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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

BJORN JONsSON, one. OF the leading
public men of Iceland, was born in Dju-
padal in the western district Of Iceland.
October s, 1916. lie entered college az
Reykiavik in 1862 and graduated with
high honors in 1869 He next went to
the University of Copenhagen and
studied law there for some years, but
did not take his degree as he was more
attracted by journalism In 1874 he
started his paper Isafold, which became
the largest and most influential journal
in Iceland. In 1879 Johnson wars elected
to the Legislature and soon became 4
recognized leader Of that body. He was
particularly active in promoting temper.
ance legislation, being the author of n
stringent bin to prohibit the importa-
ton and sale Of ntoxieants into his eoun-
try. year ago he was appointed min
lister to Denmark, which Is regarded as
one Of the most important positions with
in the gift of his country, owing to the
vexed questions of the political status of
Iceland relative to Denmark-~questions
that for years have occupied the atten-
ton Of statesmen of both countries.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

M.tJ-GEN. WILLIAM s. Meas
KEY, L. S. A.. retired, was born in Lam
easter county. Pa, October ., fS53 and
received his education in the public
schools. He was one of the first $4,000
volunteers enrolled in the Union army
and served until the close of the Civil
war. He was engaged in all the impor-
tant battles of the Army of the Eumber-
land and participated in Sherman's
marches 10 the sea and through the
Carolinas TO Washington In 1866 he
was appointed second lieutenant in the
regular army For nearly thirty-tiye
years he served in the Twentieth infan-
try, filling every grade from first lieu
tenant to colonel He commanded his
regiment in the Cuban campaign and Ia
ter in the Philippines At the time of
his retirement two years ago Gen Me-
Caskey was the last commissioned ofii-
Ger on the active list who answered Pres
ident Lincoln's first cali for volunteers.
in April, 1861.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

BRIG. GEN. FORREST II. HATH
AWAY, u. $. A., retired, was borG at
East Barnard, VT, October Z. 1914. In
1862 he enlisted as a private in the
Sixteenth infantry and at the close Of
the Civil war was mustered cut with
the rank of major. In 1867 be re-en-
listed in the regular army as "a second
lieutenant. He served in various parts
of the country and rose through the
several grades of the service 10 the rank
Of captain, which he attained in 1881
During the war with Spain he served in
Cuba and subsequently in the Philip
pines. lie reached gthe grade of colonel
in 1903 and the next year was retired
from active service with the rank Of
brigader general. Since his retirement
Gen. Hathaway has made his home IN
Portland. Ore
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

AGNES BOOTH, who was for many
years prominent Oh the dramatic stage
was born in Sydney. Australia. October
4, 1916. She made her debut as Il dame
er when child, and after coming To
in California. Her first appearance In
New York was made in 1865. In the
years that followed she became famous
by playing leading roles with Edwin
Forrest and other noted tragedians of
that day. In 1867 she was married To
Junius Booth, brother os Edwin Rooth,
and himself noted actor. Mr. Booth
died in 1883 and two years later the
widow was married To John Il. Shoefel.
a well know theatrical manager of New
York and Boston Miss Booth retired
from the stage number of years ago
and has since resided in Boston.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

Rodney Williams. aged ). son Of Mr.
aud Mrs. Isaac Williams Of John Day.
Ore. who live on ranch In Fox valley.
at the point Of death from the effects Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15
Are Women Vain?

Why are women vain? Nobody knows
not even the ladies themselves. Psy-
biologists have advanced various the
cries. One says that they dress to please
men; another declares that they adorn
their persons to arouse the envy of other
women, and still another that they wear
pretty clothes out of sheer self-admira-
ton. Their slavery to the rouge pot, the
eyebrow pencil, the hair dye and store
pufs is explained in the same fashion.
The fact remains that if they so dress
Tor each other they prove at the same
Ilme immensely attractive to mere man
Beauty and vanity, however, are matters
only of location, and the woman with
the most thoroughly up-tO-date hlpless
effect whose cheeks would pale the mod
est blush of the ripe peach. whose scar
let lips are the model Of Cupid'S bow
and whose dark eyes shine like ilmpld
FOOLS Of light would have the effect only
Of repuising the Mussuiman, who. with
hlS own ideas of feminine pulchrltude
would turn with renewed alteration to
ms lady of the embonpUint and the pan
taloons.-Louise Satterthwaite IN the
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
-~Os-O~
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

Advertising Pays. Try 1t.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

y nat " UutH MUST LtdIH
1t is by studying the Fundamental.
PRINCIPLES of any government that wom-
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NOTES OF INTEREST.

One year ago, when neighbours chick
ems scratched up his garden and ate
his tomatoes. c. u. Miles of Great Bar
ringtou, Conp., paid lawyer to write
a warning letter to the poultry owner.
When he saw his garden truck being
ruined the same way this week he
sent messages in a novel way. He took
some corn and in each kernel tied 4
string with tag bearing the words
Keep this chicken at home.' The
chickens today took the corn, and being
unable to swallow string and tag. went
away with the notes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

JOSEPH WELDON BA | l. Il y,
United States senator from Texas. was
born October 6, 1868, in opiah couu-
ty, Miss, and received his education in
the public schools of that state. He
studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 1883 Two years later he re
moved to Texas and located at Gaines
vile. He served ms an elector for the
state-at-large ON the Democratic ticket
in 1883, was elected to the Fifty second.
Fifty-third Fifty-fourth, Fifty fifth and
Fifty-siXth Congresses, and on the or
ganization OF the Fifty-ffth Congress
was the Democratic nominee for speaker
of the House of Representatives Mr..
Bailey was chosen United States sena-
tor January %, 1901, to succeed Sena
tor Horace Chiffon, and took his seat
March 3 of that year. In 1907 he was
reelected for the fun term of six years.
Senator Bailey is an orator of unusual
ability and has taken prominent part
in many OF the important debates in the
Senate.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, chief
of the bureau Of insuiar affairs Of the
war department has received the largest
cigar ever made in the Philippine is
lands II was the first cigar admitted
free of duty under the new tariff act.
which allows the free admission Of $50
100000 Philippine cigars each year. The
cigar was made by a Manila factory and
measured AZ inches in length ANA about
10l5 inches in circumference II
weighed about pounds
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15
COL. EDWARD II. HASKELL. one

CDL- EUW AItD IT, HASkEI.I, one
of the foremost paper manufacturers IN
New England, was born in Gloucester.
education in the public schools of his ma
tive place. He served throughout the
Civil war, having been with Burnside in
the North Carolina campaign of 1851
g., in the campaign of the Army of Nir-
ginia and Tennessee in 1863. and with
Gen. Sherman in Georgia in 1864. Col.
Haskell was member of the MasSachu-
sets Legislature in 1877 and 1878, and
member of the governors council from
1882 to 1885. He has been a delegate to
number of the national conventions of
the Republican party and was secretary
of the national convention of 1884.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-15

Mrs Esle \. Rose Smith Mcdowell
Weatherby Mcdowell, of 916 East
Twelfth street, Kansas City, is again a
bride. Having decided she made a mis-
take when she secured u divorce from
James A. Mcdowell four years ago and
married Weatherby, who, she alleges.
went through her money like water
through sieve, she repented and again
married. Mcdowell went to the home
Of his divorced wife. After Il short con
ference they decided to forget the past
and they were married in Kansas City.
Kan. The second husband died. She
divorced the others.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
THE SWEEPING SEASON,

When congress goes out the silly season is said to come in at Wash ington; and when the bloom of the ragweed floats in the wind in August the sneezing season comes on in New England
 In this field science has not yet been able to decide whether goIdenrod or ragweed is the worst offender against human kind, but when it comes to beauty the goIdenrod has been writ ten of in garden books and song. It is called hay-fever because it was first connected with having time and hay was believed to be the source of it. The books say that the best thing for hay fever is removal to the moun- tains and the seashore. Now, it is possible for few persons in every community to fit to the mountains and the seashore whenever the first sneeze sneezes, which is great relief to the responsibility of the local doc tors But the majority of hay fever CTS must stay at home and weep and snif1e and curse. They would like to take the medicine, but have not the wherewithaI to loaf on mountain tops and at the seaside-they must live in the midst of the offending pol len until cold weather makes an end of it. They have our sympathy, for to have such an exclusive and expen- sive aff1iction without the means to give it the quietus of sea breezes or mountain air, is indeed misfortune.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
TAFT TAKING A NEEDED REST.

President Taft does not intend that Beverly shall become a summer capi- tai in any sense. He puts up no bars, but he has divided his morn ings, afternoons and evenings in a way which shows that he intends to devote the least possible time to bus mess and the larger part of the time to his family and recreation. He doesn't intend to devote himself to the mapping out of a public policy, or to the preparation of his message to congress which is not due until December. He is going to amuse him. self in his own way and lend himself to sociabilities which please rather than worry him. He has the tact to mix business and pleasure in such proportions that it means real rest to him. The buttonholer and the bore will have to wait--only the business which is most urgent will be given any attention during the few weeks which will pass before he takes his trip to the west-a trip which will lay a burden upon him only about equal to the pleasures of it. He knows how to enjoy the sea and the golf links and his favorite authors and there is not likely to be any dull moments. He is bent upon recuperation and knows how to get 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
IFS YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't Mistake the Cause of Your Troubles. A Norwich Citizen Shows How to Cure Them.

Many people never suspect their kidneys. If suffering from a lame weak or aching back they think that 1t is only muscular weakness; when urinary trouble sets in they think fl will soon correct itself: And so 1t is with all the other symptoms of kidney disorders. That is just where the danger lies. You must cure these troubles or they may lead to diabetes or Brights disease. The best remedy to use is Doan's Kidney Pills. It cures all ills which are caused by weak or diseased kidneys. Norwich people tes- tisy to permanent cures.
 Patrick Sullivan, livh g at 4S Mt Pleasant Street. Norwich. Conn. says: If any person should aj.k me what to use for pain and lamen+ss across the small of my back, I would advise the use of Doan's Kidney Pills. I have found they have no equal for this trouble. Doan's Kidne, Pills thor oughly relieved me of severe pain in the small of my back, sts engthened my kidneys and benefited m in a general way. I procured this remedy at N. D. Sevin & Sons drug store. and am glad to recommend it."
 For sale by all dealers. Price soc. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York. scle agents for the United States.
 Remember the name = Doans and take no other.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10

mont and Wyoming. It is not main tained that our state requires more than one but it seems somewhat odd, to say the least, that New Hampshire and New Jersey should have eight. Pennsylvania will have the largest number, twenty three, and New York with twenty comes second, and Ohio with nineteen, will be third. The total number of supervisors will be 330 and they will be appointed by the presi- dent. They will in turn designate to the census director the persons to act as enumerators, and with his consent will employ and commission them. The official date for beginning the taking of the thirteenth decennial census is April IS, 1910. Director Dur and has not hsen in office very long, but he has got the matter down to a fine point. and Secretary Nagel will do the rest
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
JUDGING CHILDREN.

The conclusions reached by men in high and influential positions do not always seem to be sound to men of different experiences. There is E. Fellows Jenkins, president of the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, in New York, who has this to say of children as he has seen them:
 Boys are naturally more vicious than girls. but when a girl is vicious she is far worse than boy, and more difficult to reform.
 T do not believe in hereditary crim- final tendencies. Practically, without exception, it is the child's early sur roundings and not prenatal influences that mold its future.
 ~-'T am afraid I agree with the pro- lessor who. in an address before the Massachusetts Agricultural college, declared that all children are liars "
 The Bulletin would not feel like en- dorsing these sentiments. It does not believe "all children are liars" for if it did it would feel compelled to admit that all men are equally as bad. When wilful lying is considered there is only a small per cent. of men or women who indulge in it. There are all kinds of white Hes" which are indulged in with no intent to do harm to anyone. Since people witnessing a conflict or controversy are unable to describe it exactly alike, why should children be expected to do any better? The child has a lively imagination and takes a great deal of license because of the example of
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
HE EULLE1IR's DAILY sToRY
BY AID OF THE ELEMENTS

1 Miss Kenyon, at F he was instrucing | the steward for the remainder of the night At l o'clock it was to be an orange: ct a cup of tea; at 8, a note slipped beneath the door. at f. another note; at o'clock, coffee, and so on; but no encouraglng word had come in return. Indeed, there had been no message of any kind, nor was Miss Kenyon able to report anything. even ! of an unfavorab1e nature Miss Nor ris had merely ignored each and every ssv or and had displayed neither pleas ure nor pique at the unusual atten- tions.
 On the fourth morning Robert was up ut o'clock, pacing the deck un- easily For the first time he had be- gun to think of failure. The view ! about him was a gloomy one and did not tend to relieve his depression. Gray sky, leaden water, and a dreary waste of barrenhess between; the decks were almost deserted, and he went sullenly down again, his mood chiming with the clements.
 The day draggsd and the roll of the ship eased a little; now and then a steamer chair. it's owner venturesome for the sake of air, /dotted the ex panse of lonesome deck, and present. ly Robert perceived lone whose owner he recognized, as the steward care IltllY IOlQ64 Iut rug dOOQt ilcT anu made her comfortable. Hastily he made his way to that part of the ship where she lay with her eyes closed. lids on the white face.
 "Marioni" he breathed.
 No answer. Not even a flicker of the her lips and face colorless.
 Dearest. may I sit and talk awhile ?'' toned him away.
 T don't wish to be troublesome" he persisted, but, because you are going to marry me. I feel that my place is here to watch over and care for you"
 Again a motion of the hand, a little less weak.
 How long must I wait, dear, before you will come to me? Suppose we have . the ceremony when we land and invite all these nice people that are on the boat"
 A weary sigh escaped her lips and his own went white. He was fighting his last chance, and he knew he was making her suffer. He felt that she loved him, and because she could not leave him as she had done before he persisted.
 Dear, ycu know how much I love you Perhaps I could find a minister justice of the peace-someone with au- thority. on board. If I could, would you-?"
 Robert Bruce|--will-nev ry-you-ff- don-don't go away-and let-me die-in peace"
 Listening to the barely whispered words, Bruces heart leaped. He had won. Swiftly he drew the discarded ring from his pocket and slipped it on the little finger. Slowly the hours passed, the wind died away, and the kindly moon. peeping from behind soft hurrying clouds, smiled down at ,the lovers. her hand still lying unresisting- ly in Iis.-Boston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 BUSINESS.

The capital invested in the telegraph and telephone business in this coun- 1 try is in excess of a billion, $S14,616 | GOA credited to the telephone systems and s220,2sS.575 to the telegraphs Ac- cording to the third census of the efec- l trical industries, made by the govern ment, there is a grand total of 15.- | 072,220 miles of single wire in the telegraph and telephone service. Of this, the telephone systems controlled 12,999,369 miles, of which there were on pole or roof lines 5,092,223, in over head cables 2,917,114, in subways or conduits 9,46s,302, and in submarine cables 20.730 miles. Of the grand total stated, the telegraph systems, exclu- sive of government telegraph systems, used 2,072,S51 miles, of which there were on pole or roof lines 1.95s,336 miles. in overhead cables 41.SS6, in subways or conduits 65,347 and in sub marine cables 1882 miles. These fig- ures emphasize the economic import ance of the telegraph and the tele- phone.
 A comparative summary deals with the telephone and commercial tele- graph systems, not including railroad lines and the wireless, giving the grand total as 22,996 companies, of which there are 22,971 telephone sys- tems, which include 17,702 independent farmer or rural lines and 25 conner cial telegraph systems, not including the wireless. The grand total of sim gle wire mileage was 14,570.142, of which the telephone systems controll- T | s.n- s.~~ -11 4S6,294 miles of wire on independent farmer or rural lines, while the tele- graph systems used 1,570,779 miles, ex- elusive of 7,1SS miles of leased wire.
 The grand total of ocean cable was 46,301 nautical miles, all controlled by the commercial telegraph systems.
 The grand total of salaried officials, clerks, etc, was 2s,4T0, of whom 25,- 29S were employed by the telephone systems and 4.172 by the commercial telegraph. The telephone officials, etc, received in salaries $1s,29S, 423, and the telegraph clerks $2,7s4,937. The total of 142,733 wage earners is divided, 11S,S71 belonging to the tele- phone systems and receiving in wages S4s,9sO, 704. while the 23,s62 telegraph wage earners were paid sf5,O13,312.
 The grand total income was s236,- 045,615, of which the telephone con- cerns earned s1s4,461,74 expending S140.S02, ,3o5, and the telegraph system earned $51,5S3,s6s expending s41,S79,- SIS. Of the whole number of sys- tems in operation, the telephone form- ed e9.9 per cent.
 The surprising thing about this re- port is the rapid growth of the tele- phone business. which is still far from the height of it's possibilities.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
CANNON SLOW TO YIELD.
He Stood by Littauer on GIoVes-What
 Did the President Write?

It is plain now that had it not been for the stand taken by Speaker Can non in behalf of the duties of the house bill on the importation of gloves, an agreement might have been reached two or three days sooner than it was. And the boldness and tenacity with which Uncle Joe" bold and tenacious as he is known to be, held up the house conferees in behalf of a higher duty on the article produced by a former congressman, who was v4ry largely in- strumental in bringing about the nom- inati0n of Speaker Cannon for his first term, surprised even those who thought they knew the man.
 Lucius Nathan Littauer of Glovers- villeA was a member of the Fifty-fifth and Fifty eighth congresses and was the central figure of more than one official episode in which he was cllarg- ed with having undue influence. ''Lit' was always exonerated in the end, however. He is a personally attract i've figure and a man of unusual pop ularity, whose friends are apt to stick to him to the end, just as Speaker Cannon did.
 warmest friends and strongest packers Mrs. Littauer had during his stormy period in congress. They were old col leger chufi1s, Lit having graduated from Harvard in 1878, where he had been & member of the crew and of the football team, and undoubtedly Speak ed Cannon was acting out of regard and friendship in standing by the glove schedule, which had been drawn by MT. Littauer of Gloversville
 But the speaker stood out too long. Yet nothing is clearer than that if it had not been for the letter that came from the White house to the confer ence committee last Thursday, Uncle Joe" would be standing out still. MT. Littauer was standing out, too, in the corridor outside of the conference rooms when the letter came The day before he was sitting inside of the con- ference rooms, and he might have con- tinued to sit there but for the trump card, played by one of his business rivals, who told the newspapermen all about the favoritism that was being shown to Lit" and that brought mat ters to a head
 President Taft did not at any time indicate that he might veto whatever bill congress should pass, but if the letter which he sent to the conference committee last Thursday IS ever pub lisIed, as, If course, it will be, it will be found that whatever words he may have used, his meaning was plain, that the changes suggested by him must be made or that there would De no tariff bill.
 Many people thought that Sepaker Cannon would not see the handwriting on the wall. but he Washington Letter to Providence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10

and if this were the beginning of the session instead of the close of it even the most indifferent voters would be impelled to active protest.
 Probably no scene resembling this was ever witnessed before in any New England state. The spectacle of known and paid agents of corporations invad- ing the house at the critical moments which preceded the vote and over whelming members with threats and entreaties in order to induce them to prove false to their constituents is one which has hitherto been a stranger even to the most corrupt legislatures. The rules of the general assembly of Connecticut must be singularly lax and its members must be strangely want ing in dignity to render such a thing possible. The reluctant attention paid to the protests of representatives and the inexcusable tardiness in ordering the lobbyists away from their desks combine to emphasize a situation of which Connecticut should be heartily and permanently ashamed. Bridgeport Telegram