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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Germany's Last Feudal State.

An event of considerable historic sig
nifcance. which has passed by almost I'M
noticed among other news of the week.
took place in Germany on Tuesday, when
the Grand Duke Frederick of Mecklen-
burg Schwerin gave up his feudal priyi-
leges and granted his people a constitu-
tiOn. So opens new era in the last of
the German feudal states.
Mecklenburg-S embraces a ter
ritory of 5135 square miles, on the Bal
tic Sea, with population of 600,0OO
souls. The Grand Dukes income.
of which no official report was
ever published, is estimated to have
been in the neighoorhood of Sl3.-
100000 a year, and he may have
also appropriated TO himself something
additional from the taxes. for there was
none to dispute his power. Two-fifths of
all the duchy are included in the crown
lands Farmers in these lands could not
surrender their leases without the SOW
ereign's consent, but the sovereign could
pre-empt the lands at his pleasure The
large stream of emigrants from Neck
lenburg- Schwerin in the past half CEN
fury has been attributed to the enormous
burden of taxation imposed upon the
peasants and the harsh tenure under
which the renting farmers have held
their lands.
In the revolution of lS4S the grand
dukes of the two Mecklenburgs agreed To
grant universal suffrage. but as soon as
the storm blew over the concession was
withdrawn. There has been the sem
blauce of a parliamentary body. without
however, any real power Ever since
1870 an agitation for constitutional gov
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
COLLEGE COURTESY.
No Fixed Rule as to Salute for Pro-
feSsorS.

There is apparently no settled custom
which dictates the proper courtesy to-
ward ones instructors in college. In
some places the students are expected
merely to bow to the instructor. In
others courtesy seems to demand that
the hat be raised entirely from the head.
A Columbia man was walking about
the brick quadrangle on Morningside
Heights with a Harvard friend, and
occasionally bowling, according to the
Columbia idea, to various instructors
DO you have to take off your hat to
all those men?' asked the Harvard man.
oh, no." the Columbia man replied.
1T is Just our habit here"
Wei. we'd hardly think of bowling
to every instructor we met in Cam
bridge" said the visitor; lin the case of
some OF The older men, maybe, but not
with all, as you do here
In most colleges the younger men in
the faculty have TO be contented with a
bow. The older men, and Of course the
president, are. likely to be greeted by
removing the hat.
AT Princeton. Cornell, Brown. Yale,
Stanford. Pennsylvania, California. In
diana. Purdue, Colgate, Hobart among
others, the graded salute obtains. The
average man in the faculty is permitted
to go by with merely the raising of the
hand TO the head. 1t rather would irk
some of the men in those institutions to
take off the hat to man who a year
before was an undergraduate and one
of their intimates.
When Seth Low was president of Co
lumbia he was very punctilious in the
matter of courtesies, anu he was accus-
toned to bow to every man he met on
the campus, whether or not he knew
HIM personally. DIR. Butler makes it a
practice to bow to those men whom he
knows. but returns the salute of those
who greet him.
Men from most colleges point out that
the president is likely to greet the men
whom he meets. even if they are not
| personally acquainted with him, on the
general principle that he should do
something to show that they are mem
bers of his academic family.
| The matter of the younger members
| of the faculty always recalls a little
| happening at Columbia, where a grad
uate. the year after he received his
| A. B., entered a department as an in
structor. He had been a track athlete.
! In the division which he instructed
/ there was one man, a freshman the wear
before. who had been on the track team,
/ too. This man was repeating the course,
! having failed in it at the previous ex-
/ animation.
One day discussion was going on
about some point, and the freshmen
were answ ering questions, calling the
! instructor Mr.. Blank. OF a sudden the
/ sophomore had an idea and blurted out:
/ Say. look here, Frank"
/ The young instructor turned a pretty
pink. and the unfortunate sophomore
/ suddenly remembered that knowing a
man as a track athlete was bit differ
ent from classroom relations.-New
York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
'Many Are Called"

The ship upon clearing the harbor ran
into half-pitehing. half-rolling sea, that
became particularly noticeable about the
time the twenty-five passengers at the
captains table sat down to dinner. %,
Il hope that all twenty-five of you WI,
have pleasant trip" the captain ,o.d
them as the soup appeared, and tAa15
this little assemblage of twenty-four VIII
reach port much benefited by the yoEai5e,
| look upon these twenty-five smii is
faces much as father does upon ~
family, for / am responsible for the sate.
ty of this group of seventeen. hope
that all thirteen of you will join me ,aiet
in drinking to merry trip. ! ueAe't
that we seven fellow passengers are mo mos.
congenial and l applaud the judglh5.n-',
which chose from the passenger list 1leIe
three persons for my table. You ana mo-. !,
my dear sir, are-Here. steward Brine
ON the fish and clear away these ulsAes'
Every body's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
RELUCTANT INSPIRATION

Six-thirty, six-thirty, six-thirty,
And never verse has been versed.
! feel ike the Faustus CT Gerty.
To wit, like spirit accursedt
And now it's 6:40--6:50!
o, what in the world shall dor
! can't think a thought thar Is nifty
I'll never get through
And now the town clock booms ont T.
And still Muse continues quite dumb,
And still ! moan: 30 my good heaven"
And still not notion will come
j m late as a freight train, or later,
But never one rhyme has been passed:
l long 10 fly home TO my mater
4et how do / dasts
o hurry and hurry and hurry!
y hustle and hustle and hum.
q whatdoyoucallit and worry
U tum-te-tum- tumty-te-tum,
y gracious-hi-d iddle-de-diddy!
oley-le-looley-le-iooi
Tl-tiddle-te-tiddle-te- tiddy!-
And now ! am through
-Richmond Times Urspatei
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
The Remedy.

There is a deal of common sense Id LIE
advice that is given to the unhappy n'E
fishers of one-cent newspapers 10y nv AZ,
ert W. Patterson. the editor OF the W
cago Tribune. Here it is. as oonveyeI ~
The Herald's special cables today llVI
London, where the editor of our es'etiu5Y
contemporary is soiourning 1T pTtsta.,
but is ready to give this kindly ana ,e.E
ing hand to his "one-cent' joura3i'S"'
brothers in their hour of trouble: g
There is one remedy for publisher ~
one-cent newspapers who are de@aD@4....-
that Congress should remove Jae ~. rS3
from wood pulp and white paper. la "a
is to raise the price of their neWSpasF..,s-
What could more resemble that aGA.',
able mental commodity, "horse sen
than this sound advice of Mr.. Ia. w,
1t indicates a direct cut across - "a
of financial difficulty.-New York Be-~"-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
WEATHER IN SIBERIA.
Record of Average Temperatures Which
Show Kind Racers May Expect.

A question that is now being asked
with great frequency by those who are
following the progress of the automobiles
in their race from New York TO Paris,
is what kind of weather are they likely
to encounter in Siberia.
The range of temperature in Siberia is
over $50 degrees, Eahrenheit-a range
greater than the range between freezing
and the boiling point of water.
For the month of May the average low
temperatures observed is 80 degrees, the
average high 80. The average high and
low for July and August is 40 and 30.
and for September 40 and %. In Octo-
Der the average low is 10 and the aver
age high is 40 In November the TEN
perature customarily drops TO so de-
grees below zero. and in December il
ranges TO so degrees below. The figures
given are for the extreme northern and
the extreme southern regions.-New York
Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

America will not be represented in the
eight-oar rowing contest at the Olympic
games regatta az Henley-on-T Thames, in
July, because if has been found impos-
sible to raise sufficient funds TO pay the
expenses of a crew. There is great diff
Guilty in getting a crew of this kind that
may be fairly styled representative"
and the expense of coaching and main
tanning them would be quite heavy for
these slow times. A year ago, when the
gathering of a crew was first talked of,
the financial outlook was satisfactory:
but things have changed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Great Britain is evidently fog-bound.
Navigation on the English channel has
been extremely perilous for some time,
The dispatches tell of a collision be-
tween the British steamer Mariana and
the Hamburg-Ameriean liner Brasalia,
while yet the particulars of the recent
fatal meeting of the American liner St.
Paul and the British cruiser Gladiatr :
are appearing in print. The latter was
a far more serious disaster than was nj
first reported. 1t appears that after the
collision the Gladiator was headed FOR
shore, and that she turned turtle" be
fore she struck, compelling her crew tc
jump or climb mp on her sides. In some
respects the incident was like the sink
ing of the British battleship Victoria bs
her sister battleship Camperdown, in the
Mediterranean, some years ago.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

eminent like that of the other German
states has been in progress, but with no
effect until now.
The young Grand Duke Frederick
Francis ", who acceded to his titles
seven years ago, is the brother Of the
Crown Princess of Germany. He is a
student of political and social problems.
and some time ago arrived at the conclu-
sion that the medieval organization of its
government was no longer adapted to the
state. 1t was his initiative that brought
about the reform which has taken effect
this week
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Liverpool has decided to enlarge her
dock facilities at an expenditure of $16,-
100000 to provide for her increasing
American trade. This recognition of
the value of shipping business should adj
monish all municipalities on navigable
water to keep themselves in condition to
accommodate the maximum traffic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The fatal panic on the fire escapes Of
a burning tenement shows that the or
binary platform and ladder escapes are
not sufficient for crowded tenements I'M
less they are made large enough to ac-
commodate crowds. The incident con-
firms the view that the platform escape
would be a trap on school buildings.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
The Open Window.

Children brought up with open win
dows appear, indeed, to be about tif-
teen times more likely TO contract ade-
noids than those who sleep with the
windows shut on cold and damp nights.
or at least than those who sleep with
closed windows throughout the greater
part of the year.-Medieal Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Mr.. Osborn is mentioned as a desirable
gdbernatorial candidate is evidence that
he is highly regarded by the Republicans
Of upper Michigan, with whom he has
been active for many years, in both
state and national campaigns.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Atlantic coast yachtsmen are not alone
in their ambition for records as deep sea
sailors. The yachtsmen of the Pacific
coast are planning a race from the Gold
en- Gate TO the Hawaiian ISLANDS. This
will put the race to the Bermudas from
Sandy Hook in the shade.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Gen. Kings complimentary reference
TO the National Guard of Wisconsin after
the completion of his annual inspection
may be regarded by some as throwing
of bouquets at home institution. But
Gen. King is not sparing in his criticism,
and he would not hesitate to score the
guardsmen if they were falling be-
hind, instead Of progressing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The April fire loss in the United States
and Canada, swollen by the conHagration
at Chelsea, reached the enormous figure
of S26, 100000, with one exception the
largest total for a single month since the
destruction of San Francisco in April,
1906. The single exception was January
of this year, when the total was $29,oS2,-
600. During the first four months of
1908 the fire loss has reached Ditch
600. Last year it was bad enough,
though the total for the first four months
was only $50. 100. Fire insurance
companies, which have Jared i'll since
the Baltimore conflagration four years
ago. are not likely to make up for their
losses in the current year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

1t is gratifying that the proposition to
establish a Federal rifle and artillery
range in the vicinity of Sparta has re-
ceived endorsement which insures sue
cess. The reservation will be near enough
TO that established by the state at Camp
Douglas to make fraternizing with the
regulars in connection with practice
marches profitable feature of the an
nual encampments of the National
Guard.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The Ann Arbor students who had to
ego down into their pockets" to pay
1920 to square the damage zone during
recent riot in cheap theater have
had a lesson that should warn students
generally that they are not exempt from
observance of the laws of the city and
state. 1t was high time for an example
in this regard, and the parents who are
footing the bills ought TO be grateful to
the Ann Arbor authorities for letting the
boys off so cheaply.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The owner Of the largest balloon ever
constructed in the United States has
challenged for the possession of the
Lahm cup, ard the big sphere viii be
among the contestants in the next race
for the trophy. The rate at which new
balloonists are appearing as result of
the craze for aeronautics presages lively
times in the upper atmosphere for sew
eral years-until the fever dies down,
after the manner of the subsistence of all
fads.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Ireland's Ebbing Strength.

Last year was year of retrogression
in the record Of Irish emigration. The
number of emigrants had steadily fallen
from 1902 10 1905. IN which year it
touched the lowest figure since 1851.
But for the last two years there has
been an increase, and the figure for 1907
IS the HIGHEST since 1902. and is consid-
erably higher than the figures of 1897
and 1893.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

AS usual, a number of fatalities mark
the opening of the season for pleasure
boating People who like sport on the
wetcr should exercise care in choosing
their boats, and when they have taken
this precaution they should refrain from
overlooking the craft.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

A householder in New York city, who
was annoyed by frequent thefts of the
milk bottles left on his doorstep in the
early morning, rose early last Sunday,
tied long thread with a spool at the
end of it to the neck of the milk bottle,
and left the latter in full reach of pass
ers-by. After he had waited a little,
the spool, which he had brought into the
house with him, bobbed off the table and
disappeared through the open window.
Then the householder rushed to the door,
and called the attention of policeman
to the spool hopping along on the side
walk, and a man forty feet away who
was making off with stolen bottle of
milk. The policeman arrested the thief
and the householder's stratagem which
worked so successfully may be attempt.
ed by others.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The destruction Of a square of business
buildings which were erected in San
Francisco since the earthquake and fire
is the first removal Of the temporary
structures that must go in that way or
under the hands of the wrecker before
new San Francisco viii be considered
fire-proof
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The 500 Times, published at Sault Ste.
Marie, Michigan, dominates Chase s.
Osborn for governor, declaring that he
Is a candidate who would meet with
the approval Of 90 per cent. Of the vot-
ers Of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa
counties" The persistency with which
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

A peculiar result of the recent Next
can earthquake is the shaking out of the
bottom of a health resort. The famous
Carmen springs at Talpincingo have
ceased to flow, and the noted baths have
been abandoned. This incident will
probably have depressing influence on
mineral spring shares IN the Mexican
republic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The re-establishment of the North
Point light would be hailed with delight
by lake captains who have been familiar
with it Cor many years and miss its
friendly ray. The general sentiment that
the position of keeper of the light should
be given TO Mrs Stebbins is well ex-
pressed in a communication to the Even
ing Wisconsin printed on another page.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Telephone Service.

There is no difficulty today in eg-L
ping and organizing a telephone seI, ,rt
so that the average call shall y
through within thirty seconds. b1' 10
IS essential for real efficiency that -
subscriber on his part shall Pre- ~
facilities for receiving the call and OF pr
ganized attention for handling il --e
lively Magazine of Commerce.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

In New York city, recently, a boy was
so tightly wedged in q revolving door
that the fire department was called to
chop the door away in order to effect
his release. This incident has prompted
a reader of the Sun to sound warning
against the revolving door, which he
says might become trap in the case
of a sudden fire with choking smoke in
the basement Ct buildings provided with
sucn exits. This hint is worthy of at
tenF.on. The danger might be obyiated
by provision for the rapid removal OF
the wings of the doors in emergencies.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The wreck Of the large German ship
Peter Rickmers, one of the finest sailing
ships that ever crossed the sea, was the
result of the captains lack of knowledge
of the perils of Long Island as lee
shore The ship was driven upon the
sandbar in the vicinity of Fire Island,
and although it seemed for days that the
tugs would be able TO pull her off with
ease, another storm caused her to roll her
masts out and then so battered her hull
that she is practically total loss. With
plenty of sea room big ship is safe
vessel, but in confined waters, with a
lee shore ''close aboard" steamer is
preferable.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The beginning of the work of widen
ing the Sault canal, which is to cost a
million dollars, may cause some people
TO wonder whether the government will
ever get this waterway in shape TO meet
every demand Of lake commerce. 1t is
the most conspicuous waterway in the
world because of the immense tonnage
which passes through il annually, and
it is matter of economy to make it as
efficient as possible for the accommoda-
ton of the tremendous business.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

The reported purchase by the United
States Steel Corporation of a thousand
acres of land near Baraboo is evidence
that the big steel enterprise is deter
mined to make provision for the future
by securing new iron deposits wherever
they are discovered. The Southern iron
men who believe that the exhaustion of
the supply of ore in the North is 'in
sight" will have To alter their views
as the prospector in this part of the
country scratches the earth"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

Something of timely interest to nature
lovers everywhere comes from Philaeel-
phia, where prominent physician is
warning parents that the picking of but
tercups is injurious to children. This
physician declares that in many IN
stances so-called cases of measles are
the effects of gathering buttercups and
the inhaling of their perfume. He says
that in Germany and Holland there are
laws forbidding the growing and picking
of buttercups. Nothing of this kind has
ever been said in this section regal ding
the buttercup, and none of the Older in
habitants have ever recounted expert
ences with epidemics of buttercup fever.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29

It Paws to Advertise.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-05
HAS COAT CREMATED WITH HIM
Inventor Had Used It to Shelter Ship
wrecked Family-Ashes TO Be Cast into Sea

East Orange y. J. Nay tSpeciap--The body
of Juan De Dios Tejada was cremated to-day with
an overcoat he had used twelve years ago in an
endeavor to shield his wife and four children from
exposure when they we're shfpwrecked The ashes
Of the body and The coat viii ultimately be con-
signed TO the This had been Mr.. Tejada's re
quest.
He and his family we're sailing from New York
for Santo Domingo when the ship wrecked
Mr and Mrs Tejada and their four children. with
the captaiu and the boat, embarked in
one Hfeboat. So hurried was their departure that
they took only some ship biscuit They suffered
severely from cold and exposure and the lack Of
water and one by the children died ana their
bodies were consigned the sea The crew also
perisred and finally only Mr.. and Mrs. Tcjada and
the captain were left. on seventh day. wrapped
in the overcoat, the wife died
The next day sailing vessel picked UP the Two
survivors
Mr.. Tejada a Cuban He was mechanical
engineer and was engaged the preliminary work
on the old Panama Canal. He inventor of
note and writer political economy
New-York tribune., 1908-05-05
PREPARES OWN FUNERAL.
Young Ticket Agent Then Kills
Himself at Netherland.

Arthur 3 Schurter. a ticket agent for the New
York Central Railroad, living at No III East l2Sd
street with his uncle Leonard Smith also connect
Cd with the same railroad committed suicide III
the Hotel NetherIand early yesterday morning by
shooting himself in the head
Schu-ter registered at the hotel shortly before
midnight Sunday H. Schuyler. Boston" He
tired about O'Clock and nothing more was seen of
him until his room was broken into yesterday
ing by the hotel management after all means had
been taken 10 arouse him
Among Schurter's possessions was found the
name Of A G. CatteH Of 1929 street and Manhattan
avenue and on investigation by Coroner Dooley it
was learned that Schurter had visited the under
taking esta biishment run by Cattell on Saturday,
and after talking about the prices OF funerals mad
,,a,a-+e5 saving You viii hear from shortly
A. the Smith home i was learned that the sui
eide had been suffering from stomach trouble for
eor,e time This the only reason given for
rr