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The Washington times., 1909-12-17

while many baseball men beat II
lomeward last night. there are lots Of
prominent persons interested and iden-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
TO MAKE HENS LAY.
Mr.. TimmOns Puts an Original Ia
Into Practice

81 got all these TODAY" said NJ
Timmons, holding out her apron ana
showing seven fresh eggs. Mr.. Tin,
mons said nothing There was nothfna
Tor him to say. He knew why urq
Timmons showed him the seven 600.
because she had been showing him 49,,
daily since the warm weather barsn
1t was just her way of proterrina
against his having paid S. each far :
dozen fine fowls which would tbanl
lessly eat large quantities of rancn
foods; as thanklessly inhabited r,rds
he had specially made for them en6
which produced two eggs per wee, for-
the lot.
Mrs. Tfmmons. ON the other ban5
had bought eight hens and a monde.
script-looking rooster from firm,
wagon that passed. They were badlr
assorted lot of hens, no two alike bn.
they were grateful for the occaSionar
handful of table scraps she gave them
and each laid practically daily. II was
maddening.
Sitting in his Office next dav. Mr.
Timmons had an idea 1t was not an.
original idea, but he believed it would
help things along. He would huv
few eggs and place them in his nests
thereby not only deceiving Mrs Tim.
mons, but encouraging his hens to law
That evening he took an old negro.
into his confidence, the agreement
being that every evening he was 10 sin.
in the back gate and place eleven eggs
in the nests.
Well" said Mrs. Timmons next
morning, ''your old hens have walked
up. went back there and they'd laid
eleven eggs"
Sure enough" said Mr. Timmons
delightedly. They're remarkable lay
ers"
Next day it was the same \ couple
of days later Mrs. Timmons came to
him with the eggs in her apron.
Those are the most remarkable hens
1 ever saw" she said. 81 wish mine
were like them"
ut pays to get good stock said Mr.
Timmons, grandly. why. there is a
world of difference between my birds
and those mongrels you have"
II should say there is" agreed Mrs
Timmons "Why. your eleven hens have
laid fourteen eggs to-day, and one Of
them is a goose egg"
"Hah, hahw cackled Mr.. Timmons,
weakly. Somebody's let some other
hens in that pen. They'd better let
my birds alone or I'll kill somebody"
Galveston News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
Rather Fight Than Feed EN-.

When. at Gaines Mill in 1862, the
Fifth Texas captured two whole regi-
ments of Yankees, the Texan soldiers
were all very proud of their achieve
ment. j, b. Policy was one of them,
and in his Soldiers Letters to Charm
ing Nellie" he describes an amusing
scene in connection with the surrender.
When the Yankee officers surrendered
their swords in body to Col Upto.,
they We're so prompt in the duty that
he was compelled to lay down the frying
pan which he carried in place Of Il
sword. and hold the weapons presented
in his arms
Just then he noticed commotion at
the far end of the captured regiments.
That was near the timber. and Il squad
of the prisoners were making an effort
To pass by Big John Ferris" of Co. Il.
who stood there unaided, endeavoring to
intercept them.
Springing up ON log, the armful OF
swords dangling about in every direc-
ton, Upton shouted:
You. John Ferris! What are you
trying to do nOwf'
Pm trying to keep these fellows from
escaping" returned Big John, in Il stem
torian voice.
Let them 70. you Internal fool!''
shouted back Upton WED sight
rather fight EN- than feed 'em. New
York Sun.
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disappeared behind the hedge at the

disappeared behind the hedge at the
roadside
"The colonel has come" said Seotty.
you should have talked faster, Har-
ward" said the second man.
you said it beautiful" added the
third man but ] dunno as twas right
to make the girl cry"
IF you'd said another banned word .
put in the fourth man, you'd had me
sniffin, too"
seotty looked at the younger man
anxiously
What do you think. Harvard -
The youngest man refused to venture
any opinion.
you can tell as well as ! can" he
said.
at looks pretty dubious to me-" Scot
ty muttered.
Here they eome,' said the second man
in hoarse whisper. "Brace up
Up the pathway came the tall colonel
and the girl
His arm was around her waist and he
was so absorbed by her presence that
he did not see the waiting group on the
steps.
Wien he looked up he gave a quick
start ard rubbed his hand across his
eyes.
"Where am II" he cried Then he
suddenly laughed and gripped the hands
that We're thrust at him.
welcome to our fair village" said
the irrepressibe Scotty.
The tall colonel drew back and stared
at the group in a puzzled way.
This is very good of you, boys" he
said.
Then he looked back at the girl.
Her face was pale, but her eyes were
shining.
Il am afraid l haven't made it clear
to our wedding guests how very welcome
they are" she said. Perhaps | can
make amends later on. Because | think
they are going to know me much bet
ter" She laid her hand on the coonePs
arm in pretty way you, see, Elmer,
you and our friends here are going back
to Montana together-and I'm going
with you" Her voice shook a little.
"And because Montana needs u.s." she
added with little laugh, "we are all
all going to stay there. w. R. Rose in
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
when the Green GIFTS Back in the Trees

In spring, when the green gifts back in the
trees,
And the sun comes out and stays.
And yer boots pull on with a good, tight
squeeze.
And you think of yer barefoot days:
When you ort to work and you want to not,
And you and yer wife agrees
It's time to spade up the garden lot
When the green gifts back in the trees
Well! work is the least o. my idees
When the green, you know. gifts back in
the treesi
When the green gifts back in the trees, and
bees
Is a-buzzin' aroun' again
In that kind of Il lazy -you-please
Old gait they bum roun' in;
When the grOuns all bald where the hay
rick stood,
And the crick's riZ, and the breeze
Coaxes the bloom in the old dogwood.
And the green gifts back in the trees
/ like as / say in sfch scenes as these,
The time when the green gifts back in the
trees,
When the whole tailfeathers o winter tine
Is all pulled out and gone!
And the sap it thaws and begins to climb,
And the sweat it starts out on
feller's forred, a-gittin' down
At the old spring on his knees
kindo' like jest a-loafin' roun'
When the green gifts back in the trees
Jest a-potterin' roun' as I-durn-pIease,
When the green, you know, gifts back in the
trees.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
A New Sweetheart.

At recent fancy dress ball for chill
dren great fun was caused during one of
the dances by the antics of a fat fiddler.
who suddenly ceased playing, and glared
after Il wee maiden dancing in a set of
quadrilles.
whats the matter with you,
Scraper?' beloved the leader.
Dropped my resin"
"Well, never mind. Go on playing
you'l get it presently"
go on playin' be hanged" came the
reply. My resin'll be done afore the
set. Queen Mary down there has picked
it up and given 'alf on it to Amlet, an
they're eatin' it"'-Tit-Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
That Old Red Barn.


I've wandered to the homestead, Jim;
I've seen the old red barn,
Where you and /, i'll boyhood dim,
Once played wit "Gee!' and "Darn!"
The loft, them times. was sweet with hay
The sunbeams slanted through,
And from their stalls the white and bay
Would nicker, How de do?"
There amt no Prince nor Whitley, lad;
There amt no bloomin' stalls;
There amt no harness, good and bad,
A-hangin' on the walls.
There amt no hay up in the NOW;
There amt no musty scent.
They keep their gasoline there now
IN sorry, Jim, L went.
There amt no place to romp and hide;
1t amt barn no more.
It's q garage, all slicked inside,
With reg lar cement floor!
Them cobwebs soft that used to swing,
Them specks that used to iioat-
They're gone There's not an Old-ttme thing,
Not cen single oat!
Where Jed, the hired man. clumped round
With fork or broom or comb,
An oily, tink rim chap / found
Had made hisself to home.
He looked so strange. where Jed had BEEN!
a leather suit he wore
And curried off the blame machine
A-layin' on that floor!
It's changed, old pard They've cleaned
it up
OF cobwebs boss. and hay.
1t amt a spot where boy nor PUP
Nor yet mouse can play
/ wonder how those kids who live
Where's such a bleak consarn
Can get along; and what they'd give
Edwin l. sabin. in Judge.
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Incandescent lamps can be colored
by dipping them in a solution Of white
shellac in denatured alcohol to which
has been added aniline dye of the de-
sired hue.
There is said to be $1,000,000 worth
of whalebone locked up in a single
Massachusetts storehouse, held for the
better prices which are expected in the
near future.
Artificial grindstones made of equal
parts of Portland cement and quartz
sand have been satisfactorily used for
year in Wisconsin and Ontario glass
works for grinding glass
In a new musical instrument, an
piano keys brings strings into contact
with a revolving band. producing
music very much like that of violin.
A French chemist has figured it out
that the oceans of the world carry 20
900 tons of rad,um in solution. while
l 100000 tons are contained in the sed-
iment on the floors of the seven seas
A big company has been formed in
London to exploit a new form OF
chrome leather, which it is claimed is
made waterproof by working a rubber
solution into its pores after it is
tanned
For the past four years Great Brit
ain has led the world in the per capita
consumption of sugar, with the United
States a close second, Bulgaria, Greece
and Servia having used the least
amounts.
The greatest road builders Of the
world are the red ants of South Amer
lea, who line the roads leading to and
the galleries and passages within their
nests with clay. packed perfectly
smooth.
Men of science care less for the
finding of the actual poles of the
earth's axis than for the exploration OF
the lands and seas surrounding them
DR.. William s. Bruce points out that
the only extensive work remaining 10
be done in the arctic region is the de-
tailed investigation of the north polar
BASIN In the southern hemisphere al
most everything south of latitude 40
degrees, corresponding with thar OF
Philadelphia in the northern hemi7-
phere, requires a thorough inyestlg"'
ton.
The phosphate lands recently VIE
drawn from entry for settlement by
the national government constitute, u
is said, the greatest known phosphate
deposit in the world These lands com
prise nearly the whole of Uinta County
in Wyoming, and portions Of Morgan.
Rich and Cache counties in Utah, aa1
of Bear Lake, Bannock, Bingham ana
Fremont counties in Idaho, making ID
all about 1900 square miles of terri
tory which is more or less underlald
by phosphate rock. Besides these vast
natural deposits. IT is pointed out that
the gases from the smelters at Butte
and Anaconda, which are very injuTf
Gus to vegetation, may be made q
yield sulphuric acid for the manuiS''
ture of superphosphate Fertilizers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
Onto His lob.

Railroad men are telling this incident as
having occurred on a Kansas train some
time ago. The rails spread and the en-
CINE, tender and baggage car left the
track, but the jar was not hard enough
10 disturb the sleepers in the rear Pull
mans In the last Pullman the porter
train was stopping at an unusual place,
he went ahead to see about the diff
Guilty. He was told that within couple
of hours the engine could be put back
and the track repaired. So he got busy
with his shoes again.
Suddenly head popped out Of one Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
A Snake That Shoots Itself.

The cowboy lifted a long lock from
his tankard and nonchalantly wrung it
out.
las / was sayin'," he resumed, push
ing the lock behind his ear, anybody
can shoot a rattlesnake, the critter itself
takes aim.
You point a stick or a gun muzzle, -
he explained, "at RATHER and he'll
get his head right in line with it-so
as to strike, you know. Move your
muzzle to the right Mr.. Snake moves,
too; to the left, and it's just the
same.
MANY bet Eve won, holdin' a gun
about 10 feet from a rattler, that I'd
shoot his head off with my eyes shut ]
always done it. The RATHER always did
or rather done-my amin ,'-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
improbable Combination.

They were talking of the strange
sights to be seen in a great city and one
man paid his tribute to New York. Il
don't believe one of you could think of
any combination of circumstances that
hasn't at some time occurred on the
streets there he said.
Il reckon | know of one that's never
occurred there" said Hiram Fowle.
Whats thatE" asked the other Gu
riously
Il guess" said Hiram, slowly, that
brass band going in one direction an
the heft of the folks going the other" -
Youths Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
STRANGE Growth of Olive Trees.

Attention is seldom called to re-
markable and curious characteristic of
the olive tree.e After many years of
growth the different large branches of
the trees separate gradually from the
trunk until they are quite divided from
one another down into the root These
then slowly move apart, and in some in
stances six or seven distinct trees stand
in the area which before surrounded the
main tree, and they will sometimes be
as much as twenty feet apart-Consu-
lar Reports.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

the berths and man shouted: Say,
porter, what we stopping here forY'
oh" answered the porter, I'VE had Il
wreck
"A wreck? Wow. Oh-oli-oh-wow-wow
My neck. Ny back; Ny chest My back!
h-oh-ohr'-Kansas City Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

The prompt action of fellow employee
in throwing Il belt from the wheels and
stopping the machinery saved Miss An
ME Beaudeaux. a weaver az the May
worSted mills at Aston Mills, Pa, from
having her scalp torn off. In sorting out
some broken ends Miss BeaudeauN
leaned over the loom too far. She lost
nearly all her hair, pulled out by the
roots.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
Sprinq Poetrv mai Counts.

The bards may sing of the flowers Of spring
That garnish the grave of winter,
Bur they don't appeal TO the inward feel
OF this particular printer.
He never longs for the classical songs
In April cold and sadish,
But he's carried away with a ragtime lay
Regarding a red, red raGish.
AS thrilling theme for a poets dream
Is the lettuce ever beaten?
The crocus smiles in the forest aisles,
But the crocus can't be eaten.
So run away with your virelay
OF violet, rose or pa1lsy;
Sing me q song Of bean pod long
Or a rollicking onion stanZa.
Newark Evening News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
The Egotist.

It's either this or else it's that,
He lays the law down plump and fiat.
There's nothing of the diplomat,
It's pretty sure, about him.
He hardly credits you with sense;
To differ shows you re very dense,
lie thinks it quite great offence
If you should seem TO doubt him.
No sort of reason will he deign
TO give. that he may make 1t plain.
He cannot help your lack of brain,
SO don't you get him nettled.
His declaration short and gruff
You may imagine is a bluff,
But still he says ii. That's enough;
The matter should be settled.
I've done all that woman can
Since first our married life began
TO sOothe and please the lordly man
And bow to his dominion.
l would not wish to be unkind,
But, oh, Ia love to take and bind
And gag him, and then free my mind
BY giving my opinion.
illustrated Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
By Inference.

Bridge Teacher-Now, if your partner
is dealer and has a dreadful hand, what
will she make it?
Mrs Baker-No trumps
Bridge Teacher Why, you don't
know anything about bridge!
Mrs Baker-Possibly not; but | know
all about my partner.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

Mrs. Gottcash-When the count pro
posed to your daughter weren't you in
ecstaSiesE
Mrs. Gadder-I can't quite remember
the name of the place-those towns in
Europe have such funny names. don't
you know.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14
Birds of a Feather.

When charged with being disorderly
and asked what he had to say for him
self the man in the dock gnzed pensive-
ly at the magistrate, smoothed down Il
remnant of gray hair and said
Your honor, mans inhumnnity to man
makes countless thousands mourn I'm
not as debased as Swift. MS proHigate as
Byron, rs dissipated as Poe. or as de
bauched as"
THAT will do Numbered the magis-
trate. "Seyen days, And, officer, take Il
list of those names and run 'pm in.
They're as bad lot as he is.''-Tit-B Bits.
Student of Astronomy have discov-
cred new star, professor.
Professor-What's she playing in, my
boy Harvard Lampoou.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

He-What would you say if l should
steal kiss?
She-Wel, I'd have to admit that you
were improving.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

Having failed to perfect the desired
mechanism of his new aeroplane i'll his
enthusiasm to make the machine 20 up.
Felix Gallo of Pueblo. Mexico. who has
been working on the problem of aviation
for many months, found himself sus-
pended for an embrasSing period in the
air. With the lightneSs and grace Of a
bird the machine left the earth when
Gallo put it in motion before a large
group of witnesses just outside the city.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

StanislauS Landerck of Taunton,
Mass, snapped jobs with his wife. Now
he says he would rather work night and
day than keep house. Mrs. Landerick
found that she could earn better wages
than her husband as a mill operative.
The change was agreeable to the man
for about two weeks. When cole seized
the baby the father did no. know how
TO treat the case, and his patience was
exhausted When the mother returned
from her work there was rebellion in his
tones, and Mrs. Lanjerick was driven
from the house. \ charge was made
against the husband for non-suppOrt. but
when the facts were made clear 10 the
judge he was unable to find the man
guilty
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

Oakland City. Ind. has Maltese cat
that is literally turning into a dog. The
animals ears some time ago began to
grow, and are now 3 inches i'll length,
while its hair has diminished until it
resembles the coat of dog. If the
transition keeps up the cat will in a
short time become diminutive hound in
appearance.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

James Kreiger. : years. of Shamokin,
Pa, tumbled down Il 20O-foot mine
breach until he struck projecting post
80 feet from the surface. lie chung TO
it. when rope was lowered and he was
hauled to the surface, with only few
bruises,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-14

ter of Atlantic City, y. j., formerly a
prosperous horseman, used his last re-
manning strength to crawl into a down
town stable and to the side of Il horse
which lie drove before his downfall He
was found dead beside his former favor
lite. The man came here from Philadel-
phia several years ago, but his relatives
have not been located.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-31

At a meeting Of the domestic serv-
ants in Paris to discuss their griev-
ances one, and not the least impor-
tant, question was whether domestic
servants should not be allowed like
their fellow-Frenchmen, to cultivate
the mustache. 1t was suggested that
to give the movement some sort Of en-
couragement nothing would be better
than that the servants at the Elysee
should be the first to agitate for the
privilege The Gaulois says that this
has been done, the employees at the
presidents residence having trans
mitted to NJ. Fallieres a request that
henceforth they shall be allowed to
wear mustaches.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-31
Proaress That Nav ee opposed.

One of the latest indications of the
progress of Japan in Occidental ideas
is the project now on foot to illuminate
the summit of the celebrated mountain
Fujiyama which figures in almost all
Japanese pictures, and which is one Of
the loftiest and most beautiful volcanic
peaks in the world, with a gigantic
electric light. Already the pilgrim sta
tions on the way up the peak are heat
ed and lighted with electricity Since
the Japanese are an artistic people,
one wonders whether some of them
may not oppose this startling innova-
tion, as the people of Venice recently
expressed their disapprobation of the
scheme to light the Venetian canals
with electric lamps-Youth's Com
panion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-31
Boys as Class Breakers.

IT'S about time" declared the in
dignant citizen, that something was
done with boys who smash the glass
around the street lights. Again and
again have seen them throwing rocks
at it for ten or fifteen minutes until
one was successful in smashing It.
When they play ball, it seems to be
for the purpose Of hitting and break
Ing the glass Of lamp either on the
curb or at the steps Of an apartment
house. If a house is vacant you will
notice that the basement windows are
broken half the time. 1t is all done
by boys. who apparently take great
delight in the sound Of good. hard
smash"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-31

Norman. Okla, Mar. 3l.-The stu.
dents of the University Of Oklahoma.
this morning voted down the plan
of student self government submitted
to them by the faculty by vote Of
.225 to so, on the grounds that the
Echarter did not give the students self
government.
The Sooners yesterday won an easy
victory over the Henry Kendall col.
lege by a score of Is to 0, making their
fifth victory for the season. The day
was cold and windy making disagree
able playing. Dodson pitched the
game for the Sooners and allowed but
one hit Dixon. for the Tulsa boys,
allowed eleven hits and walked eight
men. Dodson allowed three men to
walk.
President Evans has just returned
from Chicago where he went last
week at the request of the secretary
of the board OF regents to examine
the plans that are being drawn UP
for the new 100000 main building to
be erected at the state university this
summer He was unable to bring the
plans back with him as they were
not yet complete, but approved them
as far as they were completed and in
structed the architects to complete
the plans as soon as possible The
Gothic plan Of architecture viii be
used and the building is to be built
of native marble and granite. It will
be 800 by 100 feet, two stories with
basement Plans are being drawn for
the building scheme for the next thir-
ty years and the new building will be
a part of a systematic group of build
ings that win be erected at the state
university.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-31
A Colorado Woman.

That women should display enter
prise in Colorado is not to be won
dered at, since they have been for
man years fully qualified voters
there A good specimen Of the ad-
vanced woman in the Centennial state
is Mrs. Nellie Upham, who is the vice
president of a mining company, and
who personally supervises the running
of fifty gold and silver mines. boss
ing three hundred workmen. Mrs.
Upham had studied mining and min.
erals for a long time, and some FIVE
years ago she drifted into her pres
ent business. It is stated that she
manages affairs with great ability
Leslie's Weekly.