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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Odd Habits of Men Who Shave

One finds odd little habitS-such as DR..
Johnson's touching of the posts in Fleet
street-when one interrogates conscious
ness or acquaintance, says the London
Chronicle. Yesterday a business man
with the aspect of brass-headed nail
denied Indignantly that he had any such
ridiculous habits. "Well, for example"
said the auestioner, when you shave in
the morning how do you dispose of your
razor case?' He had to admit that he
invariably placed the two portions care
fully, the smaller level and true upon the
top of the other. Then the questioner
confessed that he himself could not shave
unless the two portions of his razor case
were-as they say in Kent-"cater," that
IS side hy side. and askew.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
~~0-@~~~No00

One girl is company; two breach
of promise suit.
Every woman is always doing some
thing either to get fatter or thinner.
+, No woman is so blind as to suppose
handsome eyes are made only to see
with.
The kind of mittens that keep
girls hands warm are a mans fin
gers.
For every one way there is to make
"a friend there are several thousand to
make an enemy.
/ A woman would like to be rich so
she could give pennies to the poor and
pearl necklaces to herself
/, 1t must be awful lonesome for q
bald woman not to be able to wash
lher hair with her best friend.
man could stand his wife telling
him all the gossip if she didn't ex-
9ect him to take sides about it.
When girl has had the nightmare
you can generally tell it by the way
she says she eats no more than bird.
A man could always afford to give
his wife furs and pearl necklaces if
being married weren't so expensive in
other ways.
The kindest thing a woman ever does
to young man is to have him fall in
love with her but not marry her be-
cause she is already.
When a man squeezes his wifes
hand she can tell the way he does it
whether he is absent minded and
thinks it is somebody else.
The cleverest thing is the way
girl with a bad attack of Indigestion
can just love to have her sweetheart
read sentimental poetry to her.
woman considers herself a natural
born financier when she goes over her
bank balance again and finds it is
dollar more than she made it the first
time.
When a man has been engaged to
girl and meets her twenty years later
he never knows whether to treat her
as if she were his grandmother or his
school teacher.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Coast Spy LIGHTS.

In the joint army and navy maneu-
vers III Chesapeake bay next spring it is
probable that there will be a test of a
searchight of the portable type. This
will be possible by mounting the search
light, its dynamo, boiler, etc.-the entire
plant. in fact-on a railroad car. There
is a movable light now used by the sig
nal corps, but the light only is mounted
on Il cart, propelled by horses, the gener-
ating plant being in protected place
and connected with the light by wire.
There is some doubt whether the entire
searchlight plant mounted ON railroad
car will serve the purpose desired, one
question being that its mobility is con-
fined to Il railroad track. and another OBJ
lection is that it will serve as target
for the enemy, who might attack and de-
Stroy the entire plant.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
A CHRISTMAS FoLKS0NG.

De win Is iiioNia wa5mah,
An hits BLOWN fOm de bay;
Dey's a soft O. mist a-rsin'
All erlOng de meddah way,
Dey amt hint o frostin'
On de groun' aer In de sky,
An dey amt no use in hopin'
Dat de snow'll mence to nay.
It's goin 20 be green Christmas,
An sad de day fu me.
j wish dis was de las one
Dat evan | should see.
Dey's dancin' in de cabin,
Dey's spahkin' 10y de tree;
But dIncin' times and spahkin
Are all done pas fur Inc.
Dey's fcastin' in de big house,
Mid all de Windahs wide
Is dat de way fu' people
To meet de Christmas -tidef
It's goin to be Il green Christmas.
No mattah what you say.
Dey's US dat will reEAembah
An grieve de comm day.
Dey's des a BRET o dampness
A-clincin' to my check;
lie aih's been dahk an heavy
An thrcatenin fu week,
But not wild signs o wintah.
Dough wintah'd seem so deah-
he Wip'ah's out o season,
An Christmas eve is hcan.
It's gOin tc be a green Christmas,
An oh. how sad de day.
Go AK de hungry chuchyad
An see what hit will say.
Dey's Allen on de hillside,
An Marty In de plain;
Flu Christmas was like sprlngtime,
An come wild sun an rain
Dey's Ca'ilne. John, an Susie.
Wild only dis one lef;
An now de curse is comm
Wild murder in hits bref.
It's gOin' to be a green Christmas
Des hyeah my words an see:
Befo de summGh beck0ns
Deys manyll weep wild me.
Paul Laurence DUNBAR In the Century
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Search in Streets for Diamonds.

Latest news from South Africa brings
report that the municipal council of
Kimberley, finding the town full of I'M
employed because of strikes and the con-
sequences of the late war. allowed the
idle inhabitants 10 tear up the streets
aud search the macadam for diamonds On
condition that each man should replace
the space allotted to him II was known
that the macldam of the streets had
been originally taken from the debris of
the diamond mines aud talk Of great
Jewels had been common. IS IL is. each
workman found from $4,000 To 5000 i'm
diamond dust. some jewels discovered
hciHg valued as high as $500 each
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
How BOYS Botanized Teachers Hat.

Miss johnson was an excellent teacher,
but her taste i'll dress, especially head
dress, was 50 peculiar that even her ador-
ing pupils could not fail to notice it. The
verdure which appeared upon Miss John
sons hat one season was so gaudy that
several wondering comments were made
by the boys.
I'm going to ask her what the green
stuff is" said one boy, valiantly, in spite
Of the vigorous objections of his com
panions. ''She won't mind, and next ma
ture study class I'm going to ask her, and
see who's right"
So red in the face, but stubborn, he
rose at the end of a lesson on wayside
flowers, in response to Miss Johnson )
general request for any questions which
might have come up since the last lesson.
I'd like to know about that green stuff
on your hat he said bluntly. John
AIKEN. he says it's beach grass. but say
it's onion sprouts. Youths Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
STAY AT HOME MISSoURIANS.
Natives of That State Dent Seem to Care
to Leave 1t.

Missouri IS one of the largest states in
the country and the most populous of the
states beyond the Mississippi Into il
have gone by thousands each year immi-
grants from other states, but from it few
emigrants 80 and Il man from Missouri
IS therefore a rarity in most parts of the
country particularly in the east and
along Tie Atlantic scahoard
There are only $500 natives of Mis-
souri, IN the state of New York. n
smaller number than there are natives of
either Georgia, Michigan, California,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, SCOUT b
Carolina, Illinois or the District of Co
lumbia.
Small ms is the Missouri colony in New
York, it is larger than the Missouri coll
ony in amy other city of the country,
with the single exception of Quincy. ILL.,.
which is near enough to the Missouri
boundary line TO get frequent acccSsion>
from that state. Missouri people do net
come east except for brief visits. ant
few 80 to the northwest, though that i
largely made UP of newcomers not only
from European countries but from other
american states. Moreover, 10y the las
census there were only 400 natives a
Missouri in Galveston and only 1900 i,
New Orleans. In the latter city Their,
were 1000 natives of Virginia.
Inc people OF Missouri nave NOT mUcl
of the migratory disposition which char
actcrizes the natives of most other states
They are satisfied to stay at home or I,
move from one part of Missouri to an
other The Missouri society of New
York has in recent years been rCcruitr,
10y many men distinguished in prufes
~ional Or literary life. yet while the col
ony has become important IFS member
ship continues smaller than is the cas-,
from most other large states New Yosl
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Mrs. Blank's Garments

Talking about the ''harker,' there is no
one so great as to be reverenced by him
His business is TO point out the sights OF
the capital to his passenger. and it isn't
his fault if anything passes unnoticed.
On Monday not long ago a touring ear
rolled along a quiet street where lives the
famous widow of Il great general
ION your right" roarad the megaphone
mar. is the residence of Mrs Gen.
Blank. The garments on the clothes line
are those worn by Mrs. Blank
And wlld-looking little woman on the
front seat murmured. with great interest
Ny. but amt they plain" Washing
ton Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
THE MORNING RUSH.

Johnny. run and wake your father.
Dorothy, be stilli
His other sock? Now. let me see,
Look On the window sill
j have not seen your fathers boots.
HIS razor? Run and find il,
And tell the cook To hurry up
Well. Charles, do look behind it.
Not there? Well. here's another pair.
Are those eggs finished? Wait.
lie wants them fried-yes on one side
Good gracious! half-past eight.
Another cup? Yes, dear. there's lots
More eggs: RUN tell the cook.
Your paDer2 Who has had it!
Wen. everybody look.
Bobby bring your fathers coat:
FIND his hat. Down. Rover.
Come, children. kiss papa eood-by
fhank goodness, that is over!
New York Pros
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
COST OF observation-disclosures
New forkers Who Waste Nono
Through Thoughtlessuess

Through Thoughtlessness.
The Absent-Minded Reoeorr
plenty of counterparts in New Yorl,
as the Interborough Rapid Tronsft
Company and the subueasurv oficiaIs
nave cause to know. Perhaps the com
monest form such absent -mipdedno-.
takes is the dropping of coins into ~,
ticket choppers box on L" stations
The amount of money thus fn91var
tently thrown away iii year. say tha
Interborough officials. is tremendous
aggregating. it is estimated. aboDf ca
a week. That means an averac, oe
about 36,400 nickels per annum all
sent-mindedly tossed into the tj,l-a-
machine.
The usual method Of procedure *
this: A man hurrying to catch trai,,
slams down a coin AT the ticket win
dow, gathers up his change in ona
hand and his ticket in the other and
hastens on in pursuit of the gates
ajar." Forgetting in which hand the
ticket is. he dumps his handful of
change into the chopping machine \
jerk of the lever and it yanishes from
view
by making proper application the
man with the absentee thinking anna
iratus can, of course, recover his
money, but he will find it sadly
changed since he last saw it. for the
interior of the box is fitted up with a
powerful apparatus for mutilating tick
cts. The teeth of the machine are so
sharp that they readily bite through
nickel or silver coins.
Thus, whenever a large enough bean
of these mutilated coins is collected an
official of the company is forced to
make trip to the subtreasury to have
them redeemed. A goodly percentage
of the money is never demanded by
the people who dropped it in the box,
the outlay being presumably set down
by them to profit and loss and sub
united to as one of the countless penal
ties attached to the Gotham vice of
Observation-Disclosures York World
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Remembered Him.

An amusing story is told at the ex-
pense of Il magistrate.
One day the man of law had occasion
to go to a town some Iwenty-four miles
from his court, and when, having tran
sacted his business, he went TO the rail
way station, he was amazed to find that
there was no train for some hours. As
he was due to take his seat on the bench
within an hour and half, he sought the
nearest cycle agent and inquired how
long a motor car would take to cover the
twenty-four miles.
1.-TWO and half hours" was the reply,
to which the magistrate expressed aston
ishment, stating that he thought it might
be done in all hour.
"No doubt it could" replied the agent
"but last time | saw you you fined me
40 shllings and costs for furious driv-
ing"
However, the journey was done, and
no summons has yet been issued.-Lon-
don Tid-Bts.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
As High as He W ent.

Governor Hayward Of South caro-
lima tells joke about young Bos-
tonian who was visiting New lorN
City and had occasion to 90 into the
Park Row building. On reaching the
twenty-sixth story, which is the high
est. everybody except the BosIonlaA
left the car.
rs this as high as you go?" asked
the young man.
Yes, sir. unless the elevator fa.s'
answered the truthful elevator man
New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Not to Be 0utdone.

Housekeeper-"Haye you any Mocha
coffee, Mr.. Sands?'
Small Dealer-"Yes, num-"
Genuine Mocha?r
Just imported, num-"
Import it yourself?'
oh, yes. mum. | send my order d.
rect to the-the Sultan, mum"
"Humph, How much have You Oh
hand;"
Boat sixty pounds. num-
"1ou have, Ell. sixty pounds? read in
the paDer this very morning that not
over fifty pounds of genuine Mocha
reached this country annually"
Yes, mum, that's true. | had ten
pounds ever from last year London
Tit-BitS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Her Only Chance.

why does Mr.. Jreeper come noTt
SO often, Maud?"
He comes to see me-"
What are his Intentions"
II don't know, ma"
We'll. doesn't he know that he IS
keeping other young men from paying
you attentions"
Il don't think he does, ma
well, you know it. don't you?"
NO, ma l haven't enough mag
nation to think out fairy tale like
that. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24

! thoroughly up-to-latc club for Scrv.
IN, gills has been opencd in the brart nf
the arlstocratic Back Bay district Of Ro>.
toN. The object is to promote mutual ~.
>peet between employers and employees IN
impress On master ana mistress that fha
nred girls have certain rights and mus,
he treated with due respect: also remind.
lng girls of the rights and interests "e
their employers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
Xhnt Wnrric,i I'm.

She-But. pa. he says be cant IN.
without me. Pa--But the question is
whether he can live without me-
New York Press.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27

golden yellow, glossy black o. >l}J;,eu
brown, often with q rose tinted collar.
Their bowers are in no sense ness,
Nut miniature gardens, adapted for C:l
jOyment and cOurtship and set in tie
eye of the sun. A pavement Of equal
sized pebbles is arranged. and nCtnbc"
less twigs are thrust firmly between
them in two parallel rows, inclined 10
each other, inclosing an avenue about
a yard long and several inches wide.
To decorate this arbOr gay feathers,
ruddy berries. pearly Shells hI2Nchol
bones. even watches, knives and other
glittering objects, are tastefuily place
in and around the entrance.
The New Guinea Lird. still more Of Il
gardener, constructs a miniature cOnic0l
summer house, with internal gallery.
Before this is meadow of moss. kept
free from grass. dust and lcl"eS. on
which bright flowers and fruit are Cal
ly offered by the enamOred male bid
to his mate.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27

free performance by Professor Joachim.
the famous viOlinist. 1t appeared from
the evidence that a dealer in musical
instruments was charged with cheat
ing a customer by representing that
violin which he offered for sale at
$1.25 was an instrument that could be
played. The great professor was call
up the impugned instrument, he pro-
ceeded to play upon it. Under his
magic fingers it really sounded like
violin, but in a few moments, much to
the regret of his listeners, the maestro
laid the instrument Gown with an evil
dent air of contempt. But he had Sc
cured the accused's acquittal.
The great tenor Mario once had to
give a free exhibition of bis magnifi-
cent vocal power in court in order to
gain freedom for himself He had
been arrested in Madrid in mistake for
a mischievous political agitator and in
vain proclaimed his identity to the
powers that be. Finally he was told
that if he really was the famous sing
er his voice was certain means of
convincing the court of the truth of
his claim. For seven or eight min
utes Mario held all within hearing
spellbound, and he was then allowed
to take his departure, with profuse
apologies for his arrest and detention.
Chicago Tribune.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
OAK APPLES.
FOrmls OF Disease PrOpagutcd by n
Minute GaHlRy.

The little brown balls popularity
known as ''oak applrs,' which may of
ten be seen grOWinE in clusters upon
oak twigs, are not fruit. as some sup
pose, but forms Of a disease which re-
suits from the attacks of Il minute
gallfy (cynips). This little insect. Il
distant cousin Of WaSps ana bees. is
provided with a complicated piercing
OvipOsitor in her tail. by means of
which she makes little holes in the
tender shoots of the oak. laying an egg
In each, and at the same time introduce
ing a drop of irritant fluid.
The substance of the shoot is thus
stimulated to unnatural growth and
produces an oak apple or gall" which
may be regarded us a sort Of vegetable
tumor and serves rs a home for the
grub which matches out of the esq.
This can easily be seen by cutting
open young gall. but in an old one
the insect has escaped by driving a
tunnel to the outside.
The oak is infested by many other
kinds of gall. Some are tufted. 9th
ers look like currunts, and others again
are the little brown ''Oak spangles"
seen on the undersides of the leaves.
Each kind of gaIlhy leads to the pro-
duction of a different kind of gall
London Answers,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
SMILING AND SELLING.
There Are Times When the Two DO
Not Blend Successfully.

eff you cannot learn to smile you
cannot learn to SELL says an exchange.
Now, we are willing to agree that a
happy disposition is very essential
quality for salesman to have. But,
taken literally, the statement is not
true Perhaps So per cent of success
full statesmen sell goods with smile
and find that it pays. But, on the 9th
err hand, there are Is per cent or more
who scarcely ever indulge in smile
while waiting on customers.
Take, for example, some of the wOm-
Ell who make up the highest class Of
city trade-the kind that drives up to
shop in swell turnout, enters like
q queen, snubs the tloorwalker. seats
herself in Il comfortable seat and looks
around impatiently to be waited on. If
you know much about sci x1g this class
of trade you know that if you smile
benignly and perhaps remark about
the beautiful weather. you will receive
a frigid stare frOnl~4he customer that
will make you shake. In most of the
stores where this class of trade is ca
tered to you will find statesmen who are
expert at handling it. They sell even
ing slippers, carriage boots, riding
boots, leggings, etc, with a cold polite
ness that would drive away an ortli-
nary shopper.
There are times and places for every
thing, and the time and place not to
smile are in shoe store when one of
the human icebergs which inhabit tie
-Four Hundred sWishes in to buy $40 or
$50 worth of footWear-that is, if you
expect to sell to her.-Shoe Trade jour
nal.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
SinsOniaIes' Delay.

"Why should we expect religion"
says Sir John Lubbock. Ito solve uues
tiOns with reference to the origin ANA
destiny of the universe? We co not
expect the most elaborate treatise to
tell us the origin Of electricity or OF
heat Natural history throws no light
on the origin of life. Has Biblioogy
ever professed to eXpllin existence?
Simonides was asked at Syracuse by
Hero who Or what God WAS. when h.
requested days time to think Of his
answer. On subsequent days he al
ways doubled the time required for de-
liberation, and when Hero inquired
the reason he replied that the longer
he considered the subject the more OBJ
scure it appeared"
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
Straw For Hats a Century Ago.

In the early part of the last century
there were fewer factories in this cOun
try than now. and many things were
made by hand which today are the
work of machinery. This was especial
" true of the braid for straw hats.
Rye straw was commonly used. al
though wheat was also in demand. But
the rye straw had longer stems and
was more easily handled.
In driving along the country roads. in
summer one would see great bundles
Of the straw hanging on the fences to
dry. When the sun and wind had
done their share of the work. it was
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
MUSIC IN COURT.

Occasions When Melody Decided
Questions at Law.
On one occasion all who were pres
ent in the court Of justice at Berlin
had the great pleasure of listening to 8
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
Whist.

She-Do you really enjoy whist. Mr..
Finesse? He--Do l enjoy it? Not at
all, madam; not at all. l play a dis
tinctly scientific game.-Boston Tran
script.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27

placeO III CitsKs where sulphur was
burning until it was bleached to Il pale
yellow. Then it was split into narrow
widths suitable for brading-St Mich
olas
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
Dress Goods

We invite you to examine our splendid line of
Percales Madras, Ginghams, Fancy Dimities and
Lawns. Many fine Waist Dresses and Kimonas
can be made from these goods. They are very
neat and attractive and just the thing you are
looking for to make that dress of yours.
Full value is obtained for every yard you pur
chase, nothing equal it for the prices
asked. Don't wait-we will please you so that
you will always buy here.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-07-27
BOWER BUILDERS.
Birds That Construct Gardens For
Their Own Enjoyment.

There are Ave different bower birds
three in Australia. the regent. the satin
and the spotted; one in the Papuan is
lands, the catbird, and one in New
Guinea. Their brilliant Dlumage Is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
GLEANINGs.


An Arab woman doctor has been ap.
pointed house surgeon at the newly es.
tablished hospital at Constantine. AZ
geria
In 1895 the members Of the Vienna
bourse numbered SOL. AZ the beginning
Of 1902 they were only Az. ana IN 1903
only ais
Chinese styles come up from the
south. Shanghai being the Paris that
sets the fashions for all people save
the court Mantchoos.
The Stockholm court has pronounced
the arctic explorer Andree to be dead
in law. the legal term OF disappear
anee having just expired Andree left
Spitzbergen on July 4, 1897 with two
companions, in balloon, with the OBJ
ject Of reaching the north pole.
The custom Of marrying girls when
they are mere children Of nine Or ten
years is increasing rather than de-
creasing in Bengal and other parts Of
India. The resulting racial degenera-
ton is becoming so obvious that laws
have been passed In several regions
forbidding the marriage Of girls under
fourteen