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Evening journal., 1904-01-16
Will Lay Pavement.

The railroad company Is going to 10
something in the way of facilitating mat
tors Tor the men. On the east sidc Of the
tracks from the shops to Landlith con-
creto pavement twelve feet widc will be
laid end a macadamized road built.
Whether or not the railroad will allow
the trolley companies to lay tracks along
this road for the benefit of their men Is
not known, but tt is thought they will not
object.
Trolley tracks would have been laid
TO the works II the right OF way could
have been secured between Market street
and the railroad. but 81 could not.
The opening up Of Todd's Lane would
give a direct thoroughfare from Market
street to the new works.
The railway company could not use this
lane without buying the right Of way
through the various properties but the
city could condemn the property for a
street.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16
Mr. Handy speaks.
Is. r. Cochran Worse.

L. Irving Handy made an address in
Reading. Pa, last night
Evening journal., 1904-01-16

over half a million passengers travel
by bus. train, and tram from the sub
.urbs TO London Ia 1880 every business
morning.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16

Twelve million pounds worth Of
leather is required every year To pro-
vide boots and shoes FOR the mhabit-
ants Of Great Britain.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16
Cummings. The photcgrapher. so7 Market

snapper lunch tonight al Bucklcy's
5 and East Eighth stree. adv.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16
Gun cluh Shoot.

Tile Wawaset Gun club viii hold its
egular weekly shoot this afternoon.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16

The 1900 convicts in England cost
SO. .000.0 600.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16
Could Use Todd's Lane.

There Is a street. OF as h Is known.
ITodd's Lane. starting at Market street
and running along the southern side OF
Riverview Cemetery almost half the dis
tance to the railroad. Should this street
coEtinue it would come out directly in
front of the big shops. The lane extends
only TO "a farm house and no one is all
lowed TO trespass. All the property be-
tween the end of this lane and the rail-
road shops Is owned by George W. and
Mary Todd. A number OF lots facing tho
lane are owned by severl different per-
sons.
The men employed at the shops are
much agitatcd over the fact that after
the railroad company has constructed
buildings IN chc city costing more than d
million dollars that no means of ro1ching
them by streets has been looked after los
the Street and Sewer Department..
There Is no way a horse ana wagon car
lreacn the plants except through Todd.
7 i.llic. .A'l.cn q lii-c1id 81 rt.ocllea i,y pt5
iug twenty-five cents. che team IS allowed
Ito continue over the private ground.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW BIG GAINS
Wilmington Office Surpasses
Record of 1902 In Making
Money for u. S.
NUMBER OF PIECES HANDLED
The Profits For the Year Were
73,f57.14, An Average Gain of s3,947.-
7s Over the Preceding Ycar-cost
s7st, ,122.11 to Run Office.

Increase in business in all the de-
partments of the Wilmington postofice
are shown by the report of Postmaster
Heald for the year ending December
81 The report shows that the enor-
nous number of 16,s45.l9 pieces were
handled during the year. The opera
tions of the Office involved a total of
s7s1. .122l1. The profits for the year
were S73,1s7.14, an average gain of So
94779 over the preceding year.
It will be noticed from the report
that expenditures of S50.4S3.3l We're
paid out by the pOstoftice in salaries
of rural mail carriers and railway
mail clerks which were not charged
against the cost of running the office
The interesting report of the busi-
ness of the Office follows:
Evening journal., 1904-01-16
Postal Receipts.

The total sales OF stamps, envelopes,
cards, second class postage and box
rents collected for the year ending
December 81, 1908, were by quarters
a follove.
Evening journal., 1904-01-16

II IS estimated that s275.00O is the
'diflerence per annum OF running the
25-knot ship. compared with tie -
knot ship.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

A farmer, accompanied by several Of
his hired men, went into the woods one
morning in the fall of the year to cut
down some trees. When about to begin
work it was discovered that the can't
hook had been left behind. Turning TO
one of the men, an hishman not very
long over, the farmer instructed him to
drive hack to the farm for the missing
tool. The Irishman did not know what
Il canthook looked like, but was averse
to exposing his ignorance. so drove off on
his GRAND. trusting to find some one at
the farm who would cnlightcn him.
At the barn. however. there was no
one to help him out of his dilemma
Casting his eyes about the place for the
thing which would be most likely to bear
the name of "canthook." he saw a
mooiey COW with never a sign OF 4 horn
upon its head, and concluded il was that
he had been sent for.
Procuring rope he fastened the cow
10 the rear end Of his vehicle and exult-
ingly drove hack to the woods
What in sam Hill have you there"
shouted the farmer on seeing his mes
Senger and the cow. Il sent You for n
ranthook to use in moving the logs; what
have you brought that COW fOrE"
BE iabers, boSs. diyil another fling
could ! see around the barn that can't
hook but this. Star Of Hone.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

During a piazza game of ping-poug one
of the balls was sent quite n distance out
over the lawn. where crow seized il
and bore If off in triumph, evidently
thinking it was an egg. After much peck
ing, from all of which the frolicSome lit
Tie hall bounced away uubroken, the
crow had an excited consultation with
several Of his fellows. and then dciib-
erateiy carried the ball to the top nf Il
high Tree and let it drop. Again the As.
semhly of black-fcathcrcd cXpcrimcntcrs
gathered around in amazcment Was
there ever such remarkable egg? IL
had fallen from Il height thar played
havoc with their eggs and their little
ones as we'll and yet survived intact.
Then one after another trampcd on it,,
cawing loudly all the while.
VI last. in sheer exhaustion and disgust,
they all gave it mp. few 10 the top Of
their favoritc tree. and, still cawing loud
~. watched one of the png-pOng players
come out from the house and carry of
this inyincibic egg that had hatlicd their
bold'est attacks. BOSTON Waterman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
SPANS CAVE DwELIER.
He Proves to Be Farmland Driven to
the Forest by Lack OF Work

The discovery Of troslodyte (cavc
dwellerl in the basque province. near
Fueaterrahia. on the Franco Spanish
Frontier. has aroused considerable curios-
ify here.
AS customs guard, with his dogs.
WIS searching in a wood yesterday, an
extraordinary being in the image of Il
men was seen to rush before him with
wonderful rapidity and disappear into a
hole in II mountain. The guard followed
on and found the wild man had blocked
mp the entrance 10 lis cave with pieces
of timber and stones, which, however,
were easily removed and the man WAS
captured.
lie was absolutely prehistoric in APP
pearance. His only garment was a skin
tied around the hips His long and mat
ted beard fell over his chest like a cloak
while his hair trailed down his back in Il
thick mass. IN his cuYc We're found nu-
merodS bones of sheep deer and other
animals which he had eaten. Il sling. a
club and stone axe \ bed of moss
WAS his only furniture.
The guard brought the trogodytc TO
Fneuterrabia. where his. appearance ere
ated sensation. Before the magistrate
he explained that his name WIS Plmden-
cid. he was Is years old. ana had been.
when an infant. an inmate Of a founding
hospital in San Sebastian lie had for
merly acted as farmland. but two years
ago, being unable Ia find work. aud be-
ing in great distress. he took to the for
est There he lived on acorns. hazel
nuts and birds eggs Little by little he
learned to use a sling and the axe. and
was able to kill deer and sheep which
had strayed. A. he had no fire lie ate
the flesh of these animals raw. London
EXPRESS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
An Island Of Black Cats.

One of the quecrost corners Of the
earth Is Chatham island. off the const Of
Ecuador. This island lies COO miles west
Of Guayaquil. and the equator runs III
rectly through il. Capt. Rcinman, who
was sent 10 the Galapagos group Of is
lands 10 inquire into he proper ground
ing of Aeep-sea cable, stopped ~ Chat
haia island. and sayS il abounds in eats.
everyone % which is black These ami;
mails ike in the creyiccs of the lava
foundation near the coast. and subsist
BY catching hsh and crabs instead Of
rats and mice. Other animals found on
this island are horses. cattle. dogs, goats
and chickens, all Of which are perfectly
Wild.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

4 doctor-chemst in the Altenheim
Medical Dispensary. 1907 Foso Build
ing, Cincinnati, Ohio. has discovered
what proves to be a positive hair
grower. This will be welcome news
to the thousands afflicted with bald
heads as well as those whose hair is
scanty and falling out. The announce
ment Of the doctor-chemist in another
column of this paper explains more
fully what this new discovery for the
hair can do. 4 trial package can be
had free by enclosing a 2-cent stamp
TO Altenheim Medical Dispensary, 1907
Eoso Building. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
OIL BRINGS HIM RICHES.
How a Kansas Passenger Conductor Has
Become a Millionaire.

Amsng those who have hit it rich in
ell in the Kansas field is S. Fl. Hale of
Neodesla, Kan. For twelve years he
was passenger conductor on the Frisco
read, running out of Joplin. He always
had speculative turn of mind While
en- tsie road he would speculate in pro-
Guee. At one end of his run he would
find, fer instance, that potatoes were
scarce. At the other end they were
cheap. He would buy up a car load at
the cheap end and ship them to the other
end and make q good profit. He would
do Eae same way with eggs, butter and
anything else that he saw some money
in. He also dabbled in real estate lit
tie and made money that way.
S9ne day friend of his in Joplin who
had some mineral property got hard mp.
He sold his claim to Hale for $500. An
other conductor took half of it. They
raised a little money and developed it.
Hale six months afterward sold his half
interest for 100000. He still held his
rrR on the Frisco.
During one of his trips he hauled some
Standard Oil men over TO Neodesha. He
heard them discuss the possibilities of
the Kansas oil field. He Immediately
began taking oil and gas leases around
this place. He corralled several thou
sand acres at nominal prices. Then the
oil boom Struck and his wealth now
borders close onto the million mark. Re
Gently he resigned his job as conductor
1t is said that he is The only conductor
on the Frisco system that ever resigned
The others either die in the harness or
get fred
Hale is only 81 years old and has a
family consisting of a wife and two chill
dren. They have an elegant home here
and some automobiles. But they are not
spoiled. Wealth hasn't affected them
Fhey are as much a part of the ''com-
NOV people" as they used to be when
Hale was punching passenger tickets.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
American Giant Buried in England.

II took fourteen men. with special
tackle. To lower into tic grave at Pres.
ton recently the body OF Jesse Ames
Eaker who in his time claimed to bc
the heaviest man in the world.
Baker, who was professionally known
as Big Billy Bonno' was n native Of
the United States. and had been exhibited
all over Europe and America lie died
in the jnfinnary IT Blackburn last Fri
day from erYsipclas and fatty dcEener-
alton Of the heart
The following are some Of his proper
tons: Weight, ~ stone. height. q feet;
waist. IS inches; neck, - inches; chest.
So inchCs.
The grave was the largest ever made
az Preston. II measured over feet in
length. 4 feet > inches in width and II
feet IN depth. The pitch pine coffin was
I feet long and 3 fopt inches in width.
Baker. who was IS years Of age. was q
man Of pleasing manners. He had IN
tended shortly to return to America.
where he had roperty.-London Daily
Tplp.faph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
RARE SAILFISH CAUGHT.
The lucky Fisherman Was Offered S3oo
for His Catch.

for His Catch.
The luckicst Cincinnati fisherman this
year is Edward Hart. who last week
caught a large sailish. few miles al
sea, off Miami. Fla.
This fish is one OF tho rareSt known to
science Previous To the one caught by
Mr.. Hart there had been bur four others
captured; three of them are in European
museums and one IS at the Smithsonian
institution
AS soon as The officials of the Smith
sonian institution at Washington learned
of Mr.. Harris lucky CATCH they tele-
eraphc,l to him an offer of $500 for the
fish.
The offer was declined by Mr.. Hart,
He will have a taXidermiSt mount the
fish, after which this member of the
Enny tribe will be presented by Mr.
Hart 10 the Queen City club.
The one caught by the Cincinnatian
eighs seventy-fiye pounds and is per-
feet specimen of its kind,
These Saild>h are peculiarly con
structed On their backs is sort OF a
pocket from which they can put up Il
fihrouS eval fin, which forms sail for
the ash when moving at the surface OF
the ocean. When the wind is blowing
strong these fish can travel NJ a rapid
rate when their sail is set
On the under part OF the fish is a long
fin. which they can draw entirely into
the body as they sail,
The long sword protrudin: from the
EShs head makes this tribe a formidable
enemy OF the other fishes. Sailfsh are
found only along the Florida coast.
A few days after Mr.. Hart caught his
specimen he saw two or three others
sailing on top OF the water and going at
a rapid rate.-(iuginnHti Enquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
SUNRISE.

After SO many long lark DAYS
The sun shines down the ratn-wet WAYS.
And every tear on every thorn
Is Ike 4 gem to deck the morn;
Because at last Lave comes my way,
And turns November into May.
so many foolish loves aud vain
Have flashed across my window pane
Lanterns and i1mpS whose borrowed fire
locked the true suns divine desire:
And, through the window / have known
The fraud, and kepG my house my own.
Hut now the sun is risen. fling wide
Doors, windows. to the light. my pride:
No torner of my house but. swept
BY signs, and washed by tears long went
; clean 10 meet the mornings rays
Dear Love. dear sRa Of all my days,
+. Nesbit in Pail Mail Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

catarrh in any form or la grippe. \
course of peruna is sure To correct all
these conditions. IL is an ideal spring
medicine, Peruna does not irritate--it
invigorates. 1t does not temporarily
stimulate-~it strengthens. II equahzes
the circulation of the blood tranguilyes
the nervous system aud regulates the
bodily functions. Peruna. unlike SO
many spring medicines, is moi simply a
physic or stimulant or nerrine. Ii is a
natural tonic and invigorator.
if you do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Pcinna,
write Mt once To DIR. Hartman. giving n
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased 10 give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address Dir. Hartman. President or
The Hartman Santarium, Columbus,
OHM
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
Potato Alcohol.

The use Of potato alcohoi to furnish
light. heat and motive power has been
developed rapidly aud 80 very high de-
gree in Germany. Germany produces
aboaf 55.000.0OO tons Of potatoes year.
and uses fer human food. stock food aud
+.arch only about 3J,U00000 tons. The
remainder IL converted into alcohol and
used as a power generator for both land
and water motors, and for cooking. heat
ing and lighting The alcohol yapor is
burned Ike gas. in chandeliers and street
lamps. and gives very bright light I'm
districts distant from mines ii is cheaper
han ff4af
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
Weak Nerves. Poor Digestion,
Impure Blood, Depressed
Spirits.

The sun has just crossed the equator
on its yearly trip north The real
equator is shifted toward the north
nearly eighteen miles every day With
the return OF the sun comes the bodily
ills peculiar to spring. With one per-
son the nerves are weak another person,
digestion poor; with others the blood is
out of order; and still others have
depressed spirits and tired feeling
All these things are especially true OF
those who haye boon sMffering with
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
In the journalistic School.

"N3w." said the teacher of tho third
class In headlinin-. what heading would
yor iise II a lady's skirt should come nm
fastened from her waist on The street,
4 large hand shot MP from that part
Of the middle seat occupied by ana as
nirant from the rural districts.
Wei. ReubcnE' said the teacher.
Wreck on the belt line said Rc3ben,
solemuly.
And the das. was dismissed. Balti-
more American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
Johnny's Answer.

Al through the wIntIy weather,
Poor little Johnny Dunn
Had thought. and sung and studied
About George Washington.
One day the teacher told them
some Bible stories old,
OF David and of Daniel.
And Joseph, brave and bold
WHO was K met the lions.
And faced them. every ouef'
She asked, and Johnny answered,
Please ma am. George Washington !"
Alice E Allen in Good Housekeeping.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

physician who noticed at G
out-of-health condition and "
SePIbed for me an exclusive
6Fape-Nuts. milk and fruit.
1 followed his instructions
Two months / felt like a ne
with no more headaches, rhe,
OK liver trouble and from that
lhlS Grape-Nuts has been m
i@od for morning and evening
am stronger and healthier thar
been for years without a trac,
old troubles.
Judging from my present
PHYSICAL and mental state, 1
PEOPLE Methuselah may yet
lake second place among the {
lot l feel like l will live a gre
more years.
To all this remarkable CHI,
neaith | am indebted to my wis
ana Grape-Nuts and hope the
70 will continue to manufact
NE aud health giving food for
centuries yet, until l move to
"here indigestion is unknown
gwen by Postum Co. Battl1
Mich.
ASK any physician what hl
aoont Grape-Nuts. Those wi
Hied it know things.
There's a reason
LOOK in each pkg. for the|
axle book, 1.-THE Road 10 well
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
HAS A SAY.

The School Principal Talks About Food.
Fhe Principal of High School in a
fomishing California city says:
For % years I worked in the school
with only short summer vacations. [
formed the habit of eating rapidly,
masticated poorly, which coupled with
my sedentary work led to Indigestion,
ilVer trouble, lame back and rheuma-
tism.
Hpon consulting physicians some
doped nae with drugs, while others pre-
ScFfbed dieting and sometimes / got
temporary relief, other times not. For
= Years l struggled along with this
handicap to my work. seldom laid up,
nut often a burden to myself with
@meness and rheumatic pains.
Two years ago / met an old friend,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

Nelson Rice o Michigan, writes:
Medicine
to win the confidence the public in need OF reliable medicine kno"
Pernna specific
catarrhal difficulties lou have large nnmr of grateful patients in
praise Shove aoher medicines Pernna heaes
Nelson
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

return until half an hour later The but
Ter must have told her who had been in,
and she said she hoped / had not done
anything foolish / assured her I hadn't.
-Ahomas Cobb in Black and White.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30
Menagsrie Parasol Handle
, y = is Still IN Vogue.

Animals are still 10 the fore in parasol
handles, but they vary from those seen
IN other seasons. One paraSol in 4
smart shop is of green silk of bright
snade, and the handle of light wood,
having something the appearance of a
notified bamboo. rather large spots a
shade darker than the light tan color of
the foundation. The top of this forms a
giraffe S head. 4 curve just below giving
the suggestion of the long neck.
\ pale-hlue parasol has an elephants
head, wearing a harness for the handle,
and one of Il champagne color has the
handle Of light wood as near the shade
of the silk as possible, and upon this,
more like the heads before seen, thar OF
a poodle carved in the wood.
white silk paTasol with wide band
of Dresden flowers around the lower
edge has a silver elephants head at the
end OF the handle.
An all-viOlet tOque has at the back, set
in among the flowers. on either side Il
rosette of palc-blue chiffon
A pale-hlue straw hat, which is CHARMS
ing, has the rim ON either side turned MP
over the crown, almost meeting at THE
top and forming basket which is filed
IN with big double French violets. The
edge of the Tim of the hat is outlined
with violets, and ON the two sides are
broad bands of deep purple velvet ear
ried up ~ the top of the hat, as if hold
ing the rim in place
Pretty pieces of iewelrv in smart styIes
shown III the best department shops are
brooches in bird design. peacocks. swans
and FIXING storks, not large and in nat
ural colors. While these do not rank
with the high-priced iewclry, they are
cieyeriy made and not inexpensive.
In the fine iewelry beautiful spray or
diamonds for the corSage is cluster of
violetS. This spray is some five or six
inches long, the flowers and leaves set
Soldiy with the jewels and the stems
slender threads of platinum
In rings where the broad effect is de-
sired, lines Of stones are set across The
back of the ring, these three or five deep,
according to the size of the stones Dia-
monds are most often used in this way
New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

In rings where the broad effect is de-
sired, lines of stones are set across the
back of the ring, these three or iiye deep.
according to the size OF the stones. Dia-
monds are most often used in this way
New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

In the fine iewelry beautiful spray OF
diamonds for the corsage is q cluster Of
violets. This spray is some FIVE or six
inches long, the flowers and leaves set
>olidly with the jewels and the stems
slender threads of platinum.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

A white silk parasol with wide band
of Dresden flowers around the lower
edge has a silver elephants head at the
end of the handle
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-30

An all-yiOlet toque has at the back. set
in among the flowers. on either side a
roSette of palc-blue chiffon
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-30
WORST OF ALL EXPERIENCES

Can anything be worse than to
feel that every minute will be your
last? Such was the experience OF
Mrs S H NeWson, Decatur, Ala.
"For three Years" she writes, ~ en-
dured insufferable pain from indi-
gestion, stomach and bowel trouble
Death seemed inevitable when doc
tors and all remedies failed. At
length I was induced to try Electric
Bitters and the result was miracu-
lous. / improved ut oEce and now
Pm completely recovered" For
Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel
troubles Electric Bitters is the only
medicine. Only soc. It's euaran-
teed at DIR llltc,'s Drug Store.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-30
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON,
Charleston, S. E.

Entrance examinations will be
held in the County Court House on
Friday, July s, at 9 a. nj. One schol.
arship giving free tuition is assigned
to each county of South Carolina.
Board and furnished room in Dor
mitory, $40 month. All candf-
dates for admission are permitted to
compete for vacant Boyce Scholar
Ships, which pay 800 a year. For
further information and catalogue
addres HARRISON RANDOLPH,
6.e.At President.