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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13
Pretty Customs in Brittany.

Plongastel is one Of the most interest
ing places in Brittany. for here the
peasants have preserved their strange
customs and costumes better than any
where else Ia the country. Several
''pardons" are held here, the principal
one on Midsummer Eve. This is a very
picturesque ceremony, accompanied By
bOuiires and other festivities. The
children's fete is a charming sight.
Little Bretons, clad in their gay old
world costumes, 20 out bird hunting in
the woods on Midsummer day. Tie
birds are put into cages and brought
home, 10 be carefully kept and tended
til St. Johns day comes round again
Wide World Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13

cy. The thought that he might himself
profit filled Denis with a helpless fur7.
Meanwhile Gen. Colquhon had reused
himself from his seat by the fire. Only
on the previous day he had sent for his
lawyer and his will in which he had in
tended making some slight alteration.
What mercy thought of leaving 1t
for day or twoi" he thought. "There
will be an alteration now that will aston
ish the old lawyer"
He rose to ring the bell and to order a
messenger to ride and fetch the lawyer
out. At the moment a strange feeling
came over him. Everything swan around
him, and he turned faint and giddy.
NO time to be lost" he qaid to him
self grimly when he came back to his
normal state again. The bell was pulled
and the message was given Cen. Colqu-
hon sat quietly for few moments and
then a horrible dread assailed him It
would be two hours at the very least be-
fore Mr.. Stewart could arrive. Much
might happen in two hours. Suppose
that strange faint feeling again assaied
him and that this time it did not pass
away2
He crossed to his desk and drew out q
sheet of paper
II may as wei put it down in black
and white, " he sad to himself. 81 latter
myself ] can draw up will as well as
lawyer
The thought excited him strangely. He
took his pen and wrote the formal com
mencement.
Everything to Denis" he said, Except
the servants leg1cies aud the SUM /
leave to lanthe. How much shall l give
her? Two or three hundred. / suppose
Better make it a pound day, and Sue u
have no cause to complain"
Il give and helueath TO my grand.
daughter Ianthe Patricia"
Patricia" He uttered the ma ne with
scathing emphasis. All through ths
years a. had been his special gibe that
John Macqueen's daughter should be
called Patricia. "Plebeia" bad been his
own bitter suggestion. The undying ami,
mostly he bore the man suddenly seemed
to arise and choke him.
Why should leave his daughter any.
thingf" he asked himself bitterly. HAS
he not made my life miserable?"
wave of recollection came over him.
He seemed tt see Patricia before him in
all the iovCus loneliness of her youth.
How proL; ht hsG been of her; how he
had loved her! No future had seemed
too fair for her, his only child his heir
ess, his hope and Joy
The old man leaned his head in his
hands. The grief of past years over
whelmed him, A choking sound came
from his throat.
Patricia he cried as his head sank
down, and then there was silence
1t was in this attitude that the old
lawyer found him, the crumpled paper
beneath his folded hands.
Gen. Colquhon was dead, but there
seemed little doubt as to his final inten-
tions. Even if the unfinished sentence
had not seemed TIC proclaim Ianthe his
heiress, the girl was his one remaining
relative, his next-uf- kin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13

erything. and they one and all would
have gone to any ends to get for him
the information that he desired He
himself gave his orders to us-his
old scouts. that is those OF us who
were with him before Major Young
took command-and he personally re-
ceived our reports. He was impul-
sive, but not In the least the rough
bully that some writer's have tried to
make him out. | saw him very angry
only once-and that was at me- (The
chuckle left no doubt as to how 1t had
come OUT 1t was on the James river
canal raid one very dark night just
after storm-it did nothing but
storm those days (early March, '65)-
that a party of us scouts found, I'M
guarded, a great warehouse containing
about 100000 of supplies We gallop-
ed back, and l was sent in to Sheri-
dan TO report
Did you burn them?' he asked,
sternly.
Why, general said, we did not
nave NtAcIh lie MAS getting MAD
der all the time; and at that he roar
ed; Orders be- hanged! Why didn't
you burn those things-why didn't
you think
1T was only a couple OF days after
that that We ran across more stores
OF course We burned them When
came to that part of my report about
finding the stores he gripped the arms
of his chair and, leaning forward, ask
ed, You didn't burn those?"
Yes said, proudly, L set them
on fire
He leaped from his chair and
shouted; What In blazes did you
burn those for! I'm going up that
way tomorrow" He kind OF glared
at me for a minute. and then he re
membered the last time | had report
ed to him, and he burst into a big
laugh"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13

''Close-calls" was the topic Of con.
versation among a squad Of men when
T. d. Linn, assistant custodian OF the
Federal building In indianapolis. pro
ceeded to unfold an experience OF his
own, IN which he and a soldier pal
had big rattlesnake for bedfelow
one night Of the civil War
ut was in June. in 1862" he tells
the story and three Ohio regiments
were climbing the Cumberland Gap
one black night ] was then with
the Sixteenth Ohio, Company -. and
In the advance guard We had climbed
the mountain and made slow progress,
and when darkness made advance im-
possible We pitched camp Oil the noun.
tain side
MY partner and ! rolled into our
blankets under big tree st the edge
Of the camp and slept like logs. for
we were very tired We were sudden
ly awakened IN the morning by shots
being fired and. soldier-like, leaped
from the ground with a sudden spring
That leap evidently saved our lives,
for when We returned he firing had
been of no consequence We found a
large RATHER curled up where our feet
had been. II had evidently slept there
all night 1t was about four feet long
as big as my wrist, and had fourteen
rattles and a button. II didn't take
long for us to Kill him"
The railroads Of the world are val
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13
CHAPTER VIII

Gen Colquhon might have been at a
vs., .Iss 70 explain why he was disappointed
t mat Ianthe had not al o3ce appeaied to
nm 70 help her out CO the difficulties into
s Snleh she had blindly walked. He had
elstlnetly told her that he would have no
more responsibility as far as she was
l Ioleerned, and that, as she had chosen
. .t iather, she could rema n with him to
me bitter end. Nevertheless he had
: Locked daily for the letter that would
''1 ing Ianthe's appeal for lis help
ne was glad to know that Ianthe IN
oeistood that she had made a mistake;
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13

scouting party of sixteen of us
had captured twepty-seyen of the
enemy and thirty-two horses We were
told that General Forrest was at Olive
Branch with four thousand cavalry.
only a mile distant. To get back to
Baton Rouge, a distance OF twenty-five
miles. We must pass them We re-
crossed the bridge. rode down the
river mile, forded 1t, and intended
to make the Comite ford before the
enemy were aroused in camp. Here
little incident occurred TO me, which.
though it is we'll enough to laugh
about now. failed to excite the spirit
of mirth in me at that time.
One Of the prisoners whom / was
guarding, was a tall, swarthy fellow
He called himself "A Rackensack from
Arkansas" He wore a pair OF silver
plated Mexican spurs which want
ed, and accordingly politely asked him
to present them to me as mark of
respect to his superior officer.
He allowed" he would keep them,
and after a few complimentary words
passed between us. ! finally gave him
to understand that he was my prison
er, and | would have the spurs II IL
cost the price of Rackensack
He then handed me the spurs.
About that time we heard yell.
and looking back as far as the eye
could reach we saw the enemy on our
trail With energy we urged our tired
horses on so as to reach the Comite
ford. when we would be safe: but all
in vain Forests whole command was
after us. so 1t seemed The prisoners
hindered MS. so we let them go. But
when we reached the ford we found
the enemy there awaiting us. We
made a flank movement and tried 20
gain the bridge but TO no purpose
We were ordered to dismount and
our arms and everything of value
taken from us.
looked around. and who should
see coming straight toward me but
my "Rackensack. In search OF HIS vic
tim. I tumbled at once; for ! didn't
feel half as big as I did a half hour
before At last. when he reached rae.
and from his towering height looked
with supreme impressiveness down
upon me. and said: "Yank reckon
you'un remember. done told you'un
that | allowed I'd keep my spurs" I
didn't stop to argue the case hand
ed them to him. and courteously
thanked him for the use of them for
the short time ] had used them. !
felt thankful TO get ont Of it that
easy. We fully realized now that we
were wholly in the enemy's power,
and determined to make the beet Of
bad bargain.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13

The railroads OF the world are val
ued at 127,775, OO0, 600.
Evening star., 1909-09-03
:LANSBURGH FURNITURE COZ
5l2 Ninth Street NV.

tails of the work are minutely planned
and reduced to the form of specific print
ed directions.
The authority In charge of street clean
ing Is a joint committee of twelve, made
up from paid and unpaid members of the
city council, under which is chief who
has direct charge of the operations OF
the department.
The city does not clean all the streets
free of cost: a charge is made for clean
ing the tracks of the street cars. private
streets and new streets. These returns
bring in about $4,000 per year. The sale
Of waste matters. old apparatus and en-
trance fees to public comfort stations in
crease the revenue by nearly an equal
amount.
The work Of cleaning the streets pro-
ceeds from thirty-three depots, attach
ed to which are yards for the storage of
apparatus, etc. The streets are swept at
night by revolving machine brooms pro-
| killed. before they are swept in order to
| lay the dust In the daytime and al GER
tain seasons of the year to held remove the
Shiny mud. The city owns the sprinkling
| carts and lets a contract after pubic bid
| ding for the necessary horses and men
| to operate them.
In washing a street during the day a
water cart first passes down the middle
of the street. sprinkling a great amount
| of water This is followed at once by
revolving rubber squeegees operated by
| horses, which scrape the mud to one side.
The cart passes again and again, each
time followed by the squeegees, until six
or eight trips have been made and the
whole breadth of the street covered. dur
ing which time men and boys with hand
brooms and squeegees help clean out the
car tracks and inequalities in the pave
ment.
Several types of carts and machines are
used to clean the streets, the idea SEEM
n IN he fO aYnprin1Rnt to some extent
in the hope of finding the best kind for
the work.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Crooks. the leaders of socialism. ciceron-
ing their female constituents in the di-
rection of the big strawberries. But for
these gentlemen, who are very much in
evidence, it is the most unassuming place
in the world. You can see here cabinet
ministers diffidently threading their way
through the crowd of labor representa-
tives, and apparently with humble mien
accepting gratefully the smaller straw
berries that are vouchsafed to them.
AT one end of the terrace the chairs
and tables, the crockery. the china and
the napery are obviously of finer make.
This is where the lords do congregate
when they have tea-if they have it. You
see only here and there an isolated peer,
but seldom are there any ladies. On the
terrace one day this week there was the
usual sprinkling of Americans who
seemed to take much more interest in the
house of commons and it's institutions
than most English people do. In fact,
according to an official, nineteenth of the
people who seek admission to the gallery
and who ask to be shown over the two
houses are tourists from the United
StateS.''
Evening star., 1909-09-03
SIGN LANGUAGE OF INDIANS.
Hieroglyphics Written by One Tribe
Are Understood by Others.
From the Denver Post.

From the Denver Post.
"Of course, everybody in Denver
knows that Araphoe means Big Nose. >
said Edwin Walters of the government
geological survey, who is visiting his old
friend. E. T. Keim, superintendent of the
American District Telegraph Company.
Then he placed the forefinger of his right
hand across his nose with hook as the
Indian sign of the Arapahoe. mo. l
haven't any book on Indian signs ready
for publication" continued the student
of American Indian literature. Il am
studying more for my own education
than for profit
Mr.. Walters has translated all the
hieroglyphics or sign paintings on the
rocks of the southwest, has learned the
sign language Of the tribes and will make
drawings of the signs and the writings on
the rocks, have cuts made and print them
in his book. He expects to famliarize
every American who Is interested in the
literature of the American Indian with
the Indian sign writing and sign Ian
guage. He says that the universal sign
language is nearly the same as the uni
versal deaf and dumb sign language; that
over twenty-three tribes of the southwest
use this sign language. though they do
not speak the same tongue.
Whenever they see the signs on the
rocks they can read them and whenever
they meet an Indian. it matters not his
tribe and tongue, they speak the sign
language fluently with their fingers.
There is not a tribe that has not some
sign by which it is known throughout
the Indian world, and every object, ami
mate and inamimate. has sign by which
it is universally known among the differ
ent tribes. The Arapahoe is known as
the Big Nose" tribe throughout Indian
dom. and when you place your right
forefnger like hook over you nose the
thumb resting beneath the nose every
Indian who sees it, whether he lives in
Texas or Lower California. knows that
you refer to the Arapahoe.
Every tribe in tine land has a distinctive
sign. Mr.. Walters proceeded to rattle
them off on his hands like a deaf and
dumb man repeating 'Hiawatha" to
fellow mute.
Prof. Walters, as his friend keim in
sists on calling him, has also Travelled
over Alaska and Old Mexico.
His study of the Indian character in
Alaska brought him in contact with the
Jap. He has a high opinion of Indian
honesty and fidelity. but he thinks the
Jap has the American 'hoodooed,' as he
put II.
Evening star., 1909-09-03
TERRACE ON THE THAMES.
Where NJ. P.'s and Friends Have
Tea and Strawberries.
From Town and Country.

From Town ana country
The terrace Of the house of commons
is the place where the giant strawberries
may be had, and IT Is also the resort OF
labor leaders and their lady friends" UT
to a few years ago the long sweeping
terrace with its beautiful aspect on the
river was a sort of holy of holies. de-
voted only to the creme de la creme OF
the exclusive friends OF exclusive mem
bers of parliament.
But that was in the days when broad
cloth coats and choker collars with stocks
and beaver hats were still seen in the
precincts of Westminster, before the
days when Keir Hardie Haunted his fnde-
pendence by wearing deer stalker nat
and a suit of Harris tweeds and vic
torious red tie standing out like chal-
lenge.
"A generation ago an invitation to tea
on the terrace was of such a nature that
refusal was out of the question. tea
then meant what Ii implies, tea. with
very ndinerent bread and butter and
very indigestible cake Since that time
yea on the terrace has developed into
the largest possible Strawberries that can
De Iound on the market, very thick
DeVohshire cream. cakes that would have
peeh Sredit to Savarin and mattresses
attired IKE those at Lyons popular ,
restaurants. instead of the old-time Brit
ish man waiter.
You can always see Keir Hardie and
VIII Thorne and Mr.. Henderson and Will
Evening star., 1909-09-03
FLOWER INITIATES INSECTS.
Spots on Plant That Resemble Flies.
Curious Bee Orchid.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Orchid limitations are a puzzle to flower
scholars. The whole appearance of the
flower Is suggestive of some insect, some
times to quite remarkable degree. II
does not seem easy to find any real pur-
pose that could be served by this re-
semblance, yet no one imagines that II
can be accidental.
Any one who knew of the bee orchid.
a native Of Europe, and came upon II for
the first time would at once recognize
it, 1t seems to be a large velvety brown
backed bee variegated with yellow. The
two lateral petals might serve well for
the wings of the insect.
In the center of the lip of the fly orchid
there is small blush spot like the body
Of fly. The two lateral petals are slen-
der and curiously like the antenne OF an
insect The whole illusion is complete
and suggests to the casual glance that
few flies are hanging on the stem of
some plant which has cast its flowers.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

naturally wears itself away on the harder
surface of the records without scratching
them.
AS one corner of the needle wears away
another can be turned down, and when
al three are worn a tiny piece Is cut
0n the ends of the needle with a cutter
that comes for the purpose, and 1T is as
good as new The needles can be used
until they are quite short. Indeed, the
shorter they are the louder the tone.
Instead of cutting a disc. they polish IL.
and there Is an entire absence of the un-
pleasant rasping sound that spolls SO
many phonograph exhibitions.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Guest-He seems very nice young
man. What's his profession?
Hostess-Hes a social botanist
Guest-And what is that, pray?
Hostess-Oh we invite him especially
to give attention eto our wallhowers.-
Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Mrs Gotrox-Maud's comng-out tea
should pass off with eclat,
Mr. Gotrox-All right. I'll stop at the
bakers and order some.
Mrs GotroX-Order some what?
Mr. GotroX-Chocolate eclat.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Evening star., 1909-09-03
PHoNoGRAPH NEEDLE.
Made Of Fiber and Gives Soft Tone
Without Scratching Discs.

A phonograph needle that has two ad-
vantages to recommend it has recently
been placed on the market 1t is a
three-cornered affair, about an inch long.
and is made of fiber. The advantages
claimed for 1t are that 1t not only saves
a great deal of wear on the records but
produces sweeter. softer tone. and is
especially effective on flute and violin
solos. Being made of fiber the needle
Evening star., 1909-09-03

"The world is full os ups and downs. "
quoted the Wise Guy. That's right "
agreed the Simple Mug. I'VE are either
trying to live up 10 a good reputation OF
trying to live a bad one down" n."-Philadel.
phia Record.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Sunday School Teacher-Now, Danny
what do you understand by righteous in
dignation"
Danny-Gettin' mad without sayin' any
cuss words.-Boston Transcript
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Soda Fountain Attendant-What flavor.
please?
Silly Young Thing-Have you anything
in pink to match this gown?-Harper
Weekly.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Father-Yes. sir. l began as office
boy. and here I am at the top of the tree.
And what Is my reward? Why, when I
die my son will be the greatest rascal in
the town.
The Prodgal (calmly)-Yes. pater. But
not till you de!-Tft-Bits.
Evening star., 1909-09-03

He-Do you take me for a fool?
She-No: but my judgment is not infalli-
ble-Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1909-09-03
Upholstery Dept.

3. pairs Nottingham Lace Curtains:
regular $500 valne. Special Sn "A
price. pair ....... w
1o1 pairs Scotch Lace Curtains: regular
s4ise s+ise values. Special sale So.
- pairs Real Irish Point Lace Curtains:
regular $1,000 value. Special. G< mn
pair .......-.. ~Os ~
2io Oriental Couch Covers: 60 G91S
81 odd pairs PorticreS; the new shades
Of red and green: sold up TO G. >pn
$500 pair. Special. pair VEs kV
27 Rope Portieres: all colors: G. AZ
100 value e............Q QOs fO
Evening star., 1909-09-03

Had any experience at poker?"
Some"
what's the most you ever saw in a
pot?''
In real life or in a poker story?'-kan-
sas City Journal.
Evening star., 1909-09-03
Annual September
Sale of Rugs.

Rugs that comprise this sale old stock and
desirable patterns marked down, but fresh high
~ grade goods every piece produced this and in rch
attractive and desirable patterns and coorlngs
Our Rug buyer whose whole business life has been
spent among Rugs and he is thoroughly conversan with every
He personally selected this sale
Judgment selecting the and coorlnss
that with other furnishings the
parts of the house
rugs for the paror library dining sitting
hail. bedroom and den all the regular
sizes the following Brussels Wtons Smyrnas
Afon Baoda Burmas Gvans Ingrans, Grantees
Colonas and Fibers.
The following items represent attractive valuesand
Is earnle
Evening star., 1909-09-03
Prizes in Anticipation.

The project of securing the big meet
for Washington has been taken up en-
Enthusiastically and prizes have already
begun to be offered One of these Is for
a lowering contest for the machine that
can stay aloft for the longest time over
the most restricted area. If there is a
man-carrying heliocopter developed be-
tween now and the time of the coming
meet the prize will be gift to it, as it
can rise and remain over one spot as
long as the fuel holds out. 1t may be
that the contest. will be made to include
gliding over restricted space for any
class of heavier than air machines.
There would be some advantages in
building the stands for the great meet
instead of using any already erected.
1t is stated that the stands at the Rheims
meet were all uncovered. as there was
no chance that they would be used in
bad weather. The grandstand at the
race track. while it is big and comforta-
Bile. has been built with view to with
standing bad weather and 1t is closed in
on all sides except that opening on the
track. Thus, while it is good to see an
event on the ground 1t has disadvantages
when 1t comes to watching an event over
head
Evening star., 1909-09-03
Automobile Sweepers.

brooms is the chief reliance of the city in
getting rid of fine dirt which cannot be
shoveled away.
Evening star., 1909-09-03
Preliminary Work Necessary.

1AcAn1AaIy WOrk necessary.
In case Benning should be used for the
big meet the arrangements probably would
include removing the fence from the in
field and absolutely leveing the ground
and filling in the jumps. All this would
be expensive, but the chief cost for the
meet would be the prize money. There
are good many big standing prizes
offered and there would be more as soon
as the race came to this country. but
the receipts from the gate would go far
toward covering all of the expenses
probably would leave something over.
1t is possible that the training flights
of the signal service officers who are to
handle the Wright aeroplahe may be de-
1ayed till next spring. There is little
likelihood that they will be commenced
before October !, as the work of building
the aeroplane shed at College Park has
not yet been commenced, and it is not
likely that all the work previous to the
actual flights will be completed before
the end of this month.
Loss of Interest.
Now that the machine has been tried
out and proved to fulfill the requirements
of the War Department the officers seem
to have largely lost interest in the prep
arations for the training flights. Several
inquiries at the War Department have
resulted in merely learning that somebody
was probably working on the matter. and
somebody else probably would be notified
when the work was completed.
The lease for the ground runs only for
six months, which would bring the mat
ter up to next March if the flights are
delayed till spring. If the commence
ment is put off till October it is probable
the wind will be too bad for anything
TO be done this autumn. and the expert
ence of Washington March 4 last indica ties
that this is not a good latitude for aero
nautics at that season Of the year.