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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
KILLED A MAN IN MAINE.
Then Fled to California and Lived Forty
Years Under Assumed Name.

Walter Marvin Lancaster has carried
his secret with him to the grave. He
lived for nearly forty years in Bear
Valley, this country. under the name of
John Lang, aud nobody guessed that it
was assumed until the facts came to
light after his death He blew his
brains out
The inquest developed that Lang was
not the correct name of the decedent.
a witness stated that short time ago
Lang told him that in case ANYTHING
should happen he wanted it known that
his true name was Walter Marvin Ian
caster, and that he was native of
Maine. Lancaster further said that lie
had killed man III Maine many years
ago, but had been acquitted Fearing
that the dead mans friends would take
his life, however, he said he had fed
his home and changed his name to John
Lang.
1t was under that name that he To-
Gated i'll Bear Valley set out little
orchard and built him Il cosy home. He
was highly regarded by all his neighbors.
with whom he was on very friendly
terms, though Of his past life none Of
them had the slightest mklng. For
years lie conducted the Culbertson toll
bridge at his home, but after it went out
OF commission like many others he still
chung to the valley and seemed content
to spend his days there. He was a man
of gigantic build.-Sacramento Bee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Deafness Cannot he c,,ro.

oy local applications. as they capnot ~,
only oSe way Portion 10 Of the Thee
py constitutional remedies. no. Snt mat Is
caused oy an infamed condition ~ las ,ns 10
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tub '-T FL nu-
this tube is intamed you have a r,,r, Tilaen
eDtirelS OF clospe erfeSs bearing and when
unless the Inflammation car he tsIt.l, and
ana this tube restored to its normal 1e eo cut
uon, hearing will be destroved eondi
nine cases ont Of ten are caused iSST r e
tarrn, which is nothing but an indame6 "a "a
We will give One Hundrea nou.
any case OF Deafness Caused bv bars na1s. I9t
5 H cannot be cured by Hairs C9 asaEEE!Gl
so,, r J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O
Take Halls Family Pills for cons,,,..-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
said, with suitable expression in nv

said, with a suitable expression in my
eyes.
Mrs. Wyvern blushed and laughed.
You're too absurd she said
Il do pity poor Nancy" she contin-
ued. You'll be able to talk her into
thinking you're always right"
"A very proper state of mind" l re-
marked
Its good job, after ALL said, to
efTectually smooth her down, that you
did marry Wyveru."
Mrs. Wyvern unsuccessfully endeav-
ored to conceal hex chagrin.
For me. yes" she assented.
And for me" 1 persisted.
why? ?" she was unable to refrain
from asking.
Because" said |, you're too clever
to be talked round. My many impel-
fections would be perfectly plain to
you"
She did not deny this.
And my faults?" she queried
.Of course" | reflected, marriage
might alter my opinion"
.What is your opinion?" she demanded.
That you have none" said |.
| rose and picked up my hat.
Yes" she said, giving me her hand,
1T Is time yor went"
It was. Mirth cannot be restrained
for ever.--F Harris Deans in the London
Mail
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
.MifS Cara G0Ode

benefited as she was. Miss Goode is
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club of Chicago. She writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 tried many different remedies to
build up my system, which had become run
down from loss of proper rest and unreaSon-
able hours, but nothing seemed TO help me.
Mother is great advocate of Lydia E. PINK
hams Vegetable Compound for female trou-
bles, having used it herself some years ago
with great success. So began to take it,
and in less than month was able to be ont
of bed and out Of doors, and in three months
/ was entirely well. Really have never felt
30 strong and well as have since.
No other medicine has such record
of cures of female troubles as has LYDIA
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating Tor flatulence), displacement
of organs, Inflammation or liberation
can be restored to perfect heath
and strength by taking Lydia t.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has GUIDED
thousands to health. Her experience
is very great, and she gives the oehenv
of it to all who stand in need OF wise
counsel. She is the daughter-ln-laW, OIL
Lydia e. PiEkham and for twenty -n'o
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Address, Lynn MASS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
A Test of Patience

The Rev. Frederick b Bridgman. the
noted and successful missionary to the
Zulus. was talking in Philadelphia about
missionary work.
Il ann very hopeful of it," he said
Il may be little too hopeful because
| have had such good success. 1t is bet
ter, though, to be too hopeful than too
doubtful.
Much depends upon the character
of the people one works among. and |
can sympathize little with the mission
AIRY who returned home from China in
a very respondent mood
"A Chinese convert stole this mission
ary's watch, and then came back To him
the next morning to learn how to wind
Il up."-Boston Post
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Poetry as a Commodity.

At the Authors club, in New York.
Richard lie Gallienne. the English poet.
said one day of poetry:
The poet was once the mouthpece of
the nation. Honors and wealth were
showered on him. To be a poet was to
be king
But now the poet is nothing. He
cannot earn a living. | doubt if an in
dustriOus poet, working eight hours a
day, could make one-half as much as an
industrious bricklayer. Were it not for
advertisement poetry"
Mr.. lie Gaeliene smiled.
The other day" he said. meeting a
poet, | asked in low voice:
Well, how is poetry now|
Dull, very DUH the poet answered
gloomily. Breakfast food verse is only
bringing quarter a line Patent medi
cine ads nave fallen to 20 cents. Fall
clothing poetry has been wabbly for a
week. and canned meat verse dropped
seven points yesterday in as many min
uteS. Baltimore Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
LET THEM FIGHT 1T OUT.
Story of the Days in Missouri When
Whisky Was Free.

Henry C. Chiles of Independence is
one of the old timers of eastern Jackson
county, and his memory is good.
In 1850" remarked Mr.. Chiles, as he
smoked his Missouri meerschaum" re-
fiectively in the county clerks office in
Independence yesterday, my father was
selling goods in Sibley, fifteen miles
northeast of this town, and | was with
him in the store. That was before the
days of the saloon in the present type,
and more or less whisky was handled
in nearly all stores, especially grocery
stores.
Our store was no exception to the
rule We kept a barrel of it open in
the back room. 1t was free TO our Gus
toners, and a glass was provided for
white men to drink out of and tin cup
for negroes.
Much business was done in Sibley in
those days, and strangers came to town
from various parts of the world. One
Saturday, when there were many peo-
pie in town, a small Englishman ap-
peared. He was so gentlemanly in ap-
pearance and manners that the crowd
Of rough frontiersmen at once singled
him out as a good victim for ridicule
They made all sorts of remarks TO draw
him out. For n while he paid no atten-
tion to them, but before long he began
To- see that he was in for it. \ big fell
low named Ray had been particularly
insulting.
Gentlemen said the little English
man. i don't want to fight. but it APP
pears that that is what you are after,
so suppose | shall have to accommo-
date YOU
A jeer went up from the crowd; the
idea of such a little fellow fighting!
The crowd mad been drinking a little
too much and was spelling for a fist
fight
1T was customary to observe some
sort of rules in fstic encounters. Ac-
cordingly each man chose a second from
among the crowd and the fight began.
With a look of supreme contempt.
Ray made pass for his antagonist. but
IN small fraction of a second found
himself sprawhng on the ground He
sprang to his feet, but was downed
again and again.
Let me at him, said Rays sec
Ond, but the second was knocked out as
easily as the principal bully had been.
The stranger proved TO be a thoroughly
trained athlete. He declared that he
could whip the whole bunch. He knocked
one man down and jumped on him. kick
ing him in the face. This was signal
for a general fight
My father, Il peacemaker by nature.
rushed out and tried to interfere. but
after he had received a vicious lab in
the face he was glad enough to run
back into the store.
Then Paschall Cook the constable at
Sibley, felt that it was time for the
majesty of the law to assert itself. He
had no hope. however, of accomplishing
anything single handed. so he grabbed
up the top of box and wrote down the
names of number of men he knew. at
the same time appointing them as dep
uties TO help him.
NO one paid the slightest attention
to him. Throwing his list of deputies
into the river and bawling out Fight
and be damned. he. too retreated to fhe
store. leaving the excited crowd to pum
mel each other till it had had its fill
Kansas City Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Hope is boundless, and usually GROUND

Hope is boundless, and usually ground
less.
Tell people the truth about what YOU
have to sell. and they won't buy from
you.
The danger of buying a man lies in the
fact that he will always be for sale to
the highest bidder.
We close our eyes to our own faults
on the same principle that an ostrich
buries his head in TIE sand.
Old age is matter of clinging to the
preJudices of ones youth, The man
with an open mind does not grow old.
A fool can have more fun with dol
lar than rich man can have with
twenty. That's one reason he's a fool.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY.

A dead beat always wants pay in
advance
There never was II wife so old that
she didn't look better as a widow.
How people love to gossip and how
they do hate to be pinned down when
questioned.
Another advantage the women have
over the men is that there are not Slot
machines ut soda fountains.
What has become of the old-fashioned
girl who pinned away and forgot to cur
her halr when love didn't go to suit her?
When good-hearted. easy-going man
dies. and his wife gets hold Of his
books, she soon has every one who evnr
owed him cent, on the run.
IL old men would talk freely how
many of them would have comnloints
against their daughters? Daughtcre sol
dohI treat fathers as couSidproteIv Nc
they treat mothers. 90
W nltn little girl names her don fo,
YOU II IS compliment but when sbo
n grown woman and names her babv
Tor You, there may be another motive in
connection. III
Ehe good book says something ahont
All men being liars" The onIr
trouble IS the statement is too narrow
/ should have included women ana
'"Iuren-AtchSon tKan) Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
KANSAS TURKEYS
They Are the Best Grasshopper CATERERS
Ever Invented.

Machines for gathering transformers
have been invented and tried, but the
most successful grasshopper gatherer
is the turkey. Ii has the advantage of
being very profitable one, too.
A ranchman in western Kansas raised
turkeys enough last year TO keep eighty
acres free frcm drainage by this insect
pest. Next year this ranchman intends
raising turkeys very extensively for this
purpose, and nearly all of his neighbors
are planning to do the same.
If there were 100 turkeys TO each
quarter section in this alfalfa belt there
would not be enough transformers left
to damage any crops. And without CON
sidering the good that turkeys do. tur-
key raising Is profitable industry
where insects are so plentiful After
they attain the age of 3 or 4 weeks.
says Country Life in America, they can
obtain their whole living in the fields
and cost the farmers nothing until late
fall.
Turkey raising promises to become n
permanent Kansas industry. The grass
hopper with which the farmers have ia
contend there is not a migrating one.
but is native, increasing from wear to
year The turkeys, however. range over
large fields and thrive on the hopDers.
Frank V. Rider. who attempted the gaf-
fling, could not reach the head, although
the gaff pole measured six feet, and in
the struggle the line parted. The next
day dead tuna, estimated to weigh
600 pounds, was seen floating at sen.
and it was generally believed TO be ths
same fish. Excursion parties at ST a
head followed this all day fight, and
meals We're fed to the man at the rod. =
Field and Stream.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Parliament of Man.

ITO he or not to be, that is the uucs-
tom cried Hamlet in Il loud voice. hut
it was destined that he should proceed
no further
Mr.. Chairman, | rise to n point of
order" interrupted the Ghost, who had
been sitting in one of the rear seats.
the motion to adjourn is not debata-
bic
Confronted thus by Roberts Rules Of
Order. the Noble Dane paled. muttered
imcoherently and sat down. Afterward
he had his speech inserted in the Con
gressional Record Woman's Home
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
VIII Have q parliamsr.

Prince Nicholas of Montonc
Just promulgated the decree UnS4ss ro Las
tne grand old race of fighting ma,, which
GERS VIII shortly go through for ~4tgpntain-
time in their history, the ex lUr tne first
e e,aa parliament; The electioTnH Of
viii he On esded r. and the deputies afes
captancy ses as the Tor d four years EgeFSS
lively named, will return T ms Sngges-
Wiii each of the six towns of tba as.
panty. Every adult male of 3, princi'
voter. and every man of 80 pawn i
IL shillings year in taxes l. agout
Inc following have also seats. ex el ntst!
The Orthodox Metropolitan. The "a PScleio:
Satnolc Primate, the Moslem 'G9ni !I
MuIp. and members of the PRIV co GGlef
Of Ine hlgn court, of the court t Of oa
oouIIs; ana III 1nlee generals of brigade
Globe. London
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03

One of the most interesting though
perhaps least known industries of AL
geria is the production of vegetable
hair This hair or fibre is made from
the dwarf palm which grows in large
quantities along the coasts of Algeria.
y few years ago this plant was looked
upon as useless weed: now it has been
found to contain Il most useful fibre and
is largely sought after This fibre is IN
excellent substitute for hOrsehair and is
III great demand among upholsterS. mat
tresS makers, harness makers and car
riage builders on the Continent for the
cheaper class of goods-London Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
In Darkest London

A Parsee, visiting London for the first
time, dined one night with the bishop
who tried to convert him.
Now, the Parsees are sun worsbippers
and it did not occur to the bishop when
he took up his line of argument that the
London winter season is one long cold
wet fog, and that the sun never shows
himself. Said the bishop:
Here you are, my friend n man of
culture, widely Travelled. generous. grave.
can you do it? [ can't understand how
any sensible person should worship a
created object, such as the sun
All but you should see it once" cried
the Parsee. warmly. You have no idea
what Il splendid thing it is.''-The Argo-
naut.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
King Kind to Strangers

hecently some German tourists in
Denmark paid a visit to Charlottenburrtc,
W'lh the object of seeing the snmma :
palace of King Frederick. They moi =
gentleman walking alone If whom tber
inquired whether it would he possibIa
'or them 10 obtain access TO the gardens
'rtainly:. he replied, Il happen to
i ,'Ne ~, a Key. and for half an hour he
ting OUT their beauties ami o,ta LIN,
ing The strangers with lively co,ya ~
H"n. At last he took his leave VIM ~.
words, II Won care To see the stal,i1g
l0>t say that you have the KINGS Nor.
II was the King himself. H. sbnol
"''!d> with each member Of tie Ya,.,r,
ANA babe them farewell ~ party
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
BLITHE HEART.

l face the sun and cannot see
NV shadow on the grass;
The hours are all to sweet for me
To count them as they pass.
little older day by day
| grow, but it is truth
That age has never found the way
TO touch my hearts glad youth.
If | could live a thousand years
/ still should be the boy
Taught early TO forget the tears
And to hold fast 10 JOY.
And If / read the world Alright
While journeying along,
God put us here to ind delight
In life and love and song.
The bird that sings, the bud that blows
And | alike, each one
Uprds not how far the shadow goes
So lung as shines the sun.
Frank Demster sherman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Ecstasy.

TIL, shore-lark scars TO his topmost fight
Sings ut the height where morning
springs;
What though his voice be lost in the light
The light comes dropping from his wings
Mount my soul, and sing at the height
OF thy clear flight in the light and the
all,
Heard or urheard in the night. in the light,
Sing Interesting there
duncan Campbell Scott in Smart Set
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Want Bank in Philippines

Public meetings are being held at Ma
Mia in keeping with the movement to Sc
cure an agricultural bank for the Philip
pines. y prominent Manila firm state,
that 1t hopes to secure minimum caD
talHatlon of Zo,WO.ouU pesos. They
state that the shortage in the hemp nr6
duction. upon which the islands are de
pendent. will create ii bad financial con.
dition which q government agricultural
bunk would greatly mitigate.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
How Pettus Keeps Younp.

Senator Pettus of Alabama, who re.
Gently passed his eighty-ffth birthday
is reported TO have offered this EXPLAIN.
ton of vitality: Il never chew less than
half a pound of tobacco per dav.
swear only when it is absolutely neces-
Sary; drink nothing stronger than
whisky, and for years have made il =
practice 10 ga to bed only when blank
please, st Louis Republic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
To Study Depleted Forests.

DIR. Augustus Henry. whose name and
work are especially familiar to botanists.
has arrived from England to study those
forests which are being depleted by the
inroads of lumbermen and the useless
destruction of valuable trees by the
ranchmen Of the country. He has also
come to study the growth of certain
trees in the west vet unknown to for
estry. DIR, Henry has lately returned
from a journey through Central China.
taken to study its fora.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Chinese Want More Wages

Chinese laborers in Samoa get or,u
$3.50 month, besides board. lodo;nigy
md medical attendance. They want *
but the planters say that that WoT ~;
make farming improbable. "0u'u
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
BUILT Up her HEALTH
SPEEDY CURE OF MISS GOOnE
She Is Made Well by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
Writes Gratefully to Mrs. Pinkhan.

For the wonderful help that she has
found Miss Cora Goode, 255 E. Chicago
Avenue, Chicago, Ill, believes it her
duty to write the following letter for
publication, in order that other women
afflicted in the same way may be
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
PICKINGS FROM PUCK.

Lives of great men oft remind us of
legal holidays.
All the worlds a stage, but not all the
men are matinee idols
There is too much art which merely
holds the mirror up to itself
Wealth can never bring true happi-
ness with it until we learn how to be-
come rich without getting to think we've
got to have butler to stand behind our
chair and entertain his own opinion of
our table manners.-Puck.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03
Richest Orchestra in tbe worIa

The richest orchestra in the world will,
oe the Warsaw philharmonic, which bas
lust received legacy of 100000 from ROM
music-loving Pole. '-'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03

Stockholm and Budapest are +ba
towns possessing the best telephone svs.
tenn in existence. 80
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-03

Another advantage the women hay,
over the men is that there are not sIo
machines at soda fountains.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-05

see the man who wouldn It take her.
IT. a woman that makes a play now
adays. If you d more of 'em this side,
you wouldn't have so many failures. In
America we star the woman first and
the play afterwards. Here you star the
man and when all the schoolgirls have
seen him, your theatre s empty
Exactly this play is the exception.
You we certainly cut the writing on
the wall. There s no room for whiskcrs
on your ideas"
Mr.. lizard drained his coffee cup and
admitted loftily that there was not.
cpd have been fool not to. Here g
girl comes to me out of the ewigkeit.
No name, no story, nothing. Won t tell
! before. just says, tive read about
Constant Hayter's play-I know Der
byshire; I have loved the tradition of
that story all my life. Money is moth
ing to me. Let me play the part Miss
Fay Warner has given up. Let me play
it at rehearsal, and then say whether
you wish me to go on You conldn It
better, it in a fairy book. I see her
act seene,s hear her speak twenty
doesn't ask salary-why, sir, the
girls a genius born and bred-and
what's more, she's a lady from the
top of her hat to the soles of her boots.
couldn't wish my own daughter to
behave better"
Something odd about her all the
same Lacombe reflected; g dreadfully
afraid of being known. She goes in
and out of the theater like ghost. -
Charles lizard laughed again.
Well, don't she play the part of
onef'' he asked affably. How would
you have her come. in and QUIT Whist
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-05

the hotel without glance at its doors
and, going on up the Haymarket, turned
suddenly Into one Of the little courts
there and was instantly lost to his
view. In his turn, he recognized the
place at a glance, and as tho both re-
lieved and enlightened stood moment
upon the pavement to debate the situa-
ton. = -..s q If IL.
$780," he said to himself. 'fmy lady
is an actress-or would it be chorus
girlf Well, we shall soon find that
out. .st -. s..
He strolled up the narrow alley, and,
coming to broad double door of wood,
saw written above it in big red letters,
Stage Door," and on, bell be-
comparative quiet of the scene, the
few people about, and the darkness of
the passage beyond the door told him
that a rehearsal was in progress and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-05

not an actual performances. When he
read the bill Of the play, affixed to a
dirty board, he learned that on the fol-
lowing Wednesday evening, at $3.50 pre-
cisely, Mr.. Charles lizard would present
Eta Romney in the new play, clad
much of a playgoer, tho a recognized
frequenter of those houses devoted to
musical comedy, the count asked him
self If he had ever heard: the name of
Eta Romney before. He could not re-
member to have done so-but, while he
stood there, the stage doorkeeper came
out to smoke a pipe in the alley, and
to. him the count addressed himself
with that disregard of diplomatic ap-
adventurer. z->.~ +.
The young lady who just went in
think she is friend of mine''
sAh,' said the stage doorkeeper,
without taking his pipe from his lips.
+ eff you could tell me her name I
would send in my card. -
No doubt you would, said the
stage doorkeeper.
Nonplussed. the count stroked his
to tumble in his trousers pocket. 8
No good, = said the stage door
keeper, anticipating the offer, and then
bridling up as he recognized the kind
Of man he had to do with, he exclaimed
ssCome, it's time you went home to
dinner, amt. it; yon look hungry
i was going to give you FIVE shil-
ings,O said the count.
You keep 'em for your poor old
mother in the workhouse,', said the
stage doorkeeper, and he went within