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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
II Puzzled Him.

The proprietor Of a lanyard was
anxious to fix suitable sign to his
premises. Finally happy thought
struck him.
He bored u hole through the doorpost
and stuck calf's tail into it with the
tufted end outside.
After a while he saw a solemn-faced
man standing near the door looking at
the sign. The tanner watched him min
ute and then stepped out and addressed
him.
Good morning, sir, he said.
Good morning" said the other, with
ont taking his eyes off the sign.
DO you want to buy leather?" asked
the tanner.
No"
Perhaps you've got some hides to
sellF
No"
Are you farmer
NO"
"What are you. them
Il am a philosopher. I've been stand
ing here for nearly an hour trying to
find out how that calf got through that
hole. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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$3.50 FOR A PAIR OF coRsETs.
Paris Women Often Pay That Price
Here, So London Hears.

Whatever views may be held on the
subject of small waists and tight hcing.
it is a fact which is often overlooked
day, that corset making has progressed
on such enlightened lines during the last
decade that it does not follow because
Il woman wishes to reduce her waist by
several inches that she must undergo
the refined torture" which anti-corset-
ties declare is necessary. The secret Of
small waist really lies in ii certain
good corset. 1t fair price is paid for
the latter a woman need not suffer
through tight lacing.
or course 1t was not always so Ii
is not a hundred years ago since stays
were composed not of whalebone or
hardened leather but of bars of iron and
steel from 3 inches to inches broad
and Is inches long. Again, during the
reign OF George Ill, the top of the steel
stay busk had long stocking needle at
tached to it to prevent girls from spoil
ing their shape by STOPPING too much
over their work
In the days of Catherine de Medici Is
inches was the fashionable size for the
waist. and to achieve this an oYercorset
of very thin steel plate was worn Ii
was made in two rieces opened longi-
tudinally by hinges and was secured
when closed with a sort of hasp and pin,
like an ordinary fox fastening.
The box corsets of today are made on
foundation of Greenland whalebone
which has steadily risen in price during
the last twenty-five years from f700 to
t3OO0 ton. Cheap whalebone can he
bought for ESQ and $40 a ton, but it
soon dries and becomes brittle. thus
spelling the corset as well as the figure
1t is better to pay three guineas for gen
| nine Greenland bone corsets than one
guinea for imitation bone, for not only
do the former last three times as long
but the bone can be taken out and used
again.
BY the way. it may surprise many
readers to learn that the fair parisiennc
often goes to America for her corsets.
where they are made in the most extrav-
agant styles. Fifty pounds for a single
pair is frequently paid. Corsets at this
price are not only made of the finest
silk, but are decorated with briliants.
the busk being of Is carat gold.-Tit-
| Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
rHF LONGEST MOUNTAIN CHAM
Discovery of Range in Tibet Extends.
Fully 1000 Miles

The most important discovery ,.
made IN thus traversing diagonalt, NY
whole Of Tibet was the gigantic. cb,5
of mountains we crossed by tl,e HI,
pass, which is over 1900 fees bi,h
How little this chain of mountains Nj
hitherto been dreamed IF is evijan+
from, among other things. the s,,,,,,.t
ton INDUCED in by Sir Thomas Holir;. 4
in his book. Tibet the mysterious :.
that the great central lakes Dan,,r.,
Yum Tso, Nganzi Tsa, etcl wers H..
sources of the Brahmaputra's nortbsr,,
tributaries-that is 10 say, that tho
was a stretch of relatively Eat connfr,
where IN reality we found there 49,,
one of the highest ranges of mountain.
IN the whole world, chain which car,
be compared only with the Hipalavn.,
and their kind. Capt. O'Connor s,,sIeat.
ed their existence by Learsay The cbai,,
known as Min Chen Tangla. which !.
situated south of the TengPi Noy va.
well known and had been crossed H.,
Littledale and several others. but ,,a
one knew that this chain stretched f
close upon twelve hundred miles IN ~,
weSt-n0rthweSt, as | now discovered 7,
is a certainty that it also stretche. -,
the east, and has a total length of about
two thousand miles. The average bai@i,
of the passes Is some few hundred ma
ters higher than i'll the Himalayas ana
| about the same as in the Kara-kornui
and Arkataugh.
Mighty as is this excrescence on Tho
earths surface, the Tibetans have nm
name for its whole length Countless
local names are given to the yalions
parts of 1t. As the range viii in fptnra
| have to be included not only in a kpo,yI
| edge of the world but also in the school
| books, II becomes necessary for If IA
| have name, and so far as | can see it
would be best TO keep to the name NV
i which its highest point is already known
! viz, Min Chen Tangla. 1t sounds
| strange, when one considers how thor
| oughly the world has been explored, thar
| in the year 1907 it should be vouchsafed
| TO any one practically to discover n
range of mountains 1000 miles long. ana
| the surprise of the discovery is inteDsi-
| fed rather than diminished by the fact
| that here and there the country trav-
ersed was already known. And let ms
remember that such a discovery cannot
| be made again. for there is no blank
/ space big enough on the map of the
world to contain such range of noun
| tains. Harper's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02

campaigns in the Buckeye state. II will
never forget he said. "a stumping tour
which the late Gen. William III. Gibson
made many years ago when he was state
treasurer. 4 short time before the cam
laign opened. a shortage was discovered
i'm the treasurer's office. 1t was clearly
traced to previous administration, and
really added to Gen. Gibson's reputa-
ton for integrity. He was to speak one
night in q small town in western Ohio,
and got an unusually generous reception
brass bands crowded hall, cheering
and all that sort of thing.
I've been wondering ever since
came to Your city. he said, by way of
beginning, what the Republican cam
paign committee meant by sending me
here. You are all Republicans here. /
want to 90 where there are Democrats
audience L don't believe there is
single Democrat in this crowded hallp
he shouted. There was a dead silence.
III give So to each and every Demo
crat who viii admit it, cried the gen
eraL A big Irishmaa in tie rear of
the hall arose and, III mighty voice,
howled: I'm Dimmycrat, an fairh, l
don't care who knows it,
. So you're a Democrat said the gem
eral j am said the son of Erin. Then
come forward and get your So.
IL don't want the money, man. re-
turned the Irishman. Put it back in the
treasury where you stole it from
THE general, in telling the story
and he appreciated the joke enough to
tell it often-said that the meeting which
followed was the only unsuccessful one
OF his trip. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
STOLEN INVENTIONS.
Precautions Before Patent Days to Pc.
serve Secrets.

serve Secrets.
Before patents were granted for in
yentions the inventor had but one way
TO secure a return from his invention.
That was to keep it secret.
Secret inventions were the most valu-
able possessions of many families and
guilds. But in proportion to their value
they tempted the cupidity of competi-
tors. The secret of making Venetian
jealousy guarded. A Venetian named
Paoli. who possessed the secret, left
Venice and wandered northward prac-
ticing his art. He was stabbed in Nor
mandy with a dagger marked Traitor
IA measure taken to preserve the Sc
cret
In ITO the Elector of Saxony learned
that man named Bottger had discov-
cred the secret of making porcelain. He
accordingly confined him in the castle
of Albrechtesburg until the discovery
had been perfected. The workmen were
sworn to secrecy and the drawbridge
was kept up, except to admit those spe-
cially authorized. Thus was the manu-
facture of the famous Dresden ware be-
gun. The secret was soon carried to
Vienna. where royal factory was es-
tablished, and to France, where it was
the foundation of the manufacture of
the famous Sevres pottery.
The stealing OF the secret OF making
east steel' is an interesting example.
4 matchmaker named Hunisman was
dissatisfied with the watch springs the
market afforded and in 1850 conceived
that if he could cast the steel into an
ingot springs made from it would be
more homogeneous. His conception was
successfully carried out and large mar
ket was established for "Hunisman's in
gots." Large works with tall chimneys
were soon built.
Every effort was made to keep the Sc
cret. No one was admitted 10 the
works. The process was divided and
persons working on each part were kept
in ignorance of other parts of the work.
One bitter winter night a man, dressed
as farm laborer, came to the door APP
parently in an exhausted condition and
asked admittance. The foreman. de-
ceived by his appearance into thinking
the man was incapable of understanding
what he would see, let him in.
The man dropped down in sight of
the furnaces and seemed TO sleep.
| Through furtively opened eyes he saw
the workmen cut bars of steel into bits.
and. depositing them into crucibles, put
the crucibles in furnaces and urge the
fires to the highest pitch. The workmen
had TO protect themselves from the heat
by wet cloths. Finally the steel melted.
he saw the crucibles were withdrawn
and the steel was cast into molds-and
the secret was a secret no longer
American Industries.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
AT SCHOOL.

| like to sit in school and look
At all the girls ! know,
When every head above a book
Is bending very low.
They are SO much alike. you see,
And yet 50 different. too
For some have eyes OF brown like me
And some have eyes of blue.
When were admiring Marguerite,
Whose bfaids are long and fine
She says She thinks that curls are sweet,
Like Josephine's or mine.
But Josephine and | believe
Straight hair is lovelier,
And look at Marguerite and grieye
We are not more like her.
And some have shiny fiaxen hair:
And others brown or black;
Some wear il short; and others wear
Two pfstails down the back.
And some have bows of ribbon gay
Hair parted on the side.
But every girl likes best tie way
Some others hair is tied.
j It think. II all the little girls
ould. wishing. change their state.
Then all the pigtails would be eurls
And all the curls be straight.
And ! should look like Marguerite,
And Marguerite like me,
And every day at school we'd meet
How funny 1t would be.
Ethel NJ. Kelley in St Nicholas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
wooDLoTs OF Japan.
Example Furnished of Tree Growing on
Small Plots.

In these times of great drains on the
timber supplies, caused by the heavy de-
mand for forest products of all kinds
Americans may see in Japan an exam
pie of what can be done in growing
wood on small plots.
That country contains y 900 600
weod-lots. about three-fourths of which
belong to private persons and one-fourth
to communes. The average size of tho
plot is less than nine-tenths of an acre
They usually occupy the steepest, rough
est. poorest ground. In this way land
is put to use which would otherwise go
to waste. and if unwooded would lose
it's soil by the wash of the dashing
rains.
From Japan's wood-lots the yearly
WELD of lumber is about 50 feet board
measure. an acre. and three-fourths of
cord of firewood. In many cases the
WELD is much higher. More than $780,
100000 trees are planted yearly to make
M what is cut for lumber and fuel
Assessment for taxation is low, aver
aging for the II 100000 lots less than
ST an acre With all the care In cutting
and the industry in replanting. it is by
no means certain that Japan's forests
are holding their own. If the preserva-
tion of the forests is doubtful there, it
Is evident that repletion must be alarm
incly rapid in other countries which
cut unsparingly and plant very little
On the other hand. it is encouraging to
seq what can be done with rough, steep
and poor land. The United States has
enough of that kind, without touching
the rich agricultural acres, to grow bill
lions Of feet of lumber.-Pathfiuder
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
The Treak 81 a Kansas storm-

A curious freak Of the tornado took
who MAS lying in bed with broken
leg. could not run to a place of safety
when the storm was seen coming His
wife gathered the little children and
they all piled on the bed with Mr.. Tuck.
ar. the wife saying that if all were killed
they would all die together After the
storm Mrs. Tucker found herself almost
the bed of the creek. the little boy sit
ting on a pile of straw, all unhurt. Look
ING toward the house Mrs. Tucker saw
All Of il swept away except the floor.
Rpt the bed still stood where il did be-
fore the STERN and her husband was still
lying upon il without scratch Smith
County Pioneer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Origin of Ox.Tail Scum

The now familiar oN-tail soup is said
TO have had it's origin drring the Reign
of Terror in Paris, in 1893, when many
of the nobility were reduced to starya-
tion and heggary. The abattoirs sent
their hides fresh TO the tanners. with
out removing the tails and in cleaning
them the tails We're thrown away. One
day one OF the noble heggars, while hap
pe1ing Go pass n tannery. noticed a pile
OF discarded tails. and. asking for one,
il was willingly given To him. He took
il TO his lodgings ANA made what is now
famouS--the hrSt dish of ox-tail SCUM.
He Immediately told his friends of the
good luck he had had, with the natural
result that the tanners were soon an
noyed TO such an extent by the demand
for oN-tailS that a price was put upon
them England Grocer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
The First Day Of School.

1he FIRST Day OF SCHOOL.
The first day of school is the best day OF
ALL
You feel so important and happy and tail.
You have some new dresses, and in your
new books,
New studies with lovely queer jumbes ana
crooks
And teacher looks fresh and little bit
Aud wears the most hummery. summary
hat,
You wonder how some day twin feel 10
be old.
And never be seolded. ana never be tod
The blackboard is painted all shiny and
black
And somehow, it really is good to be back.
There's Amy and Harriet. Mary and Gwen.
Aud Maribel Mathers, who has the gold
pen
And Maribels doing her hair IN new way,
And has new bracelet that's locked on TO
stay.
You wish that mama weren't so strict
about things
That you could wear brooches aud brace
lets and rings.
We don't have to study the first day. at
all,
And teacher, quite often, goes out in the
hall;
We whisper. but teacher comes back with
a SMILE
Wen have to behave better after n while
Oh, summer vacation is splendid Of course
WITH the lake, and the farm, and the boat
Bnt truly love the first day, in the fall
when school seems real fun-tis tSs best
day of alt.
EDNA Kingsley Wallace in St Nicholas
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Toothsnme Pains

A strange case has just occurred at
Porthcawl showing the effect of the
Imagination in causing disease and cure.
y professional man on a visit there
took out his four false teeth while shay
ing but forgetting the fact and failing to
find them later suddenly concluded that
he must have swallowed them accident
ally. At once he began to suffer pains.
\ doctor was sent for, to whom he de-
scfibed his agonies: emetics were admin
istered but in vain. and the tortures
made him twist his body convulsiyeIy.
Then maid brought the teeth, which
had dropped behind the dressing table.
and instantly the pains ceased.-Ioudon
Daily Mail
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
American Fruits in ENGLAND.

The habits and requirements Of oar
American visitors play a very important
part in trade during the London season.
Americans are noted fruit eaters. and
much as they appreciate the delicious
products of our lighthouses they are very
partial to something similar to what they
have at home. Their faith in grape fr1f
is quite remarkable. and at hotels taF-
ored by our transatlantic cousins large
quantities of this fruit are conSame.
especially at breakfast. Ties" same
visitors are likewise partial TO the large
California seedless oranges. - L'nt"i
Telegranh
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Not Troubled with Intellect.

\ Psychologist came upon hard-worli-
ing lrishman toiling, bareheaded, in the
street.
Don't yon know said the physiolo-
gst, that to work in the hot sun with
out hat is bad for your brains?'
Dye Think" asked the Irishman,
that Oh be on this job if Oh had emmy
brains E'--Success Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
That Was the Question.

Down in Missouri Judge Wallace was
addressing a meeting of prohibitionsts in
one the prohibitionist hotbeds of the state.
Yes, friends" he said: IF | am elected
governor Of Missouri. I'll keep this state
dry when and where the laws saws ii
shall be dry. There will be no half
way
Hold on cried man in the crowd.
Anybody can keep ST. Louis dry"
Just then the judge purposely over
turned the ice water and during the con
fusion he drifted from the subject ~ Kan
saS City Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Lnxurv Without Reproarh

The sight of a man driving in his
wife's victoria a few years ago heto-
kened an unwarranted amount of lux
urious laZineSs. and would draw amused
smiles from the p2sSerShy. Since the adj
vent of motors, however. into everyday
life. such comments have ceased. and
men now recline at ease among their
leather cushions without fear OF hat
or derision.-TAe Car.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
HOW TO USE IODINE.
Paint the Skin with 1t in the Dark and
It VIII Not Blister.

If it is necessary TO use iodine for
painting the skin in medical treatment
il is worth remembering that the paint
ing should be done in the dark or in a
red light such as is used in photogra-
ply.
If this is done and the painted por,
ton of the skin be covered without be
ing exposed TO white light it viii not
blister nor stain the flesh even if the
painting is repeated a good many times.
New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
The More Careful Widower.

In a village of Picardy, after a long
sickness, farmers wife fell into n
ethargy Her husband was willing,
good man, to believe her ont of pain, and
so according to the custom Of that coun-
try, she was wrapped in sheet and car
ried out to be buried But, as luck
would have it, the bearers carried her so
near the hedge that the thorns pierced
the sheet and awoke the woman from
her trance. Some years after she died
in reality, and as the funeral passed
along the husband would every now and
then call ont; Not too near the hedge.
neighbors! Not too near the hedge.'--
Tit-Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Platt,s Political Economy.

\ rather cynical joke has been recently
credited to Senator Plat.
The Senator ON his last visit to the
Manhattan Beach hotel allowed a pref
" little girl, western nliihonaire's
daughter, to be presented 10 him.
Tell me. won't you. Senato2, what
political economy tsp
Political economy, my dear child"
Senator Platt is said to have replied, is
the art of never buying more votes than
you actually reel."-New York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Flabbergasted.

his disgust at an Indifferent display
And We say that We haze dane this hole III
twa?
Collie treminiscently(-Ay. I mlnd i
fine. 1t was gran drive-riclt u"t 70
SIGHT. We ken. And, man, whan ! eaa
up--I lay deid on the green!
Caddy with deep disdaial-Wl sal-
prise. nae oot!-The Sketch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
A Clever Omission.

Did YOU write to papa George"
Asking for your hand?'
"Of course.
Yes, | wrote"
That's strange. | supposed papa
would be terribly angry. You know he
doesn't like YOU"
Yes, | know. But fixed il all right.
IL didn't sign the letter. Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
On the Other Side of His Mouth

Mrs. Scott like to hear my husband
whistle, 1t shows that he's satisfied and
happy.
Mrs. Motifs that n sign? Why. mine
whistled yesterday when | showed him
my dressmaker's bill, and the symptoms
We're entirely different.-The Herald and
PreSbyter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
What He Needed.

The waiter girl knew thing or two
about table etiquette. so she shifted
scornfully as she said It's not our
custom 10 serve knife with pie"
Nor remarked the patron in sur
prise. Then bring me an axe."-U Uncle
Remus Home Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
The English Landlord.

In England there has been no asiJa-
ton similar to that which We haN
known in Ireland, because the Ea2..l.s.
country gentleman is taught from ctili.-
hood to take a more liberal view Of Al>
responsibilities than the Irish Landlord.
Country Life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
The Point of View

1t was Glasgow tramway ear. and it
was crowded. One man was rather
noisy. and sharp-faced women opposite
to him said: IF / was your wife ia poi
son YOU The man gazed ut her fixedly
for Il moment, and then said: Woman,
if ] was your man I'd lei you do t.
Dundee Advertiser.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
A Sad Blupder.

Fanny has given notice"
''Whyf"
''She says you spoke in brutal n3-..-
ner to her on the telephone yest.Ee
Yesterday? / thought ] was SPeaN'--
to You. Meggendorfer Blaetter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
CromweIl,s Sheer.

Il Went to see The Merry Widow the
other night" said Charles the First 1T
was enhancing ! quite lost my head
over il"
What AGAIN. said Cromwen-Suc-
cess Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02

She-I think it very strange that man
was made first.
He-Quite the natural order Money
has to be made before n woman can
spend it.-Smart Set.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02

He tat the musicale)-That singer
seems to be echoing our feelings.
She-H0w 50?
He-She's singing "No One Knows
How Sad | Feel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
A Tainted Nickel.

The superintendent of the Sunday
school suggested that the children make
mp Christmas basket for the poor and
each child contribute cents, earning it
himself and herself.
When the class was gathered together
the children were called up before the
superintendent TO tell how they had
earned their nickel When several of
them had told, the superintendent asked
with his most benevolent smile, ''Now,
little Clara. tell us how you earned your
money"
In childish pride Clara announced:
Why, l made my nickel by carrying
empty beer bottles down the cellar for
papa Philadelphia Ledger
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Not Palatable.

This is new shaving soap I'm
using said the barber. How do YOU
like itT"
Applied externally spluttered the
victim rs the brush slipped into his
mouth The Catholic Standard and
Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
Yowls.

This lullaby doesn't seem to soothe
the baby"
Wonder why noti"
Il suspect he takes it for competition"
Washington Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
An Ohio Campaign Incident.

DR. II. w. Sullivan Of Cleveland %.
a we'll known Democrat was one day
telling a number Of stories of strenuous