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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
A RAILROAD INTO THE ATLANTIC.
Concrete Viaducts Garry the Key West
Tracks Over Miles of Open Water.

The line came ut length TO a BAY fonr
miles in Width between Lower and In
per Metaeunihe Keys. The land is 50
low that the farther shore almost dipppd
below the horizon. Across this body M
water the railroad pushed its way an
trestlework and rock embaBkment. all If
which will be filed in solid before the
work is finished. Then the builders
brought up at Long Key, where the first
great viaduct was constructed
For two miles across the greer sea
this structure towers d wall of ,n3
sonry carried on noble eiles-1So If
them, built Of concrete re-enforced with
steel. Ii has the aspect of a Roman
s4queduct built of solid stone. and III
colossal strength and dignity of outline
are framed in Il setting altogether love-
". The cost of this one link between
the keys was million and a half dollars
for two miles of construction. but nm
less a ferry is operated SO that the travel
er may see it from a distance. he will
miss any adequate view of this noble
and impressive structure.
Only one more stretch of apen watn.
comparable with this remains to he
bridged. 1t ezseGds from Knights Key
the present terminus, TO Bahia Honda
Even after seeing the Long Key viaduct
the observer cannot view this great OK
panse of sea below knights Key with
out sense of wonder and incredulity at
the thought that it Is to be bridged Be
fore him shimme~ seven miles of ocean
to the farthest key, seven miles without
a square foot ON which man may walk
dry shod, In fact, Bahia Honda Key
IS so far distant that it dips below the
horizon and is invisible from the waters
edge So far as can be seen. il is mat
ter Of launching railroad straight at
the blank horizon of the Atlantic OF
this seven miles of sea, three miles will
be bridged by two concrete viaducts of
equal length, leaving four miles of solid
rock embankment to be raised. Omitting
this unfinished work the completed road
TO knights Key has wrought itself over
thirteen miles of open water and nine
teen miles of submerged swamp in nine
ty-two miles of track.-Ralph D. Paine,
in Everybody's
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
DENTISTRY FOR DOGS.
Diamonds and Gold and False Teeth In
serted in Canine Mouths.

Painless dentistry for dogs is now ~
highly developed as for humans" said n
specialist in dog diseases. The operator
needs four, FIVE or even six assistants
according to the size and energy of the
patient. even after cocaine has been an
piled, and often we use gas if the patient
proves to be too much for us. But wifi
dogs, as with people, care must be taken
that the heart is in good condition he
fore the gas is administered
For filling a dogs teeth gold, silver
and platinum are used, and frequently
if the filing is very large and conspicu-
GUS gold filing is used with a small
diamond inserted in the middle.
And if milady's pet poodle has n
tooth missing, particularly one of the
four front teeth, which show when he
smiles, a porcelain or gold tooth can
easily be substituted. Often when one
of these teeth is broken a gold cap is
put on.
For the more pugnacious bull pun
who has an opportunity for all kinds of
warfare, a whole row of false teeth is
sometimes needed. This can always be
done as long as there is tooth on each
end to which the false teeth may be fas-
tened
Many dogs have to have their teeth
cleaned regularly, especially those who
live ON bonbon diet. New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14

quivering; she buried her white face in
her hands, why do you tell me all this
rows"
Because | ought to-
you ought not to!" She drew back
with little shudder
surely protested he, 'syou don't con
slider yourself bound to that cad any
longer, after you've actually seen him
with his arm around another girl. kissino
her in ali probability" He looked at
her almost angrily; his voice was rough
IN its passionate outburst
Dear mel" exclaimed Sunshine. as
Stunning the role of friyolity, "for all +
know, that girl may be his sister. Danlv
Men don't kiss and hug sisters on pic-
mics" muttered Harlan in his bulldog
voice.
Sunshine was red as a rose; her breath
came jerk'ly between moist, tremulens
lips; her eyes We're like sloes. sS3iIla
said she, Il can't help thinking it's rath-
cr unfortunate | did not succeed in get
ting the girls face"
There's her dress, plain enough. /
should think that would be stacks Of evi-
dence-for a woman"
i am not a very keen Observers re-
piled Sunshine, yawning deliberately.
Neither am 1, as a rule"
Something in his tone made her look
up abruptly.
Il happened to drive that young lady
over to the spring myself this morning.
he pursued, forcing her to meet his eyes
for a second.
Mud splashed on her skirt as we were
fording the creek. / helped 20 get it off
with my handkerchief That is the way
happen to know"
''What?" Sunshine averted her head
with a remnant of the old eoquetry that
had dominated her since six
That it was-plaid," he answered, Ill
timately.
"Ah!'' Sunshine lifted the films and
stared at them for one impossible min
ute. Then. ooh, DAM" she said, 'Im so
sorry!"
"So-r-r-yg'
If I'd only stopped to think" she
blurted out, hopping her pink cheeks
with bit of lace; then her twitching
lips ard her telltale eyes.
Young Harlan hesitated for an indie
Terminate second, then he edged an in
sidious pace nearer to her, and the next
thing
But the sudden and most inopportuna
arrival Of Robert on the scene produced
a chcckmate.
Its very funny situation" remarked
Sunshine, az she rose and shook down
her skirts. Whatever are we going to
do about it, D0n?''
There's only one thing, that ] can
sec ne replied stonily.
"What?'' She turned with little
matter of fact air as the coachman drew
rein and tipped his hat
Marry for pique"
And thus another case went on record.
Nellie Cravey Gilmore in the New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
ChiIdren's Work in / ibraries

The Dial, which carries weight when
subjects pertaining to literature are UNI
der discussion, expresses the opinion
that the needs of the children as IL
brary-users are in some quarters receiv-
ing what. ehildless afult might think
to be undue attention" 1t quotes James
Duff Brown, the English authority ON
library administration, as saving that
When a public library has provided an
adequate children's room. and reduced
its age limit to a reasonable and liberal
jt1gree. it has done all that is necessary
or desirable without trenching upon the
work OF the public schools or fostering
this particular class of youthful citizen
at the expense of his seniors who have
TO ind the money" 1t also cites the
recent complaint of the Examining Com
mittee Of the Boston Public Library
mat too much is done for the child. not
enough for the adult" Finally il clinch-
doubt that sometimes Libraries of enter
PRISE and ambition engage in work that
might better be left to the schools
But to begin with the last count first
1t may safely be asserted that the IL
orarT work for children is intended not
TO supplant but to supplement the
schools. The influence of the library is
strong in Il necessary direction where
that of the schools is weak-the direction
OF p"rm education. Advanced pedagogy
recc III. es the value of the new infu-
ence al | Is laboriug in hearty co-oner-
alton 18th the library. This cOnioint
work of the school and library facilitates
character-building and citiZen-building.
By means of the new partnership. the
humanities, long b9nished from popular
education. are brought back. Impression
able. young minds are inspired With zeal
for high ideals. Doors are opened afford
ing means of escape from sordid lives. In
crowded centers of toll, like Pittsburg.
where the problem of assmilating n
large alien population to American insti-
tutions is vitality urgent, the utility of
the children's department. of library
work has been splendidly vindicated.
Schools as rule are in session only nine
months of the year, while the library
works all the year round. The proverb
is as true as it is homely-'It is hard
to teach an old dog new tricks Re
suits are rapid and valuable when edu-
cation maks propaganda among the chill
dren. and children's departments of pub
lie libraries conducted in accordance
with the most expansive notions of their
utility, are worth all and more than
they cost.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
HOW A DOCTOR CURED HIMSELF.
The Novel Method He Adopted for Treat
ing tuberculosis.

DIR. +. j. Hilger returned to this city
some three months agO-returned, his
friends said, to die. And yet he has
cheated the grim visitor. A tent. espe-
cially constructed, was procured. A
house i'll the hin districts was rented,
and Mrs. Hilger, together with doctor,
drove to the proposed dwelling place
followed by an expressman with the
tent.
Into this airy dwelling the doctor.
then seemingly face to face with death,
was placed Soon the effect of the treat
ment was manifest. Living in the tent,
his meals brought to him from the resi-
dence hard by by his wife, the oxygen
began to build up the diseased tissues.
At night, with no protection save the
canvas roof above, the doctor sleeps in
his open air house, and gradually the
strange life began to put u bloom on
for over year. His breathing seldom
was stepped by the hacking cough as it
had been prior to the trial of the open
air treatment.
The cure is regarded by his medical
associates as well as the general public
us marvellous. Plenty of sleep, strict at
tention to diet and the careful nursing
of devoted wife, together with I'M
diluted and unstinted fresh air, are max
ing DIR. Hilger a new man.
In his few months life out of doors
he has gained almost % pounds in
weight No vestige of the cough now re-
mains. He is coming into his own. He
will he in condition To resume his prac-
flee in a few months. What all the
nostrums known TO medical science were
powerless to do the ozone of the Iowa
prairies has accomplished.-Dubu
Cor Des Moines Register and Leader.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
OLD SAILING RECORDS.
Speed in Ocean Travel Shown by Some
American Ships.

In a recent number of The Herald I
find a statement of the remarkable pas
sages made in the last few years by the
American ship Erskine w. Phelp8.
owned in Bath. Me. The way in which
the statement is put might lead casual
reader to believe that all previous recs
ords had gone by the board. | there
fore take the liberty of calling your at
tention to certain properly verified rec
ords made, most of them, haif century
ago.
The most noteworthy performance of
the Phelps, all things considered is her
run from Norfolk, Va, to Honolulu, 4
distance of $4,000 miles, which she COW
cred in ninety-seven days, a daily aver
age of 100 miles. The record voyage
over approximately the same distance
is that of the ship Comet, San Fran
cisco to New York 76 days. In the
same connection must be noted the old
ship Northern Light, which averaged
200 miles a day fer the passage from
San Francisco to Boston, and the truly
memorable voyage of the famous ship
Houqua, Shanghai to New York, SO days
The Phelps also has to her credit a
passage from New York to Java Head,
$4,000 miles, in so days, and averaging
1925 miles per day. The old East In
dia Blackwaller Alnwick Castle, not a
clipper, twice made the run from the
Channel to the Sandheads at the en-
trance of the Hoogly, an approximately
equal distance, in 6S days. | also
have at hand a clipping from the
Daily Post of London pasted inside the
cover of a seaworn Bowditch, which
gives the record passage from Melbourne
to the Mersey as SO Gays. The same
skipper made two other memorable
round trips. England to Melbourne and
return, in the Black BAH liner Marco
Polo, one in months 20 days. the other
IN one or two days over or under six
months.
For bursts of speed the Phelps best is
very good indeed. An hours run of II
miles, a days run of $50. and run of
$500 miles in 26 days, or an average of
$50. That surpasses the old record of
the Swordfish, Shanghai to San Fran
cisco, 81 days, or an average of 240
miles. But it must be remembered that
the run of the Phelps was made wholly
at sea, with open water and the south
east trades broad abeam, while the
Swordtish had to get off the coast clear
OF the China sea, and then pass north
of the zone of the trades. And the
Phelps best is small compared with the
runs of the real ocean racers, the old
American full clippers, ii miles for an
hour 80 for day. That crowned
queen of the sea, the beautiful old Fly
ing Cloud, holds a record which viii
probably stand to the end of time. In a
day of "a hours she made a properly
verified run of 1873 miles, an hourly
average of IS knots. And her rival,
the Sovereign of the Seas, was but little
behind her. 1t will be seen therefore
that the best of our day must be much
bettered to match the best of the days
when sailors sailed and looked down
from their poops with infinite scorn on
the steam" which was mopin- along at
humble SIX or seven knotS.--Rowlaud
Thomas in Boston Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
AT the Mercy of pranksome Amateurs.

Effort to ascertain the source of a
recent alarming wireless message pur-
porting to be from Rear-Admiral Evans
fleet and reporting a bc.ler of magazine
explosion ON the battleship Louisiana has
not been successful, and it is now be-
lieved the report was sent out by an
amateur, as a joke. There are CONT
less young electricians who are striving
by experiment to make improvements n
wireless communication. and the way
is open for the performance of prankS
compared with which those of the inane
message bother reporting shipwrecks are
harmless. Few who pick up bottled mes
sages now place any credence in them,
but messages picked up from the air may
come from duly authorized stations and
the triher therefore has doubt ever IN
his favor.
This incident makes it more apparent
than ever that Improvement must be
made in the direction of individualizing
message before wireless communion
ton can be relied upon. The achieve
ment of a boy in Washington who
picked up" Navy Department messages
showed that wireless communication
would be valueless for war purposes nm
less privacy could be insured, and the
false report as to the Louisiana suggests
another danger-that of receiving false
messages and acting upon them to the
advantage of an enemy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
Why Athletics Should Be Reformed

Williams College has undertaken re
form in athletics in a very deliberate and
systematic manner, with the result that
something substantial in the line of inn
provement is to be accomplished without
friction or excitement. Over h year ago
the trustees appointed Il committee of
three to consider and report as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of limiting the frequency and
the geographical extent of the intercole-
giate athletic contests. This committee
has just reported in favor of such limi-
tation. and submitted a resolution en-
bodying its views as to reform which
was adopted by the trustees. The reso-
luton suggests to the faculty the ad-
visibility of providing that in no calen-
dar year after January / 1909, shah
any athletic contest be permitted with
any institution more than two hundred
miles from Williamstown, and that eX-
cept in the case of tie, there shall be
no more than two contests in any one
sport with any one institution"
The conditions revealed by the investi-
cation, as to the number of the athletic
contests which have engaged the VII
liams students, are such as to suggest
that similar review might result in
showings which would warrant remedial
action in the cases of other educational
institutions i'll which athletics have
aroused no opposition. 1t was shown
liams athletes waged 1876 intercollegiate
contests, yearly average of 81, or more
than one for each week of the college
year; and that more than one-half of
such contests We're conducted in Viii
Jamestown. OF the 221 contests outside
of Williamstown, 105 were elsewhere
in Massachusetts. SO were elsewhere in
New England, AZ in New York. and II
in other states, including the West auC
South. The incidental expenditures were
$4,000, provided for out of receipts eN-
ceeding S105,000, or about $4,000
year.
These figures are interesting as showing
the frequency, the range and the magm
tude of athletic activity at some of the
prominent institutions of learning. They
can probably be discounted as to cost
and receipts to cover the same. by sim
liar reports as to athletic activity at 9th
er colleges or universities, but they will
serve to show that the athletics of uni
VerslGles have grown to be a diversion of
such magnitude as to require manage
ment as business enterprises Moreover.
they seem to warrant the step taken by
the Williams trustees. which may prompt
similar action on the part of the authori-
ties of other American educational I'M
situations
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
It's Always So.

The mothers were talking shop.
s.When little Harold came, said the
first mother. his older brother Reginald
was very curious about him.
Yes, Reggie. dear | told him. the
little baby is Washington birthday
present to ms from the angels.
.He frowned in thoughtful silence.
Then lie said:
carefully and put him away aud don I
use him. we can give him 70 somebody
else next Washinston's birthday, can't
weY'
{. .On tbe1.er-advent Of my little Mi
riam. Hannah. our 5-year-old. was tax
81 upstairs by the cook 10 see the new
conner. 80
.Hannah looked her little sister over
sternly. Then. turning 70 the COOK, she
Jane. you can keep TINT in the
N'l Again the mothers smiled and sighed
"', W. '.e4 Il Is always So, they said.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
FOR CHEAP SMoKELEss POWDER.
Use of Tax Free Alcohol Should Reduce
Price One-half.

The manufacture of smokeless powder
IS one OF the industries in which tax free
alcohol is of the highest Importance
Smokeless powder consists essentially of
cotton which is subjected to treatment
with sulphuric and nitric acids. whereby
certain quantity of oxide of nitrogen
is introduced into the cotton. altering it's
properties without changing its appear
ance.
The cotton this treated is entirely diff
ferent in character from the natural
product, 1t burns with great ease and
when confined with explosive violence,
giving off practically no smoke and but
few noXious fumes: hence for these two
reasons 1t Is especially valuable.
Before use it is necessary that it be
dissolved or at least reduced to homo
geneous, pasty mass. For this purpose
the solvents which are most employed
are ether and alcohol. hlher Ii one of
the products made from alcohol. and
hence alcohol becomes a dominant factor
in tie manufacture of SmoReless powder
If smokeless powder must he made
with alcohol ON which the tax has been
paid it cannot be probably distributed
for perhaps less than $1.25 or even more
a pound. Ii tax free alcohol can be used
the price can be reduced more than one
half
Ia the smokeless powder made for gov
ernment use under the present regula-
< tons the alcohol which is employed is
allowed to be used free of tax under
supervision and thus the government Sc
cures the powder at much lower rate
than would otherwise be the case. This,
however. makes no difference to the gov
eminent, since it might collect the tax
ON the alcohol and pay the larger price
a pound without any loss whatever For
the private consumer of powders the case
is quite different as he is compelled to
pay the higher price when tax free aleo-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
GREATEST OF HOTEL TOWNS
Tens Of Thousands Of New Workers c..
Up Home Life.

The latest edition of The Social r..
ter contains list of 5000 fam lies Is,;-|..
in hotels in New York CITY. Thil
course, does not include all the citizens ~
this great old town who have .riven ~, w.
home life of the kind their parents kra,,.P.
An expert who has studied the Eotsi
business of two hemispheres saws fIst
New York cares for three times ~ MAJ ,',
persons In hotels as does london. si[
times as many as does rarls and ten
times as many as does any other cft,-
that can be named.
There are 1876 large first class h.,tal,
in Manhattan alone, more than 500 IN
Guiding the smaller ones. and. ar tho ,at,
of construction at present, the calcula I'm,
has been made that within twenty 49,.
there viii be on Manhattan island al
3S6 hotels Of 400 rooms each or Of erroat
er size.
With a floating population each dav
ranging from 10000 to 49,. 900 for tbs.
various seasons OF the year, there is it,
tie wonder, says Success, that New Vol
has become the city of the earth M
conspicuous for its hotels.
1t is said that at one of the well know,
Fifth avenue hostelries at least $40 ona
daily must be received before fbera i
cent of profit. At least four of the fab
ionable hotels are said to have wines j.,
their cellars to the value of 81 5oo 400
The annual bill for cut flowers used J,.
these places runs frop. $4,000 10 SGC'
600.
One house says that its yearly buttor
bill is $4,000, more than the salary oe
the President of the United States A.
this is not one of the largest hotels tharo
may be butter bills in town that are hfr-
ger even than the salary of an insurance
president.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
Pulaue Shons of Mexico

The government of the Federal Dis
trict is considering the most practical
and lawful way to remove the pulaue
shops from the central part Of the city.
The government has not given licenses
to establish any new pulque shops in the
central section of the city, and as Soon as
any of the pulqerias are closed on ae-
count of the end of the contract for
rent. or any other cause, the government
cancels the license But there are some
Of those shops the owners of which have
contract for rent covering ten. ifteea
aud twenty years, and some of them are
the owners of the buildings occupied.
The government in this case cannot
count on the ending of the contract TO
close the shops and is considering
another way to remove them from thar
part of the city and still respect the
rights Of the proprietors.-Mex Her
aid
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
TO THE INFLUENZA GERM.

By the shivering fits which chill us,
BY the feverish heats which grill us.
NY the pains acute which fill us,
By the aches which maui and mill us,
BY the quacks who draught and pill us,
BY the hydropaths who swill us,
BY the allopaths who bill us,
BY the nervous fears which Kill US,
Tell us, tell us, wee Bacillus,
What, and Why and whence you are!
Say, are you germ atomief
Have you uses economic?
Are sou truly miasmaticf
Are you solid or Emphatic?
Frankly. is your cause zymotic?
Are you native or eXotlcl
When your business is transacted
Is your stay to be protractedf
And do you intend, Bacillus,
To return again and Kill as?
Do make answer, If you please
Tell us briefly, tiny mystery,
What's your source and what's your ms
tory;
Clear the clouds of obfuscation
That surround your ineubation
Furnish, without more obstruction,
Your belated Introduction?
Let MS know your why and wherefore,
What ii is you're in the air for,
And meanwhile, o wee Bacillus,
Since with morbid dread you fill us,
Prithee take your leave at once.
london World,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14

rival Of Butcher and his Prnssians. The
ScotchmHn said that his great-grandfath-
er was at the fight. and at its most cru
cal moment Butcher struck the vicinity.
lie had a long baggage train. which was
filled with Llmburger cheese. without
winch the Prussians could not fight. Ow.
ing 10 the uneven ground Il great many Of
the wagons Were upset and their contents
were thrown out. The wind was blow
ing from them to tire battlefield, and the
moment the odor reached the French
lines there was lulI in the fighting. just
at that moment Napoleon used the inn
mortal words. "Eve9yrhiag is lost: save
himself who can, and galloped from the
field. Twas I.imrurger said the Scotch
man, that routed the French.