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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Wasted oratory.

A young curate who had recently
taker orders was appointed to a church
where the vicar was extremely energetic
so much so that when he had been there
six months he had never had a chance
of preaching. This. he though. was
very hard lines, as he felt sure that he
had the making of great orator in him.
One day, however, his vicar told him
that there would be a child to christen
the next Sunday afternoon, and that as
he (the yicar) would be engaged else
where. it would be left to the curate
to conduct the service. Now" he
thought to himself. IF l am not al
lowed to preach, l will at least avail
myself of this opportunity to let some
portion of the congregation know what
my oratorlcal powers are"
The cventful afternoon arrived: the
child's father, mother, uncleS and aunts,
godfather and godmother stood round
the font. The service went very well
until he had to take the child in his
arms. He took hold of it as if it were
a torpedo, and then delivered himself
of this Grafton:
MY dear brethren. before / proceed
to christen this child | would like to
address a few words to the sponsors as
to its future welfare. 1t is an old say
father TO the man. Now, this infant |
hold in my arms may, if properly
trained, rise to great eminence. He might
one day, if well brought up, get into
Parliament and become a second Bal
four or Campbell Bannerman. and pass
such laws as would be of benefit to the
whole British empire; or, again, he
might become great soldier and emu
late the deeds of Kitchener or Lord Rob
erts. Should he go into tue church he
might eventually become Archbishop of
Canterbury or a great missionary, and
be the means of converting thousands OF
souls.
IF he enter the medical profession,
why should he not be a Jenner or a
Pasteur. or man like Harvey, who dis
covered the circulation of the blood
Should he turn his attention to COM
merce. what is there TO prevent him be-
coming lord mayor of London:
AS a scientific man he might be a
Newton or an Edison. What is the
ehild's namefv
MARY Anne, please. sir"
The baby fell into the font--Tit- Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
An Apt Quotation.

Representative John Sharp Williams
tells of an old darby whom he once en-
eountered in railroad station at
Charleston, and whom the congressman,
expecting to remain in town but few
minutes, desired to take note TO a
friend in the city.
Are ye sure You know where the
house isY" anNiously inquired Mr.. VIII
liams. II want my friend to get the
note at once
'Well. sah,f answered the negro, with
roll of his eyes, II on'y wisht | had
as many doHahs as 1 knows wher dat
house is, sah."-The Circle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The naval ordnance bureau reports the
completion of plans for new hosting ar-
rangements upon turret vessels, embrac-
ing twenty-eight battleships, thirteen
armored cruisers and ten monitors, hav-
ing in all one hundred and seventy six
turrets, As these changes were die
tated as a result of the revelation Of
danger to the magazines, by sew
eral turret explosions through what
are styled ''flare-b backs" the big ships
Of the feet going to the Pacific must
operate their guns with these dangers
in view while they are on the voyage.
As foreign ships have ammunition hoists
which obviate the danger of fire getting
into the magazines, it is surprising that
American designers have been making
SO serious a mistake in the construction
Of many ships.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
THE USE OF AUNTs.
The Best Person for the Boy or Girl n
Go to Get an Honest Opinion

A little girl, writing a composition an
the subject of 'Aunts," began her ser;oi,s
work thus: "Aunts is of use for saa;,,
childerns falts."
Many mothers resent the criticisms Ne
aunts as regards their children. As to
the right of aunts to find fault wi.b
children as compared Will. the right
OF mothers to defend the children against
the fault-hnding, that can be decided
only IN concrete cases. 1t all denands
There are ill-natured women who annnor
to take pleasure in fault-finding. ANA
sometimes these women will find their
way into the ranks of aunts But after
all is said. it may be taken for granted
that the great majority of aunts. like
mothers, are well-intentioned, and that
their criticisms of nephews and nieces
might often be turned to the profit of the
young people.
A mother should not let her jealousy If
her mothers rights and privileges blind
her to the real interests of her chill
dren. She should remember that in ar
DER OF nature she exists for the children
not the children for her. If Aunt MI,
randa makes an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS re-
mark about Johnny or Minnie. or com
pares the two unfavorably with the De-
Lancy children, it is for mother to weigh
the criticism dispassionately. "Odious"
as comparisons are held to be, they figure
extensively in the things of life. ana
mother must recognize their business. and
the certainty of her children's coming nm
der their rule sooner or later. OF ono
thing mother may be assured: if her chill.
dren do not appear well in the eyes of
their aunt, they do not appear any bet
ter to impartial outsiders. For know
ing her children's heart qualities, mother
has the vantage ground; but an aunt.
especially if she does not make her home
in the family, but comes to the house
as visitor, is in a better position TO
judge the children as regards externaIs.
In certain family there was GER
tam maiden aunt who had q way of
suggesting to her sister that the Precious
Dariings were not all that well-bred chill.
dren ought to be. Mother stood by" her
children with so much vigor that aunty
round y more comfortable to take her
sell away. A few years passed One
OF the darliags was a boy that mother
dotted on. "a return, the boy loved
mothtr very rearly. When he was Il
he had 2 titficulty at school Brought
up to believe that he was always right.
it argued well for the lads natural hon
esty that he had his misgivings now as
to his innocence. But he was a proud
boy, and the thought of apologizing t.
the teacher was repugnant to him. He
wanted advice. His father was not at
home. Not to his mother did this trou-
bled boy go, but across the city, riding
miles over car-lines to the home of his
aunt
You see. aunty," he explained when
he had set the matter before her, 1T
wouldn't have been a bit of use to ask
mother. | wanted an opinion that
counts. And you-well, with dry
little smile-''you used to be able to put
your finger on a fellows weak spots -
Jane Ellis Joy in Mothers Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Killing Off Savage Sled Dogs.

Malamute dogs, deprived of sufficient
food, have become so ferocious in Nome
that the northern camp has been COM
PEELED to establish a pound and to take
up all dogs whose owners will not care
for them.
Unless the dogs can be tanned they are
shot. Scores of valuable dogs have al
ready been killed this winter, and before
spring it is believed hundreds will have
to be shot to make Nome safe for wom-
en- and children.
A score or more of women and children
have been attacked by half-famished
Malamutes, and it is almost unsafe for
children to wander about town unprotect-
ed. Even men have been attacked at
times by the dogs and only heroic
measures adopted by the town will pre-
this winter. 1t was this that led the
Nome council to order the hungry dogs
Oregonian.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

IN the form of paradox by daola.
that tine more the conditions oSr'"1lng
proved. the worse the disease ~ I'M.
but then inconsistency adds thar I tiL'
PLANTATION is evident, and ada, ,'e ex-
the explanation the theory that oT as
improvements are more than off,. ne
the qeleterIous effect of the stean "
which IS carried throughout the meat 3eat
ship. 1t says: '"e modern
Inc old-style sailor, breathing cold o,.
and never living in heated rooms o u ar,
parentiy so vigorous from this can ""s up
ne was not injured to a great degree NJ, ia, Ia.
81 the raetofs usually considered bar5n, %ny
~ VI course ne had other diseases. and aT ~
denies of ship fever Were now ana p,u cpl
dreadful, but the cold air prevented linen ,nen
culosis. The life of the sati tuber-
formerly regarded as curative. Suspec Tas
cases OF luperculosls Were sent on IonI
sea voyage, but they promptly ger v iTs
In the hot modern ship. 90 worse
Overheated houses are undouhfadl,.
little conducive to health as overL - as
ships. The jewellers in them bava S ,,'S'zl
space than is afforded by fine cro, ,ilofe
quarters of the sailor. and mora T ,peu
but the hot dry air of CLOSELY sbnt n,'
apartments is as enervating on tbe J,r W
as on the sea. and makes the systa,o
more Vulnerable to the onsIaugbts nf
deadly microbes and bacilli. esnaci,1I.,
losis. W '0Oe'cu-
To many of the jewellers on shore ~,
well as to those who go down 70 tbe
sea in ships" the greatest donger nc
winter has come to be, amid modern o W.
tificial conditions, not the natural cola
but the artificial heat, in coniunctio,,
with inadequate ventilation.
Let everyone who cares for health no
constantly on guard against overbeatip,
and contaminated air.-Evening Wiscone,
sin. Milwaukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
His Only Chance.

Capt John %. Pillsbury, the navy
boards new member, said the other day
in Washington of recruit who could
not shoot:
THE sergeant tried the fellow first at
500 yards, and ne failed to come within
mile of the target.
"Then he was tried at 800 yards. then
at 200, then at 100; and his last shot
was worse. if possible, than his first.
"The sergeant looked at him disgust
eddy, got very angry, and, walking up
close to him. shouted in his face:
Attention. Fix bayonet! Charge
the target! It's your only chance -
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Production of Silver.

The total production of silver in the
United States during 1906 is given as %,
$4,000 fine ounces of the commercial
value of S3S, $685. 400. as against 56.lgl'-
600 fine ounces of the commercial va. ne
of S34. 221. 976in 1908. The net gain IN ttte
production of silver over that OF l'p'
was 416,300 ounces. There was an ~
crease in the production of silver during
1906 in Arizona of 363, 500 ounces; Cdl-
fornia, 435,500 ounces: Idaho. iAo,ot"
ounces, and in Utah, 1,1SS,200 ounces
The greatest loss in the prodde-
ton of silver during the year was u
Montana. amounting to 914.4OO ounce.
and in Colorado of 495, 400 ounces. ~
average price of silver for the calendar
year 1905 was S0.61O27 per ounce. rs
against $0.675.31 for the calendar gar
1906.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

supremacy, with big battleships carrying
many guns OF the heaviest caliber. The
manufacturers of guns and projectiles
win be interested salso, as the discovery
puts the armorers ahead of their game.
and makes it necessary for them do to
better in the future. so that naval war
riers may not have to initiate the pugi-
lists in wEat is styled ''in-fighting," or
humping each other at close quarters,
as was in vogue in the days of John
Paul Jones'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Fooled Again.

One day during an examination q Keen
eyed teacher observed one Of bis pupha
take out his watch every minute or W.,
The pedagogue grew suspicious. iua.'3
he strobe slowly down the aisle 'o-
stopped IN front of Willie's desk.
Let me see your watch. ne e-
manded.
Yes, sir, was the meek reply. .t,
The teacher opened the front Of the
case. He looked somewhat Sleeps,
when he read the single word, ''Fooieo.
But he was a shrewd man. tie
not to be thrown off the scent SO cas-
He opened the back of the case. 1 +,
he was satisfied. There he read: It '.''~
again. Illustrated Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Wall.

am not old.
l am not cross:
My wifes no scOld
Nor does she boss.
My friends are true
No debts / owe;
LIES sky is blue
Wherever | go.
And vet / take
A jaundice-view;
seem to ache
From hat 20 shoe.
My eyes are wet
With unshed tears,
A clarinet
Sounds in my ears.
NJ duties cloy,
I'm very sad;
I'm sure real Joy
never had.
The common lot
! now abhor;
/ know not wnat
I'm living for.
] have no eye
For worldly pelf;
I'd like to die
And leave myself
They're few that care
What ! may do,
Who're nursing their
Hay fever, too.
Emily Frances Smith in New York Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

Rev. DIR. Reuen Thomas. pastor of
Harvard Congregational church, Brook
line, Mass, who died suddenly Novem-
Der 81 was born at Walmly, Warwick
shire, England, June IA, 1910. His
ancestors were representatives of old
Warwickshire families He was edu-
Gated at the grammar school, Sutton,
Coldfeld. Warwickshire; then in Uni
versity college. London, from which he
was graduated in 1862, with the degree
of NJ. A., later getting a Phi. ID. by ex-
animation from Rostock university,
1865. He received in 1887 the honorary
degree of ID, ID. from Bowdoin. DR.
Thomas began his ministry as assistant
to Rev. Newman Hall, LII. B., of Christ
church. London, afterwards being pastor
of Berkley Congregational church, Liv-
erpool, whence he was called to succeed
Rev. Andrew Reed u. D., the great
philanthropist at Wycliffe chapel, Lon
don He was called to Harvard church,
Brool.line. in 1875, where he had re-
NAMED ever since DIR. Thomas was
the author of Through Death to Life
Divine Sovereignty" "Grafenburg PEG.
pie" aud several other works
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The city of Buffalo has acceded to
demand by the women teachers of that
city for equal pay for equal work. In
stead of going to Albany and carrying OF
a campaign among the legislators, the
teachers devoted themselves to the au,
thorities of their own city and succeeded
in accomplishing what the New York
teachers failed to achieve after a spectac-
ular struggle in which serious fric-
ton developed between the teaching
force and the school board. 1t will be
recalled that Gov. Hughes vetoed the
bill of the New York educators on the
ground that the responsibility for dealing
with the appealing women teachers
rested upon the authorities. Perhaps
now the teachers of New York city will
apply themselves in that direction. But
they will have to wait until new set
of school authorities have appeared upon
the scene, as the troubles incident to
their last campaign make it unlikely that
the existing school directors will grant
La request for equal pay for equal
work"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The bridge which collapsed at Wash
ington, Pennsylvania, carrying eight
ironworkers to death, was wrecked by
high water which washed away the
false work that supported it. Were the
accident due to structural weakness there
would be fresh alarm as to the safety
Of the cantilever type, of which the
bridge recently wrecked at Quebec was
an extreme example.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

a man who when asked what profess
sion or business he followed gave his oc-
cupation as a bookworm was sentenced
prisonment for stealing volumes from
the public library. And yet there are
librarians who argue for the open shelf.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The statement of Sir Thomas Suther-
land, president of the. Peninsula &
Oriental Steamship Company, that the
entire traffic of the companys steamers
between Bombay and Japan has been OBJ
sorbed by japanese competitors, confirms
the predictions that were made in re-
gard TO Oriental marine traffic when
Japan determined to become factor in
the worlds shipping industry.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Many Japs in Korea.

The Japanese residents in Korea now
number 10000. aud the trade between
the two countries is already worth more
than $l6.a00.0 900 year The work COW
ers the reform Of the local administsa-
uon and police service, the development
of education. mining and industries IN
general, and read making and other pub.
lie civil engineering works.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

News of successful preliminary test
of Prof. Alexander Graham Bells te-
trahedral aeroplane near Baddeck, Cape
Breton, will increase popular interest in
the Professors experiments Lieut.
Selfridge of the United States Navy.
assembled in the kite, and was able to
maintain its equilibrium The next step
will be the installation Of an engine in
the promising contrivance, and fight
without tie aid of leading strings.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
The ereatest DANCER Of Winter.

The sea gives a warning to the land.
Medical authorities are alarmed at the
increase of tuberculosis among men EN-
ployed in the navy In the old days of
sailing ships it was practically unknown.
though the sailors were overcTOwded in
the dark. ill-ventilated lower decks. and
had bad food. and We're not as now.
carefully selected men. subjected TO rigid
physical tests before enlistment
American Medicine puts the situation
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

High school fraternities will probably
go out of existence in Minnesota, follow
ing the district court decision affirming
the validity of the law which prohibits
their existence. The frat" should be
barred from all educational institutions
supported by the tax-paying public.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The wife Of Nansen the explorer and
diplomat died at his home in Norway
while he was representing his country's
interests in London. The mother of
Secretary Taft died at her home in Ohio
while he was absent from the United
States on tour unexampled in 9fplo-
matte history, because it will involve the
decentralization of the globe. There
will be wide sympathy for the two well
known men thus bereaved while exna-
triated by reason of public duties.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

Rev. William Salter. ID. D., delivered
an interesting historical sermon in the
First Congregational Church of Burling
ton, Iowa, on the occasion Of his eighty
sixth natal anniversary, in the course of
which he stated that ON his way out west
from Massachusetts he passed a Sunday
in Milwaukee, where he was entertained
by Rev. Stephen ID. Peet. In discussing
the conditions at his destination, Mr..
Peet told him that Iowa consisted of a
narrow strip of good land along the
Mississippi, and that beyond this there
Were useless prairies and the American
desert. A great many men were misin-
formed in early days as to the real char
acter of the western country, and the
myth of the American desert persisted
until a comparatively few years ago
Greater changes have occurred ON the so
called desert than in Iowa, which has
demonstrated that the narrow strip of
good land was coequal with the size of
the state.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

President Eliot of Harvard has been
the foremost advocate or football reform
among the college presidents Of the
United States, but in reply to an ia
quiry from the Swarthmore trustees as
to whether he would advise their accent.
ance for that college Of the Jeanes he
quest of a million dollars, which IS con
ditioned upon an undertaking 90 ahan.
don for all time athletic contests with
other colleges, President Eliot said: 1T
is inexpedient for the present trustees 10
so bind the trustees of fifty or hun.
bred or two hundred years hence" If
President Eliot is "mollyeoddle,n he is
a good enc.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

New Hampshire has had her first open
season for deer in twenty-seven years,
and as result everybody is eating ven
ison. Thousands Of deer have been slain
without corresponding slaughter of
hunters, because the lawmakers of the
state took the precaution to prohibit the
use of rifles and compel the hunters
TO use shotguns. The experiment in
introducing the shotgun for big game is
worthy of study in the deer states of the
Northwest
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

Congressman Buttons reservation in
endorsing the platform of the waterways
convention declaring for $50G00,000 a
year for the improvement of inland navi-
CATION doubtless reflects the popular
view. The people of the United States
favor propositions for the Improvement
OF waterways that are not visionary
projects With big appropriations ii
sight, there is always rush for shares
to squander on unimportant waterways.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

Doctors of Montclair, New York, de-
clare that resident of that city who
chops wood while in semi-conscious
state is in trance. Many wives who
find it difficult to get their husbands to
chop the kindling will agree with the doc
tors
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27
Make Rubber tom Shrub.

Manufacturers of rubber from the ma
tiiNe gnayule shrub has begun in Mara
thon, Tex. 1t is estimated that the fac
tory owners control 80 per cent. of she
guayule land in Texas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The fact that the Mauretania beat the
Lnsitania's best run for a single day, al
though she could not lower the record
for the westward run, taken in connec-
ton with the former steamers breaking
of the record for the eastward passage,
will make opinion general that the latest
Cunarder is the faster ship Of the two.
There will now be greater interest than
ever in the westward passages of the
Mauretania, whenever the hint is thrown
cat that she is to try to do things.''
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

The story from New York of the dis.
covery of an ore in Peru which makes
practically mpenetrable armor plate for
ships will doubtless greatly interest those
who are engaged in the race for naval
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

Fhe discovery has been made that the
section of the Presidents message relat.
ing to taxation of incomes and inherit.
anees is practically Identical with the
address which he delivered last June
to a gathering of editors at Jamestown.
Yet in the message the matter is intro.
duced without quotation marks and with
no allusion to tie circumstance that it
had been used before The fact is
worthy of note for the information of
people who, like the elder DIsraeli, are
interested in the curiosities Of literature.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

Advertise in Your Home pape-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
Princess AppIauds Miss sutton's Play.

London, Juune 29a-The all-England lawn tennis championship at Wimble- ton was marked for the first time by the presence of royalty, the Prince and Princess of Wales attending with a distinguished suite. The contests at tracted a great crowd of notables The Prince and Princess were deeply interested in the playing of Miss May Sutton of California, and several times the Princess arose and clapped her hands heartily. The games started in brilliant weather, but a thunder storm interrupted the doubles, in which Beals c. Wright and Karl Behr, the Ameri- cans, met the British representatives, A. w. Gore and Roper Barrett. The match stood eight games all when it was abandoned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
Untrimmed Shapes At Half Price

daily average of bank clearings for the week was S24I. GOO GOO, which differed only slightly from the average of the previous week. Clearings on Saturday refecting Fridays business was $370, ,006,6 ,6s1.. Com parisons of loans by individual banks show that eight institutions reduced this item by s1s millions net; six banks lost 61s millions net cash. It may be ob- served that the bank statement of the week was affected by the operators ifci
 dent to the half-year settlements. and the outgo of gold to Europe. Most likely more normal conditions will be restored.