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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
RESCUED rArrERED OLD GLORY.
Young Woman Makes Perilous Ascent on
Icy Roof for Flag.

TO rescue q tattered remnant Of the
American flag, its colors nearly obliter-
ated by the SCOT, sleet, and rain, its field
alone intact and fringed with q few
frayed ribbons Of what was once the
stripes, Miss Bertha T.. Duppler, assist
ant secretary to Postmaster Busse OF
Chicago, climbed over the ice and snow
clad roof of the old Chicago postofice
ON Michigan avenue and took it, hal.
yards and all, from the tottering flag
staff. Every step over the sloping roof
was fraught with danger. One false
step and Miss Duppler would have fallen
and perhaps been dashed to death on the
cement ,paYements around the building
before help could reach her. But the
plucky young woman had put that flag
there herself and she herself would res.
cue it. The building Is to be formally
turned over to the $. krug Wrecking
md Iron company by the government
within a few days, and Miss Duppler
was determined that the flag must not
20 with it. The sight of a young woman
on the top Of the old building immediate.
~ attracted q crowd. Policemen called
to the woman to come down. Excited
men and women attempted to warn her
Df her danger. Miss Duppler turned
around, gazed at the crowd for a mo-
ment, smiled, and theaWstarted on her
journey. Slowly and cautiously she went
up the incline carefully picking each
step. Occasionally she turned about to
reassure the crowd with a smile and
then resume her labors. Once, when
near to the flagstaff she slipped back a
few steps. The crowd yelled and men
ran to the building to catch her if she
fell off the roof. She regained her bal.
ance with some difficulty, turned again
and smiled on the crowd, made a final
dash for the staff and reached it. With
her arms about the staff she rested for
q few moments, then tntied the hal
yards and drew what remained of "Old
Glory down. Steadying herself against
the pole, she waved the tattered emblem
three or four times. willie the crowd
cheered in admiration Of her pluck, and
then picked her way back across the
roof
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
WISDOM OF AN EMpIRICIsT.

It's cherish decisions or cherish moth
Ing
Spare the strap and spoil the passcn-
ger.
Shrinking modcsty sometimes conccals
Il lurid past.
When thieves fan out. honest men get
robbed twice.
The fool saith in his heart This is a
free country"
Some people prefer being consistent to
being reasonable.
A good way to get what you want is
TO quit wanting it,
The early bird builds the fires for the
late ones to get up by.
Poverty has its advantages Nobody
thinks of investigating it,
Experience is good teacher, but the
cost of tuition is awfully high.
No regular patron Of the street ears
can always be Il perfect gentleman"
It doesn't take much of a girl to make
q foo. OF any man. Nature did SO much,
You can tell when a fellow is in love
by the pains he takes to seem as if lie
isn't.
i person of elegant leisure is one
who has time to read the Sunday news
papers.
one of the worst forms of insomnia is
a 2-year-old boy who sleeps crosswise on
the bed.
What the theaters need for matinees
are seats that can be reversed to face
the rear.
A man may waste SO much time being
sorry for himself that he has lots to he
sorry for
The trouble with mistakes is that you
don't know they are mistakes until you
make EN-.
The modern trust idea seems to he that
a politician in office is worth two states
men out of job.
When "all is lost save honor" il is Il
sign that the creditors will get about ;
cents on the dollar
Whisky and quiuinc may not cure q
cold, but if yon take enough YOU don't
care whether You have one or MT
1t is wonderful how eminent and n.o-
qucn. men can read such lessons from
linroln's hfc and fail to apply them.
When we want to do things that no
other animal would he guilty of we say
we are only human And then we call
| ourselves lords of creation
| That the nation is returning to its nor
NAL safe and sane" basis is shown by
the fact that nobody has invented Il new
| breakfast food for year.
People who demand company or
| amusement all the time are so lacking in
the faculty of Observation-Disclosures that
| when they are alone they listen to their
! inicrohcS.-St. Louis Globe pcmocral
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
NATURE POETRY.

Mother Of all the high-strung poets and
singers departed,
Mother of all the grass that weayes over
their graves the glory If the field,
Mother Of every living tang, deep-bosomed,
patient, impassiye,
Silent broOder AID nurse of lyrical joys aud
sorrows!
out of thee yea, surely out Of the fertile
depth below thy breast.
Issued in some strange way, thou lying inc
tionless, yoieeless,
All these wonderful songs, rhythmical, pas
siOnate, yeafnlng,
Coming in music from earth, but not unit
earth returning.
Dust are the bloodred hearts that beat in
time to these measures.
Thou hast taken them back to myself, Sc.
crety. irresistibly
Drawing the crimson currents Of life down,
down, down
Into thy bosom again, as a river is lost In
the sand
Floating about the places that know the
singers once, finger the songs
Passionate songs, immortal songs of Joy ana
grief and love and longing
Floating from heart to heart of thy chil
dren they echo above thee
Are they hot thine, do they not utter thy
heart. the voices Of those that love
thee!
Long hast thou lain like a queen trans
formed by some old euchaatm"nt
into an alien shape, mysterious, beautiful,
spcechless,
Knowing not who thou art, til the touch OF
thy LCrd uhd Lover
Monlds the manchild within thy breast,
and To- thy secret is SPOKEN.
All thy flowers and birds and beasts aud
woods and waters
Are but enchanted forms that embody the
life of the spirit;
Thou thyself, earth-mOtber, in mountain
ana meadow and ocean.
EIoldest the poem Of God, eternal thought
ana emotion.
Henry Van Dyke in Atlantic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Thev Were Am Directors.

lie was the wag of merry party in
the first-class carriage, and when the
ticket collector appeared he leaned back
and assumed the expression of man
who owned the line.
Ticket sirG'
The joker nodded.
Ticket
How long have you been stationed
here. my man? Don't you know me?
I'm Blank. Director
But the ticket collector wasn't inn
pressed.
That's funny,." he said. 80 am I
we're all directors about here. I'll d.
rect We to the station master, he'll direct
We to the bobby. he'll direct We to the
magistrate, he'll direct We to pay the fine
unless he directs We To Jail. and
But the joker directed his hand Ia his
pocket and produced the ticket.-Tit
RitS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

er than in coldE The correct answer "a
this question is. They do" Barhers saw
that there is an increase of about 20 ner
cent, in business during the extremely
hot spells and that all this increase
comes from the men who hahitualIy
shave every other day instead of once =
day. Although hot weather makes more
business for the chin poliShers. they do
not particularly welcome it. Men are nj.
ways more irritable and harder 10 shave
This, coupled with the increased speed
of execution. makes the whole business
unsatisfactory for both the shaver and
the shavee,-Kansas City Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
NEW POLAR EXPEDITION READY.
Comrades of Baldwirr-Zeigler Expedition
Seek New Northern Continent.

Seek New Northern Continent.
The expedition now being fitted out by
Capt Einar Mikkelsen of Denmark and
Ernest De v lefiingwell of the Uniyer-
sity of Chicago will seek a new CONT
nent in the polar sea. Mr.. Lefiingwell
nnd Capt Aiikkelsan were comrades on
the Baldwin-Xeigler expedition and at
that time conceived the idea of explor-
ing the hitherto unknown Beaufort sea.
On Their return from the Baldwin-Zeig-
Ter trip they Immediately set about rals-
ing funds for the expedition.
Capt. Mikkelsen went to England,
where he succeeded in raising a portion
of the necessary funds, the Royal Geo
graphical society of Great Britain con-
tributing $1,000 and authorizing the use
of the name of the society in connection
with the enterprise. sn the meantime
Mr.. Leffngwell, working among scientific
men and others Interested. succeeded in
getting together several thousand dol
lars in this country.
The two young men will set out for
the frozen north shortly and expect
TO add n new continent or at most an
archipelago to the maps of the world.
A new continent in the arctic regions,
the existence of which has been suspect
ed for more than fifty years. will be the
goal of the expedition which will be
sent out under the auspices of the Royal
Geographical society of England, the Ma
tional Geographical society of America
and the American Geographical society.
Members of those societies have been
interested in the unknown regions north
of Alaska since the unexplained mys-
terry of the drift which caught the i'll.
fated Jeanette years ago and crushed
her in the ice pack north of Wrangcl
island
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Peculiar Punishment for Eloping.

Frederick D. Jones, IS years of age,
son of Cyrus d. Jones, a millionaire of
Scranton, Pa, who was clandestinely
welded December 5 last to Miss Miriam
Irish of Lake Iriel, has been told by
bis father that he and his young wife
will have to live on his salary of So a
week for two years, at the expiration Of
which time, if they are not in debt, the
son is to receive $4,000 and a partner
ship interest i'll the parents ten business
Jones has taken up residence here and
will try to carry out the conditions.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Another Warning,

81 have just been reading the account
Of n railway wreck in which every occu-
pant of the smoking carriage was more
or less injured, while the rest. of the pas
sengers in the train escaped without
HARM said old Hodge.
There. Ezra" cried Mrs. Hodge, tri-
umphantly. there is another warning
against the use of tobacco. London
Tit-Rits
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
AWFUL PSORIASIS 95 YEARS.
Terrible Scaly Humor in Patches All
Over the Body-Skin Cracked and
Bleeding-Cured by Cuticura.

Terrible ScaIy Humor IN PatcheS All
Over the Body-Skin Cracked and
Bleeding-Cured by Cuticura.
Il was afflicted with psoriasis for
thlrty-fve years. II was in patches all
over my body. l used three cakes Of
Cuticura Soap, six boxes of Ointment,
and two bottles Of Rcsolyent. In thirty
days was completely cured, and /
think permanently, as ii was about five
years ago The psoriasis first made its
appearance in red spots, generally
forming a circle, leaving in the center
Il spot about the size of Il silver dol
lar of sound flesh. In a short time the
affected circle would form a heavy dry
scale of white silyery appearance and
would gradually drop off. To remove
the entire scales by bathing or using
oil to soften them the flesh would be
perfectly raw, and a light discharge
of bloody substance would ocZe out.
That scaly crust would form again In
twenty four hours. 1t was worse on
my arms and limbs, although 1t was
in spots all over my body, also on my
scalp. If ! let the scales remain too
long without removing by bath or 9TH
erwlse, the skin would crack and bleed.
/ suffered intense itching, worse at
nights after getting '7arm in bed, or
blood warm by exerc ., when it would
be almost unbear w. NJ. Chldes-
ter, Hutchinson, prll 20, 1905. +"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
Automobile Note.

so you are the applicant for the posi-
tion as chauffeur ? asked the gentleman
looking up from his desk.
Yes. sir replied the man who had
Just entered the room.
Are you union man.
Yes. sir
We'll. after you have worked on ma
chine for eight hours. aud the thing
won't go, what do you do?''
oh, well. sir. if you've cot one of that
kind of machines | don't want the job"
Modern Society.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

That the nation is returning to its nor
NAL safe and sane basis is shown by
the fact that nobody has invented new
breakfast food for year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
CAVERLY MISSING.
Son of President of State Board Of
Health Disappeared Tues
day. ..lAA-..
JEALOUSY ASCRIBED CAUSE
Chums in Camping Party Paid Atten-
lions to Young Lady with whom
the Young Man Has Become
Greatly Infntuated-Took
Train ut Rutland.
JEALOUSY ASCRIBED CAUSE

Rutland, Aug. at was learned to-
night here that Harley r. Caverly, Dart
mouth. Os, son of DR.. Charles S. Caverly
of this city. the president of the State
board Of health, has been missing from
his home since Tuesday and all efforts
to locate him have failed. The only clue
secured is that he left Rutland on the
east bound train.
AS far as can be learned young Caverly.
who is about 20 years of age, has had no
trouble at home and persons who are in
close touch with the family believe that
Jealousy over a young lady with whom
the young man has become greatly In
fatuated, but who treats him only as an
ordinary friend, had something to do with
his disappearance.
For two weeks Caverly was a member
of n camping party at East Pittsford,
and 1t Is said that the young man acted
queerly when some of his chums showed
attentions to the young lady. He left the
party suddenly and came to Rutland re-
maining only n few hours when nc disap-
pcared. He had DR.. Caverly's mileage
book and by means OF the number on the
coupons returned by a conductor. the
family was able to ascertain the direction
their son went.
The parents are nearly Frustrated. Har-
ley is an only child.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
YOUNG CIVIL WAR VETERAN
G.. u. Carter of Rutland Enlisted Mt IA
Is Now 80 Years Old.

Rutland, Aug. 3.-Since tie stories of the
survivors of the Civil War have
been going the rounds of the Nermon
press, Rutland has found a candidate who
deserves a place in the front ranks.
Charles r.. Carter of 191 West street, this
city, enlisted In a New York State rsgi-
old. He was at first a bugler but was
active service. AS he did not enlist until
November, 1864, he did not lave a long
service.
Mr.. Carter's father was drowned at
Mauistee. Mich, when young Carter was
only four years old and the family came
East immediately. The widowed mother
did not wish her boy to enlist but he got
the war fever when the Rebellion broke
out and having grown to be IA good sized
lad by the fourth year of the war ran
away from home. In Vermont young
Carter was unable to get into the army,
but he drifted to New York and was en-
listed at Oswego. He contracted a dis
ease while in the ranks which still trou-
bles him as a result OF which he draws a
pension. He is a member Of Roberts Post,
G.. A. r.. of this city.
While most of his post comrades are
long past 60, Mr.. Carter has Just passed
his 56th birthday. July l., and he might
he taken for a much ing man. He
was married 20 years 6 to Miss Alice
Darling, who is still living. He has two
sisters living in Vermont. Mrs. Horace
Kenyon of E~inesbunSh ard Mrs. S. A.
Rowland of Fairfax.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
AUTOISTS BRIGHTEN
HORSE, WOMEN HURT

Charlotte. August 3.-While Mrs. Henry
Thorp OF this town and Mrs. w White,
wife of Dr.. White of Chicago, were driv-
ing down the hill near the Congregational
Church this afternoon at about five
o'clock, they met two automobiles com
ing up the hill. Mrs. Thorp's horse be-
came frightened and backed in front of
the head machine. The mud guard on the
automobile caught in one of the carriage
wheels. tipping it over. Both Mrs. Thorp
and Mrs. White We're thrown to the
ground and severely bruised and other
wise injured. The two women were placed
in the automobiles and taken to their
home. The two machines are owned by
parties wrp have been stopping at Mar
Tins
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09

voters of the state. For two years June
30, 1906, the net cost of the institution to
the state was 1907. or n little more than
81. 500 a year. These figures are computed
exclusive of fines and costs which have
been turned into the State. The cost of
subsistence for the period OF all persons
at the institution, including the officers
was 81 cents per capita per day.
The number of prisoners in the House
of Correction June 80, 1904. was I'll. Dur
ing the two years ending June 80, 1906,
there were received 1,404 Iiouse of Correc-
ton prisoners and GAG Jail prisoners tfrom
Rutland county, making the total number
for the period. 2,261. OF this number 1874
were women. Almost all of the men are
employed in the marble shops, a small
proportion being worked on the farm.
The women are occupied III making and
mending the clothing OF the prisoners and
with the laundry work.
Every sign about the House of Correc-
ton shows it to be n well conducted man
ufacturing establishment.
Could the voters of the state make as
careful an investigation OF the institu-
ton, as DID the Free Press Representatives,
the stories in circulation regarding secret
compacts, graft, etc, with marble com
panies would die FOR lack of listeners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09

side, that fruitful source Of striking
stories. John Burns, who has a wife and
two sons on East Forty-fourth street.
was sent to Bellevue hospital for general
de~-.Ity. Soon after he arrived another
John Burns was brought in IN n desperate
condition Of alcoholism. When Mrs. Burns
the first went to the hospital to see her
husband, she was told that he had beer,
transferred to the Metropolitan hospital
on Blackwells Island. She decided tn
wait, and q couple nights iater she re-
cc'ved news that her husband was dead.
She went to tho morgue. and. with he,
sister. identified the body as that OF hey
husband. The body was delivered at the
house, and friends were invited 10 III,
wake. for which extensive preparations
had been made. In the course Of the AZ.
ternoon an old woman friend came in
She took one look at tho corpse. shook
her head and broke OUT with: Sure. an
If We are John Burns your nose bellies va.
John was no drinking man"
Mrs Burns got out n photograph Of
her husband. and compared & with thu
face of the corpse. There was a general
resemblance, but feature by feature Their.
was Il difference. Wondering whether She
was wife or widow, Mrs. Burns telephon-
ca the undertaken and asked what was
the cause Of Burns death at
Island. alcoholism" came back the an
swer. After more telephoning it was
learned that the Burns who didn't mako
a widow OF his wife was at Bellevue alive
and better. The corpse was taken back to
the morgue with much rejoicing.
The report of the Coroner for the
Borough of Manhattan has caused con-
siderable surprise by the statement that
of los deaths caused by street vehicles
only sixteen were caused by automobiles,
Vehicles propelled by horses caused four
times as many deaths and street cars.
subway asld elevated, five times as many.
Old Timer,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09

INVESTIGATION FINISHED.
Generally Understood Conditions Mt IND
dustrial School Please Committee,

Nergennes, Aug. 2.-The State inc
vestigating committee which has been
looking into the affairs of the YER
mont Industrial school. finished the tax.
Ing OF testimony late yesterday after
noon.
Leo Pratt. engineer and baker, told
what his duties were, the method Of
making bread. and what part Of the
work he performed personally. It ap-
pears from the evidence that the boys
Of tho institution do the greater part
of the work, he simply overseeing tho
operation, Pratt Is about 10 years old
and Is not the regular engineer, sim
ply acting as a supply during the
summer months when but little work
IN this line Is necessary.
a. s. Bingham, the farmer, waa
questioned as to the amount of hay
and other produce raised on the farm,
the sale OF the same, the livestock
kept, what assistance NJ had from the
boys, etc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
FIRE IN MONTPELIER.
Tie Mnssucco Block Damaged to En-
tent Of $4,000.

MONTPELIER, Aug. 2.-The MaSSucco
block on South Main street and contents
We're damaged by fire this morning to the
extent Of $1,000. The damage on the ground
floor OF the block was confined to smoke
and water but the rear part Of the third
story and part of the second story were
Quilted by the fire.
The fire originated in the kitchen Of
Miss Catherine c. Donahue in the third
story. Miss Donahue lighted an oil stove
on which to get breakfast, and left the
room for a few minutes. When she re-
turned the room was a mass of flames and
an alarm had been turned in.
T.. l.. Segel, clothing, and Conlan &
Mcmahon, barber shop and billiard hall,
on the first floor, were each damaged
about 81, 900 by smoke and water. Other
tenants in the block who were damaged
by the fire were Catherine Donahue $500;
George S~ulloway $500, and Alex Mcmillan
$500. The damage to the block itself will
be about $1,000. The wner of the block
Is in Italy on n visit but was cabled this
evening regarding his loss,
PIGS ONLY WORTH 81.
Some time ago one OF the commissioners
received an anonymous typewriter letter
lnllIlldtlIB lTul scNtIdl lnlnpS at the
school were not as they should be. Among
others the question was asked. why are
pigs sold at the school for 81 apiece when
everybody else is selling them for s3?" Mr..
ingalls, had explained that II pigs which
We're far from being up to standard mad
been sold about two years ago for 81 each,
and that tins pigs were sold for all they
were worth, but the committee, who. all
along. have exhibited a decided tendency
to get at the bottom of things, wanted 20
see the purchaser Of the infant porkers.
Dana Wells Of his city, was therefore
called and testified that he had bought
the pigs and afterward had come 10 the
conclusion that he had got decidedly
Soaked as two Of them died before ne
reached home, a short distance from the
school, one died after he got there, two
he had been able to sell for sl.25 apiece,
and thought himself lucky, and the re-
lmaInder he raised but considered them
pretty poor specimens OF aigs. Vie did not
care to make another trade OF the same
kind.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
SWAN TO DEATH.
Frightened by Swift Current, Danyillc
Lad Turncd Back from Shorc.

East Barnet, Aug. raymond
Webb, aged IS years, was drowned in
the ~Passumpsic river early this after
noon while in bathing. He was a good
swimmer but evidently got frightened
In the swift current OF the river and
after nearly reaching shore turned
back and swam into the current and
was drowned. His body has not yet
been recovered. He was the Danville
stage driver and ived in Danville,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
HE HAD READ ABOUT II,

The other night a street evangelist
was preaching might be called an
'eNclted' sermon on n corner q couple
OF blocks east Of the union depot. In his
audience was n small newsboy. The
preacher waved his arms and shook his
head. Suddenly he Quieted down and osk-
ed;
MY friends. who is IL that watches
over us; saves us from harm; frowns on
wickedness; wants US to hs gentle. and
wishes to see no brutality2"
81 know" came from the newsboy.
ITS President Roosevelt"
Evan the preacher smiled denver
Eos