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

Martyrs amt all dead yet" said
Capt Hiram, stamping in from the
woodshed, where he had just sheltered
his team. Mrs. Slocum looked up in
quiringly I'm referring to 'Bijah's
Hank" continued the captain. Hank,
he's about the savingest critter ever /
saw"
Has to be-in that household" said
Mrs. Slocum decidedly. Bijah acts as
if he was keeper of the poorhouse,
scrimping them young ones along
We'll. he's got Hank trained up.
Hank came out of the west village just
ahead of me today, driving the old OK
sled with the stakes all set. He had a
jug of molasscs hanging on one stake
where he could keep an eye on it: Went
all right, too, till he came over Fox hill
and hit that big 'thank-you-ma' am half
way down. That broke the handle off
the jug and it dropped and busted.
Il came along a little later and saw
Hank had done what he could to save it.
He had the bottom part of the jug
turned right side up with about quart
of molaSSeS that hadn't run out, but the
rest had gone into the snow. Hank was
down on his hands and knees doing the
best with that.
''He looked up as | came along, and |
saw his face was all plastered with
'lasSes and snow. so there wasn't any
need for explanations. He was trying to
lick off his cheeks. Same'S a cat, and he
looked sorrowful enough to make you
cry. | turned out SOS not to run over
the place where he'd split the stuff. and
as | came by him he says to me, with a
kind of gulp in his throat:
The worst of it is, he says, Il don't
like molasses much, either Youths
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Music on Tap.

A Massachusetts gentleman met ro,-
cred man who had recently worked for
Linn and into whose family Il girl baby
had come shortly before.
what have you named her. asked
Mr.. Green. on being told by the father
of the addition TO his family.
Oats what we can't eide on WAS
the reply. II wants her name Clara
well, then" suggested Mr.. Green.
why don't you call her Clarinet
Il declare, Marse Green" said the
colored man. admiringly. dat is purifier
dan either of 'em."
Meeting his colored friend several
weeks later, Mr.. Green was amused ~
hear him say, Yves named her t'as-
inet."-Boston Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Getting Facts.

The census taker raped at the door
of little farmhouse and opened his long
book. A plump girl of about IS came
to the door and blinked at him stupidity
How many people live here?' he be
gan.
Nobody lives here. We are only stay
ing through the hot season"
But how many are here?"
I'm here. Fathers in the woodsheti
and Bill is
See here my girl. | want to know
how many inmates are in this house
How many people slept here last night?"
Nobody slept here. sir. | had the
toOthache dreadful and my little brother
had the stomach ache and the new hand
that's helping us got sunburned so on
his back that he has blisters the size of
eggs. and we all took on so that nobody
slept wink all night long Detroit
News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Wanted to Know.

a good story is told of the troubles of
an engaged couple.
Not long ago there was quarrel be-.
tween the two which resulted in THEN.
not speaking to each other; but it bc.
came necessary, by reason of certain
business questions, for the young man
to call on her father at the house.
To the embarrassment of the lover.
the door was answered by the fair girI
herself. Although. as the young maa
afterward confessed. his heart beat rap
idly at the sight of his beloved. he man.
aged to affect an air of Indifference and
coldness, and to ask:
Does Mr.. Cash live here
He does, was the frigid reply.
lis he at hOmeT'
He is not
Then turning to go, the young man
added:
Thank you, | shall call again
But the girl was equal to the occasion
Pardon me, said She in the same
cool tone, but whom shall l say called
Illustrated Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
His House on His Back.

The German war office has come to the
conclusion that the knapsack at present
carried by the German soldier is too
heavy. The heavy calfskin knapsack in
use up To the present is being replaced
by another of light waterproof canvas.
and other reductions in weight are being
made.
The German infantry recruit may be
said to carry his house on his back.
The following is list of his baggage
items:
Cooking utensils.
NariouS parts of a tent.
IN Overc0at.
Thirty rounds of ammunitiou
\ linen SIit
\ quantity of underwear.
Two pairs of boots.
Boot brushes and backing
Numerous metal tools.
\ hymn book
\ box for triileS.
\ variety of personal articles
Berlin Cor London Mail
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Local News.

Bill Johnson kicked his old Mule KIT;
she didn't like that kick a bit.
she Grained her neck and Hooked around.
KerDang! Bits sleeping In the ground
An ice cream social viii be held
Upon the lawn of Grandma Weld.
The cream will be, now | surlnise,
Real good and free from bugs and flies.
I'D Winsson's still accounting Flo:
Ihey should have wed some years ago.
Mart Miller wants to learn to waltz;
It's too bad his left leg stringhalts.
Frank Bowen is now the dad of twins
His face is covered DER with grins.
Old Grandpa Blake is poorly now.
And so is TeaSdale's dark red COW.
Fred Smith is painting up his place.
While Sue, it's rumored, paints her face.
That's all the news | have today.
Drop in. folks, when you're down our way
Wen hit the cider keg some whacks
Goodbye, yours truly, BATTLE-AN.
Usage News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Family Diet.

Brothers on the football team,
Got a lot of vim,
At the training table eats.
Keeps himself in trim
Sister has a diet. too.
Eats with greatest care.
KeC ps her working to retain
Her complexion fair
Mother has another list.
Simple cause for that.
Any one can see it plain,
Getting awful fat.
Father at the quick lunch bolts
Standing on his feet.
Hustling TO support the rest
Leaves no time TO eat -...
-McLaudburgh Wilson in New l".'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

The fre-lOss figures of the year 1901
are unavailable for the purpose of com
parison because they are swelled by the
conhagrations at Baltimore and To-
ronto. Comparing the fire-lOss for the
first tlree-quarters of the current year
with that for the corresponding period of
1903, it appears that 1905 will be year
Of heavy loss. The September fire-lcss
was S13,715,2J0 in 1905 and only So
$4,000 in 1909. The aggregate firc-ioss
for the first nine months has been Sl31,-
$4,000 this year. In 1903 it was only
$114,971 $50 The fre-loss in the first
nine months of 1904 was S20S.5G0, 600,
but, as already suggested, that was an
extraordinary year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

the General hospital. Preside of San
Francisco. has been placed on the retired
list of the army ON account of disabilities
incurred in the line of duty. Col. wy
CANT was born in New York. October p,
1850 and was appointed 10 the Military
academy from Arkansas i'll 1861 On
graduating he was appointed second
lieutenant. Twentyfourth infantry. and
has served efficiency in that arm to date.
He reached the grade of colonel August
II. 1908, and has had command of the
Twenty-second infantry since that date.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Up to the present there has been no
memorial to commemorate Andrce and
his unfortunate expedition. The Geo
graphical society of Stockholm, however,
has taken the matter in hand and has
commissioned Londberg, the Swedish en-
graver. to make large memorial medal.
The artist represents Andrec's balloon
rising from the ice The explorer is
looking anxiously toward the north. y
group of young men are app'auding.
while nm old man looks toward the
horizon doubtfuly. Below is the date
July II. 1897. On the diverse appears
the profile of An,,ree, with his name and
the names of his companions Sternbers
and Fraenkel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
An Alibi.

Among the many good stories of hui
morous happenings in court told by At.
torney Watson of Pittsburg is the fol-
lowing:
"A prominent attorney of Kansas City
who was retained as counsel for the de
tense in criminal case in the city
named succeeded in getting his client out
of a pretty bad situation by means of
an alibi. which the attorney presented
to the court in so novel way that ii
was little short Of masterful.
AT the end of the trial the attorney
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Railroad Tracks Torn UP.

As result of a fight between the city
of Los Angeles, Cal. and the Southern
Pacific. Santa Fe and Los Angeles rail
way Mayor McAleer personally directed
a force which tore up the company's
tracks on South Park avenue in that
city The courts had ruled that the rail
way was operating cars illegally Resi-
dents of the Sixth ward. who have been
Inconvenience by lack of ear service
are circulating petition for the recall
of the mayer. Under the law he may
be ousted IL majority of the voters de-
clareS against him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
~ THE SPICE OF LIFE. y

was overwhelmed by congratni,.:
from his colleagues of the Ia ,1'iI''! s,
ternity, who spoke in the h;rbesT ''t t, Ira
OF admiration of his able wori, 'eri u,
these Fluctuations there were addad ?, l."
served, VINO OBJ
"A fine alibi. that. and might, r.,,
putv ''i'S'''y We'll
Well modestly responded thc l,,.
yer. i myself think it was rather n }" NJ
OF those that Were offered me !. ' ,.,.
by far the best. "-IIarper's Weakk. Was
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Miss Corncia Dow, one III Maine :
most prominent temperance workers, Il
daughter of the late Gea. Neal bow.
father of the prohibtory liquor law. who
died after a short illness. NJ the age of
81. WAS graduated from the Portland
high school aud the Friends school at
Providence. She had always resided at
the Gen Dow mansion on Congress
street. She was long time secretary Of
the Portland ranch. vice president of the
state union and president Of the Cum
Ecriand county branch of the Woman'S
Christian Temperance union. treasurer
and Il director Of the Portland Home for
Aged Women and business manager nf
the official paper of the w c. r. l..
She was close friend of Mrs Stevens.
national president of the W. G. T. l..
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
BETWEEN THE LIGHTS.

] am gliding into the dark. the dark
TO the sound of dipping oar
With the silent sea behind me spread,
Aud the silent sea before:
And far on the height is the beacon light
| left on the fading shore.
The waters swirl below. below
AS the darkness swirls above:
The soft night brushes against my hand
With the rush of a winging dove;-
And near on the height is the beacon ligh
That lights me to my love.
Alice +. Tilden in National Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

AS a memorial to the late Jay Cooke
one of the founders and rectors warden
of st. Paufs Protestant Episcopal
church, of Ashbourne. Pa, memorial
hall. will be built there The plans for
the building, which will cost $4,000.
have been accepted, The funds will be
provided by Mr.. Cookies children.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Explained.

Mrs. Houskeep-You're a big. healthy
man; why don't you go to work?
Weary Waiker-Lady, I'll tell yer me
trouble. I'm an unhappy medium"
Mrs. Houskeep--Wha do you mean by
that?
Weary Walker-Well. yer see, I'm too
heavy fur light work an too light ful
heavy work. - Catholic Standard and
Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Good Congressmen.

\ representative in Congress from the
west tells of an amusing request which
he received from one of his constituents
Dear General" the letter said. for
long time you have failed to send me
any bound volumes containing eulogies
of dead members of the House. If con-
venient. please remember me i'll this re-
spect. for there is nothing that l enjoy
more than reading obituaries of dead
congressman. wallpapers Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

To the initial number of the College
News President Hazard of Wellesley
contributes a delightful account of her
summer wanderings in England and on
the continent. Miss Hazard was pres
ent at the Royal Academy of Music on
the occasion of the comforting of diplo-
iuas by Princess Henry of BattenburG,
and also at the comforting of degrees in
the Royal College of Organists by Sir
Frederick Bridge the organist of West
minister Abbey.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Eb and Flo,

Flo was fond of Ebenezer--
Eb for short she called her beau.
talk of tide of love- Great Caesar!
You should see 'em Eb and Flo.
Cornell Widow
Eth and Flo they stood as sponsors
When Flo's sister was a bride,
And when bride and groom receded
They, too, went out with the tied.
-Yonkers Statesman
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
The Modern Version.

What are you doing. my pretty maidq
And isn't that foolish. pretty maid:''
oh. not in the least. kind sir she said
Why isn't it so, my pretty maid|'
Its nothing but trust funds. sir" .,n
said
New Orleans Times Democrat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Fifteen aeronauts engaged in an in
ternationa race succeeded in starting
from Paris for the German frontier dur
ing high wind. The reason they went
coward Germany was that the wind was
wing that MnY
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Bottled Pleasure.

Colonel. this paper tells how tHe
President walked three miles Through
the rain for pleasure mai
We'll. sab. what of it: | have "aiN'1
fatheh than that for it; but now ID,
WAYS keep it in the house. Houston
Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Senator John w. Daniel of Virginia is
working steadily on the writing of the
memoirs of Gen. Jubal \. Early, the
distinguished Confederate leader. The
senator has but recently returned to his
home in Washington from an extended
trip in search of material for notes aud
additions to the book.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

The Earl of Aberdeen belongs to per-
haps the longest-lived family in the Brit
ish peerage. The title. which was
granted in 1862. was in the possession Of
the fourth bearer only in 1860
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

The Society of American Authors will
erect Il monument over the grave in
Paramount cemetery, Newark, of Thorn
as Dunn English, who wrote Ben Bolt.
The contract for the erection of the
monument has been awarded to n New
York concern
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

The new Pennsylvania law which for
bids the employment of boys under If
years of age i'll the mine breakers is
said to have forced out so many boys
that the schools are overcrowded. This
is proof that the law will operate to the
benefit Of the children of the miners.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Literal.

a Brooklyn public school teacher says
that she once required pupil to com
pose a sentence with the word dogma"
as the subject. The pupil, lad of 10,
after some deliberation. submitted his eff
fort. 1t read as follows: THE dogma
has five pups. "-Harper's Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Mr. Chamberlain was 40 when he first
wrote m. Pr after his name. Mr.
Balfour entered the parliamentary arena
at %, Lord Rosebery was just of age
when he made his first speech in the
House of Lords
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
The Voice of the Sluggard.

One fine spring day old Farmer Doyle
Said, as he mopped his brow:
II don't object to honest toll,
It's time / started now.
| know | ought to plough the soil
But | hate to soil the plough"
Saturday Evening Post
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Elijah Shut and his wife the oldest
carried couple in Pennsylvania, ceIe-
bruted the sixty-sixth anniversary Of
heir wedding at their home in Blooms
surg. Shut is 50 years old and his
wife six months younger.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Miss Portia Washington daughter Of
Booker 7. Washington, is studying ma-
sic in Berlin. under Prof. kraus.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Secretary Bonaparte has come to the
conclusion that all the marshals of his
,randuncle, the Emperor Napoleon. died
poor. Hardly a day passes that he does
not receive a letter from France III
forming him that the writer is do
sceudant of one of Napoleon's marshals;
that he has read in the Paris papers of
Mr.. Bonaparte's great fame aud conse-
quence in America. and that he knows
nothing will please the secretary of the
navy more than To extend a little finan-
cial assistance for the sake of old times
at Mareugo and Austerlitz.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Ira d. Sankey has started to rewrite
his unpublished book, Tho Story of the
Gospel Hymns" the original manuscript
of which was destroyed by fire a few
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Announcement is made of the pro-
posed erection and equipment of large
modern hospital as n gift to the
city of Pawtucket, Il. l., by Frank A,
Sayles. the institution to be memorial
to his mother and sister. 1t is expected
that work upon the construction of tie
hospital will commence next spring, and
that it will be ready for occupation in
about year from that time. 1t is the
intention of Mr.. Sayles TO present the
hospital to the city at its completion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Mutual.

You here. James eNciaIi"'a
slumworker. visiting the jail ...,
"Yes'm." replied the new pr'>"'..'
was in for burglary. ...-...t --
We'll. well. | certainly am ~HEi
$50 was |. ma am. or | %"H.''
here -Philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28
Expensive Seat.

Job-Here's an account "i ,..
what lust paid $4,000 for scar '-
New York stock exchange, M@h1l 3D.
Mandy-WeH. l reckon he ilg i.4 -
wanted To sit down poWef'-'
YonkerS Statesman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Maj. William r. Wetmorc. n million
airc resident of Allenhurst, \. j., has
contrivcd a scheme whereby he can keep
in direct communication with his brokers
in Wall street, while he tours the New
Jersey roads in his automobile. \ wire
less telegraph instrument has been
placed in the tonneau; another is in the
railway station at Allenhurst. The in
sulmcnt will transmit distance of
thirty miles and it is seldom that Maj.
Wetmore goes farther than this in his
automobile
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

DIR, Richard d. Harlan, at Lake For
est university, Chicago. announces that
the winner of the William Bros $4,000
prize for the best book on religious
subject is Rev. James Orr, -. H.. Of
Glasgow college In accordance with
lhe condition of the will of William
Bros, who died in 1879 and left a fund
for the purpose in memory of Nathaniel
Bros, his father DIR. Orr will be required
to come TO Lake Forest next year and
deliver course of lectures. In the con-
test there were Il hundred competitors.
Ii is held every ten years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

4 1500-pound stone was taken from
the bottom plates of the steel steamer
Brazil. at Chicago. 1t was struck by
the steamer. and in breaking through
her plates became wedged in. serving as
a plug for the leak, Incidents of this
kind were quite common during the
days of wooden craft, but steel vessels
rarely pick mp stones on the way; they
are generally ripped like cans attacked
with can-openers, and become objects of
immediate wrecking operations.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

tol Henry WyGaut Of the Invent,
second infantry, now under treatment nj
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-28

Higgs-I'm fasting at present
Figgs-I don't see how you can do it.
Higgs-You'd find it easy to do if you
boarded where | do.
The bee., 1905-04-06
Culinary Conceits.

Granulated sugar makes better
meringue than powdered sugar.
Save rice water VIII ell you have
boiled rice for curry, as it makes a
very good foundation for stock or
sauce.
In cooking tough fowls or meat
one tablespoonful of vinegar in the
water will save neatly two hours
boiling.
One cook always puts a crust of
bread into the water In which green's
are boiled. She says that the bread
absorbs an Objectionable rankness
of flavor.
Nearly everything made with
baking powder may be raised equal
ly well with sour milk, buttermilk
or soda, allowing one even teaspoon
full of soda to each pint of milk.
Beefsteak is often improved by
rubbing two teaspoonfuls OF salad
oil over it, then leaving it so for
several hours between two plates.
This is said TO soften the meat fiber
The bee., 1905-04-06
A Simply Test to show the Productivity Of
Soil

The state experiment stations are
doing great work for the farmers
The following incident shows how
simple some of the tests are when
you know how. A station official
was going over farm with the own
er. when they came to a crawfishy
piece of land just back of the barn.
The very weeds looked yellow and
unhealthful.
II am inclined to think" remark
ed the agriculturist, "that this land
is too acid for productivity. We
can determine this in moment"
Taking blue piece of paper from
his pocket, he stopped and dipped
the paper into some of the soil wat
er that was standing in a COW track.
To the owners astonishment, the
blue paper changed to red color as
soon as 1t was immersed.
There" said the agriculturist,
1--WE have our proof. This is Just a
piece of litmus paper. For cents
you can buy similar piece at any
The bee., 1905-04-06
A Successful Play.

Frank l.. Perley's newly organ
1 lied opera company which comes to
the Morton's Theatre tonight in the
comedy opera, The Girl and The
Bandit has achieved marked sue
cess during its short career and has
fully borne out Mr.. Perley's' predic-
ton that it would rank as a worthy
successor to the famous Bostonians.
The company comes to Mortou's
Theatre fresh from record break
ing seven weeks run at the Stude-
baker theater, Chicago, where 1.-The
Girl and The Bandit was such a
pronounced hit that the engagement
was extended three times and the
house was packed to the limit OIL
the closing night. The book of the
opera is by Mrs. A. G. Tyler and j.
Cheever Goodwin. MIS-. Tyler
wrote the lyrics and the music is by
Frederick Colt Wight. The secret
of the great success of the piece is
that it provides entertainment for
everybody, from the most incon-
spicious holder of a gallery check to
the scratinizing box occupant. Its
comedy is of the lively, bright,
clean, wholesome sort that a play
goer can laugh at without being
ashamed of himself when he leaves
the theater The score contains any
number of musical gems-some of
them on the popular, whistleable or
der and others decidedly pretentious
in the matter of compositions. III
order. to get the best out of this
music it was necessary for Mr.. Per-
ley to secure a high class singing
organization and persons who have
seen "The Girl and The Bandit de-
clare that he has gone the limit in
this respect. The opera is in two
acts, ths first showing carnival
night in Venice and the second re-
yealing bandits retreat in Aus
TRAN Tyrol. The locale of each
scene gives ample opportunity for
exquisite costuming and elaborate
scenic investlture and every pos
sibilIty has been made the most of
by Mr.. Perley. The company like
wise is a strong one and the list of
principals includes such well known
fayorites as Viola Gillette, Mabel
Hite, Alice Doyey, Elvia Crox Sea-
brooke, Joseph Miron, Walter Jones,
George j. Mac Farlane, Charles
Meakins, and Neil Mcneil. The or
ganization embraces l0n- people and
one of its very strong features is the
chorus which is composed of ex-
ceedingly pretty faces and fresh
young voices.
Prices, boxes, $500; lower floor,
$50; balcony, 81 90 and Toe; gallery,
SOC.