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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
HYGIENE BEDS AND BEDDING

The ability to sleep sound on the soft
side of fiat rock is given to but few,
Most people are highly sensitive to the
quality of their beds and some are so SUI
persensitive that no bed but their own
will induce sleep OF on the contrary per
haps change of beds will help insomnia.
With rare exceptions the feather bed is
entirely discarded now and those who
must have a soft yielding bed can have
"A mattress that will be hygienic as well
as comfortable. In no way can one get
so much return value for money expend-
ed as in a good mattress which will give
comfort for at least one-third of the
twenty four hours. Fashion has the most
10 do with selecting the kind of bed
stead, the only consideration of real inn
portance being the possibility of hiding
places for vermin which are sometimes
brought into the cleanliest homes from
brushing against other occupants in the
ears on possibly concealed in the folds of
a newspaper, Finding these dodgers is
not so great housekeeping sin as fail
ing to dislodge them. Generally speak
ing. brass or iron bed is the best be-
cause it can be so easily cleaned.
Housekeepers sometimes find it impos-
sible to place a bed properly or without
having draught across it. and they try
a new position almost every sweeping
day. In reality it seems as if bedrooms
were built without reference to a bed
and the only way out of the trouble is
10 buy a large screen and cut off the
direct currents of air, for no sane person
nowadays will sleep with closed win
dows
Although heavy white spreads or coun-
terpanes look well on bed, they should
never be kept on at night, for they are
too heavy and impervious to ventilation.
Some housekeepers open their beds every
morning, yet seldom have them taken
apart at the foot. TO be we'll aired a
bed should be literally taken to pieces
and each sheet blanket and pillow laid
by itself This is too much work in most
households where one woman does all
the work, but it might surely be done
every other day. Well summed bedding is
conducive to sleep and on no account
should mustiness be allowed in sleep
ing room This often comes especially in
warm weather from too great eagerness
to get the work done in the morning.
Even in the most crowded quarters there
i surely some place where bedding can
be exposed to sun and air if it be but one
piece at a time In the farmhouse mus
". close bedrooms follow objectionable
neglect yet strange to say they are oft
en- found there \ north side bedroom
with its one seldom opened window, well
shaded by trees, and bed of plaintain
or chickweed under it. is a common fea-
ture of too many country houses.
LILLIAN MASON
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
TRACKS FREE FROM WEEDS.
New Burner Employed on a Western
Railway.

Keeping the right-of-way on dirt bal
lasted tracks free from weeds is a prob
lem that has vexed railroad officials for
years. To keep the weeds down with
scythes and si,oveIs requires large
force of men at work all during the
weed growing season.
The Union Pacific has built a gasoline
weed burner which is doing the work
very successfully at moderate cost. The
gasoline weed burner is in reality an au-
tomobile mounted on railroad car wheels
and equipped with the weed burning APP
paratus. The car carries the fuel for
the burners as well as for its own pow
er, and its operation is so simple that it
is ii comparatively easy job for one man
10 handle the machine. IN fact in nice
weather a trip through the country on
the weed burner is n very pleasant ride
Attached to the car are number of
tanks carrying the supply of gasoline
sufficient for the days run on the road
This gasoline is forced into a system of
burners carried on the back of the car,
making very hot flame close to the
ground and extending out several feet
on either side This kills the weeds.
The machine Is capable of burning
from twenty to twenty-five miles a day,
running about three to four miles an
hour. Three men compose the crew of
the car. which is handled on the road un-
der orders al a regular train.
Where weeds are cut by hand il re-
quires approximately sixteen men to cut
one mile of track per day, hence the ma
chine dies the work of about 800 men,
Kansas City Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
Millionaire in Love With Poverty.

On the island of Elba there lately died
man named Melani, who, though a
millionaire, had for many years lived as
a guest in a peasants family. He had,
it seems. completely lost his memory
and had certainly forgotten that he was
so rich. He always lived as a poor man,
passing his time in meditation and pray
er, so that the fishers of the island re-
garded him as saint. NJ. Aeani be
dueathed everything he had to his kind
hearted hosts. who, as can easily he I'M
derstood, were surprised beyond measure
when they heard how rich their former
guest had been. At Pistoja, in Tuscany
NJ. Melani owned a ma gnifcent mansion.
which had been kept closed since 1856
On opening the house after the owner ;
death it was found that all the furniture
and artistic objects had disappeared
nobody knows how or when. An only
relative is opposing the will on the
ground that deceased was of unsound
mind-Tit- Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Alice Minturn, "are children Of the fac
tory workers. The factory means a
great deal to Airlie'
Yes" said Cousin Alice.
They We're sitting together near the
front, Cousin Alice and the gentle
mother, and Maud and John Cameron.
Cousin Alice was plainly attired, quite
too plainly to suit the clothes. loving
Maud, but there was no doubt her gar
ments were of fine material and beauti-
fully made. She certainly didn't seem
to be in straitened circumstances. The
old lace she had given Myra for the
graduating gown was very beautiful, and
Just before the .i1repressible Myra start
ed for the hall she had slipped dainty
ring on her slender finger And Maud
couldn't help noticing the Difference
shown Cousin Alice by John Cameron
John" she presently whispered, you
are keeping something from me-"
That's very true" John whispered
back
And then a remarkable thing happened
1t began with low murmur from the
nearest gallery. A name was indis-
tinctly called, and then there was much
handclapping and cheering all over the
auditorium.
"Why, what does it mean, John?'
murmured Maud, as she clutched the
young mans arm.
Don't worry" he smilingly answered
| "it's all right"
And he looked at Cousin Alice and de-
liberately nodded.
The applause grew louder and louder
And then good old nr. Harley, who was
president of the school board came for.
ward and held up his hand Whereat
the noise instantly ceased.
Friends" he said, Il have no doubt
you understand that this demonstration
must seem quite novel to the lady for
whom it is intended. And so / want to
say to her on your behalf. and on be-
half of all Airlie,. that our applause is
well meant proof of our appreciation
of her decision regarding the Hecla
works. Good news travels fast. Just
before | entered the hall this evening
| was told that the owner of the factory
after conference with her foremen
had decided not to remove the plant to
Lenox." Here he was interrupted by
deafening applause. When it died away
he went on And now l respectfully
ask the lady, who is with us here to-
night, to show her sympathy with our
rejoicing by rising from her chair Just
for a moment so that all the audience
may see her."
John Cameron looked at Cousin Alice
Her eyes were shining and a beautiful
red tinged her cheeks. And John Cam
eron eagerly nodded.
Maud Allen gasped as Cousin Alice
arose and gracefully bowed to the good
old doctor and then to the wildly cheer
ing audience.
"And you knew who she was all the
time, John Cameron?" whispered Maud
after the regular exercises had com
menced.
Yes" John replied. "Tve known it
for several days"
And you didn't tell mel"
1T was worth my while to keep
quiet, said John. "She has made me
assistant manager."-W. r. Rose in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
Andrew Jackson's Desk.

To Judge Lewis Jordan. an Indiana
man and chief of tine miscellaneous divi-
sion of the Treasury Department, has
fallen the honor Of owning a desk at
which the mighty Andrew Jackson used
TO work when President. Not long ago
Judge Jordan was poking around in an
antique furniture store in historic George
town and came across a substantially
built desk covered with the accumula-
ton of years of dust and dirt. Scraping
the surface with his penknife he ex-
posed a mahogany foundation. That
was enough to convince him of its worth
to him, and he bought the desk for a
mere song. Then he took it home and
proceeded to put it in shape. He was
surprised almost into breathlessness
when the cleansing process revealed to
his astonished gaze this inscriptions
Presented TO his Excellency, Andrew
Jackson. by his friend, Caleb Pierce. :"
Judge Jordan has investigated the case
thoroughly and has been convinced that
the inscription is genuine.-Washingto
Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
OLD Time Rehearsals.

The rehearsals for "A Winters Tale
were a lesson in fortitude. They taught
ME once and for all that an actress s
life (even when the actress is only s.
is not all fun and glory.
was cast for the part of Mamilius
and my heart Swelled with pride when
was told what / had TO do. But many
weary hours were to pass before the
first night. If a company has TO re-
hearse four hours a day now it is con-
sidered q great hardship. and PLAYERS
must lunch and dine like Other folk. But
this was not kean's way. Rehearsals
lasted all day. Sundays included. and
when there was no play running At night
until or ; the next morning.
! don't think any actor in those days
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The third Harvard professor to be
designated as exchange professor with
the University Of Berlin is Prof. William
Henry Schofield. the present head of the
newly organized department of compare
tive literature. His Berlin term of serv-
ice is for the Academic years of 1907 -0S.
Prof. Peabody, and now Prof. I. w.
Richards. the one an authority on Amer
lean sociological problems. and the other
one of Americans greatest living chem
lists, have preceded Prof. Schofeld. Prof.
SchOiield is a Canadian. not yet 40 years
old. He took his bachelors degree at
Harvard in 1892. and his doctor
Of philosophy degree there in 1885.
His speciality has been old Eng
fish, Anglo-SaXon and Scandinavian Ian
guages. He has studied at Paris, Chris
tiania and Copenhagen. He was an in
structor in Harvard from 1897 to 1902,
when he was made an assistant profess
sor. At the beginning of this year lie
was made full professor. charged with
building up the department Of compara-
tive literature.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
CHINESE AS SOLDIERS.
Experience of an English Officer Who
Drilled and Trained Them.

One of the greatest assets possessed by
Chinese as soldiers is in their marcing
power; another is their ability to man
age with the smallest amount of trans
port, owing to the hardy outdoor life
and climate to which they are accus-
toned, and to the fact that they live
almost entirely on rice. writes Mayor G..
d. Bruce in the United Service Maya
zine. Two other points in their favor are
that they have no caste prejudices, and
have already learned the virtue of dis
cipline before they enlist. Drunkenness
is practically upnknOwn among them, but
they have the national failings of gam
bling and opium smoking.
My own experience leads me to class
most native soldiers as grownup chill
dren, and perhaps the most childlike is
the Chinaman. All the traits which
have to be studied in dealing with chill
dren are so many keys TO open the door
to understanding their nature. Most
amenable to kindness, he is al times
quite capable of taking advantage of it..
Eirmness he not only appreciates but
prefers; that is, once he realizes, as boys
say, that it is no use to TRY on" Above
all, he admires and will do anything for
those whom he realizes are trying in
variably to be just to him. Whether
gratitude is to be set down as a char
acteristic opinions may differ.
My own is that he has it, and would
exhibit it more often did not the hide
bound conventions by which Chinese I'M
written law surrounds him, make it
sometimes nearly impossible. Whatever
feelings may remain in the hearts of
those whose fate it was TO go through the
unique experience of serving his gracious
majesty as soldiers in the late Chinese
regiment of infantry, l feel that l am
on sure ground in saying that the memo
ries of those who trained them will long
retain the happiest recollections of the
trials through which officers, non-com-
missioned officers and men passed to-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

While seeing many people leaving the
cathedral | entered To look around the
interior of the fine chancel Inside | saw
numbers of men cal. ing huge wicker
baskets filled with triangular earthen-
ware dishes in each of which still Smoul-
dered some glowing embers in n bed of
white ash These they carried into the
cloisters and empued solemnly into great
metal bins.
On re-enteriny the building the secret
stood revealed. Owing to the extreme
cold each member of the congregation
hires for a doppeltjer. or the sum Of 2d..
an eartheu dish with block Of glowing
peat 20 put under the little wooden per.
torated footstools with which each chair
IS proy!de d.-Tit-B
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The body Of one of the missing lieuten-
ants of the British army who recently
made a balloon ascent from Aldershot in
the presence of King Edward and Prince
Fushimi of Japan, has been found in the
English chained, where the gas-bag was
picked up several days after the ascen-
sion. Nothing will ever be known as to
the exact manner in which the young of,
ficers met death, but the fact that they
were drowned should warn amateur bal
loonists to be very careful when making
ascents in the vicinity of the sea.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
hanged" and ''Hung. -

Perhaps the Bible has had an
fuence in preventing many people iH.A.
distinguishing between the uses
hanged" and chung" says a Lone
writer. They hanged Hamen. hut ~.
Jews in captivity also hanged 4
harps upon the willows" and in the -
Testament we read 1T were better -
him that a milestone were hanged ~.
his neck" If hanged was corrFc. /.
either sense in the DAYS of the ATl-a
lied Version those who are not
upon grammar may be subconscloE>il -.
duced to believe that hung IS c'I
in both senses now. But II Is cur
that the exclamation ell be. hang
never appears as 'I'll be hung
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
Routed by Swapping Turtles.

As John Patterson, a huckster, was
driving into town from Darlington this
morning he came upon drove of fifteen
or twenty swapping turtles crossing the
road. Thinking a few Of them would
meet with ready sale he attempted TO
carcS them. whereupon the turtles
showed fight. and kissing angrily. made
for him with outstretched heads and
swapping jaws. Patterson hastily got
hack into his wagon, turned his horse
and beat retreat. He says most Of the
turtles were as large as a waShtuh. He
drove into town by another ruute.-Bea-
yer Falls Cor. Pittshurg Dispatch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Prof. Francis Humphreys Storer, pro-
fessor of agricultural chemistry at Har-
ward and head of the Bussey institution
since 1871, has resigned. Prof. Storer
graduated at Harvard in the class of
1865. In 1865 he entered the service of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo-
gy as professor of general and industrial
chemistry, a position which lie occupied
for five years. In 1870 he resigned to
accept tire professorship of agricultural
chemistry in Harvard and at once be-
came dean of the Bussey institution.
His services to the university have CON
tinued without intermission to the pres
ent date. His resignation win take eff
feet on September !, with the beginning
Of the next academic year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
HYACINTH AND ONION.

There was a purple hyacinth
That worried day and night,
Because 1t had firm belief
1t was an onion white.
And then an onion white. within
That gardens labyrinth.
Most fondiy fancied that ii was
A purple hyaeinth.
The hyacinfh that thought itself
An onion was not sad;
The onion that was sure IL was
a hyacinth was glad.
'Tis so: we're happy or cast down
Ar mt our earthly lot;
When we think we're not what we are,
Or are what we are not
r. X. MunkittFick in Success Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The proposed International memorial,
10 Whistler, which is TO be executed by
Robin. is to be erected on Cheyne Walk.
Chelsea embankment, near Whistlers old
home. This site was recently decided
upon by the London county council. The
cost of the memorial is to be $4,000,
Of which the International Society of
Sculptors and Gravers contributes $500
out of the proceeds of the recent Whistler
memorial exhibition.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

William II. Smith, head of the nation
al botanic garden at Washington. has the
largest collection of the poetry of Burns.
numbering 600 different editions. includ-
ing all the first editions, and ranging in
cost from $1,000 down to the cheapest.
In his library pictures of many sorts of
Scottish scenery and the Burns country,
among the rest many portraits of the
poet. are on the walls. And il is said
that he gives copy of Burns poems to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
The Disappearing Milkmaid

The wane of the milkmaid Wa~
more noticeable feature Of the S.1a
May hiring fair yesterday. Whtl
servants sought enga gemenJs. ~
girls who accepted farmhouse SIT i".
not one in fifty would undertaA * g..
OF milking and men servants b-4
ragged for the work.-London f>.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Benjamin Warner, probably the Oldest
man III Connecticut died at Woodstock
a few weeks ago. He would have been
1O2 years old July -. He was born in
Providence and was married in 1882 10
Sarah Gagley, who--wa born in 1910.
Two children were born to the couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner celebrated their
seventeen wedding anniversary in 1902
and Mrs Warner died in that year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Massachusetts is trying to arouse her
public school pupils to interest in fores-
Try, and the State Forester +. W. Rane,
las sent out to every school superintend-
ent in the State circular letter setting
forth the desirability of further educat-
ing the children in caring for trees.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The first diving accident of the swinr=
ming season is reported from Utica, New
York, where a 15-year-oid boy broke his
back by diving in shallow water and died
in a short time. Casualties Of this kind
occur with remarkable regularity despite
the warning which each one gives to
thoughtless swimmers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
Told in Missouri.

George W. Kemp of Auxvasse says
that while he was out fishing on his farm
recently two squirrels came down ont of
= tree and bit him. He had his gun with
him prepared to shoot frogs.
Reinc bitten by the squirrels angered
AR Kemp and he resolved 10 shoot one
of the squirrels He had but one load.
Taking aim at squirrel on a limb he
noticed that the other squirrel was On
another tree in line. He fired and both
SQUIRRELS fell.-Kansas City Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Gen. Howard Carroll has been chosen
president of the Joseph jefferson Me
mortal association at meeting of the
executive committee held in New York.
A letter was also read from Frederick
Macmonnles. the sculptor, accepting the
terms fer designing the statue and an
nouncinc that he would come from Paris
shortly TO confer with the committee.
The monument is 10 cost $4,000 and
is to he of bronze.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Representative Cyrus Sulloway of
New Hampshire is still the tallest men,
Der of Congress, although he has some
thing Of competitor in Dan" An
1hony, thu newly.elected congressman
from Kansas, who is to fill the place left
vacant by Senator Curtis. Anthony
stands six feet four inches in his shoes,
but according to accepted belief Mr..
Sulloway stands six feet six inches in
his socks, and theh onor of New Hamp-
shire is still safe,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The Prince of Wales has had one more
added to his long list of academic hon
ors, the University of Glasgow having
conferred upon him the degree of LII. ID.
The Prince probably possesses the right
10 wear larger assortment of univer-
sity hoods and gowns than any other
EngIishman of our time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The retirement Of Mrs. AdcHa An
tonette Field Johnston from active serv-
ice ON the faculty of Oberlm college is
an event Of great moment in the history
OF the college; for her membership in the
faculty dates back to 1870. and she has
thus completed a term of service eleven
years longer than that of anyone else
now connected with the Institution aud
equalled only live times in the past-by
Profs. Morgan. pancomb. and Churchill,
and Presidents Fmney and Fairchijd
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Georgia has earned distinction by Sc
lectiEg as her TWO sous most worthy to
he represented hy statues in Statuary
hall in the capitol at Washington, two
men who were neither soldiers nor states
rnu. The first Of the two chosen is the
late Or. J. L. NJ. Curry. who was minis
ter 10 Spain under President Cleveland
and devoted the greater part of his life
to the cause Of southern education. The
second is DIR. Crawford w Long. vino
a Few years after the Civil war discov-
cred the use of chloroform and was
claimed to be the FIRST TO onply it to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

John T. Timmons, blind man of
Cadiz, o., has achieved a reputation as
naturalist which is not entirely local.
A close student of nature he is able to
distinguish through sound many things
missed by those with sight.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

The Kaiser is said TO have made a
descent into the sea on submarine.
If this be true he has placed himself
alongside Of President Roosevelt as
naval inspector.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Or. A. T. Cabot of Boston has OBJ
tanned the consent of President Roosevelt
to be honorary president of thesAmerican
School Hygiene association.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

AT Muskegon two young men WHO
rocked a boat to scare the girls" over
turned the craft and drowned themselves
as well as their companions. If the girls
could escape in instances like this, there
would be small cause for regret.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

Nine independent breweries OF St.
Louis have combined with a capital
stock of $S.O000O0. This does not i'm
ply that beer is to 80 UP in the Missouri
metropolis: presumably it will so down
in the conventional way.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

In this. age of wireless biography,
horseess carriages and novels without
a story the FEench are distinctly up to
date with their nicotineless tobacco
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

dreamed Of lunch. How my poor h.,
legs used TO ache! Sometimes 7 ' ",..e
hardly keep my eyes open when -o.d
on the stage, and often, when INV vas
was over, | used to creep into the .,ra,',
Off sou can talk of art i'm COM. s't
with child of s. in a delicious "'a
Ellen Terry in McClures Maya '--
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06

A case Of lockjaw in Kenosha, as re-
suit of toy pistol wound, is warning
10 parents to keep the child-slaying toy
out of the hands of their children.