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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
PLANT GUARDIANS.
Ants Which savageIy Defend a Tree
In south America.


in south America.
Ant defenders of plants and trees
are some of natures pretty maryels.
The cecropia adenopus is a remarkable
tree of south Brazil widely distributed
through the tropics. Its slender trunk
is crowned with long leaves at the ends
of the branches
few active ants run continually
along the branches and the leaves. but
If the tree Is shaken slightly an army
of ants rush out by small apertrIres
ready for a savage assault on the in
truder. The ant is the terrible guar
dian that the tree has retained to pro
tect 1t from its most formidable enemy.
the leaf cutter ant.
The defenders rarely leave their re-
treat, where they live ON small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth OF
an inch long, known as Mueller's cor
puscles. These are formed of delicate
tissue, rich in proteids and oil, as ra.
lions for the garrison of defender ants
to feed upon. The curious arrange
ment by which entrance is made to the
hollow stem has been studied by w.
Schimper.
Just above the point of insertion of
each leaf extends nearly to the sr1,
perior node a superficial groove, nj
whose end is a rounded depression.
There the tissue is thin. like a dia-
=, l..
The hole by which the ant enters is
always pierced at this spot The ants
seem to have made their entrance
through the groove originally because
it was at the top. In the course of
this plants further development nat
ural selection augmented these natural
advantages so that finally the thin
frail diaphragm as it exists to-day was
developed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Peat for Fuel.

The United States government.
through the Geological Survey. is en-
deavorlng to work up interest in the
subject of peat as a fuel, and it is
claimed that gas made from peat com
prises a fuel that is cheaper than the
power of Niagara Falls. There are
between 1000 and 1900 square miles
Of peat in the western part of New
York which is now regarded as worth
less, and it is the object of the gov
eminent officials to make this and
other similar lands productive.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
A New Tyne of Brick.

In a recent lecture before the CONNER
cial club of Portland, Ore. a San Fran
cisco architect described the Bruner
building. just finished in Oakland, across
the bay from San Francisco, as the
highest type of freproof construction.
This is a tall building of REINFORCED con-
crete, the walls of which are faced with
brick of unusual shape, This brick has
q groove cast on its inner edge, that the
concrete may be dovetailed in the brick
as the walls rise. The brick is the usual
Eze, and the wedge shaped groove Is
she invention of an Oakland man. who
bad observed how difficult 1t is to keep
STall In a hagration.-Cement Age.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

Wheat bran is preferable, however,
because it is less bulky.
Cow pea and alfalfa is an excellent
substitute for wheat bran for the dairy
cows.
Corn makes fat, while alfalfa is rich
in fiesh-forming and building ma
terials.
In feeding pigs shorts or alfalfa
beats wheat bran when used as one
quarter of the ration.
Hogs will not as a rule relish alfalfa
hay in the winter unless they have
previously been matured on the young
alfalfa.
1t is a mistake to believe that alfalfa
is purely fattening ration, especially
for calves On the contrary, it is a
growing ration.
In feeding beet pulp the best results
have been obtained by using two
pounds of pulp to one pound of grain
in the ration for hogs.
Very slowly our farmers are coming
to recognize the value Of roots in feed
ing all kinds of farm animals. We
ought to grow more Of them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

the bottom, pouring in the water and
letting it permeate through the soil,
which was composed of a sandy loan
put into the box after the bottom had
been covered to the depth of inches
with well rotted and sifted stable ma
nure. The seeds were planted and
lightly covered and the soil kept moist,
but not wet. In one week after plant
ing the green tops appeared, and in
three weeks they were transplanted
into a similar box, being set an inch
deeper than they grew in the first box.
They grew in the box in sheltered
places for three weeks, when they
were ready for the garden.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

He began after the usual form. to-
wit:
Il have a little boy at home who"
They interrupted him after much the
usual form, to-wit:
Pardon me, old man. I must be GO
ing along. Sorry l can't wait, but I'm
due at the Office"
Just a minute" he urged, buttonhol-
ing the two nearest. 1t won't take
me a minute"
They sighed and resigned themselves
All | want to say" he went on, 'is
that I have Il little boy at home who
never said a bright thing In his life
They @rasped his hands with a thank
rUlneSs that could find no expression il
words, and then he added:
Hes too small. He can't talk yet
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
The Morganatic Marriage.

The word morganatic is from the late
Latin "morganatica.' a morning gift, a
kind of dowry given on the morning be-
fore or after the marriage. The term
ls derived from a still older German
or Anglo-Saxon word. morgen. and re-
fers to one of the customs connected
with marriage which was always part
of 'left-handed" alliances and so became
especially associated with them. The
term "left-handed" in this connection
had it's origin in the circumstance that
the bridegroom hands his left hand in-
stead of the right to the bride in the
celebration of morganatic marriage.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

The beauty of the Mrs. Tafts social
cabinet will be Mrs. Albert Akin.
daughter of Attorney General Wicker
sham. Mrs. Akin, whose hon" : in
New York City, is noted as ,..e of
the most beautiful women of theyoung-
err set Her mother. the wife of the
new Attorney General, is expected to
he one of the new social leaders of the
capital and Mrs Akin will assist the
Wickersham household in the recep-
lions and entertainments Mrs. Taft,
it is said, also will enlist the services
of Mrs. Akin in social activities.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
MAKING Himself Solid

step this way, ladies and gentlemen"
exclaimed the lecturer in the dime mu-
scum, "and gaze upon one of the great
est wonders known to medical science
the Ossifed Man, a human being per-
fectly normal in every other respect, but
who has turned to stone"
How did he get that wayY came a
voice from the awe-stricken throng.
Love-" replied the lecturer, lowering
his voice confdentially; love did it. He
FELL in love with beautiful maiden, tried
to make himself solid, and overdid it..
We will now pass on to the-"-New
York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

a little stronger to suit yourself. Then
bore a hole, b, in the center for 2
inch gas pipe to act as a king bolt.
Then take a 4x4-inch, 3 foot 9 inch
long crosspiece and fasten 1t to the
gas pipe, C, and brace it with Aka inch
braces, a. The height is 3 feet inch
es and width 4 feet
When taking off the grain bed place
the jack little better than half way
to the rear end, then remove the rear
end of the wagon first and swing it
on to the jack. Then put your weight
on 1t and swing 1t off the wagon,
placing small jack under the front
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Too Much Salt Kills.

Hogs like salt, and too much salt
will kill them Being hogs they do not
always know when they have had
enough. If mixed with ashes, or ashes
and sulphur, and deposited in plies nc
danger need be feared unless they are
ravenous for salt from long continued
deprivation But If you give them
brine from the meat barrel in free
doses you might as well give them ar
senic. Meat brine is one of the hog
poisons. Cottonseed is another, but
why no man knoweth. The latter is q
slow poison for hogs, yet a good food
for cattle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
what She wanted to See.

English Clergyman-And when you
arrive in London, my dear lady. don't
fail to see St Paul's and Westminster
Abbey.
Fair American-You bet III rattle
those off sure; but what I've been
laundering to see. ever since I was knee
high to a grasshopper, is the Church
of England.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Horrible Example.

4 certain bishop was famous as being
the plainest man of England
One day, as this homeIy parson sat
in an omnibus, he was amazed by the
persistent staring of fellow passenger,
who finally said:
Look ere, parSon, would you mind
comm 'ome with me to see my wife?'
Imagining the wife was sick and need
ed assistance, the clergyman, at great
Inconvenience to himself, went. On ar
irving at the house, the man pointed to
the astonished parson, and said with
a grin of delight:
Look e ere. Sairry. Yer sa 1 this
mornin' as | was the hughes q ap in
Hengland. Now, just look 9. this
bloket'-Philadelph Record.
-Cocoanut oil is the strongest COM
petitor of cottonseed oil
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Ancient Agriculture.


Why agriculture, the first industry
to be learned and so obviously the most
fundamental. was the last to be de-
geloped is one Of the most battling mys-
tories of history. One marvels at 1t
afreSh as one stands before a certain
glass case in the Egyptian quarter of
the British Museum, wherein is a lit
tie group Of farm utensils-a fractured
wooden plow rusted sickle, two
sticks tied together with a leathern
thong and several tassels that had
hung on the horns Of oxen. To be
sure, these implements were used 5000
years ago-they were found In the
tomb of Seti but one remembers
that when Egypt was using these
bread tools, no better than those of the
barbarians about her, she had a most
elaborate government, an army and
navy and art and literature.
The records and relics of other ma
lions down through history show the
same strange incongruity. For thou
sands OF years the wise men of the
world absolutely ignored the problems
of the farm, A farmer remained either
serf or a tenant He was a stolid
drudge-"brother to the OK" Even the
masterful old pilgrim fathers had no
plows at all-nothing but hoes and
sharp sticks-for the first twelve years
Of their pioneering. And therefore for
thousands of years there was hunger
Journal of Agriculture.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Henrtfclt Apprecintion.

Jacob Ickowitz, aged {, was yainly
endeavoring to persuade his little sister
to go with him to the public school.
Yes" said Jake, ITS good for little
children; it gives 'em books. vaccinate.
pencils measles, ed'cation and piukeyc,
and it don't cost yer one red cent,
neither New York Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Wooden Flows in Spain.

In Spain about the only kind of plow
in use is primitive wooden affair with
one handle and a tongue. To this is
hitched a pair of small oxen or mules
yoked up like oxen. The driver rests his
right foot on a rear extension to keep
the pow from jumping out of the ground.
steadying himself by touching his left
foot wher about to lose his balance.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
The Annual Honey Crop.

a crop Of honey worth nearly as much
as the barley crop; three times as much
as the buckwheat crop; 100000
greater than the rye crop. and nearly
100000 greater than the rice crop.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
POPULAR BREEDS OF CHICKENS AND DUCKS

popular utility
Rock equally rapid growing Good and fine market fowls
all
successfully duckngs
BIRDS
oldest
chickens the quality
desired the Light Brahma has superior.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Exports 1s,7se,lss Pounds of Braid.

Vice Consul Charles l.. Williams of
Chefoo reports that 13,766,133 pounds
Of straw braid were exported from
China in 1907, Of which over 100000
pounds were exported from Tsingtau,
and only 1SS,000 pounds from Chefoo,
which was formerly the great shipping
point for this product
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
EarAy Tomatoes.

A truck gardener tells that this is
the way be raised early tomatoes: He
took dry goods box 2 by s feet and
s inches deep. In each corner of the
box he set a piece Of Pinch pipe, so
that he could water the plants from
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

All of the rice and buckwheat grown
on an aggregate area of 2,126 Is
square miles, did not reach to the
value of the honey by S151,259.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Milking by Hand and Machine.

After test of milking machines for
a period Of more than a year, Prof.
A. L. Hacker, of Nebraska, has made
several conclusions. Heifers in their
first lactation, apparently give better
results by machine milking than do
aged cows that have been accustomed
to hand milking for one or more years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
lifting the wagon BOX.

Lifting the Wagon Box.
constructed wagon bed jack that
is one of the handiest devices on the
farm where there is only one man to
put on or take off grain rack or
wagon box. The construction is very
simple. Make carpenters jack, only
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

We often hear this statement made
There ought to, be something done -
We'll, we should say so!
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26
Red. wenk. weary. waterx Exe.

Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Laws.
Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine In Your Eyes. Ask Your Druggist
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

YRUS HALL MCCORMICK, of Robert Mccormick
4 Walnut Grove,
hundred His father,
of revolutionary His
fighter in Pennsylvania his
young Mccormick for the
TO cturern Of the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

The average yield of an orange tree
during its life is about 10000 oranges
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

-Cocoanut oil is the strongest COM
petitor of cottonseed oil.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
CROOK cor juDGE CLARK.
Chief Justice Relieved of Ten Dollars
Inn Charlotte.

How Chief Justice Walter Clark, of
the North Carolina Supreme Court,
was relieved of ten dollars during the
May Twentieth celebration in Char
lotte is told in the Charlotte News, III
it's account of how many others were
robbed. That paper says:
'.That pickpockets were in the city
yesterday and worked with plenty of
nerve is attested by the fact that one
of the nimble-fngered gents had the
boldneSs to work his art on Judge
Walter e. Clark. Chief Justice of the
State Supreme Court, and relieve him
of SO. Judge Clark was present on
the reviewing stand to witness the
parade, when the stampede, occasion
ed by the cloudburst, broke loose
During the crush of the crowd in
rushing from the stand pickpockets
had fine opportunity to work, and il
is thought that it was during this
scramble that Judge Clark lost his
$40, as it was missed as soon as he
arrived uptown.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
To Hecklo Jerome.

New York, May 26.-What promises
to be lively and interesting meeting
with District Attorney William T. Je-
rome as the target for questions to
be fired at him in regard to the con-
duct of his Office during the last seven
years is to be held at Cooper Union
tonight. The meeting, which is to be
held under the auspices of the Peo-
pies Institute, was granted at the re-
quest of Mr.. Jerome, when he ad-
dressed the institate, amid frequent
Interruptions from his audience, sew
eral weeks ago.
.Alr. Jerome has promised to answer
all questions providing they have been
submitted to him in writing in ad-
vance, in order that he might have op-
portunity to make a thorough and ac-
c,rate examination of the cases te
which they refer. 1t was said at his
Office today that the number OF ques
items he had received would fill 1
bushel basket.
While the officials of the People.
Institute insist that the meeting is t.
be devoid of political significance, !,
lively evening is expected.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
Negro Political League.

Columbus, O., May 26.-In response
to the call recently issued by Presf-
dent J. Milton Brown, of Washington,
d. c., a number of delegates gathered
in this city today for the second an
nual meeting of the National Negro
American Political League. The ses-
sions Win continue over tomorrow.
Governor Harmon and ex-senator
Foraker are scheduled samong the
speakers. One of the sessions will be
devoted to the memory of John Brown.
The league, which claims MEM
bership embracing over twenty states,
was formed at Philadelphia about a
year ago as a merger OF a number of
national, state and local political or
ganizations. It's purpose is to con-
Linoe the colored voters. particularly
in the North and West, of the nsces-
sity of using their ballots primarily
to secure race rights, rather than in
the interest OF any political party.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
Lost City of the Incas.

DIR. Hiram Bingham, lecturer on
Latin-American history at Yale, has
returned from an exploration of CheQ-
quequirau, believed to be the lost city
of the Incas, in Peru. 1t is the first
recorded exploration of the ancient
city; it is claimed that until he went
there no one had visited the place for
at least 400 years. At any rate, it
seems to be an interesting place. To
get there required weeks hard
travel from Cuzco, the ancient capi-
tai of the Incan empire. Choqquequi-
rau lies at an elevation of about 5000
feet. DR.. Bingham believes that the
place was fort built by the Incas to
protect themselves against attacks of
the Amazon Indians. He found traces
of Notifications 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. The achaeo-
logical possibilities of South Americs
give rich promise for the daring and
determined explorer.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
FROM NEW YORK TO ATLANTA.
Trip to Be Made i'm Aute i'm Behalf Of
Good Roads.

New York, May 25.-The good roads
scout automobile under the auspices
of the New York Herald and the At
lanta Journal started today on a trip
from Herald Square to Atlanta, Ga.
Major General Leonard Wood, U. S.
A, commanding the department of the
East, and a number of automobile
manufacturers witnessed the depar-
ture. r. III. Johnson will drive the
car. The other passengers were John
S. Cohen, managing editor If the At
lanta Journal, Herald reporter and
photographer, and mechanician. The
car will proceed through New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas
and into Georgia. No effort will be
made for speed tests at any point of
the trip, the sole object of the expedi-
tion being to accumulate information
in regard to road Improvements and
to- conduct campaign of education
| for goods roads. The car is expected
to reach Atlanta in about eight days.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
CAUGHT ON THE FLY

Infielder Fred Parent Of the Chicago
Americans, at one time a 300 hitter.
seems to have completely lost his bat
ting eye.
Manager Jimmie McAleer of the st
Louis Americans is no longer a bench
warmer. He has gone back to the
coaching line In uniform
Bush. the Tigers young shortstop. Is
not doing much hitting. but is scoring
plenty of runs. while his fielding Is a
great feature of the daily play.
Outfielder Mike Mitchell Of the Gin
cinnati Nationals. who had a bad sea-
son last year, is just killing the ball
and seems to have regained all his bat
ting power.
Frank Chance of the Chicago Nation
a1s lays off in one game whenever his
team plays a double header. The team
also loses every game In which Frank
does not participate.
Outfielder Speaker Of the Boston
Americans continues to laminate the
pill. He is evidently eager to reap thai
$500 bonus promised him II he hits
uver 300 on the season.
Pitcher Fromme. who was given t.
Cincinnati by st. Louis without muir
muir, is showing grand ability. Critic
always maintained that this youngste
was star IL he had decent luck be
hind him.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
Rear Admiral PendletOn Retires.

Washington, D. c., May 27.-Rear
Admiral Edwin C. Pendleton, whose
name was connected with the criti-
cism Of Secretary of the Navy New
berry's reorganization and with the
round robin drawn up against the plan
by the line officers of the navy on Mr.
Newberry's retirement, was placed on
the retired list today by operation OF
law on account of age. Rear Admiral
Pendleton is one of the veteran Off
GERS of the navy. He comes from Vir-
ginia and was graduated from the
naval academy in 1867. During his
career Of forty-two years he served in
all parts of the world and has occu-
pied several important bureau posts
Recently he has been in command OF
the Philadelphia navy yard.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
FAINT ri sO!s
Wherein the Norfolk & Southern Rail-
way Will Surely Lose Out.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
New Bern Journal, has a way of go
ing to the spot with the same force
that a successful prize fighter deals
knockout blow.
Here is how it sizes up an at present
much-mooted matter:
$50 far as New Bern is concerned
the Norfolk & Southern does not
make this city special exception, in
the matter of union depots. 1t stands
out against entering one at Goldsboro.
and proves it has no special enmity
in the matter, just a general aversion.
'"The Norfolk & Southern in it's re-
cent dealings with the public, appears
to the locker on as being inclined to
act as though this same public should
mind it's own business. So far as the
freight, quite likely it cares nothing.
But there are those who must travel,
because of business, and those WHO
travel for recreation.
"As to the Norfolk & Southern's re-
fusal to enter the union depot at
course will, unless they can avoid
Geldsboro, continue in the passing,
walk from the union depot to the Nor
folk e Southern's open air station,
some three Or four blocks. But just
now the Norfolk & Southern is adver-
tising it's summer hotel, the Atlantic,
at Morehead City In years passed.
|4Io
of this tourist business. There were
inducements offered up-country peo-
pie to go to Morehead City. And this
year there are advertisements show
ing the attractions at this famous old
resort. But if those who are inclined
walk half way across Goldsboro and
generally in the middle of the day, go
| ing and returning from Morehead, but
also see to it that their baggage is
1 transferred and checked an extra
time, and tickets purchased on each
transfer, there may not be such an
eager rush to the seashore over the
| old Mullet The attraction to More
head City is largely sentimental. II
is the annual return of those who
have been going for quarter OF 6
century, and their families. This sen
timental hold is strong one. Blu
i. Morehead is not Norfolk, with its sea
. shore pleasure resorts with counties
amusement offers. Neither is More
head Wilmington, with it's Ocean VieN
and Carolina Beach, with their amuse
: ment offerings. And both of thes
cities make travel as easy as possibl
for tourists. The Norfolk & Souther
r should be wise in not Offering any OF
q struction, but rather every facility t
e the tourist, and it's standing out q
f Goldsboro is a position that mean
: present and lasting injury to it's toul
s ist travel. 1t is not too late to max
d the change, but once let car OF tour
= lists get caught at Goldsboro and the
S will tell more hardship stories abO,
: the travel going to Morehea0 Cit
]. than the Norfolk & Southern can ove
n come in a year of perfect service"