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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
He Dodged the Question.

In southeastern Missouri court proceed
ings are not as strictly formal as those
with which the city lawyer is familiar.
The judge does not always forget, when
he mounts the bench. what he knows
about the plain people of the earth. and
sometimes he acts on that know ledge.
At New Madrid during the last session
of the circuit court one negro was on trial
for numbering another. Judge Riley was
impaneing jury and asking candidates
the questions required by law. When the
jury box was full of men sworn to an
Swer truly he demanded in judicial tones
Are any Of You gentlemen related to
Doc 0'Bannon, DIR. Dawson, or DIR.
DigSes?'
There was no answer from the tales
men, and their silence was taken for NO.
CATION. The judge looked at them and
frowned.
.sThc rest of the witnesses in this ease
being colored," he said. Il shall not ask
you whether you are related TO them or
not"
There was momentary silence in the
court. ard then from the assembled farm
ers on the benches came n chorus of APP
prevail which not even the deputy sheriff
could rap TO STENCIL. L. Mathews IN
IipDinrOtt $
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
The Editors Caution.

A Chinese washerman has ruined six
very neglige shirts of the Hon. Santiago
Garter, and he is clamoring TO write an
editorial article in red ink Oh the Yellow
Peril But We desire TO be impartial. TO
sit on the fence, and think this thing out.
We have three Asiatic subscribers here.
and the Orientals in Chiapas are begin
ming 10 read the papers, so we have hopes
Of growth ia circulation. There is
bound TO be 4 Mormon colony in this
state. and they may be synpathizers with
pclyeampas Asia. Editors have their
mental trials. aud they are sharp and
ccme quick and hard. Give MS time: we
never vet made q hlunder.-Tabason
Mex Tageblatt.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
CURIOUS ROCK WALL OF TEXAS.
Extends for Miles Underground, and May
Have Been Prehistoric Fortress.

Near Rockwell is one of the most cu-
riouS formations in Texas. This town
and county were named after it. ana
many contend that. in spite of the opin-
ion Of scientists To the contrary. the for
historic race OF people.
The rock wall, as it is known. extends
along three sides of the town. but gen
orally Mt some distance from it. although
10 the south il is to be found within POO
or 800 yards of the corporation line. No
one seems To know just how long il is,
hut traces of il have been discovered
across the river in Dallas county.
biologists say that the wall owes its
origin to a volcanic upheaval. Ii is com
posed of stones which are three or four
inches in width. two or three inches thick
and from six to eighteen inches in length.
they are piled ON top of one another. JUST
like brick, and with the same regularity
All Of it is underground, At some
places II comes to within ten feet of the
surface of the earth In others, one will
have 70 dig down TO twice that depth be
tore its top is touched. In the localities
where it is nearest the surface plough
shares nave turned over many of the
stones. and some of the fields are plenti-
FULLY heSpriukled with them. Wells have
NAS thVNh ~ AhN slut III lut wall
for distance of fully thirty feet. but ii
, extends down beyond that depth
The stones are of light yellow color
and evidently have mica in them. There
are some StreakS, toe. which closely r..
semble white marble. The substance Is
very hard. and when exposed TO the ele,
mentS does not deteriorate This is at.
tested by pieces which have been left
exposed for more than a generation.
Another curious thing about ii is that
there IS no other stone in the county
which Is just like IT, Rockwell county
/ has some fine building stone. but il /,
! q an entirely different kind. 1t resem.
pies more nearly than anything else the
/ bricks which are manufactured from the
/ clay found in this section.
Many believe that this wall was bull,
! bE prehistoric men as fertilization foi
settlement which once stood on thi.
! very spot Asked 10 explain why II j,
that the wall is now underground. they
call attention 10 the belief of geologiSt,
! that once the Red river found lis way Il
/ the sea down through this valley and tina
Y was miles in width. This black dirt
/ the. theorists contend. is mixture of al
iuv!al deposits and clay. and these de
/ posts, they say, covered up the WALL
. Galveston News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

measures s feet in diameter and is made
Of iron.
In the early days this old Dutch wind
mill was a more important factor IN
the community than in the modern era
Of steam and roller milling. The crops
have changed. too, and whereas wheat
was the staple years ago. dairy is the
principal industry now fine mill COM
petcd with water power mills in early
years. 1t still has the old French mill
stones, the upper of which revOlves upon
TIE .ower. This system was not capable
OF grinding as fine a. the steel rollers
and the latter mills captured what wheat
grinding there was TO be done
Still Grinds Buckwheat and Feed
The mill continues 10 grind buckwheat
and feed today. Some people still pre-
fer the coarser -four. Forty years ago
the mill made 500 month for its own
err. One very cold winter in war time
the water power of neighboring mills
was frozen and the entire country round
about was compelled TO bring its grain
10 this Dutch aerial contrivance. Then,
as now, when occasion demanded ana
the wind blew. the upper mill stone was
kept turning night and day grinding OUT
the grain upon the lower stone from
where il was gathered mp and carried by
an elevator from the basement 70 the
ton story for sitting and boiling. From
here it descended again to the first floor
for storage or Sacbing.
The picturesque feature Of the mill IS
the fans. resembling the long wings of a
dragon fly much magnifed. The length
of each from the center is 10 feet and the
width feet Ash was used for the skele-
/ ton frame The fans are so fitted into
! the crossbar as to present bevel edge 10
the wind As they sweep majestically
| around and around their lower tips brush
/ just above the platform which surrounds
I the mill basement 1t is here that the
/ miller stands to adjust the canvas over
! the network Of ash strips when the wind
I picks up for, in the meanwhile. the can
| vas is kept rolled up like reefed sail.
I Must Look Out for Squalls.
Care must he used to keep the fans
/ facing the wind and to prepare for sudden
/ squalls. 1t takes little wind 10 make the
/ sails GO One man is enough TO do the
/ work when the mill is running day times
/ only. When running twenty-four hours
i n day three are kept busy. While there
! is not so much help required as in steam
/ mill and no expense for fuel. the work is
equally well done and the same price for
/ grinding is charged. The mill has been
owned by George Zoellner for thirty years
/ past, who runs il in connection with his
/ farm near Alto. six miles west Of Wan.
pun Evening Wisconsin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
What Doctors Make.

There are about 100000 doctors in the
United States. or about one for every $50
people. Ii has been approximately esti-
mated that the average yearly income Of
these men is $3.50 or that the public in
the country pays $1J0,o00,O00 annually
for medical attendance. emitting entirely
the money spent for patent medicines.
which brings millions of dollars TO manu-
facturers, or the amounts spent for doc
tors prescriptions, or paid TO quacks or
commercial doctors The preparation for
the practice of medicine that gives man
good standing in the profession means
an expense of. literally speaking. $4,000
for four years in a reputable medical
school $1,000 for general expenses during
two years hospital service. and perhaps
another $1eo0 for setting up in practice.
\ year or two in Europe is also a help. 80.
I.eslieS Monthly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

ON every side of ms. from our feet to
the golden distance far away. the world
stretched mountains. peak upon peak as
thick as iunks in a Chinese harbor, and
range beyond range ineXhaustible; no
sounds of mortal life came up inside the
rock. while the river. gentian blue. wound
silent in transparent pools below. The
panorama in Japan on a splendid summer
day is impossible TO describe TO an Eng
fish reader who has not been in the east.
for such one will read between the lines
the local color in which he was bred. in.
stead of the wholly different atmosphere
that heightens the charm Of ;he picture
therc-the brilliant luminous air which in
vests our eye with telescope power. and
brings the whole landscape TO our feet
while a soft suspicion Of silky haze seems
10 loat a hale round each foliage hidden
Hill. Switzerland. too, is & mountain
world. but small compared with this: the
entire content from Innsbruck TO Geneva
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

grandmothers they took life more leisure
ly, more easily, and were not in a hurry
even for the laugh. They 6welt more ON
the pleasant things of life, studied more
the pleasure and comfort of their kins-
folk and acquaintance, and this mere
practice of virtue as the fashion of the
day shed abroad in the heart q kindness
and a grace for which we have nothing
in modern times to correspond. One has
only to meet for q moment one of these
old ladies to note the serenity. the
thoughtful consideration, the almost for
NAL respect, not for the~feelings alone.
but for the mere opinions of everyone
present. 1t is well TO have a grapdmoth-
in the house, If for no other purpose
than to teach the young how to behave
toward one another: 10 show them by
precept and example the worthlessness Of
any pleasure purchased at the cost Of
pain to others. The best teacher a man
ever had was his old-fashioned grand
mother.
riches" which sprang up since the Civil
war. have vulgarized manners by gnor-
ant display. Money can never make n
gentleman. The latter is the product of
blood, inheritance and education. The
old-time courteous, brave, foolishly ex-
travagant and altogether too passionate
southern planter of the old regime lives
only in fiction. The Knickerbocker If
New York is squeezed out by the impos-
ing. massive frontage and ostentatious
liyeries of the new -Four Hundred DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes "Brahmip~
class in New England is extinct. Truly,
the fine old Irish gentleman" in our
days would be snowballed on the streets
and laughed at in the ballroom. But if
riches are often vulgar, they are gener-
Gus. Never before have we spent =,
much on education higher and lower or
given more to increase the true and beau
tifui in art or sweetness and light" in
literature and science.-Lancaster Exam
iner and Exnress.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
THINE ONLY.

Think not. whereas ] oft proclaim
The charms Of smiling Phyllis,
Or celebrate fair Deilas fame,
Or that of AmaTyilis-
Think not that basely / design.
Dear goddess. to desert thy shrine:
All, no. This heart was eve. hine,
And thine II still is.
OF all the nymphs in whose sweet praise
I've sung land they are many
] have beheld with actual gaze
But few. my love, If any,
Bat thus hast yet. perchance, to learn
That poets feel no great concern
TO whom they sing, so they can turn
a casual penny.
BE not disdainful then. nor coid
Nor deem II necessary
To emulate that maid of-all
Accounted to contrary;
For thou and / are one and these
But shadow shapes. wherefPom ! squeeze
For thee thy daily bread and cheese,
My little Mary.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
coURTLY MANNERS OF OLD.
Have Disappeared in the Strenuous. Hu.
ried Life of Today.


Iou often hear the expression "a fine
old gentleman or lady of the ancient
school meaning thereby a stately cour.
tesy and dignifed though kindly bearing.
which were common in great-grandmoth-
ers' days, but which are too often lost
sight OF in our own. The hurry of bust
ness has invaded social circles and has
been accompanied by a brusqueness of
manner that entirely disregards the feel
ings of others. For wit we have substi-
tuted rudeness. which has nothing in
common with wit except the element OF
the unexpected. We make a conflict of
all our social intercourse, and are more
anxious TO say or do something that will
hurt ones feelings or cover one with en-
harrassment than TO say a pleasant thing
that has not enough point TO it to excite
remark or win applause.
The success of q witticsm is so nstan-
taneous, it is so spontaneous and I'M
counted, that il is demoralizing. feeding
our vanity and stimulating our invention
without informing our judgment. Other
labors as good must wait for recognition,
but wit, however lighter heayy-has lis
immediate reward. In the days of our
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The public debt of Russia is $500.
100000; her gold reserve is about four
hundred million dollars. and there is per-
maps three hundred and forty million
dollars in gold in circulation in the en-
pirc NJ. de Witte said recently in a
meeting of the council OF state: The
imposition of direct and indirect taxes
upon population has reached the last pos
sihle limit, To lay any further burden
upon the tax-paying power will not only
be fruitless of results, but can hardly be
regarded as permissible in the present
economic condition of the country"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The Graeco- Roman chariot in the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
pne Of the new exhibits. has excited great
Interest among artists and archaeologists.
Its preservation was due 10 the fact that
=. was buried by the ashes of Nesuyius.
Many other treasures were found in the
same neighborhood, some Of which Baron
Rothschid bought and presented to the
Louvre The chariot in question is two
wheeled and is perhaps the rarest III the
Mnlll
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Hudson bay is the third largest Enclosed
marine area in the world being next
in size to the Mediterranean sen and the
Caribbean sea, and bin is now before
The Ottawa Parliament to change its
name 10 the Canadian sea. for good POI
litical and national reasons. and TO as
sert Canadian supremacy over the waters
Of the bay and the adjoining territory"
American whalers from New Bedford.
Mass, are practically the only people
who have frequented the bay for the last
30 venrs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Floggins is still allowed in English
prisons as punishment for muiny of
violence, but recently published statistics
make it doubtful whether even in these
extreme eases corporal punishment serves
the purpose for which it is intended, 1t
is shown that since the number of prison
offenseS for which logging was allowed
was reduced in 1898, the number of of
lenses against prison discipline has de-
creased from 141 20 13l per 1000 prison
ers, while there has been an increase in
the number of those offenses for which
the "cat" is sill the penalty.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The people of Australia, who are chas-
ing John Al xander Dowie about the
streets, are not irreyerent. They knew
Dowie before the idea of the confidence
CANT that he practiced in America had
occurred - him. .It makes them angry to
see an mpostor assuming a biblical role
and claiming spiritual authority by direc;
mandate from ON high and they are de-
lermined to discourage John Alexander
nX fnrrn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The soldiers at Fort Terry, on Plum
island, Connecticut, who were fatally
poisoned. hx wood alcohol, didn't have
even Jag" as final send-off. Grain
alcohol would not have served them in
that way; although in many cases it has
a similar effect in the end. To be abso-
lutely safe, both must be classed as poi
sonous beverages
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The five men who were killed by drink
ing lemon extract, in Indian Territory,
must have been ignorant of present COM
mercial methods, else they would have
suspected the presence of wood alcohol i
the extract and refrained from their tart
ibation We eat and drink good deal
on mere label recommendations; but it
ISN'T safe in every instance to class al
legged pure goods" as good things for the
stomach
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
Opinions.

A gentleman is never drunk
It's such vulgar word
70 say a gentleman Is drunk
Is really quite absurd
He may be piffiIcated, piffed,
Bazooned and pie-eyed, too:
u'vc had an edge on once or twice,
And so, ! guess, have yOu)
He may be plastered. hoOzed aud passed
But finer natures Shrunk.
And shrink, and will shrink evermore,
From saying. He is drunk!
Yale Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
He Deserved to Lose.

..G,neral. reported Tory innkeeper.
s..,,bn American force is divided into 100
companies. each containing sixty minute
men. - -, =,
GOOD" answered CORVALLIS. II snail
s.snd word to England that We have met
me enemy, and they are hours. -fiar-
ward l.ampcon.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

NO" explained the white.haired and
Kindly professor TO his class, the
printing and the publishing Of book
are not necessarily synonymous; for in
stance, if | should print IA kiss upon your
lips it would not be necessary to publish
il Yale Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

''0ld Abe" was in a number of pretty
hot places when he was alive, and he
seemed to enjoy the experience. Had
there been as much doing in an effective
way as there was in the old hot times
at the front the historic bird would not
have suffered cremation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

only one-fourth the length of this single
island Of JapaE-a thousand miles of con-
finuous romance. And the quality of the
sunshine is what separates, by very
wide gulf, summers day in these lafi
tudes from one in more northerly Europe.
Cornhill Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Wille-And didn't every one own
slaves in those days. grandpa!
Grandpa-No, not every one, Willie.
Why, when ] started ont | only had
your gran'ma an ole wife mule.-BoS.
ton Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
Just a Hint.

Perhaps" said the critic. If you
were TO call your farce comedy the g
o'clock Trolley Car it might make .
hit"
II don't see the point" replied the
playwright.
well. that's suggestive OF standing
room only. YOU know. kennebec Jour
mi
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The government scientist who intends
10 set up the model of a stegosaurus, for
the st. Louis Exposition, should insure
the spectators against any possible
breaking loose of the "varmint," after
the manner Of the guyascutis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

for every message transmitted from one
station to the other, irrespective of the
number OF words it contains and it is
thence dispatched TO any part of Ger
many or Denmark at cent a word.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
AN OLD DUTCH WIND MILL.
Remnant Of the Industry Ct 0lden
Times is Still Intact.
is NEAR WAUPUN, WIS.
Gigantic Wheel Still Revoives to Grind
Buckwheat and Feed for Neigh
boring Farmers

The country west of Waupun possesses
one of the very few real Dutch windmills
IN the western states. Ii is no plaything
built for picturesque effect, but a pom
derous -four and grist mill that has done
yeoman service grinding -four and feed
as far back as the Civil war. 1t was
built forty years ago by John Rener-
dink, Holander, at cost Of $4,000.
Fat and Clumsy Mill.
OF fat and clumsy proportions, it
stands - feet above the level of the
farm and its huge sweeps or fans spread
~ feet in the AIR. The cap covering the
shaft and erossbar into which the four
fans are socketed, is ID feet high. The
weight of this shaft and crossbar is five
tons. The crossbar holding the wings
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
& Spicy War.

Russia'S in a pickle;
She'll soon be peppered now;
Because I've heard that all The laps
Are mustard AT Chow how.
New York Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
The Clam.

The men who kick against their lot
Might well survey the clam.
For though the tide be ebb or Good
He doesn't give damn.
When angry hllows DER them roar,
Most men would fret. | think;
The clam has not Il word TO say
He merely takes drink.
Cornell Widow
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
Brek Coax!

Said the turtle 10 the bullfrog.
Just Won watch me catch that fly"
As the frog watched from the bog log,
'Snappy work. was his reply
Yale Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Wireless telegraphy is rapidly coming
into commercial utility in Germany, and
large numbers of spark messages as
such kilograms are called. are trans
mittel daily. There is a service IN opera
sion between Denmark and Prussia.
while two German steamers running be-
tween Kiel and Korsoer are equipped
with Instruments and maintain contin-
uous communication with both German
9nd Danish land stations. The system
employed is the Slaby-Areo. Private
messages are accepted at the TWO Offices
at Bulk. near kiel. and on the Isle of
Fehmarn. A fee Of II cents is charged
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12
The Nest Eggs ESCAPE.

Good hen, since you consent to lay.
Accept our heartfelt thanks. we beg
Had you delayed another day
We must have cooked the china egg.
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The fatal fall of the overloaded skele-
ton of New York skyscraper will bring
builders to a realization of the fact that
there is limit 10 the strain that may
be imposed upon bolts and beams under
certain circumstances. The shipbuilders
Of the lakes received a lesson of this Kind
IN the breaking in two Of the steamer
Western Reserve. and the mys,erous dis
appearance with al on board of her sister
ship, the Gilcher. Since the loss of the
ships mentioned, the lake steel craft have
been made Of tougher metal and with
more regard for the strain under which
The plates If the Western Reserve gave
WHY
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

The United States supreme court has
hanied down a decision that the tea act
Of 1897 which prohibits the importation
of tea below a certain standard is consti-
rutional. This ends the eighth unSuccess-
full attempt 10 set aside the law, which
has been bothering INSCRIPTIONS i'm
porters who would like to food the mar
kets of the country with low grade teas.
The decision Of the court not only in
sures the American tea drinker against
imposition. but it also strengthens the
pure food movement because it upholds
the power of Congress 10 regulate COM
merce. which is vested in it by the con
Sfitution.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Cap Bush was in town Monday cavort-
ing around with his usual fawnlike tread.
Caps lissome, willowy figure grows more
and more like the jack of clubs every
day.-Britt (lowa) Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Joe-They say she has money to burn
Tom-What use is that, if she can't
find match yale Record