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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06
'yauwatosa M. E. Church.
AT the lsaptist Church.

Services both morning and evening
conducted by the pastor. The Lords
Supper win be observed after the
mornine sermon. Mr.. H. w. Barden-
werper viii lead the Young Peoples
Union. The annual banquet and bust.
ness meeting of the church will be held
in the social rooms of the church on
next Friday evening. All who attend
the oilnreh, whether they are members
or not, IRE most cordially invited to be
present
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06

AT The meeting OF the town board on
Monday evening, the application of
Joseph frost for appointment as con-
Stable OF the town was before the
board. The decision of the board was
not favorable to Mr.. frost.
!. The Woman's club held their regular
nieet.ns Thursday afternoon at the libra
rs buil.tng. The programme was very
interesting, including papers by Mrs.
Pares oll The Evolution of the Kitchen y
by Mrs James Lefeber on early Wis
consin," and reading of the Passing OF
the Spare Room" by Mrs. L. G. Wheeler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06

A list of letters remaining uncalled
for at the postoffice Friday noon of this
week:
Baldwin, Fred Downer, Mrs Ida
Hahn. Robt & VIM Lynes, Jas
McKowen, w r Mahnke, Willie
Phillips, Henry Rosentbal, John
Turnsey. Leonora Zehen, II
When calling for the above letters
please say that thev are advertised.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06
street Railway Tickets.

Communication Street Railway Tickets
may be obtained Of the II p Hemsing
Co., North Main street, and at the
Schwaiger pharmacy, next to bridge,
in blocks Of 20 at Sl.50.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06

Wash one quart of cranberries and
put them to cook In preserving pan
with one cupful Of boiling water. Cook
ten minutes, then add one pound of
sugar and cook hve minutes longer.
after which rub through sieve Wet
In cold water small cups or molds.
and then I'LL them. This recipe never
fails to maze a firm, bright jelly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06
Most Important Parsonage.

Johnny-Paw, what is a postilionS
Paw-He's the man who keeps the
horses In the road when q famous
whip" is driving across country
Butte Intermountain.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06

Your skates sharpened and put in
order at the n p. HEMSING, Co,
North Main street.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-06
Cranperry IeilY.

Nuts, candies and fancy fruits at
Nettleton's.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Automobile Train.

The Frankfurter Zeitung contains a
correspondence from Paris, dated De-
cember s, stating that Mr.. Maurice
Levy, on December Z, at the Academy
of Sciences, urgently recommended a
very practical automobile train, an in
vention Of the well-known Colonel Rem
ard, who has already won fame on ac-
count of solving problems with refer
ence to dirigible balloons.
The characteristic feature of this
train is the principle that each car
propels itself; the propelling force only
is furnished by the locomotive. The
latter, therefore, as it has no pulling to
perform, but only to supply power,
can be built proportionately very light.
Experiments have demonstrated that
q light car with a fifty Or sixty horse
power engine, weighing at the most
only $500 pounds. can move train
Of twenty tons weight over ordinary
country roads at Il speed OF about six
teen miles an hour. The invention of
Colonel Renard excels also OH account
of its being easily steere1 ana above
all by the fact that the separate cars
take all turns CORRECTLY" as Colonel
Renard calls tit e., they follow
closely the direction taken by the loco
motive, no matter how sharp the
curves may be.
Such a train can be operated in the
narrowest and crookedest streets with
out danger; it deserves the name,
''Tramroad with fictitious rails
Mr.. Levy expressed the opinion that
this new train is liable to be very use
full for military as well as for indus
trial purposes and for transportation
of passengers and freight.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Queer Case OF Forqstfulaess.

What is pronounced by physiciana
to be a case of double consciousness
was brought to public notice by q
suit filed by David Charters against
the city of Denver. for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries to his head, sus.
tanned by falling on defective side
walk, says a dispatch to the Philadel.
phia American. After the accident
which occurred Dec. 80, 1901, Charters
proclaimed himself Daniel the Proph-
ct" and wrote book, entitled Dan
iels Vision and Mission; Is Heaven
Real? Is He'll Real?"
He preached on the streets, and es
tablished prosperous mission. h
also Travelled about the country as an
evangelist. Charters, a few weeks
ago, recovered from his injury, and
the attendant alteration, and de
ciared that the interval following the
accident was blank to him. ITe had
no knowledge Of having written q
book. After reading the book he pro
nounced it's contents idiotic.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
x G eniuS in RAGS

Il don't pretend to account for the
inequalities in this world, but do
know that there are good many
numbskulls who are rich and good
many very shrewd men who are
poor" said merchant who was TAX
ing lunch with party of friends
down town yesterday. Here is a
little incident that will give you some
idea of what mean. I'm something
of crank in the matter Of shoes, and
always have from five to dozen
pairs that are partly worn but still
available for service. One morning
last week hobo called at the base
nent door of my house and succeeded
in getting my wife there to hear his
story. But the fact that his feet were
on the ground pleaded more eloquent
ly than any words, and my big collec-
ton Of shoes was brought out for him
to choose from. He took couple,
returned profuse thanks, and left.
Toward evening my wife was out
and at home. Along came hobo
with hair through his hat and feet
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
His Oninion Of Wacner.

Augustus Thomas has a friend-a
real Kentucky Colonel of the type one
reads about in novels-who is very
fond of the lighter music, but who has
always entertained the opinion that
the music of Wagner, Bach and other
of the so-called classical composers is
mere Sound and fury signifying moth.
ing" When he was expressing his
views on the subject OF Wagnerian
music it developed that he had never
heard Wagner opera. Thomas plead
ed with him that it was hardly fair to
condemn a thing without q hearing.
and persuaded him to listen to Wag.
ner opera at the Metropolitan. The
Colonel went, and the next day when
Thomas met him, he asked:
well, Colonel, what is your opinion
of Wagner now?"
What do | think of him? Why. ]
think he was nothing short of a scoua-
drel, Sub! He could write a tune, but
he wouldn't. New York Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Battle with a w off

The skin of the only gray wolf killed
In Vermont in the last fifty years was
brought into the village of Starks-
boro the other day by David Dixie,
farmer, who killed the animal in a
patch of woods near his barn after a
revere fight, in which Mr.. Dixie and a
dog were badly used up.
Mr.. Dixie had just gone into the
house from the barn, where he had
been milking, when his attention was
attracted by his shepherd dog, which
was loudly barking in front Of the hen
house. Taking a lantern, he went out
to investigate and saw the dog had
cornered a gray animal about his own
size. Both were bristling with fear
and rage, but neither dared to attack
the other. The farmer had no gun,
but he ran into the Woodshed and
procured broom with which he
struck at the marauder. Thereupon
the wolf, for such it turned out to be,
dashed for the woods, with the dog
after it, and cane to a stand near the
foot Of maple tree.
By this time the wolf was frothing
at the mouth and snarling and snap
ping at the shepherd every time he
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

through his shoes. He humbly asked
me If | couldn't help him in the mat
ter of footwear and I was in the midst
of refusal when he said my wife had
told him in the morning that had q
pair of shoes that were not mates and
would probably be willing he should
have them. More with the idea Of
convicting the fellow Of lying than
anything else brought out the shoes.
Sure enough, there were two of them
for the left foot, without any CORE
spending shoe for the right. I didn't
see how he could utilize them, but he
said they would serve his purpose, and
he departed with them. In the morn
ing that fellow had been sharp enough
to pick out the two shoes for the
right foot and then waited around till
he could work me for the other two.
/ suppose one pair went to a pal.
Nov, there is fellow tramping 1t
that would simply raise Ned il he
had q chance at wrecking railroads
or cornering wheat There's not one
man in q thousand would have
thought Of turning the trick he did. =
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

I caught cold in my eye last week."
laid the cigar dealer. THE general
effect was as If somebody had given
me a good belt and the black and blue
hadn't had time to show. 1t wasn't
2ainful-merely uncomfortable-and
thought could just as well attend to
business while it wore itself out. 1t
began to be painful after l got down
to the store"
Catch fresh cold?" inquired the
customer.
NO" replied the cigar dealer sadly.
1T was the inevitable funny business
that hurt. People began to get inter
ested in the eye as soon as they got
inside the store. They thought it one
Of the richest jokes that ever happen
ed, apparently Say, can you tell me
what there is funny about black
eyer"
1t isn't any funnier than twins"
said the customer 1.-The last addition
to my family was twins. l can SYM
pathize with you. What did you do
about it %
Stood it as long as I could" re-
piled the cigar dealer. after that I
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

came within range. Once or twice he
nipped the dog and drew blood Mr..
Dixie encouraged the dog and then
boldly worked around to the rear Of
the maple.
This was too much for the wolf, and
in sheer desperation he sprang at the
farmer, who dealt him telling blow
with the broom. At the same time the
dog tackled the animal in the rear and
got a hold on his neck. The next in
slant a three-cornered fight was on.
The wolf tackled the farmer and dog
by turns, swapping and scratching at
first one and then the other. In the
meantime the dog and the broom got
in some lively work and at the end
of ten minutes honors were about
even.
The wolf could easily have escaped,
but he evidently preferred to fight it
out, and it was nearly twenty minutes
before he was vanquished. When the
wolf was dead Mr.. Dixie found he was
scratched in several places and the
dog was wounded in spots from the tip
Of his nose to the end Of his tail. The
skin is much the worse for wear, but
will be mounted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
t HE LA ST HOPE
BY LURA VINE SMITH.
copyrighted 1885, By The Asao-s Publishing cou,pany.

''Ruthie, do you think James will
come tomorrow? VIII L see him
once more before l die? He will
come, If he knows, won't he?"
"Oh, grandma" answered the girl,
don't don't talk that way! Maybe we
will keep you with us long time yet
Yes, think James will come, and
really, l believe you look better to-
day. Now try and sleep bit, and
when you wake UP will make you
some nice soft toast and we will have
tea together"
Tenderly drawing the bed cover up
over the shoulders of the old lady and
smoothing her pillow, Ruth stepped
softly to the kitchen and sinking into
. low chair buried her face in her
apron and sobbed bitterly. She knew
her grandmother could live, but few
days at the most. The dear, helpless,
Did lady had passed her ninety-sev-
enth birthday, and now it was only a
step to the beyond where all sorrow
and care would cease. Rk sgQ8 So
But this was not all the cloud that
aarkened Ruth's sky. Poor child! so
young and frail to bear such a heavy
burden! Drawing it from her pocket,
she read for the hundredth time, per-
haps, that crumpled letter:
Dear Ruth: am more than
ashamed to beg you to help me out of
another scrape, but swear If you can
Ok me out this time, it shall be the
last. Here am. three hundred miles
nom home. grandma dying-asking
tor me, and l am In trouble again.
It's fine OF ten dollars or-jail. The
professor says he will see me 90 there
this time, before he'll help me out,
and don't know as I can blame him.
Bis. haven't one cent! I've got that
pass Tor home. but / can't leave, here
Until / have paid the fine! Ruthie,
/ am a scoundrel. as know better
than anybody else, and hate myself;
but II you can get me out this once,
DO Lean go home, I'll promise to come
back and finish this year and be the
steadiest fellow you ever saw. |
mean it this time, sure, for I'm tired
back, for you shall have a good deal
more than half Of what grandma has
to leave us. You will. won't you,
Ruthie? Don't let her die till / get
there! Your loving brother. JIM"
Ruth wasn't really his sister, though
she loved him with all her big heart
perhaps more than she would il she
had been. Grandma Hall, who had
raised James. taking him when he was
q little fellow in dresses, had adopted
Ruth Wells and brought the two up
rs her own children.
What shall I do? What shall I
uo?" cried the girl. "She must not,
must not guess the truth-it would
break her heart, for she thinks him
perfect. and she-is-dying! How can
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Hussia,s Great halfway.

The transcont.rental railway across
Siberia, which connects Moscow with
Port Arthur and on which all Russian
army supplies will be carried in the
war with Japan. is 5110 miles long.
For hundreds of miles the rail-
way passes over level stretches of
deep black SOIL absolutely stoneless,
and with a surface. except in summer
and autumn, OF mud or mud and snow.
The fairness of the country encouraged
rather fiimsy methods of construction,
and the rails are light. The engines
are wood burners and carry a crib
piled with firewood as high as the
smokestack
A recent traveller, Mr.. NJ Shoemaker,
describes even the International Sleep
ing Car Express as going at a dogs
trot' of about ten miles an hour and
making unconscionable pauses at the
stations. The ten days journey to the
Pacific from Russia shown on the
official timetables has not been re-
allied in fact
The bridges which cross the Central
Asian waterways are no himsy struc-
lures, but we'll calculated for the
heavy traffic they will have to bear.
Over the broad yellow food of the
Volga at Samara is great iron bridge
called the Alexander" with thirteen
spans each of $50 feet, nearly mile
long between its abutments.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

went around to the printer and got
these cards printed. Then when q
man came in and asked me about Il
handed him one of EN-"
The customer took a card the cigar
dealer handed him and read:
II did not run against an open door
in the dark
1T was not a stick of wood that
few up and hit me.
Il did not call the man a liar.
Il do not want to call your attention
to the condition of the other man.
Il have not been interviewing Fitz-
simmons.
Nobody hit me.
my wife and / have no differences
of opinion.
81 have no wife.
II did not threaten to report the
policeman.
IN. 81 would like to smile, but |
can't, even in the interest of trade"
LET me keep this for curiosity"
said the customer
I'm sorry" said the cigar dealer,
"but | had only 1000 of them struck
off and | used up all the Others"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
THE HOUSE OF CLOSETS.
Old Sherman Mansion in Connections
Has Sixty.

Among the trials of housekeepers
none is more common than that of lach
of closet room. If she could only plas
a house herselfl many a busy house
wife thinks. Her imagination reyeIs
in the vision Of big linen closets and
dainty china closets. of preserve closets
guarded by lock and key. of hall closets
for the ehildren's straying OvershOes
OF magazine closets for the constantly
accumulating periodicals. She Is Ger.
tain that she could not have too many.
There is, however. one house. de-
scribed I'm "An Old New England
Town." which has closet room enough
to satisfy the most ambitious house.
keeper; indeed. il is possible. consid.
ering the memorable demands OF house.
cleaning times. that zone might even
be willing TO dispense with few OF
the treasure places. The house is the
old Sherman mansion. Of Fairfield,
Connecticut. and is said to contain nc
less than sixty closets-clOsets within
closets and closets within closets with.
in closets.
At the time that it was built it was
the finest residence in that region.
Tradition declares that when the par.
lor carpets, ordered from abroad, ar.
rived seven feet too long. it was de-
cided to build an extension at each
end of the parlor in order to accom-.
modate them Certain it is that the
wings were added and cellars-it has
three-and closets.
During the last years of her life Mrs.
Sherman was an invalid and unable
to go into the second story, yet so
marvellous was her memory that she
knew precisely all the contents of her
great family of closets, and constantly
dispensed the linen. flannel, calico,
hams, pickles and preserves, kept in
their separate hiding places.
Of late years the old mansion has
become church property. and Mrs.
Sherman's successors have found the
closets a not wholly unmitigated de-
light. 1t is said however, that the
minister submits with grace. cUlhvat-
ing a spirit of levity when a dog, a
book, a child. a suit Of clothes. a pot
of jam or next Sundays sermon goes
into strict retirement for an hour.
month or 4 year. 1t is sure to be dis
covered sooner or later in one Of the
closets.-Youth's COMPANION.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
His Trust Well Placed

Last winter when I went south for
my health" said Col. L. S. Brown Of
the Southern Railway, Il was told they
were going to try a colored man for
stealing quantity Of raw cotton, and
when the hour arrived I went up to
the court house to hear the case The
prisoner was man about 40 years of
nge, and he had elected to plead his
own case. The prosecution proved
that the bag of cotton was found in
the colored mans cabin, and the prop
erty was fully identified as belonging
to the owner of a compress. The pris-
Dner asked no questions, but said he
wanted to make statement and rest
his case wild de Lawd.' After a while
he was given an opportunity to speak
md said:
Il was gwine by dat compress at
leben o'clock last night when a voice
dun called out to me: Hold on, dar,
Abraham Jones. Yo' was a pore man,
an yo' jest take long dis bag O. cotton
10 buy yo' some shoes fur cold wealth
er." Den de bag fell at my feet, an I
dun took it home
"'Did you recognize the voice?' said
the Judge.
No. sab, but reckon it was an
angel who spoke
Then why did you hide the bag
when you got homer
Well, sab, jest as I got frew de
rate another voice dun told me dat I'd
better hide de cotton fur few days.
did you recognize that voice?'
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

The next morning his dark, curly
head lay against the pillow-so quiet
but his eyes roamed over the room
and he. whispered, The Last Hope!
Wind it up Your grandpa wound it,
family, sAgainn L was busy in the
kitchen and thought it must be nearly
run down; | came in just as the last
sweet strain was dying and with it
went the spirit Of the little Italian
boy. We never knew who he was, but
we buried him and took the music
but when dark places came we would
wind it up and listen, and it always
seemed to comfort us with the assur-
ance that there was still one more
hope. l need it now, so get it, dearie,
and we will listen to it together; it
will be the Hope that Jamie will
come before I co."
Ruth made her way to the attic and
found the unknown, hidden treasure,
though her eyes were blinded with
tears SO that she could hardly see,
and she shivered and kept repeating,
20 what shall what can l do?"
With difficulty she brought the box
down the narrow stairs, for it was
large and heavy, but it was finally
placed on the round, old-fashioned
table and wound up. Slowly softly
the tune that had slept for years
awakened and filled the room with it's
rich, sweet melody; once, twice it
played the tune and they listened in
silence, then-the music stopped.
Ruth wound it tighter-still no sound;
she tried to turn the sheet, but 1t re-
fused to move. She tried the sprock-
ct, pressed the pin wheel, but all to
no purpose.
Il will take it to the kitchen and un-
screw the cover and then | can sure
ly find out what is the matter You
shall have some more music, grand
ma, indeed you SHALL" said Ruth, as
she once more lifted the big box and
bore it away.
The old screws were 1oosened with
but little trouble. the cover raised,
and there-Ruth almost screamed in
delight and amazement-for there
was money! nickels- nickels-ni
els without end! No wonder the thing
was SO heavy! She counted; forty-two
nickels! and there in one corner was
little leather bag with just one
hundred more! One hundred and for
ty-two nickels-seven dollars and ten
cents
."And / have four dollars and eight
cen cents; eleven dollars and twenty
eight cents! And 1t will only take ten
to get James out OF disgrace and
bring him home! Poor. little, dead
Italian boy! You did not know how
happy your treasured nickels would
make three hearts,!
I'll her Wy Ruth 0lmcst forgot that
her GRAND was to fix the mu..c boz
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

She didn't know any more what to do
than the big cat who WATCHED her.
but she touched something, she could.
mt tell what, and 10! the wheel turned
and once again came the sweet tune
Carefully she laid the money Ia the
table drawer, but the cover in place.
closed the box and carried it back
to the bedroom, saying cheerily:
well, grandma, the last hope J, is
surely not dead. A card from James
says he will be here tomorrow morn
ing'-and God and the angels forgive
her for the lie.
The sweet, wrinkled, old face wore
a happy smile, but the soul was gone.
Softly the music-box played THE
Last Hope The door was closed:
the dead woman was alone with the
music she loved.
In the next room boy and a girl
maya man ar a woman stood
side by side. Gently his arm stole
around her waist
'Ruthie. but fo- you her last hope
yes, and my own, had died. Had |
not got here before she went should
never have forgil en- myself"
He raised her sweet face to his and
there were tears il her eyes.
why, my darling, is it so? Is
there one last hope for me still?" and
the girl replied
How ! have loved you, James!"-
and sweetly, softly, THE Last Hope"
played-for the dead and for the liv.
ing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
First Ribbed stockinet.

Ribbed stockinet was first made by
Jedebiah Strut in England in 1859,
on the machine invented by William
Lee. This was not used for UNDER
wear in the United States until 1885,
when small manufacturer in New
York State used it. for undershirts;
now nearly all of the knit underwear
used in this country is ribbed. The
ribbed stitch was made by reversing
the stitch. The machine Is so ar
ranged that every alternate row, or
two rows alternately. are reversed, SO
that both sides of the web are alike