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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
SUNK BY THE TOREDO.
Army Worm of the Sea Is Best Friend
Of Navigators

One of the navigator's best friends
and also one of his most persistent enc
mics is the tOredo 1t has DESTROYED
more dangerous derelicts than all the
derehct deStrOyerS sent out for the pur-
pose ever have done, and at the same
tune 1t is such great pest that the
navy department is waging perpetual
war on it, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean
1t IS found in tropical and Semi-tropi-
cal waters, and is a worm about six
inches long and hree-eighths of an inch
thick. The body is soft. but the head is
exceedingly hard and ends in pair of
mandibles that are perfect Anglers and
capable OF boring hole in the hardest
wood. 1t is due to this worm that Il
derellcts Wanderings usually are limited
TO two years.
If the vessel is iron or copper plated
some of the plates are sure to get loosS
III few months and n few inches of ex-
posed planking offer an ample opening
for the tOred0 to enter and get to work
In a short time the derelict is riddled
with millions of holes and sinks to trOu-
bIe navigators no more.
But the toredO is not an unmixed
blessing, since 1t does not contine its yora-
cious appetite to drifting 'huIks. but
also attacks the bulls of wooden ships,
piling of wharves and anything not pro-
tected with metal or chemically treated
Wood soaked in creosote is immune for
while. but sooner or later the toredo
1snds way to carry on its work of de-
stru'tion.
Nc wood ever has yet been found hard
enough to withstand the attacks of this
amy worm of the sea, and if man pos
Sessed the same engineering power in
proportion TO his size he would be able
to put tube straight through the cen
ter of the earth III a month. The wood
work of the dry dock at Port Royal was
destroyed by it. and since the sewage of
Baltimore has been piped further out into
the bay the toredo has begun operations
on all the dock timbers. piling and
wharves along the water front.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Apodictic,

Il am determined to go on a vaca.
ton
Whittier looked almost fierce as he
spoke. Cleverton regarded him with Il
cuizzical look.
You have comfortable home?" he
asked
splendid. Nothing could be better"
And loving wife,
None more so. Studies to please all
the time. Never obtrudes herself. and
Is silent when desirable"
You are in good physical condition -
Very. Never felt better"
No trouble of any sort. no hidden
worry that you want to get away from -
None whatever. Everything is Sc
rene
What then. is the reason for your
going?'
Whittier smiled.
My dear boy" he replied. don't Won
know that when everything is running
smoothly, when there is absolutely no
cause for complaint, when you simply
couldn't improve on the present condi-
tons if you tried-don't you understand
that then the pure and unadulterated
cussedness of human nature absolutely
demands that something be done to IN
set the harmony of things2 That's why
| am going on vacation. I'm looking
Tor trouble Thomas /. Mason in Lin
0lncott'S
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
START OF LILIPUTIAN CHINA.
When Statesmen Carried Small Samples
About the Country.

DO you know those miniature dinner
and tea services and odd pieces of china
bearing the marks of historic makers
and most eXquisitely fashioned that are
preserved in many old families? This
liiputian china had an origin that is not
perhaps generally known. The leading
china makers century or two ago were
in the habit Of sending il as Christmas
presents to the children of their best
customers
A number of these sets and pieces
viii be exhibited in London toward the
middle of next month. says the Lady
Pictorial. and they Will be well worth
seeing 10y those who care for rare china.
Ii is quite possible THAT a collection of
hliputian furniture Will he exhibited at
the same time These tiny pieces are as
complete in all details as furniture of
the normal size. but they are no larger
than the things you would expect To find
in n first rate dolls house.
They We're made originally not for the
delectatien of the young. but as samples
for the young man who travelled the
provinces in the interest of some firm Of
furniture makers in London. In those
days there We're no leviathan catalogues
profuSely Illustrated, and journey from
a remote country district Ia the show
rooms IN London was formidable UNI
dertaking before we had railways and
motor cars.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
CUBIcAL CANTALoUPES.
A Grower Out in Washington Improves
on Natures Shaping.

gradually assumes the shape of the
cubical house in which it lives. To pre-
c. +. Parrish of North Yakima. Wash,
marketed cantaloupes that are perfect
cubes.
Parrish has been doing novel things
with fruit and vegetables for several
years. but says that his idea of growing
cantaloupes in the shape of cubes is the
most practical of anything he has un-
dertaken. he had troughs made from
heavy lumber and these are partitioned
to make an interior size of inches each
way. As soon as new cantaloupes are
seen to form on the vines each fruit is
placed in one of the partitions in a
trough. The fruit continues To grow and
vent the top from becoming round Par
IRISH places a heavy top on the trough
in time TO avoid it.
As soon as the cantaloupes have filled
up the cubic shape allotted to them they
are taken ont by removing the bottom of
the trough and packed away to ripen
Parrish already has larger troughs
partitioned off in which he is growing
square water melons, and all over his
apple, pear and peach trees he has hun
dreds of cubical shaped boxes hanging,
each filling with fruit.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

to Washington to attend the last special
session of Congress.
Uncle Joe had set up in the buffet
car until all hours in the morning smok-
ing, talking politics, and spinning EARNS,
and when he woke up he was not in the
happiest, merriest. gladdest mood of all
the year He likes fresh air, and when
the train stopped at Il station up in the
mountains TO put on new engine he
stepped out Of the Pullman onto the plat
form
A group of loUngers sized him up-he
and his big. black cigar-and a CLEAN of
recognition came into the face of one of
the group who was known TO read the
newspapers now and then, and who had
no doubt. seen the speakers picture and
various more or less resembling cartoons
of him.
Leaving his companions he sauntered
up to Mr.. Cannon and held out his
hand. with the inquiry:
Say, Mister amt YOU Uncle Joe Can
non of Indiana =
The speaker had extended his hand to
the stranger, but when he put the ques
ton Mr.. Cannon quickly recovered it and
rammed it tiercely into his trousers peck
ct as he snapped out in reply:
No, sir, by; I'm not from In
diana. The reason | look so - bad is
I've been sick New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
TAKES CHANCE WITH CAMERA
Chinese Nobleman's Son Gets Picture OF
Statue of Japan's First Ruler.

Shin Che Luke. the son of a Chinese
nobleman. now student at the Dummer
academy says writer in the Boston
Post. is the proud possessor of the only
existing photograph of the first Mikado's
statue in the Imperial gardens of Toxic.
Japan.
He CHANGED a long Imprisonment by his
daring act. as it is against the law to
take photographs of the Imperial gar
dens statues. but. being n camera en-
thusiast. he could moi Withstand the
temptation.
1t was while en- route to this country
with WI Ting-fang that Shin Cho Luke
visited Japan.
He is the second son of family of
four boys and three girls. all the rest
of whom are in China. His father. Yen
Ching Luke, Chinese noble of very
high birth and rank, is chief civil en-
gineer of the Imperial railroad in the
north Of China.
He says he wants to be, like his fa-
Their a civil engineer.
incidentally it may be said that he
intends putting in one more year at
Drummer. then one in Phillips academy
at Andover. and then completing a course
in civil engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Mustache Is Religious.

The mustache has religious sig
nificance," said a clergyman in 8
Lenten address. 1T forms. you see,
in company with the nose, a cross.
In the time Of the Moslem invasion
of Spain mixed marriage rendered it
impossible to tell a heather from a
Christian; so the Spaniards took 10
shaving all the face but the upper lip
Thus every Christian countenaLCe
bore a cross--a cross part flesh and
part hair.
From It's religious the mustache
has come to have an elegant sign.H
canoe purely. Men now wear 1t not
TO proclaim their faith. but TO magnify
their beauty. Its source. however. Is
in Christianity. Before the Spanish
invasion men either wore full boards
or went clean shaved. Los Angeles
Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

old Spanish mission, surprised her. The
Spanish eolors OF the sky hung beyond
the other end OF the Para like a banner.
Before she had left the train She had
noticed these things. And when she had
come down to the dining room. and the
sky had become a purple curtain, she
FASTENED her dinner SO that she might sit
out OF doors and make for herself a new
vision OF the tent on the plains
just as the waiter put a salad before
her she heard voice outside the window
which stopped her heart 1t was his
voice! 1t was the voice that had called
her into new life. the voice that had
Weakened the primeval woman in her and
had seemed more to her than the music
OF applause or the sound of an orchestra
There was the same power in it that she
had fe.t before
To the surprise Of the waiter, she
started to rise from the table. But the
words reached her-wOrds of question;
and the answer came in woman's low
love laugh, a laugh with truth in it, of
surprised contentment and belief. She
might have doubted the question; the
laugh with the girlish note in it-that
she could not doubt. And all the long
time when she was trying to eat her
salad she had to hear his voice from be-
hind the gently moving curtains.
When the waiter came with her cof-
fee, she looked into his eyes. a queer.
dumb look it was, that beied the rich
ness of her voice. When does the first
train for the east leaye?" she asked.
And where can / send a telegram -
Charlotte Teller in Cassell's Saturday
Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

GUM We do not understand that those
who called him the godlike" likened him
10 the Diety. but 10 one of those nhabi-
tants of high Olympus who had human
frailties and occasionally descended TO
earth 10 exhibit "amiable weaknesses.
The Webster eulogists may have seen
something Jovian in his port. or Apollo.
like in his gifts. or the eye of Mars
Webster'S appearance was profoundly
impressh e-the magnificent head, the
deep, splendid eyes that seemed at once
10 fathom and absorb. the body that ex-
pressed the power of great physique. To
many who saw him it seemed that this
magnificent tabernacle contained a spirit
that transcribed the powers of common
praise. and hence the excess of lauda-
zion which puzzles our correspondent
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
WHAT WILD ANIMALS oosr
Can't Sell a Rhinoceros ANY H.
In the Day.

In the Day.
The prices of wild animals nstrr.,,-
fiuctuate with the demand An
cessive supply of rhinoceri would -
reduce the market value. Five for sol.
at any time in the world would OIL.
the market, for one can not sell ~.
noceros every day The maintens,a.
of wild animals is costly and H.
soon eat their value in food; so rb.,
every day they are on the hunters -
the dealers hands he is losing mon.
After the animals are captured tho.
have to be transported to the coo,.
This adds greatly to the cost. Dar;,
cred at Nairobi or FIT. Florence. wtich
are inland and practically on the A4rI
can hunting field, baby rhfnocer,s -.
the prehensile Tipped species win
bring from f75 to G100 sterling .i
raffe from $50 to s1Oo sterling, and
baby hippopotamus from $50 to son
sterling; Glands and most of the Iaroo
antelope from ELS to $40 sterling. bo
boons from 5 to 20 shillings; mopkavs
$1,000 hA@N SAhASt NiOIOdIlSS from IN
20 shillings; elephants from e75 70
f175 sterling; lions and leopards with
the exception of the big black snaciss
of the latter, from go to e35. accord.
ing to size and condition. The gorn1a
and the square-muzzled Cor so-caled
white) rhinoceros can be sold at anc.
ton by telegraph. Their value might
run from 81 1000 to f6 1000. according
to the bidding. The square-muzz]ed
rhinoceros is fast becoming extermi.
mated, owing to the fact that it is a
weld animal and feeds in the omen
where it is easily seen and shot.
The above prices are doubled by The
time the animals reach the coast
Then there is the cost of transport
from Africa to Antwerp, Hamburg or
London, with the cost of food and care
added as well as the additional ex
pense of keeping the animals until
buyer appears on the scene.
Prices in New York, of course. are
naturally higher. William T. Horna-
day, head of the Bronx Geological
Park, gives the following quotations:
Ordinary black rhinoceros. $4,000;
hippopotamus one year old, $500;
elephant, two or three years 81 800;
giraffe, two to three years, SO ,00O:
lion cub, $500; leopard, 500; zebra
$500 to $500; gorilla, type of monkey
$500; gnu, $500; antelope, from 500
to $500, according to species; camel.
$500; python. SO per foot of length
The longer the animate are in America
the better acclimatized they become.
the higher go their valuations--from
two to three times the above figures.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
THE MOON BEHIND THE PINES.

A disk as golden as the bowl
Some Sultan brims with luscious wines
Light floods though from its rich Scul
The great full moon behind the pines.
Drifting adown the seas Of dark,
Is 1t a galleOn ore diviness
Ave, It's a wondrous treasure baraue
The great full moon behind the pines.
Feathered Endymion In the boughs
Is lifting low and liquid lines
To love in yonder amber house.
The great full moon behind the pines,
The night is full of wandering dreams.
Truants until the morning shines:
Fairest Of all these visions seems
The great fun moon behind the pines!
Clinton Scollard In New York sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Mrs. Lizzie HES, 81 years old, iv.
ing near Omaha, ILL.,. was found dead
in a lot near her home Hogs had
mutilated the body. She had prepared
dinner for one of her sons, saying
she would leave 1t on the table for him
while she went to see a neighbor, The
boy came from work, ate his dinner
and waited awhile for his mother 20
return. Going out in the lot. he dis
covered the hogs about his mothers
body.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Fooled.

A man met a doctor he knew one morn
ing. and. being one type of CRATER. he
thought to work him for free prescrin-
ton. After some small talk he asked
quite Incidentally:
Doctor. what would you give for
sore throatF"
Nothing" replied the doctor. prompt-
". for he knew his man: Il don't want a
sore throat. New York Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Excitement in the Drug Store.

Druggist-What's the matter with
you? You seem excited.
Clerk-No wonder. Mrs. Griggsby
wanted an ounce of boric acid. and
gave her an ounce of strychnine by mis-
take.
Druggist--W of all the careless
idiots. you head the list! Say. haven't
you any idea of the value of strychnine
Chicago News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Webster. ~the Godlike y

A correspondent asks why Daniel
Webster was called the godlike." not
withStanding that some of his character
istcS We're very much of the earth
earthly Webster was the object Of an
idalatry such as has been lavished upon
few statesmen Of modern times. and his
eulogiSts Wed with one another in eulo-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
His First Thought,

While skating, he had ventured on
thin Ice and had gone through into the
pond. Just as he was about to 30 down
for the third time his companions
dragged him forth. Now he stood by
the bank, dripping wet and thoroughly
dazed. lie gazed about him vacantly.
II must go back for my glasses
he said.-New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
The Cultured Cuisine.

so your daughter has been to cook.
ing SCHOOL,
Yes" answered Mrs. McGudley
Il suppose she has helped along the
household economies ~
Not exactly. She has made MS APP
preciate our regular cook so much that
We have TO raise her wages every time
she threatens TO leave ashington
Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
The Dangerous Hatnin

At Budapest. Hungary. recently $
young woman was standinc ON tho s+a,
of an omnibus when 4 man who desired
TO get off begged her 10 make room far
him. She Immediately turned round and
the passengers heard a cry of paip tlns
Of the young woman's hatpins had on
tered the mans eye. He was taken "a
an ocuiiSt who stated that the sight of
the eye had been DESTROYED.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Not from Indiana.

Speaker Cannon is from Illinois. And
he is thoroughbred Illinoisau in senti-
ment and feeling, And. more than that.
he don't care a hang who knows it. still
further; he has violent prejudice
against being mistaken for a Hoosier. us
was evidenced. according 10 the story
that is told, when he was on his way
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
A Long Shot.

Didn't l say you couldn't play t~.i
until after 2 o'clock? Tell me,
'Why-er-Marm-yes'm Butter
didn't pop read you last night no."
down in Washington all the govern
ment clocks are goin to be set rs o
hours ahead durin' the summer.
pupk
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Quite Enough Room

Il fancy you've asked too many PEG.
pie. The table won't hold them
"Oh, no! More people can be placed at
table now than formerly Why. a fash
ionable woman in evening dress takes
up about as much room as a rolled-up
umbrella. "-Lippincott's
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Prisoner-"Can l speak with 4V
convict Smith for one moment
Jailer-"No; he has just LEFT, a.-s'
finishing his time, But ask NE 2-'.N
in about a week. "-Fligende Bl2....'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

According to scientist not hitherto
especially wooed Of fame, in volcanic tire
is the origin Of life OF course no lay
man BADLY disputes this allegation or
any other from similar source, hut So far
as ordinary senses grasp the subject. vol
CAME fire would seem better adapted TO
producing death.-Phiiadelphia Ledger
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Courtship in the North.

The old Eskimo lit cup of walrus oil
and peered over the sealskin curtain.
Aurora" he called. sharply, lis that
young man down there yetY'
Yes. pa" answered the Eskimo belle.
We'll, ] want you to cut him out, un.
derstand?'
'Er-y0ull have to do it yourself. pa.
he has been here so long he is frozen to
the snow settee. Success Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Making Friends.

The truly courteous man doth win
Esteem. lie says with joyous shout
To heavy weights, You're growing thin
And to the thin You're growing stout
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
A Pointed Answer.

If | should drop a wireless line
To fishes in the brook
Inviting them to come and dine
wonder how they'd look?
l think, myself they'd look surprised.
Aud say; Wen come at eight
II on the wireless line you'll put
A little hookleSs bait'
blanche Elizabeth Wade in The Church
man.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Wondering.


Mighty curious fokses is,
Wonder good deal bout M biz,
Wonder how | spend M time,
Jest es though m time wa mt mine;
Wonder why | keep $ mum
Ought t laugh an chatter some,
N If chew T. beat the Dutch
Wonder why ! talk S much.
Wonder why | haint before
Fixed m pants tn bob wire tore;
Start { fix EN-: Never mind
Folks I putters wears tibet kind"
Wonder why | don't git up
N do the chores N feed tn pup;
Wonder why / like { fish
Stead O gettin' pOsish
Wonder why-'n' think it's funny
| amt t work a-gettin' money;
n when ! flashed roll one day
"Whar d he git it, anyway"
/ got wonder comm now,
J wonder where, ! wonder how,
A single Teller folks kin please
When folks s thicker'n leaves on trees
r. ID. Mckay. in New York sun
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Tom-Just saw Miss Welloph oI 10
street and lifted my hat
Dick-And did she respond
Tom-Yes. She lifted her nos
Boston Transcript
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Courtship in the North.

The old Eskimo lit a cup of walrus oil
and peered over the sealskin curtain.
Aurora" he called sharply. lis that
young man down there yet?''
Yes, pa answered the Eskimo belle.
Wei. ! want you TO cut him out. un-
derstand?"
"Er-youll have to do ii yourself. pa;
he has been here SO long he is frozen ia
the snow settee Kansas City indie
pendent
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Mamma - Fighting again. Willie?
Didn't | tel you To always stop and
count 30 when you were angry?
Willie Yes'm, hut it didn't do any
good. Look what Jim Johnson did while
| was counting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Ii is hard to determine wge.
some men are towards, CT oa-t ---
tious
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

The British poStotfice savings bank
has over 100000 depoSitorS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Some of his Satanic majesty
tenants go about handing out free --
vice.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Advertise in this paper. and make vour
wants known to your home people.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
Maneuvers.


G. Bayonets
Sergeant Major-Bed pardon, sir,
p'radin' without bayonets. Order from
headquarters; return all bayonets 10 store
last week.
G. Ooh, YES, yes, my mistake Untix
Punch.
-
Sunday School Teacher Now. John.
ny, what is meant by the first shall be
last?"
Johnny-The end-seat hog.--New York
Times.
-
Fish Stores.
We'll" says the neighbor to the east.
Il see that the Perkinses are home from
their summer trip. Now Wen get the
usual lot of fish stories"
''Do they all go fshing?" asks the
neighbor of the west
lie does. He will tell about the big
ones that he almost caught. his wife will
tell about the bridge prizes she almost
won and the girls win tell about the
Young millionaires that almost proposed
TO them. e hiCago Evening Post
So
Vox Populi.
Where do you get your papers, little
boy
II buy EN- from Jimmy Wilson"
And who is Jimmy Wilson,"
He's newsboy-he buys 'em at the
newspaper Office
How much do you pay MIN for
them%
Two cents
How much do you sell them forE''
Two cents
that?"
Nope"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

The beauty of the hotel, built like an
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

Sunday School Teacher Now. John.
ny. what is meant by the first shall be
last!'
Times.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-11
Telephone Company Elects.

Chelan, Wash, March 11.-At it's
annual meeting Saturday, the East
Side Telephone company elected the
following officers: H. A. Steele,
president; Thomas Lommasson, vice
president; Charles Colver, secretary
treasurer; L. H. Willard, w. G. Ho-
genson and E. A. Stone, trustees.
The company will extend its line to
take in a number of farmers on the
north side of Lake Chelan. Chelan
is well supplied with telephones for
a town of its SIZE There are five ru-
raj lines extending into town in ad-
dition to the Pacific States company's
long distance and local system. The
government forest service also has a
line to the head of the lake.