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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-21
INSTRUCTION.
cLASoN POINT
MILITARY

Clasen- ON the Sound, New York city G
ACATHOt.IC BOARDING SCHOOL FOR HOYS
Il hour from City Hall Via subway and TrulleyJ
A school that turns out useful manly men.
Incorporated under the Board Of Begcnts.
College and business pre- raTaiory school
Directed by the ChrGtian Brothers.
Library, laboratory, athletic heid, military dHlL
Studies resumed sept. 18th, For prosperous eddrrsa
BROTHER EDMUND. Director. y
New-York tribune., 1906-07-15

citeuent came along in chunks. The crew had run
the barge ashore and landed the whole crowd, but
in the rnix-1p one of the women had backed off the
gang plank into three feet of water and the other
the bad when Sadie and the Cap came along and
found 'em tryin to lead their flock to the nearest
railroad station.
Course, Sadie had piled right out, loaded the
nurses into the carriage, telln the driver to tnd
the next place where the cars stopped and come
back after the kids with all the buggies he could
find while she and WOodie stood by to that the
incubators didn't stampede and get scattered all
over the lot.
So here we are" says Sadie, with all these
children, and a shower coming up. Now, what shall
we do and where shall we go? >?
Say" says l, I may look like information
bureau but | don't feel the part.
Sadie couldn't get it through her head, though,
that l wasn't Johnny-On-the-spot. Because Id
bought place somewhere in the county, she thought
I could draw map of the State with my eyes shut.
We ought to start right away" says she.
She was more or less of prophet, too. That
thunderstorm was gettin busy on Long Island
and there was every chance Of its comm our way
1t lets loose good hard crack, and the Enghsh1nan
begins to look worried.
Aw, say nowi says he, hadn,t better jog
of and hurry up that bloonlin' cOachman?" "
All right, run along says Sadie.
You should have seen the start OF that run. he
got under way ike stilts, and he was about
leather cuffs on his legs, and the way his coat Rugged
the small of his back, wa n any help. was ENJOY
in his motions so much that | hadn't paid any
attention to the kids, and | guess Sadie hadn t
either but the first knows they all falls IN behind
two by two, hand in hand and goes trottln along
behind him.
Stop 'eml Stop 'enl" says Sadie.
Whoa! Cheese it! Come back here!' yels.
They didn't give us any more notice, though, than
as if we'd been hodin our breath. The head
New-York tribune., 1906-07-15

down to lightweight marchin order. Suppose you
give the command for them to shed them cork
Jackets"
Why, really, now says he 1ookin' over the
crowd kind of helpless, L haven't the faintest
idea how to do it, y'know.'
Well it's up to you" says I. Make speech
to EN-
alive standin' there in pairs, quiet sheep
waitin for the word. But that's the way they
bring EN- up in these Homes like many machines
and they didn't know how to act any other way.
Sadie saw it. and dropped down on her knees to
gather in as many as she could get her around
oh, you poor little wretches!" says she, be-
ginnin to sniff1e
Cut it out, Sadiel" SAYS l. There amt any
time for that Unbuckle them belts Turn to,
Cap, and get on the job You're in this
As soon as WOOdie showed EN- what was wanted,
though, they skinned themselves out of those can
vas sinkers in no time at all We left the truck in
the road and with the English gent for drum-rnaJor,
Sadie in the middle, and me playln snapper on the
end, starts for the t1ag-pole. l thought maybe
it might be a hotel; but when got where the road
opened out of the woods to show how near the
sound we was l sees that it a yacht club, with a
lot of flags fyin and a whole bunch OF boats an
chored off About then we felt the first wet spots.
They've got to take us into that clubhouse,
says Sadie.
We'd got as far as the gates, one of these fancy
kind with hood top the posts, ike the roof
of a summer-house when the sprinkler was turned
on in earnest Woodie was gettn rain-drops on
his new uniform, and he didn't like it.
I'll stay here says he, and bolts under cover.
The Incubator kids swings like they was on a
pivot and piles in after him. There wash any
thing to do then but stop under the gate, seeln as
the clubhouse a hundred yards or so OF. l
snaked Woodie out, though and made HIM help me
range the Youngsters under the middle OF the ROOT
and when we'd got EN- packed in four deep with
New-York tribune., 1906-07-15

pair had their eyes glued on the Cap
tain They were the leaders, and the
rest followed like they'd been tied
together with a rope. They was all
girls, and l guess they'd average about
five wears old. l thought at first they
all had on aprons, but now l sees that
every last one of 'em was wearin' a
life-preserver. They'd tied the things
on after the bump, and l suppose the
nurses had been too ratified to take EN-
off since Maybe it wa mt sight to
see them bobbin' up and down.
Woodie, he looks around and sees
what's comm after him, and waves
for EN- to go back Not muchl They
stops when he stops, but when he
starts again they re right after him. He
unlimbers a little and tries to break
away, but the kids jumps into the
double-quick and hangs to him.
l knew what was up then. They'd
sized him up for a cop and cops was
what they was used to. You've seen
those lines of Home kids bein' passed
across the street by the traffic squad?
Well. havin lost their nurses, and not
seem ANYTHING familiar -lookin' about
Sadie or me, they'd made up their
minds that Woodie was it. They meant
to stick to him until somethin' better
showed up. Once l got this through
my nut, makes a sprint to the head
of the column and gets a grip on the
Cap,
elected! You'll have to stay by the
kids until relieved. They've adopted
you
Aw, I say now," says he, this is
too beastly absurd, y'know. It's
bore Why, if 1 don't find some place
or other very soon I'll get a wetting."
You can't go anywhere without
those kids" says l; 50 come along
back with us. We need you in our
business.
He didn't like it a little bit, for he'd
figured on shakin' the bunch cf us;
but he had to go, and the procession
did a snake movement there in the
road that would have done credit to
the Seventh Regiment.
I'd been lookin' around for a place
to make for Off over the trees toward
the sound was a fag-pole that
reckOned stood on some kind of a
buildin and there was a road runnin'
that way.
We'll mosey down towards that, =
says /; but we could make better
time, Capn, if you'd get your party
New-York tribune., 1906-07-15

II happened, We're bein' let off
easy And / amt nursin' any crouch,
either. 1t wasn't case of somethin'
comm along that couldn't be lodged
1t looked ike l went out and hunted
Tor this
You see, since I put the studio on
summer schedule I've been pikin' for
Primrose Park every Saturday about
noon, TO see If me estate out there's
grown any durin' the week Well, the
last time ! does 1t, | drops off about
two stations too soon, thinkin' a little
outdoor leg-work would do me good.
Il was q grand scheme, and I'd been
all right If I'd followed the trolley track
along the pOst-rOad: but the gasolene
C.rts was so thick, and / got TO breathin'
SO much gravel, that l switches off
/ taxes a nioe-lOOkin' lane that appears
ike It might bring me out somewhere
near the place | was headin' for: but
as / amt much on fndin' nv wav
where they don't have sign-boards at
the corners, the first thing l knows I've
made 50 many turns l don't know
whether m goin' out or comm back.
L was while ! was doin the stray
act, and wonderin If 1t was goin' to
shower, or was only just bluffin that
bumps into this incubator bunch and
III - 4'J- 4tAeA4ANN 3iAlo llSb - 4ILI
] took l thought somebodv'd been
settin out a new kind of shrubbery,
and then / sized it up for a lot of UNI
brella Jars that had been dumped there.
But pretty soon | sees that it 5 nothin'
but a double row OF kids, all dressed the
same. There must have been more'n
a hundred OF EN-, and they was standin'
quiet by the side of the road, just as
much to home as If that was where
they belonged. Now, II amt the reg'1ar
thing 70 find any such aggregation as
tfat on q back lane, and II I'd had as
much sense as a family horse in
carrvan I'd SHE'D and rambled the
other way. But I has 10 get curious
to see what II 5 all about, SO l blazes
ahead, figurin' on takin' a good look
Is ] goes by
Al the head OF the procession was
lady and gent, hoIdin' some kind OF
exercises, and as I comes up | notices
something familiar about the lady's
hack hair. She turns around just then,
gives little squeal, and makes for me
with both hands out. Sure, i was her
S497p Sullivan that was Well I kneV
New-York tribune., 1906-07-15

Sadie Sullivan. that was. Well l knew that Sadie
was liable TO be 1oatin' around anywhere IN West
chester County. for that seems TO be her regular
starnpin ground since she got TO traveln with the
country house set; but l wasn't lOokin' to
across her just then and in that company.
Oh Shortly" says she, you're life-saveri
I've half mind to hug you right here"
If Il W. Mt for glvlr an exhibition, says l,
I.e-savin' come IN? And whered you collect so
many kids all OF a size2 Is that pop, there? and
! Jerks me thumb at the gent
Come over and Wen tell you all about it says
sadie Captain kenWOodle, l want YOU TO know
~ friend Professor McCabe Shorty this IS Cap
-in Sir Hunter Kenwoodie Of the British war Office
Woodie" :" says l. 4 how goes it?
Chawned TO meet you, ! m suah, says he.
Oh splash" saws l. " You don't mean It
Well saw he was a star. His get-uP was some
-rln' between that OF mounted cop and the leader
Il q hungarian band. and he was stiff II he'd
reen dipped IN the glue-pot the day before. I'd
card somethn about him from Plnckney. He'd
-4wn plans and Specifications Tor a new forage cap
r the British army, and on the strength OF that
led been sent over to the States TO inspect belt
kles or somethin' Of the kind. Talk about your
-h iofsi those are the lads that can pull EN- out.
lr his of davs-and he had five OF six a week
Ea0die'd been grnamentIn the top OF taly-hos and
-as-lu up at such places as RockyTold and APaWa-
ls Arms.
seems Ike he'd discovered Sadie, too and had
bed himself for her steady COMPANY From her
~ II looked ike they'd been takin' little drive
-.-ind the country, when they ran up against TINS
-.rd Of Kids IN checked dresses from the incubator
ME- There was a couple OF nurses herdIn the
nlh and they'd all been sent up the sound on an
zrslOu barge, for OF these treSh-a1r DloW-outS
r always seems ike an invitation Tor trouble.
.4rvthing had gone lovely until the chowder barge
got mixed up with q tow OF coal scows and got
1ed so hard that she sprung leak
here hadn't been any great danger, but the eA-
New-York tribune., 1906-07-15

on heard somethin' about it,
Ell? Well, longs they didn't
get our pictures IN the evenin
papers, with a diagram of how
II happened, were bein' let off
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Cured of Boosting.

A Frenchman was Boosting that he
had thoroughly mastered the English
language, when he was asked to write
from dictation the following specimen Of
our choice eccentric yernacular:
AS Hugh Hughes was hewing a Yule
log from yew tree, man dressed in
garments of dark hue came up to
Hugh and said: Have you seen my
ewes?' To which he replied: If you
will wait until hew this yew,' | will 60
with you to look for your ewes"
After an attempt the Frenchman adj
mitted his mistake. He used to imag-
inc he was used to English speaking, but
he would be more careful how he used
the language in future.-London Tit
Bits
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

hams Vegetable Compound, When I com.
menced taking the Compound I suffered
everything with backaches, headaches, and
female troubles. l am completely cured and
enjoy the best of health, and owe it all
to YOU"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular, suppressed or painful periods,
weakness, displacements or liberation
that bearing-down feeling, inflamma-
ton of the female organs, backache,
bloating Cor tlatulence), general de-
bility, indigestion and nervous prostra-
ton, or are beset with such symptoms
as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excit.
ability, irritability. nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, all gone" and
'want,to- be-left-alone" feelings, blues
and hopelessness, they should remem-
Der there is one tried and true remedy
Lydia u. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles,
No other medicine has such record
of cures of female troubles. No other
medicine in the world has received this
widespread and unqualified endorse
ment. Refuse to buy any substitute.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Animals Have Thick Coats.

Hard winter signs, according to pre-
dictions handed down by our forefath-
ers, are in abundance this fall
Expert" woodsmen declare that the
squirrel and other animals of the woods
have thicker coats of fur than usual.
There is an old saying handed from time
immemorial to the effect that wild ami
mails grow much thicker coats of fur
when the winter is going to be hard.
So taking these signs, as well as the
hundreds of Others, which each of the
local prophets" can give, under consid.
Grafton. the farmers have been unusually
active in their preparations.-Ric
Times Dispatch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
The Worlds Longest Staircase.

For the ascent Of Mount Omi. on tho
horderland between western China aud
the Tibctan plateau, there is an arti-
fetal staircase consisting Of 10000 steps
cut in slippery limestone.
Who made these steps is largely n
matter of surmise, but they were prob
ably formed by religious enthusiasts, 10
provide means of access from the hot
plains. ont of which the mountain mass
rises abruptly to the heights. 5000 to IL, :
600 feet above, at which elevation is the
Buddhist abbey of Omi, which embodics
some of the hottest traditions of the re
ligi0n professed by its inmates.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

A lawsuit which makes Jarndyce VS.
Jarndyce seem like a summary proceed
ing is still pending in Spain, and is prob
ably the longest suit in point of time in
the history of the world. The case,
which is between the Marquis de Viana
and the Count Torres de Cabrera, began
in 1917. and arose out of dispute over
pension The sum in controversy
would have reached fabulous millions
had not four centuries of attorneys, bar
risters and court officials taken consider
ate and effcctual measures to prevent its
attaining unwieldy proportions. - Law
Notes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
HABISCUS.

Some floral fairy, fain and fond.
Has brayed the weeds and miro
To work a wonder with her wand
And set the marsh on are.
Upon the placid POOLS green brink
They stand in splendor bright
blossoms as fair as dawn. and pink,
All trembling with delight
\ gorgeous pageant built OF bloom,
Set in this lowly place
To hanish all its wduted gloom
With loneliness and grace,
Nor garden, grove. nor meadow wide
Can match this royal pomp;
Marshmaliow flowers-the boast and prid
And slory of the swamp.
Frank Dempster sherman.
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500 Reward. 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
10 learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure In
all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh Halls
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
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system, thereby destroying the foundation
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Rfoprietors have so much faith In its cura-
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Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Credulity of Women.

Chairman Shonts of the isthmian ca
mai commission said the other day in
illustration of woman's credulity:
young man entered the drawing
room Of the girl whom he was soon to
marry.
The girl came down to meet him
with a severe frown on her pretty face.
John. she said father saw you
ms morning going into a pawnbroker's
with a large bundle
!, John flushed. Then he said in a
Yes, that is true. was taking the
PRaWnbroker some of my old clothes.
! gu see. he and his wife are frightfully
=, On John. forgive mer exclaimed
mne young girl. How truly noble you
are. New York Tribune.
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FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.

Remember. every woman is cordially
invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham if
there is anything about her symptoms
she does not understand. Mrs. Pink
ham is the daughter-in-lawo of Lydia e.
Pinkham, her assistant before her de-
cease, and for twenty-five years since
her advice has been freely and cheer.
fully given to every ailing woman who
asks for it. Her advice and medicine
have restored to health innumerable
women. Address, Lynn. Mass.
n Best Understands q Wemau's Ills.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

l could hardly walk.
There was an unac-
eountable weakness
of the back, and
constant pain and
aching. l could find
no rest and was very
II n C o m ( o rtable at
night. AS my health
was good in every
other way, l could
not understand this
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

How often do we hear women say: sit
seems as though my back would break, +"
or Don't speak to me, am all out of
sorts? These significant remarks prove
that the system requires attention.
Backache and +" the blues" are direct
symptoms of an inward trouble which
Will sooner or later declare itself. 1t
NAV be caused by diseased kidneys or
some arrangement of the organs.
Nature requires assistance and at once,
and Lydia E Pinkham' Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments of
women 1t has been the standby of
intelligent women for twenty
years, and the best judges agree that
It is the most universally success
ful remedy for woman's ills known to
medicine.
Read the convincing testimonials of
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely.
Mrs. j. C. Holmes, of Larimore, North
Dakota, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
II have suffered everything with backache
and female trouble--I let the trouble run on
until my system was in such a condition that
/ was unable to be about, and then it was
commenced to use Lydia Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. If had only known how
much suffering / would have saved / should
have taken it months sooner-for a few
weeks treatment made me well and strong
Ny backaches and headaches are all gone and
suffer no pain at my monthly periods,
whereas before / took Lydia f. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound suffered intense pain. T"
Mrs Emma Cotrely, 100 East 18TH
Street, New York City, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Ifeel Tiny duty to tell all suffering women
Of the relief have found in Lydia +. Pink
Ask Mrs, pInkham'S AdyICe-A Won,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
The Hall Bow.

There is a boy in buttons at one Of
the London hotels who studies English
literature in his spare moments. y few
days ago he was given his wages minus
a small fine deducted for some breach OF
the regulations. Quite indignant, he
said TO the manager:
Sir, if you should ever find it within
the scope Of your jurisdiction to levy an
assessment on my wage for some trivial
act, alleged to have been committed by
myself, | would suggest that you re
frain from exercising that prerOgatiye.
The failure to do SO would Of necessity
force me to tender my resignation.
The manager, tottering. reached n
chair, and in gasps asked what the hos
meant.
In other words, If yoE fine me again
I shall chuck up the job said the lad.
-Tatler
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
What He Was Paid FIR

What do you make a week." asked
Mr.. Dowden at the. Soupbone Police
court the other Gay of an Italian organ
grinder who charged a man with break
ing his instrument
Your pounds, sare."
"Eh, whatl Foar pounds for grind
ing an organT'
No, sare, not vor grind: yor shut up
and go aWay.-The King.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Finished.

When a Scotsman answers Il question
he settles the matter in dispute once
for ALL
On certain occasion the question was
asked:
Why was Mary Queen OF Scots born
Mt Linlithgow 2"
Sandy Kerr promptly answered:
Because her mither happened to be
staying there at the time" and there
actually seemed to be nothing more to
be said on the suhiect. Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
He Said Too Much

Tommy Mulligan Of the seventh grade
was absent from the classroom for one
entire day. 1t would appear that be had
played truant, for unknown to Tommy
his teacher had spied him trudging home
ward with pockets bullying suspiciougly
when she, too, was homeward bound that
afternoon.
But Tommy brought a note Of excuse
the next morning, which, Of course.
would prove that he had been detained
at home legltimately. The writing was
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

trouble. It was Just as # all the
strength had gone from my back.
After suffering for some time began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. The rem
edy acted at once upon the kidneys,
and when normal action was restored,
the trouble with my back disappeared.
l have not had any return of It."
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster Milburn Company, Buff
falo. Ny.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
How She Knows Hers.

Cynie (savagelyl say the fasb-
ionable mother of today recognizes her
baby only by looking at the nurse
Fashionable Mother (uHmovedl-IIoW
extraordinarily cAver when one changes
nurses SO often! | always tell ours by
the go-cart-Tit- Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Universal Habit.

Lives there a man who has not said,
Tomorrow I'll get out of bed
Al sts o'clock and get things done
Before the setting of the sun"
Lives there q man who has not said
At six a. m, How good this bed
Does feel" and snorps till after EIGHT,
Then wondered how he slept so late
Grace G.. Bostwick In Womau's Home
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Comes to Large Fortnne.

Thomas o'Keefe. a Greentown. N
Y. farmer. has learned that he is one
of the heirs to a fortune of S55. 900, 600,
supposed TO have been left by Dennis
O'Keefe, his cousin, who died some
years ago in Texas. The information
came from lawyer in Ireland, who
had been searching for heirs in the
neighborhoo1 of Kilbush. ireland, where
Dennis O'keefe formerly lived.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

hardly that Of feminine hand, and the
note appeared to have been written Ia
horiously and with much blotting: fur
thermore the nenmanship seemed TO he
strangely familiar to his teacher. The
note read as follows:
Dear Teacher: Please excuse Tony
for not coming to school lestiddw. he
cadnot come. / tore my pantS.-Mrs.
Mulligan. New York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Out Of the many thousands Of pas
scngers arriving at Dover from the con
tiucnt since the English aliens net has
been in operation not one has failed In
obtain permission 10 land.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Did He Get Them?

why don't you 30 TO work. said a
charitable lady TO tramp, before whom
she placed a nicely cooked meal.
Il would" replied the yagrant. If ]
had the tools"
asked the hostess.
: "A knife and fork" said the tramp
Tatlcr.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Plagiarism.

My goodness" said Mrs. Nurilch, as
they were passing through the Louvre.
What is it, MAJ asked her beautiful
daughter.
1T seems to me most Of the paintin'
in here are copied from the brewery cal.
endars they get up over home. Chicago
Record Herald.