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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

One of the first cases which the m'e
Gilman Marston of New Hampshire bad
after being admitted to the bar was 81
civil suit involving somewhat comp r
Gated question of inheritance, IN h
way daunted, young Marston tackle! II.
locked up authorities all the way "..
To Julius Caesar. and prepared an "t-e'
ment of a few hundred pages "ct
seemed to him more than unanSwefah he
His only fear was that it might hs ZEE
You'd the comprehension of the conr'.
When the time came the young u
rose and plunged in boldly. The )Nd-'
seemed interested and Gilman took heart.
But ut the end of an hour and bai, 3.
the midst of the most intricate part OBJ.
his plea. he was panied to see what a4
thought was Il lack Of attention 81" ''
part of the court.
1t was just as he had expected l'
judge was unable to appreciate the N..'
points of his argument. He r2.set-,
hesitated. and then said: Your he.
beg pardon. but do you follow me
Il have so far" answered tile
shifting about in his chair; but
frankly that if l thought | could hna .s
way back I'd quit right here. -"
Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

the side of the horses head This does
not give the horse any freedom to move
lis head without moving the bag also.
y Philadelphia man has patented an ex-
ceedingly simple feed bag which over
comes this fault. I'M illustration of which
is shown here. The bottom and sides
are made OF canvas or other flexible ma
tcrlal while the top consists of Il cir
Cular frame divided into two sections.
which are connected 10y small loops.
Supporting the bag are two metal rods
one on each side. having hooks at the
end which fit into the loops in the frame.
IN the center and Mt the other end of
the rods are circular loops which arc
shaped to fit over the shaft of the We.
hiclc. 1t can easily be seen how easily
this could be done the bag always re-
naming III position where the horse
could conveniently reach the feed. M
the same time being able to move his
head freely. This feed bag has the add.
uonal advantage that il can be folded
uP when not in use
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

luce shooting shirt that is worn out
side the trousers. In making such gar
ments it has been customary TO attach
the patch pockets to different parts os
the garment. which for shooting pur-
poses is not very satisfactory, because it
tends TO drag the garment out of shape,
but this shirt oyercomeS that. as wen as
providing pockets extending all around
the bottom of the shirt. II consists of Il
body portion with any desired form uf
sleeves and Il front opening which ex-
tends part way down the front For
shell pockets the emf OF the shirt is
turned VI and secured to the body of
the shirt by seams on the front. sides
and back. thus forming pockets around
the bottom of the shirt Being integral
with the shirt, they are. therefore,
stronger, as well as much simpler to
make, This does away with the disad-
vantage of u patch pocket and allows OF
a pocket extending all around the shirt
Suitable buttons can be secured to the
shirt body, to which the pockets may he
huttonpi near the ton
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
The Cossack's Happiness.

Ernest Poole in his article in the
Everybody's on present conditions in
Russia, which he has called Peasant
Cattle quotes brutal Cossack as fol
lows
For what more can a man want than
vodka? To close the door of your room
to lie down on your bed with a big gal
lon bottle of vodka lying across your
stomach, and plenty of good cold meat
and eggs on the chair by your pillow
that's living. Thank the good God, WHO
only makes us stop meat and eggs in
Lent, but lets us keep on with our vodka.
We have a clever trick for these Jolly
bedroom hours. You put the candle in
a little dish of water, so when you booze
off the candle burns on and on till the
fame strikes the water with a big SpIut-
ter and goes out. This trick was found
out hundreds of years ago, and now we
all know it; so every one in the village
can get drunk without danger of setting
fire to anything.
We have different ways of drinking
The poor man who can only have oae
bottle, he sucks it in through a straw.
because by drinking it slower it gives
you the same feeling as if you had two
bottles But the rich Cossack who has
three or four hottles-he can just pour IL
down in big glasses"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Where ch:laren Are Sold

On the same steamer 10y which |
reached Rengueia there were five little
native hoys, conspicuous in striped ier-
Seys. and running about the ship like
rats | suppose they were about 10
or II years old. perhaps less. | do
not know where they came from. but il
must have been from some fairly distant
part of the interior, for like al natives,
who see stairs for the first time they
went up ami down them ons their hands
and knees They were travelling with n
Portuguese. and within a week of land
ing ut BenSucla lac had sold them all
to other white owners. Their price, was
% milreis apiece tucarly t1Ol. Their
owner did rather wei. for the bows were
small and thin-hardly bigger than an
other native slave boy who was nj the
same time given away by one Portu-
gucse friend to another as "a New Years
present. But all through this part az
the country | have found the price Of
human beings ranging higher than | ex
pected, and the man who told me the
price of the boys hai himself been Of
fered one of them ut that figure. and
was simply passing ON the offer 10 my
self Henry W. NeyinSuu in Harpcr's
Maya zine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
THE FIRST FROST.

'.Ths IS NINE said the old frost king;
And he left his seal of white
On the fow-ring vine by the wayside
bring
The movers died last night.
"This is mine and he sang in glee
A. he touched the blades of grass
In the nook at the foot of the maple tree
The Llades are crisp. alas.
This IN mine, too, and his breath SO chiI
lie brcathed on the maple leaf;
This MON ii fell to the window sill,
Wrinkled and serC with grief
"TheSe are mine. and he chucklcd gay
As he oped the chestnut burs.
The nuts lie now where the squirrels play
And the partridge drums ard whirs.
Horace Seymour Keller in New York Sun
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
RAILWAY IN THE DESERT.
Hedjaz Road Expects to Take Pilgrims
to Mecca.

y recent report 10y the German com
mrrcial attache at tonstantinople gives
some particulars of the railway, now IN
course of construction, which will ulti-
matciy conduct Damascus and Mecca.
The Hedjaz railway is being made pri-
manN on religious grounds Were it
NOT Tor the certain prospect of attracting
au euorWogS pilgrim traffic the undertake
mg would never have been entered upon.
Tor by far the greater portion of the 1900
niles Of railway track will toe laid in
deserts and unproductive lands. The
building Is being carried out under Ge.-
man supervision. and as Turkish troops
have been largely employed as labarers.
the cost of the work will be romparative-
N small. The line from Damascus ia
MHau-uhout one-third of the total
tcugtl--Was opened to traffic last mn
umn. From commercial Standpoint
the only benefit likely 10 be derived from
Tie line will bee the opening up for cuI.
tivUu1p of certain districts near the Ioi-
dam. which have hitherto been neglected
for lack of means TO transport the rrons
Some branch lines, however. are In he
INSTRUCTED for industrial purposes. Ons
"f these, from Hailta TO Dpraat. Womb
have been completed in Nav hut fnr
damage caused 10y heavy floods. This
viii increase the trade of Haina M tLo
expense OF Beirut-Pall Mall Gazette
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
American Bootblack in Paris

Young Fred Rack. the peripatetic
bootblack from California. is now going
around the Paris newspaper offices. His
nickname. the Frisco Kid" has been
adopted i'll French as lie Gosse de San
Francisco. He is also called the globe
trotting boothlack" in some of the
French papers. which print columns
about his adventures aud aims. He
was very much disappointed % hear on
arriving at the Care 81 I.azare by the
So-called transatlantic train from Havre
that President Louhet. whose boots h.
wants to polish. was not ut the ElySpe.
hut in his southern chateau of l.. Be.
gude-de Mazeue. Rncik accordingly pro
poses 10 20 elsewhere. aud will return
t. Paris when President Loubet is m
the EivSee
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
BULLET IN HIS APpENDrx
Young Robert A. Pope Shot H;r..,.
Thirteen Years Ago

X "
The vermiform appendix has CO..
as lodging place for a mnItitrdaa 90
strange and varied foreign boaiase OF
cording to the annals of surgerV, ae-
the physicians of ST. Luke's h. oHt
New York city, have recently racd pii1i
case which appears to be unione 1 TSa
object removed from the appeniiv ne y;
the course Of a regular OPERA ion IN III
recurrent appendicitis, was 49, 1.cal:I iof
bullet, which had been imbeddei i in tI5I.
patients body for thirteen years IL 'He
The subject was Robert A. pon. -
Newburynort, Mass, a nephew ~ =, uI
Albert A. Pope. Young Pope is a 10 ! o.
ward undergraduate and an athlete Il
visited st. Iuke's some time 400 ne
complained that when training for foa.
ball he invariably suffered from abdo,,,,
lnal pains. lie expressed the belief ~.
he was suffering from some form If -. ~
pendicitis. His diagnosis was confrrrlt
by DIR. Hussey of the house staff l l''i
later by DR.. Francis Markoe. the VIZ ;,'-'
ing surgeon. ''s''
The operation was performed and j..
the astonishment of the surgeons n sn,oW
bullet was round in the appendix VI W.
informed of the result of the oI,aro+;i,""
young Pope said: ''''i'
Il had forgotten all about that hpIla,
l shot myself accidentally thirteen 80.
ago. | have not been inconvenience ~,
it until lately" ''
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Committed 10 Memorv 80 verses.

Most likely not another brain in ;he
state, possibly not in the world. has vc,-
hally acquired 50 much Scripture in $40
snort Il time as has been done recently
hN young woman III Buncomhc county
about the FIRST Of March. 1905. Pastor
j. y. Rrendell. hoping Ia stimulate Nom
cry work in the Big Ivy BAPTIST sunday
School at BanardSville roStotIicr offered
1--WE prizes 'BihleSl. the first 10 the puDjl
over and the other tu the one under
l.. who should during this interval com.
NM lo memory and rccite the largest
number II verses Of the Scripture
committee was appointed 10 hear the
contestants for the prizes and ra,,;.t,r
the number of verses memorjzed
'n the day of the award it WIS found
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
His l lst Cent.

One night rece ~ tit wasn't SUNDAY
night rather Seedy looking man
stepped mp to tne bar in a saloon near
Twelfth and Walnut aud said 10 the
bartender:
'You wouldn't take mans last cent
for a drink of whisky. would you9''
Anybody who gets Il drink here povs
for il. said the bartender.
1oud take a mans hast cent?"
You hct | would"
The other sighed We'll. I've got IN
nave the whisky" he said. lie was
served with the drink You mean il
When You say You'd take a mans last
ceut:' hr asked.
Sure said the bartender
The other pitched penny QUITO tho
s2r Well. there it is" he said. and
out he weut.-kansas City Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
THE KID REPORTER.

His walking gloves and russell shoes,
His trousers, rather hashy,
The world amuSe. be hunts for news.
With lip that seems mnstaehey.
His fads ere ever numerous,
His peck, always iinglish:
Hes generous with loans to us
Who have TO fix his English.
With Dickens. or with Addison
As model. hard he struggles;
And when he's done. some bit OF fun
In every sentence snuegles
All orthodoxy he will rap.
His tendency 10 scoif IS:
a verbal scrap j. aye on tap
When he is in the office.
His daily work he goes about
With energy that's steady;
fearless scout. his pencils out,
His mote book ever ready.
Ten wears: his dress Will tanner grow:
For shortest words hon search. man:
Notebooks will go. he'll save his doua h.
And even be Il Churchman!
j A. in Brooklyn EAGLE,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

said 10 her husband. Give me one
darling. and ] will put it en- the number
of my age. That is sure to be lucky
hut. Of course he might have shared
himself the trouble of grumbling. ana
the $40 note was duly deposited IN
No "A.
Alas No. So proved to be the winning
mineral, and the lady gave little gasp
of despair.
serve You right said her great brute
of husband If you'd told the truth
you'd have won.'-London It'd Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
SONG.

o Love. you could not love m"
Though fair | found your eyes;
Yet still. two stars above me.
They haunt my evening skies.
o Love. our day was heeting,
As oil the flowers Of Spring.
Yet Autum's heart is beating
With that remembering.
Arthur Dawson Ficke in Scribne
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
FEED BAG FoR ANIMALS.
Supported by Rods Which Slip Over the
Shafts.

The driver of every team should be
supplied with Il bag of some kind for
holding feed for his horses, as he seldom
is sure where he will be when feeding
time comes. Some drivers are very care
ful in this respect while others make
use of anything that is available. Quite
large number of feed bags are in use.
the majority being constructed SO that
they can be attached and suspended to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
The Gil at a Baseball Game

Patience-"So you've been to the aa--
ball game?"
Patrice-"Yes. dear
WAS it interesting
'Oh, very"
How did it come OUT
why. one side got one run ,#-
other got two"
Which won?'
THE one which got two runs.
Yes, | know: but did the home ''.-
win or the visitors|'
"Oh. / didn't ascertain that .aa'
ers Statesman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
A Lesson Matrimonial.

See the bride.
Why does the bride look puzzled
Because hubby forgot to kiss her be-
fore he went TO business.
See the ma-tr0n.
Why does the ma-tron look puzzled?
Because hubby didn't forget to kiss
her before he went to business
Is this not Il queer world?-New York
Frihunp
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Don't Believe 1t.

Its strange how the mere information
Of the voice can change the entire mean
ing of a sentence.
Yes, but no matter what tone of
voice you use there's one sentence that
can never express anything but doubt =
whats that.
when one man says to another: tOf
course you know your own business bet
ter than | do. Philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Truth PAYS.

They were ut Monte Carlo and. like
other visitors To that iuSidious paradise
they considered the Casino was placc
which ought to he visited They stood
beSitnting before one of the tables. ana
at last the temptation to join the play
erS proved too strong for the lady.
Il must just risk one ttO note" she
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Charley Knew.

Diamonds are becoming more expen-
sive every year." said the caller.
Yes" answered young Mrs. TorkinS,
and judging from what Charley says,
SO are hearts. clubs and spades. =
Washington Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
4 Reminder.

The Sword Swallower-Whot tied that
knot in the boa constructor?
The AlbnQ-The snake charmer. She
wanted 10 remember something.-Cl eve-
land Leader.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
A Definition.

GLADYS Mamma. what is a 'cursory
glance?'
Mamma-It is the kind Of look that
your father gives when he wants TO
swear but doesn't dare Roslyn News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
An Ideal Woman.

She manages her husband without
letting him see she does it,
oh. more than that. She doesn't
even try to let other people see she does
it. Brooklyn Life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
As Things Go.

Mother Ito small boyl-Darling. | wish
you would try to eat little more.
Darlington should never press chill
dren to eat. mother. | read that in
book called Hints to Parents.
Punch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Robbers.

WHO is it that robs us while we are
asleep" asked the teacher, trying to get
the class to spell the word burglar"
De gas meter shouted the boys in
! unison. Chicago News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
SHOOTING SHIRT.
Pockets Made Out of the End of the
Shirt

Shirt.
1t is well known that thick tight
fitting shirt is much more desirable wher
on cunning expedition than a loose
coat When wearing a coat. besides be-
mo cumbersome and retarding the move
mentS of the wearer, the seams are liable
to catch IN the trigger of the gun and
cause an accidental discharge of the
piece. In the illustration we show q
novel shooting shirt, the invention of IA
western man, the object being to pro-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Her Conversation.

oh. Angeline a seamstress was:
Her needle and her thread
Were all she ever thought of. ana
"A-hcm" was all she said
Town Topics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Biggest Cannon Bal.

The giggest cannon bail eve.
weighed 1900 pounds and was Na
tured at the krupp works ai
Germany. for Russia. The gun .-
it is naturally also the lar-s>
world Ii is at CronStadt Ea.- s
fred from il costs $500.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
* Tea T able Salad. IT
The Very Thing.

ia like of speech of Cinnamon
\ knowledge fair to win;
'TwOuid he IA perfect language for
TO have my nightmares in,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

When a girl thinks that she has pretty
teeth almost every old chestnut that she
hears is to her funny story.-Somer-
vile Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Sort of a Fellow Feeling.

The fat woman looks at the plump girl
with friendly sympathy She knows
what she is coming to.-Somerville Jour
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Tunnels for crossings are II
at some of the busiest street -''
Berlin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Using knowledge he gained through
the dissection of the body of George W.
Gait. who willed it to science. DIR. Ward
\. Holden removed the diseased portion
of the pancreas of young woman pa
tent and probably saved her life, or at
least gave her good chance to live
many more years than would have been
her portion had the Gait bequest not
been made
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Emphasizing tae fact that he did not
depreciate the value of high attitudes in
the cure of tuberculosis, DR. S. A.
Knopf, before the New York State Med
ical association, asserted his belief that
cures obtained i'll ordinary home eli
mates. while requiring longer, seem to be
more lasting. DIR. Knopf declared that
the modern sanitarium for consumptives
is the safest place not to contract IL tr-
berculosis disease. and instead of being
Il menace to a neighbOrhood is benefit
because of the lesson of cleanliness and
health it teaches.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

In behalf Of the board Of United
States general appraisers. General APP
praiser Waite of New York city over.
ruled the protest of the Forest City
Kneipp Cure sanitarium at the port OF
Cleveland against the assessment of the
collector at 30 per cent. ad yalorem un-
der paragraph 212 on Il cocoa prepare
ton. The importers made two claims
first, that the article is Il medicinal prep.
arati0n dutiable at - per cent. under
para graph 6S; second. that it is dutiable
Mt > cents a pound by similtude Ia
powdered cocoa. Neither of these
claims, the decision states is sustained
by the evidence.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
New York Every Day.

Brooding over her solitude Bertha
Leftwich. aged H. made an effort to
escape from the Children's society build
ing i'll Brooklyn and fell headlong from
a fourth story window to an areaway.
Nearly every bone in her body was
broken, and it is said she cannot live.
a woman may go to church. even if
her husband goes hungry is Il decision
Recorder Lazarus OF Bayonne. y. j.,
gave in deciding charge Of diSorderly
conduct preferred against John Lar ny
his wife, Catherine. She declared her
husband drank heavily and locked her
out. He said he had 70 go hungry while
his wife went to church. Lair agreed to
take the pledge.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Tmoer Land, Act June 3 187e.-Notlce for
Publicatlon.-United States Land Office. Du-
luth, Minn.. April Is. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Corgress OF
June 8, 1873. entitled IAN act for the sale of
timber lands in tho States of California, Oregon,
Nevada. and Washington Territory, as exten-
ded to all the Public Land States by act OF
August 4, 1892. William Olson OF Virginia.
county Of St.. Louis, state Of Minnesota. has
this day filed in this Office his sworn statement
No. 1O.177. for the purchase Of thes ofnwA,
eH Of swk Of section % in townshfp62 NJ. range
2 E . and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or stone
tha for agricultural purposes and to establish
his claim to said land before the Register and
Receiver of this Office at Duluth. Minn:, on
Wednesday. the 10th day Of July, 1905.
He names as witnesses:
Major G. Wilson, of Bemidji. Minn.. E. AL
bert Dornfeld, Louis Krohn and D. William
Berry of St. Paul. Mlnn.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 18th day of
July, 1905.
5-1S WIN. E. CULKIN. Register.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1S78.-Notice for
Publication. United States Land Office
Dnlnth MINI ADri1 % 1QOk

Timber Land, Act June g. 1S78.-Notice for
Publication. United States Land Office.
Duluth Minn., April 20, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act Of Congress OF
June 3, 1873. entitled IAN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the States Of California Oregon,
to all the Public Land States by act Of August
T. 1892, Maude ?. Miller Of Grand Marais,
county Of Cook, state OF Minnesota, has this day
filed in this office her sworn statement No.
1o,lo9. for the purchase Of the nh
of nwk Of section No. so in township 81
north, Range 2 east, and will offer proof to
show that the land sought Is more valuable for
its timber or stone than for agricultural purpo-
ses. and to establish his claim to said land BE-.
fore @. H. Carhart II. 8. Commissioners. at
Grand Marais, Minn., on Monday, the 18th day
of July, 1905.
She names as witnesses:
Olof N. Fredericton, James Scott, Charles
Miller and John Larson. all Of Grand Aarais.
Mimi.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 17lh day
July 1905.
3-6 VIZ. E. CULKIN. Register.