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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
DOOM OF THE wANDLE.
The Stream Where Izaak Walton Fished
in Danger

That great River Wandle-'the blue
transparent Vandalis of Pope-the
stream where old Izaak fished for trout
marked with marble spots like tor
toise"-tbe river which even now is the
most perfect epitome in beauty and in
filth of big brother Thames-may be
doomed. Its fate hangs upon a mere
hundred or two of votes. 1t can be killed
or kept alive just as Parliament chooses
when the River Wandle protection bill
comes before our Legislature in the
course of the present year.
But while gentle fishermen and quiet
gardeners have always poetized about the
river, men of the world have fought
about it. well nj Ugh from time immemoriaL
In 1909 a deplorable scheme was set on
foot for taking one-tenth part of the wa
ter between Croydon and Waddon mill
and conveying it by canals and under
ground pipes to the city of London for
the benefit Of Chelsea college, but so
loud was the cutlery, seeing that at that
date the river turned twenty-four corn
mills, that the scheme had TO be aban-
doned, and By an act of james l., the
necessary wafer was taken from Hack
ney marsh. Even at the beginning of the
Seventeenth century there seems to have
been none too much water in the river.
Again in 1893 determined attempt
was made by certain tinaneieTs and en-
gineers to destroy the river at blow
by diyerting It's waters into canal be-
tween Wandsworth and Croydon. Once
more however, the Wandle escaped by
reason of it's great commercial utility,
and the quaint Surrey Iron Railway"
with grooved rails and tiny trucks drawn
by horses, took the place of the proposed
canal.
But the Wandle Is still force and a
treasure 1t may be neither quite so
hpautifll nor unite so uSefIll n : n hundred
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS.
Where Every Cuss Word Costs a Penny
"A Drink for Church Attendants.
a cnrions cnsfom nreYails M - Edin-

curious custom prevails at an Edin-
burgh hotel. Whenever a customer Is
heard to swear he IS required to place a
penny in box OH the bar counter. 1t
+ not a matter for surprise that the
landlord hears much less bad language
Than some of his fellow publieans in the
capital OF Scotland.
The following is a quaint idea for pro-
yiding funds for picnics and social even
ings. Il is carried on with much sue
cess at an Ashton-on-M ersey inn. A
knocking club is connected with the
inn. and when a customer calls for re-
freshment he is expected to knock ON
the. table or counter before drinking.
If he fails to this he is fined one penny.
Aay one who wrongfully accuses an
other of breaking this unique rule is
also fined. The money thus obtained
provides funds for many enjoyable out
ings and pleasant evenings during the
course of the year.
At another hotel. known as the Old
Hundred. customers are allowed only
one drink. If one is not sufficient to
duench the thirst they are obliged to go
out of the hotel and take a walk before
they are allowed to have another.
Til recently the proprietor of an old
time hotel III Warwickshire used to in
yite all his customers TO accompany him
and his wife TO the service at the parish
cHufcn on sunday mornings, Whlcn WAS
situated on the opposite side of the road
the house being closed while they We're
away. On returning each customer was
invited 70 partake of refreshments of
! fered by the hospitable landlord free of
charge.
Visitors TO certain hotel in Aber-
deenshire who wear brown boots must
remember to keep them in their room
overnight. 0tharwise tme boots will be
| hlaaked raeardIeSS of tho ORIGINAL n. Ior
I of the same In one of the rooms of i
Dumfries public house is an old armchair
which is said to have been frequently
used by the poet Burns. All who sit in
this chair are expected to treat every
one who is in the room at the time. and
often the immortal memory of the fam
Gus Scottish national poet is drunk.
| A small hotel in Wales until quite re-
Gently was used by the Catholics as a
| place of worship on Sundays, and police
court proceedings were held on the
premises during the week.-Tit-Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
PRINTING ON TIN.
Myriads of Decorated Boxes and Cans
Produced Annually.

Within comparatively recent years
there has come to be done a great
amount of printing on tin in making the
innumerable decorated cans and boxes
used in marketing various manufactured
products.
Printing on tin is done from metal
plates of zinc or aluminium, but more
commonly from stone blocks. 1t is COM
monty done in two or more cOlors; with
the use of only two colors the effect of
three may be produced by leaving a part
of the bright tin exposed. Many boxes
or cans are printed in three or four, or
half a dozen or even a still greater num-
Der of colors. Each color must be print
ed on the tin separately; nobody has yet
invented multicolor press for printing
on tin.
paper does, and so printed tin plates
must be dried. As the printed plates
come through on the press they are tax
en- off the stone one by one and stood sep
arately in a movable rack that will hold
about twenty plates. As fast as racks
are filed they are rolled into a kiln for
drying, "a process that may require from
one to two hours. And the plates must
be dried in this manner every time they
come off the press, which would be, for
example, six times if they We're printed
in six colors.
lit might seem that the elaborate ham
ding required in the drying process and
the repeated landings required ia the
repeated printings would add materially
to the cost of the boxes. but it doesn' t
add so much as might be thought, for
there are many pieces on sheeS. OF
these strips for the SIDES and ends of
sardine cans, for instance, there might
be twenty printed on one sheet of tin. OF
designs fer small box covers there might
be engraved on a single block as many as
eighty. which would in a single color be
all printed at once. So in drying rack
holding twenty plates there would be 400
sardine strips or 1900 small box covers,
in this process all handled at once.
With the plates for all parts duly
printed the printed tin is cut up and
made into boxes. These decorated tin
boxes of various sizes, shapes and color
made TO order for the various consum-
ers using them in the marketing of their
goods. Some buyers of tin boxes supply
TO the box manufacturer the designs to
be used, completely printed with the col
ors TO be reproduced; for other buyers
special designs and colorings are sup
pied by the box manufacturers. In
either case the specially designed box
becomes sooner or later a distinguishing
mark of the goods or the preparation con-
tanned in 1t.
The number of these various sorts Of
decorated tin cans and boxes now sold is
enormous. There are single concerns
putting goods on the market in such
packages that buy 10.000,000 10 15.000.-
600 OF decorated tin boxes a year. and in
the aggregate there are now sold of such
cans and boxes hundreds of millions an
nually.-New York Sun.
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photograph. All the others she had
burnt before her wedding day. How
strange it was to see his. face again.
For long time she stared at the
rather cod, entirely commonplace. com
tenance. 1t was his GOODNESS. his aloof
ness, and q hint OF reserve even in his
most impassioned moments that had 1T
tracted her 50 powerfully. She had
been wooed by more than one warm
hearted and tenderly sentimental youqo
man, and the memory Of these rather
tiresome ardors had given TO Harrv,s
suit a spurious charm
She had mistaken it for strength at
the time. Looking down at the hard
selfish eyes, the thin lips, she knew II
now TO be merely shalloxness. He
could not love or give. lie xras one of
the men that can only break and se;;;.
There was but one folded sheet left.
and Maisie recognized it with interest
as a copy OF some verses she had writ
ten at AIentone. 1t would be more
amusing TO read them than the letters.
They would probably be funny. Some
how her evening had not been so CAV
after all. There was an unpleasant
SAVIOR about these ashes. Perhaps the
verses would make her laugh
Funny; yes, they Were certainly fun
NY in one way.
What trashl" she said. trying to feel
light -hearted. "And yet they are tragic
enough in another sense she added.
catching her breath. How / must have
felt them. Heavens! and | wrote
that about you"
She tore the photograph across and
threw it into the fire. The flames
blazed up brightly, casting momen.
tary light on the picture of another man
above the hearth. The woman leaned
her arms on the mantelpieee and looked
IyeaTningly at the fine, clever face of her
husband-the tender eyes, the strong.
kind mouth
She put her lips to the pictured face
lovingly. Forgive me, dear" she
whispered. Il did not know-then"
The lights died down as the letters
fluttered to ashes, but those dear. I'M
derstanding eyes seemed to assure her
iof forgiveness. A great peace fell on
the woman's soul as she looked around
the homelike little room. That passion
ate vista OF orange and cypress groves.
southern glory and southern heat. had
faded away from her mind A Groom
t'S 9ONAA ilOAAi tliS 1OOlll ABOVE LOid OF
a chiid's awakening.
In haste she made her little wifely
preparations for her husbands home
coming cake and wine on the table,
with his letters. in the fender his slip
pers. Then, obeying sudden impulse,
she wrote on a sheet of paper,
Dearest and best. / love you better
tonight than I die this morning. Good
night, my own. Your Wife"
An eyer-deepening murmur from above
gave warning that the nurses ministra-
tions were unsuccessful.
Thank God for haven" she thought
as she hurried upstairs. "Thank God
for safety and kind arms and loving
heart to rest in" and to the baby's lit
tie downy head as it pressed against her
breast she murmured
Little son, little son, be very, very
kind to women when you're big
man; very kind and gentle, my baby,
for mothers sake. Maud Churton
Brady in the Taller.
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Candidate at s4.

Jefferson county probably has the old
est candidate for public Office in the
state in John S. Barr, present county
commissioner and candidate for re-elec-
ton ON the Republican ticket Barr is
S4 years old and was campaigning when
most of his present opponents were
in their cradles. He fought in the Civil
war and came home to be made sheriff
of the county, served one term and later
won the race for register and recorder
and held the office for two terms. He
retired from politics for few years and
then met financial losses. Three years
ago, without money, with but one hand
little more than whisper left for a
voice and only his record to help him. he
made a whirlwind canvass that swept
the county in the primary by the largest
vote given candidate for commissioner
-Philadelphia Record.
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POSTAGE STAMP CUM
Uncle Sans Efforts to Guard Heslrr
Millions of Lickers


Every time person hcks Init,
States postage stamp lie gets tas- 80, %
sweet potato. The gum with vhiel, -,
stamps are backed is made from -
succulent vegetable because "a
Sans lleutenants consider it thu. NJ.
harmless preparation of the sort.
All of the gum used ON American ms.
age stamps is mixed by the gsv on
mena at the bureau of engraviTs. IA
printing. where the stamps are ns aiil
1t is spread on the sheets after tSo
stamps have been printed
The gum, in a liquid form, is far.a4
up through pipes from the base7n.nt
where it is made. These pipes lead -
a series of machines consisting of rojIar,
between which the sheets of stamps arr
fed. one at time.
A continuous fine stream of the liorid
gum falls upon one of these rollers fbs
mucilage passes from the rollers into a
long horizontal tiue with hot air. WbeI,
it energies at the other end of The. 8na
the gum is dry.
The government makes two kinds af
postage stamp mucilage. If one conlj
see the package of stamps as they come
to the postoffice ready to be sold one
would find them labeled, ACCORDING to
season. Summer Gum" or "VViuter
Gum" The former is much the harder
Of the two and was devised some wears
ago to keep the stamps from getting
sticky in warm, moist weather.
While Uncle Sam tries to make the
lot of the stamp Ticker as innocuous RS
possible. he does not advise making
meal off his sweet potato gum. The
whole process of gum making and apply-
ing is made as clean as possible. bnt
there is yet another item to be consjd,
cred.
A sheet of DaStagp stamns is bopllo9
a good many times before it even leaves
the bureau where it is made. If Won
must lick any of your stamps pick out
those from the middle of the sheet. The
corner cues have gone through the finc-
ers of half a dozen or more counters.
not to mention the perforators and The
separators and the rest.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Names of Places.

The town of Kipling has just bios
somed out in Canada, where there is only
one town of Shakespeare. The nearest
the United States comes to having a
Shakespeare ON the map is the town Of
Shake in Oregon. For some inscrutable
reason the great English dramatist was
never popular among the new town nam
ers in North America, although we have
in the United States thirty Millions, three
Goldsmitbs. four Dickenses, thirty odd
SCOTS, twenty Byrons, two Tennysons
and one Thackeray. Notwithstanding all
the Browning clubs, there isn't a Brown
ing on the American map.-Springlield
Republican.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
New way to Catch cockroaches.

A florist has discovered by accident a
new way to catch coekroaches A pint
fruit jar containing a scrap of bacon
happened to be left over night in one of
his greenhouses. Next morning a dozen
or more cockroaches were vainly trying
to climb the slippery sides of the glass
lar The florist has succeeded in Kidding
his establishment of these repulsive
creatures. which formerly ate such high
priced plants as orchids and gardenias.
Il is necessary to paste a piece of va
per on the outside of the Jar. so ii at
the insects can get sufficient foothold to
climb up into the trap. In the original
case the label of the manufacturer sup
piled this need.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
THE WINDMILL.

Arms, gaunt and ghostly, flung athwart the
Wherein may perch the birds Of seven
winds
Untroubled: for no longer restless grinds
This hungry nav; no golden grain Is nigh:
No longer creaking wains 90 numbering by,
No more the reaper blifheiy sings, nor
binds
The fragrant sheaf. per unexpected finds
The skylark nest, nor seares the field
mouse shy
All the vast winds of heaven moan aroEnd
The loft whose legends wild forebod:ngs
bring,
While boots Of silver owls the long night
sound
Their dolor TO the bats on Grant wing:
With hurried step we leave this haunted
ground
With hearts that crave the song some
thrush may singl
w G. Tinckom- Fernandez, in the Metro
politan Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
When Christv was Unknown.

When | was in Howard Chandler
Ch,lsty's illustrating class at the Cooper
institute, said young New York gro
Ger, MIR. Christy told us that it paid to
make ultra fashionable pictures. though
sometimes such work had its disadvan-
tages.
He said that in the days before he
had arrived he had some things once in
a New York exhibition some rejected
magazine offerings that he hoped to get
few dollars for.
They were fashion pictures, the same
kind he does now, and enc day. as he
was lounging near them. he saw we'll
dressed woman stop and level her lorg-
nette, Then, to his delight. be said:
All. If | only knew this artist per-
sonallyn
Mr.. Christy came forward.
I" Permit me, madame" he said, TO
Introduce myself as the artist
What luck" the woman exclaimed.
Now, you'll tell me, won't you. the name
o. the dressmaker wno made that tall
girls froek 2
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
LIQUID Fuel in Italy.

Italian state railways have decided to
adopt liquid fuel on some of the noun
tain lines with long tunnels. The spe-
cial reduction of duty ON mineral oils
now accorded to Italian state railways
will make the cost of working by liquid
fuel not prohibitive and this cost will be
still further reduced when it is found
convenient to import it by means Of spe-
cial tank steamers. During the fiscal
year 1906-1 the cost of coal on Italian
railways amounted to IL cents per train
mile, against Frances 10 cents.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
The Punishment Fits the Crime.

A new consignment of punsters ara
professional jokers had just been brought
before His Satanic Majesty to receive
sentence.
And what shall their punishment BE-.
Sire!" asked the Hades exeeutionsr.
ITO the caldron with them" iaHsafJ
Satan. Thus may it be put on record
that to the very last they 'bubb!ei over
with humor. y "-Lippincott's,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Zinnias.

These are half-hardy annual plants Of
splendid color, being among the most
effective summer blooming plants and
Towering well into the autumn. They
thrive best in warm, well drained soil.
Their blooms are not easily injured by
rain, and present an attractive appear
ance when other flowers are sorry look
ing objects The mixed borders and in
beds among other plants zinnias are al
ways attractive.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
A Convenient 'Possum

An old negro preacher gave as his text
De tree is known by his fruit, an
hit DIES impossible ter shake de 'possum
down.
After the benedicton, an old brother
said 10 him.
Il never knowed befo' dat such text
wuz in de Bible"
Well" admitted the preacher. hit
amt 'xaetly sot down dataway.
th'owed in de 'possum ter hit de intelli-
gence er my egation"-Atlanta
Constitution.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Uses Of . London Church.

The church of All Hallows, London
wall. presents a strange appearance
every morning. The building is opened
for the accommodation OF girls and
women who arrive in the city by the
..workingmen's' trains, which fire.
oueutly are run at such an hour as to
compel the passengers TO make a long
wait after arriving in the city for their
places of business to open. A short
service is conducted and then the eongre-
cation is permitted and even eneoura ged
10 employ themselves with needlework
az with reading The women and girls
are provided with reading matter,
rbough care is taken that il shall not
he too narrow in its range.-London
Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
To Destroy Paint odor.

Put a kettle full of lighted charcoal;
on which has been thrown n handful Of
juniper berries, in the room, and care
fully stop all openings, not forgeitjhs
the chimney. Leave the room closed ioI
twenty-four hours. by the end Of WhlcA
time the smell will be gone. OF course,
no person or animal must remain IN lNs
room while the charcoal is burning
Country Life in America.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
nae Envv Of london cluh Life

In no city in the world are there so
many clubs as in London. They are one
of the essential factors in English fash
ionable. artistic aud political life. 1t is
tie home Of the gentleman" and We
Italians have nothing whatever that can
even compare with those useful and re-
fined institutions.-Naples Mattino.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Anothar FalIacv FxpIoded.

The fact that insanity is much ~
prone to produce in art what Is eoInl .'a-.
place than what is original may ~.
hapS, be borne in mind by those -
who are so ready to brand as moFb.l . .
decadent every artistic devt.e rs
which conflicts with conventions i-J-
London Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Brides Older Than aridegrooms.

The vital statistics prepared by City
Clerk Entwise of Salem shows that dur
ing 1907 there were 479 marriage icen-
SEES issued and 1896 solemnized in the city,
which is eighteen fewer than the pre-
vious year. The oldest bridegroom was
6S and the oldest bride so, while the
youngest bridegroom was 10 and the
youngest bride 10. Seventy-one brides
We're older than the bridegroom
ton Transcript.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Rhinoceros Blood cure-AlI.

The blood of the rhinoceros Is very
highly esteemed by Burmese and Chinese
as medicine for all kinds Of ailments
Whenever a party of hunters are sue
cessful in shooting rhinoceros-they
are less numerous than they used to be
the native heaters carefully draw of the
blood and bring it TO Rangoon stored IN
hollow bamboos. The precious liquid is
worth it's weight in silver-L0ndon
Standard
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

Over one hundred tons of coal is being
taken daily from the Susquehanna river
in the vicinity Of Espy, Columbia eoun-
ty. Five dredges are being operated in
that section. Many of the residents az
thar section use the coal taken from the
bed of the Philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Moonlight.

Many readers may not be aware of
the fact that the full moon gives several
times more than twice the light of the
half moon. They may be still more sur
prised to learn that the ratio is approx
mately as nine 10 one. The moon is
brighter between first quarter and fall
than between fall and last quarter
Youth 4 Cnmnnninn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Iunocents Abroad.

Thousands of visitors come ia tTaDtFs
every year to buy French articles :.
toilette. This is what they find; 1l ~.
made of Italian straw, dresses q ~,
lish cloth. American boots, oFltIt'~ $-
scents, japanese sunshades, leail -s,
goods made in Austrial How FaTis-sD'
Paris Matin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Eternal Bliss Marked Down.

Eternal Bliss Marked Down.
The other night, beneath the light
OF tender, twinkling stars,
With idle chat of this and that
We guessed who dwelt in Mars.
Quoth /: 1.-The shades of men and maids
Who loved like us, Of yore,
May find up there new bliss to share,
A neyer-ending store''
storeF she said, and raised her head
10 those celestial lamps;
where you and | can bargains buy,
With lots Of trading stamps?1
Her words awoke in me,
To tread the maze Of markdown days
Through all eternity!
| cannot tell where / may dwell
Among those twinklng stars
] only know, IL this be so,
] Will not 90 to Mars!
-Brooklyu Life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Bishops Story of Tact.

The late Bishop James Newburn Fitz.
gerald, in an address in ST Louis. once
declared that sympathy, far more than
eloquence or learning, made for success
in the ministry.
Too many of us. through lack of
sympathy" he said. Say the worst the
most inappropriate things. Thus 4 young
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Crossword.

How did Tandy lose his position in
the weather bureau?'
why, he made seven co rect predic-
tons out of ten, ami they thought he
must be depending on guesswork, Sa-
cred Heart Review.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
When Golf Is a Slow Came.

L. c. Hull. the young American who
won nearly all the important events in
the freshman sports at Oxford univer-
sity, is good at every game but golf.
At Chinnecock hills, one afternoon, a
New York athlete saw Mr.. Hull retiring
towards the dressing rooms disconsolate-
ly.
How many holes have you played -
the New Yorker asked
'Only three or 4our," said Mr.. Hull.
Only three or four in two hoursT'
cried the New Yorker.
well" explained Mr. Hull, g it takes
me so long to put the turf back"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
He Knew the Man.
Working Up the Expression.

Will you take something to drinkT'
With pleasure
The photo was taken, and the sitter
said:
oh, SIR, that is just trade ruse Of
mine TO give a natural and interested
expression to the face London Tit
Bits.