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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Gold from Ocean Sands

From Shasta 10 San Diego, all the
way along the shores Of the Pacific ocean
there Is gold in the black sand which.
for the greater part Of the length Of the
state. underlies the gray aud yellow sand
Of the beach. This has been known to
mining men for a score Of years or more
but ever since they found il out they
have been completely batlled in all efforts
at getting ii.
The values in the sand are low, not
more than % cents per ton, and the sea
washes heavily over all manner Of struc-
lures which are set up on the beach To
separate the sand from it's gold. These
were the two principal obstacles To be
overcome: TO find IA machine which
would withstand the storms Of winter
and the tides Of summer ana at the same
time be delicate enough TO draw the gold
from the black mass Of the beach
At last however. the riddle has been
solved despite the wreckiug of one of
the plants with which the work was COM
menced. and a recent cleanup of one
days run Of 1000 tons Of black sand
paid 500 over and above all expenses
The full value Of the gold in the SAND
could il have been entirely removed
would have been $3.50. the actual
amount taken out was about $235 worth.
making the cost Of handling than 1000
tons Of sand a triiie more than cents n
ton. the cheapest mining yet known to
mau.--Teclmicnl World Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Cheaper ELECTRIC Lighting

\ development in electric lighting of
great economic Importance is announced
from New York city, where the Public
Service Commission while conducting nm
Investigation of the electric lighting com
panieS has drawn from representative
of one of the corporations the interest
ing information that his company is
about To replace the incandescent lamps
having carbon tilaments with tungsten
and tantalum lamps, or lamps with me-
tallic tilaments. Ii is explained i'm
connection with this statement that the
company will not reduce the price of
electric current, but that the new laups
will use so much less electricity per
candle power that their maintenance
will be from % to 80 per cent. cheap
er TO the consumer.
The Importance of this development
reaches far beyond the mere reduction
of electric light bills. 1t foreshadows
economies in the use of coal aud greater
efficiency for waterpowers that provide
electricity for illumination aud me-
chanical purposes. Every ton OF coal
thus saved will contribute to the pro-
ongation Of the worlds supply, and
every reduction in the number of watts
of electric current required from water
turbine plants for the development Of
light and power will make possible the
utilization of waterpower where the
available force has thus far been insult.
ticient for economical employment.
Progress through improvements in
lamps is of more value to investors
than that which is made by the intro
duction of new and more efficient ma
chif,ery which compels corporations TO
send obsolete plants TO the scrap heap.
1t will be beneficial to all. including
municipalities which own electric Light
ing plants. However, the likelihood OF
progress through the more costly rouse
is greater than that of future revolution
airy improvements in lamps, such ns that
| achieved by the Introduction of metallic
| hlaments, aud those who invest in
electrical enterprises will continue to
feel that inventive genius may some
day compel them 20 reach down into the
corporate pocket for money with which
TO practically reconstruct the costly GER
Grating plant Of power station. -
| Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
POLICE METHODS IN WARSAW.
Arrested All the Men of a Certain Name
and Imprisoned Them.

Sherlock Holmes would not find much
to praise in the methods employed by
the Warsaw police when trying to trace
criminals. An instance of their brilliance
is now making all those not Immediately
concerned therein laugh. Some time ago
Mr.. Hautke, manufactures, was shot
while leaving his works. and the MUIR
derers could not be found.
The other day rumors ran through the
town that one of the criminals was
named Malicki. The police heard this
rumor, obtained the addresses of all
males in Warsaw bearing this name
from the municipal address bureau. aud
arrested them without delay.
Then they sent for the murdered man
relatives, confronted them with some
hundred Malickis in turn, and asked, SIS
this the man who murdered Mr.
Hautke?" AS none of Mr.. Hautkes rel.
atives was with him at the time Of the
murder, their answers were, without OK,
eeption, Il cannot say" and they were
finally dismissed.
But the Maliekis were not 80 fortu
nate, and are still under arrest pending
further inquiries. Some of them begged
the relatives to say they were implicated
in the murder, so that they could al
least be let out on bail. As IL is. though
they declare they know nothing of the
crime, they are packed in cells like her.
rings in a barrel, and are likely to re-
main there till the real culprits appear.
The incident sounds more like one OF
Gogors satires on Russian bureaucratic
methods tnau of plain fact All the Ma.
lexis VOW they will employ their first
hours of liberty in tracing and lynching
those who foated the story of their i'm.
plicatnn in the murder. Warsaw Cor
Pail Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Reaching Practical Demonstrations.

The botteship feet has reached the
end OF its festivities at San Francisco,
| and the "Jackies" will now have an-
other period Of business, mingled with
sport aHoat and ashore during short
stay in Puget sound and Mt Mare is
land, preparatory to the voyage across
the Pacific ocean. The close of the fes-
tiyities At Seattle and Tacoma will mark
| the beginning of a practical test of the
equipment for the preparation and re-
pair of sea fighters on the Pacific ocean.
The ships of the fleet left Hampton
Roads in the pink Of condition, but they
will all require some touching up before
they are fit to face the elements ia the
long westward run.
Half Of the fleet will remain ia Puget
sound, at the Bremerton navy yard, OPP
pOsitc Seattle. and the other half will
double on the fleets track and go to the
navy yard at Mare island, near San
Francisco. The ships will each be
locked for the purpose OF seraping aud
painting their bottoms, and while they
are ont of water. such repairs as are re-
quired above the water level viii pro-
coed rs though they were afloat
The process VIII be revelation as 10
the capacity Of the two navy yards in
the handling Of ships during emergencies.
| IL has been reported that the channels
leading to the Mare island docks are not
adequate for the fighting ships Of the
first class. II this Is the case, the ships
Of lighter draft will be sent to that
point and the big fighters held at Brem-
erton. in any event, the repair Of the
fleet will demonstrate the capacity Of the
historic yards and docks at Mare Il.
| land.
The maintenance Of drydooks AT naval
| stations iS one of the necessities Of mod
ern war service Big ships must have
repair ports as welt as coaiing ports.
ami no barbor can claim to have facili-
ties for the repair Of big battleships I'M
less II possesses a c0mmodious deck. The
| United States maintains the floating
dock Dewey at Manila 10 which place
II was towed from Hampton Roads, aud
provision Is 10 be made for the docking
Of ships at Honolulu. With the docks
on the Pacific coast. and at ports in Ha-
wall and the Philippines. the United
| States navy will be well provided with
naval stations that embrace coaling
docks After the fleet has stopped at the
Philippine and made all necessary re.
| pairs. it sill DE in condition 10 proceed
uninterruptediy through the Indian ocean
| TO the Suez canal on It's return " the
| Atlantic ocean by way Of the MeGiterra-
! mean. Then the object lesson Of pre-
| paredness for serious long-ui5tance work
| viii come 10 an end at the place from
| which the feet started last winter
| Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
LIGHTHOUSE TRAP FOR BIRDS.
Feathered Wanderers Hurl Themselves
TO Death Against Beacon.

One Of the keepers who came ashore
from Boone Island recently tells the
story of the strange death encountered
by thousands Of the migrating birds
every spring.
Flying along the coast at night they
are instantly attracted by the powerful
light from the watch tower, as moths
are drawn to a candle.
Thousands OF these birds in their pass
age north fly with full force against the
thick glass of the brilliantly lighted
lantern. Stunned. they fall to death on
the rocks below or scale away for a lit
tie distance and fiutter helplessly iuto
the water.
The light of morning sometimes reveals
the rocks covered with the little crpa-
lures whose journey to their summer
homes has met this sudden aud fatal
termination. Hundreds of species are
found among the unfortunate little tour
lists. Most of them are easily recog-
nized as belonging to the various com
mon classes of song birds. But very
often large birds of beautiful plumare
come to their final resting place in this
manner upon the bleak rocks of Boone
Island.
On one occasion several years ago
the thick glass of the lantern was
to atoms by the impact of some
strange bird Of powerful bill.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
SHOPPING AT HALIFAX.
All the Stores There Give You 10 Per
Cent. Off on Everything You Buy.

The shopper in New York takes it for
granted that she will not buy at even
figures; she pays as cents, or $143 or
S3.ST, whatever it may be. and is con-
tent 50 long as she is certain she has
made a bargain. So it is a shock to her
when she goes to. some place where a
different system of pricing goods and of
offering bargains obtains.
Il got my first shock in Halifax. y.
S." said a New York woman. They're
the queerest people up there. It's a
queer old city anyway. 1t looks as if it
were built in very ancient times remind
ed me of an old English garrison town.
At every step you took you met soldier
Beautiful old place, though. built on
a steep hillside that lovely harbor. But
was telling about the shops"
you see. I'd been told that it was a
good place to buy things much cheaper
than in New York, so when my husband
and landed there for a three days stay
| made up my mind I'd do some shop
ping.
well the shops were lovely-lots of
room, attentive salespersons and all that
The first thing | got was marked So. and
L thought it was a bargain and said I'd
take it. counted my change and found
I'd got $3.50 back for my 50 bill.
Guess you've made mistake
said to the young woman who waited on
me. You've given me 80 cents too
much, and | handed back the 80 cents.
oh, no, that's all right she told me.
Ten per cent. off, you know
Il supposed it was some special dis
count on the class of goods Id bought
and went on to another shop.
The same thing happened again.
began to wonder, then, thinking it odd
that I'd struck two 10 per cent. discounts
in one mornings shopping.
At the third sto-shop, / mean, / near
~ forgot myself and said store-you
mustn't do that in an English town.
picked out something | wanted for so.
| hesitated moment over the price and
the young woman said:
"'Of course, with the discount. it's
only 50.
mercy me- | said. What do you
mean by your discount? If you only
want 50, why don't you mark it thatT
You're stranger here, she said.
Why, we always give 10 per cent. dis
count on everything.
"'All the shops?' / asked.
e All of them she said.
But what good does that doT Z
burst out. Why not. mark all goods
right in the first place?
The people expect 10 per cent. off, ;
was her answer, and couldn't get any
more out of her.
"Why the people like it I'm sure
don't know, for it reduces shopping to a
dead level. Takes all the fun and ex-
element out of it. Why on earth don't
they vary their eternal 10 per cent. off
and make it S12 Or o 1-16 once in a while
and give the shopper a run for her nom
ey?
"Still, if you could see the women
dress in Halifax you'd understand. They
all dress alike; that is, they're all dowdy.
They don't care how their clothes fit. so
| suppose they don't care how they buy
them
And the New York woman passed on,
in hurry to get back to So and Sos de-
partment store before all the hats for
1919 had been grabbed up.-New York
Sun
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The garden varieties of the dogwood
are among the most valuable shrubs in
use, being especially adapted for moist
and shady places. Some of them have
richly colored twigs which produce n fine
color effect in the winter. All are
hardy and adapt themselves readily to
a variety of soils and climates.
Towering dogwood (cornus fiorida) is
very snowy in flower and also beautiful
ia autumn when the leaves change color
before falling. The plant is of tree
form, rather slow in growth, and or
has branches spreading almost horizon
tai. The flowers appear early in spring
and in full bloom the shrub has
striking appearance owing to the whorls
Of leaves that surround the blossoms. 1t
bears a bright scarlet fruit.
Red osier (cornus stolonifera) grows
freely in marshy ground in Canada and
the northern states Its main stem IS
PROSTATE and from it many shoots grow
9 TO 10 feet high. These shoots are
green in summer but scarlet in win
ter The flowers are white or cream and
are followed by white fruit A varie-
gated leaved variety can be obtained and
in some respects is best, having leaves
that in summer are broadly and irregu-
larly margined with yellow and white.
Comedian cherry is a small tree or
large shrub reaching height of -
feet Small. bright yellow flowers APP
pear in early spring before the foliage.
giving the plant a very striking appear
ance at that time. There are Iwo
variegated forms which are beautiful
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
A Quiet occas sion.

There is western iowa So full Of
family fcuds and quarrels Of all sorts
that the account Of any festivity there
is quite sure TO contain items Of anything
but a pcaceable nature
A recent wedding ia the town present
cd such unusual features that It was
spoken Of with wonder by all the inhub-
itaats.
Il NEVER saw anything pass of so
pretty and calm as Bud and Brides
wedding In an my days" said one Of
the invited guests week after the
wedding why, there wasn't single,
casualty excepting Bert Leroy's black
eye, aud we got Hun Saunders off him
without half trying, you know we did.
There didn't seem to be any what
yon might call family feelings at that
wedding, anyhow Youths Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

thimhle spool of thread, pair of silver
mounted speetacleS, and 500 brooch in
| enc OF the nests. The articles had al
mYsteriously disappeared from President
i1ekert'S farmhouse during the spring.
Carlos, big Dane dog dispatched to
bnd his little mistresSes, Lulu, aged 4.
and Anna, 3, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
| John Patterson, located the children a
nile from their home M Joliet. ILL.,. three
| hours after they We're missed. shortly
afterwards Police Capt. Coreoran took
the three in charge. He had considera bile
trouble doing SO because the dog would
not permit him to place hand on the
girls. Their mother missed the girls ut
. o'clock in the afternoon. Carlos was
sent cut 10 search for them. lie was gone
so long Mrs Patterson alarmed the
neighborhood. The hunt was kept up an.
I'll ) o'clock, when message from the
police station reported the finding of the
children.
Wa Ting Fang wears a switch. So
does w. :. H0, consul general and |
Wing, consul from the imperial Chinese
e...s, pure. These facts hitherto have been
hidden from a sometimes too curious
public but they We're revealed the other
day as were many other curious details
OF the toilette OF high caste China.
man, when the Ambassador, stripped of
his yellow buttons and red jacket and
other insignia of rank, first taSted the
joys of a Turkish bath in Washing
ton. WI, with his attendants. ar
rived early in the afternoon,
and after stripping started for
the culidarium, where the temperature
is 1913 degrees. Suddenly WI ex-
claimed:
oh, dear" aud felt his pate. and
Wing followed suit, after respectful
pause. Each had forgotten to remove
his switch, When this was remedied
all returned TO the bath Mr.. WI,
however, draws the line ut puffs aud
rats"
William Fielder was the rubber hon.
ored by being permitted to massage the
imperial person. and when the orientals
departed a golden coin was his re-
ward
Said one of Minister Wu's attend.
ants:
"Wu was elated over the experience.
but said he was in no hurry TO repeat
it,
Il fear it is very dangerous" WI
exclaimed. "Reaily II was most novel
experience, to be compared only with
dining on plate of nummng- birds
breasts
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Sandv's Petort

Yankee-Tll have yon know, stranger.
that ! belng 20 Chicago.
SaBiy-'Deed an wha'd haze thocht Il 2
Frae the way ye'vn been speaking !
thought Chicago bels aged u you.-Home
Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Cd, like sending james off to School. !
casually. Drop the Mustard Seed of 4
Suggestion in my Husbands Mind. AMI
laen the Next Week / come back ami
iii Under the Shade of the tree that has
Crown up from it. | say:
nave been Thinking about what
You said About Sending James off ~
College, and | Believe that, After all.
you are Right 49,
Certainly | am. he replies. Il Deter
mined on 1t when he was Baby in the
1faqie, and [ am not to be turned from
my Purpose GU
1T | desire a New Frock. and see
one whose Price Tag makes me SILVER.
out that is SO Enhancing thar | can
Eot RESIST Il. | do not Order it IN and
tien have row with my Husband over
me pm. Not at ALL l say to him:
hate to ask you for new Gown.
Lor you are so Generous that | am al
ways Afraid of Imposing on Won. bur
unfortunately my Position as Your Wife
brings ME into such Prominence that
have TO dress WELL
VI course it does he replies. and il
span never be Said while | am Able IN
work that my Wife is the Human Rag
Dag so go and get you a suitable Frock,
ana don't Stint Yourself
- In everything | pursue this policy of
recognizing my Husband as the Head of
Ihe House, which Pleases him and
doesn't Hurt me, and it works out most
beautifully"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
To Retain Friends.

If you are suffering with worries. take
some old advice, and don't exhibit trou-
bles any more than is necessary These
who themselves have brilliant assert
ment of woes which they are endeay0r-
ing TO rise above. live down. outgrow,
and overcome. The rehearing of your
Affections does no one any good-your-
self least of all. Therefore keep your
worries locked carefully away out of
sight, except when you are alone. When
you are feeling blue or any other way.
hunt up all your blessings. and enthii
siastically exhibit them. These are not
only a great deal more attractive than
your troubles, but can do a thousand
times more good
That Is poor person. indeed, who
by comparison, cannot see others worse
off in many ways
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
win Continue to Battle in New York

take place at Covent Garden, london.
between Melba and Tetrazzini will. in
New York next season be continued.
William Hammerstein has received a
cablegram from bis father, Oscar Ham
merstein. from Paris. announcing The en-
gagement. beginning in January. of
Nine Melba for the coming season ar
ranged with Nine Meiba and Nine.
Tetrazzini whereby they win be heard
Occa sionaily together in the same bill. If
the last part Of the promise is to be kept.
Mr. Hammerstein will have to produce
some new operas. or revive some more
cid ones. Nothing in the repertory OF
Nine TetrazzEnl performed at She Man
haitian last season contained two roles
suited to the rival prima donnas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

enthusiastic. There will be delegates
present also from Bulgaria. Roumania
and Bohemia. where the women are press
Ing their claims along with the men foI
universal suffrage.
New Zealand. whose women have the
complete franchise on the same terms as
men, will send representatives. The
women of Australia. who also are fully
enfranchised. have transformed their
suffrage society into the Women's To-
litical association. in which some of the
former leading anti-suffra gists are now
bright and shining lights The situa-
ton IS the same in Finland, where the
women now vote on the same terms as
nen.-Cooking CIGb Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Advertising pays. Try it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Managing" a Husband.

Managing" Husband.
Dorothy Dix gives a humorous descrip-
ton of the way in which some vainglori-
Gus husband are quiestly managed by
wives who play upon their inflated sense
OF masculine self-importance:
My Experience in Matrimony leads
me to Believe that it is not What a
Wife Docs, but the Way she Does It
mat matters. For instance, if | have
Decided to move into a Larger and
SWeller Apartment, | do not Thrust that
tact REdely upon Ny Husband, for if
did he would say that the place we had
was Coo. Enough, and cost More than
We could Afford. So some day after we
nave had a Nice Dinner of the Things
{lat he Especially Likes, and he is
smoking, | go to him and say:
My dear Husband, you are so Pa
Tent and Uncomplaining and Unselhsh
NAT | know that YOU would never say a
Word about the Inconvenience that you
are Subjected to in this Crowded Little
apartment, but | do not feel that it Is
Idght that you should Sacrifice Yourself
Tor your Family in this way any Longer
also feel that it is Bad for your Nerves
10 i've where it is so Noisy, and that
one who has Such Great Responsibilities
On MS Shoulders as you have, ought "a
nave Quiet Home to go to at Night
ana so with your Permission | will start
out tomorrow and see if | cannot find an
Apartment in which | can make you
More Comfortable than I can Here
You are right he will thereupor
respond, / had Intended speaking tc
you on the Subject Myself this very
If want to have the Dining Room
Faper in Green. / do not 60 ahead anc
nave i done. and then get Batted and
Md'culed for it until / Weep. No,
say.
My Dear Joha. / Hate to Trouble
you. aud take your Mind of your Impor
ant Affairs, but you have such Splendid
Judgment that | am not Willing TO TAX
lhe Responsibility of doing anythin.
Without asking your Advice. and so
ges you to Tell Me which one of thes'
Samples Of Wall Paper you Prefer.
ana then | show him the one I had Al
Iea1y Picked Out. and when People
goA!e to see Us he Brags about his Sc
When there is anything to be Decd
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Personal Immortality.

Personal Immortality.
The science Of God cannot be ex-
cluded from the great law Of evolution
the most important modern discovery of
natural science--but must advance the
struggle for existence into the struggle
for immortality Immortality is at the
command of every soul that wants IL
enough to have it: it is not the right of
any creature too Indifferent, too lazy. or
too evil 10 value it. have little doubt
that personal immortality is as much an
individual achievement as good morals.
or an education. - Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, in Harper's Bazaar.
~o-:.o-
Convention of international Women.
Next month a congress of women dele
gates from the whole world viii meet
to demand the right TO choose those who
shall conduct their government. At this
convention Of the International Woman
Suffrage alliance In Amsterdam win be
the representative Of national associa-
tions In more than twenty countries, com
prising practically all that have reached
any considerable degree of civilization.
Fourteen Of these are thoroughly or
ganized and doing effective work-those
in the United States. Canada, Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Germany. Den
mark. Iceland. Norway. Sweden. Fin
land. Russia, Italy, Hungary and Aus
tralia. The societies in France. Switzer-
land. Belgium and South Africa are of
more recent origin, but are vigorous and