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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

The Mexican Astronomical society has
awarded the prize offered by the bishop
OF Leon, for some notable astronomical
discovery to William II. Pickering of
Harvard observatory, fer the discovery
OF the tenth satellite Of Saturn. Anoth-
er prize was awarded L c. ID. Perrine
of Lick observatory of California, for
the discovery of the sixth and seventh
satellites
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

Ralph VOORHEES, of Clinton. y. j., has
given 100000 to Lafayette college, ac-
cording to an announcement made at
that institution in Easton, Pa. yester-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

The Empress of Germany is passion
ately fond of all kinds OF flowers, bat for
some time has favored orchids, of which
She POSSESSES 81 great variety.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

Queen Alexandra seldom uses any per-
fume except the homely and refreshing
lavender water, of which large quantities
are annually manufactured for her own
use. The Princess of Wales delights in
that delicate scent known as wood violet
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

The romantic story of how the late
DIR. Arnold Pam, one of the forenost
lawyers of Vienna. laid the foundotio,
for his wealth is related in the news
papers of that city. About quarter Of
a century ago local ieweer named OF
died, leaving a fortune of 100000 for.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

a remarkable funeral has been given
to Mrs. Josephine Garome, who was
celebrated in New Works Little Italy"
for her exceptional beauty. For TWO
nights policemen had To guard the bouse
where her remains lay enclosed in cas-
ket which had plate and handles of cold
The dead woman was richly ao,ynaa
and jewels worth $1,000 were hurie5 ,yitI,
the body.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

John b. Mccall, member of the Aus
tralian Parliament, has been in Colorado
investigating the subject of irrigation.
He came as the official representative Of
Australia, where the subject is to be
taken un
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

Mrs. William II. Leayitt, daughter of
William Jennings Bryan, has just be-
come the mother Of a son yesterday at
DenXer Colo.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

Returns show that 1000 parcels a day
are lost on the railways of Great Britain.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02

The manager of a bachelor apartment
house. the tenants of which are men Of
very moderate means. acknowledged the
other day to an old fashioned business
man who was deploring the growing dis
inclination of men to marry young. that.
so Tar as he knew. only three out Of
the sixty tenants had given up his quar-
tiers to get married since the place was
first opened. six years before
Tenants come and tenants 30 every
year. but | have only heard of three get
ting married" said he. Few of my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
WHY NOT PUT THE
MOON TO WORK
Continued from Page 4

light all the cities, and to heat all the
houses and business buildings. To &C
complish these things, it would simply
be necessary to convert the energy into
electricity, which can be transmitted to
a considerable distance.
Thus would the moon, put to work
for the benefit of mankind, become
satellite of practical and industrial i'm
portance-whereas at present it is an
orb useful only to lovers and as a subject
for astronomical speculation. We have
taught it already how to saw planks and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22
" WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD"

DAT O'HOOLIHAN is good old Irishman
of sturdy stock and much common-sense.
The frills and furbelows forgotten in
Pats makeup, and he can't entirely realize
their necessity in the composition of others
He strolling along the streets of New
York not long ago in his usual amiable fashion.
when he was accosted by a man in spic and
span attire. Directions were asked and given
and the two fell into conversation about
various points of sightseeing interest in the
vicinity Finally Pat, with his accustomed
frankness, said.
And who might we be?'
The stranger drew himself up with dignity
and replied Il am the Hon. John Kenneth
Edgerton of London. Knight of the Garter,
Knight of the Bath, Knight of Malta, Knight of
the Golden Fleece, Knight of St. John Knight
of the Royal Legion and of the Iron Cross.
And whom have l the honor of addressing"
Pat was speeches. for moment, and then
drawing himself up to his full height, said
impressively
''Oi am Patrick OHoolihan of Hoboken.
to-noight, lahst noight. noight befoor 1ahst.
noight befoor thaht, tomorrow noight and
livery other bloody noight of the wake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

to run locomotives ana operate eleCtrlC
and other mechanical plants on large
scale Once harness the Bay of Fundy
properly, and power, light and heat
should be furnished at a small fraction
of their present cost.
That the notion of putting the moon to
work IS by no means so new as most people
would be likely to imagine is shown by
reference to one or two things which the
Chinese have been accustomed to do
for centuries. Not many years ago one
of our war-ships happened to be anchored
in a river in the Middle Kingdom, when
a cannon, which was being brought on
deck, was by some untoward accident
dropped overheard The American Off
GERS, after trying many expedients to
recover the gun, gave it up as lost; but
Just about that time half a dozen China
men came along and, undertaking the
job, proceeded to demonstrate their
superiority as engineers.
1t was not practicable, as a matter of
fact, to raise the cannon by any means of
the ordinary sort at hand, the requisite
power being lacking. But the Chinese
proceeded to employ the moon to do the
lifting, and the way in which they accom-
plished this was to bring a float and
some tall sheer-legs, sticking the latter
deep into the mud at the bottom of the
river, and attaching the former to the
gun by means of ropes. This was done
at low tide, and the next high tide neces-
sarily raised the cannon six feet from
the bottom. At that height it was Sc
cured, and by repeating the operation
again and again, the big weapon, which
was worth some thousands of dollars, was
finally lifted out of the water and placed
upon the deck of the ship.
AS matter of fact the method adopted
in the raising of the gun was extremely
old, having been familiar to mechanical
experts in the East for centuries. They
have long made a practice of utilizing
such means for lifting enormous stones
lin building docks and other structures
in water), elevating them to any desired
height by the simple expedient of placing
timbers beneath the float as fast as the
tides gave space for them. In this
fashion, with sheer-legs long enough and
an adequate supply of foatable material,
stone or other heavy object might be
raised hundreds of feet into the air. To
the power available in such a case there
is no limit, inasmuch as all the energy
of the moons attraction is doing the
pulling.
Here, then, furnished by the despised
Chinese, is another excellent object lesson
in the possibilities of utilizing lunar
energy-a source of power upon which
man may yet, and at no distant day,
draw largely for help in his manifold
activities. For many purposes, espe-
cially in view of the threatened exhaus-
ton of the worlds fuel supply, this power
is urgently required. We need the moon,
in fact, in our business, and the problem
of putting the satellite to work, and COM
pelling it to do hard and continuous labor.
is one of the most important at present
awaiting solution by human inventive
genius.
"WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD"
NAT HAN &c GOOD old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

roper"
Hal" cries Obadiah, putting for
breath, you old"
But Just then, here came little Bobby
Brinkerhoff runnin' down the street.
Doctor Lavender" he cries, "pleath
thir, Thammy Hacketh got the dipthery,
and NTH Hackett thent-"
Shut upl" yells Doc, burnin' with
Bobby and III strange yeh!"
Bobby paused, lookin' like he was scairt
to death.
Capn Obadiah glanced at Doc appre-
hensive.
Its the hand of Providence" says
Doc under his breath. Climb up onto
them pegs of yourn, Gaping Obadiah,
and come along quick"
Fifteen minutes later, Doc Lavender
came out of Mis- Hackett's house and
Joined Obadiah at the gate. 'Tonso-
leetus," says he, land not very bad
either. Now, Gaping" says he, as
matter of fact as you please, you go
down to the tavern and tell that young
Teller there's a friend of hisn here that's
bad hurt and wants to see him. Tell him
YOU say a word about Miss Rhetta, not
a word''
But" begins Obadiah, with wide
open eyes, is there anybody hurt"
Yes" grow1s Doc, lookin' away
across the fields, "Cupids in thar, and
he's bleedin to beat the band
Well, sir, when the young Teller,
piloted by Cap'n Obadiah, knocked at
Mis- Hackett's door, Mis- Hackett let
him in without a word. But it wasn't
two minutes till he opened the door ag' in,
madder'n a hornet, and seem Obadiah
just outside the gate, he hollers: Say,
YOU internal, sawed-of old Ananias,
what yeh lie to me fer?"
Hal" cries Obadiah, rilin' up, then
stopped, for he saw Doc Lavender comm
round the corner of the house.
Excuse me-" says Doc, as polite as
anything" excuse me, my young friend
but you'll have to go back in the house
and stay awhile"
"Why?" demands the young man,
glarin' at Doc.
Because" says Doc, pu1lin' from
under his coat bunch of yeller placards
as big as the side of a house and as
scary-lookin' as a declaration of war,
because this here place is quarantined. !"
1t certainly was thing to ponder on,
the way that young man behaved. But
it wasn't any use, for you see old Doc
Lavender is chairman of the board of
health, and what he says goes.
Well, after he'd got the feller's tenn
perature reduced about to normal, Doc
plucked hammer and about a quart of
tacks from his person and proceeded to
decorate the premises with bilious-lookin'
signs. When he got through, the land
scape looked like it had the CHAMBERS.
Obadiah remarked as much.
Yes" drawls Doc, pausin in the
road and 1ookin' back, it isn't very
picturesque, that's fact, but l want
this here quarantine to stick. reckon. i"
he adds, husky as he and Cap'n Obadiah
shuffled along in the dusk, g. reckon that
when them thirty days is up there'n be
a weddin' hereabouts."
81 reckon" echoes Cap'n Obadiah
softly, then raisin' his voice: But say
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
medicines of Life.

I promised in my last to say
more about the Branden meeting
the number of professions and do
not know but | saw the pastor bdp-
tie thirty.two at one time and otn.
ers waiting baptism. When W.
were gong to leave the brethren
offered me purse, and | said, no;
give your pastor one.half and me
the other, and 1 will be salts fed"
and they did as [ wished. My
part was near forty dullarS--al! |
was worth, I thought, and still
think the same. The pastor was
old and poor, like myself, but older
by several years. After we were
on way the coat question came up
again. as H providence. | for
she laughing at it-well, let that
drop, at least, for the present. Per,
haps thirty years have passed, and
not great while since | received
IA letter from Doc Bynes (who is
:. S agent for the Southern Bap.
fist convention, and the greatest
worker | ever saw and he said
this: "Bro. H.. | was in meet
ing recently, near Brandon where
you held one many years ago, and
the brethren, several, in teslifying
said it was under your earnest
preaching they were brought to
Crist and saved, among them the
superintendent of the Sunday
school ! saw the way was open,
and said | know Brother H. we'll,
and visited him some years ago,
when | thought. and everybody
else bought, he would die, but he
didn't, hut is low an invalid. and
| am sure he would appreciate a
donation from this church aud peo,
pie While la KEEL the brethren
cried and came aud laid a gift on
the table, we'll pleased at the prop
position, You will get it soon u
And | did, and wrote the best let
ter of thanks | could. saying what
solomon said: Cast thy bread
upon the waters and thou shalt get
tafter many days " Now, years
had passed after | had cast a few
crumbs, and they returned in
loaves-not only this but the
preacher said to me, "if ever you
need assistance, write TO me and
your every need will be supplied "
/ never wrote, and after Christmas
+ may tell you why. GUS,
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
For Waterways Convention.
Dallas News.

Commodore S w. Duncan is in
receipt of II letter from Congress.
man George f Burgess, member
of the rivers ami harbors commit
tee in congress, calling attention to
thu national waterways convention
to be held in Washington Jan Is,
and urging ii large attenance from
Texas in view Of the many pro
Jects along that line which have
been started in this State Mr.
Duncan stated yesterday that he
would take the matter up at once
and make an etlnrt to have a spe.
cial tram TO carry the Texas dele.
CATION and start from Dallas.
In a letter sent out by the ma.
tional rivers and harbor congress
it is stated that the meeting is to
be held in view of the necessity. of
arousing general interest in the
improvement of rivers harbors and
waterways, which, the letter de-
clares, is bsoutely essential to
the development IF the commerce
of the country. The call is issued
to every commercial institution ia
the country
The letter from Mr.. Burgess is
as follows:
Washington. Dec. g. Hon. S.
w. ) Duncan. Dallas, Tex : Dear
Sir and Friend-I have given out
letter to the Texas papers cal.
ling attention to the importance of
large Texas attendance at the
national waterways convention, tn
be held in this city on Jan. IS,
next, and | write you personally
hoping TO enlist your active inter
est in the matter. But few know
the difficulties the Texas member
of the rivers and harbors commit
tee contends with in his efferls to
secure necessary appropriations for
Texas projects Not only will the
general purpose.of the convention
he strengthened by stiong Texas
delegation, but by individual ef
forts for Texas will be- greatly aid
ed with the other members of the
committee by such an expression
of interest shown by those for whom
| labor.
/ regard the time as opportune
in that the rate agitation is hav-
ing the effect to increase interest
ia the work,
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

| sincerely hope you will take
an active interest in this matter
and by enlisting CO, operation local.
y secure delegations from Texas
composed Of our best business men
remain your friend
GEORGE #. BURGESS.
Special attention is called to the
above. Jefferson should send q
good strong delegation to the wa,
terways convention The city
council and board of trade should
take up this matter and act at once
and make all arrangement neces.
sary and delegates selected. 80 they
can arrange to go. Anyone Can see
the great importance of having a
strong representation present.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
The Very Christmas Present.

The most useful one for your son
or daughter, is sch olarship for a
business course, shorthand or tel
egraphy in Tyler Commercial Col
lege. 1t is gift which will last
through life, repeating itself in
value and in money returns year
by year. 1t is one which does not
perish with the using, but grows
better the more it is used 1t is a
treasure non can steal, worth most
when most needed. always ready
for use, always valuable, useful
every day, and costs but $40 1t
will be worth that every month
through life. A mail course, which
can be taken at home at leisure
moments, is only SIS. Leave your
son or daughter money aud it may
he wasted; property, and it may be
lost; a business education, and it
can never be wasted or lost And
if one should have money or prop
erty, that training will enable it to
he kept secure. You can make no
better present, no finer Investment
Your boy must be in business; he
will, then need business training
Your girl may some day have to
make her own living; if so, a prac,
teal course will be worth many
times the French, art, and society
manners of the average female col.
lege The best place for the best
courses is the Tyler Commercial
College, Tyley. Texas,
Subscribe for the limp.
Co.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

The United States raises three
tourths Of the worlds cotton sup
ply,
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
TENENTS WANTED.

Want four good families to farm
on halves. W. S TERRY.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

India has 1877 Young Women's
Christian Associations, with 5000
membership.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

Shackelford county has already
sold SIS. 600 worth of pecans, and
the crop is not yet all harvested
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

rather shamefaced. "You see, MISSY
Busted dropped in few minutes this
mornin' while you fellers was out,
| and
Both Captain Fri and Captain Jerry
set up hilarious shout.
''Haw, haww roared the former, slap
ping his knee. II wouldn't be so fasci-
natin' as you be for no money, Perez.
She'll have you VT; you can't git away!
But, say, don't wonder you got to
thinkin' bout the grave. Ten minutes
Of MISSY gifts me thinkin' of things
way tother side of that!"
saw, Delay there, Eriv' protested
Captain Perez testify. "'Twan't my
fault. / didn't see her comm or I'd
have got out Of sight,
what was it this timer asked Cap
tain Jerry.
ooh, little of everything. She be-
gun about the beautiful sermon that
Mr.. Perley preached at the last Come
Cutters meetin'. That was what start
'ed me thinkin about the grave, guess.
Then she pitched into Seth Wingate's
wife for havin' new bunnit this sea-
son when the old one want ha'f wore
out. She talked for ten minutes or so
on that, and then she begun about Par
ker bein' let go over at the cable sta
ton and about the new Teller that's
been signed to take hi; place She's
all for Parker. Says he was q per-
fectly lovely man and that twas out
rageous the way he was treated, and
all that sort OF thing
She amt the only one that thinks
So observed Captain Jerry. There's
heap OF folks in this town that think
Parker was 4 mighty fine fellec."
Yes" said Captain Eri and it's
worth while noticin' who they be.
Perez's friend MISSY thinks so, ana
Squealer Wixon and his gang think
SO, and Web Saunders thinks; SO, and
q lot Elore like 'cm. Parker was too
good Is Teller, that's what was the mat
ter with him. His talk always remind
ell mo of wash day at the poorhouse-
lots Of soft soap with plenty Of lye in
it,
80, AZ iA''.'t .>ttsc inc llGil Wv SE
to the station-all except Langley, of
coUrse-are mad as all git-out because
Parker was let so, and she says some
body told somebody else, and somebody
else told somebody else, and somebody
else told her-she says it come reel
straight-that the L2en are goin' to
make it hot 70. the new Teller when he
comes. She says his names uazcltine,
or somcthin' like that, and that he's
goin' to get here tomorrer or next day."
We'll" said Captain Fri, its NOR
cy MISSY found it out If that man
should git here and she not know it
aforehand 'twou!d kill her sure as fate,
and think what blow that would be
to you, Perez."
Continued in Next Issue,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN

brush of the local sign painter-re-
spectively representing the coasting
packet Hannah NJ, Fri Hedge MASTER
and the fishing schooners George Ba-
ker, jeremiah Burgess master, and the
Flying Duck, Perez Ryder master,
were shrouded in very realistic fog
Of the same dust Even the imposing
gilt lettered set of Lives of Great Ma
val Commanders" purchased by Cap
tain Perez some months before and be-
ing slowly paid for on an apparently
never ending installment plan, was
cloaked with 1t. The heap of newspa-
pers showed under the couch to get
them out of the way peeped forth in 4
telltale manner. The windows were
not too clean, and the floor needed
sweeping. Incidentally the supper ta-
BILE had not been cleared. Each one Of
the three noted these things, and each
sighed. Then Captain Err said, as if
to change the subject, though no one
had spoken:
what started you talkin' about the
grave, Perez? Was 1t them clam frlt-
tiers of Jerry's:"
NO" answered the ex-skipper of tho
Flying Duck, pulling Mt his grizzled
scrap of throat whisker and looking
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05

H. " = i.
had the most dairy and poultry, live
stock and dressed meats value til
show, independence cxcelled in GER
calls, as did Clarinda.
independence in the last biennial
period produced s13,24O worth of GER
calls and Clarinda produced S11, 1893 In
grain.
But Mount Pleasant produced $12,.'
1856 worth of dairy and poultry pro-
ducts while Clarinda and Indepen-
dence came next in order. Mount
Pleasant produced $10,232 worth Of
live stock and $3.50 Il. dressed meats.
All the institutions dressed more or
less meat. Anamosa, Fort Madison,
Independence, Davenport, and Mitch
ellyille produced no live stock. Fort
Madison alone produced no dairy pro.
ducts Fort Madison, Marshalltown,
Mltchellville and Vinton produced no
cereals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
STATE BIG FARMER
IOWA INSTITUTION FARMS PRO.
DucE $447,7e6 IN TWO
YEARS.
Board of Control Report Shows Good
Figures for State Farms, Gardens
and shops-Products Growing-Mt.
Pleasant Greatest Producer.

Des Monies, Oct. 3.-The farms,
shops and gardens of the state insti-
tutions of Iowa produced almost half
million dollars worth of products dur
ing the biennial period ust closed
an increase of almost $135,000 over
the value of the products of the two
years preceding.
Mount Pleasant was the great pro.
After False Start.
Queer, the value of the soil and man
ufactured products there being more
than $4,000 during the two years.
Clarinda was second with $6S,000. In
dependence was third with $61,3O9
and Glenwood was fourth with more
than S55,00O.
The dairy and poultry products
were worth more than any other
class amounting in the period just
ended to more than $4,000, while
garden and root vegetables amounted
to $61.590. The value of the cereals
grown in the biennium was $5S,s04.
Values of the Classes.
Following is a table compiled from
the report made by Accountant Nc
Gown of the board of control to that
body for insertion in the next number
of the bulletin of institutions, show
ing the value of the different classes
of products of the farm, garden and
shop activities of all the institutions
in the biennial period ending with
June, 1908, and that closing with June,
1908.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
DIES MONIES MAN DIRECTOR.
James Fitzgerald Elected Member Of
Executive Board.

Louisville, KY, Oct. 8. The In.
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, which has been in session
here for the past ten days concluded
the business of the convention late
yesterday afternoon by. electing the
following officers to serve four years:
Grand president - F. j. McNulty,
Washington, D. c., (re-elected.)
Grand secretary - Peter w. Collins
Boston.
Grand treasurer Frank J. Sulli.
van. Cleveland.
First grand vice president = James
J. Reid, Erie, Pa.
Second grand vice president = Jas
w. Noonan, St. Louis.
Third grand vice president - M. j
Sullivan, San Francisco.
Executive board - First district. G
C. King, Buffalo; second district, John
j. Mclaughlin, Boston; third district
James ]. Meade. Philadelphia; fourth
district. j. E. O'Connor, Annapolis
Mr.; fifth district, James Fitzgerald
Des Moines; sixth district, Walter N,
Graham, Houston, Tex; seventh dis
trict, Chris Lofthous, Los Angeles
Cal