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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
BOWLING BATTLES.
MATCH.
COLONIAL LEAGUE
Lighthouse Steamer Movements.

Totals. S.o,33 94S a3S |
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

terribly devoted to you-terribly! In
spite OF my system, / came to Monte
Carlo especially to see you'll confess
it--and to ask you, to ask you, in fact
No, no-d0n't please she interrupt
ed hastily.
And pray why not?7 he demanded in
an injured tone.
"Because-well. because of the same
reason that-the dove interrupted just
now
That" said the philosopher, relieved,
was about Naunceforth'
so is this" acknowledged the girl.
About -Maunceforth ?" lie stared.
Yes" She looked down a little guilt
| iiy at the tips Of her patent leather
shoes.
BLESS my heart!" calculated the
philosopher, taken abacI what about
/ him? -
HE asked me to marry him-this
morning" she faltered.
"Ha! And of course you refused p
| The philosophers tone was triumphant.
no, CONSENTED"
ITO marry Maunceforth?" The philoso-
piers gaze held absolute incredulity.
ITO marry Lord Maunceforth," she re-
Ptdlfu oiON
For moment the philosopher did not
speak; then he glanced at his watch and
rose.
Il fancy it must be about tea time. .
he observed, with a profound sigh. LET
us go and find Maunceforth. l must
congratulate him"
She rose, too, and placed her hand
lightly on his arm.
Il hope you will forgive me?'' she ven
tured penitently.
The philosophers glance frightened.
with pleasure" he assented.
"And you-you don't mind-yery
much 2"
''Not bit" he assured her. "On the
contrary, it simplifies matters enormous
| ~"
The girl withdrew her hand swiftly
and bit her lip. The philosophers gaze
rested on her face with unruffied com
posture. She looked up, and meeting his
eyes, her frown vanished; she broke sud
denly into a friendly little ripple of
laughter.
Il am beginning to believe that you
must really be philosopher after ALL"
she remarked with conviction
The philosopher gravely took off his
hat
and II he rejoined, "am now quite
sure that you are a-firt !"-Emerie
Hume Beaman in Sketch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

terprise on the part of managers of
steamship lines, there will be marveling
that the inexpensive but beneficial
changes were not made in advance of
the more costly and predetermined striv-
ing.
AT various times rum9rs Of conten-
plated changes of route have been rife
in transportation circles, bur Moth
ing has developed in line with them, eX-
cept half-hearted experiments III the
landing of mails for runs overland TO i'm
prove ON the time usually occupied in
the completion of the sea run. However.
a change seems TO be impending that
may cause alteration of practice by al
the steamship companies. The White
Star line has been considering the adj
visibility of utilizing Hoiyhead for the
more rapid forwarding of passengers and
mails. As an experiment the line 5
steamer Cedric, from New York on June
Il, stopped at Holyhead at II % a. N.
on the 10th and landed passengers and
mails, which We're Immediately taken BY
three special trains for London The
first of these specials arrived at Easton
station at 5:4S p. m. and the passen-
gers were comfortably disposed in the
London hotels about the time the Cedric
arrived off Liverpool
Naturally this has caused anxiety at
Queenstown, which has been the port
of call from time immemorial. and the
White Star officials have been besieged
with inquiries as to whether the old port
is to be eliminated entirely. The Off
Gals decline to expires sthemselves spe-
officially as to this, choosing to say only
that the experiment will have an i'm
portant bearing on Liverpool trade, be-
cause II is possible that the company S
outward steamers may in the future call
ut Holyhead to embark passengers, as
the Mersey Dock and Harbor Board can
not provide dock accommodation that vii.
enable the company to dispatch its
steamers for New York at satisfactory
hour ON Saturday. If the passengers
embark at Holyhead, the steamers will
naturally stop there on the return in or
der to contribute as much as possible
to the stimulation and betterment OF the
incidental railway service.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Lost City of the Incas.

DIR. Hiram Bingham, lecturer on Latin
American history IT Yale. has returned
from an exploration Of Choqquequirau
believed to be the lost city of the Incas,
in Peru. Il is the first recorded explora-
ton of the ancient city. 1t IS claimed
that until be went there no ore had Wis
tied the Place for the last 100 years. It
seems to be an interesting place To
get there required q weeks hard travel
from Cuzco, the ancient capital of the
Incan empire Choqquequirau lies az an
elevation of about $4,000 feet. DIR.
Bingham believes that the place was a
fort, built by the Incas to protect them
selves against the attacks of the ANA
zon Indians. He found traces of FORTH
cations and many relics. The buildings
are made not of the finely wrought stone
of the palaces in Cuzco, but of roughly
hewn stone cemented together, and the
interiors in some places are plastered.
The old water works remain and several
reservoirs are in good condition. Boston
Advertiser
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Biblical Teaching.

Prof Charles Zueblin of the Univer-
sity of Chicago was discussing at a din
ner the Easter myths and legends of the
world.
The legends that are beautiful and
immortal" he said. 'have in them truths
that we all. according to our kind, take
home. That is true likewise of immortal
works of art-pictures. poems. songs. Fer
different people they have different mes
sages.'
For instance" said a young girl.
For instance" smiled Prof Zueblin
''in my native Pendleton some of the
mothers used to cut the children's hair.
They did it with shears and a bowl The
operation was often painful, and the re
suit was never elegant.
I'm Sunday school a Pendleton teacher
once told her pupils the tragic story of
Samson and Delilah. Then she turned
to a little boy.
What do you learn. Joe, she said,
from the Samson story|
1T don't never pay piped joe to
have a woman cut a feller's hair -
Philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
SEALING FREIGHT CARS.
New York Central Lines Trying a New
Guard Against Thieves.

A new way of sealing freight cars is
being tried out ON the New York Central
lines between New York and Buffalo.
Up to a few years ago the annual loss
by freight rObberies on this division ap-
proXimated 100000. This loss has been
cut down materially by a system of pa
troll organized by William A. Humphrey,
chief of the railroad police of the divi-
sion.
Every one who has visited a freight
yard remembers the device of twisted
wire with lead seal that was supposed
to protect the doors of loaded freight
cars. 1T was simple matter for thieves
TO untwist the wires, rob a freight car
ON siding and then clamp the lead seal
back in place again.
When this was done the robbery re-
manned undetected until the car had
reached its destination. Then it was
impossible to say where or when the
lootIng was done.
The new scheme does not have for its
object the greater security of the car
doors themselves A complicated device
lock is impracticable, since ii is neces-
sary to arrange it so that the car doors
may be opened quickly and without
key. The new seal aims rather to make
certain the detection of any tampering
with car on the first inspection after
the time of the robbery.
The lock itself is simpie-merely a pin
through staple and hasp. very like the
ordinary barn door sort. The difference
lies in this, that the pin drops down into
a slot where it is secured in place by
pasteboard car seal. The pin cannot be
withdrawn without the removal and
practical destruction of the card.
1t follows that the first inspection will
show that the car has been tempered
with and that it will be easy to figure at
what point or between what points the
robbery was accomplished When this is
known, the railroad detectives say. it is
comparatively easy to catch the thieves.
The card seals are so large that their
absence may be easily noted by a man
beside the tracks when a train is in
motion. 1t is believed that the mpossi-
bility of opening Il car without the break
being detected at the next station if not
before will in itself prevent a large pro-
portion of the pilfering.-New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
An Immigrant Girls Prize ESSAY.

More than seven hundred pupils com
peted in prize essay contest in the
Baron de Hirsch school at jefferson
street and East Broadway New York.
and the award was won by Pauline
Garb, a tifteen-year-old girl who landed
ly ignorant of the English language. The
subject of her essay was America"
and here is what she wrote:
America How beautiful this name used
to sound to me when | was in Russia. at
the time of the revolution, at the time
when SO many people gave up their lives
in the fight for the rights of mankind, at
the time when you could seldom see happy
smiling faces.
At that time l began to dream about
America. | thought of it day and night
Even in my sleep l saw this wonderful
country.
A long time has passed since then. Now
| am here in this bright land of day. The
more | think of America now the more
see that what i dreamed before was true
America is wonderful country a coun.
try where the bells of freedom and liberty
were first heard by the people, a country
where every person enjoys his freedom
and opportuntseS-in short, a country where
every man In the world can find his fortune
How little many people born in America
seem to appreciate their fatherland! Very
little they know about other countries, from
where their ancestors came and where they
struggled so much But this fact we cam
not assert about immigrants. No matter
how long they will be in the land Of free.
dom they will always appreciate it. be-
cause they can never forget the grievances
and sorrows which made them come to
America.
Such people do not remain foreigners
They try to make this country their father
land and help to maintain its greatness
among the civilized nations in the world.
The essay is interesting for the point
of view 1t is most interesting, however,
for the facility of expression which it
shows-extraordinary in contemplation
of the fact that it was written by one
to whom only three-quarters of Il year
400 EngliSh WIS an Unknown tnn2ue.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Interesting Exchanges of Products.

The statement is made from Wash
ington that Horace G. Knowles. for
merly American minister to Roumania.
who is now to be minister to Nicaragu .
made a transaction of interest TO agricul-
turists before he left his old post He
obtained a quantity of seed of the Rou-
manian watermelon, which he sent TO
the Department of Agriculture. and in
return for the same gave the ROuman-
ians sweet corn seed. showing tlIem how
to cultivate il, The corn so pleased the
Roumanians that Mr.. Knowles was for
maly thanked by the King for introduce
ing it.
If the Roumanian melons which are
to be tried in this country give rs much
satisfaction as the RoumanianS have
derived from the SWEEP corn, il will be II
valuable acquisition. Ii is a small mel
on about the size of a large grape fruit.
with thin skin. and flesh that is less
fibrous than that of the American melon.
Its advent would enable the hotels to
serve uncut melons on individual plates.
instead of huge slices of melons from
which a large part Of the juice is often
lost in the cutting. But until the Rou-
manian variety makes its appearance (,
the American viii cling - his tradition
nj "millyun." which in any event will
probably retain its popularity because of
its size and consequent ability TO serve
many.
Coincident with this melon importa-
ton, Frank \. Meyer, an explorer of
the Department of Agriculture has re-
turned from Northern China. whittier be
went to secure certain trees which flour
ish in the cold and dry portions of the
Celestial Empire. He brought with him
number of the most promising forms.
and if these importations prove salts
factory under experiment by the De
M fp ant If Asrrf 4taIf Rn
heavier importations in the future on a
commercial basis
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

Tex, where the New York team does
it's early training. A large black per-
son in rags hung about in front of their
uptilted chairs for half an hour or more
waiting for an opening to project his
own personality and needs into the con
versation. Mr.. Bulger passed the wink
for everybody to ignore the colored
brothers obvious desire to make a plea
\ factory whistle blew.
M mp-e-e-e-ew sighed the dark one
with an explosive effect that commanded
the attention of everybody. Oar she
goes! 1t means dinner time for some PEG.
ple-but il doan mean nothin' but T.
o'clock to me!'
He got his dinner money.-Every-
body's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
]DW[pTy[1;&AID g
9asSSGQlZIg FTgT5B
~ Y

To give st. Petersburg a supply Of
pure water, experts are considering
tapping Lake Ladoga, nine miles from
the city.
A simple test for purity of sugar Is
to burn it. Pure sugar will be com
pletely burned, while an adulterant
will leave an ash.
A 150-foot steel tower with Is
foot well under it will be CONSTRUCTED
at the Carnegie observatory on Mount
Wilson, Cal, with which to use spec
troscope
The Canadian Pacific Railroad js
equipping its bridges with automatic
devices which will set danger signals
in case the bridges are burned or
washed away.
The highest concrete stack in the
world, at Great Falls, Mont, towers
SOC feet into the air and weighs 1900
tons. 1t rests on a concrete base %
feet deep by 103 feet in diameter,
Most readers know the late Prof.
John Tyndal only as a brilliant ard
fascinating writer and lecturer on
physical science and adventure in the
Alps; but he had many other sides to
his character, one of the most inter
esting of which is illustrated by the
recent action of his widow in found
ing, in accordance with his wish,
gold medal, to be annually awarded
TO the inventors of devices tending 10
diminish danger and preserve lie
among those engaged in mining opef'
atoms.
James tombstone concludes, in MS
study of the conditions of life in me
sea, that fishing operations, as at pres
ent conducted, appreciably diminish
the stock of fish on the sea-bottom'
He also regards it as proved that there
is a greater productivity of ocean lie
In high than in low ATTITUDES To *
plain this. he presents the suggestion
of Puetter that animals inhabtMS
warm waters live faster than tho's
inhabiting cold waters, and so coz
sumo more food" and since the toou
supply is everywhere limited, less
numerous population can be MAINTAIN
ed in the warmer than in the co.os'
seas.
Much progress has been made IN LIE
application of powerful temporaH
magnets to heavy hosting -machlnsF''
The magnets are suspended from
hook at the end of the crane ana
flexible cable conveys an electric cur
rent to the coils, which can be s".l'1
ed on and off at the will Of the oPs.-
tor. Such magnets are used to ~
pig iron, bars, plates, rails, sA@-'
castings, forgings, slabs, billets, ans
small articles like nails. A conS.ue
able number of small tubes or Aa"'
can be grasped and lifted al QUO.
since the current magnetizes q guam
" of them simultaneously. For ''-S
Orders and bars two magnets are e.
ployed, one at each end. The 5t"Sf
ing power of the magnet over l4l-
number of small articles is 5'5>
source of time-saving. n
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
NATIONAL PARKS.
The Yellowstone so Large 1t He.
Not Yet Been Fully ExnIora5

The Yellowstone so Large 1t uo.
Not Yet Been Fully Explored.
While several OF the great cities of
the United States are disputing for
the honor OF possessing the largest or
most beautiful park, it must nor No
forgotten that they all pale into in
significance before the national parLs
which the government has put aside
for public use
In 1872 Congress located the Yellow
stone Park, which is so large thar H.
has not yet been fully explored. 7, +.
situated at the source of the Yellow.
stone river, and embraces an area of
s. miles long by So miles broad ana
includes the lake from which the rivar
rises. sheet of water 1888 feet abor.
the level of the sea, and the tirana
Canyon, an abyss of 5000 feet in nor.
pendicular height. The other wonders
are so many that no complete desorlr.
ton of the region has ever been at.
tempted.
This park is so wonderful and CIV.
tensive as to be unriyaled, althougb
there are three other national parks
which are certainly worthy of notice
They are all situated in California and
were only recently located so that
they are but little known.
The largest is the Yosemite Park r
contains $4,000 acres, exclusive Of
the Yosemite grant to the state oF
California, which is situated in the
middle of the park. The park is Drin.
cipally in Tuolumne and Marines,
counties with a small section in Mono
and Fresno counties.
Next comes the Sequoia National
Park, lying wholly in Tulare county.
and containing 161,2S0 acres. This
includes the giant trees Of which we
hear so much, and the maintenance
and preservation of which is sought
by the reservation. o late wears
there has been a great destruction of
these magnificent trees, and it is quite
certain they could never be replaced,
if once destroyed
The smallest of the new national
parks is the Gen. Grant Park of $500
acres, lying partly in Fresno and part.
ly in Tulare county, but it contains
a number of natural curiosities worthy
of preservation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Luck on the Stage.

Stock exchange men and racing mer
regard luck as a side issue. They fol-
low it secretly and make excuses for if
if il goes astray. as if it were a per,
sonal friend; but the actor has deep
reverence for il, and superstitious Gus
toms that sprang into observance dur
ing the Restoration period are still main
tanned in the age of socialism and prob.
lem plays. 1t is almost pathetic to see
the joy that beams in the faces Of a
theatrical company at rehearSalS if a
harmless, necessary cat strollS on the
stage; but if the cat sits down and ap-
pears tc watch the proceedings with APP
proval the joy becomes ecstatic.-Black
and White.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Tells Telephone Girls the Truth.

Two telephone girls were talking over
the wire one afternoon. The subject of
the conversation was lawn party,
which was to take place the next day.
Both We're discussing what they should
wear, and after five minutes had come
TO no decision.
In the midst of this important con
1ersation a masculine voice interrupted,
asking humhly what number he had
The lack of reply did not sQuelch the in
quirer, for he asked again for the mum
Der.
One of the girls became indignant and
scornfully asked:
What line do you think you are on,
anyhow"
We'll" said the man. 81 am not sure,
but judging from what | have heard |
should say | was on a clothes line. -
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
A Reasonable Charge.

"A tourist in Georgia stopped over
night at the Palace hotel, in little
village, and expressed a desire to taste
Georgia possum," said Henry s. Wea-
yer of Atlanta, Ga. The whole pos
sum, cooked in genuine Georgia style,
with 'taters on the side, was placed be-
fore him.
Two dollars extra for the 'possum.
said the landlord when the guest came
to settle.
ITS an outrage said the guest
IT'S 'cordin' to the way you look at
it, stranger, said the landlord; but it
took me six nights swamp wadin' to
ketch that 'possum, an when | kotched
him / kotched the rheumatism with
him. Washington Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Poor Uncle Ed.

A man was recently showing his nice
new opera hat to his little nephew. and
when he caused the top-piece TO spring
open three or four times the youngster
was delighted.
A few days thereafter the uncle. dur
ing visit TO the same household, brought
with him a silk hat of the shiny, nom
collapsible kind. When he was about TO
leave the house he encountered the afOre-
said youngster running down the hail
with what looked like a black accordion
Uncle Ed observed the boy this
one goes awfully hard had to sit on
it, but even then | couldn't get it more
than half shut. illustrated Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
MIGHT OF THE MITE.

Sing song of microbes,
Lurking everywhere;
Swimming in the water,
SailiHe' through the air;
Buried in the cellar.
Clinging TO your clothes,
Sticking to your fingers,
Creeping up your nose;
Mixed in all the sauces,
Stirred in every cake.
Swallowed with the pastry
Hence the stomaehache;
Boiling in the soup pot,
Baking in the bread,
Prancing on a thread:
Billions on a banknote,
Millions on a cent,
Trillions on the greenbaeks
Used to pay your rent;
Cancer on a sunbeam,
Phthisis on a mote,
Forty thousand ailments
Gallop down your throat.
Read the daily paper,
If you have a doubt,
Microbes as they caper
Spread the seeds of govt,
Propagate the fever,
Make you have the hives.
Mark your face with freckles,
Kill cats nine lives;
Give US ear and toothache,
Give a horse the heaves,
Roup and pip to chickens,
Toughness to the beeves.
Microbes cause the earthquake,
Raise the storm at sea,
Raise the dreadful cyclone,
''Skeeter" and the flea;
Start the Wall Street panic,
Cause the summer frost,
Make the stylish bonnets,
Make the price they cost;
Cause the family quarrel,
Cause the auto smell,
Give the chauffeur awful nerve,
Give the people-well
Microbes may be vicious,
Still, they like their fun;
Got into a rhymster,
See what they have done.
H. ]. Kellogg, in New York Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
A Slight misunderstanding.

An elderly lady who was suing rail
road company for Slight injuries sus-
tanned in an accident went to her law
yers office one morning to learn of the
progress of the case. The lawyer had
notified the company of the action. and
the latter agreed TO compromise if the
plaintiff would meet them half way.
When the lady sent her name in to the
lawyer the Office boy returned with the
question.
MIR. Breef wants to know what you'll
takeW
That's very considerate of Mr..
Breef," replied the lady. And. if it's all
the same to him. I'll have small glass
of sherry. --Lippincott's..
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Yale's Absent Minded Head.

The Observation-Disclosures of President
Hadley is a byword. He boarded IA
street car one day. and seeing his old
friend. the late Prof. Seymour, step ON
the same car, he rushed up and eagerly
shook hands with the conductor, while
indilferently dropping a nickel in the
hand of the famous Greek scholar.
DIR. Hadley reached his recitation room
on another day when he suddenly remem-
bered that he had left his watch. lie
was lost without it, yet he must begin
his Rotations i'll n few minutes; So as to
see if he would have time to 90 for the
missing timepiece he automa tically
reached in his vest pocket. drew out the
watch which he had put there after all,
and glancing at it exclaimed Yes, III
Just have time to get il, and started
home on run.
Eccentric though he he, President Had
ley is never without ready and witty
remark Nale's Sunday services are adj
dressed by prominent clergymen of many
denominations and from many cities.
When these visiting preachers occcasiou-
ally ask President Hadley how long they
shall speak he invariably replies: There
is no limit, sir, upon the time YOU may
preach: but there is Yale tradition that
no souls are saved after the first twenty
minutes. Bohemian.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
The Selfish Invalid

Senator Dixon, discussing a certain
tariff proposition. said
1T is selfishness, pure selfshness. 1t
reminds me Of George Cartwright of Mis-
soula.
George Cartwright took sick and
spent a week abed. He carried on
dreadfully with his groans and com
plants. His wife said to him one night:
Well, George, I'd rather have the
whole family sick than you
Huh, so would T. George an
swered. "-Washington Star.