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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27
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The Fickieness of a Woman.

Some years ago when Miss Chrystal
HeFne was playing a summer engage
ment in Washington, she made the ae-
quaintance Of the young daughter of a
western senator. The acquaintance
ripened into intimacy. Miss Herne and
Lucille-such was the young lady's name
-corresponded regularly after the for
mer's departure from the capital and
the western girl kept her stage friend
informed Of all the gossip and news Of
their friends.
Not very long ago Miss Herne received
note from Lucille in which she au-
uounced her approaching marriage. Miss
Herne replied at once heartily congratu-
lating her and wishing her every happi-
ness. Two months later Lucille wrote 10
say that she had discovered that she
could not be content to pass her remain
Ing days with the gentleman whom she
had named and had learned 10 love an
other. Their marriage had been set For
an early date.
Miss Herne replied that she had every
confidence in the judgment of her friend,
m0ralized a bit concerning bow much
better il was 10 discover these things
before rather than after marriage and
once more expressed her warm wishes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

That mans power Of speech is not
gone even if his windpipe and vocal cords
are completely severed has been demon
strated ia the case of Eaton Mohn. at st.
,Ioseph's hositai in Lancaster. Pa In n
fit of dependency. Molm slashed his
throat with pocketknife. and when he
vocal cords were severed. 1t looked like
hopeless case, but the surgeon drew
the portions together and after three
hours insensibility Mohn surprised them
by inquiring
What do you want%"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27
Our Educated Women.

There is an obligation incumbent on
our educated women that they cannot
properly shirk. and it is to our shame
lhat they so often are so inadequate TO
rs fuitllment. We are continually told
about the great wealth of the minority
IN tss!s land Of ours, but the feet re-
mains that the vast majority of our
Women equal TO any in culture and
Grams, equal in capacity for orgauiza-
uon and effective work, possess limited
means. Go through every suburban Wiz
age and town from coast to coast and
F9n shall discover that thousands of we'll
etIacated women keep house with one
u9ld or none at all. Many women do
tals from choice rather than from neces-
tEf: Il is. however, q crying disgrace
- saese Of us who presumably have dis
elbHned minds and the skill that
toileS from the schools, that we
succeed 50 I'D in training our maids.
an English gentlewoman in a mod
W home VIII retain her single maid
Tor years together, and the maid will
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

Old, adopted in the superior court 81
] Lowell, Mass, as her son, flames Butler
Who is Is, Miss Crawford. who is well
10 Do. says that Buffers parents died
when he was a boy. He was braaght nm
Ia her fathers family and she got To en-
terrain such Il motherly feeling for him
that she determined TO have him as a
som.
One thonsand dollars in bills formed
part of a squirrels comfortable nest
which Edward A. Prevent found In a
tree he eur down on his farm in West
Thompson. Conn. 1t is believed a mem
Der OF the summer colony in Thompson
dropped the money in the highway near
by, but no such loss ever was reported.
Preveau will use the mouey TO pay off
we have had pretty nearly every
type OF CRATER and faker brought I'M
der cur observation i'll connection with
the hospital business" said Manager
Rogers Of the Red Cross hospital. be
troir. Mich, but the fellow brought in
on an emergency call the other night
supposed to be suffering from a dislo-
Gated hip. adds one 10 eur long list. evil
IDENTITY of a distinct species We placed
him on the operating table and found
his hip completely disloeated. lie pres
tended 90 suffer intensely as the doctors
and their assistants pulled the joint into
place and continued his graaus after be-
ing tucked iu bed, bandaged and weight
Ell down To our great surprise the fol-
lowing morning he announced his inten-
ton OF leaving the hospital We :.
monstrated. but he rose from bed apnar-
emily fully healed and walked AWAY.
The miracle was explained when he
showed that he was able 10 throw his
hip in or out Of Joint Mt will. aud with.
out Inconvenience. The trick had pro-
vided him with comfortable nights
lodging"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

l.. &. Scrivens of Taunton. Mass. met
with half a dozen travelling traders on
the outskirts of the town. They wanted
to swap horses, and he started in. From
horses down to clothes they traded. and
when they got through Scriyens went to
a neighboring house aud borrowed an
empty barrel to ciothe his nakeduess in
for the two-mi" walk through town To
the police stat III. After Scriyens told
his tale the police fitted him out with
blue clothes to a"t home. aud then they
went down and arrested the traders.
They got back for Scrivens horse. a
watch, Sl5 in money. and all the clothes
that 4 man wears.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

Adoiph Kratzel. ii butcher ut Frank
fort. KY bit his own nose almost off
lie aas false teeth ana IS subject 70
its THE other noon be was standing ia
front Of q local restaurant when he
had n fit. He shook his false teeth out
Of hiss mouth and they fell 10 the pave
ment just IS he fell. kra'zel fell for
ward on his face, and his nose landed
between the jaws af bis false teeth,
which were 0peH uu the pavement His
weight closed the teeth together and his
nose was bitten almost off
Miss Wilhelmina Crawford. 20 years
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

\ hens egg of extraordinary proper
tions aud peculiarities was laid after !
o clock at night by Barred Plymouth
Rock on the Lucius Il. Shepard farm,
near Sterling Mass. The egg was 3
inches long and IA in circumference.
Mrs, Shepard opened the egg and found.
in addition to the usual contents. see
ond egg of ordinary size and shape, sur
rounded by the yolk of the big egg.
Each egg was complete in every particn-
lar. The shell of the big egg was clear
white and that of the inner egg was Il
dark brown.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

After being Kept a close prisoner for
fifteen years because it ran away anil
upset a buggy, once vicious horse was
liberated the other day at Altoona Pa,
and was sold by the owner 10 Plus In
low. drayman. During the fifteen
years the horse was never out of its
stall. although its master treated ii
kindly and fed and watered it regular
ly. When liberated the animal was fat.
but weak and could scarcely walk. Its
hoofs were a foot long, aud s inches
were removed from each Of them before
shoes were put on.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

Miss Wilhelmina Crawford, 20 years
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

There's mutiny at Stanford university.
California, over the dismissal of twelve
students who took part in a big parade
aud demonstrations against prohibiting
the use of liquor on the campus Three
hundred howled in front Of the house Of
Prot. Clark head of the faculty commit
tee that imposed rules against drinking.
then marched through the library TO the
quadrangle. where they denounced the
regulations. The students claim the se-
lection of twelve victims is unfair, as
several are men who have never re-
ceived demerit
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

A walk Of teeth il to be built around
the novel home of Dr. JOHN Knsel. in
Bellwood. Pa. The doctor has been say
ing up the ache producers he has extract
ed for the past twenty years, and he has
a big stock Of them on hand at the pres
ent time. lie never knew exactly what
he would do with them until he decided
to build a ''roumd house" for n dwelling.
Then he concluded to use the teeth IN
tire walk. The dwelling is perfectly
round, fifty feet i'm diameter. two stories
tail, with a cupola on top. 1t was con
siructed of concrete blocks. manufac-
teraa by the doctor himself
Here's a new scheme for shoplifting.
a woman WAS arrested In "a New York
department store recently who carried a
gatchel which had a flap IN the bottom
fitted with spring clasp. Her method.
according to the detective who arrested
her, was careIegsly to pause at cona-
ter and. opening the flap. place the satch-
81 over the object that attracted her fan
cy, Then she would reach underneath.
snap the flap and depart with the booty.
When she was searched dry goods and
notions. amounting in value 70 SiJ, were
found I'm the satcbeL
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

\ big turkey gobbler belonging to
George Nesbith OF Woodlawn. Ind, de-
liberately committed suicide The bird
had been suffering from some undiscover-
able complaint for several days. He had
wandered about, moping. refusing to
feed, and keeping away from his fellows
in The flock, The other morning he
seemed to make up his mind to end it
all. He flew with tremendous force
against q barbed wire fence. cutting his
wndpipe clean through. He fell back
dead.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

$2 pound The reason Is that France alone of all the countries in the world, makes perfectly pure candies
 The adulteration of cheap American eandies--you can buy them as low as eight or nine cents pounds awful In an official examination of cheap
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

chocolates, over thirty adulterants were found. Among them were chalk, glue, bran, ground leather, roasted bull locks liver fine sawdust, old sea bls- cult, and ground shells.
 Cheap licorice is worked up with logwood, glucose, gelatine, and glue.
 "The white confectioners' sugar, that
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

abounds in cheap mixtures, is adulter- ated with terra alba, ground white stone. The gum in them is made of glue. The lemon flavor is turpentine and alcohol; the peppermint is extract of fireweed; the raspberry is tartarlc acid, and a half-dozen others.
 The pure-food people have still lots
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

to do if they want to purify the coun> try's candy You, if you would have pure candy, but only the expensive. Frances candy prices show how ab- surd it is to expect to got good stuff at q few cents ound."-New Or leans Times Democrat,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

tisement aloud Then he said proudly:
 That explains why Americans in France are mortified by the expense of our candy The cheapest French candy is seventy-five cents pound The best
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

According to the American Machinist, the Chinese government spend approx lmately $l05,000 during the year 1907 in defraylng the expenses of students studying In foreign countries. About per cent. Of this sum was for students sent to Japan and America, while the remainder was divided among English, German, Russian and Belgian institu- tions.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08
THE CHEAP CANDY CURSE.

Wanted-Situation by first-class lfectioner on all kinds Of starcn rk, licorice work from glue, fig paste, ilatine hand work, glucose, and log cod, etc. Cheap goods a speciality" :"
 A French cook read the above adver-
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01
ATHLETIC COUNCIL MEET

The Athletic Council held a
meeting Saturday evening. Sew.
eral things relating to the athletic
interests were considered. Mr..
z. w. Knight, Of the junior class,
was elected first assistant manager
Of the baseball team and Mr.. +.
S. Mcintosh, Of the sophomore
class, second assistant manager.
These men will be manager and
assistant manager Of the team
next year. 1t was also decided
that the assistant manager of the
base ball team should be manager
Of the basket ball team. Mr.. c
N. Crawford was elected assistant
manager of the basket ball team.
Prof X. l.. Flowers was appoint.
ed to have charge Of the athletic
field.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01
Meeting of Executive Commit.
|. tee Of Alumni Association.

The executive committee oil
the Alumni Association held a
meeting Saturday evening. The
members of the committee are
]. L. Pegram, A. Cheatham, c.
w. Edwards, r. S. Aldridge and
K. L. Flowers. The object Of
the meeting was to make arrange.
ments for the annual dinner which
is to be held on Tuesday after
noon Of commencement. II Is
proposed to have the dinner in the
gymnasium in order to have more
room for the large crowd which
is expected to attend. The meet
ing this year promises to be o.
very great interest, Committee
were appointed to consider sew
eral questions connected with
this dinner. and TO report at an
other meeting to be held next Sat
urday evening.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01

tennessee mas q strong, we'll
balanced team and bats well
enough to clear a place for her.
self somewhere beyond peradven.
ture Of doubt. She has split even
with Michigan and defeated Tech,
and by the time this appears in
print she will probably have taken
the series from Vanderbilt. II
she does she will be heard from
further.
VANDERBILT AND TEcH OFF COLOR
While il may be a matter ol
mild surprise to the world at large
TO sec both Vanderbilt and Tech
playing ball a number Of notches
below their usual high form, II Is
no surprise At all 70 the leaders
In these two camps, for il was
patent enough to them months
ago that the outlook for the sea.
son bore anything but a rose tint.
Both are distinctly out Of the
running for first honors, or even
second. bnt both are plugging
along. doia; the bs,t t,cy can,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01
Southern Railway
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 6, 1907

EFFESllVis JANUARY o, 1907
Trains leave Durham, N. c.
1870 a. III. No. III westbound daily for
Connects at Greensboro with No s north
for Danvile and Richmond, and south
with Nos. SO, 80, II and 81, for Sails
bury. Charlotte, Columbia, Savannah,
Charleston, Jacksonville, Atlanta, and
New Orleans: at Salisbury for Asheville.
KroxvIllef Chattanooga, Nashville and
other points west.
1907 a. M, No. II2, eastbound, daily
for Raleigh, Selma andl Goldsboro Car
Ri Pullman Sleeper Greensboro to RAJ
eigh.
eI3 a. M, No. IoS, eastbound, daily
for Raleigh, Selma and Goldsboro; con-
meets at Selma with Atlantic Coast Line
north for Wilson, and Rocky Mount, at
Goldsboro for Tarboro and Norfolk; at
Selma for Fayetf evillc and Florence.
$50 a. M, No. Io7, westbound, daily,
for Greensboro and intermediate local
points; connects at Greensboro with L.
S. Fast Mail for Danville, Lynchburg,
Washington and all poinls North and
West, as also with No. for Charlotte
and intermediate stations. Southern
Railway Dining Cars operated on trains
Nos. So and so. ...
COS a. M, No. II6, no. Inbound, daily
for Oxford, Henderson, Jeffries, Keys
vile and Richmond, where close con-
nection is made 10 all points north. Close
connection at Jeffries for Norfolk and
Steamboat Lines 10 Wasl ington, Balti-
more, New York and Boston.
$50 p. m, No. 1856, eastbound, daily
for Raleigh, Selma, Goldsboro and in
termediate stations.
{ $50 p. NJ, No. I3s, westbound, daily,
for Greensboro and all points. Connects
at Greensboro for Winston Salem, also
with Nos. IS and 2e for Sails bury, Char
lotto, Columbia, Charleston, Savannah,
Jacksonville, Atlanta and New Orleans;
at Salisbury for Asheville, Knoxville,
Chattanooga, Memphis, Louisville, Gin
cinnati and St. Louis. Connects north
bound with No. IL for Richmond, Nos.
s, 81 and 20 for Lynchburg, Charlottes-
vile, Washington, Baltimore, New York,
Richmond and Norfolk.
4:45 p. M, No. 274, northbound, daily
except Sunday, for Oxford, Keysville
Richmond and intermediate stations.
No. IFS, Richmond to Durham, ar.
rives 5:35 p: III.
For further information call on any
agent Southern Railway, or address.
H. B. Spencer, Gen. Manager, Wash
ington, d. c,
S. H. Hardwick. Pass. Traffic Mana
ger, Washington. D. c.
w. H. Tay,oe, Gen. Pass. Agent
Washington, ID. c.
R.. L. Vernon, Trav. Pass. Agent, Char
lotte, NC.
F.w. Woodward, Union TicketAgent
Durham. n. c.
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ITCH cured in 80 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion.
Never fails. Sold by HACKNEY
BROS, Druggist.
Cloth all Wool and Paint all Paint.

Is cheaper than shoddy cloth or shoddy
paint. The l.. & M. is Zinc Metal made
into Oxide OF Zinc combined with White
Lead, and then made into paint with
pure Linseed Oil in Thousand gallon
grindings and mi ings. Wears long:
actual cost only $I.2o per gallon
Hackney Bros. l.. & NJ. Paint Agents.
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For Attorney General.

To the Democratic Voters Of
North Carolina.
/ am a candidate for the next
Democratic nomination for At.
torney-General.
Iwould be gratified to have
your support and influence and
the support of your county.
| began to labor for the Demo.
cratic party in 1875, on my ma
jority. Ihave labored for years
in the ranks of the party for the
success of the candidates of the
party and its principles, and al
no time being lukewarm in my
loyalty. Much Of this time
have served on my county, dis.
trict, and the State Committees.
I have been unselfsh in my de.
votion to the principles of the
party and the welfare Of the
State, | have not pushed my.
self forward for Office. This il
my first request of the party.
My county has strongly endorsed
me several times. My labors in
the Legislatures Of 1896, 1906
and 1907 are well known.
With best wishes, | am,
Sincerely, B. B. WINBoRNE. q.
Murfreesboro, N. c., June 20,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01

Little Fred Mother. amt father got
a queer Idea Of what heaven Is llkef
Mother-I don't know, dear | never
heard him say anything about 1t. Lit
tie Fred-weII, did. lie told the
grocery man that the week ron spent
In the country was like heaven to iIim.
London Telegraph.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01

winning game here the there,
fighting as though they still ex-
pected to carry off the plum and
taking their medicine with sports.
manly grace.
Tech has yet to have double
figure score run up against her
in fact bare half dozen being the
limit in any game she has lost so
she can claim that atleast no team
has yet quite overwhelmed her.
Her batteries are not bad and the
outfeld is corking good one.
The in6eld, it must be admitted,
is .'punk' whenzit comes to
fielding. As whole, the team
hits well, however. no college
game yet Melted less than four
hits with all average about seven.
Against Tennessee the team made
20 hits III 20 innings. A posi-
tion midway down the list would
satisfy Techs ambition this year.
Vanderbilt will probably be found
somewhere in the same neighbor.
hood.
STRENGTH OF PREPs AND SMALL
""@ COLLEGES. *.~
While college ball, so far as the
higher grade of teams is concern
ed, has been distinctly below pal
this year, the same cannot be said
of the smaller colleges and PREF
teams. .s~
The small college teams, How
ard in Alabama; Dahlonega il
Georgia; Erskine, in South Caro-
1 lima; Guilford in North Carolina
and Maryville and Milliken il
Tennessee, having exhibited as
tonishing strength. American
University at Hartman is ais
. doing well. So is S. w. p. u.
but mainly by the work of on
! man-Pitcher Allen. All thes
little chaps are making thing
: warm sor the big fellows, to sa
! the least.
The prep teams are not far b
! hind. In Georgia, Gordon, Ston
Mountain and Peacock's ar
7 going faster than ever, and bea
: ling the colleges ever and amor
/. Oak Ridge. in North Carolin;
D defeated Davidson, and the De;
land Dumb School at Knoxville
iput Tennessee to sleep.
So that; while the most CO
leges may have an off year, it
{ already apparent that the veal
ness is but temporary, for nes
, year the props will turn loose
food Of talent that will fill up an
overflow the depleted colleg
!. ranks.
The summary then stands
Georgia headed straight for fir:
place; Trinity and Tennessee nee
/, and neck for second; with Aubur
technically still in the race, an
i the rest fighting to keep in re
Ipectable society.
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CLUB WILL GO TO RALEIGH MAY 9TH.
VIII Be Given at Conservatory Of
Music Next Week.


Next Wednesday evening at
the Conservatory Of Music the
lovers Of good music will be
given and opportunity to hear the
TrinityGlee Club. For the past
seven years, since its organiza-
ton, it has been the custom for
/ the Glee Club to end its season
here, and thus give the people of
the city an students an opportuni-
ty to witness one of the entertain
ments. .'".. ---.~ IN.
1t seems evident that the con-
cert this year will be just little
better than ever before, that is, il
the success of the tour last fall is
Ito be taken into consideration.
ION this trip seven concerts were
fgiven in six days, and at each
performance large and cultured
audiences greeted the aggrega-
ton Of singers; and number OF
newspapers in the cities visited
gave the organization unstinted
praise. As is we'll known here,
the club had exceptionally fine
training last fall before leaving
the college, and for sometime
since examinations the members
have spent a great deal of time in
] perfecting themselves in the Sc
lections. And too, in addition to
the careful training and extensive
practice work, Miss Pearl Brin.
= son, of the junior class, and Mrs.
w. w. Card will have numbers or
} the program. Miss Briuson i:
, regarded as one of the very best
z soloists of the city and has de
2 lighted a large number of people
S with her we'll cultivated voice
She reaches the high and low
notes with perfect ease. and ha
: the power of great expression
e Mrs. Card will give several de
e Iightful readings, and those VIII
: expect to attend the concert vii
/. certainly look forward with grea
|, pleasure to the part that Mrs
i Gard will take in making tn
:, evenings entertainment a success
She has had exceedingly fin
training, and is indeed a remark
S able singer and impersonator.
: Manager Horton promises tina
t the twenty odd voices in the az
a gregation will please the hard-to
d please. The program will con
c sist of glee club choruses, solos
duets, quartets. violin solos
!; string duos, etc. Perhaps a
i never before the auditorium vii
< be filed with sonorous tones
n There will be a perfect blending
d Of all kinds of notes which will b
= productive of the best and mos
rhythmical music as ever con
, nected with a glee club of thi
J college.
The following day, May 9TH
Il the Glee Club will 60 to Raleigh
a and while there 1t win give tw'
Entertainments. One Of the en-
tertainments will be a matinee a
e one Of the high schools, and a
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-01

Late Arrival Ito sfEgsF,-i am sorry
10 arrive late nj your concert. but. be-
iIese me. I would willingly give a thou.
sand francs 70 have the pleasure VI
hearing yOu. H. .
slnger-Ah, you natter me.
Late Arrivai-Not at all. am as
deaf rs a stone,-Bon vlyant.
our success In life generally bears d
ilrect proportion to the exertions We
make, and IL we aim nj nothing va
shall certainly achieve nothing.
Persia n today almost entirely de.
pcnicnt upon photography for its own
production VI ii1oks aud Journals. Nat
ufalIy these are very rare.