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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
Pigeon Causes Her Death.

In the Wiltshire village of Zeals,
England, death has been caused by a
pet pigeon. Two young women living
at the rectory We're found unconscious
in their bedroom on Monday morning.
One of the girls. Miss Maude, of South
ampton, was dead before the doctor ar
rived. but the other revived after some
time.
1t appears that a fire had been light
ed overnight in a small stove which
was connected with the main chimney
by flue. The girls retired to rest no.
ticing nothing except that the fire
smoked considerably. When the stove
was removed for investigation the body
of a pet pigeon, which had been miss
ing for some months, was found block
ing the pipe.
The poisonous fumes had thus been
driven back into the bedroom. The cor
oner's jury returned a verdict Of death
from mlsadventure.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
MOTHERHOOD.

| wonder so that mothers ever fret
At little children clinging at their
gown
Or that the footsteps, when the days are
wet.
Are ever black enough to make them
frown.
II l could find little muddy boot,
A cap or jacket on my chamber floor,
II l could kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear it patter in my home once
more;
IL could mend broken cart to-day,
Tomorrow make kite to reach the
sky,
There is no woman in Gods world could
say
She was more blissfully content than l.
But ali! the dainty pillow next my own
+ LIS never rumpled by a shining head;
My singing birding from its nest has
flown!
The little boy used to love Is dead.
But now it seems surprising strange to
me
That while bore the badge of mother
hood
did not kiss more oft and tenderly
My little child, who brought me only
good
Mary Clemmer Ames.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
In Record Time +.

Piney Flats, Tenn, May 29.-(Spe-
cial)-Cured In two days OF Rheuma-
tism that had made his life a torture
for two years, d. s. Hilton of this
place naturally wants every other suf
ferer from rheumatism to know what
cured him. 1t was Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the grand
est pin on EARTH" says Mr.. Hilton, II
would not take any sum Of money for
what they did for me. For two years
] had what the doctors called rheuma-
tism. / could hardly walk around In
the house. 1t seemed to be In my back
and hip and legs. l tried everything.
but nothing helped me till got Dodd's
Kidney Pills. af
Two days after I took the first dose
all pain left me and it has never conc
back since. / can't praise Dodd's Kid
ney Pills too much"
rheumatism is caused by uric acid In
the blood Healthy kidneys take all
the Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodd's
Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

One of the strangest of modern indus
tries is that carried on in the Jura dis
trict in France. 1t consists in taking the
Cur from live rabbits and weaving it into
q textile fabric which makes the warm
est kind of clothing material known
The species Of rabbits which furnish
the raw material for the manufactur-
ing process is the Angora rabbit, which
has received the name of the silk rab-
bit Every three months the rabbit
sheds it's fur, and several days before
this takes place nature is anticipated by
female hands, which remove the long
slken hairs by gentle friction. The skin
is already ripe" and the fur comes off
easily and without the rabbit suffering
the slightest pain from the operation. In
fact bunny" appears to enjoy it, lying
quietly in the lap of the operator during
the manipulation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

cred Indispensable, and changing adj
ministrations in no way affect him.
Is there treaty to be framed
whose language must be such as to
bind another nation In tolls which it
can not loosen and at the same time
infict upon the United States no obli-
CATION that will rise to harass her in
the future? 1t is to Mr. Adee that the
task is assigned. Is there an interna-
tional representation in the form of q
circular note to the powers of the
world, a note which will become his
tory and mark an epoch in the foreign
relations Of the United States? Mr..
Adee is given the line to be followed
and it Is in his phrases that the pow-
ers viii learn our attitude Is some
great international question pending
which threatens to draw the United
States into world politics and will
force this country to a declaration of
its attitude? Mr. Adee will in a few
hours give the presidents which have
guided the government since its foun-
dalton. Is the government about to
take an important step IN any relation
with foreign powers? To Mr.. Adee the
proposition involved will be submitted
and its every ramifcation will be
studied out with probable resultant
effects, just as another man might
figure out as many as twelve or thir-
teen moves in a chess game.
He is 60 years old and has been In
the service Of the State Department
thirty five years. AS linguist he has
no equal in his department. He ac-
quires the grammar of languages in
his Office and every year he makes
tour abroad, in which he learns the
accent that distinguishes him from
the average tourist.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
MINE vARICoLoRED PAINT.
Enterprising Oregonians Believe II
Have a Bonanza in a Claim

The story of soap mine in Idaho is
outdone by a report from Lare county,
in central Oregon, to the effect that paint
has been discovered in the earth anI is
being mined like gold. 1t is said 10 he
of good quality and the owners think
they have a bonanza.
Details of the methods used in Dsiry
mining are not contained in the report
but it is said that several shafts thirty
or forty feet deep We're sunk. They geIe-
trated several strata and the paint was
found to exist in successive layers, with
a thin strip of separating sediment. Tie
strata have width of four to five feet
and the color of the paint in the success
siYe strata varies from an excellent ocber
to dark hue. The owners of the mine
expect to market their paint successfully,
and will have an exhibit of it at the
Lewis and Clark exposition, which will
he held in Portland from June l to Octo
Der 10.
The story of the paint deposit is
vouched for by persons who have seen
the mine. The same persons voucl for a
tale TO the effect that in the Willamette
valley, which is one of the most fertile
spots in the world, sheep grow ~t int
that, when they get on their back, they
lie helpless like turtles. 1t is sad that
small boys in the Willamette valley make
ready money turning over sheep iii So
much turn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
She wished to Make sure.

why, Maria" exclaimed Mr. Cal
kins, hurt and indignant as he saw
the fish wagon turning at the lane,
whatever have you gone an ordered
fish for to-day, and you putting up
my lunch for days f1shing?"
II know, Bias" returned his wife,
cheerfully, and that's just why.
When get my mind set on fish, ii
just breaks me all up to have to un-
set it. Now If you hadn't mentioned
anything about it. and had just come
home to supper as if you'd been dig.
ging potatoes all day, why 1 never
should have missed 'em. But as us,
1t didn't seem as if l could let the
fishman pass"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

NNn ELL, May darling, what is to
| VNI be done? Uncle Jim has come
to life again. He is appar.
emily married, and is the proud father
Of twin boys. SO my chances OF in
heritlng are
And Eric Strachan gave a half
choke, and looked at AIaisle, and the
girl looked first at him and then away
from him, and her beautiful eyes were
elOuded.
And next week we were going TO
ask the courts to to be allowed Il pre-
sumo your uncle's death, and you
would have slipped into title and es-
tates, and-oh, Erie! What man
Lord Hardcastle is, dead one minute
and alive the next
What You might call unreliable"
said Eric dryly.
In early youth Lord Hardcastle had
had disappointment In love, and,
though anyone who knew him would
have thought him the last man In the
world to have taken such matter Sc
rlously to heart he did, for he shut up
his house and wandered literally all
over the face OF creation for many
years.
He had no relative living but Eric.
and not only was he q bad CORE
spondent but when his rare aud la
comic epistles from Canada, Australia
or South America did arrive only an
! ox sNfS In,
cipherahle. for his handwriting was
simply abominable
! He had been shot, stabbed, had fall
| en- down a dlsused shaft or two at the
diggings, and been shipwrecked twice.
and seemed to thrive upon it: and once
he wrote he was suffering from what
looked like "galloping consumption. !"
but the consumption either failed to
gallop, or the air of the Blue Noun
tains had cured him. or the bad writ
ing may not have been consumption
at all; the symbols may have stood for
a pain almost anywhere. Seven years
before when in England, he had made
the acquaintance Of his nephew Eric,
who was Is; he took a huge fancy to
the bright young fellow, gave him a
very handsome check, indeed, told him
to LOOK upon himself as heir Ia the
Ilardcastle estates, and promised he
would write TO his solicitors to see that
Erie had a decent allowance worthy of
the heir to thousands, and he had bet
ter try for the army. and live well.
When old Hardcastle. leaving very
grateful lad behind him, returned 70
his hotel, he met very old crony who
was sailing on the following day for
the Argentine. Buenos Ayres was one
Of the few places Jack Hardcastle had
not visited, So forgetting all about his
plans for Eric, he said he would come.
too. There was no bother about pack.
ing for he had only arrived the day
before from Sydney, and had not un.
packed yet; SO at dawn the next morn.
ing this giobe-trotter and his crony
started .or Buenos Ayres. and poor
Erie was forgotten. The young fel
low was practically alone In the world
and if it had not been for little AIajsie
his boyhoods sweetheart, would have
refused the fairly good clerkship in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

When the Garfield report on the
business methods of the packers APP
peared, after eight months investiga-
ton, 1t was severely criticised and
roundly denounced. After three
months of publicity it is significant
that those who attempted to discredit
it have failed to controvert the figures
contained in tnat exhaustive document.
The public is beginning to notice this
omission, and the feeling is rapidly
growing that the sensational charges
out of which the Beef Investigation"
arose were without foundation. If the
official statements of the report are
susceptible of contradiction, a good
many people are now asking why the
facts and figures are not furnished tC
contradict them.
The truth seems to be that most OF
the charges contain unfounded sensa
tional assertions. A fragrant example
of this appeared in recent article in
an Eastern magazine. to the effect thai
forty Iowa banks We're forced TO clost
their doors in 1904 by the Beet
Trusts manipulation of cattle prices.
Chief Clerk Cox, of the banking de
partrnent of the Iowa State Auditor,
Office. has tabulated the list of bank.
given in the magazine article and ha,
publicly denounced the statement a.
utterly untrue. He gives separately
the reasons for each failure meutione.
and officially states that they hav,
been caused by unwiSe speculation
and by reckless banking methods. l
may be well to suspend Judgment IN
on the packers until the charge
against them are proved.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
A Free Drink.

Anybody who can get the "laugh on a
bartender" is usually pretty sure of a
drink ION the house." Half a dozen
men were standing in a north end saloon
yesterday about noon when an Irishman
came in and approached the bar.
lord loike to have you give me n
little rye" he said to the man in the
white apron.
The bottle was passed out, and the
Irishman took good sized drink. Then
he turned and moved away. Just as he
reached the door the bartender called
after him:
"Heyl' he yelled; you didn't pay me
for that drink"
''Oi know thot," replied the Irishman.
"Oi said Ord loike to have ye give me
a little rye, an We wor good enough to
do it. Much obliged"
The men standing near laughed. There
was nothing for the bartender to do.
Plainly the "laugh was on" him. and the
trishman's drink was son the house" ~
Kansas City Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
just Discrimination in EaHway
Rates

All railroad men qualified to SPEAK
on the subject in a responsible way
are likely to agree with Pres. lent
Samuel Spencer Of the Southern i;aI'
way when he says: There IS no 5.Tls-
ion of opinion as to The desirabaey o,
stopping all secret or unjustiy dl-or.@-
inatory devices and practices Of "L-F
soever character"
Mr.. Spencer, in speaking of "HajaS,'
ly discriminatory" rates and devices
makes a distinction which is "A once
apparent to common sense. Their. may
be discrimination in freight rates
which is just, reasonable and !aae.3'
lively required by the compleA ''"'
mercial and geographical coI-.HyA9
with which expert rate makers nave
to deal. To abolish such opea ana
honest discrimination might para }4t
the industries of cities, States ana
whole sections of our national ie.t'
tory.
This distinction between jus- ana
unjust discrimination is clearly r'e'-'
niZed in the conclusions OF IAt i.-''
national Railway Congress, pub. '4el
yesterday:
Tariffs should be based on com ''
principles, taking into account the 1
conditions which bear upon the con 10
value of the services rendered. W..
reservation that rates shall be chaTs
out arbitrary discrimination 10 al! e-
alike under like conditions, the ma. &
rates should as far as possible nave IT, . 30,
elasticity necessary to permit the
nent of the traffic and to produce I'D.
est results to the public and 10 '~-
roads themselves.
The present proposal is, as vi.
Walker d. Hines of Louisville sA4Ms'
in his remarkable testimony the ,-s.
day before the Senate commit 81.
Washington, to crystalline feXio.. LIS
Justly discriminatory rates lnlo "N.
government rates which cann2. "
changed except by the intervenF..- w.
some government tribunal, and aE ,-'
very process to increase 'the tempe
ton to depart from the publishe- '--
and the lawful rate in order I" -,
some overpowering and urgent ,'
mercial condition. New YORK 9-'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

There's only me and the twins"
"But where are Lady Hardcastle
and the nurse? l have made all prepa-
rations, and am dying to see the
twins"
They were in the eight foot by eight
now, and Hardcastle seated, looked
blankly at his hosts
"Do you know, my DEAR" he said,
I'm bothered if | know what you're
talking about / was never married,
and never shall be, and I do not re-
quire the services of nurse"
but your twin boysT" And she
produced his letter.
Twin boysv he gasped. Twin
dogs! Poor old Rosie only had two,
so we called them the twins, and
they've taken every prize down I'M
der; and he was purple
And then he went to the front door,
and in stalked two huge British bull
dogs.
They had been settled at Hardcastle
House for some little time, for Eric
had been ordered to throw up his
clerkship, which he did with alacrity
when Malsie heard sounds of mirth
proceeding from the day nursery, and
quietly went upstairs
She found her first-born on the knee
of Lord Hardcastle, and Lord Hard
castle was giving the f1rst-born a writ
ing lesson!-The Gentlewoman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

sides. For time | was unable to
walk at all, and every makeshift I
tried and all the medicine l took had
not the slightest effect. Ny back con-
tinued to grow weaker until | began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and l must
say | was more than surprised and
gratited to notice the backache disap-
pearing gradually until it finally
stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal
ers or by mail on receipt of price, 30
cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, N. Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
ATAXIA IS CURARI !
prp0pTTuD r,Trp17
REPORTED CURE STANDS Tpqn :,
FULL INVESTIGATION VI
a Former Victim of Locomotor
Now Free from Suffering ,n ,s'a1ia
Actively at Work

NA Suuerlng ana
Actively at Work,
eyes, said Mr.. Watkins n o
sit is true that l have been rT p'5'''.
ataxia by DIR. Williams Pink p 5i't "a ., Of
"Are you sure you had Iocaa,
ataxiaf" -'oomotor
1.-The doctors themselves told
Besides recognized the symnto,n ,n' ,, 90
What were they?" ''-''
Well, the first indications
stiffness about the knee Joints tbo %s aa a
on about four years ago. A few, W., ,,,s Solla
after that appeared, my walk rot 't "a a
uncertain, shaky-like. lost con95 ~ %
in my power to control the mov,a ,,,'.'lce
of my legs. Once, when [ was 5 ~ a
cellar, l started to pick up two s. ~ yAa
Of coal, and my legs gave way snd1 '',,5sS
and tumbled all in heap in n I, ,.i.!y'
l couldn't close my eyes and l,e ,,,,', ,.~
balance to save my life. Then Ivy ,u
fearful pains over my whole bod a, ,-,'4
lost control over my kidneys and ~ !
bowels" ny
How about your general health ~
Sometimes l was SO weak thar 10,
to keep my bed and my weight FIN 80 ~
twenty pounds. Things looked rra. ~.
bad for me until ran across y Torns
man who had been cured by Dr. W1'
hams' Pink Pills and who advised ma ", -, -
try them" y
"Did these pills help you RICH aT,,.,p
II didn't see much improvement ,,
til had used six boxes. The first l.ra
fit noticed was better circulation ana
picking up in strength and ws.gh. 7
gradually got confidence i'll nv abrsr
to direct the movements of my LEGS. ,n3
in the course of seven or eight month.
all the troubles had disappeared
Do you regard yourself as entirely
well now?"
i do the work of well man nj any
rate. / can close my eyes and stand m
all right and move about the same a,
other men. The pains are all gone ey.
cept an occasional twitch in tie calye,
Of my legs"
Mr.. James H. Watkins resides at No. .
Westerlo street, Albany, NY. Dr.Wl.
liams' Pink Pills can be obtained atmr
drug store. They should be used as soon
as the first signs of locomotor atayia an.
pear in a peculiar numbness Of the fees
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

day n s father,
James Cronk, and two brothers, Cas-
per and John, also enlisted, serving
Inder Capt. Edmund Fuller In the de-
Tense of Sackett's Harbor. At the
close of the war the father and three
sons were honorably discharged. Nov.
10, 1914
In 1925, when Cronk was twenty
five. he married Mary Thornton, of
the town of Western, Oneida County,
and they lived together for sixty years.
Seven children were born to them, Of
whom FIVE are living.
Cronk drew a pension of S37
month. The city of New York voted
last year to bury him with public
honors, and the body lay in state,
where it was viewed by many from
the surrounding country.
The brevity of the history of the
United States and the wonderful man.
ner in which the nation has waxed in
power and greatness are brought into
striking relief when it is considered
that almost its entire development I'D
to the present time was witnessed by
one man. The Federal constitution
was but thirteen years older than
Hiram Cronk. The government under
the constitution was but eleven years
older. When Mr.. Cronk was born
John Adams, the country's second
President, had barely entered the
fourth year Of his term.
Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee
having been admitted since the revolu-
ton. Mr. Cronk saw twenty nine
added: The country's population was
100000. He saw it grow to $4,000
600. He was three years old when
Jefferson made the first addition to
the country by buying Louisiana; and
he saw other additions made until the
| original area was qulntupled. As
boy of fourteen he fought bravely in
the weak young nations first foreign
war, he mad reached middle age when
it fought with Mexico, as an old man
he saw it torn with civil strife, as a
patriarch he saw blue and gray fight
ing together to free Cuba He heard
discussed almost every political ques-
ton that has agitated the country. The
Missouri compromise was passed the
year before he cast his first vote; free
silver was the issue when he cast his
last.
When a youth Mr.. Cronk piled the
trade Of an itinerant shoemaker. He
lived to see the factory system, which
was unknown in America then, drive
the shoemaker completely out of
business, and along with him the
weaver, the spinner, and most other
independent workers on a small scale.
In plying his trade of itinerant shoe
maker he walked or rode horseback
Stephenson invented the locomotive in
1914, when Mr.. Cronk was fighting for
his country The first railroad was
finished in England eleven years after
ward, when he was % years old. lie
lived to see more than 100000 miles Of
railways built In the United States.
He saw the oil lamp supersede the tall
low dip and gas and electricity super
sede the oil lamp. He saw the fast
mail, the telegraph and the telephone
supplant the stage coach and the post
boy as the best facilities of commu-
nication
No man ever saw more historic
changes than Mr.. Cronk, and 1t is
doubtful If a man who is born now
and lives 105 years will see as many,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

You could see he was a stranger when
he boarded the b line car on Broadway.
On the way up he heard the conductor
call out Hawk and Swan" and then
he leaned over and said:
Are you kidding, Mr.. Conductor, or
are those names on the level?"
mo, There's nothing on the level in
Albany-not even the streets; but the
names are kind of feathery. We have
Down, Lark Quail. Eagle, Robin, Part
ridge and few others Where do YOU
want to get OFF,"
Next corner will do. | want to get n
Swallow This is n bird of town.-Al-
bany Journal.
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of 1t In the papers,
says a Washington
C o rres p o ndent.
Most folks don't
k n o W W h o Mr..
Adee is and many
editors are equally
ignorant. He is
one of the most in
teresting figures at
the national CAPT
tai and is the one
man who is conSid-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
Hard TO Forget,

Mrs. Snooks-Do you notice Mrs.
Newrieh always says hello instead
of chow do you do when one meets
her?
Mrs. Brooks-Yes, she used to be
telephone girl and can't get over
the habit.-Detroit Free Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

Il III d nhll
miles from
Il + e n t o II,
Mo, S q y s:
"A S e We e
cold settled
in my kid
neys and de-
veloped s o
quickly that
l was obliged
to lay off
work on ac-
count of the
aching in my
b ii c k a n 4
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

Hiram Cronk
was born April
20, 1900. He en-
listed in the Uni
ted States army
for service against
England at West
ern, n. Y, on
August 4, 1914,
when he was just
a little more than
fourteen years old,
and on the same
d ay his father.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
Bic Frnit Cannerv En- Cnlifnrnia.

4 new fruit cannery is about to be
established in Santa Clara, Cal. which
will put up 100000 cans a year. This
season it expects to put up 100000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
HUMBLE, BUT IMPORTANT.

Alvey Adee Considered Welt Nigh In
disDensable at Washington.
When Alvey Adee, Second Assistant
Secretary Of State, sailed for Europe
the other day there was no mention
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
slightIy ParatoxicaI.

He-I see that that man Atkinson
now says woman can live ON S225
a year"
She-Did he? Wen, perhaps she
can If she's willing to kill herself do
ing it.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03
PIGEON Returns After Three Tsa.

After flying about the conH' I'm
nearly three years a blue checked -,
which in June, 1902, was s.-H
Gordonville, S. c., to be entered 9. 80
nile contest for young birds, rel lis
the loft of its owner, John Dem.
city, today. ..-....... 90
The small ring Of ideatn ca
mains intact on its leg.-Readl.-
spondence Philadelphia Bulletin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-03

We suppose that children with
step-mother must feel like the incu-
bator chickens.