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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
SNAKES EGGS MATCHING.
Tip on the Young Reptiles Snout with
Which 1t Breaks Its Way Out.

Because of the popular aversion to the
serpent family there Is a surprising
amount of ignorance about even the
simplest of snake habits. 1t is doubtful
II many correct answers could be given
TO the question whether snakes lay eggs
or bear their young alive. As a matter
e6f fact, some species are viviparous anG
others oyiparous. Most of the poisonous
snakes, as well as many of our harmless
varieties, belong to the former class.
The European ring snake is closely al
lied to our common water snake and goes
by the scientific name Tropidonotus ma
trix. Curiously enough. all other mem
bers of the genus Tropidonotus are vivi-
parous, and this species alone lays eggs.
Furthermore, according to Gadow's
''Amphibia and Reptiles" the new laid
eggs usually show not the slightest yisi-
bic sign of an embryo, unless oviposi-
ton is delayed, when the embryos are
more or less developed.
The eggs are laid in July or August in
soft bed of loan or decaying Yegeta-
ton, or in heap of manure The older
snakes sometimes lay Is many as a
dozen eggs or more and they usually
stick together so that the entire cluster
can be picked up at once. Sometimes,
however, if the process of laying is slow,
they will be separated. The eggs are
about an inch long and of a whitish
yellow color. The sheh is thin and
flexible like parchment.
The young hatch in late summer or
autumn. Before Matching they develop
a sharp calcareous growth on the tip of
the snout known as the egg tooth, with
which the shell is slit open. Unlike
Matching chicks, which are suddenly dis
possessed by the breaking of their brit
tie shells, the young snakes may make
many incisions in the parchment envel-
opes and take many peeps at the outside
world before venturing forth into the
new environment. Shortly after hatch
ing the egg tooth is lost.
At first the young I've ON insects and
worms, but within a few weeks they are
strong enough TO attack and devour
young frogs. Strangely enough, although
the adults are strong swimmers, and
spend much time in ponds and streams
hunting the fish ard frogs on which they
subsist, the young are unable to swim.
and they will soon drown if they fall
into the water. The European ring
snake, as well as the American water
snake, makes an excellent pet; it is per-
fectly harmless, becomes very tame, and
learns to know the difference between
friends and strangers. Gadow tells of a
pet ring snake that would eat from his
| hand, crawl up his coat sleeve and coil
itself contentedly on his arm.-ScientifC
| American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
WHILE THE GLOVE is UP.
Then No Man Can Be Arrested in This
English Town.

The quaint custom of ''proclaiming the
fair" at Honiton has just been observed.
The town obtained the grant of fair
from the lord of the manor so long ago
as 1857, and the fair still retains some
of the picturesque characteristics of
bygone days.
The town crier, dressed in picturesque
uniform and carrying a pole decorated
with gay flowers and surmounted by a
large gilt model of a gloved hand, pub
licly announces the opening of the fair
as follows: Oyer! Oyer! Oyer! The
fairs begun the glove is up. No man
can be arrested till the glove is taken
down" Hot coins are then thrown
among the children.
The pole and glove viii remain dis
played until the end of the fair Pail
Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
THE SPELL OF THE YUKON.

The English reviewers are making much OF
a new Canadian poet, Robert w Scry-
ice, who calls. the book which has brought
him into notice Songs Of a SourdougR..
He appears to be one of Mr.. KipIings mn
merous followers. with touch d iitfle
fFesher than usual. Here is specimen OF
his work:
| wanted the gold. and / sought 1t:
| seFabbled and mucked like a slave.
Was it famine or seEryy-I fought ii;
hurled my youth into a grave.
/ wanted the gold and ! got it
Came out with fortune last fall
Yet somehow life's not what ! Thought it,
And somehow the gold isn't all.
Mo- There's the land (Have You seen i'm
It's the cussedest land that / know,
From the big, dizzy mountains that
To the deep, deathlike valleys below.
Some say God was tired when He made il;
Some say it's fine land TO shnn;
Maybe: But there's some as would trade 1t
For no land on earth-and I'm one
You come to get rich damned good reason,
You feel like an exile at first;
You hate it like hell for a season,
And then you are worse than the worst
1t grips you like some kinds of SHINING;
1t twists you from foe to a friend;
1t seems it's been since the beginning;
1t seems it will be to the end.
I've stood in some mighty mouthed hollow
That's plumb full of hush to the hrinl;
I've watched the big, husky sun wallOw
In crimson and gold. and grow dim,
Till the moon set the pearly peaks gleam-
ing,
And the stars tumb.ed out, neck and crop;
And I've thought that | surely was dream
ing,
With the peace o the world piled on top.
The summer-no sweeter was ever;
The sunshiny woods all athrili;
The grayling aleap in the river,
The bighorn asleep on the hill
The strong life that never knows harness;
The wilds where the caribou call:
The freshness, the freedom. the fairness
o Cod How I'm stuck on it all.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
Quaint Fiiian Plant.

There is nothing under the sun quite so
quaint, SO weird aud witchlike as the
pandanuS prairies of Fiji. The pam
danus, or screw plant, as it is called. is
n most grotesque specimen of the yege-
table Kingdom even at the hest and in
the early stages of its growth. La its
very Young days it is oi an extraordinary
screwlke shape and looks MS though
some uukind hand had taken hold of its
long, swordlike leaves and twisted them
round and round. Later ON it straightens
ont a bit and from it grow number OF
tall wooden stills. Its foliage is simple,
number of dropping, ragged tufts for
all the world like mops. and very mourn
full looking, Among these m0pS hangs
the fruit. in shape like Il pineapple. made
IN of hard red and yellow kernels,
woody and iibrous. aEd quite uneatable
from a Europeans point &c view.--Lon-
don Standard.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
FOREIGNERS IN UNITED sT.Tg.
"a Polish View of American Inmior..:.
and Institutions. ''''a

The following excerpt from ners,,.-,
letter received by a member of tba -
of The Tribune from a professor i, , ~
"Politechinka." at Lemberg. A.: .Ie
Poland. is of special interest. nress,,. an
as it does a Polish view of eInigraf;a'l+,,i ns
America and its effect upon PojanJl %
I'VE We're afraid that the rern-r;
masses would cause some misery IN M" ing
country. and suitable arrangements -, SuI
made to secure their occupation IN ~
waite and public works, and give 10 H.,
wages, we can afford. But the situarion
proved much better-one part ~ ~
emigrants had sufficient supply of mon S.,e
for settling again at home. the otLo.
part found help from their families 81
they intend TO go back to the Tn;taJJ
States later-the rest found ennlorn'oTTut
in various enterprises owing to the of5
cial preparations made and to the COL
industrial conditions of Austria at t5a
time. "e
The moral and political Influence =
the sojourn in the United States on ogs
workmen cannot be bad, l am s,1rn
Every trip to foreign and highly OWL,
lied. or even to less developed. c0uu+r;o.
enlarges the mind and opinions of t5S
people, makes them more provident and
cautious, suggests many Improvement
and makes them more tolerant and inSt
lONdIu the lHSlltullOuS OF their aid
country.
"They learn the undeniable fact tbot
many things are better in foreign conn.
tries than at home, but also that soma
other things are worse there. They
start thinking, and arrive, maybe. at tba
conclusion that some pecnliarities of orr
country may be improved, others cann0r
be changed, because they are really
adapted TO our conditions.
Consequently, they become aftprwgrl
better citizens. who understand the ma.
| litical and social problems, and who try
to do something for the country and for
| their nation. instead of being only dis.
satisfied people, not able to help them
selves.
"We all can learn lot in the United
| States. / should wish to send all our
| young men, all our students and farmers
and officers to visit America and stay
| there at least one or more years They
would see there so many good qualities
not developed in our European condi.
| tions. as the spirit of intense working,
| the incompatible spirit of enterprise in
every line, the energy, the faculty of
correct observation. the resourcefulness,
the powerful moral sense. the spirit Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
His Memory Amrutated.

If William NJ. Coyne of st. Louis IS TO
regain his memory completely, phySI-
clans say, he must observe these rules
Be cheerful, abstain from intoNicantS'
keep good hours, avoid hard work, men
tai and physical, seek outdoor recrea-
tons of a mild nature, laugh Mt every
opportunity, follow rigidly even tae
most trivial rules of good health, ABOVE
all be cheerful EK
At the age of 81 Coyne, who lives az
1889 Lorraine avenue. and has survived
one of the most notable surgical opera
lions ever performed in a st. LOUIS nos
ptal. has been forced literally 10 hegl4
his life anew. For when he regamed
consciousness, after part of his hFalh
had been removed on the operating Ia
BILE ut the City hospital following i
street car accident, he found that tle
surgeons had amputated his memot}
Mentally he was a child again, ulNole
TO talk, walk, read or write, ana uH-
able to remember his name.
His past was absolutely blahh-
Every incident preceding the operation
had been erased from his memory as
sponge wipes the writing from sa.t.
Little by little. as child masters ~
three RS this man has relearned I.s
alphabet and his multiplication taue;;
He has learned again bow to walk aug
talk and read and write. He has learner
his own identity. 49,,
He is out of the hospital now ami l4s
physicians tell him that he VIII lFgo
ably recover his memory complelei!.
with possibly one exception - ne LA:
never be able to recall the incidents "a
the afternoon when he was run a'N
by q street car, picked up senseitss' ana
pronounced mortalfy injured.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
where the octopus Ahounds.

"The rocky coast of Brittany" said
a lifeguard. ahounds in octopus-the
pieuvre, as they say down there.
Walk a Breton beach at low tide
the beach of St. Lunaire, for instance
and you viii easily find in half mile
a score or more of perfect cuttletish of
those friable white bones that birds love
They are from six inches to a foot or
more in length. snowy and very prettilv
shaped; they make nice ash trays. The
peasants gather them for bird food, for
ash trays, and also, / believe, for
cigarette eases.
their abundance IS convincing proof
of the octopus in those rock strewp wa
tiers Of France. r-Minneanolis journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
How He Reached.

Three-year-old May had a penciiant
for cutting everything in sight when She
could get a pair of scissors. One day,
being left alone with her curly-headed
baby brother, she promptly cut every
curl from the back of his head.
When the nurse discovered the dam
age. she said:
oh, May, how dare you cut baby's
curls OFF,
'He cut them hisself."
How did he reach the back of his
headY"
"He stooded on the stool "-Philadel-
phia ledger.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
Man.

Man is the wonder of nature , Jazz
Man is an epitome of the wor.- ~ .--..
Men were deceiyers eyer.-2-aA'-
peare.
Man is a sample of the universe.
Theophratus. E
Man everywhere is the born eneil! %
lies.-Carlyle. nile
Man. Thou pendulum betwiXt s-''''
and tear.-Byron. -ar
Certainly the greatest scholars "'' ~
the wiseest men.--Regmer. .l,ss
The great man is he who does A''
his childs heart.-MeRcius. IN
Great men stand like SOLITARY ''"-'
the city of God.--LongfelloW rrba-
Man is an initiative creature. "ss,,s5:iisr-
ever is foremost leads the herd ind
The real character of m9b rs5-a
out by his amusements.-SF
Reynolds. .ts--h
All men command patience. t1,e' :
few be willing to practice 1T -lo-'
kempis. .-- &
Most men employ the first 81 ..zs--
their lives in making the last i'---'
able.-La Bruyere. H.
An men are liars-Psalm cA''-'
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
Hardly a Compliment.

In DIR. Edward Everett Hale's young
Ell days he was about to leave a parish.
and good old lady was bewailing the
fact and insisting that the church would
he ruined thereby. DIR. Hale. hattered
by her words and manner, and wishing
to console her, said:
But. sister. the man who will succeed
me is Il fine preacher and a splendid fell
low. You'll soon see that everything is
all right and get used 10 it,
NO, no; | won't" she answered tear
fully. Il don't get used to this chang
lug. I've seen six changes in preachers
now, and it's got worse and worse all the
time Judge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
A Plentiful Supply.

4 teacher in one Of the primary
grades of the public school had noticed
a striking platonic friendship that eX-
listed between Tommy and little Mary,
two of her pupils.
Tommy was bright enough young
ster. but he wasn't disposed to prosecute
his studies with much of vengeance,
year he wouldn't be promoted.
You must study harder she told
him. ''or else you won't pass. How
would you like to stay back in this grade
another year and have little Mary so
ahead of youg'
"Aw," says Tommy, in a base tone,
Il guess there'll be other little Marys"
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
A Cynic on Love.

w. Il, Grange. author of the History
of Primitive Love referred. in the
course of lecture in Boston. To the
modern cynical view of love that pre-.
walls.
Il remember once" said Prof Grange
hearing two very ordinary men. brick
layer and plumber, discuss love in a
smoking car
:" 4 hold said the hricklayer. that il
YOU are terribly in love the way to cure
yourself is TO run away
The plumber shook his head and
sneered
That will cure YOU he said. pro
Yided you run away with the girl.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
The Fatal Gift of Beauty.

The novel reader cried:
I'm sick OF the beauties of Enid the Fair,
And proudly Lady Gwendolen gives me i
pain.
Paint me a freckledfaeed girl with red
hair:
Write me novel of plain Mary Jane"
So the Novelist wrote.
But the Novel read
Like roses bepowdered with gold was her
face.
A halo OF fame eolored treSses had she;
Though Duchess, she waived all her
rights to Your Grace"
And said ITO my lover, I'm plain Jeanne
Marie.
-Iinnincoft,s
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
Instructions to Cabby.

Lady-Now. cabman. / wish you to be
extremely careful, nlua; and in case II
a haccident you must wait until the
police tell you to so on and if the streets
are very slippery, you must drive very
slowly
Cabhy-AH right. mum, IN be very
careful. mum: and in case of haccidenf
mum. which ospital would you ike 10
be took to?-WindSor Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11

Ethel-So your engagement is broken
Fred-Yes: we couldn't agree. | like
watermelon cut in round slices, and she
always cuts watermelon in long slices.
He Miss Debue has such an open
She--Yes. especially when she smiles.
Baltimore American.
800
I'll Come Home.
little Bo-Peep
Has lost her sheep
ut was an ancient faml;
IL went on Il hop
To Il butchers shop.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .-.....'...'.'.
SPECIAL
TODAY,
SPRING LAMB
...,..-........'... -.....'... '''.-''''
New York Evening sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
After His Own Heart.

A Wall street man dropped into a
country school and was invited to exam
inc a class.
How much are two and two?' he
asked the first boy up.
Il don't know"
"Who discovered America
II don't remember"
The teacher was about TO offer ex-
cuses, but the Wall street man waved
him aside.
THAT boy may not be much on
frills" declared he, but he's thoroughly
practical, and that's what counts in real
lite, Washington Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
It Looked Unacceptable.

The barber paused i'll his fret-work
operations. "Will you have close shave,
sir?' he asked. 1T looks like it, re-
turned the victim moodily AT present
the odds against my getting out of this
chair alive seem very heavy indeed. -
London Globe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
Bright Outlook.

Patient The examination seems 10
have delighted you, doctor. judge
from your happy countenance that you
can save my life.
Dr. Sawbones-I cannot promise You
that, but we must perform number of
most interesting operations on you.
Kansas City journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11

fording her the opportunity for which
She had been looking. "Oh, thank you a
thousand times she said. 1T is just
what | wanted and how did you ever
guess it? 1t is so thoughtful of you,
and | do appreciate it 50 much" Then,
as she sank into the seat: And such
comfortable seat. 1t is the most com
Portable seat | ever sat in, OH. thank
you again so MULTIPLICATION Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
II Reads Ike a Fairv Tale.

An Atchison girl had always heard of
the impoliteness of women in failing 20
thank men for giving up a seat in the
street ear. and decided that she would
he an exception. A man gave her seat
Saturday night in crowded car, af-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
In the Mission Sunday School.

Teacher-And what do you suppose all
the animals did during those forty days
in the ark?
''Smarty' Williams-They jest loafcd
around and scratched themselves
it. Smarty! What'd they scratch for.
when there was only two feas THE
Bohemian
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11

Miss Gaddie-Yes. May Roxley is just
as mad at her father as she can be.
There was little puppy with great
pedigree that she wanted him to buy
for her and he wouldn't do it.
Miss Ascum-What was it, A French
count or German baron ?-Catholic
Standard and Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
How He Advertised

Wihe-Be sure to advertise tut Fido
III the morning newspapers.
Next day the wife read as follows in
The newspapers:
"loSt-A NANCY lapdog, with one eye
and no tail, Too fat to walk Answers
To the name of Fido. If returned stuffed,
large reward. "-Philadelphia Inquirer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
On Living in the Present.

The preachers of Simple Philosophy say:
Dream not of the Future, live Wholly To
day"
But find IL exceedingly pleasant
With Winnie for comrade, in fancy To roam
To the time when her Pa will present us
home.
For then we shall live in the present,
ipnlppOftss
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
Both Eager.

AT last" he sighed. we've alone. I've
been hoping fer this chance"
so have L. said she, very frankly.
''Ah. you have guessed, then, that !
wanted to tell you / love you"
YES; and / want to say No aud get
it over with. London Opinion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
One He'd Gladly Foot.

Mother--My dear I'm afraid your
choice of William as a fance doesn't
quite meet Your fathers approval
Daughter-Well, ma. you know how
dad objects 10 my Bills on principle
Boston Transcript.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
The Wav of Poets.

Have you not sold enough poems this
week to paper our parlor, dearf' asked
the poets wife.
No dear )" was the sad reply, but
Eve had enough manuscripts returned to
do it easily enoughv Yonkers Statesman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
As al : Friend.

with all his faults, he had consider
able public spirit"
Il never heard anything about that. :
'IIe was no boaster. But he never
made Il practice of getting his hair cut
on Saturday afternoon. kansas City
Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
SPECIAL
TODAY,
SPRING LAMB.
Which Breed?

New York Evening sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-19
LIVINGSTON.
on Monday

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Continued from First Page)
thur and Wallace of Viroqua, and
Bertram at home. The children were
all present at the funeral except
Charles. Out of a family of eleven
children only two sisters residing in
Australia are living. For nineteen
years Mr.. Livingston had the Hawley
ware house at this place and for two
years was the sole proprietor and dis
posed of it on account of ill health.
He was stricken with paralysis about
four years ago which rendered him
helpless for while, but he so far re-
gained his strength as to visit among
his friends and do light work on 1the
farm until within the past year when
he has been a constant sufferer, and
death came as a relief on Tuesday ev-
ening Many friends and relatives
mourn with the widow and children
in their loss of kind husband and
father, and will long remember his
cheery JoVlal way and true friendship.
Rev. Insidder preached an appropriate
sermon at the home on Friday. A
chorus of four rendered: Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere, Rock of Ag S, The
Lord Knows Why, and Some Sweet
Day The pail bearers were his four
sons, Sam, Herbert, Wallace and Ar
thur and son-in law, G. Jacobs. and
nephew, J. G. Watson Interment at
Rock cemetery.
Here we have our night of sorrow,
When we see our loved ones die;
We forget that on the morrow
We will meet them in the sky.
Yes, we very soon shall meet them,
Where the day is always fair
In that land of light we'll greet them,
There'll be no night there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-19

day night. Little Granters attending
were the Hillery boys, Jay Hickok,
Frank Hickok. Paul Smith VIM. Kaap
and several others.
Miss MONTE of Lancaster visited at
the Kaap home last week.
Little Granters who attended the
fair dance in Bloomington Friday
night we're Jay Hickok and sister,
Burnell Addison, Florence Hope,
Olive Hope. Chas. Addison, Aldridge
Reynolds. Edith Reynolds and George
and Leo Hillery.
The price OF hogs is the highest it
has been since 1908. In fact accord
ing to reports, restaurant people will
have to boost their price on porkchops
and like pork meats. 9
Little Grant business visitors in
Bloomington were John Wilson, Jay
Abraham, Gerald Lynass. Albert
Krohn, John Champion. Melvin
Champion, Sup't Brendemeuhl, Frank
Hickok, Mrs. Reynolds and Edith
and Jess Hillery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-19
Z arm ana
Garden
BLACK KNOT IN PLUMS.

More Light on the Failure of PIums In
the East.
f. G. Sears of the Massachusetts az
ricultural college writes as follows
about black knot in plums:
l have been interested in looking
through the college orchard recently to
notice the comparative susceptibility
of the different varieties and classes of
plums to black knot and in comparing
present indications with past expert
ence along the same lines.
The tree agent who sells plum trees
which are warranted to be "knot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-19
Soldiers Make Good Servants.

They have in England society for
"the employment of reserve soldiers"
and some ladies connected with it
have taken the trouble to train the ex-
soldiers for servants, and, it is said,
with remarkable success. The men
who have been the officers servants
are most sought for this purpose, and
they are said to like the work in the
house, and, although old, many Of
them are quite strong.