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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
BADGER TRAMP-AUTHOR DIES.
Was Well Educated, but Could Not Help
Being a "Hobo"

Josiah Flynt Willard-the chronicler
of the "Wandcrlust," the Interpreter of
the joys of the care-frce life. the life
that knows no work or duty or respon-
sibility except the responsibility of
keeping alive-dled late the other night
at the kaiserhOf hotel in Chicago of
heart failure. He was a native of APP
pleton, Wis. 70 tens of thousands of
readers of the newspapers and maya
zines, both in this country and in Eu-
rope. Willard was known as Josiah
Flynt,' who offered to the world "A trans
latiOn of the meaning Of the tramp life.
Born of well-tO-do parents-his father
was Oliver Willard, a Chicago newspa-
per man, and his aunt Frances Willard.
the great temperance advocate gradu-
ate of Monmouth college and of Hell
delberg university, Willard chose the life
OF "A tramp because an irresistible longing
called him to ii.
\ wanderer he was as a boy. even he
fore he had completed his college educa-
ton \ wanderer he was as a man. All
the time however, he had an open note.
book beside him, and in it and in his
memory he recorded many phases of the
life he saw. subsequently TO give them IN
the public in writing. Over every coun-
try of Europe. from the North Sea to the
Caspian. and from ST. Petersburg to
ConstantnOple, Willard wandered. He
wandered-not as the "globe-trotter
wanderS, in trains de luxe" and staying
at the best hotels--hut in the guise of a
tramp. hobo" and he declared time
and again that he was able To under
stand social conditions better from the
back door point of view than from that
of the front.
In this country. too. the 'wanderluSt'
urged him on. From Vermont to Florl-
da and from Pennsylvania to the east
ern slope of the Rockies he knew this
country in way such as perhaps nc
Pacific slope he went only once, but that
was the only part of the United States
he did not know thoroughly.
Willard might, had he chosen, made a
large amount of money from writing.
His ihtmates have known him To make
$1,000 week lie could, il is said 10y
those who knew him best. have an an
nual income of $4,000 year in aud yeal
ont, 10y writing, But money had no
charms for him He wrote sufficiently
to give him spending money" Then he
wandered again.
His first book. which Immediately at
tracted attention, was ''TrampinG With
Irlmps.' This was a story exactly fitted
to its name. which sought To explain
something of the joys and sorrows-
chiefly joys. however-which Willard be
held in the lives of his brethren, the Tho
hoes
This work was published about four
teen years ago. when the writer was -
years od-his age at his death being IS
At that time he had been tramp fol
years. His regular beat" was from
Chicago 10 Denver. and he was known tc
the hoes" rs King of the Tramps.
His brain ana his education gave him
an influence and n standing that other
tramps might not exercise
His first book was followed 10y numer-
Gus magazine aud newspaper articles
Perhaps his most widely known volum,
is The World of Graft" Others of hi,
works were Powers that Prey" Note,
Of AN ltmcraut Policeman" ana The
it'll. I(,.nfbcr
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

whose face was as ugly as his misshapen
form. He addressed me, saying: "Zu.
leika has waited long Follow"
| followed hm-through marble pill
Jared halls, adorned in gold in myriad
devices, through chambers of distance
and length unknown to moderns. Past
cold marble statues of hideous face and
past Others of graceful forms. / heard
the signing of yestal maidens longing for
their lovers, and the groans of glad
iators dying to please monsters. | fol-
lowed on, and on, and heard the oar beat
in the triremes, and the chant Of the gal
ley slaves, and then there was brief,
oyerpowering silence. / followed.
Ny eyes smiled and my tired ears
knew the sound of purling brooks, and
listened to the songs of bulbul and of
green bird Perfumes came to me, the
rose of Asia, the lotus of Egypt, and
wearied with the senses, / rested at the
biddance of the guide on a heliotrope
crowned seat beside a fountain. 1t
sprayed sprinlling stream perfumed
with unknown odors, over leaping fish
which were sparkling III silver lake.
Enraptured with the gorgeous beauty
of the night drunk with its perfumes
and the melodies of its singing birds, |
waited to see Zuleika. She, that radiant
woman, the prototype of Helen of Troy,
the forerunner of Venus. This ''Daugh-
ter of the Gods" more beautiful thar
Cleopatra! Bidder as a guest, why
should | not wait and anticipate the Joy
of seeing this Incompatible paragon of
Womanhood!
Thus, in the keenest pleasure of my
fancy. | waited in the moonlight.
| waited and waited for the denoue-
ment, and waited, wondered, and so wait
ing was aroused by Fraser. who said:
what do you mean by talking about
Zuleika? Who is she? Is she a friend
of your wife's!"
said: 81 don't know" and looking
at my finger found the stub of a cigar.
cite, made in Russia and branded 'Zu-
leika."
1t had gone ont; Count Haljoneski, my
watch, my toilet articles and my Jewels
had gone with the cigarette
We tried to catch him. but did not. and
according to clubdom Fraser made good
for my losses, barring my tags, but am
always. and always shall be, waiting to
meet Zuleika face to face. | am always
and always shall be equally afraid of
Russian cigarettes and Russian counts
viii G. Taffender in San Francisco
News Ietter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
NURSERY RHYMES UP TO DATE.

Said johnny Jones to Sister Sue,
AN apple would go fine"
"A ripe one would said Johnny Jones.
No green ones more for mine.
Bye Baby Bunting.
Daddy's gone a-hunting.
Mama's yachting far away,
Perhaps you'll know them
Some fine day.
Old Mother Goose when she wanted 10
wander
Would ride through ;hc air on rnther lean
gander:
But young Mrs. Gouse takes her new auto
car
And rides thrice as fast and goes twice as
far.
Humpty Dumpty sat OB Il wall
And watched his home team playing ball
When Humpty Dumpty had great fall,
He thought he fell clear through to-
oh well he fell, he fell; that's all.
Peter. Peter, pumpkin eater,
Has wife and couldn't keep her,
He put her in a plaster east,
And there he kept her good ana fast
Twinkle. twinkle; little star
How ] wonder what you are,
RhinestOneS fine. or diamonds rare,
In that little widdy's hair
Robin and Richard were two pretty men,
Who lay in he'd till the clock struck ten.
Robin talked ''chiffons" and Richard gave
teas.
And SO. these sweet manlcts smart women
did please Town Topics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
Sneezes Self to Death.

Dennis Kelleher. big, streag ma
chinist, began sneezing at his work bench
in the Fletcher Marine shops at Hobo
ken He sneezed and sneexed each
sneeze growing louder and more violent
than it's predecessor.
The other men stopped work to laugh
at KeIleher's red, distorted face and cou-
vulSed shoulders. They were still laugh
ing when he gave a final mighty sueeze-
He threw his hands to his mouth and
dropped, with blood running out between
his fingers
Then the other men stopped laughing.
and one ran for 4 doctor aud another
for a priest. When the ambulance sur
geon arrived he said Kelleher had died
almost instantly. Some of the larger
blood vessels of toe head had been rup-
tured
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
INVESTIGATES Density of Earth.

John Fillmore Hayford of the Ameri-
can Coast and Geodetic Survey re-
Gently gave an account To the Interna-
tional Geodetc congress of his investiga-
tons of the density of the earth which
were based ON extensive observations
made in the United States during the past
half century An interesting result of
these observations as set forth by Mr.,
Hayford is the positive proof that the
United States is not maintained in its
position above sea level by the rigidity
of the earth but that the country is
buoyed up and floats because it is COM
posed Of material deficient in density.
1t was shown further that this light
materic probably extends To depth
OF seve ~ miles.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
HOME

want to go home
To my place in the hills;
TO the blue of the sky.
And the laugh Of the streams;
To the still noontides,
And the whispering nights;
Aud the rain on the leaves.
] want 10 go home
To a field | have seen
As the sun slipped down
To his fiery bed;
70 Q deep-cut road,
And laureled cove:
And the paths that | know.
| want to 90 home
Where the North wind sweeps
Through the sentinel trees.
And the bare bouehs creak;
And the Ice lies thick
On the mountain tops
In the light of the moon.
7 want to go home
To Il hoHse that ] know.
And some folks who sit
In the glow of a fire.
To some books on a shelf,
And some music and things
And my place by the hearth.
-Lcola Snow in American Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
Born in Him.

The LITTLE son of lawyer has finished
working an elaborate sum Oh the black
hoard. and, after the usual detailed eN.
plauation of the operation he concludes
with: Therefore. the answer is two
thousand six hourired aud forty five -
And can you prove lt:' asks the teach
er. The boy looked wise.
Prove itf Yes. ma'am. | will sub
poena the entire class as witnesses. hut
! must request poStponement for ten
DAYS in order to prepare my defense. -
life
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

If there is any truth in the report from
Rochester that Joe Cans. the champion
lightweight puglist, has lost all of his
recent big winnings on the gaming table,
the sporting public may soon expect the
dusky athlete to express willingness to
fight anybody for ANY old purse"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

In applauding suggestion that the
earnings of husbands be divided equally
with their wives the National Woman's
Suffrage Association, in convention at
Chicago gave the woman movement
slant toward the almighty dollar that
is inconsistent with the idea of IA pure
enjoyment of woman's rights.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The nearest surviving relative of Abra-
ham Lincoln in Indiana is Elijah Lin
coin of Fort Branch. cousin, who
strongly resembles the martyred Presi-
dent. He is six feet two inches tall, of
the lank and muscular Lincoln build
and though past the age of scventy-four
he is still vigorous and takes active in
terest IN general affairs. Like his ia
nous cousin, he is unpretcntious to Il
degree.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Caruso's contract guaranteeing him
$1,000 and $500 for each appearance,
with a minimum of fifty appearances
each season, is proof that the monkey
house incident had an advertising value,
after all.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Hereafter, according 10 legislative en-
actuicnt in that state, the people of lis
souri, who care TO be accurate will have
To pronounce the nar4e of their state
Missouri. giving the short sound of the
final Il" and clearly cnunciating the -
instead Of making it ~" This will inn
puse i verbal difficulty upon the men
who have been trying to imply a former
residence in that section by saying "Aliz-
zaura"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09
Shot a Horned Rabbit.

Herbert Johnson and John Greenwood
living at McPaul. while hunting Oh 81
bar in the Mississippi river SHOT horned
rabbit
The rabbit had the appearance Of ar
ordinary cottontail. but in the middle "t
its head it had a horn : inches in IenCt 3D..
The horn was about as big around al ms
base as 4 dime and tapered down y1 e.
sharp point. In color and substance
horn reSembled the horn Of q saeeP :
Paul Pioneer Press
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The rapidity with which marvellous
convenicnces become common in the
eyes of those who enjoy them is shown
in the growing of the passengers of the
Scandinavian-American liner Helig Olav
because several wireless messages were
not received and delivered
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Consul-General Michael writes from
Calcutta that both in British India and
in some of the native states Sir Lauder
Brunton's snake bite lancet" is giving a
good account of itself. "A report by one
person is TO the effect that within the
last year by the use of one lancet he
has saved the lives of twenty persons
bitten by cobras and karats."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The Montreal school which burned
with sixteen innocent children must have
been veritable fire-trap. The authori-
ties of cities are criminaly negligent
when they permit buildings of that char
acter to be used for schools.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The Kansas scientist who has To-
Gated the site of the Garden of Eden in
Yazoo county, Mississippi, is disloyal to
his own state. 1t would have been just
as easy to locate the garden in one of
the Kansas corn bottoms
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The travel off the rail is becoming
nearly as common as travel on the rail.
and it is far more exciting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The Kaiser probably wouldn't enjoy
elections rs much as he is said to have
relished the recent voting if he was in
any danger of losing his job through the
balIoting
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Harvard will play football next fall.
The Presidents recent speech in favor
of the rough sport seems to have decided
the matter. This will please the gridiron
heroes of the East, for football wouldn't
be football with Harvard out of the CON
test for the championship.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The dirt must be flying on the Isthmus
of Panama. The canal constructors are
Rsing dynamite as the rate of 10000
pounds month.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The University of Wisconsin boat
crew will not 20 to Pougkeepsie this
year, unless the student body contributes
heavily to purse TO cover the expenses.
Heretofore the football team has man
aged TO earn enough to pay the way Of
the navy. but things are different now.
with the finances of the gridiron aggr,-
cation. The reform which has kept the
football players at home may also com
pei the oarsmen 10 stay in Madison and
display their skill 10 their fellow stu
dents
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The story from the Saskatchewan
country of the freezing to death of Il
family of five. owing 10 lack of coal,
Is Il commentary upon conditions in the
w0odles8 regions of the north which
should recommend to would-hc settlers
the wooded section of Wisconsin. where
there are large areas of good farming
land not yet taken w, No settler in
Northern Wisconsin ever froze TO death
because of scarcity of fuel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

With Sir Thomas Upton ready, and
Kenneth NJ. Clark, another prominent
British yachtsman, preparing 10 butt
in the outlook for America cup racing
is particularly Interesting. There should
be 40 further delay in the arrangements
of the details of measurement reforms.
80 that when the challenging begins in
earnest, those who build boats can
do 50 with the assurance that the craft
will be worth something after the rae.
ing
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Ezra Hammond of West Woodstock.
Conn. is the oldest deacon of church
IN New England, having served the Con-
gregational church of West Woodstock
ia that capacity for the past half cen
fury. The latter part of this month
Deacon Hammond will celebrate his
lolst birthday. He will have as his
guest that day Benjamin Warner. an
old friend, who also lives in West Wood
last fnl.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Paris. Not liking the city. she would
not come After period of distressing
sorrow Castel says Angeles eyes made
him forget.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

1t took twenty-five leading Kan.
women just forty minutes TO husk forty
bushels of corn. They are prominent
members of the Methodist Episcopa
church. Henry Jacoby told the women
he would give them the corn if they
would husk il, They donned sunbonnetS
and aprons and went to work When
the job was finished the corn was stored
i'll the church belfry ami will be sold in
one-bushel lots at the church fair tn
highest bidders, for the benefit of the
church
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Weldon Locke, aged 23, was probably
fatally injured in peculiar manner
recently ut his home in Gouverneur,
y. l. lie laid down on Il couch, went
to sleep, rolled To the floor and exploded
4 revolver that he carried in his pocket.
The bullet entered his spine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Thieves have entered the famous
church of ST. Paul mt Treves. PRUSSIA.
through the vault of the martyrs. broken
open the tabernacle and stolen two
monstrances. One of them Napoleon
took from the MaXimilIian monastery
and gave to the church of st. Paul. The
thieves also took a golden cup and other
rare jeweled vessels used in the church
services and highly valued Some of the
articles stolen dated back to the seventh
century. No clew TO the identity of the
thieves has been obtained
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Believing in following the footSteps of
Adam, Prof. Max Kahn. !; physical in
structor of Colorado Springs, Colo. spent
Sunday in the mountains free from the
conventional dress uf the city. lie chose
Il spot on Cheyenne mnnntain FAR from
civilization. and spent IL day basking in
the bright sun of Colorado. Prof Kahn
has a rich red brown tint to his skin as
the result of his experience. but says
that it did him Il world of good lie
will take pupils into the mountains for
the sun baths durin. the summer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Whitecaps visited the home of Andrew
Miller. a Wheatland la blacksmith,
who had neglected his wife and three
small children. tied him to a tree, and
horsewhipped him. His neighbors had
repeatedly heard stories of restitution
of his family
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

The Nebraska House has passed a
bill prohibiting youths under Is years
from smoking cigarettes in public. \
penalty is provided.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

John u. Ellis. president of the senior
class at Cincinnati university. and pres
ideut of the University club. is no long
er president of the University Co-opera-
tive Book Store company at Cincinnatti
Back of his resignation is a story of
dividends greater than those of the
Standard Oil company.
President Dabney. Prof Hicks of thu
department Of economics. Dr. Evans If
the chemistry department. and most os
the other professors and several students
were the stockholders
y - per cent. dividend was paid mt
the end Of the first six months aud y
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

year from that time dividend Of 10
per cent.
Other stud hts complained that the
company had degenerated from stu
dents cooperative body to a business
concern. paying more dividends than
Standard Oil.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

Mrs. Iabrowski, wife of Pete Zabrows-
ki. Polish miner at Fork Ridge. Ky.
the other night gave birth 40 five chill
dren. three girls and two boys All of
the children are doing well.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

John Simms. MadisonvilIe. Ky.
farmer, is a believer in the Roosevelt
ant-race suicide idea. Last week baby
WAS born to Mrs. Simms. which makes
the seventeenth child. Eleven have been
bows and six girls. Ten boys and five
girls are living. Simms has been mar
ried twice.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-09

\ marriage recalling I romance and 4
tragedy took place At Paris, when Louis
CaStel one of the thirteen Survivors of
the Courriere> mine disaster, married
Angelo Mollaret. When Ca>tel was in
the depths of the mine lighting deSpera te-
~ for his life he called for his tiancee
Marguerite MouSSon Psychological stu
dents at the time debated if il were not
the great powe' If ipve that gave Castel
strength 10 iiShj for life, Yet he married
another woman. CaS;el gives "a simple
explanation. He found place a. office
attendant i'm the ministry az public works
and wrote u MarSugrli 90 COME To
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-11-28
Civil Service Commission.

The State Civil Servic e
Commission announces that a
general competitive exami-
nation will be given at the
Court House at Washburn on
Saturday, December 21st to
select a deputy game warden
for Bayfield, County.
The compensation for the
position of game warden is at
the rate of $3.50 per day and
actual necessary expenses.
All applications for blanks
and information should be
made 10 the Civil Service
Commission at Madison, Wis,
or to Supt. S. A. Oscar, A,
M. Warden or M. M. Sweet,
members of local board of
examiners at Washburn,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-11-28
HuStlund- d--EgSan

The marriage of Mr.. Oscar Eggan
of Superior to Miss Ashley Hust-
lund of this city was >o'emnized at
the Norwegian Lutheran church in
this city last Saturday evening. the
Rev. Chr. Christensen officiating.
The maids of honor were Jennie
Anderson, Mary Erickson and Inga
'Aune and the groomsmen were
Anton Hustlund, Carl Anderson and
Amos Hanson. The wedding was
performed in the presence of rela-
tives. and friends. The young cou-
pie willmake their home at Superior
After the ceremony wedding sup
per and reception was held at the
Masonic hall.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-11-28
Arrived Sunday Evening and Left
Sunday Morning..
Spent Some Time Looking
Over Line Il Arranging
for a New Depot.

The head officials of the North
ern Pacific railroad came TO this
city last Sunday evening in their
special train of three coaches
and stayed here until the follow
ing morning when they depart
ed for Duluth. While here the
officials spent a little time in
looking over their line and also
made some arrangements about
the depot that is to be built i'm
the spring. Among those here
were General Manager George
T. Slade, General Superinten
tendent E. w. Gilbert, Asst
Superintendent Newman Kline,
General Master Mechanic How
ard Curry. Superintendent E.
G. Blanchard. Supt. Bridges s.
Buildings" R.. e. McFarlane:
Road Master j. P. Mungavin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-11-28
M. E. Church Notes.

A special Thanksgiving SER
vice will be held at the church at
11.45 o'clock on Thanksgiving
morning to which all who desire
to return thanks to God are cor
daily invited. Every pers on
who reads this and all his or her
friends will be made welcome at
the Evangelistic Services now in
progress. Evangelist E. D.
Johnston of Croton, Canada, is
in charge, A prayer service is
held nightly at Z o'clock and this
is followed by preaching SER
vice at 7.3O o'clock. The singing
is an important feature in all
services. Come out and enjoy it
with your friends.
Christian people particularly
rare invited to the service next
Sunday morning and youn g
people to the evening service.
In place Of the Regular evening
service at the church, great union
|evangelistic service win be held at
the opera house at 1880 O'Clock.
The first half hour will be song
service lead by the chorous choir
and special musica. numbers will be
gi yen during the service. Evan2e-
list E. D. Johnson will sp eak on the
subject of "A Fast Young Man. |"
All persons in the city irl respective
of any church home or of no church
home are urged to attend this union
service at this common center, the
opera house.