be hard to he a Doctor
said the woman.
1T is both hard and unpleasant. And
TO prove it," said the novelist, IN tell
you about my first case.
My first ease came to me in the mid
die Of the night. 1t was January, and Il
cold rain was falling. The jangle of the
door bell aWoke me from Il sound sleep.
and, shiverng and yawning, | put my
head ont of the window and said: Who's
thpreT
doctor. said voice. can YOU come
to Peter Smiths house at once!'
WHATS the trouble:' | asked
\ Smiths youngest girl has took dose
.o4 laudanum in mistake for paragoric,
nd we're afraid she'll die.'
All right; III come, said l.
Il dressed and | tramped three miles
through the cold and the rain to Smiths.
Twice. on the way, | fell on the icy pave
ment, and once my hat blew off, and in
the darkness | was nearly half an hour
finding it.
Finally, though, l reached Smiths.
But the house was dark-shutters all
closed-not light. l rang the bell No
answer. But at last head stuck itself
gingerly out of IL third story window.
BE YOU DIR. DoyleT it said
Yes said /. Let me in
oh, no need to come i'll doctor. said
the head. The child's all right now
Sleeping very quiet
''Rut now much laudanum did yon
give itT said /.
Only two drops, doctor Not enough
to hurt Il cat. | guess I'd better take
my head in now. The night air is cold
Good night. Sorrs 10 have troubled YOU
Il buttoned up nv coat and turned
homeward. trying as best could 10
stHe my modification and anger. But
suddenly the window was raised again.
and the same voice cried:
Doctor. | say, DOCTOR
Il hurried back. | thought the child
had suddenly taken a turn for the worse.
We'll. what do YOU WANT | said
The voice made answer:
I'VE won't charge nothin' for this
visit. will ye""
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE.
To Succeed We Must Sustain Friendly
Relations with People.

There has been marvellous progress ~
70 modes of travel in recent years. but
there is one road that still has to be
travelled alone. 1t il the road to success.
And the route hasn't been shortened
much, either. Out of place as they may
seem. the same old stumps and stones
are there, and the same crooks and turns
that gave trouble to travellers thou
sand years ago. Now, young man, if
this path Is toe. rough ror your tender
feet, there's nothing to hinder your turn
ing back any time, but remember there
lsitt any other road that leads to the
same place. Among the various neces-
safy accomplishments of the person who
would succeed, is one that stands out
above all others in Importance. 1t is not
strength, skill or scholarship either. but
merely the ability TO get along with the
people who meet and pass him on the
way. Some fellows are continually
parading their independence, boaSting
that they ask no odds of anybody; this
all sounds very well, and as theory it
Is nice enough, hut no man can carry il
out IN this world, AMI the one who tries
t will simply engage in Il continuous
game of trouble for nothing" If we DO
not need each other. why are we so
prone 10 90 in focks? Ii my Leighb0rs
are not to be used, what are they for?
The man who can manage his fellows so
as TO get most out of them is the one
who will make best time on the read 10
success
One thing safe TO count on-in fact,
unsafe not 10 count on--iS that Il gOOdly
number Of our neighbors will be as bad
or worse than we are And bear in mind
now that, to succeed, we have got to suS-
tain friendly relations TO these very people
some way. Whenever you see two people
getting along we'll for any considerable
tHne, you can be assured thar. between
them they possess Il certain amount Of
0la-fashioned consideration for the notions
Of other people. 1t might be hard to tell
just how much, but it is sure that Il GER
tain proportion of goodness and common
sense is absolutely essential to harmony.
Now, just remember this. will You? and
remember, TOO, that what the other iellow
lacks in patience or moderation you must
make up, or You won't get along smooth
Is. I'm not sure but there's passage of
scripture some place touching this mat.
ter. II man Smite you on one of Your
checks without Just cause it is sure
sign he lacks forbearance, and so, to bal
anee up that virtue, you must, in all
meekness, give him leave at the other If
some one YOU are dealing with takes your
coat, that indicates greed on his part. and
to make UP the necessary amount Of liber-
atty between You. have the grace to hand
over your coax also.-S. S. Lappn in
The Pilgrim
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Rare Presence of Mind.

w. ID. Howelis. whom the University
of Oxford has honorcd with Il doctor
degree, praised Mark Twain at London
dinner party.
Il like to praise Twain" he said. II
praise him often. lie is a great humor-
list.
''Once, when he was pilot on the Mis-
slssippi, Twain sat with crowd Of men
around a wood stove in village store.
Presence of mind was being discussed,
and nearly everybody had a story about
presence of mind to relate. Twain said:
Boys, through my presence of mind
[ once saved an old mans life. 1t hap
pened this way. | was reading in my
room late at night. when | heard ERE
fire was. and soon | came to Il brick
house that was burning hard.
An old man leaned half way out of
the fourth story window. and the red
flames lit up his long white hair and
beard. Help! Help" he hollered. Help.
Help" And he waved his arm around
his head making wild gestures.
Everybody in the crowd below
seemed paralyzed. No ladder WAS long
enough to reach the old man. The fire
men said If he STAYED up there he would
be burned to death and if he jumped he
would be crushed fiat
'',Rut /. with my presence Of mind,
came 10 his rescue. | rushed forward
and yelled f1l Il rope. The rope was
brought to me. | threw the old man the
end. He caught it, | told him Ia tie it
around his waist. lie did So and
pulled him down. : New York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
Roscoe Conkling's Big Fee.

Ii is said that one day, when Roscoe
Conkling was beginning to attain some
measure of success. he dropped into the
office of Charles O'COnnor Of New York.
then one of the leaders of the bar.
What's the troube?' asked the lat
ter, as Conkling excitedly paced the floor.
I've Just been subjected to the worst
insult | have ever received. This i the
fix time Il client ever objected TO my
fee.
You know I defended Gibbons for
arson, and put in some tremendous work
for him. He was convicted ut the trial
but we couldn't help it, and / took the
case TO the superior court and we lost
there. then on to the supreme court and
that affirmed the conviction, and he has
been given ten years. Now my fee only
amounted to $4,000 and the scoundrel ac-
tually had the audacity to crumble about
it, saying it's too high. What do you
think of that for impudence:"
Well said O'Connor. slowly. "of
course YOU did lot of work and $4,000
is not big fee; but. to be frank with
you, Mr.. Conkling. my opinion, founded
on mature consideration, is that he
might have been convicted for les
money. Success
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
he CROSSED ATLANTIC IN A DOB,
Capt. Eisenbaun, Who Had Long Fir
Against Death. Here.

Capt. Ludwig Eisenlaual. ,ysa cr...
the Atlantic from Boston aiv.p l.,
Columbia. i sovcnteen-fout dorv. s.i,.... E..
as I Tembcr Of the crew on ;bs T.
Star Line steamship kfooE,and r'..
Antwerp. yesterday. lie brough, -.
dory with him, and it i Said that
will be seen later ut the ST. I.nniS =,
sltlun. lie Is Il well built Narva. e..
about forty years old. He declares A.
health WAS greatly improved lly the MI
The captains trip WIS almost ...
slant tight against death Twire a. tt..
sighted in mid-Atlaatic Ivy passing >.:,.,
Leaving Boston first 81 Nav ~ ns
year, he returned to port on Jun. !.
He went some three hundred and MI.
miles. but encountered mach fog. iii
was wet nearly al the time. Rhp,,...
tism forced him to give up. He s-ast..
AGAIN. however. carly in August T..-
time he was able TO make Halifax wiz
out much trouble, and from Jhpre he $751;.
ont Tor Alarseilles, France, 4 di>tan,.. .-
1910 miles.
The captain met almost constant t-4
weather. y gale sprang up on Sel-,.r-
her q. and the little craft Was cover
by the waves al day. In the early after
noon the captain vas thrown into rEs
sea. as the dory capszed. After >Trl--
gle of several hours he managed 70 riu.-
his craft. He got her free from war,r
and on taking stock found thar he had
lost nearly all of his provisions, fr,.
casks of water and 500 in bills.
On August % three days storm l4f
begun in which the captain was ob!..5
TO work for his life. without sleep AMI
with little TO eat. On September 4 aa-
other storm was met. and the lone nav
gator came near being upset several
times.
Capt. Eisenbaum would nave been i'm
a sorry predicament had he not sightct
the British steamship Greenbricr bound
for Jamaica Capt. Bower of tie steam
ship suspected some accident. and barc
down on the dory, invited the skipper ou
board for dinner and afterward supplied
him with bread, mutton, rope books and
the longitude and latitude. He tried ra
persuade him to continue his trip on tie
steamship, but although there was prom
Use of much bad weather. Capt. EiSrn-
baum declared that he would complete
the trip alone.
The Columbia arrived at Funchal Ma
deira, on October %, seventy-two day~
out, having covered 5000 miles On No
vember % Capt. Eisenbaum arrived az
Gibraltar. and practically completed his
voyage.-New York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
MYSTERY OF JEWELS.
Persian Princess Reveals the Magic OF
the East

\ Persian Princess is now demonstrate
ing the occult sciences of the east in the
drawing rooms of the West End OF Lon
dom
At "A house in Mayfair recently this
dark-eyed sihyl hfted corner of the cur
tain which hides the magic aud the mys-
terry Of the Oriental from English eyes
Clad in loose flame-colored gown
with jewels entwined in her duSky hair,
and precious stones gittering in barbaric
array ON her cOrsage. the princess sue
ceeded in completely mystifying her au-
dience of ladies.
She declared that only the eastern
mind could understand the deep, all
absorbing, passionate devotion of i wom-
an for her jewels. The eastern woman
adored her jewels. The life that was
within them responded to that love, and
they shone with added luSter Precious
stones had all Il life within them.
Stones had sex, continued the sibyl,
anu If the male and female We're placed
together in the wrong way the beauty
of the stones would be diminished. Place
male and FINALE diamond, however. in
tightly closed box and M the end Of Il
few years the diamonds would have Civ
Ell off little crystals. For this same rea-
son jewelers. learned in the lore of the
east massed their diamonds together
Of the opal the princess could not
speak without a Shudder. 1t was an
evil stone, and brought misfortune. The
| stone was really a drop of water from
the dews of heaven. hardened by the
rays of the morning. and inside it was
a malevc1ent influence
Never wear opals. Never run the risk
it IS too great said the princess.
Everyone had his or her own particular
jewel. and it was a grave thing 10 dis
regard its significance.
How could one find out ones own
Jewel!' the princess was asked
BY wearing each of the seven
precious stones for one whole week and
keeping record of the emotions and ex-
periences, and at the end of the seven
weeks comparing them" was the reply
If her hearers had been interested in
the princess talk of precious stones. they
were reduced to wonder when she pro.
ceeded to expound the past and future
of the ladies in her audience from their
Jewelry. to interpret their emotions, and
to give them warning and advice.
Each lady placed favorite trinket to
the little pile of jeweIry in front of the
clairvoyant. With closed eyes, she lifted
up the rings and bracelets and neck
laces, one AT a time, with the left hand,
for that was the one nearest the cur
rent of life the neart explained the
princess. -London Express.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
Rare Distinction.

Il don't suppose any of you fellows
ever saw Henry Clay. did your" said the
old party who had been silent hitherto.
None of the fellows had ever seen
Henry Clay.
We'll. saw him once" he went on.
proudly, and Iii never forget il. There
Was Il statesman for you. by gum, I
heard him speak at Harrodsburg, Ky. |
was only young chap, but | was just
as much OF politician aS any of EN-
and ! wasn't going to miss hearing him,
by gum! got right on the edge Of the
platform where he was talking. ANA |
bollcred as loud MS anybody there In
fact, | got 50 close TO him that he
stumbled over me half dozen times
WREN he was waving back and for'ard
~ last he got kind o impatient. and he
stops and says TO me, says he: You
GaSty little cuSS you don't seem To have
any sense or breeding. The next time
you get in my way, you blank idiot. II
step on YOU | tell you. there's mighty
few fellows alive now that Henry Clay
ever spoke to Familiarity like that"
Here he stopped and went over to tell
the story to a group of delegates 4 little
nearer to the bar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
Discouraging State House Counting.

For years and years the state h0u-H
steps and lawn have been the Mecca to-
ward which the lingering footsteps If
the two hearts that beat aS one varis-
Is have tended Ethan Allen has f.f
years held MP his hand in token al 81
of win glesS doves that far years have
held their apooninS matches ~ the base
~ his pedestal. Now all will he hanged.
The etllct has gone forth that coutn-
days on the state house steps must emf.
To those who heed the warning all WIFI
be well. But the one who disobeys may
be awakened rudely from "love's youfa-
dream 10y brass buttons" and instes.
of the honey tones of his beloved h may
hear rancouS voice saying: Five do :
lars and costs, and stand committed ts.
the same is paid when his ease comes
uP. in the police Montpelier Jn"s-
nal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
PHILANDER c. KNOX.
He Hells How His Unusual First Name
Was Bestowed Upon Him.

In the course of an interview given a
Public Ledger representative. Philander
Chase Knox, whom Gov. Pennypacker
has appointed as Matthew STANLEY
Quay successor in the United States
Senate, said Il great many things that
seemed to throw light en- the personality
and character of man wEo has been Of
peculiar interest ever since he went into
the cabinet Of President Mckinley.
Among other things, he was asked:
y our name-the first of your bap-
tismal names-is unusual, senator
You mean that | ought to have ready
an apology for it?" he good-naturedly in
quirred. We'll, | have, although it ex-
tends to my middle name, also. | was
named for Philander Chase. who was
bishop of Ohio in the middle of the laSr
century. A friend of my family. he pos
Sessed the admiration of my parents He
died about the time | was born: and the
conjunction of circumstances was seized
upon as reason for deputizing he to
carry his name along. You may like to
know that he was an uncle of Chief Jus
tice Salmon p. Chase.
Il haven't felt the name Ia be a bur
den, however. NV 5oyhood friends were
kind enough to shorten it to the familiar.
chummy Phil while in later years it
has served to preve my being confused
With what Dickens would doubtless call
other parties by the name of Knox
And. then, that | might not lie regarded
as b0asting Il name wholly unique |
have passed it on, in turn He. also.
bears it,
The senator pointed as he spoke TO his
youngest son, Philander Chase. Jr.. a
sturdy youngster, who had just driven up
in smart little trap with three juvenile
companions. with whom he was arran2-
ing doubles" in tennis on one of the ter
raced embankments that mark the APP
proach to the house from the north. -
Philaaelnhia pnhlic .edmer
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with me. Ny sister viii look after you
for bit. Your old houselieeper can
come, too. if you ike. But you must
come away from this house,
..Oh, il is good of you," cried Ida.
Dr.. Clement looked at her for A mo.
ment with a curious expression IN his
eyes.
You will:" he said.
Ida lifted her head quickly.
You Will come for while" he added.
''and afterward-r
WHO cared for afterward? Tho word
died in his throat For the present /.
WAS sufficient that a girls eyes wei Look
ing Into his and a girls hand lay on MS
arm. For the present it was sufficient
that he was bind TO everything else.
Afterwards few days afterwar,l-
when DIR. Clement visited the old man
who had believed himself ruined he found
him jubilant. He had that morning re-
ceived sum of money representing half
what lie had lost.
"Bless you"' he cried: ''wo can man.
age ON that. my wife and ]. We can
manage. thank God. And he couldn't
have been as bad as we .hought," he add.
ed. After all, he meant well or he
wouldn't have sent me back this
He tapped the roll of banknotes. and
DIR. Clement looked Mt him curiously. re-
meInherin. the hole those same bankIotes
had made in his own banking account.
No, he said, perhaps not"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09

The Upper at vessel dischaFg'h-
pig iron at the harbor was surprised one
afternoon this week when a woman win
mathematician appearance salute.
him at the ships side with the doubt
il il the rule fur men tac -
knochit nj wurk at this boat il there s
nae Wagons the pit tn iron imtae. aA
lac they no get peyed fur tn tA.H
they re- waitin' till empty wagons cum
On being informed that such was .a"
ease. She said: Il only wanted tao krI
eos ma man wis wOrkin' here. an
thocht ha wis tryin' tae due me it~
ncht WI broken pcv. sac | jist -'t-
him his coffee That's III wey H. = h
oct tn Gay. Am rale vexed ahoot II 3.
seem h.. wis tellin' tn truth. '-tiias-
EveniB. Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09

4 New York widow. whose husband
has been dead about a year. received an
invitation a fcw weeks ago from her
mother-n-law TO make a Memorial day
visit at her home in Il little town not far
from Boston The letter said that she
aud her husband had something they
wanted To give her.
Wondering what the gift could possibly
he. the widow made the visit, arriving on
Memorial day
I'VE must 80 to the cemetery. said the
New England woman. Il have not
missed a Memorial day in seventeen
years"
After short drive they came TO the
old church, and soon they were seated oa
Il mosS-grown bench In the family lot.
II am going 10 he buried here. the
mothcr-n-law began. pointing cut the
place. 'and my husband viii he buried
beside me- Your husband lies here ana
you can be- buried AT his side If YOU wish
There. Mary is your grave, il Won Will
take il. That was the little Gift ] spoke
Of in my letter.
The matter-of-factneSS If The gift
stunned the wonan from New York, "a
that She could neither accept nor refuse
the offered grave. The mnther-in-laW
seemed L. take il for granted that >hc
would take IT, Later in the dag she ~
marked: what relief it must he 10
You. Mary. Ia know thai You have q
grave and that IN one can take II away
from YOU New York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-09
every Dog His Own Smell"

Nr. BurIar0 Adacki. q Japanese phy~i-
clan. has just published some interesting
observations on the odor OF t,uropcnn~,
which, he says, is not agreeable to the
people of the east. lie claims that man
has an Cmanation as does the cat. dog
and all ether animals, and that Willie ii
differs in Individuals according tn CON
dtionS. the western people rs who,c
possess a much stronger udor than the
Japanese and Chinese. This. be SAYS.
may be due to the differences i'm diet and
dress, the urientals being ve@ctarians and
wearerS Of light and ANY costume. lie
says the experts can readily detect tho
meat-Cater by his omanatiou.
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A PILGRIM from Arkansas.

VIII c. Campbell, once of Kansas,
now of Arizona. used to tell Of So
iourner in Kansas who remained few
years and then went back to bis old
home in Arkansas. Campbell met him
at the edge of a little Kansas village.
I'VE come out hcah in tn fust place
sorter through false pretensions. said
the pilgrim. eth oil woman had hecrd
tell es how thar warn't no red liquor ter
he had in Kansas, an so she kinder
made up her mind tibet If she could cit
her Of man out heah she'd hev a cinch
why is we goin' back? Now. my
fricn'. III tell We jist why. Yer see. we
got swiped--yes thet's what sc did
swiped bad! Along come one o them
iodbasted dOublean' twist slycOOns, the
which wailopcd tn fences six ways fer
Sunday. an then GALVANIZED right on till
it retched our OF house. which the same
il took. you understan' me, in less'n a
holy minute, an turned inside out an
wrong side up, an scattered it long
through Barber an Summer counties, an
Oklahoma Territory, fer all | knows.
Reckon il would hev lifted the mortgage,
too. Of it hedn't been held down east.
when Maria come up out o the Gel
lar all pantin an skeered to death j
said ter her, understan' me, | says: Now,
Maria, air yer satisfied with yer proerbi-
ton Kansas?
Then she says, kinder meek like
'Heze'-Hezekiah my full name eze,
you ken hitch up
But, Lor me, thar want no nawthn'
ter hitts up. TIL sorrel mare wuz
a-stradde o n tree, an a piece o RI Of
gray wuz afterwards found in Berry
feed lot: tn wagon box wuz nowhares,
an tn runnin' gears was gallywest an
crooked in two townships. Then we
looked fer tn chickens, an thar WIZ
only one pore leetle rooster left. with
feathers an pride clean gone"
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lust Shoppiup

Marshall L. Wilder tells NJ most M.
lite and obliSing salesman i'm a certain
large department store who recently had
his patience sorely tried by faStidious
shopper. This woman had caused tb, M.
lite and obliging salesman 10 Take down
from the shelves every bolt of cloth rN.
cept one. and chat WAS CA the ton shelf
suddenly the fastidiou> woman glanced
at her watch saying: Il see | must h.
going. was merely booking for Il
friend"
In that case. madam" responded the
unhappy clerk. I'll gladly get down tho
last holt for yon il You think she is in
that Golfers Weekly.