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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Bad American Farming

A correspondent of the New York
World expresses the opinion that the rea-
son why food is dear is that ''our agri-
culture is a disgrace to our intelligence
as people" He declares that "the
American farmers need waking up.
Francis Wayland Glen recently pub
lshcd a comparison Of crops per acre in
the United States and foreign countries
which the Worlds correspondent refers
to IA proof that his statement is gener-
ally true. A. a specific instance he
gives the following:
An editorial from small newspaper
printed in Leslie county, Ky.-a so-called
mountain COunty''-statcs that many Of
the farmers Of that county are the
verge Of starvation owing 10 the small
crops raised last season. In other words,
these farmers have failed 10 raise sufficient
foOdstuffs 10 meet their own individual
needs Leslie county land Is not blue grass
land, but as poor as II IL, with half way
intelligence and even mountain industry
those farmers could easily make them.
selves splfsuportlng. But it would seem
that they do not, nor can they ever so
long as they treat the land as they have
always treated II and pursue their present
methods Of farming. The great majority Of
our farmers are reprrhensiby careless and
ignorant. though most Of them manage to
Keep from starvation, but here We have "a
class Of farmers whose lack Of Intelligent
work brings them to condition 81 actual
starvatlOu--uud ample means Of plenty all
about them II they only went after them
right.
But there are sections Of the country
which have witnessed great improve
mrnt in agricultural methods in the past
quarter Of century. and 81 marked gain
In prosperity by the farmers. In no soc
ton has Improvement been more conspic-
uuus than In Wisconsin. The influence
" the school Of agriculture o. the State
University has helped this tread, bat its
chief cause il the intelligence and amui-
ton Of the people Iowa Minnesota,
Nebraska and other western states have
also made agricultural progress. The
bad farming which the Worlds CORE.
ppaleut justly condemns must be inn
urgvrj
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Universities Placed on the Defensive.

Bishop McFaul Of Trenton makes ii
clear that he desires a literal interpre-
tation to be put on his remark that Har-
ward, Yale and Princeton are undermine
ing faith and teaching immortality" In
a statement made for publication he says
that he meant TO include Columbia.
Pennsylvania and all the other insttu-
tons spoken of in the recent article by
Howard Bolce in the Cosmopolitan Mag
aZine, entitled Blasting at the Rock OF
Ages" He adds:
| was addressing Roman Catholics, and
my point is this: | would forbid young
Catholics to go to institutions such as |
believe these to be, where they will get no
moral training; where they will associate
with skeptics and agnostics and where In
the faculties there is a strong inclination
to find faults in and attack Christianity.
My personal knowledge of these unlver,
stiles is slight. / based my remarks on that
article.
The Bishop further observes that
while he did not believe definite effort
was made in these institutions to in
culcate wrong or anti-Christian princi-
pies, the trouble is they teach no def
mite, sound philosophy. He finally ex-
plains:
intended no public attack ON any one
such license. | consider education without
religious instruction very dangerous ia
youth. ana l INTENDED TO ADVISE CatnotiC
parents not to send their sons to places
where attacks were made on the Christian
faith and morality-where certain profes
sors teach that there is no distinct differ,
ence between right ana wrong. We can't
allow our boys to go to such places.
The Bishop expressly states that he
does not know that the statements made
in the Bolca article are true, but that if
they are the criticisms he makes of the
universities are deserved.
There are Protestant diyines with
quite as little confidence in modern uni
yersity methods as is expressed by the
Bishop. There for instance is the Rev.
Johnston Myers of the Emmanuel Bap-
fist Church, Chicago. who is one of the
trustees of the University of Chicago
Divinity School, but who says, II would
as soon send my boy to pesthouse for
his education as to the University of Chi
cago under its present conditions" The
recent utterance of Prof. Starr evidently
rankles in his mind, for he complains
''Baptists founded the university and
atheists use it. The trustees retain on
the faculty men who insult our wives
and daughters by calling them savages.
He concludes: Better be without an
education than TO go to a school where
religion is scOffed at by professors paid
to be at least respectful to the church.
The great universities are not immune
from criticism, and may profit by it If
they will. They can not retain their
hold upon the confidence of the people #
they employ instructors who sneer at
religion and morality.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

viii save them from prison if it can be
shown that their pride has endangered
the lives of the little ones in their fam
lilies. The act also seeks TO prevent the
sale of tobacco and cigare. ties to chill
Gren, but instead of making il Illegal
for children TO have tobacco, cigarettes
and cigarette papers in their possession,
it aims At tobacco dealers and others,
who might sell or give such things to
children. The new act also modiheS the
industrial and reform school laws. pro-
viding that Juvenile offenders after con
victiOn in Juvenile courts shall not be
sent to reformatories unless they are at
least j. years old. The miscellaneous
section of the Gct makes provision for
taking eGre of the children of Migrants.
regulates the frequenting of public
houses by children. prohibits the giving
of ntoxicants to children under ) wears
old, prescribeS regulations for safeguards
ing the lives of youths who may be as
Semhled IN groups of 100 or more in
halls. auditorums or other places. and
even grants authority for the cleansing
of dirty children.
England has found. as this country
some day will, that assuming the duty
of parents, once this policy is adopted.
can not be easily abandoned. One step
seems to lead to another and there is
question, even now, whether this new
act, framed though it is on broad and
humane lines, will not shortly require
Observation-Disclosures National Daily.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Canada's Coastwise Trade Now Pro
tected

Today the Dominion of Canada takes
her place alongside the United States
with a policy of protection for coastwise
shipping similar to that which has JUS
tilted itself in this country by the crea-
ton of a domestic merchant marine of
magnificent proportions. For the past
six months only foreign vessels of n
gross tonnage of 1900 have been per-
mited to operate between Canadian
ports. registered craft smaller than this
having been excluded from the coastwise
trade on the 1st of January last. To-
day the exemption of the larger craft ex-
pires by limitation, and scores of Nor
wegian steamers are compelled to aban-
don the lucrative coastwise trade or Sc
cure permanent registry at a British or
Canadian Fort.
1t is reported from Halifax that the first
step in January and the promised steps
taken today for the protection of the
Canadian merchant marine have already
had an appreciate effect on the condi-
ton Of the coastwise shipping. Ten
years ago Canada occupied fourth place
among the maritime nations but now
she is tenth. This does not imply that
her shipping has declined TO that extent.
but reveals the fact that while other
nations have been progressing Canada
has been tagging. Idle vessels are now
said to be emerging from the 'bone
yards Tor repair, and sblpbuilders are
receiving orders. The first steel ship
ever built in the maritime provinces Of
the Dominion is now in course Of con
struction at Yarmouth
The United States owes its magnificent
merchant marine on the Great Lakes 10
its wise laws protecting the coastwfsa
trade against invasion by foreign invest
ors. Canadian vessels were once quite
numerous on the Great Lakes, and they
would now be in the ascendant had
they been permitted to carry freight
from one American port 10 another.
They have become more numerous of
late years because Of the DEVELOPMENT Of
grain and ore freighting on the north
coast # Lake Superior. and under the
stimulation Of the new c0astwise laws it
may he expected that Canada will In the
course Of a decade have proud fleets
along its Atlantic and lake coasts, flying
the flag Of the Dominion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
WoMEN's COLUMN.
The summer Rain.


',rr Of the south there comes a breeze
mat bears scent from lowered isles,
,-J whispers to the gloomy trees
~ ~ an tbp summer afterwhileS.
~ brown grass rustles at the thrill.
%ty-be, down the valley croonS the wind
rha gray clouds creep above the hin
IN see what welcome they may find.
rl.. warm winds whispers faint and cease,
iJ,a air is heavy with the calm;
u drowses with dream laden peace,
Though the south wind left its balm
Then softly. softly, here and e--ere
The vanguard of the summer rain
t,Iis on the dustless thoroughfare
And races TO the distant plain.
saundless rain, almost it seems
No shouting gale. to fling it down.
n, whipping wind with angry screams
10 send it santing through the town:
Rrt gently, gently now it comes
And taps upon the window pane
THO rally roll of summers drums
Beats gladly in the April rain.
THE little leaves leap out and look
10 see the marching of the troops;
The vines beside the singing brook
Release their coiling curves and loops;
THE rose awakes within the bud,
The trees are tingling in their veins
with san that courses like new blood
When comes the first of summers rains.
And YOU and l. we marvel most
Al all the miracles it brings
This herald rain that calls the host
OF bursting leaves and bloSSomingS;
And when the rainbow filings its blaze
Of living color as of old
We know that in the woodland ways
Ii rests on summers buried GOLD.
Exchange
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
SLUG IN HIS SALAD.
How One of King Edwards Grandsons
Countered on the Monarch.

This ancient but good story is now
going the rounds of London society:
At luncheon ut Buckingham palace
one of the young Princes of Wales be
gan. "Oh, grandpapa," when the King
nterposed with some severity. Little
boys should he seen, not heard; go on
with your luncheon and don't talk"
Collapse Of the small prince to whom
presently the King, relenting. said:
well. now you can say what you
were going 10 say" The prince re-
torted. TOO late, grandpapa too late"
The King said, Nonsense; If it was
worth saying five minutes ago it Is worth
saying now"
The prince said firmly, "No, grand
papa; there was an enormous slug in
your salad and you've eaten him
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
CL0ISTERS IN ITALY.
Where the Drastic Law of 1873 Has Its
Limitations.

Though the laws of 1866 and 1873
abolished nunneries and cloisters in Italy
confscating their property, Rome alone
has 361 houses and Settlements" SC
called, for Catholic congregations, botll
men and women. Among these siNty-sey.
en- are presided over by generals" OF
are mother monasteries,' respectively
The reason for the great number Of
clerical institutions in Rome is this
by the law of guarantees, the Itaiaa
government is not allowed to interfere in
the diocese of Rome and eight other
dioceses. The existence of other clois-
tiers throughout Italy is explained by the
up by the state, bought back their prop.
erty. Moreover the law gives individual IS
the right to cOngregate in numbers un,
der one roof and don a costume as they
like.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
TO KEEP EGGS FRESH.
Simple Method of Preserving Them for
at Least Eight Months.

Fresh eggs in cold storage at 81 de
grees Fahrenheit undergo little if any
change, for this temperature is suf-
fcent to limit the activities and prevent
the growth Of the more common bac-
terra.
The problem of preserving eggs by ex.
GLIDING air has brought forth numerous
methods. According to American Medi-
clne German investigators several years
ago conducted a series of tests. keeping
the eggs for about eight months in some
twenty different ways, and found that
-! Immersed in brine, all were unit for use use
Wrapped IN paper. 500. ........: 80 pet bad
Packed in bran or coated with
parattine neutrality-suspicious.. 40 pct. bad
Immersed in sol salicylic acid 80 pct had
Coated with shellac or collodion, 40 pet bad
Packed In wood ashes ,.........,2O pct. bad
Coated with yaseline or immersed In a
solution of water glass or lime water, none
had.
From these experiments, as well as
many others, it has been found that a
solution of water glass offers about the
best method of preserving eggs aside
from cold storage Water glass is the
common name for potassium or sodium
silicate, and is obtained in the shops IN
the form of thick liquid something like
| gycerine. One part of this to nine OF
sterile water makes a preserving fluid
of the proper strength.
The eggs should be packed in Il clean,
sweet vessel, and the solution poured
over their until they are well covered.
Preserved in this way in cool place,
they will keep for months and often
cannot he distinguished in appearance
from the fresh article. II is generally
conceded that they lack the flavor of
new laid eggs, but are in no way in
feriOf in nutritiYe value.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

to attend to outside charities until Won
nave made your own home all that your
WlSest thought and best skill can
make it.
Where are you going. mamma -
asked a child of 10 of her mother.
whom she had seen but a few minutes
each day for week.
10 see some poor little orphan, my
child am on the committee, and it is
my week. Now, run away, dearie, to
your nurse"
Well. | wish / was an orphan" an
swered the child; then sometimes maybe
You would stay at home with me-"
II will never DO to serve God with time
aiken from family duty.-Dr. Madison
c. Peters.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

moned a policeman, Meanwhile John
held the revolver behind his back where
he couldn't see it and fired into his
waist. As William burst into the room
he saw his brother lying on the floor
y department store delivery wagon that
had been standing outside was used 10
take the wounded lad To the Jefferson
hospital The doctors were unable to
find the bullet and BasSiwl is in crit
cal condition.
With the supposed intention of supply
ing the girl he is engaged TO marry with
a diamond ring, Louis w. Spealman,
faShionably dressed soda water clerk of
I'll Green street. Harrisburg, Pa,
cracked {. f. ReitHng, one of CarliSle'S
leading jewelers. on the head with pro-
feSsional billy and attempted to gather
IN the ring of his choice The blow.
however, was not sufficient 10 render
keltlin@ unconscious, and he put up n
half-hearted struggle. which scared Speal-
man, who ducked from the store, and,
leading a crowd of indignant business
men and clerks, took part in chase
through CarliSle's alleys and streets
that would have done credit to a moving
picture lmpreSario. Speaman was head
ed off and captured attcr mile chase hy
a throng Of vehicles and runners and
jailed. He pleaded drink and the fasci-
nation of the diamonds as the cause of
his brutal assault.
Walter Terry a woodsaw operator.
was pursued and cut down by wood
saw insecurity fastened that broke away
from a wagon bed on which it was
mounted at Ashland, Ore The saw was
whirling at a high rate of speed, and
when ii broke from its faStenings it ran
at Terry. who fled. The saw overlook
him and ripped his back for a long dis
lance and completely severed his right
leg just below the knee, Terry was taken
to the hospital at Ashland. where every
thing possible was done for him. but he
died within thirty minutes.
Sergt. Clinton r. Higgins of the Sec
ond regiment. New Jersey National
guard, is suffering with blood poisoning
and may possibly lose an arm because
he let green fly bite him rather than
brush off the insect and miss the bulls
eve, while practicng on the rifle range.
The bite gave him little trouble mt first,
but his condition has become alarming
in spite of the efforts of physicians,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

Ten years ago contractors gave mp Dor
ing q tube under tho Hudson river as
impracticahle Now there are fourteen
tubes with railway tracks under the
rivers connecting Manhattan island with
the opposite shores.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Confidence Of Cupid up-to-Date.

Perfect trust is found as seldom as it
is justified.
\ great love comes only once In
mans life--for the same woman.
The salye Of sympathy can heal n
broken heart, but there is no ointment
which will sODthe shattered vanity
Nina Royal in Lippincotts.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Child Protection.

England now has probably the most
cnmDIete statute ever enacted for the
protection of children. 1t supcrsedes
twenty-one previous laws and consoi-
dates and improves about seventeen 9th
OPS. and does all of this in six parts.
The only important subject on which 1t
does not touch is the one that has been
most agitated in this country, namely,
tha protection of children engaged in in
dustrial employment. But, in fairness,
II should be stated that this matter does
not logically come within the scope Of
the bin because it makes parents respOn-
gible for feeding and clothing children
up 10 the age of Ii years.
The act has much to recommend it.
The first clause is a blow at baby farm
ing in that it requires anyone into whose
p0ssessiOn a baby shall come, unless Il
is n parent or near relative, to register
the infant with designated authorities.
nv whom the registration is to be report
ed to visiting boards that viii examine
into the conditions by which the child
is surrounded. The boards have au-
thority to request magistrates or a
board Of guardians for orders Of re-
moval when convinced that sanitary con
ditions. neglect or the ignorance Of the
foster parents justify such action In
surfing the lives of children for the beue-
fit of foster parents is practically pr
| hibited. In this connection 1t should be
stated that the law defines a child rs q
person under ii years Of age and a
young person as a person between the
ages Of IA and IL years.
Strict regulations are made 10 prevent
cruel treatment and parents are made
responsible for providing adequate food
medical aid, clothing and lodging fDi
children under IS years old. So far does
this law go that il makes II obligatory
on parents. if they are unable to prop
erly care for their offspring, TO apply fpl
relief under the poor law. Not even pride
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Woman Through a Woman's Eyes

While an unprecedented number of
women have become wage earners, and
investigators and practcers in fields for
merly mOnopolized by men, this number
is large and conspicuous chiefly by con-
trast with former times, says Anna Me
Clure Sholl The immense majority of
women still fulfill their chief and, in the
last analysis, greatest destiny by being
wives, mothers, and hOmemakers. And
if they were truthful, even the women
who live welded to their work would
confess that a book or a painting or a
successful lawsuit or a new discovery
is but barren substitute for a little
child, and the vast, echOing, empty
crowded corridors of the world a poor
makeshift for the freight of the home
hearth Some Of them boast that escape
from economic servitude Is compensation
for all the ills Of solitude, and it is I'M
deniable that the economical dependence
of women on men has produced many
unhappy marriages, making chivalry an
empty name. But there are other slay-
cries besides the slavery Of dependence,
which ceases to be, as soon as love enters
into the question, and women have not
always rid themselves Of letters by civ
ing their own lives" unless, indeed, as is
the case with women physicians and
with women nurses, those lives are es-
sentially lives of service, bringing out
the maternal spirit in them, and thus ex-
pressing their true mission.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

According to the state controllers re-
port, it cost nearly SILOO0OOO to carry
on the business of California i'm the
last fiscal year, an increase of $1,000.
900 over the previous year and an in
crease of S2,6SO,o0O over two years ago.
This increase is due to the many new
departments created and the growth of
the population.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

Joaquin Miller, "the Poet Of the Sier-
ras," has given to two of his friends one
acre each Of his estate on the heights
back Of Oakland. on which they will
build cottages. These friends are Her
bert BashfOrd a California poet and
short story writer, and Prof. Henry
Mead Bland of the San Jose normal
school. Millcr's idea IS 10 establish a
colony Of poets and some time in the
future found a school Of poetry on the
emiueucc which commands the whole
stretch Of San Francisco bay and the
Golden Gate and which has given him
inspiration for many of his poems.
Travel into the Yosemite valley. Cali
forua. has broken all previous records.
This is probably due to the fact that
there are no tedious delays on the route
Tourists many leave San Francisco in
the evening and reach the valley the fol.
lowing morning after a short stage ride
The Union OIL company of California
viii spend 81 100000 in building great
tanks. Il refinery and manufactory at
San Pedro. the seaport Of Los Angeles.
The company win have n water frontage
Of two miles and a depth at the dock
line Of 50 feet.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-13

Is known as the samovar, or not-wa.
ter urn. Every house, however
humble, has one or More. and they
are in constant use. The Russian
breakfast is tea and rolls. sometimes
with butter and jam added. A fire
in the kitchen stove before juncheon
time is the exception. hence the pop
ularity of the samovaT- These are
made in the most beautiful shapes
and designs, and have capacity for
heating from twenty to thirty glasses
of water for private houses. AMI
from one to five gallons for hotel
purposes.
The samovar industry first began
about sixty years ago, and has grad
ually developed until now the annual
$4,000 and gives employment to
many thousands Of men. women and
children. In the manufacture of these
vessels. until recently, only the low
err part, or what IL called the
podden, or stand, the faucet and
handles, were nodded. all the
remaining parts, namely the body.
the neck that joins it to the
stand, the Interior pine, the
charcoal tube. and the water
compartment were welded OUT
of sheet latten, or thin plates CT cor
per. and the requisite form was given
to them by means of hammering
while the lids were made at the fac
tories and forced into shape under
pressure by machinery.
Recently, however, a new method Of
manufacturing the lid direct from the
sheet by means of pressing it into
:orm attached to the rotating spin
die of a lathe, and by using a special
instrument called devilnik, has been
introduces. Under this invention it is
possible to manufacture all the parts
by machinery. The central tube,
whence the heat emanates (being
filled with burning charcoaD, is
either cast or hand forged from brass.
The most beautiful of these urns are
made from pinchbeck, an alloy of cop
per and zinc, which gives the vessel
a beautiful golden appearance. Many
are mada from nickel plate. while
others are heavily plated with silver.
Those most in use, however, are
made from brass and copper. The
price. range anywhere from 1915 to
$50. That the samovar might be in
PRODUCED into the United States With
success seems most feasible.