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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21

ago, following the breaking of the
boom, about 500 logs got away, but
the most of them missed the bridge
and went on down the river.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21

Suddenly the scene changes
swiftly and comes back to Chicago.
A woman with strange Eyes is
living in a hotel. The wine bills
are astonishing-gin, beer, brandy,
suisse, highballs and they paid in
checks.
One day there was no money to
pay the checks.
CHAPTER VIII
The Cook county Jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-21

mo. Al, 270," called the policeman
at the desk. alice Webb Duke,
alias Alice Webb, alias Mrs. Brodie
L. Duke; charged with passing bo-
gus checks"
Then the Eyes looked on into the
Jail and wept.
EPILOGUE
The Dukes, they still move in the
swell set.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
The Old Egg.

Mrs. Pierre Lorilard Ronalds. nj a
luncheon in New York, narrated her inn
preSsions of the great city that she had
not seen for twenty years.
New York has now taken her place
among the worlds capitals" she said.
New York is no longer young and I'M
sophisticated, She has now MI the
WEAKNESS and vice of Paris. London and
Rome
They who stin speak of New York as
Young. childish, innocent. speak very
foolishly They remind me of Lord Exc.
Lord Exc, at 40 tried to lead the
life Of a youth of -. He dyed his hair,
Wore a corset and frequented the music
halls. Piccadilly Circus and the Burling-
ton Arcade.
One afternoon, as he drove from the
Carlton IN his hrougham, a member said.
smiling:
There goes Exc. lie told me over n
whisky and soda just now that he felt
as fresh as a 2-year-old'
Another member sneered.
He probably meant 2~year-old
egg, he murmured. Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
The Tricksters.

Mayor Speer of Denver was talking
the other day about pair OF political
tricksters.
They gave themselves away" he
said. Don't tricksterS always give
themselves away? 1t reminds me of the
two men who wanted to sell their eorpses
for dissection
These two men, miserably clad, called
on the dean of medical college in
New York.
We are both on the verge of starva-
ton, sir, the spokesman said. We are
well on in years, and it is clear that we
haven't much longer to live. Would you
care to purchase our bodies for your dis
Secting room?
The dean heSitated
1t is an odd propt ton ne mnt-
tered.
But is occasionally done said the
spokesman in an eager voice.
Well, said the dean, we might ar
range it, What price dc you ask?'
Over in Philadelphia said the
spokesman, they gave us $40 New
York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
A plan that Would Not make Good.n

According to advance information an
extensive plan of harbor improvement in
volving a complete revolution of the
city's freight handling facilities for the
water lines is proposed in report now
III the hands of the printer from the Chi
cago Harbor Commission, semi-public
body appointed by Mayor Busse about a
year ago. The scheme outlined practi-
cally abandons the river for a series of
shipping piers on the lake to which it is
proposed all the railroad lines having
terminals in the city shall have access.
On the north side of the present harhor it
is planned to constrct piers about half a
block apart, and south of Sixteenth street
to Fifty-frst street, and from Sixty-sey-
enth street to South Chicago it is pro-
posed to place the piers about q block
apart. According to the plans, these
piers will project into the lakes for dis
tances of 1900 and 1000 feet. and carry
railroad tracks, so that freight may be
handled expeditiously ard economically
This is a very ambitious plan. but it
is far in excess of Chicago's require
ments for either the present or the i'm
mediate future. Up-to-date freight-han-
ding facilities are now required chiefly
for grain and coarse freight, the latter
principally coal and iron. With ample
grain elevators, extensive docks for the
reception of coal, and with iron ore
need of a lake city would be practically
supplied Package freighting ON the
Great Lakes has not grown so extern
siyely that numerous piers have become
necessary for the handling of cargoes of
that character. A comparatively few
regular lines are doing this work, and
while the volume of package freight will
doubtless increase with the growth of
the country westward from the Great
Lakes. the coal iron and grain freight
ers will continue to be the main features
Of lake navigation.
Some time ago a prominent Chicagoan
declared that business on Chicago's riv-
ers had not declined because of difficult
ties in the channels. but because the
freighting of the lakes has undergone
change in character. The handling of
freight has been centralized and carriers
have been made larger and larger thus
improving facilities without increasing
the number of ships in proportion to the
volume of new tonnage. There Is a
great deal of truth in this, and if lake
cities which handle coarse freights would
improve their coal and iron docks. and
those which handle grain in addition
would provide ample elevator capacity
every need would be supplied. As for
the package freighting, the river docks
will be ample and more convenient than
lake docks far removed from the BUSH
ness houses to which such freight is
consigned
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Many Narrowly Escape.

More than 500 persons narrowly eS-
capped death Sunday in Il collision be-
tween the fruit steamer Admiral Dewey
bound IN from Jamaica. and the Steamer
Mount Desert, outward bound from Ia!
Ridge. near New York. Many passed.
gers were injured in fleeing from tht
Mount Desert to the other vessel, Whlgh
seemed more likely to Survive the crash
Inc Dewey, coming suddenly ont OK IL
fog bank, struck the Mount Desert 4i
most ainidships, opening a cash ID i'F
hshlng vessel that extended from tAg UP,
per deck to the waters edge. lhett
We're 600 passengers including tWeh4
women and six children, ON the Nouhl
Desert and the Dewey carried farty-h'v
passengers. In addition there were lhS
crews of the two steamers. Pane loE
lowed the collision, and it was Que ~
the prompt action of Capt Davidson Cd
the Dewey that catastrophe was aver
ed. for the passengers on the tshsl-
steamer began piling over the guard r'"r
of that vessel and leaped for the dscN, ~
the Admiral Dewey. Had he haCSla l.s
steamer away many would have i"'.e"
into the water. Capt Davidson Rep, y.
Dewey moving slowly ahead aud lA.s
held the PROV of the fruit steamer !ag'
the rent that had been made and aii"IN
ed boarding place for the frlghiea
passengers of the Mount Desert IL IT
teen minutes fully $50 passengers " '.-.
Mount Desert sprang to the deck "f ~.
ADMIRAL Dewey BY this time -.
Dewey had pushed the other vessel ''@.
10 the east bank
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
New Kind Of a Hat

Playing soldier, Brooklyn youngsfer
placed brown earthenware jar. such rs
Is used for baking beans, on his head
for a helmet, then found to his mortifica.
ton aud horror that he could not remove
it. Even more mortified and more terri.
fed was his mother, who in desperation
hurried the sobbing little soldier out oT
the house and boarded ear, bent On
taking him 10 a physician. Blushinc
fuFiously, the mother tried to appear I'M
concerned in the face of the staring mas
sengers. bur finally one woman grew So
curious that she asked
Why does your little boy wear a bean
pot :"
Because he cannot get it off. replied
the mother stifiiy.
WAY don't you break it?'' some one
suggested
This proved to be happy thought.
and the motorman was called to the res
cue. lie broke the jar with his con
troller
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

up his fist and hit him crack on the
mead which made hun let 60 and sink.
You've been telling imaginative
stories to Mrs Corbett." sa;a wilson :
there was ablect fear in his face and
voiee-'and now / ask YOU what Won
mean by it. / was on tbar shin. aud
saw nobody behaving as YOU desc,l:p.d. :,
No? Likely not Seaton took a
cigarette out of the case and fingered
| it lovingly. "A man doesn't always
carry pocket looking glass about with
him for such emergencies And If some
one turns up afterward from 10t1a
miles of with an intimate knowlf dee of
the hero's past history, / grant YOU it's
unusual, and unexpected, and rough on
that hero Do you know The fhinas
which ! do when | get annoyed would
| surprise YOU
Are you coming out at once?s was
the furious reply.
IF | ;,ot yeXel with YOU sudden V
they woit'n know YOU at lp,inn n,I, -
they'd kept copy of YOU. =
What's this about2 Why, little one !.
Nancy dearl -
The child had run Up to him again
with an incoherent cry ld thrown he.
arms around his neck Mrs. Corbett ad
vaneed to the pair with EXPLANATIONS of
wrath, but reeoiled .uddenly as Seaton
looked her in the face. She sat down
on neighboring sofa and looked up at
her husband, shaking her head reproaeh-
| fully.
Really, James, really she said with
fretful reproof, why couldn't you come
back in the ordinary way INST ring
the bell, if you'd lost your latchkey and
tell the footman who you were, and
come in. And why have you got a
beard Very unbecoming, / call it."
| Well, now you have come in said
Wilson, with shrug of the shoulders.
Il suppose it's time for me to go out"
All right, my dear chap; I'll remem-
Der that next time you want something.
Come and dine soon. SO long. Sorry
| about that quarter of million If a
| flyers any use to you No :
Well, goodbye. Better luck next time.
Edward Fl. Cooper in Sketch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
ENGLISH FASHIONS FOR MEN.
A New Dinner Coat-Styles in Cuffs ant
Pockets.

An English authority on fashions for
men confessed that his prejudice against
the dinner jacket--eXeept on board ship
or for clubs ard home country wear-is
less now that lounge evening dress is be-
ginning 10 assume more dressy appear.
ance and getting away from the smoking
jacket look
Il have at the moment one in mind
which looks remarkably well on a young
man with a good figure" he says in The
Gentlewoman. 1t is shaped in at the
waist, made full at the bottom, aud has
broad lapels tapering down into turn
over which reaches the entire length of
the coat.
This turnover is pressed all the way
down: We're it only rolled it would stick
forward too much and spoil the side
view oI tine garment. Indeed, it would
suggest what w. S. Gilbert has lightly
called 'hulging tuns.'
There are slanting side pockets with
flaps, these flaps being rounded III front
and pointed behind; the sleeves have a
turnover cuff fastened back by a single
button covered with the silk with which
the fronts are lined, aid an appearance
of distinction is given to the coat by a
velvet collar
The same authority announces shat if
you are a medium man the proper width
OF your trousers at the knee and the
ankle should be is inches and 153i
inches
He defines Cambridge suit as very
like a morning coat suit, except that the
trousers of the Cambridge are of the
same material as the coat, and TIE cloth
is often tweed or cheviot. 1t is mere
" a country afternoon coat and is not
very often WoTG.
Turnover cuffs, according to this writ
err, are going out and the ordinary kind
coming back into fashion. The latter
have from three to five buttons placed
close together. 1t is said that the cuff
at present in favor was introduced by
the late Duke of Clarence
Braided edges are still fashionable for
best wear morning coats. AS for pock-
cts, the morning coat is not likely to I'M
dergo any change for some time to come.
1t has side pockets with flaps put in at
the waist seam, and like those in the
new lounge dress jacket the flaps are
blunted or rounded in front and cut off
into point at the back. The fronts of
the coat are brought well forward
Il cannot recommend the fancy waist
coat with the broad bound fronts" the
writer concludes. ''This binding has been
oyerdone by cheap limitations. Judging
from what have lately seen in this way
| should imagine that their wearers had
said to their tailors when ordering: I
want broad strip of cloth for the front
of myself, please. with just little bit
OF fancy waistcoat stuck to the sides Of
II -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Has Had an Awfully Tough Time.

Poor Salome has had an awfully tough
time of it ever since she first made her
appearance upon the stage At first ev-
erything went well, until Salome reached
New York. Then her troubles began.
Anthony Comstock objected to the veil
business and a few other features and
some Of the ministers condemned the
play, because it treated biblical sub
ject with. what they considered insult
fcient reverence Only by a compro-
mise. which made it necessary 10 do yio-
lence TO the remarkable work was If
made possible to bring out the Wilde
Strauss opera Now the Baptist and
Methodist ministers of good old Pbila-
delphia have taken M arms against Sa-
lone and the Holy Synod. meaning the
head of the Greek orthodox church i'm
Russia. whiela seems to play the part
of guardian Of public morals in that
country, has prohibited the performan nee
of the opera. The way of the trans.
gressor is hard, indeed
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
THE BRANDED.

They pass me ev'ry day with furtiye glance
From hollow eyes that once were clear
and fair;
Their feet move slowly with a hid de-
The feet that once tript lightly in the
dance.
One paid to Appetite price too dear
One stunning Poverty enslaved her soul.
The Past from out their lives the rarest
stole;
The Futures clouds hang pitiless and
drear.
would not curse them tho they branded
be;
/ would remember we are common dust
He lifted you. Mary, from yonr lust
And it is He Who gives you purity.
Great Master, guard me lest | cast a stone,
Who should for sordid sins myself atone.
Roscoe Gilmore Scott, m putnams
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Wind Children.

Hopping and skipping along the lane,
The little wind children have come again;
Brown and crimson, from tree to tree
They dance and rattle in elfin glee;
Over the pathway and down the street
hear the click of their velvet feet
Wind of the autumn blowing them by
In some brown hollow at last to lie
The little wind children have cume to town
Crimson of maple and oak leaf brown:
Chasing and racing away they so
Along the cutters and round the row;
Far in the forest they fall and float
On the yiewless winds like sailless boat,
Rustling and smuggling, when night brings
dream
On their fernly bed by the woodland
streami Baltimore Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Wei Named.

He arrived late and worn out at the
twentieth hotel after wandering nearly
all around London TO find accommoda-
ton. and was delighted 10 learn that ac-
tually the place was not full up. Next
morning, however he complained of the
bed, and the landlord stiffly said that
was the Duke of Wellington" said the
vesitor with a sneer. Perhaps it was, :"
returned the landlord, loftily. mo won
der they called him the Iron Duke" re-
torted the visitor London News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Gas Not Necessary.

Scene: Fashionable watering place in
northern Britain. English lady visitor
who is suffering from t0othacheI say,
gardener. have you dentist here?
old Gardener ees. mem-yees, mem.
Lady Nisitor-Does he extract teeth
with the aid of gas?
ola Gardener Bliss MS n men, we
hac aye guild daylight here,-Exchange.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Came Rack to Her Senses-

One of the most amusing features of
a recent meeting of the New York Moth
ers club and one thoroughly character
istic of that misnamed organization was
the resignation of one of the members
VINO actually remembered that her chill
dren had more claim upon her time than
the club, The other members were hor-
riGed that the woman could allow such
triIie as her children to interfere with
her duties as a club member.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Confusion.

Lillian Braithwate Hill. the noted writ
er Of humorous ADVERTISEMENTS replied,
vt a banquet of haberdashers in st.
Joseph, to an attack by Il business rival,
on advertising humor.
My friend, said Miss Ill., says the
public wants seriousness, not humor, in
its ads But he coutradicts himself
horribly as he states his case. His facts
seem to me as confused and absurd as
the obituary of his wifes death that a
milwaukee, man sent TO Milwaukee edi-
tor | know.
This obituary said:
Nine wife Gretchen is dead If she
had lived till next Friday she's been
dead just two weeks yet. As tree
falls, SO must it stand. Washington
Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
He Was Hungry.

John ]. Hayes, the Marathon hero, at
a dinner in New York concluded a toast
with story.
Truly" he said, I'VE must work. We
must nor rest on our lal,rels As the
President told us, it would be a pity to
see an Olympic winner twenty Years
hence tramp.
''Yet such things have happened 4
cousin Of mime, the foreman Of Chicago
iron mill. once employed a tramp who
had been a Yale baseball champion.
Their acquaintance began N way thar
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

Barnes Tormer-In the piece we play
tonight the scene is laid about the time
of the Spanish war.
Hiram SLbbubbs-Yep. and the eggs
the boys have been buyin' up was laid
about the same time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Two Wives.

THAT woman next door is really dread
full, John" said a young married wom-
an to her husband. ''She does nothing
hat talk the whole day long She can
NOT get any work done, I'm sure
'Oh," remarked the husband, Il
thought she was chatterboX. And to
whom does she TALK"
Why, my dear, to me, of course"
was the reply. 'She talks to me over the
hack fence. London Opinion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
A Weighty Argument

Mrs. Hoolihan-This paper says there
do be sermons in stones. Phwat a.
yez think av thot?
O'Hoolihan-Oi dunno about the serr-
mons. but many a good ar-rgument has
COON out nv a brick, Dim thinkin'-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Good Fish Story.

Fishing outside Sandy Hook was
never 50 good as now in the memory az
the oldest angler who goes down % ia.
banks. The fish are ling, a species "l
cod. and so great is their number ;ta.
they can be caught on any kind OF A"'H
and line ard there is a story that Sn't.
are caught by hand. while others dtN
wait, bar jump ont Of the water ass
take the hook before il reaches the va
ter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
An Ayerted Danger.

A verg beautiful actress, at a lunch
con at the Plaza. told story about the
late Tony Pastor.
Before / went on the stage" she said,
Il was typewriter girl. My employ
er happened to fail, and / advertised for
new situation. One of those who am
swered my advertisement was Mr. Pas
tor, and ] put his name on my list, and
IN due course called on him.
But he told me / was too late. He
had engaged a typewriter early that
morning. lie was very sorry, he said.
/ would haze made charming orna-
ment TO his dull office. He paid several
delightful compliments to my eyes, my
hair. my figure.
II rose with a sigh
:" Well said, i suppose I'll have
70 close with Mr., Koopon, then. I'm
horribly disappointed. I'd ever so much
rather work for YOU
What has old Koopon, the banker,
made you an offerg Mr.. Pastor cried.
+" Yes said |. and very generous
one. too; but | prefer this office to his.
And in this office you shall stay.
said Mr.. Pastor, whmsically Wen
make room for you somehow Why,
my dear child, all my money is in Koo-
pon's bank w Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

Knight Stands-I want you to under
stand that / am star of this company.
Howell Rant-You may be billed as a
star, but you couldn't be found by Lick
telescope.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

Mauager-Your acting last night was
certainly the limit
De Star-Why, sir, what do you mean?
Manager ell, here are Il dozen let
tiers | received from deadheads this
morning demanding that their names be
erased from the free list.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

The unit of horsepower varies great
Is in different countries
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

Advertise in this paper, and make yoa5
wants known to your home people
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
Art Criticism.
An Illustration of Form.

james Ten Eyck, great oarsman and
great coach, is teaching the sons of r..
H. Hartman to row. He hopes that
they will do in rowing what Jay Gould
has done in court tennis.
Mr. Ten Eyck, in discussing rowing
one day in Syracuse, said success de-
pended ON form. He explained what he
meant by form. Then, by way of illus
traton. he added:
Everything, everything, goes by form
Thus, out west in the old days, it was
the essence of form to be informal. NY
father used to tell about squire who
would marry the young couple that came
to him in some such form as this:
"'Bill, do We take this gal whose hand
ye're a-squeezin' to be yer lawful wife.
in flush times an skimpY
Il guess that's about the size of it.
squire.
Name. do you take this cuss we've
fined fists with to be yer pard thru
thick an thin?
"sYe're right fer once. old man.
AN right, then. Kiss in court, an
/ reckon ye're married about as tight as
the law can iine We. | guess four bits'll
do. Bill, if / don't have to kiss the
bride. If | do. it's six bits extry' -
Syracuse Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04

showed the tramp still to se game and
CHEEKY.
1T was cold autumn dawn. and the
tramp had slept in front of a furnace on
Il warm stone.
My cousin being short Of laborers, on
his morning tour of inspection spied the
fellow and thought he would give him
job.
My man. he said can you do any
thing with shoyelF
THE tramp smiled.
"Well. ] could fry piece Of ham on
il Washington Star.
49,
Art Criticism.
Several good stories are related by
Sigismund Goetz He once painted his
own portrait II designed it as a birth
day surprise for my mother, but one day
left il exposed in the studio, instead of,
as usual. covered up. OF course, my
mother chose that very afternoon to
call and equally, of course, she spotted
the portrait Who is thatY she said.
oh. man I've been painting, / replied
instantly feeling several sizes smaller, a
shrinkage which continued almost to
vanishing point when my mother, after
another look at the picture. said severe
ly. Why do you waste your time on
such uninteresting peopleY Exchange
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25

Wanted-20 head Of horses to pas.
tue. Customary price. w. H. CITIES
Lasswell, Kansas.