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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

ger and freight service between Vancou-
yer and Oriental ports. These steamers
can be operated more economically than
steamers bearing the American flag. and
the American railroad lines were com
PEELED to employ japanese steamers in
order to compete with the Canadian
through rates. But the japanese can
operate their steamers even more cheap
ly than do the British owners. owing to
the comparative lowhess Of the compen-
sation of japanese seamen and the sim
pier and cheaper diet of officers and
crew. This will enable them to 'cut un-
der" the Canadian steamers in order to
hold their business with the American
transcontinental lines. The Japanese lin
ers are subsidized. and this with the adj
vantage of cheaper operation ought to
give them winning position.
But it is held in Montreal that the Ca
madam Pacific is sure to win, in the end.
as the japanese lines must turn their
traffic over to the American railways,
which will have to charge rates in ac-
cordance with the dictates of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which has
no control over the Canadian lines. This
is equivalent to saying that the Cana
dian Pacific will inaugurate a war of
rates on land as we'll as on the sea-
Should such a war be instituted. the
outcome would be matter of interest
throughout the entire North American
continent.-Eyening Wisconsin, Milwau-
kee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

Even the second-story man has an am
bitlon to climb upward.
The dead are soon forgotten In fact
most of US are lucky if we are not for
gotten while we are alive.
Any man can be thankful for what he
gets, but few of us consider that we
ought to be thankful for what we don't
get.
The thief generally suffers in the end.
Even the fellow who steals kiss may
be obliged to marry the girl.
The easier the job the harder to get it.
This illustrates the perversity of ex-
istence.
Even when some fellows land in jail
they expect their friends to help them
out.
Putting it on ice won't always keep a
secret.
The man who marries twice doesn't
always agree that second thoughts are
best.
1t seems strange that when a girl is
sweet there should be no flies on her.
Many man is rich in experience
who can't raise the price of a meal.
If it wasn't for the word 'obey" the
average groom wouldn't know he was
at his own wedding.
Love is blind. That is, it is born
blind. but it soon gets it's eyes open.
Too many people mistake an excuse
for n reason.
Some young men propose to girl
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
THE GENTLE CYNIC.

Love Is sweet. In fact a good bit of it
is taffy.
Time is money, especially if you take
it by the forelock.
Some men outlive their usefulness and
others never have any.
Some things go without saying, hCt q
woman isn't one of them.
Many a woman wears her clothes well
who doesn't wear well herself.
The Ian who is forced to eat his own
words soon loses his appetite.
Lots of men never know which side
of the fence they are on till they fail
off.
Unfortunately mans obituary notice
always comes too late to get him a job.
There is a time in every young mans
life when he either makes fool of him
self or gets some girl to do it for him.
The beauties of early rising are only
appreciated by those who don't have 70
practice it,
1t isn't feat to be effete.
Charity begins at home, and so, I'M
fortunately, does the lack of it.
You don't have to be superStiti0us TO
realize that the fellows who do you hoo
doc You.
Just because a man can't set the world
on fire is no reason why he should be Il
wet blanket.
Even when a fellow feels that he can
no longer count on his friends he can
count on his fingers.
Women, as rule, are more proud of
their beauty than of their brains Most
of them have more cause to be.
Somehow or other the man who sells
his vote is always considered more cor
frupt than the man who buys it.
There are ever,a million different kinds
| of microbes, and some men imagine that
each individual one is after them.
| IF you can't pay as you go, stay.
| An ounce of silence is worth a peck
of trouble.
| II doesn't fake long to tell some people
what we think of them.
When a man is afraid to form an opin-
| ion Tor himself he ought to get married.
One way in which woman can get
| even with man is by marrying him.
| The chronic borrower doesn't like to
| think we shall recognize our friends in
| heaven.
| Clothes may not make the man. but
the lack of them would be AT least en-
| barrassing.
The trouble with knaves and fools lis
| that they haven't sense enough to Keep
from being found out.
1t makes a small man feel big to stand
| on his dignity.
| Most of us are proudest of the things
we intend to do.
Some people are only tireless in making
| other people tired.
All things equalize themselves. Find
| ing fault, for instance, is merely losing
| time.
| If you would please yourself, please
| others.
A man is known by the company he
| keeps away from.
| Too many men measure Importance by
| the standard of chest expansion.
| The man who is thrown on his own
resources often finds that he hasn't any.
Fair play is all any man wants, but
he wants TO be the judge of its fairness.
Don't burn your bridges behind you
unless they are fully covered by in
suranee.
About the hardest job a man has is to
convince others that he is as good as
he thinks he is,
Age brings wisdom, but the trouble is
il doesn't leave US much tine 70 use it,
We all strive 70 rise in the world.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
LITTLE GIRLS AS JURORS.
All in Favor of Whipping for the In
corrigible Boy.

Judge Van b. Prather of the probate
court of WyandOtte county is a busy
man, but he took five minutes off yester.
day afternoon to speak to a bevy of little
girls from Toad-aLoup, suburb of
Armourdale, who had come to the iu-
venile court as witnesses in the case of
Ezra Moulton, charged with incorrigibil-
ity
While the lawyers were arguing the
case before Probation Officer w. w. La
cey Judge Prather invited the witnesses
into his private office. Nov. little
girls" said the judge gravely when the
youthful visitors were all seated in an
eXpectant circle, most of you came here
in behalf of the defendant. little Ezra
MOulton. | have written my decision
on a slip of paper You will each take
one of these slips and write on it your
opinion as to what the Punishment of
Ezra Mouhon should be-a good whip-
ping by his mother here in the courtroom
or several long years in the house of cor
rection.'
When Judge Prather returned to the
office after leaving the jury to mediate
few minutes he found them all in fa-
vor of the whipping.
THAT was what | had written said
the judge triumphantly. THE jury is
dismissed"
Mrs. Moulton. however, refused to
whip her child in the courtroom and SO
was allowed by the court to take him to
the back porch, where in few minutes
the judicial decree was fully carried out.
Kansas City Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
THE LONGEST NIGHT.

On Christmas eve, when were in bed, way
off alone upstairs,
And Mothers come and tucked us in ana
heard US say our prayers
And said goodnight and kissed US, ana
the lamp is Just a spark
That makes the bureau and the chairs look
knobby Jumps of dark,
And great big shadows hide behind the
open closet door,
And through the window panes the moon
makes patchwork on the floor,
And everything's so queer and dim and
strange without the light
Then 'twould be fun TO snuggle down and
shut our eyes up tight
Sos not to see;
But no street
Old Santas coming and we've crossed our
hearts and vowed to be
Wide, wide awake all night.
It's oh, so stin! we try to talk, but always
when we do
1t sounds 50 loud and plain we're glad
when every whispers through.
In on the shelf on Mothers room the clock,
that moves so quick
When daylight's here. now takes a week
for every single tick.
The wind outside comes whimp' ring round
and whining at the caves,
And mocking at the shivering trees, all cold
without their leaves.
We're certain sure we've laid awake, al
ready, most year,
We're 'fraid that Santas skipped our HOUSE
and isn't coming here
Then in the gloom
OF Mothers room,
That old clock whirrs and starts to strike
we count, Boom! boom! boom! boom.
What? Only ten! Oh dear!
There never, never was night before one
half so long!
It's stillern ever now; the wind has husneo
its crying song
And lust huns soft and sleepy, and the
bed feels warm ana snug;
The moons put out its lamp and there's nc
patchwork on the rug.
Our eyes feel sort of sticky and we win6
and wink and wink,
And we don't care to whisper now, we
rather lie and think
About old Santa, how he comes AROUND
through snow and wet
And bout his reindeer team and bout
e. the things were going
to get
And why! well, say!
It's Christmas Day!
We fell asleep in spite of all; he's come
and gone away,
And we've not seen him yet
Joseph C. Lincoln, in Eyerybody's
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
The Road to Success.

John G.. Johnson, Philadelphia ia
nous lawyer, Yves talking in the smoking
room of liner about work.
I'm my youth" said Mr.. johnson, Il
was ambitious. Ambitious in an ainless
and desultory way. In early youth Of
course, one understands neither life nor
ones self
AN aged millionaire questioned me
one day good-humoredly:
You are ambitiousT he said.
4 am l agreed.
"'Why, said the millionaire, do you
want to riseY
$50 that | can do as 1 like l an
swered
1.-THE millionaire smiled and shook his
head
"'Ah, my boy, he said, it is only
when we do as we don't like that we
succeed New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
1t Did Not Work

Mr.. Seabury and his wife We're on the
point of moving to another fiat. Both
of them were anxious that the transfer
should be made at the least possible ex-
pense, and the nearness of the new home
promised materially to further this aim.
Il can carry loads of little things over
in my brown bag" announced Mrs. Sea
bury. And you can take books and so
on in your big satchel"
transportation Mrs. Seabury remarked
that. Notwithstanding the heat, she could
wear her winter coat over, leave it, and
return for her spring coat. The idea
charmed her impractical husband.
why, l can do the same thing he
said. ''I'll wear over one suit and then
come back for notherr'-Youth's Com
panion
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
The Wassail Bowl.

One of the oldest Christmas customs is
spiced wine with roast apples afioat
therein. The name wassail is derived
from the Saxon ''WashieI," which signi-
fies Health be to YOU
/, The Saxons made their wassail of beer
or mead, mixed with toast. spices. sugar
and eggs. The apples, as they We're
roasted. were tossed in kissing hot.
Each wassailer if he did not get one
floating in his cup, was properly ag-
grieved.
The wassail drowned all quarrels The
bitterest enemies, drinking of the headv
and horrible stuff. became sworn friends.
Modern man viii never revive wassail.
His palate could not brook beer mixed
with sugar, spices and roast apples.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
A Ouarrelsome Family.

A family living in Germantown was
recently in need of a cook, and the
mistress of the house was considering N
applicant sent by an employment agency
why did you leave your last place:
the housekeeper asked the girl
ITO tell the truth. mum, | just couldn
stand the way the master and the mlssnS
used to quarrel"
Dear me! Do you mean to say that
they actually used to quarrel?'
"Yis, mum, all the time. When T.
wasn't me and him, it was me and her.
Philadelphia Ledger
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
Nothing AmiSs.

Two Scottish farmers met on their
way to church. Man" said Donald
Il was wonderin' what you will be ask
in for you bit sheep. over at your stead
in'f''. Man" replied Dougal. Il VAS
thinkin' l wad be wantin' fifty shulAn !.
for that sheep" Il will tax it at that,
said Donald: but. och, man, Dou@all'
l am awfu' surprised at you dom 81, nus rs!
ness on the Sawbathr' Business, en-.
claimed Dougal Man. sellin' shGP
like that for fifty shullin's is not nus
ness at all; it's just charity .'-Lond''
News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

How do you spell Hayti? Some peo-
pie spell it Haiti How do you spell
Haytian? Some people spell it Haytien.
The good old American formulas are
Hayti and Haytian. Is it well that revo-
lutions in American spelling should be
as easy as revolutions in Hayti!
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

A New Yorker writes a newspaper of
that city the confession that he made a
mistake in retiring from business at 80.
Now, it seems, he finds himself doomed
ito read daily five hours, walk three
hours, and attempt to sleep seven
hours" which still leaves "a residue of
about nine hours for dreary introspec,
ton There is pleasure in work for
those habituated to it, and there is dull
monotony in idleness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18
Family Records.

One day as a minister was Ia->A,,.-
down the street in Scranton where L S
resided. he was seen by some han-e'S .',-
at n public house which he was III
preaching, and one of the number ea''''
to him and said: IN
portance. and would like you to jt. NJ
1t is in relation to the age of the 'S''..
Can you tell Us how old he is .-.-,
"Gentlemen, said the minlsle's III r.
dignity. you must keep your oN' i''.
records. Philadelphia Ledger
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

The hunting season closed as trogical-
ly as it opened There were killings up
of hunters AMI the cost of the sport in
sorrow and suffering has been infinitely
greater than the financial outlay, which
is always high III comparison with the re-
turn in sport and yenison. Latterly the
real zest of the sport for many has been
in the risks which ventures into the
woods entail.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

Congress will doubtless heed the re-
quest for an adequate number of golfers
for the navy, made in his annual report
by Rear-Admiral William $. Cowles,
chief of the bureau of equipment, There
is room for differences as to the need
of additional battleships and cruisers,
but there ought to be no dissent from the
proposition that everything should be
done to keep the efficiency of the existing
navy up to the top notch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

The epidemic of the foot and mouth
disease in this country at the present
time is now said to cover a wider field
than in 1923, when 100000 was re-
CURED to pay the expense of stamping it
out. The department of agriculture may
feel obliged to ask for an emergency
appropriation of "A round million dol
lars to meet the exigencies of the pres
ent occasion It's a good deal of money,
but it will be well and economically eN-
pended if it stops the epidemic,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

The report from London that bill is
to be introduced in the House of Com
mons to prohibit the use of hop substi-
tutes in the manufacture of beer. HOw's
this? Americans have been led to be-
leve that brewers in the ''old country
do not resort to tricks of that kind, but
give consumers beer from the real stuff.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

The Great Northern railroads pro-
posed line from the boundary to Winni-
peg has been surveyed, and construction
will begin in the spring. This will make
another commercial tie between Canada
and the United States, which are to
know no boundary so far as traffic move
ment is concerned. Freight will follow
the lines of least resistance, and rail
road enterprise will endeayor to estab-
lish such lines
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

England fears a meat famine as IA re-
suit of the outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease in the United States. This
fear is not among her farmers, how
ever, as they are willing to provide all
the beef that may be required at famine
prices. The embargo upon smeat may
have a benedcent influence in showing the
Britons where they are at in the mat
ter of meat supplies. and make them
more considerate of American products.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

The steamer Meacham is on the way
to Buffalo from Lake Superior port
with cargo of 421 900 bushels of wheat
This is valuable load for n dangerous
closing run, but there is no reason why
the Meacham should not get through to
her destination without trouble. In the
days of sailing craft which loaded down
TO the covering board navigators
sneaked through to Buffalo from Milwau-
kee between gales sometimes as late as
the middle OF December
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

Marathon races are becoming so nu-
merous that there is danger of OVERRIDING
on the part of ambitious young athletes.
To run or to skate twenty-five miles at
the highest possible speed is to put the
heart to a severe test, and no athletic
association or skating club should ar
range for Marathon contests without
providing for medical examination of
would-be contestants as a necessary pre-
liminary
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

The Chicago crusade for ventilation of
the street cars is likely to bear fruit. 1t
will go a long way toward preventing the
spread of disease and promoting the gen
cral vigor of the population. The ex-
ample of Chicago in this respect should
be widely followed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

1t is reported from Lon}o2 that a
shrapnel grenade suitable for use with
ordinary army rifles has been tested with
success by British and foreign military
experts But as the range of the grenade
is only from 500 to 1000 feet, the new
missile will not be of much service, as
the modern long-range rifle compels
armies to fight at distances far beyond
such short throws of shrapnel.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

on their knees and some on their up
pers.
The people who are looking for trou-
BILE deserve all that's coming to them.
1t seems as though marriage really
requires course in preparatory
school.-New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

One of the Herreshoffs having turned
to the manufacture of automobiles,
yachtsmen are looking for the produc-
ton of something that will pub existing
records in the shade. But there are limita-
tions in mechanics beyond which wizard
ry in shaping an automobile cannot go,
and there may be disappointment such
as has not been experienced with Her
reshoff productions for sea service.
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-25
Gfrerer-Berzel

A very pretty wedding took place at
St. Joseph's church Monday morning at
10 o'clock when Miss Marie Gfrerer be-
came the bride of George Berzel, Rev.
FIR. Rabsteinek performing the cere-
mony.
The bride was attended by Miss Rosie
Berringer, while John Berzel, brother
of the groom, acted as best man. The
brides gown was of French Batiste,
made in princess style and daintily
trimmed with baby Irish lace and in
sertion, she wore tuell wedding veil
and carried beautiful bouquet of
brides roses. The groom was attired in
the conventional black. The brides.
maids dress was of mouselinne de sole,
trimmed with val lace.
A delicate lunch was served at noon at
the groom's home on Barnes street, at 6
o'clock bountiful repast was enjoyed
by the intimate friends of the contract
ing parties.
Mrs. Berzel is a young landy from St.
Paul and, although in Dickinson for only
three weeks, she has made many
true acquaintances. Mr.. Berzel has
been proprietor of the City Bakery for
over year and has proven himself to be
man of sterling qualities.
The happy couple will make their
home in the groom's house and will be
at home to their friends after August 1st.
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-25
L. colgrove has been in from his ranch

L. Colgrove has been in from his ranch
this week.
Miss Carrie Messersmith is reported az
getting nicely over her typhoid attack.
G. R. Wannamaker who has been in
Wibaux on business returned Wednes-
day.
William Jefferies who has been spend.
ing the summer on the ranch was in
town this week.
Conductor H. D. Stephenson of
Mandan was greeting old friends in Dick
inson on Monday.
Mrs. Ed. Stone. of Sentinel Butte, is
visiting at the home of Mrs. F. P. Stone
for few weeks.
The work on the septic tank is now
progressing rapidly. The floor is laid
and the walls will be put on soon.
The Times says that Reeder is to be
the big cattle shipping point south, hav-
ing been selected over Hettinger and
Lennon.
Mrs. Don Pearl and little daughter of
Prosser, WASH, visited at Sentinel Butte
last week and went east to st. Paul and
South Dakota points.
Edward Swenson, a Minnesota uni
versity law student, was in Dickinson the
past week, looking after collections for
the Minneapolis Journal.
Filing Underdahl, who has been visit.
ing his cousin of the same name near
New England, returned this week to
Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
E. E. Cook was in from the ranch this
week. He has just completed gathering
his strawberry crop, 100 quarts of the
finest berries to be found anywhere.
Mrs. Gfrerer, who has been in Dickin-
son attending the wedding of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Geo. Berzel, returned to her
home in St. Paul, Tuesday.
David FortneY, of Lehigh, had his
shoulder badly bruised as the result of a
runaway Tuesday. He is being treated
at the Stein Hospital and is doing nicely.
Bismarck Tribune:-A picked team
from Bismarck and Mandan played the
Dickinson team at baseball in Mandan,
Sunday. The Dickinson team won an
easy victory by score of IL to1.
Geo. Ziemann of Superior, Wis.,,
recently spent some time driving through
the country in Dunn and Billings
counties and was so we'll pleased that he
has decided to take homestead.
Frank Scheller is suffering from a
broken knee.cap. He was working in
the round house when boiler plate fell
and broke his knee. He has taken to
the hospital at Brainard on Wednesday.
X. ]. Ike, manager of the Family The
ater, has taken partner, Sam. B. An
derson, in connection with the moving
picture shows. Mr.. Anderson comes d.
rectly from South Dakota and is an ex-
perienced man in this line of business.
Mr.. Ike expects now to devote more time
to his piano business.
Old Dickinson friends of the family
will be interested in the following from
the Miles City Journal: Miss Nellie
Tremblay is in the city visiting her
father, w. A. Tremblay. She will 60 to
Helena to visit with the Flynns and then
return to Miles City before returning to
the convent which she has been attend
ing at St. Paul.
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-25
Culture
Hettinger, N. d

f.r AAStuASCI, N.Os
Friends and Neighbors: Plant trees
around your houses and around your fire
breaks and care for them SO that in a
few years you may be the proud owner
of as fine fruit as ever grew in the east
ern states. Don't pot hole trees in this
country. It will do no good. The sod
will draw every particle of moisture from
the roots, and as our Russian neighbors
say, your trees will be "co poot." Plow a
good strip and disc fne;,se your trees
and put soil firmly around the roots as
early in the spring as possible. Use
coarse manure in mulching your trees
and you will surely have success. ~.
N. J.,Russell, whose farm is FIVE miles
northeast of Hettinger, has the largest
number of trees set out by any one
person in Adams county He has 1900
apple, peach, pear, black locust, ash,
catalpa and Columbia poplar trees
planted, and has lost only 10 trees. The
peach trees were killed by red ants, If
every farmer would do likewise, in a
few years Adams county would look
different from what it does today.
II P.,D. PLAIN.
[After Mr.. Plain has lived in this
country little longer he will learn that
peach, pear, locust and catalpa trees
cannot be successfully grown in North
Dakota. Ash, elm, cottonwood and box
elder trees do well, and hardy varieties
of apple trees will also do very well in
Adams county after the land has been
subdued. Every farmer should set trees
asearly as possible, providing himself
with shelter belts and eventually with
firewood for the home. Ed.l