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their Thanksgiving udy. Inc aunt siiio
uncle they were visiting lived in the coun-
try several miles from town, and as Tom
and Blanche were city children they
found much enjoyment. indeed. in roam
ing the mountains and hunting for wild
beasts" as Tom declared they were do
ing whenever they went for a stroll half
a mile from their relatives home
Two days before Thanksgiving an invi-
tation came to the children's uncle and
aunt, requesting them to bring their city
kim and "eat Thanksgiving turkey and
pumpkin pie with old mountain friends.
The family extending the invitation lived
about five miles distant from the farm
where Blanche and Tom We're visiting.
We'll, how do you like the idea of go
ing away from home to eat Thanksgiving
dinner" asked Mr.. Thompson. the chill
drenS uncle.
..F'iner'n silk, Uncle Gus declared
| Tom. s.rr,.e,,. .sresa
Blanche.
And suppose 1 send you youngsters,
over to the Browns to tell them we'll
eat their Thanksgiving turkey and pump
kin pie-alt they can spare, SAID MI.
Thompson
Sure. uncle" said Tom. 1T strikes me
all right, all right. I'd enjoy the walk
Five miles. l believe you said.
"Yes. five miles by the road. but you
can cut off pretty near a mile by going
across the hills. You can't very well
lose your way. The trees are bare or
leaves and you can see about you Will
out any difficulty
X :;
blanche and Tom were much pleased at
the prospect of visit overnight with so
fine a family as the Browns were repre-
INN
next afternoon arrived. AT O'Clock
they set out for the Browns 1arm' ac0ss
the hills and far away
The first mile was passed with great
Measure. for at every turn in their wind
ing mountain path there was ne" pic
ture to view. And from nearly every tree
little SQUIRRELS peeped, running nltheI
and thither on the limbs or ieaplns aoou'
in the drying leaves on the grouno.
..Oh isn't 1t lovely in the WOODS ourlhs
the autumn cried Blanche, full Oh al
riration for the scenes about her.
Great" calculated Iom' ms one w. ~
EXPRESSING quite as much or more thah
did Rlanche's entire sentence
Then they came to steep cimp up
the mountain, during when thelI POI.
seemed to suddenly disappear, LOT on
moment they were following quite pam
one and the next moment there was no
"WelI. where is our PATH" asked
Blanche. .'It was here. and OF suooeii
it Is not here.
wei, we surely could not have taken
the wrong path for there was "ut one
from that big boulder at the foot or the
mountain Up to that point there were
several but the one we took led US rlght
into the boulder which Uncle Gus descrio-
ed. The other paths seemed to LEAD rouno
the mountain, and Uncle told us to take
the path over the mountain If we wanted
to have scenery fit to please the eye or
the most artistic taste. And so we did
as We were told. But l m bound II know
what to do for here the path ends.
We'll, let's set to hunting for the path"
said Blanche. IT'S getting cool, and the
sun is almost down. 1 don't care to be on
the mountain, and lost. If you please,
when the darkness sets in.
Then the two set to hunting the con-
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Irish Hun0r.

A freshman was employed 10 clean
well for farmer, and descended
for that purpose. After his work was COM
pleted he signaled to the men who were
assisting him to haul him up. His fellow
workmen. desiring to have joke on Pat.
hauled him half way up. then stopped.
leaving the poor fellow suspended some
fifteen feet from the top. Pat. becoming
excited. begged and entreated them to
pull him out. all to no avail. There he
hung. unable to help himself. At last.
becoming exasperated, he sang out: Haul
me up. We spalpeens, or by the piper that
played before Moses. I'll be afther cuttin
the rope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-21
Cornering the Thanksgiving Victim.
UNIQUE DECORATION
FOR A BOYS DEN

A unique wall decoration for boys
den" is made by collecting as many flags
of various nations as one possibly can and
hanging them together in some artistic
way A boy had a flag from Germany,
one from England, one from Holland,
one from France one from Japan, one
from Spain, one from Mexico, one from
Brazil, and lastly, great beautiful SILK
flag of his own United States. He Sc
lected a broad space on one wall of his
room as a place to display his collection
of flags, hanging the American flag In
the center and draping the others about
it, And on small sheets of white paper
he had written a brief history of the
countries represented, attaching them to
their respective flags where all might see
and read. This flag panel furnished his
visitors no end of entertainment and his
boy friends were so enthusiastic over it
that they all became flag collectors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-21

IIUMPTY Dumpty was fat boy,
! i He lived on IL farm. you know,
And a man came one day
And to him did say,
Il want you for my side show
So Humpty Dumpty went far away
With the man who circus did own.
And his time was all spent
In big side show tent,
And a giant he'll be when he's grown.
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Answers to Puzzle Corner.

Hidden proverb puzzle: A setting hen never
grows fat.
Letter enigma: Washington.
Beheadings nl Blamelamc. 81 Impeach-
peach. ~ Dray-ray.
Curtail!ngs: Pearl-pear. - Madam-mad -
Bucket buck.
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ON and Blanche
were brother and
sister, and were
aged fourteen and
twelve. respective
ly. They had gone
10 visit some rela-
tives living in Ar
kansas, in the very
heart of the wood
ed mountain re-
gion. And there
they were to spend
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Kitty's Good Luck.

n nee there was little kitten,
~ So / have been told,
That way from home did wander
Out into the cold.
Meow, meow" cried lite kitten
Meow, / want my ma,
Meow, meow, I'm very hungry.
And want some milk right now.
But little grille heard her
Mewing in the cold,
And she ran and called her gently,
So | have been told.
And she gave to that stray kitten
A very GO Y home;
And the kit was very happy
To no longer roam.
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Letter Enigma.

MY first is in money. but not in spent:
AZ My second Is in loan. but not in lent;
My third Is in rice. but not in eat;
My fourth is in boats. but not in feet;
My fifth is in light. but not in dark;
My sixth is in fire. but not in spark.
Ny whole is an object
Employed in game.
But to play il correctly
There must be more of the same.
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Hidden Pr0verb Puzzle.

The words forming we'll known proyerb ap-
pear in the following sentences. each sentence
containing but one word OF the proverbs
Never strike a when he is down.
To become OF use in the world man must
be wise.
Think every man honest till he proves himself
knave.
DO what you to tighten anothers load.
None so blind as he who will not
person cannot live happily without love.
Let your eyes ever read the truth.
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CurtailinqS.

IL Cugtail a place where the drama Is pre-
scented and leave wild animal ~ Curtal
the physical condition Of well fed and healthy
child and leave Il small fruit ~ 1rlply cur
tail a wooden receptacle for holding -four aud
leave n bank of sand in the mouth of river.
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live and leave important part OF the human
body. u, Douby behead an old fashioned writ
ing pen and leave the condition OF a sick person.
Ga Behead big mound OF hay and leave .
small nail.
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ID STORIES FOR LITTLE MEN AND LIIIE- WOMEN
A Strange Thanksgiving Day for Tom and Blanche

lay down on their beds without removing
their clothes. only two pairs Of shoes
Toms and Blanche sand one pair of
great heavy boots were taken off and
placed in a row in front OF the fire.
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Beheadings.

, Behead place where only few people
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Just at that moment a tall thin figure
appeared in the doorway and spoke to
the dogs, ordering them to lie down and
shut up Then he addressed himself to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Biggest Bear of Greenhorn Range.

What is claimed to be the biggest bear
killed on the Greenhorn range since Old
Nose fell nearly two years ago was
brought back to Denver by ], u. Veaeh
and :. S. Prentiss of Rushville. H. who
have just returned from a ten-day hunt.
An effort had been made to find big
bear in order that Mr.. Prentiss might
shoot it and the trail was taken up ON
the Jack Hall mountain. The dogs were
ahead and the other members of the par
~ followed on horseback, finally being
obliged to so forward OH foot. When
the dogs finally caught up with the bear
there was a running fight that lasted
for 800 yards, the hunters being within
fifty feet of the animal all the time 1t
was finally freed on n steep hillside. The
dogs were good fighters and the bear
was forced TO take refuge in tree less
than one food III diameter, notwithstand-
ing the great size of the animal. This
was not accomplished until the bear had
bitten tusk out of one of the four dogs
engaged in the fight. Once safely freed
Mr.. prentiss took a long shot and
brought the bear down. Denver Post.
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A Missouri Fish Story.

ut is a we'll known fact that when
alarmed fish scuttle into dark places be-
meath the water. A friend of mine told
me of an ingenious plan adopted by an
old fisherman on the Blue river TO take
advantage of this fish CUSTOM" said A.
s. Van Valkenburgh, United States dis
trict attorney.
"The old fisherman procured a barrel,
bored number Of holes in it and
weighted the bottom with lead and iron.
To the top were fastened two ropes at
taehed to a windlass on boat. Rowing
ont TO the middle of the Blue the barrel
was sunk, resting on the bottom of the
river. Then the old fisherman sent his
four sons, two in each direction, TO points
30 yards away, where they entered ca
noes and commenced to beat the water
with flat paddles, raising great hubbub.
Gradually they worked down TO the
boat. where the old fisherman was ready
10 haul out the barrel. As they came
close to him he quickly manned the
vindlass and the barrel came to the sur
face BY actual count there were TWEEN.
~ eight shad. forty carp. seventeen cat
Ash and nine jack salmon in the barrel.
The catch weighed 100 pounds.-Kansas
City Star.
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months of the year, tossed hitber an,
yon Sy the winds which blow with 81
ness over all of California's sand NJ
during those months.
At the coming Of the rains, or rather
the cloudbursts. which sweep the desel,,
in its springtime, this cactus takes Foo+
wherever it happens to have Ies1
dropped by the last wind of which if vas
the plaything and, Immediately begins TO
put out all around it small shoots which
in turn become cacti, exactly like the par
ent plant.
These young growths increase in sizo
rapidly, sucking the moisture both from
the parent plant and from the surround.
ing earth. The roots do not penetrate
the soil deeply, but spread often over n
circle whose radius is not less than IN
feet. These roots, too, are small, but
practically innumerable, and they get ev-
cry bit of moisture and plant food to be
had in the territory they eover-Tech-
meal World Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

The news that the wives and daugh-
ters of Missouri farmers have been COM
PEELED to labor in the fields in order to
save the crops, because help is very
scarce in that section, ought TO make
thousands of idle men turn toward the
harvest fields as places in which they
can earn far more than their daily
bread for a period of nearly three
months. Harvesting is in progress in
Missouri and Kansas, and the reapers
will henceforward be at work almost
continuously as the crop in the various
grain belts farther north ripen in sue
cession.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Canoe Don'ts.

Don't step on the deck of a canoe.
Don't sit on the deck when padding
alone.
Don't sit in the middle when padding
alone, unless an expert.
Don't put your togs in the stern, the
canoe may leak.
Don't let the upper hand grasp any
thing but the top of the paddle.
Don't walk into a canoe upright. but
sneak" in, bent forward, grasping the
gunwales as you move forward
Don't run your canoe high and dry on
of it. W A
Don't kneel and attempt to paddle
without partly sitting on a thwart
Don't. when alone, use the back
thwart without weight in the bow.
Don't turn your whole body to look
behind; simply ''rubberneck."
Learn 10 paddle with one knee. the one
opposite the side you are padding on
Don't let canoe rest upside down on
its ends.
Don't drag it on shore, lift it till the
stern touches the shallow bottom.
Don't push off with your body leaning
forward on the paddle.
Don't buy your first canoe less than
thirty eight inches wide and sixteen feet
long
Don't try to land in a river with the
bow pointing down stream.
Don't get your hands less than thirty
inches apart on the paddle, otherwise
you will soon tire.
Don't paddle and then bacE water
learn to feather
Don't get excited if you upset. stick
10 your paddle and canoe.-J. E. KlOtg
in Rod and Gun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
OH. THE SUMMER.

oh, the Summeri Glowing, blowing
Flowers ia the sun,
Oh, the warmth and sweetness, knowing
That the Winters donei
Spring Is just behind us, dying,
Autumn Just before, and flying,
Flying are the days-no signing
Can recall us one!
Oh. the Summer! The swift breaking
OF the early dawn
Comes the sudden sun awaking
All ii breathes uponi
Sweet the bob-O-links clear calling,
Sweet. oh. sweet the lark's note falling
Through the blue. the day Installing
With the rite of song.
oh, the Summer, The long fading
OF the laggard light
Crimson, gold and purple shading
Slowly into night
Where the earth and sky are meeting
Day and dark exchange soft greeting.
Perfect moments! Fieeting, heeting,
Sweetest in their flight
Isabel EccIestone Mackay in Ainslee's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
The Dangerous House Ely.

Flies cause, IN New York city alone,
about 600 deaths from typhoid fever and
about 1000 deaths yearly from other dis
eases. Last year fly was captured on
South street in New York mot far from
one of the eity's biggest meat and fish
markets., that was found to be carry
ing IN his mouth and on his legs more
than 100000 disease bacteria. Flies
walk over decayEo and fetid matter, for
which they have a natural affinity. and
then. entering meat markets and homes.
travel over the food, explore the milk
pitcher and also light directly on the
skin of the Observation-Disclosures Will
liamS in Success MSgnnine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

the air. A nice little nose it was, too
Like alike "a
Johns eye roved the shelves and the
counters in vain.
"A nice little nose it was,' he said
"A nice little nosen
Suddenly setting his teeth, he pressed
the point of his knife into the picked
pigs head, precisely behind the ear.
And the next week. said John be.
tween his teeth, sthe very next week
she married young fellow on the next
block, an undertaker's assistant he was
and they moved away. Queeri Queer's
o-name-for"-
John stopped, his mouth agape, and
following his glance / saw a most at.
tractiye widow crossing the street to.
ward Johns shop. A most attractive
widow she was, as I have said. ROSY
plump, and altogether becoming in her
second mourning.
Then" said John with gasp, "the
undertaken must have been undertook. )
The widow entered, and though ]
thought / saw twinkle in her eve, ]
know that her nose was in the air, and
nice little nose it was, even as Johr
had told me.
u should ike said she, half 9
pound OF Stilton.'
John drew the cheese from the case
and through the gloom, now almost
dark, | could see the fiat of his knife
lowering in the air. John looked at the
widow and the widew looked at John
and when that scrutiny was ended
John cut the Stilton and did not pat
| it first with the knife.
Anything else, ma'am?" he asked
breathing hard
Let me see," said she.
Something, say" said John, in that
rich, deep, oily whisper of his, Just sug
gestive OF wheeze; something, say
in the line of picked onions?'
And seeing, with half an eye, thai
discretion was the better part of valor
| raised me on my tiptoes and l gently
came away.-New York Evening Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
RICE AS A MUscLE-MAKER.
Value of the Grain Decrea;ed by the
Polishing Process

a recent editorial in the Lancet Clinic
is devoted TO this interesting subject. II
points out that the defeat of Russia by
Japan drew the attention of the whole
world to the power of endurance exhibit
ed by the japanese, and that much sur
prise was expressed that a relocating ma
ton should develop such remarkable
physical power. One of the factors to be
taken into account, says the writer, is the
frugal, abstemious habits of all japanese
families, but it is quite possible that rice
plays a more important part in the mat
ter than is generally realized.
In the United States as well as in
Europe rice has usually been considered
an inferior food, owing to the excess Of
starch in its composition, and this is I'M
doubtedly true of the rice as we meet
with it, But this defect in the grain is
the result of the removal of nutrient mat
ter for the purpose of making it presenta-
BILE for the market by what is known as
the polishing process. Not only is the
outer husk taken off, but what is called
the rice NEAL which envelopes the
inner kernel, is also brushed away, al
though it is highly nutritious, being the
albuminuos portion of the grain. 1t is,
however, an unattractive brown in color.
This rice meal is exported to Europe by
rice-growing countries, and in England it
lis made into what is named ''oil cake"
III.
analysis of rice meal shows that it con-
tains about 1919 per cent. of, albuminoids
and Az per cent. of phosphoric acid, and
the former appears to be easily digested
and utilized by the human system.
As the japanese, in common with other
relocating nations do not polish the
grain, except for export, they retain q
large proportion of nutriment and flavor
to which virtually all Americans and
Europeans are absolute strangers.
1t is remarkable that the most highly
civilized nations are willing to sacrifice
nourishment to appearance when all the
facts are quite well known. White rice,
no doubt looks nice because we are ac-
customed to its delicate appearance. Be
ing purely carbohydrate Starch, it is not
a muscle builder. When eaten in it's
natural condition, that is, without being
polished" rice is a food that will build
up the body and will create force and
energy as well. Had the japanese spoil
lished" their rice, without substituting
other albuminous food, there can be no
doubt that the Russians would have de-
feated them, because men cannot thrive
upon starchy foods which contain no al
bumen to repair the waste caused by the
very act of living, and by daily work
Mans efforts to improve upon natures
product by removing the most valuable
part of the rice grains must be regarded
as a serious error.American Medicine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

The eoroners jury in the case of the
killing of FIVE stevedores by a myster-
ious explosion of the Hamburg Ameri-
can liner Arcadian, while cargo was be-
ing discharged at Philadelphia, attributes
the accident to the illumination of Ger
man pyroteehnics called knoll corks. !"
Fireworks that cannot bear handling
should not be permitted in shipments
either by steamer or by rail. Their
manufacture could be prohibited with
out loss to anybody, because the people
Of the United States are cultiyating
sanity in their celebrating.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
A SCOTCH EAGLE.
Bird with Seven Foot Spread of Wings
Caught by Railroad Men.

The other afternoon a full grown gold
en- eagle was captured in Rossshire I'M
der peculiar circumstances.
Three surfacemen were employed at
section of a new portion of the Highland
line when they were attracted by the APP
pearance of an eagle in field three
miles from Ardgay. On being APP
preached the bird offered a fierce re-
sistance with beak and talons.
The men threw their jackets over it,
one holding its head enveloped in the
jacket while the others tied its legs. The
bird was secured alive without much in
jury. 1t is feet l inch from tip to
tip of wings.
Eagles, it is said, cannot rise from
the ground owing to their immense
spread of wings and comparatively short
legs. They require pinnacles, boulders
or steep precipiees ere they can soar
Westminster Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
Great Change in Operas.

Mary Garden, the prima donna. com.
pared, during the recent Rictard Mans
feld sale, the old-fashioned operas with
such new. works as "Thais," Louise"
laugh she concluded IAN oncratic role
now means the vivid portrayal Of char.
acter. 1t meant in the past simply an
advance to the foOtlights aud an exhihi
tiNn # trills rouladcs and nil the o re,
yccnl fireworks. The servant maid went
home from the old fashioned opera ana
WIN her mistress asked her how She
iiked Z she replied: Gee. she sung lovely
= just as if she was garglin'.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

The frightful potency Of the powerful
electric currents which are conducted in
many instances through the congested
portions of cities for the operation of
railways and manufacturing industries is
not generally realized, else there would
be fear affecting the usefulness of
men who are engaged in electrical or
power enterprises. But the average man
and woman should take cognizance of
the fact sufficiently to keep them on
guard against careless action in any in
stance, even when wires are supposed to
be dead" 1t ought to be generally
known that the stray wire is as treach-
erous as the gun which is believed to be
unloaded. At Lawrence, Kansas, on
Monday, a student engineer engaged in
practice work stumbled against a broken
guy wire and was instantly electrocuted.
The superintendent of operations seized
a club and broke the wire, shutting off
the current, but the live end struck a
wire fence against which the superinten-
dent lodged to escape ii, and he also was
instantly killed
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17

The Spanish steamer which sunk after
striking rock ON the coast of Spain.
drowning one hundred Of her passengers
and crew. is described as an old tub.
But she might have sunk had she been
comparatively new boat, and the fact
of her age and condition does not relieve
the navigator from blame. The lost
steamer might have been kept afloat had
she been provided with compartments,
and it is in this respect that old pas.
senger boats are dangerous even when
they are not ''old tubs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-17
A "Good Risk"

Notwithstanding his 800 pounds vii
liam H. Taft is taken by the life insur-
ance companies as a good risk" The
statement has been published that poll
cies had been refused TO him. On the
contrary, the Secretary carries $4,000 in
policies. Some of this insurance was is
sued when be went to the tropical Philip
pines.
Though he is unusually heavy Mr.. Taft
is well distributed and he carries ID well.
He is an active man physically. He
has strong heart and excellent lungs.
He has a good family record from an in
suranee company point of view, and has
Tor that reason and because of his own
physical condition more than the usual
expectancy of life"