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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Sold Out.

One of Nantucket's summer visitors
strolled into the little shop kept by an
old man. a native of the place.
In looking about she found kind of
linen cloth which she bought for fancy
work. Some friends who saw and liked
it, went TO the shop and purchased all
that remained.
In few days the proprietor went to
the mainland to replenish his stock,
and bought more of the same goods,
which. also, were soon sold
Well" exclaimed Uncle Hi as the
last yard went. IF any more of you
folks want that stuff you can go up ter
the mainland an git it. l can't keep
nothing in this here shop"'-Frances b.
Phipps in Lippincott's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Killing Diphtheria Bacteria.

Through scientific investigation it has
been ascertained that the bacteria of
diphtheria adhering 10 eating and drink
ing utensils retain life up to fifteen days,
and that n sufficient removal of the in
lection cannot be accomplished by wash
ing the glasses and rubbing them dry
with n cloth. Neither can forks and
knives be freed from infection by sim
ply rubbing them. This can. howey er,
be accomplished within one minute by
washing with a per cent. solution of
soda of 80 degrees. Apparently healthy
persons frequently carry diphtheria
germs in the mouth, thereby injecting
eating and drinking utensils. and in this
way they may be instrumental in spread
ing the disease.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
VIII Solve Servant Problem.

-, me women of La Porte Ind. have de-
eided TO solve the servant problem, r.
such thing is possible Fifty of them
nave organized the La Porte Pure Food
Cooking club, the immediate purpose of
winch IS TO provide lessons in cooking
ana 10 detect authorizations in food SUP
pIIes. Then it is intended to take ND the
servant problem and to establish a train
ing school in this city for house servants.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Sea Water for tuberculosis.

At the May session of the Paris Acad-
envy of Medicine Il treatise by DR.. Four
mol recommending hypodermic injections
of sea water against tuberculosis at
tracted much attention, DIR. Fournol,
together with another physician, has
prepared a sea water serum which pos
SesSes the property of increasing the
blood pressure. He treated twenty four
patients at Il Paris hospital with it.
Some of these suffered from recent tu-
herculosis Of the lungs, others for old
tuberculosis of the bones. In all eases
Il distinct improvement was noticeable
in the local as we'll as in the general
condition. 1t is stated in German pa
pers that the results appeared 81 inn
portant to the members of the academy
that it was resolved to notify the tubcr-
culosis commission, 81 as 10 make fur
Their experiments.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

In San Francisco the saloons sell what
is known as steam beer. But the name
of the product has no relation to the
power by which the brewing plant is
operated. If name could be thus Dor
rowed, Milwaukee would soon be able
to drink electric beer as result of a
change in the power plant of one OF the
i,iev hrnM cries
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The new minister from Peru, Senior
Barreda, speaks English and several 9th
err languages fuently, is lover of horses
and interested in outdoor sports,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The confession of Cans, that Britt lost
on a foul in his fight with him two
years ago, an agreement based upon
financial considerations, puts both Cans
and Britt on the black list. pending ex-
plantations on the part of the latter. The
sporting fraternity" can stand almost
anything but "put-up jobs"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

j. II. T. Main, the new president of
Iowa college, is a graduate of Johns
Hopkins university and has been con
nccted with the Iowa college since 1872
an3 was Carter professor of Greek.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has Civ
ON long leave of absence To her secre-
tary of state for commerce, industry,
inland and marine navigation. in order
that Mr.. Kraus, who is n great engineer.
may manage the harbOr improvements of
Valparaiso. Chili-a task he had accept
ed before the Queen made him Il minister
Of state
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The invention of a mile-a minute boat
announced from Sault Ste. Marie is an
exploitation Of an old idea. A boat
whose entire outer shell serves as a
screw would be as impractical for COM
mercial purposes as a canoe would be
for the freighting of iron ore.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

1t will make a great deal Of difference
to the Longworths whether they are
taxed on their wedding presents on the
basis of what the newspaper correspond
ents say they are worth or on the basis
of what thew are really worth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Upon the nomination of the Prussian
ministry If education, the trustees of
Columbia university have appointed DR..
Herman Schumacher, professor of politi-
cal economy in the University of Bann, 10
be honorary professor in Columbia for
the wear 1867
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

If it wasn't for the scarcity Of snow
south of the Ohio. Kentucky might claim
TO be the traditional place for the holding
OF ski tournaments.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

1t is to be hoped that nothing wrong
has been plastered up with the insub-
stantial statue of Lafayette set up in
Paris by the school children of the Unit
ed States
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The frequency of mine explosions de
spite the ease with which power can be
transmitted by electricity for the opera
ton of fans is proof that inventive geni1s
is not devoting itself to the solution OF
the problems of mine ventilation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Mrs. w. +. Morgan, OF Missouri, is
boss of one of the richest zinc mines in
that state. TO her employees she is
known as the ''sunbonnet boss" and
they are said to like her and work well
under her direction.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The leading woman in the diplomatic
set in Washington is Nine. Won Hengel-
muller, wife of the Austro- Hungarian
ambassador. acting dean of the corps
She is the ranking woman in the foreign
contingent in point of residence in the
capital, and personally she is the domi-
nant power in determining the social
prestige of all women in the diplomatic
CORPS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Italy's precautionary measures to facii-
itate the blowing up of Simplon tunnel
in the event of war suggests a watery
fate under similar circumstances for the
proposed tunnel under the English chan
uel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The iceman does not like soft wealth
er. He wants cold weather in winter
and real hot weather during the season
in which he keeps himself busy making
ont hills
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

"Auk'S eggs, says the New York
News. ARE quoted at $1,000 apiece. >
70 make hen-fruit omdet, you must
break an egg. 70 make an auk-egg
omelet might necessitate the breaking Of
hank
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Rhinelander Waldo, the young society
man of New York, who occupies the
post of deputy police commissioner, is
disappointing his enemies by showing a
capacity for hard work in his new post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

A Montana man announces that with
the advent of summer he will establish
an airship line over the mountains, with
a ship that is based on absolutely new
principles. Probably hot air.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

Richard Randall Ferry. who ten years
ago founded the New York free circulat-
ing library for the blind, died IL that
city, aged Il years. He was born in
Bethel, Conn. II 1894 he became blind,
interested himsel. in books printed with
raised letters, and with the assistance
of a group of prominent New York men
founded the library. Besides a widow
he leaves two Sons, Clark b., secretary
Of the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railroad, and Theodore Leroy, a wooden
merchant of New York city.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

1t is pretty well known that Sir Will
frid Lawson is the recognized poet lau-
reate of the British Parliament. He is
always on the lookout for incidents, y
the little episodes that enliven the dun
routine of parliamentary life and that
lend themselves to utilization as a eou-
plet or a quatrain. His extemporaneous
verses make a circuit of the House to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

The ostrich feather trade in the SUI
dan seems doomed. owing TO the success
Of the South African ostrich farms.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

whole. Witness the anti-injunction bill
by which labor unions seek to tie the
hands of our courts and prevent the issue
OF any order to restrain the members of
that trust from attacking men or de-
stroying property. Such bill is per-
haps the most infamous insult to our
courts and the common people ever laid
before Congress and the Representatives
in Congress must be held to a strict ac-
countability for their acts relating
thereto. But when bills come before
Congress that are drawn in the interest
Cof all the people they should receive the
active personal support of the people
and the representatives be instructed
by the citizens. The Senators also
should be written to and instructed. II,
therefore, you will remember your priv
ilege and duty you will at once-now-
write to your Congressman and Senator
on this pure food bill. Clip and enclose
the copy herewith presented and ask
them to make business of following it
through the committee considering it.
Urge it's being brought to vote and re-
Questing that they vote for it.
Some oppressively intelligent and
carping critic may say this is simply an
advertisement for Postum and Grape
Nuts. 1t is true that these articles are
spoken of here in public manner, but
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
IMPROVED COW STALLS.
New Idea as Suggested by Writer
in Hoard's Dairyman-Obvi-
ates Tying.

Every once in awhile some dairy
man brings out a new idea in making
cow stall. One of the latest is print
ed in an issue of Hoard's Dairyman.
A is the division between the man
gers, the bottom being Is inches long
and the top 80 inches long, with a
strip 1x4 inches and feet long nailed
on each side of A one inch from the
end next to F.
c is the side of the manger next to
the feeding alley.
D is a ten-inch board separating
manager from standing floor.
E e are Ike inch strips in corners
of managers.
F is a ks inch board, 4 feet long,
with slot feet long by l inch wide
in lower end to allow it's being slipped
over partition A and should be Sc
curely nailed.
H is 1x2 inch strip inches long
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nailed to top of board F on side next
to stall.
is 1x2 inch strip inches long
nailed to board F with upper edge 81
inches from the floor
is 1x8 inch board, 4 feet long,
securely fastened to strips H and
and board d. This leaves a slot one
inch wide extending from H to / be.
tween boards F and ].
K K are blocks to hang swinging
partitions to; the upper one should be
two and one-half inches thick and the
lower two inches.
l. is bar 2x2 inches, extending
across the stall with a tenon four
inches long cut on each end to work
loosely in slot. The corners of the
bar should be rounded and made
smooth.
When the cow is at rest she stands
with her head over the bar l.. When
eating, her head is under the bar. If
she wishes to raise her head, the bar
plays up and down as she raises and
lowers her head.
Should strip H allow the bar to
raise too high for small cow and al
low her to crowd too far in the man
ger, slip an inch block in slot at the
required height and drive a nail
through board to hold it in place,
leaving the head out sufficiently to get
hold Of to pull out if necessary to
change.
For partitions between the cows use
simple gate made Of four pieces 1x4
inches by five feet, placed six inches
apart, with ends and braces of the
same material. These partitions are
hung by ordinary T hinges to the
blocks X K, so that they will swing
both ways, and if hung perfectly
plumb, with the upper block the
thickest, they will always swing to
their places when not fastened. The
partitions are held in place at the gut
ter by chains extending from one par
tition to the other. These chains also
serve to keep the cows in the stall,
and obviate all necessity for tying the
head. The distance between the par
titions should be from three feet four
inches to three feet 10 inches; and the
distance from board D to the gutter,
from four feet eight inches to five
feet.
The above is for Jersey cows; larger
breeds will require more room.
This arrangement will allow from
four to six inches more space between
the Manager and gutter than is posi-.
BILE with stanchions.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
DISTANCES FOR PLANTING.
Rules for the Placing of Fruit Trees,
Bushes and Vines to Get the
Best Results.

Here are the proper distances for
planting various fruits according to
Green's Fruit Grower:
Dwarf pears, 10 to IL feet apart.
Dwarf apples, 10 to IL feet each
way.
Grapes, rows 10 to Is feet apart, z
to 16 feet in rows.
Standard apples, 80 feet apart each
way.
Standard pears and strong growing
cherries, 20 feet apart each way.
Duke and Morello cherries, Is feet
apart.
Prunes, plums, apricots, peaches,
nectarines, 16 to 20 feet apart.
Currants and gooseberries, 8 to 4
feet apart.
Raspberries and blackberries, to
5 by to Z feet apart.
Strawberries for field culture, l to
~ by to 31s feet apart.
Strawberries, for garden culture. l
to feet apart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
GOOD ROADS.
A Review of the Agricultural Depart.
ment's Experiments in
Different States.

During the past year the division Of
public roads, department of agricul-
ture, built 81 roads in nine different
states, in the construction of which
stone, shale, burnt clay, sand clay.
shell, gravel and mari were used. The
individual reports on these roads show
maximum cost of SO cents and an
average cost of 55 cents per square
yard for macadam roads, and an aver
age cost of nine and a half cents per
square yard for sand-clay roads. The
cost OF the burnt-clay road is shown
TO be 20 cents per square yard, and OF
the one shell road 81 cents per square
yard. Three of the object lesson roads
constructed by the division during the
year were in Ohio, one in Illinois.
three in Missouri. one in Kansas. two
in Washington, one in Louisiana and
seven in Florida.
In the great Mississippi delta expert
ments have been conducted in the
burning of the clay or "gumbo" in or
der to obtain suitable road material,
and the successful results realized
from these roads in that state would
seem to point to a solution OF the
good-roads problem.
In the preparation of the. road for
burning it was first ploWed up as deep
as four mules and a steel plOW could
break it, from ditch to ditch, width
of 20 feet, after which it was crowned
with a road machine. Trenches were
then cut across the road four feet
apart, and about IL inches deep, earth
being thrown up so as to form ridges
between the trenches. Next layer OF
cordwood was placed over each trench,
the ends of the sticks resting on the
tops of the ridges, the intervening
trenches forming fues across the road.
Upon this floor of wood was thrown
''gumbo," Or clay, in Jumps and clods,
so as to form an open layer only par
TALLY covering the wood, the sticks be-
ing laid at right angles with the road
and as close together as possible, be-
ing supplemented with small sticks,
chips, bark and brush. On this floor
was thrown layer about ten inches
thick Of ''gumbo," partly clods and
partly pulverized. Firing was then be-
gun and continued much the same as
with a brick-kiln. After the road was
burned it was smoothed down so as to
form a proper crown, and was opened
for travel. Reports recently received
concerning this road show that it only
cost one-fourth as much as the gravel
road adjoining it, and will probably
last much longer
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out of bed and emptying half the con-
tents of the pitcher on the washstand
and the rest on the floor.
"You might think you were Office
boy instead of junior partner"
IF you're talking to me, l don't
hear you," says George, vigorously
splashing water into his ears and eyes.
Where's that COMPOUNDED towel?"
. Right in front of you, as usual"
George, his eyes full of water,
snatches at the towel and pulls down
the splasher.
ooh, if you aren't bull in a china
shop when you're late" says Ellen.
''Why in the world didn't you call
me at seven, anyhow? I'll have to get
an alarm clock like l used to when
was clerk"
Like you used to is good. AS you
used to is better"
well, look here, if you think 1
have time for one of your grammar
lessons, haven't Where's my tooth
brush? Confound it all, there's never
anything in place where want it,"
"Take it out of the cup like a
good little boy, and don't get blind be-
cause you're late"
''Whose fault is it I'm late?"
Fault &C the weather, dear. Really,
bridge isn't good for your temper"
"Oh, l know I'm cross, but l haven't
time to be anything different Good
temper takes time. Where's my COL
lar button?"
''Now, George, do be original. Even
If you are a subucbanite, don't go
hunting for a collar button. Here it
is, where you put it. l have to be
head and hands and feet for you when
you're late"
''Well. it's lucky you have the head
and Lands and feet. I'm not kicking
at you, but l wish could get up at a
seasonable hour for once in my life,
and not have to gobhle my breakfast
and rush for the train like a man in
a comic PAPER. It's undignified."
That's what always say, dear. But
if you'd talk less, you could hurry
more. It's twenty minutes to eight
now. and the breakfast bell has rung."
eWeI, that's a wonder. 1t would be
Just like Ann to have breakfast late,
and make me miss my train in spite of
my hurry. Makes me sick, the way
she has of delaying breakfast
"Well, but she hasn't done it this
morning. There. now, here 1 am
ready, and you're not AS it's Satur-
day, I'm going to let the children
sleep. It's a pity I'm not taking the
train instead of you I'll go down
and get your coffee ready"
That's all I'll have time for this
morning. First thing you know III
be down with dyspepsia. If only we
had "A alarm clock"
'srve been asking you to get one ever
since we moved out here. Be sure to
get one to-day
"Well. run along. and don't delay
me. Oh. hang it all"
What's the matter now?"
81 didn't shave yesterday, and I've
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George Departs
for Business
THE TALE OF A SUBURBANTTE
By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS
(Author Of Cheerful Americans Minerva's
Maneuvers," EtcJ
tcopy41.-.. 1905. BY Joseph B. Bowlss.,


Cranfield is a pretty little park-like
hamlet about 80 miles out of New York
on the New Jersey e Suburban road.
Not very far from the station on one
of the side streets is a smallish but
comfortable white house, and in that
white house with its honeysuckle COM
pletely covering the walls lives George
Harris, his wife Ellen Harris, and
their two children, Harry and Eleanor,
whose ages are somewhere between
8 and u.
George is in business in New York,
and he is a good average American.
Ellen, his wife, is slight and pleas
ing-looking, and mentally she is more
than match for her well-meaning but
irascible husband
It is Georges custom to take the
8:02 train for New York, and it is
that habit that is one Of the causes
of the three gray hairs in the head OF
Ellen, his wife.
Behold the bedroom in which George
and his wife are sleeping. Outside
the sky is dark and lowering, and it
bids fair to be rainy day.
A little silver travelling clock is
ticking on the bureau. 1t evidently
has no alarm attachment, for 1t is 25
minutes past seven by it, and George
and his wife are still peacefully sleep
ing. lulled thereto by the darkness, and
the heaviness of the autumn air.
The clock strikes the half-hour, and
Mrs. Harris wakes and looks at it.
George! George! she cries. Hurry
and get up! 1t is half-past seven.
You'll miss your train"
A snore is the only response. George
was up late the night before at the
house of their next-door neighbors, the
Chivvinses, and he is COMPRISING
eight hours sleep into six.
George! Breakfast must be ready.
Get up"
Mrs. Harris nudges George, and he
rises wildly up to a sitting posture.
whats happened?"
you've oversight. That's all. Don't
talk, but get dressed, unless you want
to be sensible and take the $780,"
And have the old man sarcastic at
my expense?" says George, jumping
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
WHEN a TIRE BURST IN INDIA.

A thrilling story of how the side slip
ping of motor car nearly resulted in
man being roasted alive is told by
Ernest Esdale, in Motoring Illustrated.
The incident occurred in Duhlia, vii
lage on the road from Delhi to Bombay.
The car was being driven slowly past
Jain temple, amid the whooping of ma
tives and the beating of tom-toms
'At the temple entrance writes Mr..
Esdale, ''stood two priests, regarding us
with no friendly visage. Bang! and our
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

back tire has burst-a deep rut in the
road has caught the wheel, too. In a
moment we swerve round. and, horror!
smash right into the temple door. Alas!
we have committed sacrilege, and of
the worst kind.
I'VE set to work to repair the tire, and
just as we have finished heartrend-
ing, ear-piercing shrek rings out from
the temple Enclosure. We rush in,
brushing aside two Juvenile priests, who
try to stop our progress. A crowd of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

white-robed priests stand between US
and the inner sanctuary. But the three
of us are old football players; the priests
are down like ninepins.
I'VE tear the curtain aside and stand
for moment rooted with horror.
Selling the uplifted knife from tho
nearest fanatic, we cut the leather
strings and lift the fainting sacrifice
from the altar. Then we beat the priests
off. regain our car. and ride away amid
q shower of missiles"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
Protect the Tools.

Do not allow the binder and other
tools to stand out of doors. Get them
under shelter, even if it is necessary
to build temporary sheds in which to
store them. Standing out over win
ter will injure a binder more than
two seasons wear, yet how often we
see these expensive machines standing
in the field long after their services
have ceased to be required, and often
until late in the spring.-Far!ners'
Voice.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

Tarrytown, N. Y, an automobile came
forward and offered to assist the au-
thorities in completing the desired
road. When one of the concerns run
abouts was first hitched to the big
roller old-timers were skeptical of the
result. The work, however, was done
IN two days by the little machine, and
now Tarrytown people believe it is the
only way to complete new roads.