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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-02-09
SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1907.
The lnterCostal Canal.

ion, Onalrnldl Oh tue EAocuti'e
Committee of the Iutercostal Ca
nal League for Louisiana, arrived
here, he was met at the depot
by some of our citizens and in the
evening discussed with them the
Canal proposition. The next NOR
ming he appeared before the Po-
ice Jury asking their assistance,
which was cheerfully given, aud
the same night attended meeting
of the Progressive League at the
New Era Club.
The visit of Mr.. Guedan here
was to seek information regarding
this section of country and learn
something regarding our wafer
ways.
The Intercostal Canal is "a gi-
gantic enterprise, starting from
the Gulf Coast a Brownville Tex
as, and ending on the Mississippi
River at Plaquemine. In LOuisi-
ana, from White Lake in Vermil-
lion, the plan is to enter the open
bays of Vermillion and Cote
Blanche, which are practically the
open gulf, and are very dangerous
to steamboat and barge naviga.
ton, this is why Mr.. Guedan is
trying TO interest the people of the
Teche to see if solution Of this
dangerous problem cannot be sol.
we'd by an inland route Instead oil
the bays.
From the bays the canal is plan.
ID to enter the Teche at Frank,
IN.
In studying the country from
no Vermillion. with the assistance
Of maps and surveyors, it was
ound that a practical sOlatioI
ould be reached by making ba
,ous Vermillion and Teche part oil
be Canal. From White lake the
anal could enter bayou Vermil
ion and follow that stream up to
Anse-la- Butte or TO point neal
AXE Martin, near Breaux Bridge
and enter the Teche at that point
his plan would take in Breau,
5ridge, st. Martinville, Loreau
lille. New Iberia, Jeanerette, Cha
enton, Franklin, Patterson and
dorgsn City, il would pass through
ne of the finest country in tn,
uth, avoid the dangerous bayi
d give the benefit of this grea
.oject to the entire Attakapat
ountry.
The people of the entire Techs
)uutry should take immediate
Fps to see if this plan cannot b<
resented to the engineers il
large of this proposed work anG
ave them adopt this inland route
stead Of the bays, this change
puld deprive no section of the
vantage of the canal, on the con.
ry, it would immensely increase
usefulness.
The st. Martin Police Jury has
!e an appropriation in favor OF
league, and has appointed a
Imittee to have surveys made
u the Vermillion to the Teche.
ONE years hack. when We had
er water ways, We remember
the large barges would come
with coal, earthen wares,
elwriSht material. flour, lime,
cement aud all kinds of mer-
disc aud sell 10 our merchants
Try low prices, as the iranspor-
~ cost was almost nothing ms
pared today with the high
Dad rates.
ar people feel very enthusiast
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
0kapi Specimens.

Another specimen of the okapi has
been added to the exhibited series Of
animals in the Natural History museum
at South Kensington. making three in
all of this remarkable creature now to
be seen in that institution. This latest
acquisition .aiS--tho- specimen obtained by
the AleXander-G Costing expedition on the
river Welle, in the northern-most corner
of the Congo Free State, some hundreds
Of miles from the nearest place where
examples of the okapi have hitherto been
feHnd. The Welle species, as seen in
the clevcrly mounted specimen ut South
Kensington, is a good deal darker than
the specimens from the lturi and Sem
Tiki forests, and may turn out to he II
distinct local race of the animal. The
Alexander Gosling specimen has n fur
Their interest attached to it in being the
only one of the okapi captured by q
white man first hand, all the other skins
in Europe having been obtained through
natives. Some leaves of the plant on
which the okapi feeds collected by X. Il.
Woosnam during his recent journey
from Ruwenzori TO the Congo, have also
been placed On view in the museum
London Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
MEMS CORSET BILLS.
They Are Always Paid-Coaxing Mans
Figure Into Shape.

Since corsets are generally regarded as
exclusively destined for feminine wear,
it may come as surprise to many read
ers TO learn that the annual corset bin of
many a smart man is much larger than
that of the average smart woman This
is, nevertheless, a fact.
\ leading corsetiere who supplies most
Of them put down good customers bill
at $3.50 year. Let no one imagine that
1t is only tops who wear them.
The majority of wearers are military
men, who, | learn, require greater
amount of padding than civilians. 9th
ers are ordinary well dressed men. given
TO manly sports and by no means effemi-
nate.
\ mans figure has to be gradually
coaXed into shape and is first of all put
into soft silk corset with scarcely any
bones, until he attainS by degrees to the
full glory of the perfect figure. This
process usually takes three months, and
five special makes of corSetS are en-
ployed in the development, or perhaps it
would be more accurate TO say the ne
preston of the figure.
The corsetere TO whom | am indebted
for this information is loud in praise of
her male clientele. They are not tidgety,
they have good taste, and no matter what
other bills they leave unpaid she is al
ways sure of her money. possibly because
few men would dare face a summons
from such quarter.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

saw what was lying there, started back
with an awful fear at nv heart. Could
that wasted figure be Queenie? The
waving masses OF golden hair were gone,
the lashes of her eyes swept cheeks that
were as white as snow.
By violent effort l contrived to mas
ter my emotion-warned TO doing so by
the nurae's gesture. Then | leaned over
the bed and said softly:
Queenie My little love!''
There was suppressed passion of ten
derness in my words, and took her tiny
hand in both mine, pressing my lips to it
lovingly.
Queenie stirred measily. Suddenly her
beautiful eyes opened and she gazed
straight into mine. There was no sur
prise in their depths. only a great con-
tent.
q knew you would come-at last
dear" she whispered. kiss me good
bye"
Not goodbye, darling" | returned in
an agony of fear. Say good-night--you
will live for my sake"
A gentle smile as she chung feebly to
my hand Then the smile died out and
she fell asieep--as a tired child might
have DONE"
Il think you have saved her." the
nurse whispered earnestly. "She will
sleep now for hours.''
Silently. with hearts overbrimming
with thankfulness, we two men left the
room. When outside, we gripped each
others bands in sympathy, the tears
rolled down our cheeks unchecked. The
little girl was very dear to us both.
Queenie came out of the Valley of the
Shadow. Very slowly health and
strength came back to her | took up
my quarters in the house, and was never
away from the side of the girl | loved
except when the nurse absolutely turned
me out of the room.
Later, Queenie told me her brothers
history. He had got into a fast set, ran
through what little money his father
had left him, gambled, drank, and, in a
fit of mad despair, had forged a friends
name to a bill.
Then he disappeared hiding his iden-
tity from everyone except his sister. of
whom he was passionately fond Brave
little soul as she was, Queenie went out
as governess, while her brother worked
night and day in untiring effort to buy
back the forged bill.
Then the unexpected happened; there
fell TO him legacy--it seemed like a
lump Of happinss dropping from the
skies. Radiant, and unable to wait and
write his coed news, he had at once
rushed off to tell his sister. meeting her
beneath the trees-an interview which I
had seen and partly overheard.
Humility. 1t is not the word for it. |
felt that | could fare on humble pie the
rest of my hfe-and deserve to- But
my little girl would have none of it, in
sisted that she was as much to blame as
/ was.
Blanche? M'wen, we are not speaking
as we pass by-just now. She'll come
round in the end, of Burford
Delannoy, in NJ. A. p
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
TRAPPING IN A CAVE.
Coon, Rabbit, 0ppossum, Fox, Skunk and
Weasel Caught There.

The cave on the Warriors Ridge in
Port Township is a wonderful work of
nature" writes a Pennsylvania trapper
in Hunter Trapper Trader. ''rThe en-
trance is so small that one would take it
for a fox den. and a man has to lie
down fiat in order to get into it. 1t goes
down sixty feet to mud and water, and
then you have to climb up over muddy
rocks and banks to get to the far end.
There is a stream of clear water run
ming across the far end of this cave. The
roof is sixty feet high and is a solid rock
of limestone and full of white stalactites
The cave is full of animals. The
grounding, the coon. the ra bbit. the opos-
sum and fox, the skunk and the weasel
are all there, and have caught some of
each in this cave. | set traps inside.
The animals stay in different cracks
and seams in the rocE; some climb al
most to the surface of the ground, and
others go downward. They all have
their dens inside this large cave. 1t is
very warm in the winter. A man will
sweat the coolest day of winter and there
is a steam coming out of the entrance on
cold days.
Il had to hunt for weeks before
found the entrance. 1 was told where it
was supposed to be and yet | had great
time finding it. | went in with a rail-
road torch. and ! was surprised to find
it so large. It runs back half a mile
and the roof and walls are of solid
rock.
In it 1 got seventeen bats in their
winter sleep, and sold them for 81 each
l also got some opossum and ground
hogs. which | sold to them at 81 a head.
They wanted TO examine their nervous
system in their long sleep
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
Living Snow.

One of the most curious sights in
Northwestern Canada is that of living
snow. There curious phenomenon is
seen in the appearance of millions of
minute black insects when a thaw oc-
ours. During the winter the snow is dry
and crisp. like sand. and nothing what
ever can be discovered of these insects.
but as soon as a thaw comes they are
found everywhere in large patches. look
ing like a busting of SCOT. They are gem
orally known as snow fleas. or jumpers.
and have slight hopping powers, being
able to leap three or four inches. They
entirely disappear when it freezes again.
and not trace of them can be found.
They do not fall with the snow, as there
may have been no snow for a month or
more before their arrival. and are prob
ably something similar to the red snow
of the Arctic regions.-Dundee Adver-
:iser.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
"Get Wise. "

"A Laramie woman went to the the
alter the other night with some friends,
but when they We're seated she was sep
Grated from her friends by a man and
woman who seemed TO pay no attention
to each other. The woman figured out
that if the two people would sit over a
seat she could sit with her friends.
Bracing up her nerve, she said sweetly
TO the man. Beg pardon, are you here
alone:" The man stared at the curtain
as if he were drawing a salary for i.
Il beg pardon" the woman said. a little
louder. are you aloueE' Get wise"
whispered the man hoarsely through the
extreme corner of his month. This -
my wife Laramie Boomerang.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

recently at Bishoptone, Eng, ait the age
of 53, was a famous bandmaster and was
reputed one of the finest classical schol-
ars in England, In 1877 he went to st.
PauIs school as assistant master and
remained there six years. During this
period or shortly after he published
number of scholarly editions of the class
les, from Caesar to Babrius. In 1888
he was elected to a post at Oxford, but
in the same year he succeeded DR..
Charles Broderick Scott as headmaster
of Westminster school, where he re-
manned till 1901. when he resigned be
cause Of i'll health. Few English schol-
airs of his day were better known in con-
tinental countries.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
He Didn't Care.

The usual large crowd was gathered
at the New York end of the Brooklyn
bridge, waiting for the trolley cars. Au
elderly lady. red in the face clustered
ana fussy. dug her elbows into conven-
lent ribs. irrespective of owners. \ fat
man ON her left was the recipient of n
particularly vicious jab. She yelled at
him. Say. He WINGED slightly and
moved 10 one side. She. too. sidestepped
and thumped him vigorously on the back.
Say" she persisted, does ii make any
difference which OF these cars | take to
Greenwood cemetery Not to me,
madam. he answered, slipping through
an opening in the crOwd.-Bellman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

The resignation of David Hutcheson.
for many years superintendent of the
public reading room in the library of
Congress, has been announced. Mr..
Hutcheson is "a years old and he gives
advancing age and Il desire for travel
and recreation as the reasons for re-
signing his post He has been iii con-
tinuous service at the library since 1874,
in which year he came to the United
States from London and was employed
for brief period by Il bookseller in
Brooklyn. During his term of service
in the library Of Congress, Mr.. Hutcheson
has been remarkable for his wide knowl-
edge of books and authors and for his
tenacious memory. In accepting his
resignation librarian Putnam declared
that it would be impossible to fill Mr..
Hutcheson's place adequately,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

The tremendous meteor which swept
into the sea from the heavens at ANA
ganzett, Long Island, and emitted what
is described as a missing roar" as it
cause huge breakers to go tumbling
shoreward. may have been new seaside
resort attraction aiming for the tradi-
tional sea serpent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

Mrs. Perry Starkweather of Minneapo-
lis has been made special woman labor
inspector for Minnesota. The position
was provided for in bill passed by the
last Legislature. There are $4,000 women
employed in shops and factories in Min
nesota, and Mrs. Starkweather's task
will be to look out for them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

The death is announced at Lamoine,
Me-. of Isaiah Young, the oldest
resident of that town. He was ninety
seven years of age. Young's grand
father, Elkanah Young, was one of the
Boston Tea party. He is survived by
widow, aged ninety-three.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

A gift to the town of Gorham, Me-.
of library to cost $4,000 has been
made 10y former Mayor james 2. Baxter
Of Portland. 1t is situated ON the site
of the Baxter homestead, where the
donor was born. The Baxter home will
he moved to the rear of the lot and
fitted by Mr. Baxter as a museum for
relics. Of the Revolutionary and Civil
wars etc.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

The football committee is at work in
New York city on next falls schedule
and the task is said 10 be almost com
pleted The gridiron game has been
much improved by the changes in the
rules, and its advocates are looking for
ward TO a season in which the wisdom
Of the changes will be still further de-
monstrated
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

Miss Ethel Roosevelt. who will make
her debut at the grand ball to be given
at the White House January /, will
wear ON this occasion a gown of sheer
handkerchief linen, which all agree is
eminently in accord with her seventeen
summers. This dainty gauze fabric is
being embroidered and made by hand by
sisters Of Catholic nunnery, personal
friends of hers. She will leave school
for her presentation ball, but this will in
10 way interfere with her graduation in
June.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

Among the Legion of Honor appoint
ments and promotions in connection with
July IA, the anniversary of the fall of
the Bastile. is the appointment of Mr..
Bing, an American merchant, as n chew
alier, and the promotion of Frederick Ar
thur Bridgman, the artist, and John
Wanamaker of New York and Philadel-
phia 10 the rank of officers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

In conducting a 100-mile cruising race.
the Lake Winnebago yachtsmen have Civ
en- proper recognition TO the craft that
are designed for service as wen as for
racing. The fact that a 100-milc race
can be arranged on Lake Winnebago
is evidence of the superior advantages
for yachting which are afforded by that
lake and its adjacent waters.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

Those who welcomed the internal COM
bustion engine for small power boats, be-
cause it obviates the use of steam boil
ers, which sometimes burst, are probably
finding reason to alter their views some
what, in the increasing number of dsas-
trous explosions on gasoline launches.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
Fined Trying TO Save Hat.

At LebiCh police court a man was re-
Gently fined fl and costs for having
pulled the trolley pole Of an electric
framcar CT the overhead wire To stop
the car because a mans hat had been
blaXv17 off
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

The Belgian government has appro-
rriated S2S,200,OO0 to carry out plans
which when completed will make Ant
werp the largest harbor in Europe.
Twenty-eight millions is a large amount,
but in this instance it will be well ex-
pended
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

SIR Caspar Purdon Clark of the New
York Museum of Art has returned from
Europe and brings the information that
]. p. Morgan's present fancy in collect
ing is for French snuff boxes and medal
Hons
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
The Conductors Argument.

Old Gumleigh 0o conductor, who has
Just given him his tickeu-Young man.
Land the first foundation of my fortune
Try saving tram fares, L
Conductor-Ah. sir, that may ne So.
but You must remember that a conductor
couldn't do that sort of thing nowadays
with these bell punches and the check
yStem.-Skeaeh
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
BUMPS.


Baby, he fell out of bed,
oh, the bumpety bumps!
Missed his feet and hit his mead,
oh, the bumpety bumps!
Baby's voice rose clear and strong,
Con fu2co loud and long,
This is the burden of his song
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
Oh, the bumps the bumpety bumps.
Coming in clusters and coming in clumps,
Landing baby boy into the dumps;
oh, the bump, bump, bumpety bumpsl
IL
Little laddie stubbed his toes.
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
Sidewalk hit him on the nose,
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
Sidewalk, that was mean of you;
Let me rub the sore spot, do
Shall we rub the sidewalk, too?
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
Stub off his toes; he'll be stumbling the
Is that nose, or Just one of his Jumps?
Oh, the bump, bump, bumpety bumps.
Went to school twas all the same;
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
In the college football game
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
When the captain gave his yell,
Others understood ii well.
But TO us it seemed TO tell
"0h, the bumpety bumps!''
Oh, the bumps, the bumpety bumps,
Backed like camel and covered with
humps,
Nothing at all but a bundle of thumps,
oh, the bump, bump, bumpety bumps
Nv.
Fell once more and fell in love,
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
You know what I'm singing of,
Oh, the bumpety bumps!
When he wooed she never heard,
He insisted, she demurred,
But at last she spoke this word,
"Oh, the bumpety bumps!'
Oh, the bumps, the bumpety bumps
Hearts We're his suit, but clubs were
trumps;
Poor little heart with a sad case of mumps
Oh, the bump, bump. bumpety bumps!
Edmund Vance Cooke in July National
Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31
Cop enhagsl Fights Rats.

The municipality OF Copenhagen has
o9ened war on rats and VIII pay IL
cents for every tail. The breeding Of
rars for their tails IS a criminal offense.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

A general order has been ordered from
the War Department assigning to the
several branches of the service this
years graduates of the United States
Military academy. These assignments.
which carry the rank Of second heuten-
ant. Include nine To the corps of engi-
necrs, headed 10y Cadet James Gordon
SteeSe of Pennsylvania; SIX to the held
artillery, headed - Cadet'Ednn East
man lIltchett Of Massachusetts; eight
een 70 the coast artillery corps. headed
by Cadet Richard Herbert Somers Of
New Jersey; twcuty-sjN to the cavalry
arm headed by Cadet Henry Lee Wat
son OF Ne" Jersey, and hfty-two to the
II arm, headed 10y Cadet Leslie
Eastman ''N
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

British naval architects seem to be
adopting the turbine engine with enthu-
siasm. y torpedo boat has been con-
structed for the royal navy which it is
said will be able to maintain a speed of
thirty-tive knots an hour In view of
this expected achievement, and the per
formances of the battleship Dreadnaught
and the Cunard steamer Iusitania, the
confidence of the British engineers is
justified. American engineers are doubt
full because the turbine engine is deli
cate affair, despite lis great efficiency
for certain kinds of work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

Antonio Baroni, an Alpine guide, has
retired after more than thirty-two years
of plotting the tourists of the world over
all the difficult Alpine reaches on the
Italian side. He was born in 1888, when
virtually the whole of northern Italy be-
longed to Austria, and his early man
hood was spent in the Austrian army.
But with the liberation of Lombardy in
1859 he took service with Sardinia under
Charles Albert, and after several years
of fighting, which ended in the subjuga-
ton of the two Sicilies, he took his dis
charge. In 1874, whether by choice or
necessity. he began life afresh as a guide.
Disdaining to confne himself to his own
Lombard hills, he made himself familiar
with the whole of the Italian mountain
chain, and piloted his clients over all the
most difficult ascents, from Monte Rosa
to Antelao, and from the Piedmontese
ice peaks to the Doomites of Galore.
He was one %of the first to master the
risky Croda da Lago. In 1902 the Der
gamo section of the Italian Alpine club
voted him a gold medal, and last year,
feeling the chils of age growing upon
him, he followed the example of that of
Bergamo, presenting to Baroni a hand
some testimonial in gold This was
handed to him at public dinner given
in his honor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

a Bonn student, he was on his way TO
Balr1oral on visit to the Queen.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

Advertising pays. Try Il.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-31

oh, the bumps, the bumpety bumps,
Coming in clusters and coming in clumps.
Landing a baby boy into the dumps:
oh, the bump, bump, bumpety bumps!