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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR.
Love Affairs and Family Differences Oft
en- the Reason.

Women do nor disappear SO much as
men. said Mr.. Hartley. an International
detective. who was Interviewed ia refer
ence 70 mysterious disappearance
winch IS now attracting much public at
tention.
When woman goes it is usually a
love affair. Either the parents object TO
the man, or there is some other cause.
And II is important 10 remember what
cunning schemers women can be. Even
quite young girls may be wonderfully
clever IN keeping things from their par
ents During the course of my work l
am very skeptical of women for this
reason. 4 girl might arrange for her
loNer or some one sent by him TO meet
her, and il would be a very simple mat
ter for her to give her friends the slip
IN crowded street. OF course very
often we get cases of sudden loss of
memory happening to people who are
IN the best of health and spirits, but
one rarely finds this occur to young
girl, and where the tendency does not
exist the family or friends usually know
OF 1t and keep watch accordingly.
Again, it is possible a girl does not like
the prospect of going home after she
has been away for a holiday. and some
one with whom she was in touch might
assist her in carrying out Il plan of her
own.
Disappearance are very common not
only in London, but in Paris and New
York, but the public seldom heard of
them Not only girls bnt old men and
others disappear. Generally these are
not cases of kidnapping, they had to do
with family or business matters, and as
the families as a rule did not wish Il Q
police to know the circumstances they
employed private detectives Thus the
outside world does not get to know of
haH OF the disappearances and their
| causes.
Crime sometimes enters into these
sudden dlsappearances. = cool headed
man of the world who has committed
theft or felony either in business or prl-
vate life viii take it into his head to
disappear to make a fresh start ine4ife
somewhere else. \ few years ago a
gentleman whose family was high in the
social world vanished. He had been sus-
pected of robbing his brother-in-law dur
ing Il period of pressure in the latter
business. The victim knew that if he
Informed the police his brother-in-law
would stand in danger of being prose.
cuted, so he handed the case over 10 me
1t was proved that the man had act
| ually been robbing him right and left
but for the sake of his wife he was al
| lowed-and even asSisted-to disappear.
"A husband walked out of his fiat III
Marylebone one day and was not heard
of. His wife searched for three months
| herself, then came to me. She knew heI
husband could not have endured hard
ship or adventure, because he was ply.
sically unable 20 do much for himself
1t was a troublesome case. but eventual
ly | found the husband in a nursing
home. What had happened was that the
mans parents were strict living people
who did not go to the theater and did
not drink stout. They did not think
their sons wife-who did those things
was good enough for him, and they
chose this means OF getting him away
from her. London Daily Graphic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Change in the Panama Plans.

The chief purpose of the visit to
Washington at this time of Col. Goet-
halls, chairman of the Isthmian Canal
Commission. is revealed by the informa-
ton from the national capital that at
the ColoneFs suggestion the President has
agreed to locate at MiraAores the dams
and locks which in the original plans are
placed at La Boca, nearer the Pacific
end of the waterway. The change is die
tated by considerations of strategy. The
site at Miratlores is four miles farther
inland, and it is argued that the works
Will there be safe from attack from the
sea.
Although the danger to public works
exposed to cannonading from the sea is
always greatly magnified. il should be
avoided ii possible, by choosing Local
tons beyond the range of the guns, 1t
will be recalled that the United States
fleet which blockaded Santiago harhor
was unable to intiict damage on the
shore batteries even with the much
laudcd dynamite shin NeSuvius The
ships We're careful to maintain safe dis
tances from the guns mounted in the
| Notifications.
However. With dams and locks at
NirailOres +hera will be no fear that the
canal may be rendered useless by Il few
Well-paced shots, however slight the
danger of such effective gunnery: and
the maintenance of calmness in the face
of trouble is n consideration worthy of
recognition. Evening Wisconsin, Mil
waukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Dir Flick ON the "White Plague !"

DR. Lawrence +. Flick. director of
Phipps institute. is home from Europe,
where he attended two International
congresses on tuberculosis. Basing his
assertion upon reports from every civil
lied country. he declares that the
white plague" is doomed. and that
within a short time it will disappear
from among the scourges of humanity
1T is as clear as daylight" declared
DIR. lick, that science can stamp out
tuberculosis. Much can be achieved in
the cure Of the disease itself. but the
most hopeful work has been done in the
direction of prevention. From every
country in the world | have heard scien
fists tell of the good already accom-
pliShed: of new methods of attack, of
campaigns of education among the peo-
pie. of government. state and private
aid for prevention treatment and inves-
tigatinn of the disease. and from every
direction come hopeful, confident re-
ports In two huge assemblies not a
single pessimistic note was struck
DIR. Flick attended the Congress Of the
International Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis. which
met in Vienna, and the International
Congress on HYGIENE and Deinagra-
ply. which assembled IN Berlin Both
congresses were under state patronage
the four hundred delegates 10 the for
mer having been guests of the Emperor
If Austria and the fourteen hundred
delegates TO the Berlin gathering having
beeu quests of the German Empress
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
MODERN INDIAN ROMANCE.
Will the Girl, Educated at Carlisle. Re.
fuse to Be Bought for Four Ponies?

Unsuccessful in his suit to win tbe
hand of an Indian maiden who is in the
Carlisle Indian school, Charlie Red
Horse, whose name in the Ute language
Is unpronounceable, sat in the Union
depot last night awaiting the departure
of an eastbound train. having in his
pocket a scrawled letter from the girls
parents ON the New Mexican Ute reser-
walton telling that the girl had been sold
TO him for the sum of four ponies. The
question now arises, and Charles has
evidently overlooked it. whether OF NOT
the girl who has enjoyed four years
schooling in Carlisle will be willing to
marry him, simply because the Indian
Went through the primevai custom of
handing over four ponies to the girls
parents, who are in need of stock.
There is much of Indian romance con
nected with the story of Charlie and his
fair Ute maiden of Carlisle, whose name
he pronounced IN the Ute language, but
did not know the English Interpretation
Both were children together on the res
ervation years ago. The girl was placed
in the Carlisle school when she was 10
years old, while Charlie was appointed
as one of the Indian police on the reser-
walton. When Charlie concluded that
it was about time for him to marry he
began looking for a bride among the
maidens of the Utes ON the reservation,
and finding none whose beauty compared
with she who had gone to the Indian
school years before he concluded that
he must win the affections of the girl
at Carlisle. Consequently two months
ago he went to the school. obtained a
hearing with the girl. received no en-
couragemert, and concluded that the
best thing for him to do was to work
in the American way and win the sane
ton of the prospective parents-in-law.
In consequence he hurried to the reser-
walton. looked up the poor and aged par
ents of the girl and set about winning
their sanction to his marriage with their
daughter.
The contract was finally made,
through the handing over by Charlie of
the best four ponies on the reservation.
With the letter from the parents in his
pocket he is now on his way to the In
dian school, where he will present the
written wishes of the parents to the
girl with the hope that she will return
with him. Charlie says that he can care
for her in the best manner, and this is
not doubtful. as the police on the reser-
walton are usually the most prosperous
of all the Indians Anyway. Charlie left
Denver last night with high hopes of his
ultimate success. 1t is Charles inten-
tion to bring the girl back to the reserve
ton, presupposing that she is willing
to come. for it is hardly probable that a
sale such as Charlie concluded with the
parents will hold good with girl who
is about to graduate from the great
school.-Denver Republican.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Poor Girls Barred by College Tests.

That severe entrance examinations pre-
vent many poor girls from obtaining a
college education and deter marriage is
stated in the annual report of President
l.. Clark SeeIey of Smith college.
In part, the president says;
AS most of the able men come from
the poorer classes, it would be both a
public and private calamity if it should
become harder for poor boys and girls
Of ability to gain the mental culture they
desire. 1t would be a still greater loss
If by postponing the time of graduation
family life should be impaired. The
longer marriage is delayed the less likely
men are to marry. \ college education
should not contribute to the modern tend
ency to celibacy.
''An inferior quality of scholarship is
produced where the pupil is hurried over
SO much ground that one study soon OBJ
literates the impression made by another.
Physicians complain that entrance re-
qnirements seriously interfere with nor
NAL physical development. Not enough
time is left for rest and outdoor exer-
aic -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
PEANUTS IN CONGO LAND.
Staple Article of Food-First Peanut
Butter Made in Central Africa.

The natives not only use the peanut
as staple food said Rev. William A.
McCausand, a missionary in the Congo
land, who recently returned from stay
of several months in the heart of Afri-
ca" but it is also one of the fast ar
ticles of trade among many of the tribes
Many tribes eat little else than peanuts
but unlike the American lovers of the
nut they eat the food raw. Peanut but
ter was first made by the Central AIM
can natives. | met with great surprise
when | learned how universal the pea
nut is as food in the Ba-kong. While
there is some game shot or trapped, the
natives prefer Il vegetable diet, and eat
great quantities of peanuts and root
known as 'manioc.
1.-The women of the Congo look after
the cultivation of the plants and do the
work crudely. None of them cares par
ticularly to expend much energy on any
thing, and in cultivating the peanut they
simply cut away the weeds about the
plants and allow the shoots to look after
themselves. Ground nuts is what the
natives call peanuts They dig the
COOLERS out of the soil, wipe away the
dirt, break the shells and eat the kernels
without roasting them or preparing them
in any way.
"These natives raise great quantities
of the nuts. which they shell and make
up into packages weighing about 20
pounds each. The men take these bum
dies on their backs and travel about tit-
teen miles a day through the bush for
as long as seven or eight days until they
reach a market on the coast. There they
trade the peanuts for almost anything
they can get and carry their purchases
back oven the same Washington
Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
England and the Opium War.

1t is difficult to get an admission even
today, from a thorough going British
trader, that opium had anything to do
with the war of 1S40-43. He is likely TO
insist either that the war was caused
by the refusal of Chinese officials H.
admit English representatives ON terms
of equality, or that it was caused by
the stopping of trade. There was, in
deed a touch of the naiyely oriental N
the attitude of China. TO the Chinese
official mind, China was the greatest of
nations, occupying something like five
sixths of the huge fiat disc called the
world. England, Holland, Spain, France,
Portugal and Japan were small islands
crowded in between the edges of China
and the rim of the disc. That these
small nations should wish to trade with
1.-THE Middle Kingdom" and to bring
tribute to the Son of Heaven was not
unnatural. But that the Son of Heaven
must admit them whether he liked or
not, and as equals, was preposterouS.
Stripping these notions of their quaint
orientalism, they boil down to the simple
principle that China recognized no law
of earth or heaven which could force
her to admit foreign traders, foreign
ministers, or foreign religions If slt
preferred to live by herself and mind nor
own business. That China has minded
her own business and does mind her own
business is | think, indisputable.
The notions which animated the Brit
ish were equally simple. Stripped If
their quaint occidental shell of religion
and responsibility and theories of PEI
sonal liberty, they seem to boil down
to about this-that China was a great
undeveloped market and therefore The
trading nations had right to trade with
her willy nilly, and any effective at
tempt IL stop this trade was, in somr
vague way, an infringement of their
rights as trading nations. In maintain
ing this theory. it is necessary for rs ~
forget that opium. though "comm"d-
ity. was an admittedly vicious and con
rahand commodity, to be used for puf-
poses of foreign commerce only. sam
uel Merwin in Success Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Latest New Years Card.

..Send him swear-off postcard. said
the salesman. smiling at the pretty girl
'sWhat sort is thatT' she asked.
He showed her card. beautifully got
M. with four or FIVE blank lines De
ginning. in gothic lettering of red and
black ink, II Swear Off.
~You see" said the salesman, he ills
the blank spaces up. 1 swear off
he writes, the booze i swear off gam
bling. i swear Officiating my moth
err. i swear
She flushed and smiled.
He isn't that sort she said. Don't
Judge others by yourself. III take three
of them"
Three? He must have Il lot of vices.
said the fresh salesman; and then, wit!
n loud laugh mt his own freshness, he
showed her the little cord whereby the
card could be hung above the swearer's
.1psk
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
THE SENATE sToREKEEpER
How He Looks After the Furnishing NJ
the Committee Rooms.

John McGrain. the storeketper ON H.,
Senate side of the capitol, knows wlat =,
means to cater TO the whims and desirc.
of members of the upper branch Of Cou-
gress and his force is probably the most
industrious in the big building on tL,
hill. His position as storekeeper meon.
that he is responsible for the furnisbin,,
of all the committee rooms in the SaIf
ate. and that is a big enough Job for any,
one man. especially at this time when
senators are moving from one place ..
another as the result of committee
changes.
Some senators prefer green effects in
their rooms, and if they have just moved
into a new one that means to begin /. =
the beginning with the furnishings OH.
ers like red, and still Others yellow ana
1t is up TO McGrain to find the proper
rugs and the accompanying fixtures RI
make the room furnishings harmonic
Then there are some who prefer blue
and McGrain must have all the accoutre-
ments that 90 to make up a blue room
handy and ready to slip in at . minutes
notice.
Senatorial ''fnickiness" extends even to
the manner OF heating, too, and that
means more work There are tIree
brands of heat on tap at the capitol
hot air, steam and open fireplace Per
haps a senator has moved from a room
where the fireplace has been hidden back
of a desk and the furniture dried out by
steam. Then it is up to the force from
the storeroom to change everything and
arrange so a cheerful blaze will not only
give heat, but not be out of harmony
with the color scheme of the room Some
prefer liquid soap, others insist upon
the old style kind that can be grasped
in the fist, and the work of the store
keeper extends oven to the personal re
quirements of secretaries aud clerks in
the matter of typewriters Washington
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17

He is misappraised in the titIs d.
Fighting Bob" Other men have % y
fered il the same way. Good sailors s't--
soldiers are all fighting men. Tia
their business But they are NOT srrse :
pers, or testy swaggerefs. as that ~,
suggests. Admiral Evans 4 a'i ,,'i@
and has earned the distinction ~
commission gives him. He Ii.tas bnnt- '--N
the Civil war, in which as vounos-l r
he bore small but gallant part. and I,.
a meritorious record to date Uclud;,i.s
some brilliant work at Santiago lie L,I
less than year longer To serve. ana Lis
among his best ~
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
A Voluntary Messenger.

THE late Robert pinkerton of the
great detective agency" said Chicago
detective. was religious man, and he
liked nothing better than to listen to
good, liberal, intelligent sermon.
He was once talking to me about the
change for the better that has come over
American sermons in the past ten or
twenty years. He said sermons were
gentler than they used to be, They 10
longer reeked of fire and birthstone.
Once he said. he heard famous
evangelist preach in San Francisco. The
evangelist shocked his congregation Il
good deal. He told them that his grand
mother had been a good and moral
woman but she had never professed re-
ligion, and therefore he was confident
that at that moment the aged lady was
suffering eternal torment.
" \ young man arose mt this and with
a look OF disgust started for the door.
The evangelist pointed an accusing finger
at him.
There is young man, he cried who
is also on the downward path.
The young man turned. His face was
very red. But he smiled pleasantly and
said in loud, pleasant voice:
Is there any message | can take to
your grandmother sir? Washington
Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Sound Advice.

\ man was brought before the Leeds
magistrates on a charge of theft. lie
had no one to defend him, so the judge
requested a smart young lawyer to take
him into an ante-room and give him the
best advice he could.
Five minutes later the lawyer. to the
surprise of the judge, reappeared in
court alone.
''Where's the prisoner" queried the
magistrate.
You told me to give. him the best
advice | could. your worship, and"
"Of course | did. WellI"
We'll. | did so; and the culprit is
gone. Answers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
BungIe,s Bad Break.

Mr.. Bungle always takes deep and
sympathetic interest in the welfare CL
his fellow man. While out for stroll
one day. he met a friend VINO seemed
in n great hurry.
Hold on. Jones'" said Bunglc. grab
bing his friends arm. why this rush.
"Bnngle." said Jones. removing his hat
and wiping his brow. I'm hot-foQtins 7
to specialist; | believe my brain Is ai-
fected''
Mr.. Bupgle. to allay the fears Of his
friend and show the customary commits
GRAFTON. said jovially:
'Pshaw. Jones you shouldn't worry
about such a little thing rs that
''Wh-hatt''
Il mean you shouldn't let such - little
thing as your brain--that is. Mr.. Jones
y0u shouldn't get 50 excited over not H.
ing-of course-ah. good day. rtfTTioneS.
The Bohemian
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Why He's Smarter Than stuhhs.

IT. NJ, Schumacher" said the operat-
ing man, lis the greatest traffic official
IN the United States. Why. Stubs isn't
IN II with him when il comes down to
figuring, and the lei Paso Southwestern
NAY be congratulated on possessing 4
man whose abilities are simply phenom-
"On what do you base your asser-
fionF asked a South Pacific traffic man
VINO believes that j. c. Stubbs is with
out an equal
Look here" retorted the other with
some heat. I'D like TO see Stubbs do
what Tom Schumacher can do. One
day we were running at seventy miles
an hour through 800 acres of rye and
macher had calculated how many high
balls could be made out of the rye that
was raised on that patch. SAN Fran
cisco Cali
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
A Religious Iokesmith.

A stickler for the good old ways,
which we all admit to be the best,
dropped in from church to see writer.
To the great surprise and horror of the
Sunday visitor the writer was at work.
The CHEEKY click, click of the typewriter
sounded from his den.
''Oh, my dear man. exclaimed the
shocked caller, you have not so far for
gotten your early training as TO be COM
posing on Sunday
.Oh, my dear, only jokes--and they
are all jokes on religious subjects -
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
So Far. So Good.

William II, Crane, the actor tells of
two impecunious players who. during n
period of enforced liberty were com
PEELED to dine Mt cheap table d'tote res
taurants ON the east side. One evening,
during each course Of such a dinner. one
of the actors kept saying:
Honest, Frank, isn't this a good din
nerI Isn't it good? Did you ever eat Il
better dinner in your life for 81 ccnts?''
Frank was silent until the end of the
fifth course, when his friend repeated
his formula. Then, with commendable
atfectation of enthusiasm, FT~uk an
swered:
"A splendid dinner. old manl a Splen-
dl6 dinner, Let's have another. Lip
pincott's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
Souvenir Post Cards.

The Evening Wisconsin company. ci
Milwaukee, Wis. has published Il series
VI eight attractive souvenir post cards
in five colors. showing the animals NJ
the Washington Park zoo, in the city of
Milwaukee. 4 set will be mailed you
lpou the receipt Of l. cents {c0in Gr
StampsL Address The Evening Wiscon-
sin company. Post Card Dept, Milwan-
See, VS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17

a large and robust lrishwoman APP
peared in New York court RECENTLY -
prosecute a case in which her husband
MAS charged with having beaten her,
The defendant, small stoop-Shouldered
man, had the appearance of having been
run through threshing machine, ana
seemed scarcely able To stand. The
judge. surveyed the two with an amused
light in his eyes
lou say this man heat you:" he asked
the woman.
He did not" the prosecuting witness
said with emphasis, folding her power
ful arms. He knocked me down.
AOu mean TO tell me Won were
knocked down by that physical wreck -
the Judge queried.
lis only since he struck me thar he's
been a physical wreck your honor" sh.
eNplained,-Harper'e Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17

an Bridget" Finally, with great earn
estness. she resumed:
AN now, God, please take care of
Yourself cause if anything should hap
pen to You we'd only have Mr.. Roose-
velt-an' he hasn't come up to papa 8
exnectntions -Everybody's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
TEA TABLE SALAD.

How the Old Man Gets the Walk Cleaned
in Jersey.
He held her hand, the hour was late,
Twas time for him to GO
1t was a wintry night outside
And il began to SNOW.
Still he stayed on his ardent love
With burning words TO tell.
The storm increased. the whrliug snow
Faster and faster fell.
He still remained. and eloquent,
He praised his Hearts Delight
The snowdrifts ever deeper grew,
The town was buried quite.
Al last her father called: Young man,
You seem to like to talk.
But you can stay to breakfast If
Y0u'H shovel Off the walk!
--Someryile Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-17
A Bargain.

what" exclaimed the husband You
drew your savings from the bank. went
to brokers' office, and bought H.. X.
and Y. stock FOR IA, when it has been
dropping like a rock y
but, my dear" argued the wife. 1T
was such bargain. Why, during the
short time / was in the office | saw the
man mark it down to IA from 45.'--
Success Magazine.