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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-10
THE HIGHER LIFE
s.I.-.-d Cen. d Thssshs Eua Pres sss Ru'sa
! a Al Sera.


How We need patience and coar-
age and what patience and couraEe
Il inspires % think ~ how the one
Father Of all has been brinEing re
world BY slow degrees unto the likht
OF this great truth. WHAT are cen-
turtles 70 Him. Nafions are hia alEha-
bet and time Is the long scroll rrca
which He writes. But 81 rat.ors ard
ages are under the Fothers love.
Look cut upon the world afrcsh md
say o. it. This - ms Fathers world.
These lives around me ARE al Tired
beneath the measurclcss FafhcrhQc1
OF Cod To help men 20 bellows IS -
our highest 5oy-to realize it lr our
own lives is our largest blessing.
And, brethren, II You and ! uuuid
have others see what God is nkc.
then we must show them what God
can make us iike.-Rcv.Wm Chase.
BAPTIST
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-10
AnnancIIs Washingtnn & RaItp.

Raiiroed Company Ia Councillor WITH
Peansyiysnis and b. & o. Railroads.
schedule II eject septemher Isl. 1896.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-10
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. 10. 80 =. IA.
For MarYland-Fair. colder tonight,
and Sunday fair.
w. l.. MOORE,
Chief Of Weather Bureau.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-04-14

On Monday, April 9, the Twentieth
Century Topic Club was entertained at
the lrvington by Mrs G.. z, Dousman,
Il. a. Schmitz and c. r. Chandler. In
spite of the rain there was Il large
attendance The following musical
program was carried out: Sweet Tears
Pacini. Mrs Norton and Mrs. Durbin.
Alas, NIillard. Mrs Durbin. Evening
Song to the Virgin, Mrs. Norton and
Mrs. Durbin. Mrs c. l. Wilson played
the accom- 2animent. Miss Morehouse
had Il paper on Tea Raising and Rice
Growing Miss Lillibridge supple
nented the subject by telling OF the
Japanese method of farming and the
every day life of the peasantry.
1t was a great pleasure to the club to
entertain a former member, Mrs. Ilor-
alto Gates now of Wilmer, Mimi In
a few words She told Of her club work
in her new home, and the manner in
which they raised money to send TO the
Japanese famine sufferers. The Twen-
teth Century Topic club have also
decided to send sum of money to the
japanese Relief Fund.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-04-14

Godfrey, Jr, and the Misses Harriet
Rice, Hattie Swan, May Foley, Theresa
Mower aad Fillmore Swan.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Slosser left Tuesday
for Muskegou Michigan, to attend the
funeral Of Mrs. Slosscrs sister
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d, Bennett of Mil
waulSee. formerly of this place. called
on old time friends here on Wednesday.
Herbert 7 Bradley has announced
himself a candidate for nomination on
the Republican ticket for County Treas
urer.
Mrs. Thos. Phillips, who has been
spending the winter in Chicago, has
returned to her home on East Milwau-
l1ee avenue
Among those who are home from L.
W., Madison, are the Misses Lois Owens.
g. Foley, Messrs Paul Warren. Percy
Myers, Lea Uridley, Jerre Blodgett.
At the annual meeting of the Mil.
waulSee Real Estate Association held in
Milwaukee this week, Mr. Chas. Il.
Dayis, OF this city, was chosen secretary
for the ensuing year.
The St. Agatha's Guild of Holy Tri.
nifty church viii give an easter festival
and sale Of fancy articles on the after
noon OF Saturday, April os, from two
until FIVE o'clock, at the Guild Hall.
Mr.. II b. Allen has sold his residence
and lots on corner 6lst street aud John
son avenue to Mr.. Jacob Wellauer. Mr..
Allen leaves next week for Rome. n. y
where he win spend most of the summer.
Mr.. Chas B Perry has purchased the
residence Of Mrs. J. S Stiekney, East
Milwaukee avenue, which he viii oc-
cupy about May +. Mrs sticllney will
remove to New Jersey, where she will
make her future home.
Franklin Hartman has issued invita-
tions for the marriage of his daughter.
Hazel Dell, aud Frederic Clarence pur-
cell, on the evening of Thursday. April
2G. at Trinity church, Wauwatosa, cere-
mony at 7;30. The ceremony will be
followed by small reception to rela-
tives and young friends of the couple,
at the home of the brides father on
Wauwatosa avenue. Several functions
will begiven during next week in honor
of Miss Hartman and Mr. Purcell. On
Thursday Mrs. Ivan Couklin will give
a tea. Friday Miss Biorquist, ?l5 18th
street, Milwaukee,, will entertain at
caftls. Saturday, Apri} q, Miss Inez
Wright viii give "A luncheon for the
young ladies of the bridal party, and
the same evening the Asotawuaw club
will give dancing party in the Guild
Hall. Tuesday, April "a, DR. and Mrs.
Chas. L. Chandler win entertain the
bridal party. Mrs. A. Grunette, 9Sth
street, Milwaukee, will give a coffee
this afternoon in honor of Miss Harri-
ma l.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-04-14
Cement walks. Concrete WORK.

Messrs Minahan and Jacobns Of this
city. have formed partnership. and
will engage in cement walk laying
and concrete work business. Mr.. Min
ahan has had large experience in this
line of work and any order placed with
this company Will without doubt be
properly executed. Their ad. appears
in another column Of this paper
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-04-14
A BENEFIT for the Manual Training Fund.

\ rare treat is in store for WauWa-
tosa in the entertainment to be given uu-
der the auspices Of the Twentieth Cen
tury Topic club at the new high school
assembly hall, next Friday evening
April 20 Miss AdcIa Rankin Of Carroll
college, Waukesha, viii give an intcrpre-
tative recital Of Shakespcare's As You
Like IT," taking eleven characters. The
admission fee is - cents, and the pro
cce's Of the entertainment will be used
to increase the clubs fund for manual
training.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-04-14

For pure maple syrup of the Rich
ellen brand call at Nettleton's the gro
Ger. All goods with the Richelieu brand
have stood the test required by the pure
food law. Nettleton handles this line
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
Poor Bears Wife Elopes With Iron Shell

and live with Iron Shell, but william
merely said that DE was sorry and
hoped that ia time she might change
her mind. Later she took an AK. broke
up al the furniture aad when william
viewed the ruins told him c0mplacently
that now so long az be- had nothing in
his house he might just ar wei .et her
60 away with Iron Shell.
But stil Poor Bear remained Obdu-
rate ard # was not until she attacked
him with a knife and q pair 0f scissors
that he began 10 realize that the love
which young Iron Shell had awakened
by his gifts OF var bonnets. beads. and
the fruits Of the chase was indeed likely
10 interfere with his mautal bliss Even
then. for the sake of his children. he
took no decisive steps but when. a few
months afterWard, in December. 1904,
he came home and found his wife gone.
he made immediate Inquiries and found
that she had az last gone TO her lover.
Then Poor Bear sought refuge 90 the
law Of the white man. and. on the
grounds of desertIon, was granted
divorce from his Sioux wife.
The ex-Mrs- Poor Bear IS happy with
Young Iron Shell in his teDee They have
one child and the two other children re-
main with their father. Poor Rear Is
day iab0rer and not a man Of very high
Intelligence. He has an unusual sense
of loyalty however. and would have
kept his erring wife with him II it had
been possible.
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
Lightning Gun PLAYS In the Southwest

wasn't a Eunplayer from choice, but
necessity. The same applied 20 lots or
them IN the old days, I reckon Sober.
BIN never mixed. with about eight Of
the hve-finger sort under his belt he
was always in trouble looking after the
welfare Of his friends. Owing TO this
fact IL behooved BIN to know how to
draw After Bills little shootin' episode
in my behalf Ia the Green L;Flt I'm
Dodge one night we goes down In the
Texas cow country tM things qu,et
down
Arriving there. Bilrs accuracy with
the gun had preceded him. but Is some
what In question by the punchers on the
Circle Bars. For their special benefit
and odihcltion nll o5e day agrees 20
waste a few cartridges. After ne had
plugged dollars halves quarters and 80
on In the air tlll the game gets monot-
onous. the crowd allows they'd Ike
something new, SO Bin rigs an arm on
fence post and from 1t suspends a
quart bottle. IN what you-al would call
"A horizontal position with the cork ia
th. mouth. the same facing Bill he
bottle he sets in motion like the pendu-
lun Of y clock Bu mounts his cayuao.
his gun la his belt. and rides I'm front
OF Il. distant 50 yards When directly
opposite he draws ana drives the cork
inside the bottle. the bullet coming out
plumb center on the other eHd. ~ Whlca
much respect Is shown Bin by the out
III an the Circle Bar.
THE days Of guup.ays, concluded the
major, els only history OF course. titey
have what y0u-an bCak East calls re-
yolver practice but IL takes anger ana
close quarters 10 make man femiil az
with a shooting iron. FiSee SEN
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

holdin'-Ou power, an they begun 20 De
wafled heIplessly out onto the breeze,
SNe eli elr twan't long after that until
the air was literally nlled with the
millions OF locusts being picked up on
them woods an carried nOrthwaTd on
20 the river. Some Of them-yes, tnnus-
ands an thousands OF 'em-wuz ferrleu
clean over the river an into the woods
beyond. an thousands went keTpluHk
down into the water until the surface OF
the river was 1jst about klVeTed win
An then begun the fun. The shad
begun 20 ccme. I don't know whether
them durn hsh had a telegraph line
down river OK not. but they must had
sutEiu' Of the kind FER the number that
came into that stretch OF wide water
afore dusk that day wuz caution Me
an the man I wuz workiH fer wuz 10
win ward OF the wide water, an the
splashln' an the nppin an the jumpin
thet those shad made Tor slietch OF
nearly two miles sounded Jlst Ike
hundred water wheels a-g1ln NCEety-
split. lckety-Spit lickety-split. Me an
him had each a big hay FORK, We had
been spTcadin' manure on a meadow
strip thet we were goin 70 put out IN
Let's see what We kin do with the
hay forks. SEE ]. an we WGded inr An
gecW hlliken9. / labbed In among Ehe
fish an so did he. an every jab brought
tines of the big hay forks. We list
stepped back far enough SO we could
chuck the nsn up over the bank into
the meadow cIeaFin. an We KEEP the
ithbiu' an the chuckin. an the chuck
ia an the jahb!n' process up until my
arms wuz So duTu tired ot THROWN fish
up on the bank that ] seemed tuckered
out an 7 wuz all-hred glad when he
says. Wen. Th0de. guess we got a
mess; spose we gait fer today
There Wuz no ietup IN the thrashin'
an the feedin' O. the river, but the
wind he'd died down and the locusts' he'd
about quit comm 80. by sundOWn, the
water he'd become quite calm But. say.
You got any idea OF the number of hsh
we he'd IN that meadow held2 When /
crawicd up thet bank an sees the pile
Of shad layin' scattered about afore me.
came nigh TO faiHtin' dead away.
Well We kin b'iieve me or not but
when we got the fish loaded into the
two fam wagons thet my boss sent me
fer. We had jist 1913 shad. Some OF
EN-, as sure as I'm Twin. wuz three
feet long.
What dld we do with 'em? Give EN-
70 the neighbOrs fer miles an miles
arOuu. an others we salted an dried
an packed In picklin barrels, an we
had SILT Shad Icr Nell ul.u uu 40 tvJ
Years Yep. / remember / got so all
hred tired of salt shad, salt shad. salt
shad thnt ] wished them lOCr7+7 an
IheJ wind an thet school Nv sh1d he'd
been SOME NuaT Else IHan llal ue.u~
Cranes Ripples- But I guess the sight
an the experience wuZ good pay fer
the surfeit OF dried FISH, so I Jist kept
on eaJin' salt shad until the end came"
New York Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

his hide more than once. 7 recalls when
sheriff and deputy got him cornered
in an old adobe over in New Mexico,
The Kid had been chased all day and
finally thinking he had thrown the
sheriff of the trail. stopped at an old
adobe occupied by a greaser ana ms
wife The Kid goes 20 bed with his
clothes and guns on. About 2 In the
morning the sheriff and deputy arrives
Leaving the deputy outside. the sher.h
steals quietly into the front room where
the Kid is lyin on a blanket But the
little noise was enough to arouse him.
and almost before The sheriff is in the
room he is on his elbow, his hand on ms
gun.
Qu,en esc' ne asks.
Hand over that gun. says the
sheril.
.'The moonlight is streamin' through
both windows. making the room as light
as day. The Kid gets up holding the
Gun az arm length butt toward the
sheriff As I heretofore mentions. the
Kid is a gunplayer who has 30 use for
a tfiggeF. 90 ne has il removed You
merely BulI the hammer back and let
her A,cker
The sheriff lowers his own gun for a
second and reaches for the Kid s, But
that's long enough The KID suddenly
whlris ii on his forednger the same he
ing inside the trigger guard, and sends
his compl.men intO the sheriff heaFL
In q minute he's out OF the window and
on his horse. Turning, he lets fly at the
deputy outside and wings him In the
shoulder
You remembers my telling you about
my old friend Bin Cummings. Bill
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

mouth Of LaTTy'E creek. The bottom
Of these Flpples ended at the head OF
a stretch or deep. wide water, extend
ing for fully three miles eastward
This wide water. even today, laves the
foot Of the Bald Eagle mountain.
which is covered with forest or OAK
chestnut. and maple WOods-faVorite
trees for the iOCusts. In their search
for tender b0ugHs IN which 70 deposit
their larvae Ramsey. nowadays bent
win age and get having "a rcmarkable
memory. the other day recalled the To-
GUST visitation of his boyhood.
That thing Was something you q
never forget In all your born days, n
y'd seen IT," he said. "Ne see. the lo-
Gusts came out early that year. an II
pears to me they never were 50 plen-
In swarms. Why, ye kin believe me
or not, but when the durn things got
Matched Uuf an to Work right tHef
made such a noise ainEin' IN the trees
uf D.d Bald Eagle that for four weeks
We he'd 20 give up h0ldiH meeun IN
the little school house youder Whar
Antes Fort now Is, fer ye couldn't hear
yerself think
Il remember distinctly Amanda
Shick. a nervous sort or gal she was,
went stark mad over the everlastin'
noise made by the lOCusts, took IL into
her head that they WuZ "a warnin fer
the world 10 come 10 an end, and she
ran an jumped keTplunk IN the river
an drowned.
An ] remember. too, that year. that
three TOcks OF turkeys an over thirty
guincaS left the farm an went into the
woods after the lOcusts. What became
of the guiueas nobody knows but the
foxes. ( guess but, do you know, the
hOCks OF wild turkeys that inhaDit the
mountains between Bald Eagle and
Muncy a distance OF thirty miles or
more. came from those three runaway
docks.
hut. then. what meant to tell wuz
about the fsh-Shad, mind you, for
you must remember that those days,
in the spring OF the year. We could
kstch all the shaG we could eat, and
more. too. Course. soon as they began
to build the dams IN the river for the
canal, why, then the shad stopped
comm up, but the fishermen Of today
don't know what sport is. as compared
with the times when shad wuz TO be
had.
We'll. this year the locusts were so
ali-hred plenty queer thing happened.
The ush WuZ feedtn on lOCusts for m les
and miles down the river, but the long
deep stretch Of water running along the
foot of Bald Eagle and the mountain,
covered 20 the waters edge with hard
wood trees, made the Crane Ripple
basin a favorite sChOolin place for the
fish.
"WeH. sir. long bout noon one day
there came up wind out OF the south
west an for two or three hours IL
hOWled most like a hurricane In mid
winter. The wind had a curious effect
on the sWarms of lOCUsts on the north
side OF Bald Eagle. 1t set them teeJer-
ing and tee1eTing on the leaves an
they had lodged. their big wings fOrmin'
somethin like sails an afOTe that gale
had been BLOWN more than an hour
the ddrnatlon locusts begun 10 lose their
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
His Business Card Matrimonial Ad

just now displaying s quality more akin
20 genius than any other, IN this latest
OF the many schemes he has foisted up
on the feminine world IN seeking a wife.
This time he has been sending out cards
not postal cards nor picture cards, but
plain business cards that have been
printed for the purpose,
He has sent these cards 20 many
public officials. and has delivered the
cards IN person TO desirable young wo-
men He has sought out prosperous girls
IN business or professional life, very
likely because their generous incomes
may fiji one OF the conditions and be-
cause such women may be readily IN
tervieWed IN offices by almost any one
on the plea Of business. AS a result OF
his visits. however. there have been sew
eral scenes IN which the visitor narrow
" escaped arrest one OF the cards OF
the latest issue reads;
Please consider thoroughly, keep pri-
vate. act Immediately. in the old fash
iOncd way. among reliable people I
search for a plain, youngtsh, prosperous
wife.
"I am an alumnus OF Wesleyan Uni
versitv, Connecticut; former superin-
tendent Of United States Indian schools;
middle age. handsome, athletic. travel
er writer: full OF fun: own $50 acres
OF land; have all proper credentials.
call Immediately upon me. Tolerate
no nonsense. A II. GRAVES
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

- he surfeited presence Of .he
seventeen-year loeusts along
the West Branch OF the
SusquehannR and it's tribu-
taries for Eve weeks or more
during the height Of the
fishing seasoI. the early part or this
summer resuItet IN a peculiar condition
OF Affairs The ioCusts. which were IN
that section literally in myriads, be-
came food for the fish. many Of the In
sects In their flight dropping into the
streams. where the fish made sweet
morseIs Of them.
As result anglers. during the run
Of the I0custs. caught few FISH. and
those that we're caught showed gllle,s
full OF undlgested locusts- Trout. bass
and salmon were the greediest feeders
or the locust food. though white chubs
and suufish also helped themselves quite
guerously to the easily procured food,
Stretches Of wafer. where creeks or
rl Is ran along the edge Of hardwood
f. 8, were the places where the nsh
gathered 10 catch the insects IN their
dight 70 and from the woods dropped
thickest into the stream. The water
IN some Of these stretches was veFitably
churned into ripples by the greedy,
tumbling hsh in their endeavor 10 out
60 each other In the procurement Of
the locusts. and though vigorously pro
hibited by law. there were those who.
with seines. made fat hauls OF hsh on
these feeding grounds.
A peculiar fact about The whole thing
is that. whether attracted BY the
swarms of locusJs or not. the upper
waters OF the West Branch have not
been so fun of fish for twenty years as
now. This Is especially true OF salmon.
great numbers Of which have been Ia
Ken with line and bait. many OF the
fish measuring sixteen inches and
weighing two and a half pounds
But the experiences Of this season are
not 20 be compared with what the sew
eLteen-year locusts did along the upper
waters OF the West Branch one summer
about seveuty-fve years ago. Theodore
Ramsey. now past 90 years OF age. and
IN his day one Of the greatest pike and
trout fishermen OF Pennsylvania tells
of the incident. But upon that OcCa-
sion the fish in question were not pike
or salmOn-fOr these were unknown ia
the West Branch then-But shad The
spring that year had opened early,
and the iOeusts began 10 come up out
of the ground and take wings early ia
schools OF shad that inhabited the river
which was then free of dams-was
startling.
Ramsey. then a boy Of fifteen. was
employed By a farmer residing near
what is now Cranes Rippies below the
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
Six Cents Come Between Man and Wife

- ECAUsE his wife spent cents
- without his permission William
Leonard, Of 81 Jersey street.
Paterson, y. J.. attacked the
woman. II Is alleged, and beat her saw
agely with an ak handle. She is In ST.
Joseph's Hospital, and is said 20 De In
a precarious condition. Leonard Is un-
der arrest.
Only a fsw minutes before the assault
Leonard and two OF his children were
playing ball IN the yard Of their home.
Leonard went into the house and missed
G cents he had left on table His
wife explained that she had -rnt one cf
the children 70 buy some household ar
ticle. Leonard became furious, and
neighb0Fs CAIN 10 have heard him say;
you produce that money or III XIII
you before the day Is over
Joseph ard, ten years old, says
that his f-lher attacked his mother
while she had Der One-moath-old SirI
IA her arms, beat her over the head
with the OK handle, knocked her down
and kicked DER as she lay on ;he floor.
The man tlen left the house and the
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

country nowadays said
the major as he twisted
the end of his cigarette and struck a
match. "As I pause 10 think o. j.
can count on N0ne hand all that are left
Of the old-timers who knew how to
handle a shooting iron gracefully and
with Dispatch
We were enjoying the night air on
the hotel porch in Tombstone. The
major was reminiscent. so / let him
proceed
As 1 before mentions. Wild Hill
Hicok, accordin 10 general opinion,
was along in the lead in the old days.
When Bill got his fatal dose he was
playin' cyards In a saloon In Deadwood.
IL was the first time in years. l reckon,
that Bill didn't sit with his back 70 a
wall. And for that piece OF careless
ness ne cashed In.
a soldier comes up behind BIZ, and,
without warning draws his gun and puts
him out Of business Cowardly as IL
Was. what you-all would call pre-
meditatcd. il nevertheless showed how
quick Bill was with his gun. The click
back OF him was no sooner In the air
than Bin's gun was out and he had
turned part way in his chair. But Il
caught him TOO quick. Wild Bill Hicock,
gambler ana what you-all would call q
bad man. was ali In. But Bill was as
square as they made them.
L reckon vou recalls hearing about
the Apache Kiz When Il comes 20 gun
work the Rad didn't ask nothing OF no.
body. Szyin' nothing about his dexterity
with an iron. his trickery with it saved
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
Wives In Prize Ring

as. CORA McEENNA and
m Mrs. sarah Foster. Of Brazil
wi Ind. had been 0darrelinG and
nagging each other for many
weeks, and several times appeared IN
court charging each other with assault
and battery. The husbands, grown
weary or the quarrcls. aereed az last
20 take The women 10 0e,d near by
and let them light to a finish
II was arranged that they should en-
gage IN straight stand -up-k10ck-down
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

bout, according 70 tho rules of TIE prize
ring. They dressed for the contest. and
or many rounds adhered 20 the rules
but frally they got angry and the affair
ended in a rough and tumble sCTim-
mage. and the husbands participated.
Mrs. FCster dealt the blow TIA: put
her antagonist down and ont. The lat
ter S husband then. seeing his wife
with q black eve. stuck Mrs Foster a
fearful blow. All parties we've arrested
and put under bond 60 appear when the
Womeus wounds are healed.
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
Fills Ont Her Orvn Marriage License

Dns 10 leave on trip. and as was his
custom. he left Miss Emma In charge
0f his office. In case anybody should
aPpIy for a license To marry during his
absence. Mr.. DIls signed his name 70
several blank licenses. tnstructiug the
girl 10 nh them out with the names
OF the parties making the application.
He LETT and the young lady followed
his Instructions. filing OUT the blanks
with her own name. and that of her
intended Then they were married, and
the father had 20 forgive them.
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
When He's At Home, Well

- GORGE ADE, the brilliant hu-
morist. was the guest Of
honor at "a diner given by a
WOman's club
IN the course of his after-dinner
speech Mr.. Ade said.
and then there is another kind Of
man who is raging, roaring lion at
home and abroad so meek and mild that
you feel sorry for him.
I was lunching one day in crowd