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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to
TrembIe.

Found Cofree Caused Hands to
TrembIe.
The surgeons duties require clear
judgment and steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do IT.
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an Ills.
surgeon eonscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
For years / was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could / safely perform
operations with unsteady hands, using
knives and instruments of precision?
When l saw plainly the bad effects Of
coffee, l decided to stop 1t, and three
years ago l prepared some Postum. OF
which / had received a sample.
THE first cupful surprised me- It
was mild, soothing. delicious. At this
time / gave some Postum to a friend
who was in similar condition to mine,
from the use of coffee.
"a few days after, / met him and he
was full of praise for Postum, declar-
ing he would never return to coffee bat
stick to Postum. We then ordered a
fun supply and within short time my
nervousness and consequent trembling,
as well as insomnia, disappeared, blood
circulation became normal, no dizziness
nor heat flashes.
Ny friend became a Postum enthu-
siast, his whole family using it ex-
clusively.
ut would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum, II IL did not
taste good when served
The best food may be spoiled If not
properly made. Postum should be boil
ed according to directions on the pkg.
Then it is all right, anyone can rely
on it. 1t ought to become the national
drink There's a Reason" Name
giren by Postum Co. Battle Greek.
Mich. Read The Road to Melville,
~ pigs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
THE pRoeREss OF POLITICS.

Now there are deep laid plots,
And, what's
More counterplots;
And. for another's room,
Each a boom
Must meet its doom,
Thus wlrdening the scope
OF hope,
Gauged by the dope.
Not that another's block
They'd knock
on. No such shock.
No. In such cordial life
OF strife
The quiet knife
Is better for the slob
Who'd rob
One of a job.
Thus, as campaigns progress,
The stress
Is more or less
Intense, but should lull
Annul
This they'd be dull.
Indianapolis News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Late Nicholas Sem.

Chicago physician said the other
day of the late DIR. Nicholas Sem, the
celebrated surgeon:
Il studied under DIR. Sem when he
was professor of surgery at Rush Medi-
cal college. l remember how. one day
he asked me a question that | did not
know and in order 10 hide my igno-
rance ! gave an ambiguous answer.
Or Sem smiled.
"He said | reminded him Of a school
hoy who. taking written examination
ia history. came to the question:
(which was the greater general, Gaze
sar or Hannihal|
The boy answered this question as
follows:
IF we consider who Caesar and
Hannibal were. and ask ourselves which
Of them was the greater, we must uu-
hestitatingly answer in the affirmative !"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
President Roosevelt.

Mr.. Choate, former ambassador to
Great Britain. and a lawyer of interna-
tional reputation, entertained some of
his friends ut dinner the other night. In
the course of the dinner small tax dis
cusSion turned toward, President Roose~
Welt and the drift of national affairs.
Protected by the privacy IF the social
board. there was full and free express
sion. Mr.. Choate listened with interest
and. although he is a staunch Republic
an. and has received Savors at the hands
~ the party. he is nothing If not frank
and direct in the expression of his i'm
preSsions. Some of the guests asked
him as 70 the President. Mr. Choate
began in 81 reminiscent mood:
Perhaps few IF yog have known the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Breaking II Gently.

Pardon me, sir" began the portly
person in the railroad train to the man
who sat next to him, "but what would
you say II / sat on your hat?"
Suppose you sit on it and then ash
me-" suggested the other.
II did," admitted the portly person,
calmly Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Sensitive.

Mr. Suddenrich. travelling abroad
That guide of our is a very impertinent
young Teller.
Mrs. Suddonrich-Wh has he done
Mr. Suddeprich-Why he's got onto
the fact that we came from the country.
How could he know thatg"
II dunno. But he pointed our ol.e of
them oldest pictures an said he s'poSSa
Id be interested in RubeuS. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
The ohliging Butcher.

The parsons wife had sent an order
for a leg of mutton, and received in re-
ply the following note: Dear Madam
have not killed myself this week, but
can get you leg off my brother, if that
will do-Your affectionate butcher, John
Sirloin. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Representative Cushman.

Representative Cushan. the elongated
statesman from the wooded slopes OF
Washington, who as announced the other
day. confessed TO well-dehned presiden.
tial aspirations, has shifted his base a
bit Mr., Cushman is now candidate
for the Republican nomination for the
vice presidency
Mentally l had climbed to the very
top of the elective ladder" Mr. CushmaI
is quoted as saying. when. in careless
moment. my foot slipped and before
could recover myself | had dropped 4
rung. The view is nearly as good from
this altimdinous position, and | have
sanded my shoes to prevent further mis-
haps."
May l make official announcement Of
your candidacy. Mr. Cushman?" n Port
land Oreg0nian representative inquired
as the two entered the Senate doorway
IF you don't | shall never speak Il
you again" replied Mr.. Cushman. lean
ing forward and opening his committe,
room in the House wing.
And SO there's another Richmond ii
the field.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
WHAT LABOR rs DOING

Organized labor is preparing to make
another fight against the reelection of
Representative Charles f. Littlefeld of
the. Second congressional district Of
Maine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

The Threatened strike of marine engi-
neers at Honolulu has been averted by
the acceptance of proposition TO arbi-
trate grievances.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
WHAT CAUSES HEADAoHE.

From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
quent cause Of Headache. LAXATIVE BRoMO
QUIN1NEremoves cause e. W. Grove on box 25a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Secretary Taft.

Robert Alphonso Taft, son of Secre-
tary Taft, heard his father speak in
public for the first time the other night
in Music hall, in New Haven, Conn.
Young Taft is sophomore in Yale,
and he went to the banquet Of the Young
Mems Republican club ut the invitation
of a member.
When Secretary Taft arose to speak
he caught his sons gaze as the young
man proudly but anxiously watched and
listened. Secretary Taft said after
ward to Il friend:
1T was the first time the boy had
heard me make a speech. He looked SO
fearful that his father might break down
that for a few moments ! was quite EN-
harrassed by his glances"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
HUMOROUS ITEMS.

The Thing Now.
lie used to waltz divinely wen,
With grace he two-stepped, coo;
He was admired by every belle,
And danced the evening through.
But now no maiden ever deigns
on him to cast glance,
Because he is too old to learn
The
New
Dance.
Time was. ~ not so long ago;
', - Ie We Zach hesought;
So graceful thai he maidens oft
To be his part Ter fought.
But now he's on % '-date and sad,
No longer STANDS chance;
He was not acrobat enough
TO learn
The
Dance.
All me- how soon we lose our power,
How quick we fall from grace;
One day supreme; the next we find
younger has our place.
one day in fortunes smiles we bask,
The next-sad circumstance
Were shelyed because we failed to learn
The
Dance
Detroit Free Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

Servant girls of Boone. Ia. have or
gained union and in future will refuse
to work as domestics for less than 81 Il
day.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Gen. Pienaar.

Gen. Joubert Pienaar, who has come
to America to get help in his campaign
against the oppression under which the
natives of Portuguese West Africa SUI
fer, was talking to Washington re-
porter about q West African official.
1T is in that mans territory" said
Gen. Pienaar, that the blacks are still
branded. The man neglects his work
Well mentioned but lazy, in his ignor-
ance he suffers all sort Of iniquities to
go on among his people.
Yes, he is lazy and neglectful. In
the last hear he was taken sick and Il
physician was sent for.
- want you to tell me frankly he
said to the physician, what is the matter
with me-
The physician frowned at the fat.
flushed face and, frankly enough re
Piled
"'Fhe trouble with YOU, sir, is that
you are suffering from underworld and
overpay.' Washington Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

The annual yield of the gold mines
oi Australia IS valued az $4,000. 600.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

The California State Federation of La
Dor has passed resolutions condemning
President Roosevelt and Secretary Met
calf for their attitude in relation 10
Japanese.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

The new death benefit system of the
Hatters' International union calls for
500 for the first five years or less and
increases at the rate of SO for each year
the man has been member.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Her Eternal FASTING.

Little English C;irl-Can we go ON
the continent. mammag
Her Mother-We've been there SO
much.
Il know il; but I never get tired uf
watching the Americans spend their
money. Brooklyn Lie
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

Servant girls of Boone. Ia. have or
ganized union and in future will refuse
TO work as domestics for less than 81 Il
day.
The California State Federatio of La
Dor has passed resolutions condemning
President Roosevelt and Secretary Met
| calf for their attitude in relation 10
Japanese.
The new death benefit system of the
Hatters International union calls for
500 for the first five years or less and
increases at the rate of SO for each year
the man has been member.
Representative Fulton of Oklahoma
has introduced bin, the purpose of
which is to engraft the principles of the
initiative, the referendum and the recall
upon the constitution of the United
States by means of constitutional amend
! ments.
At the seventh annual session of the
New York State Federation of Work
ingmen, held recently in Syracuse. the
federation pledged its support to Wom-
ems Trade Union league in its efforts TO
organize the women workers of the state.
The Metal Workers union ut Minneap-
oils is making preparations TO institute
IL new union composed of factory and as
sortment workers and can workers. The
workers of these crafts are timers, and
there are a large number employed in
the local factories.
The American Federation Of Labor
was organized at "A convention held in
Columbus. O.. in 1886. since which
time ii has gradually absorbed nine
tenths of all the labor organizations Of
the United States.
The first annual report Of the Massa-
ehusetts state free employment offices,
cember ] last shows that during that
period 14,4S0 positions We're filled
! through the Boston office, free of cost to
employers and employees.
One of the first fruits of the railway
settlement in England is the action of
! the Midland Railway companys order
relating to Sunday duty In Il certain
| limited sense a siX-day week is eStab-
| lished; the grades required to work sev-
en- DAYS Il week are to receive extra
pay for Sunday duty
In Holland Il ''.aborer'' within the
meaning of the new act of July, Is last.
! is any person who binds himself To per-
form work during a certain time III The
service of another for wages. Persa.s
employed in the civil service are exclu;l-
ed from the operation Of this law.
The official call for the seventh annual
convention of the Pennsylvania State
| Federation of Labor has been issued by
President Greenawalt and the executive
board The convention will he held in
| Allentown. beginning its sessions March
| 10.
Union labor support to combat the
| temperance movement. in return for the
exclusive use of goods hearing the union
! label. is the proffer made Chicago saloon
| keepers by the Chicago Trades Union
Label league. The league is affiliated
with both the Chicago and the American
Federation of Labor. and its efforts to
promote the use of the union label have
received the sanction of both bodies.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

links (near-sightedl-I told her that
her eyes were like mirrors and she got
dead sore.
Blinks-No wonder. Couldn't you see
that she had a glass eye?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
Miss Agnes Reppliel

Miss Agnes Reppler at dinner in
Philadelphia repeated an overheard con-
versation as an example of mental crud-
ity.
1T was she said. "at reading-I
won't say where-that this conversation
was overheard. young man and girl
conducted it. 1t ran like this
Good crowd here
'Yes-literary, too
Oh very. Are you fond of litera-
ture?'
"Oh. very. | just dote on it,
u suppose you like Shakespeare. ell 2
Oh, yes, indeed, Do you?'
VERY much. | like Dryden, too
So do VERY much indeed
Do you like Browning?
oh. very much Do you like Gold
smith?
him%
oh. yes. naturally DO you like Shell
leyY
Very, very much. And Pope?
He's fine. III tell you a good writ
err.
".Who?'
Milton
Yes, he is good. isn't he?'
''Afterward," said Miss Repplier, .the
young man told his friends that the
young girl was wonderfully well read,
while she declared of him. oh, he has
read everything"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

Representative Fulton of Oklahoma
has introduced bill, the purpose of
which is to engraft the principles of the
initiative the referendum and the recall
States by means of constitutional amend
ments.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

At the seventh annual session of the
New York State Federation of Work
ingmen, held recently in Syracuse. the
federation pledged its support to Wom-
ems Trade Union league i'll its efforts to
organize the women workers of the state.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

The Papa Hen.
The mamma hen sits up In a nest
An pretty soon they'S an egg,
But the papa hen he swels his chest
And kicks tins sand VIII his leg
bet you If l was the papa hen
So ham some an big an stout
Id lay eggs once In while am then
Have somethiu To holler about
Jersey Jmgles
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06

Grocery Clerk-And how do you girls
round at 1919 like your new mistress?
The Waitress-Shure an she's per
feet lady-just like wan of ourselves
Brooklyn Life.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

"reminiscences of Punch contemporary who
once heard Thackeray and Brooks comparing
notes about their writing:
Thackeray was now editing the -Cornhill' and
contributing to II The Roundabout Papers 1T
takes me couple of days to choose subject for
Roundabout. " he said, then day to write it,
and earn a hundred pounds. When / get my nose
down 10 the desk the thoughts pretty freely"
SO DO mine sad Shirley. but ] haven't got a
desk. and l never think of a subject beforehand
Ihe words tiow fast enough. but not in a ffuX like
folks
That was just where Shirley failed and Thacke-
ray Succeeded- Thackeray thought out and di-
ley scrzt ched AWAY At his paper until the effects
came. There was Just the difference between
their work as there was between the hiack-and-
white work of two others Of the great Punch
brotherhood Charles keene laid line down
without being sure that it. conveyed his tXact
meaning Du Maurier laid down dozen lines
before he discovered the exact meaning he wished
Thackerav leave nothing. to chance Shirley
left everything to chance. trusting TO his clevernesS
null him through. with result his ''eaSv
writing nroduced what Sheridan called cursed
hard reading
In one particular these pages are winning-fn
that they portray man who had genius for
friendship and for sympathy. The unquestion
ing and affectonate generosity with which he
rushed to the rescue of those disabled by illness
and poverty. the delicacy with which he hid his
rninistrations the reader cannot note unmoved
The remembrance of countless kindnesses still
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
4N4TOLE France.
Il Ne7c Portrait and Some Glim pses
of His Home.

In the current number Of 'L'Art ct les Ar
tistes," there is interesting paper by NJ.
Camille Mauclair on the paintings in oil and
the pastel drawings which young artist of
Paris has recently dedicated to the personality
and home of NJ. Anatole France This artist,
NJ. Pierre Calmettes, has made not only the por-
trait of the distinguished writer reproduced on
this page but a number of studies of the diff
ferent rooms in the Villa Said. From these II Is
apparent that the author of "LOrme du Mall
is as much the man of taste in his surroundings
as in his books. His house is full Of exquisite
treasures relics of all times and of all countries.
The general effect of the collection is evidently
rich ard even sombre, but we gather from NJ
Mauclair that a peculiar delicacy Of feeling in
the collector is everywhere discerned He hints
that one might divine in some literary passage
written by NJ. France his pleasure in this or
that work of art within his walls the beauty of
a bibeIot reacting upon the authors mind 1t
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
THE ROBAUT COLLECTION.
An Interesting SOHrcRr Of Corot in His Old

an Interesting SOAtcRU 0! CoFOI IN ms o'd
Age.
There has just been sold in Paris collection
Of some fourscore paintings and drawings be
longing TO NJ. Alfred Robaut, the friend Of
Corot who. with n. Moreau-Neaton compiled
the invaluable work on the paintings Of the
French master. From the catalogue of the
sale, which We have received from NJ. Durand-
Rllel il is apparent that the owner of this col
lection enjoyed some rare opportunities. With
the works of Corot and Delacroix he was espe-
cialIy fortunate. One picture by the former.
The Belfry of Douai," which We reproduce,
has notable personal significance
In ISL during the Commune, the painter was
stavfng for a time with NJ. Robaut, at DOuai
He was then in his seventy-fffth year, but still
possessed all that gayety Of spirit Of which his
abored over this picture with great care, giving
twenty stances TO its completion and then as
2 further expression Of interest, he introduced
his own portrait into the scene. He painted
himself in the blue blouse he wore when at
work standing in talk with a woman placed
in the foreground. II is a tiny figure but the
author of the preface 10 NJ. Robaut's catalogue
states that the resemblance is exact, giving a
rerfect idea of the old painter For this rea-
son as well as for the beauty of the picture,
which is one of the finest studies Corot ever
made outside his familiar province OF landscape,
II would be pleasant to hear that The Belfry
of Douai' had been bought by an American
collector.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

is interesting to note that among the novelists s
possessions the art of Ingres is represented.
The reader of NJ France can well understand
how he would be of those to delight in the
consummately pure and beautiful craftsman
ship of the creator of La Source"
More than one new book may, by the way,
soon be expected from the pen Of the most be-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

guiling of living French writer's. He has in
press a collection of literary, philosophical and
religious essays, gathered together under the
cdd title of "Penguins," and he is finishing
new novel. OF the latter book it is said that
it is understood TO be more realistic in method
than anything he has Yet written Then, too,
we may have before long the work on Jeanne
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
collector

The forthcoming work of Mr. George Bernard
Shaw is an essay religion, an ampilflcatlon OF
a series of lectures recently given by him. These
lectures aroused much controversy-and adVer-
tiSinS.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

English subscriptions TO the Keats Shelley
memorial in Rome are not coming in rapidly
as il was hoped they would. They now amount
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
LITER4RY NOTES.

A voluminous work Emerson. written by
the Messrs. Dugard. has just appeared IN
France. Its title is Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Vie. CEuvre'
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

dare which for thirty years more has been
always in the thoughts Of NJ France.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

blossoms in the dust that is thickening upon his
once admired writings.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

The Third International Congress for the His
tory Of Religions is to be held in Oxford next
September. The meetings of sections for the
reading of papers and discussions viii deal with
these subjects:
1.-The Lower Culture Gncluding Mexico and
Peru. THE Chinese and japanese" 3-"The
E1gyptians.' 4-"The Semites" 5-'1ndia and
Celts and Savs" S-"Christianity.'' English.
French. German and Italian viii be recognized
official languages
The aim of the congress is to elucidate the
history of religions
Edward Lear the author of the inimitable
Nonsense Book" had, told, great
gift for odd words and compounds In
the volume of his letters lately published he
speaks. says THE London Spectator of cats
bunbling into his room: he is filled with pride
and conffatuIation; he likes spongetaneous let
ters; his oZbervatons triumphiliginOus.
Mrs. Schimmelpennick Clear might have in
vented this name, which he translates into
Skimmywisgle) cOnfuses enthusiasm and
splombonglified religion; he cannot write con-
secutively for pitts Of coffin; his life goes
sklombionbiousiy: the situation is skimzim-
fious; and so forth. Finally. here is a stanza
with a record nonsense word in it:
But if you not coming
Just write line TO say
And l shall still consider how
Ajosky bosky kybayso
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

last year of items from Americans library a
fine copy of the first edition of THE Compleat
Angler brought the sum of $6450. Not long
ago ali imperfect copy was sold for something
over $1,000: and the other day still more
imperfect brought $500.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
SHIRLEY BROOKS.
4 Biography of the Second Editor
of Punch"

rr.7F2T.r,Y BROOKS OF PUNCH. His Life, Let
t,-s and Diaries By George Somcs Layard Il
iret-sted Svo. PIP 5S9 Henry Holt & Co.