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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29
Will Become of the
Little Red School House?

saving annually TO each township of
5000. Twenty States now have con-
solidatjOu, and all of them report it In
successful operation at big reduction
in cost. Iowa reports that consolida-
ton has been adopted in 5 ty-three
districts Of twenty-eight counties. In
diana reports that ISL wagons trans
port 1850 children in ffty-one counties,
the largest number being in Whitley
County, where seventy-three wagons
carry Lila children. In La Grange
County, Indiana, thirty-eight schools
were closed and 42S pupils transported
at saving Of $6,734 yearly.
From the reports of the twenty
States using the system the average
cost per month for transporting a child
to and from school daily is $3.50.
transportation a Stumbling Block.
This matter of transportation has
been the stumbling block In the way.
of the general adoption of the system.
Farmers say that the cost is too much
and that the roads and weather fire.
quently are In unfit condition for
travel. Dean Davenport declares that
it is better to expose horses to the
elements than children. Children are
frequently made sick by exposure to
storms and from sitting all day with
wet feet and damp clothing after wad-
ing snowdrifts, slush, and mud on the
way to school.
Regarding the cost of transportation,
he says that the farmers are already
maintaining the most expensive system
possible. He says that through the
sending of children to graded schools
and high schools, the farmers are
paying double toll, not only
maintaining their own inefficient
schools, but assisting through tuition
charges in maintaining city schools. He
has secured figures which largely prove
his assertion.
Advantages of Consolidation
The advantages arising from consol-
idation, according to Dean Davenport.
are as follows:
1T is much cheaper for the same
grade OF school
AT the same expense much better
schools can be provided, because fewer
teachers being needed a better grade
can be secured, a division of labor es-
tablished, and some sort IF supervis-
ion established.
1T makes possible country school
equal in every sense to the best city
schools, yet within the reach Of farm
homes.
THE health of the children is bet.
ter when conveyed in wagons and land
ed dry and warm than when sitting all
day with wet feet and draggled cloth
mig after tramping through all kinds
of roads in all kinds of weather.
THE number who will attend school
Is found to be larger when children
are conveyed; the attendance is more
regular, and hardness is unknown.
THE inspiration that comes with
numbers puts life into the school, that
Is impossible in classes of one or two
each.
1T makes possible the employment
of at least one experienced, we'll edu-
Gated teacher under whose supervision
young and inexperienced teachers will
do better than when working alone try
ing to teach everything.
1T makes unnecessary the sending
of young boys and girls away from
home for high school privileges on the
one hand or the breaking up of homes
on the other, in going to town to edu.
cate the children" - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29

practices belong ia
sayages only and ID
that the prope r
method is to en-.
ploy a fork. Tba
ordinary fork gen.
orally fulflIs its
mission when used
IN connection with
homemade cakes
and pies, but when
the hungry man has
to contend with ,bo
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29
How TO Pack Eggs.

A chocolate, or broken candy pail,
that can be had for 10 cents at any
grocery store, makes an excellent egg
carrier when treated In the following
manner: Take a sheet of the CORFU
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29
Simple Extension Ladder.

made a ladder extension by saw
ing off seven feet from an old ladder
and removing three of the rungs, as
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29

All animals on the farm prefer foods
that may not be relished by some 9th
ers. The farmer should take advan-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29
Knife and ForL

"hen eating pie or cake f.
taste better when held in +ho It may
but modern etiquette says tb,4 "seS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Uneanny chlnese Legend.

There are the two celebrated tow.
ers of the imperial city, the Bell tow
or and the Drum tower. AS to the
casting of the bell in the former there
is this legend: There had been two
unsuccessful attempts and the life Of
the founder was threatened in case of
q third failure. His daughter discov-
cred by occult Team that nothing but
the blood of a virgin mingled with
the molten metal would insure suc-
cess. So at the next casting she sac
rifced her life by throwing herself
into the molten metal, leaving only
one shoe behind. The casting was
perfect. But when the bell was first
struck "all were horror-stricken as,
after the heavy boom of the bell,
came a low wall, as Of a girl in az
ony, distinctly saying the word 'heish,'
shoe. And to this day people when
they hear 1t, say, There's poor Ko-ai's
voice calling out for her shoe
Shanghai Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
The Ideal Family Laxative.

Is n that can be used by the entire
family, young and old, weak and
strong, without any danger of harmful
effects. 1t should have properties
which insure the same dose always
having the same effect, otherwise the
quantity will have to be increased and
finally lose its effect altogether. These
properties can be found in that old
family remedy, Brandreth's Pills, be.
cause its ingredients are of the purest
herbal extracts, and every pill Is kept
for three years before being sold,
which allows them to mellow. We do
not believe there is a laxative on the
market that is so carefully made.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine
laxative tonic pills your grandparents
used. They have been in use for over
a century and are for sale everywhere,
either plain or s~ugar-coated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
WARDROBE OF KING EDWARD
Costs About $4,000 Annually, Accord
ing to His Tailor.

London.-The kings tailor has been
giving some details of the wardrobe
Of Edward VII. His majesty. buys
about a hundred pairs Of trousers
every year, and pays from $1,000 to
$13 a pair for them. He orders about
a dozen dress suits annually at $50
each, and for his sack suits he pays
$32.
Twelve or Is frock coats AMI Is
overcoats are also included in the
Kings yearly renewal of his war1.
robe. The king has at least 100 naval
and military uniforms, which repre-,
sent a large sum in value; but, apart
from the cost Of these, his tailoring
bill amounts to from $1,000 to $4,000
annually.
From the necessity imposed on roy
atty King Edward has acquired the
celebrity Of a quick-change artist in
dressing. He can change from one
suit into another with marvellous "a.
pidity.
His taste, which, when younger,
was inclined to somewhat loud nat.
terms, ia now all In favor Of simple.
ity. A plain navy blue serge is his
majesty's favorite cloth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

look OF superior mentality. In real
life she may look like nothing in par
ticular, but Judged by her picture one
might think her capable Of writing a
dictionary, with a few novels and love
poems on the side.
This is a clever trick of the modern
photographer. And 1t is not confined
to his depletion of the human counte-
nance; he can do much along the
same line with the beasts of the field.
In a recent issue Of a farming maya
zine there were the portraits of sew
eral cows. Now, a COW is not an ami
NAL Of particularly intelligent appear
ance, despite the mellow, goo-goo ex-
preston In the eyes Of the average
cow. But in these portraits the pho
tographer had managed somehow to
secure a stimulation Of intelligence In
the bovine ~countenance that was truly
remarkable. Especially in the ease of
one benevolent looking, whitehead
creature with ingrOwing horns was
there q happy result. The Arm upper
lip, the strong, imperious nose and the
intellectually OF the calm, reflective
eye combined to give this animal tho
look Of a statesman. II a COW like
this YER to be encountered In real
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
An Idiot From Birth.

forming the duties for which it was
intended.
This, in the history of medical
science, is without a parallel, not only
because such an operation was never
attempted before, but also because
of its seeming %vagueness. The idea
of grating part of the throat of a
mother to the pancreas gland of her
child with the expectation of convert
ing the child from idiocy to a normal,
mental condition would seem at first
glance unworthy of serious consider
alton. But DR.. Karl Care, professor
Of surgery in the medical faculty of
Breslau university, to whom the oper-
alton is credited, did exactly what has
been described above, and recent de-
spatches from Berlin declare that the
operation has been pronounced a com
plete success.
Professor Care is an eminent Ger
man surgeon whose success in the
transplanting Of organs from one ami
NAL to another and even from the
lower animals to human beings, has
attracted the attention and admira-
ton of surgical men all over the
world. When his report of how he
changed Lena Wolff from an idiot into
a bright and intelligent little girl is
completed 1t will form u valuable ad-
dition to the list of modern miracles
Of surgery.
From the details of the case al
ready received from Germany 1t ap-
pears that Lena Wolff was born an
idiot six years ago, says the New
York World. Reason never dawned
for her as in other babies. She had
come into the world without one ap-
parent spark of intelligence and
seemed doomed to pass her whole life
without knowing the joys and sorrows
of living. .....
Her case was called to the attention
of Professor Care, who was inter-
ested from the very beginning, be-
cause in 1t he saw a possibility of be-
ing able to prove the correctness of a
theory on which he had been at work.
This involved the probable action or
influence that certain substances or
secretions found in the ductless
glands of the human body have upon
the blood.
1t is the blood, as everybody knows.
that feeds the brain, keeping 1t active
and clear and in good working order.
If the blood Is thin or sluggish the
brain Is first to record that fact. The
great German surgeon knew that the
reason Lena VOLTS brain was dull
and inactive was because the blood
was not feeding 1t as 1t should.
One of the principal duties of the
pancreas, situated just behind the
stomach, is to superintend the regular
feeding Of the brain with good blood,
A -. go
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
A Bull on a Pedestal.

An extraordinary monument has
been recently erected at BY near
Fontainebleau, by M. Gambert, to the
memory Of Rosa Bonheur, the great
French painter Of animal life. The
memorial is located not far from the
former homefof the great artist, which
was respected during the Frsnco.
Prussian war by special order of the
crown prince Of Prussia. Ths monu.
ment consists Of a granite pedestal OF
heavy proportions on top Of which is
placed the effigy Of q splendid bull, OF
the type SO frequently . In the
lady's pictures. On front Of the pcdes1
tai is a bronze bas-relief Of Rosa Bon.
huer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

ut is yours" he said. Tomorrow
night ! am coming to take you to my
cave"
Little Toes did not answer at first,
but threw herself down upon the furry
skin delightedly It suited her.
Finally she sat up. 1T is good"
she said. Big Bow went away.
There was a slight sound, and Cross
Eyes stood beside her. The fire in the
cav blazed up and he called her to it.
Then from his wolfskin pounch he
drew forth something that flashed and
fascinated. He hung it about her
neck. The girl looked down upon it
in silent amazement. She lifted the
glittering beads In her fingers trem.
blingly, but could not speak. Her
ecstasy was indescribable.
Come with me to my cave and be
my wife," said Gross Eyes. She did
not answer, ven then. She only put
her hand in his and they went out
into the night.
They took the bearskin with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS
OF GREAT SURGEONS
Operations That Almost Seem Incredible Now Sue
c~essfully Performed as a Matter Of Course.
Most Recent Is the Work Of DR.. Karl Care Of Berlin, in Which
Devoted Mother Gave Part Of Her Own Throat to Convert
Her Idiot Daughter Into a Bright Little Girl.

New York.-MedicaI men here and
abroad are awaiting with considera-
BILE interest a report from Berlin Civ
ing complete details of a most daring
and unusual surgical operation per.
formed there a few weeks ago.
An idiot child. the s~ix-yearold
daughter of Mrs. Louis Wolff, a resi-
dent of Berlin, has been converted
into an intelligent being by the proc
ess of grating part of the mothers
thyroid gland upon the child's pan
sas Reduced to palmer language,
this means that part of the mothers
throat has been transferred by the
grating process to a gland, or tissue,
lying directly at the back of the stom-
ach. BY this operation the dull, in
active brain of little Lena Wolff has
been awakened so that 1t is now per-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

according to, tho theory OF tho Ger
man surgeon. In the case of Lena
Wolff he believed the p%ancreas was
minus one very important digestive
essential, without which 1t could not
do its work properly. That very i'm
p~ortant essential had to be supplied
by grating a portion of a ductless
gland from another living person.
The child's mother readily offered
herself as a sacrifice. She was per-
pectly willing to undergo the neces-
sarily painful and tedious operation of
having part of her throat grated on
the body of her little daughter if only
it would give Lena her reason.
The operation took place in one of
the large hospitals in Berlin, and by
the grating process one end of the
mothers thyroid gland was released
and stretched over to the exposed pan
rease of her idiot daughter.
For days neither motherr nor child
was permitted to move. To insure a
successful grating operation they
had been tightly bound together, the
child's body against her mothers neck,
and there they remained until the
severed end of the thyroid gland had
knit firmly to the pancreas, forming a
living, %pulsating link between mother
and daughter. Then the link was cut,
leaving a portion of the thyroid gland
grated successfully to the child's
p%ancreas. 1t is believed now that
both mother and child will o
The complete success of the opera
ton, cannot, however, be announced
yet, as too short a time has elapsed
since the operation was performed.
First Dawn of Reason.
But it Is known that the dawn of
reason came to little Lena Wolf al.
most Immediately after the thyroid
gland began to knit. For the very
/ first time the idiotic stare gave place
to a look of intelligence. She may
grow up to be a very bright young
woman.
DR.. Swale Vincent, professor of
physiology in the University of Mani
toba, at Winnipeg, Canada, has pre-
pared an extremely interesting article
on the duties of the thyroid gland, the
pa~ncreas and other ductless glands,
which appeared in a recent issue of
the London Lancet.
ut is believed" he says, that these
ductless glands manufacture and pour
directly or indirectly into the blood
stream some substance or substances
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

an incision in the cornea made at the
top. Pushing the points down through
the pupil. with the sharp blade he
punctured the Opaque membrane of
the lens capsule and cut 1t squarely
in two. The task of the surgeon was
to cut so ~delicately and precisely as
to divide the obstruction and let the
light into the eye again.
The operation was entirely success
full. The dead lens matter remains in
the eye and on either side of the pupil
a speck of the Opaque substance can
yet be seen. This in time may be abb
sorbed.
Some Surgical MarveIs.
Philadelphia and Toledo, Ohio, have
recently contributed to the list of
marvels of surgery through operations
on the brains of incorrigible and men,
tally defective boys. A still more re-
cent case is that of Carl Fredericks,
aged nine years, of No. 200 Clinton
street, Hoboken. He is under observa-
ton at the Railway Reformatory prep
aratory to the practical reconstruction
of his brain.
The doctors say the boys brain is
so peculiarly constructed that 1t pre-
vents him from being good for more
than IN hour at a time. The head is
of abnormal shape, the skull coming
to a point.
Tests made a few days ago showed
that the boy had no sense of right or
wrong. This is attributed to an alb
normal brain growth. AS a result of
the operation, which includes the cut
ting out of certain parts of the brain,
1t is expected to relieve the boy of his
wicked tendencies and transform him
into a model youth.
Scientific surgery is gradually solv-
ing the problem of making us over
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
AlAAlAklA ia 4 4 ~ NAAAAkAAlAkAN
THE WOOING OF LITTLE TOES !
"a STORY OF THE PALE0LITHC AGE :
BY STANLEY WATERLOO 3
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tcopyrIght. 1sOs. By Joseph B. powles.,

til they glittered wondrously when he
brought them to the light. He mar
veled at them himself. They were
splendid beads.
An eye for contrast had the worker.
A long tendon from the leg of the
great elk he took, a tendon such as
made his bowstring, something that
could not break, and which would last
a lifetime, and upon this he strung
the beads, first a white and next a
pink one, and SO on, alternately, until
all were thus secured. He knotted the
ends Of the tendon together, in a knot
that could not become united, and
then held up before him, some
thing magnificent, the most glorious,
shining bauble the world had ever
known-the First Necklace!
And during all the weeks while
Cross Eyes was hidden in his cave,
Big Bow had wooed most vigorously.
He would make a last great effort and
she must yield.
So, as darkness fell, Big Bow went
to the cave of Little Toes, where she
CHANGED to be alone. Tossed over one
Of his shoulders was the body Of a
fawn he had killed that day, and over
the other hung down to the cave
mans feet a great, dark, glossy mass
which a something to demand at
tention. 1t was the skin Of the great
cave bear, the only one ever slain by
the tribe, and had come to Big Bow
as being foremost in the famous chase
and fight. 1t was a magnificent thing.
Few words had Big Bow. He laid
the fawn at the feet Of Little Toes
and then he spread out upon the
ground before her the great bear skin,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are %laundered, this being done in a
name to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to %stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Romance In Writers, Lives.

A strange comedy and tragedy was
woven into the lives of Ibsen and
Bjornson. AS young men they were
great friends; then politics flung them
apart; they quarreled and never met
for years and years. Strange fate
brought the children of these two
great writer's together and Bjornson's
daughter married Ibsen's only child.
The fathers me- after a quarter of q
century OF separation at the wedding
Of their children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Downfall Of Rlermua.

A. G. Jones, the prohibition candi-
date for the governorship Of South
Carolina, %upbraided in a speech In Co
lumbia the unexampled cruelty of the
Russian terrorists.
III 1t was themselves!" said Mr..
Jones. III 1t was their own wives and
families, their own little children!
Then they'd sing a'different song be-
fore all that blood and horror.
Whenever | think Of the terrorists
of Russia I am reminded Of another
terrorist whom ! knew In my boyhood.
This man o 0 red lnecktie and
long hair. He sat day and night In q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
THEY CURE RHEUMATISM
A Particularly Painful Form Of This
Disease Yields to Or. WiIiams'
Pink Pills.

OF the many forms which rheumatism
takes, that which is popularity known as
'sciatic rheumatism probably fortunes its
victim more than any other. That DR..
Williams Pink Pills have cured this
stubborn as well as painful trouble is a
fact proven by the following statement,
and no sufferer who reads this can af-
ford to let prejudice stand in the way Of
trying these blood-making pills.
Rheumatism is now generally re-
cognized as a disease of the blood. DR..
Williams Pink Pills Enthusiastically
make-pure blood. When the blood is
pure there a be no rheumatism. Mrs.
Thomas Bresnehan, Of "a Mill street,
Watertown, N. Y, says:
"My trouble began with q severe cold
which I took about a week before
Christmas in 1904. I began to have
rheumatic pains in my back and limbs
and after a time I couldn't straighten
up. I suffered the most awful pain for
months and much of the time was un-
able to leave the house and I had to take
hold Of a chair in order to walk and
sometimes I could not stand up at all.
"The disease was pronounced sciatic
rheumatism and, although I had a good
physician and took his medicine faith.
fully, I did not get any better. After
some six weeks of this terrible pain and
suffering I tried DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and that is the medicine that cured
me. After a few boxes the pain was
less intense and I could see decided i'm.
provement. I continued to take the pills
until I was entirely cured and I have
never had any return of the trouble"
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, or the remedy will be mailed post
paid, on receipt Of price, 30 cents per
box, six boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Will
Hams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
LookIng Forward.

The young mar had just screwed
up his courage to the point Of asking
the old ma for the hand Of his daugh.
ter In marriage.
Have you given any thought to tho
future?" asked the old man.
"Oh, yes" answered the young man,
IT Joined the church last wipter."-
Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

life n might expect her to say a few
wise words on the tariff or engage in
a discussion of the Possible Mean
ings of English" as written by Henry
James. OF course, the original COW
looked considerably less like a col
lege president; the photographer sim
ply made the effect with his little box
OF tricks. But when such things are
possible why do real manipulating
artists persist in the assertion that
there Is no art In photography?--Prov-
idence Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
New York Girl Now Lady paset.

New York Girl Now Lady Paget.
There are now ten Lady Pagets in
Great Britain, the latest being the
wife of Gen. Paget, who has just been
k%nighted. She was Miss sMinnie,
daughter Of Mrs. Paran Stevens, Of
New York. Her first appearance in
London society was made a good
many years ago, when her beauty and
vivacity caused quite q sensation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

Many Of the Beers who migrated to
Argentina have rturned to South Az
RIGA. Most Of those still IN Argentina
are saving up their money for the
purchase Of homeward tickets