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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
Fired Two Shots

The new tenants of the old Billiard
place near Menlo, Wash, are Mr. and
Mrs. John Meyer and Annie Scholtz,
Mrs. Meyers lS-year-old sister. She dis,
covered a bear in an apple tree and i'm
mediately brought cut ID cahher rifle
with which TO Stay him. As the bear
was pretty VEL hidden by the foliage of
the tree she. withoug moments baS;e
tation. climbed into the tree and hogan
shooting. She had fred two shots. both
Of which had taken effect, and the hear
was coming down, when neighbor
Sherd Vaughn, coming along. took the
rifle from her, and with a well aimed
shot, through the ear brought the bear
TO the ground.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
W. w. Jacobs. England.

A New York editor laid down a letter
with a laugh.
"a letter from w. w. Jacobs. the
English humorist," he said, declining
10 write me a Christmas story at . doi.
lar a word That was not what made
me laugh. though.
mfr. Jacobs tells me in this letter
about an American correspondent of his
own name The American. w. ".
Jacobs. wrote to the English one recent
". lie said he, too, aspired to literary
aurels. but so far without success He
aad a proposition that the two work in
partnership, be supplying the ideas, the
ether writing the ideas up
The editor took up Mr.. Jacobs let-
ter and read from il:
''sAfy American namesake then told OF
a dream he had had. in which this part-
nership arrangement evidently ans wered
satisfactorily; so satisfactorily. indeed
that publishers checks came In so fast
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Archaeological Society. The public will
be welcome. Much interest is felt in the
vestiges of the aborigines which abound
in eastern Wisconsin. The Archaeolog-
ical Society, with the assistance of its
indefatigable secretary and curator,
Charles E. Brown, is entitled to no lit
tie credit for what it is doing to give
this interest intelligent direction.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

1t is attributed to King Edwards in
Prevention that the management of the
international Motor Show about TO be
opened in London announces that it will
not exhibit racing cars or permit the dis
play of notices relating to that class of
machines. The King is an enthusiastic
lover of automobiling, but he decries
racing as calculated to promote the ma
MIA for speed which endangers life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

On the ground that he desires to be
treated as private citizen, President
Roosevelt has declined the freedom of
the goye-ament shooting preserves in
Africa rendered him by the British Co
lonial office, But when his term III
Washington is over. the courteous offer
might be made not to the ex-PreSident
but to the author Of Hunting Trips Of a
Ranchman," Ranch Life and Hunting
Trail" The Wilderness Hunter" and
other works familiar TO devoteos of sport
with the gun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

It's the way Chinese names are printed
in English that makes them look so
queer Tszu Hsze An wouldn't startle
anyone if it were spelled about as it
sounds. But Susie Ann" would have
been mild designation for the Chinese
dowager empress if she was half as ter
rible as rumor alleged.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

No wonder that the English govern
ment has equipped an expedition to study
means for exterminating the tse-tse fly.
The sleeping sickness, attributed to the
stab of this insect, first made its APP
pearance in the English proteetorate Of
Uganda in 1901. At that time the ma
tive population in the afflicted district
numbered 100000, and since then no
fewer than 100000 have been swept
away.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss.

Bishop Cyrus ID. Foss of the Methodist
church, though the kindliest of men, is
also man of ready retort and has rep
utation of upholding the dignity of the
cloth that is as well deserved as it is
widespread among his fellow churchmen.
According to one of these, the bishop
was not long ago making the railroad
journey from Chicago to New York
when the party of which he was mem
Der was joined by stranger, who fell
into conversation with its members and
became extremely frank in airing his
views, which were by no means those
of his companions
The conversation had not been turning
upon religious subjects, but the self-in-
vited guest insisted upon bringing it
around in that direction and in CRITICS
ing orthodoxy in general and its preach
ers in particular. Everybody, however,
was as polite as might be until the
stranger set forth a speech of abuse
against clergymen, declaring them all ig-
noramuses.
Yes he concluded, 'if / had son
who was really sap-headed, l tell you I'd
make a preacher of him."
Bishop Foss smiled little wickedly.
Indeed" he replied. Your father
does not seem to have agreed with you"
Saturday Evening Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

The equipment q a locomotive with
wireless biography outfit, at the Omaha
shops of the Union Pacific railroad, is
development of ETHEREAL communication
which has possibilities in the direction
of safety. for passengers and train
hands.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Shall women smoke? The summer
house in Battery Park, New York, which
cost $4,000, and was consumed on cleo
ton day, was accidentally set on fire by
a woman cigarette smoker. Is not the
fire loss large enough with smoking prac-
tically confined to men?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Indian Remains About Pewaukee" is
the title Of an illustrated lecture by Stan
ley G. Haskins, which win be delivered
in the lecture room Of the Milwaukee
Public Museum next Monday evening,
under the auspices Of the Wisconsin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
"Bim, the Button MAN.

BIN, the Button Man, poor feIJoz,. .
New York politician said of tbe a
Meyer r. Bimberger, lowed murE 80 W.
success to his cheerfulness. He "a DIS
worried. The stiffest failure eouldn,t y! ct
courage him-and dear knows he fa; 1lS,
often in forecasting candidates and ''d i1.
ting out their buttons in advance If ~ ~
actual nomination Tue
Once, when l was blue. he told m, r
was worrying over imaginary tron IN
He eheered me up with a yarn abont o4 ~.
little nephew. nis
This little fellows sister said oDa
morning: Oue
oh, Gussie, had such loro,u
dream last night l dreamed | was NC
cake shop, and had such loads Of 90 az 4
things-ice cream, pie, strawberry e5 5ooa
cake, chocolates, jelly, macaroons. kiSso.
and lots of other things besides
THE little boys eyes glistened Il.
smiled with delight. AZ
And what was eatin'?' he asked
''Neu
oh, you wasn't there. Gussie'
Then overwhelmed with sorrow Ett,o
Gussie hid his face in his hands and
wept bitterly"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
Hadherway.

The oldest named country home s ~
Jackson county. according TO Conn I'M
bian who is a friend of the owner. I': sz
name as it appears at the front gate
sHadherway," and never fails u q
tract attention from passershy. =
years the wife wanted to Rave IA -.
City and go 70 farm. When the ~ .-s
lily finally moved they named the 1."
"Hadherway. columbia Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Secretary of State Frear's revelations
in regard to the scalp bounty payments
accuses hunters of "skinning" Wisconsin
taxpayers as well as the pates of the
animals for whose Staying the state pays
a reward. This has long been more than
suspected, and now the authorities must
be alert to circumvent the dishonest
hunters.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

The interest in forestry in the United
States is widespread. Though West Vir-
ginia has not suffered from denudation
so much as some of the other sections,
Senator. Elkins has given an order to a
genealogist to get him Up family tree.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

In adyocstitg the cutting of a canal
across the state Of Florida. near the
northern boundary, to connect the Allan
tic ocean with the Gulf of Mexico and
thus extend the intercoastal waterways
of the ocean and gulf, the Gulf Coast
Waterways Convention in session at Co
lumbus, Georgia, notifies the advocates
of waterway Improvement that there are
projects which desire to share public
money and popular interest with the pro-
posed Mississippi valley ocean highway.
The intercoastal canals are practical and
strategic, and the problems incident to
sheir construction are simple in COMPARE
son with those of the great river project.
which is involved IN much doubt because
of the erratic nature OF the stream.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

New York's Madison Square Garden
structure is referred to as a white ele-
plant" A Stanford White elephant de-
scribes it to a t.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

The gold output of the Rand for Oc-
tober was 617.744 fine ounces, worth $13,-
$4,000. This ought to help TO grease
the wheels of the worlds trade.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

The drought in Mammoth Cave is
something that can be aileviated in the
usual manner. That on the surface, even
in Kentucky, is a matter of greater i'm
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
TALES OF PUBLIC MEN
Booker T. Washington.

A negro was walking along Forty-see-
ond street in New York one night some
years ago from the depot to his hotel.
carrying heavy suit case in one hand
and a heavier valise in the other.
Suddenly a hand was laid on the va
Use and the pleasant face of a stalwart
young man looked into the negro's face
as he said:
Pretty heavy, brother Suppose you
let me take one. I'm going your way.
The negro protested, but the man al
ready had the valise, and for several
blocks they walked on together. talk
reached
And that" said Booker T. Washing
ton recently, sis the first time i ever met
The0dore Roosevelt. New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

The wife of Charles w Morse, the
New York banker whose plunging
wrecked his bank, stopped at a small
restaurant. after visiting him in the
Tombs prison, and bought twenty-five
cent dinner of soup and roast chicken,
which she sent to him by her stepson. If
the truth could be known, he probably ate
it with as much relish as he partook of
Lueullian feasrs that he purchased with
the proceeds of his ill-gotten gains as a
plungeF.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Edith Williams of Plymouth, Pennsyl-
yania, 8 years of age, fell from fence
five years ago and fractured her skull.
The child was mentally deranged until
last week. when AT the Mercy Hospital in
Wilkesbarre physicians removed frag-
ment of bone which had been pressing
upon the brain. Now il is reported that
her mind is clear What a pity that
the operation was not performed five
years ago.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27
Justice Ha.lan.

Once upon a time Supreme Justice
Harlan was travelling in Virginia. He
stopped at newly constructed country
hotel The walls of his room had been
freshly kalsomined. They shone white as
the lamp was lit. But near the head of
thrown a quid of tobacco on it and it
had stuck.
IF / had that Yankee here who
stained that wall l would wiring his
neck" said the judge, in apparent an
ger.
why, how do you know Yankee did
the trick?" asked a friend.
How do | know it was a YaDkee?'
exclaimed the Kentuckian. why, can't
you see it is fine cut?'
No one in the south chews that kind
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Advertise in this paper and make your
wants known to our home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

= Panama hats are made from the
immature. unexpanded leaves of the
Stemless screw pine, which is a native
of Central America and Colombia.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

and furious that the majority n =,
had TO be returned as .'unayailat.fILli,e,m
a happy state which none of us q. 's. =
few. ever reach" "a very
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

Advertising Pays. Try It.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
Sewina One Seam for IS Years.

Sewing One SSdm Tor 10 cars
"The ease with which people can
become habituated to any kind Of un-
interesting work, no matter how
monotonous it is, may be seen every
day in any shoe factory" says gen.
tleman connected with this st. Louis
industry.
'In a shoe factory the division of
labor is carried to the utmost possible
extent. AS a rule, one operative per-
forms one operation and no more.
There is one woman in our employ
who for fifteen years has sewed the
seam which begins at the right of the
eyelets, runs to the top, then around
and down on the other side. The ma
chine works so rapidly that she actu-
ally spends almost as much time in
picking up and laying down the shoe
and adjusting it to the machine as
is required to do the sewing, and this
work she keeps up day after day dur
ing all the working hours. One might
suppose the monotony of the task
would wear on her health and spirits,
but is does not seem to do anything
of the kind. She is one of the most
cheerful women in the factory"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
LIBRARY BOOKS
New Bunch of Readin6 Matter
Recently Purchased by the
Library Board

The following new books have re-
Gently been purchased by the Library
Board:
The Appreciation of Literature
Woodbury..
Heroines Every Child Should Know
Mabie, Stephens.
Roman Catholic and Protestant Bi.
bles, Jacobus.
Confessio Medici, Anonymous.
Christian Science, The Truth and
Its Founder, Powell.
Training the Human Plant, Burbank
Laureled Leaders for Little Folks
Phillips.
David Porter in the Far North
Stratemeyer.
Growth and Education, Tyler.
Psychology, Judd.
Evolution and Animal Life, Jordan.
The religion of Ruskin, Burgess.
The Religion of Shakespeare, Bur-
CESS.
Lights of Two Centuries, Hale.
The Old Dominion, Page.
A History of the U. s. Navy.
The Ancient Law, Glasgow.
The Broken Road, Mason.
Arizona Nights, White.
The STOPPING Lady, Hewlett.
The Loves of Pelleas and Etarie
Gall.
His Own People, Harrington.
Pulse of Asia, Huntington.
Priest and Pagan, Hopkins.
The Russion Peasant, Harvard Ken
nard.
Chapters in Rural Progress, But
terrified.
Renaissance Masters Rose.
The Peter Pan Picture Book, (sim-
plified FORM, Barrie.
The Forest Playfellow, Sanders.
The Boy Geologist at School and in
Camp, Houston.
The Prolongation of Life, Metchin-
koff.
Hypnotic Therapeutics, Quackenbos
Primitive Secret Societies, Webster
The Romance of the Worlds Fish
cries, Wright.
The Ideas that have Influenced Civ
iliZation, Thalstur.
Rise and Fall of Nations e vols.) ,
Larned.
The Indian Hunters, Wade.
The Friendship of Anne, Deland.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23

was to be to her during the long win
ter days. She would be much happier
and less lonely with something to do.
Very little said she of the salary that
was an item of SO much importance in
her mind. .e
But after he had gone out to his
club she got out little blank book
and figured it all away for six months
to come
But the more earnest and eager she
grew to pay of their increasing debts
and establish system in their ways,
the more careless he became
She furnished up her wedding gown
and made engagements to sing at par
lor entertainments. She gave private
lessons. And she made money. Some
of it she handled herself, but most of
it was put in the bank and drawn
out for a strange purpose; one she
disapproved and disbelieved in utter
ly, but could not positively oppose.
He was so boyishly eager about it,
so confident of his success. Through
activity unprecedented and maneuver-
1ngs he did not care to remember, Mr..
May had been put up for state sena-
tor from his district, and in all the
hustle of officering small meetings ana
petty "bossing," his spirits were go
high, and he was good-humored and
affectionate that his wife had not the
heart to tell him that this was the
worst waste of time in which he baa
get engaged. For to her sane, cautions
mind it was apparent from the first
that he had not the shadow of
chance of being elected
1t happened that on the very eve Of
the election she was engaged to sing
at Carnegie hall He could not pos
sibly spare time to take her, and she
went down alone, in car. Her eyes
were very bright and spot of color
burned in each cheek. She was beau
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23

At resent special meeting of the
county commissioners the plans and
specifications for the St. Joseph-Avon
state road were approved and accepted
and have since been sent to the State
Highway Commission. This is part
of the road that when completed will
extend across Sterans county from St.
Cloud to Sank Centre. The eastern
end from St. Cloud to st. Joseph was
built last season. AS soon as the
plans adopted by the county COM
missioners are approved by the state
commission the board will advertise
for bids and the work will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible.
For Sale-One bay mare sound and
young weight 1850 pounds. Marshall
& Lyman.
Eggs for Matching, from pure bred
Wyandottes. s1.00 for setting. G.
M. Boss. 46 St
Plain sewing done. Prices right.
Mrs. NJ. Barnhart, first house north OF
Keller factory. 1926
Good sound apples 20, 80 and 40
cents per peck at L. S. Bishop Co.
A colered concert company known
as the Tennesseeans gave concert at
the opera house Saturday night. For
some reason unknown to the public
the company did not arrive until 9
O'Clock and had to 60 right on to the
stage without chance to don their
concert raiment. The company is
composed of six persons, half of
whom are women. One of the men
accompanies on an organ. The sing
ers gave an excellent entertainment. A
large part of their program was made
up of the old plantation melodies.
No one can sing these songs like the
"darkies." The quaint melody and
''swing" of the songs always attracts
and entertains. Two or three opera
tic selections were attempted and very
successfully handled. The soprano
has fine voice we'll cultivated and
it's possessor demonstrated that she
can sing with the best of them. The
pass has a phenomenal voice and in
the plantation songs he furnished the
comedy for the company. Sunday
night the company sang at the Meth
odist church, furnishing an attractive
program OF sacred music. The COM
pany will be welcome visitors here at
any time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
DANCES TO MEASURE.
Perfection of Waiting in Numbered
Miles,

Perfection of Waiting in Numbered
Miles.
M. Giraudet the president of the
International Academy of Authors,
Masters and Professors of Dancing,
Behavior and Department, read some
startling statistics to his colleagues
of the I. A. A. M. P. D. B. D. this
afternoon.
He has decompOsed, he says, va
rious dances into their component
movements, and to this is the result:
To become good Walter you must
dance fifty waltZes. This will take
four hours and ten minutes. The pa
TENT mean the pupil-in his four
hours and ten minutes will lhave trav-
eled 10000 yards, made 1000 steps,
1000 turns land moved his feet $4,000
times.
To dance the mazurka you must
! work three minutes at time thirty
| five times, and by the time you have
, learned it you will have made 2,415
steps, 1908 IL turns, you will have
travelled 1000 yards and you will be
rather tired.
But when you dance the polka you
need twenty-three spasms of four min
utes each, 1900 steps, 1900 turns,
5000 bars of music; you will have
moved your feet 1S,400 times, and
you will have travelled three miles and
half.
wanted to know how many pairs
of shoes the operation would wear
out. but the upper lip of the president
Of the I. A. A. M. P. D. B. D. curved
haughtily at my question. "Sir, l am
not cobbler," answered Mr.. Turvey-
drop of Paris.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23

tiful, with the beauty of spirit that
has triumphed over flesh. But ply
stefan in the audience whispered to
his wife that that lovely woman was
far along in consumption. And she
will go quick too, poor thing!
The troublesome cough which she
had neglected all winter annoyed her
more than usual going home but she
was rather shocked than grieved when
in the middle of the night hem
orrhage came on. Life was growing
hard and duty perplexing. But sheer
force of will and affection made her
seem better next day, and she would
not hear of her husband staying with
her. He was pledged to appear else
where and she made him go. He did
not come in till after midnight, and
then-she sat up in sudden terror,
listening to that stumbling step, those
mumbling speeches! 1t was not only
his election that May had lost that
night: his manhood had followed
Laura turned her lace to the wall.
Was life to hold this horror? All, that
she might escape the next day, with it's
shame, it's sorrow and its pitiful re-
grets. But what she expected did not
come. May was constitutionally in
capable of confessing himself at fault.
He slept off his intoxication and did
not get up until he was quite himself
again. cool and non-committal.
Bad luck again, grille" he said
with an assumption of Indifference.
Il can't make you Mrs. Senator this
time"
81 am sorry, dear"
"You are better?" he asked, hastily,
struck with her expression. You
must have the doctor"
1t was a tardy suggestion, and
Laura smiled sadly. The doctor came,
however. But all he could do was to
hold out those vague hopes which are
no comfort to anxious hearts. Before
long her mother was sent for, but the
dread disease did it's rapid work.
Laura's great trial to the last was the
terrible sense of responsibility that
AduhtCu hOl oDout thO SAPShoSo ShsSS
were being incurred.
when I am not here, mother, what
will he do? Poor fellow, nobody un-
derstands him but me-"
A little while afterwards she
aroused herself from a fit of musing
and murmured:
"This awful feeling of helplessness!
and | tried so hard to set things
right. l thought when l had a little
income of my own that everything
would go WELL"
"You have killed yourself" said her
mother. darting look of reproach at
the unconscious husband, who en-
tered the room at this moment.
"Oh. no, don't say that" Laura
whispered. Il only did what I want
ed to do Will and I have been very
happy, only" But neither the moth
er nor the husband, bending over the
bed. heard the rest Of the sentence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
Strono Indication,

THAT boy of ours is certainly going
to be at the head of a big trust some
day." said Farmer Kornkob with
with pride as he laid down the Week
ly Screech.
What makes We think so, Hiram? ?"
asked his wife.
His teacher at school says he re-
fuses to answer questions"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
A Useful Cyclone Cellar.

81 see you have a cyclone cellar?"
said the New York man visiting a
Western friend.
Couldn't get along without It,"
"Have many cyclones here?
"No, never"
"Why is the cellar so useful, then?'
Il have three daughters learning to
play the piano. The pianos out
there
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
in CHINA-LAC
Valid Plea,

Judge-Prisoner have you anything
to say to the court before sentence Is
pronounced?
Prisoner beg the court to consider
the youth of my attorney.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23
A Hopeless Raj

A Hopeless Race.
Higgins-I understand your son is
pursuing his studies at college.
Wiggins-Yes; but from what l can
ascertain I don't believe he will ever
catch up with them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-23

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