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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
SPANKS FERDINAND.
The Kaiser Yields to a Common Human
Impulse.

An amusing story is circulating III
German court circles. for the authentici-
ty of which the tellers profess their in
ability to- vouch. Among the guests at
the castle of Brunswick for the duke
regents wedding last week were the.
Kaiser and Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Aft
er dinner, when everybody was in the
best of spirits, the orchestra began a
serenade in front of the palace. Ferdi-
nand leaned well out of the window 10
see the band. Being anything but Il
small man, he presented such large ex-
panse Of white uniform that the Kaiser.
unable to resist the temptation, brought
down his unmailed fist thereon with none
too gentle an application. Ferdinand. far
from joining in the Kaiser's burst OF
laughter, looked grave and murmured
something about asking his majesty IL
abstain from such practical jokes The
halSer, after momentary hesitation.
left the room. Relations between the
monarchs remained strained for the re-
mainder of the visit. Ferdinand leaving
Brunswick without farewell to the
Kaiser
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
MAYOR OF LONDON.
Candidates for the Office Must Be AL
dermen Who Have Already
Served as Sheriffs.

Candidates for the Office of lord
mayor must be aldermen of the city of
London who have already served as sher-
ifs. On Michaelmas day the lord mayor,
sheriffs, aldermen, city officials and liv-
erymen assemble at the Guildhall, where
nosegay is handed to each one of
them. They then proceed to the Church
of St Lawrence Jewry, where a sermon
Is preached by the lord mayors chap
lain. In the days of yore the sacrament
also was administered.
Divine service over, the civic dig
nitaries return to the Guldhall and pro-
coed to the ''dais" in the great hall. The
electors having assembled, the common
crier commands all persons present to
uncover and those who are not livery
men to leave the hall, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer. This gentleman then
makes an old time proclamation begin
ming with the thrice repeated "Oyez.
stating for what purpose the meeting
has been called.
The proclamation having been conclud-
ed, the recorder informs the electors that
in order that their choice of lord mayor
might be unfettered the lord mayor and
aldermen should retire from the hall
during the election.
These high officials having retired, the
common sergeant submits a number of
the names being afterward conveyed to
the court of aldermen, who secretly vote
! for one or the other of the two names
| submitted.
! Last year the names selected by the
| liverymen were those of Sir George Wy.
att Truscott, alderman and stationer. and
! Sir John Knill, alderman and goldsmith
/ Sir George Truscott was elected by tbs
court of aldermen and the recorder an
nounced the fact on the return of the al
| dermen to the great hall.
| The town clerk then called on the lor'
mayor-elect to come forth and declare
! his assent to take office" Sir George
! Trus"ott thereupon accepted Office anC
addressed the liveryman, assuring then
| of his intention to uphold during his yeal
| of office the dignity of his high position
and to devote the best of his powers Il
! the discharge of his duties.
After hearty thanks were accorded tC
! Sir John Bell, the outgoing lord mayor
| for his Wort, during his year of office
| the common hall dissolved. and Sill
| George Truscott returned with the lore
mayor to the Mansion house. In the
| evening, according to custom, the lore
mayor and the lady mayoress gave {
| dinner party at the Mansion house e
meet the lord mayOr-elect and Lady
| Truscott.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
WOMEN OF PAGAN IRELAND.
Property Rights of Wives Recognized
Before Advent of st. Patrick.

The pagan Irish were fierce and proud,
but at the same time remarkably just
and pure. Those who wish to verify this
statement have only to look up the old
Breuon laws, the legislative code that
obtained in Erin long before and long
after the advent of st. Patrick.
These laws, with very few exceptions,
We're found good enough to govern the
land after the reception of Christianity.
st. Patrick saw nothing to change in
them except the religious features bear
ing on the old Druidic worship. For the
rest, he left them as ne tounu them, and
they continued to be the legal guide of
the Irish nation even down to the Seven
teenth century, the Ecclesiastical Review
says.
Among their most noteworthy features
are their sense of justice and fair play
and their eminently high regard for the
domestic relationship rights of women,
the mutual protection of husband and
wife, the reciprocal duties of parents and
children, ETC. BY way of proof or illus
tratlon we give passage from the
Senchus Nor
In the connection of equal property
if with equal land and cattle and
| household stuff. and if their marriage be
! equally free and lawful, the wife in this
case is called the wife of equal rank.
| The contract made by either party is not
j a lawful contract without the consent of
/ the other, except in cases of contracts
| tending equally to the welfare of both.
Each of the TWO parties has the
power to give reflection and feast accord
| ing to their respective dignity"
/ In case Of separation ample provision
! was always made for the wife's future,
| if, for instance, her portion at the time
! of marriage was equal to that of her
| husband she was entitled to half of the
property which they held at the time of
| separation. If the whole property be-
longed originally to the husband she re-
ceived one-third at the separation. If
| it was all her own before marriage she
] took tMo-thirdS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

The report 10 Congress of the lmmi-
grafton Commission, which has been OBJ
serving conditions in the congested por-
tions of the larger cities of the United
States, is complimentary to Milwaukee,
because it shows that there is less
crowding of the poor in tenements than
in other cities of four hundred thousand
population, or over. 1t can be truly said
that Milwaukee has no slums which
reek like the slums of other cities of her
size, but this does not imply that effort
has not been required TO prevent the de-
veiopment of such conditions. 1t is cred
table to the charitable and philanthropic
people of Milwaukee, TO the capitalists
who own property in the congested cen
tiers, and also to the city authorities
within whose province lies the mainte-
nance of moral and sanitary social condi-
tons, that buildings and their convent
ences and surroundings are such as
to keep the city above the level of other
centers in this respect.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
A MUSKRAI TRAPPER.
He Gets Rich in Capturing Muskrats and
Other Animals

Trappers near Sterling, ILL.,. are now
giving all their attention TO muskrats. \
months catch by one hunter yelled him
$3.50. James Forder, who resides east
of the city, has been engaged in trapping
since November l last, and reports that
he has been successful in capturing musk
rats, and has also met with some success
in getting mink, pOSsum and coons. but
that muskrats are the most profitable to
trap at the present time. Muskrat hides
are now worth from 60 TO 75 cents each
and the demand is very heavy. He SAYS
that the Wholesale fur houses are flooding
the country with circulars asking for
hides, and offering high prices for the
same. Only few years ago muskrat
skins were not considered to ne worth
more than 10 or IL cents. Today musk
rat hides are worth more than mink
Owing 10 the fact that muskrats multi
ply more rapidly than any of the other
local fur bearing animals, and that the
price is high, trapping muskrats is prof
itahie. This year FOrder has made as
high as 500 in one night capturing fur
bearing animals. He is doing his trap
ping along the Elkhorn, near the bayou
east of Sterling. and along the Hennepin
canal Forder says thousands of dollars
worth of fur has been secured this sea-
son from tl4e Green river district.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
Denials.

have no intention of resigning.-Speake
Cannon
Astounding news! The Stars declare,
Despite the rumors in the air
That they intend to CLINT and smile
Upon us mortals yet awhile,
The Sun denies reports which say
That he's about to fade away.
Such gossip's false" he says. you bet
I'm not quitting-no, not yet
The Moon when interviewed ayowed
Twas but the prattle of the crowd.
What! Me put all my moonbeams out?
They don't know what they talk about"
And this denial from the Ocean:
"Of drying up / have no notion"
This from the Wind, his anger showing:
Please say that | shall keep on blowing
This from the Birds: Please, we're deny
ing
The tale that we're to give up flying"
Unnecessary words, you say?
NO more than those which come today
From Washington, where Uncle Joe
Declares that all reports are false
Concerning his intent to waltz
Into seculsion and resign
While yet of life there is a sign
He quit the job? He fear the mob?
You couldn't pry him from his job
Paul West, in Exchange
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
DenounceS Vice Districts.

You may as well talk Of segreCating
aud regulating cannibals as segregating
and regulating vice" declared Rev. Err
nest a. Bell of the Midnight Mission
at a luncheon of the Hawkeye Fellow
ship club in the Grand Pacific hotel yes
terday. Arthur Burrage Farwell. presi-
dent Of, the Chicago Law and Order
league, also spoke. NO assurance of
immunity should be given TO those wild
beasts for a single hour" said Mr.. Bell
1T is an Internal thing to set apart any
portion of the city's domain for the
most loathsome and abominable business
in the universe. Chicago Examiner.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
PoSToFFICE SECRETS.
They Are Revealed at Denver in Effort
to Improve Conditions

The use of private letter boxes ot-the
Denver postotiice by young girls and
women has been restricted by the rails
ing of rents from 81 to 81 in each case
Many of the women have used these
boxes to ply their trades along lines that
require secrecy. Scores of school girls
have been using them To conduct IA clan
deStine correspondence which in many
cases has led TO their downfall. 1t was
learned that one girl would rent box
and then permit number of school girls
of her own age to have mail addressed
there under fictitious names, Business
men and professional men tried in vain
to rent boxes, but because they had beeu
engaged by women or girls could not en-
gage them. Girls have been known to
come to the offices with notes pretending
to be signed by their mothers. engaging
! boxes for them, while as matter of
| fact it was part of Il plot Matched by
! school girls of impreSsionable age. All
sorts of methods were devised To get rid
| of them, and all having proven failures
| the raise in the rents of the boxes was
I hit upon. The revised list starting out
! on the new year shows that many Of
! those who had rented boxes for several
| years past were missing from the rolls
| Federal officers believe that il was fright
| IN good many cases, the renters fear
| ing n general movement against them,
| the first step being the raise in rents
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
WANTED, A GARDENER.
An Attractive Job for an Expert at
Washington.

The lob of landscape gardener in the
office of public buildings and grounds at
washington. paying $500 per annum, is
roing begging because of the low salary.
Srbe landscape gardener for many years,
has been a right bower to the first lady
80 the land. He it is who arranges the
florai decorations of the white house for
nearly all occasions during the society
season. and under whose direction the
t;rst flowers of spring peep through the
sertile soil of the grounds about the
Presidents home before they are to be
seeen anywhere else in Washington. For
,-earS George X. Brown, a noted land
seape artist, filed the position He made
! mime for himself by his treatment Of
the public parks throughout the city.
Since his death in November the position
has been vacant.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Surely a charge of undue haste can
rot lie against the New York bar, which
has just disbarred Albert L. Patrick, who
has already served ten years of a life
sentence for murder. Patrick has been
practcing in his own behalf for dec
ade, from his secluded Office, and he will
go into history as the most successful
lawyer that ever hung out "shingle"
from a Sing Sing cell.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Mrs. jeremiah McClelland, aged eighty
one years, walked from her home in Kit
tanning. Pennsylvania to New Beth
lehem, and return, distance of twenty
four miles, which she terms n mere
jaunt Walking is good exercise for
women as well as for men.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Expensive paper and good ink as well
as no small amount of breath are
devoted every year to the rehear-
sal of old saws relating to the wealth
or which originated in other lands, and
which, even if they could be relied on
there, could not have any relevancy to
the different conditions existing on this
side of the Atlantic. Some of them en-
body superstitions and We're never re-
liable at any time or in any place, and
in this class belongs the story concerning
the grounding. Wherever the sun shone
yesterday with sufficient force to east Il
shadow there arc people who will recall
the fact at frequent intervals for more
than n month to come as an indication
that it is wise to harbor dreadful fore
bodings of inclemency during the re-
mainder of the present winter. Wherever
the orb of day was enshrouded with thick
| clouds from morn till eve there will be
believers in signs who will pretend to
! confidence that the backbone of the win
| ter of 1909-1910 is broken and that al
most ethereal mildneSs may be looked
| for from now on. 1t would be wasting
! ink and paper to write In serious dis
arrangement of this popular frivolity,
Talking about the weather is on occa-
sions an allowable subterfuge 1t is bet
ter to talk nonsense than to talk scandal,
1t is pleasanter at times to give rein to
airy nonsense than to struggle with
thoughts that lie too deep for words.
The cat will new, the dog will have his
day. Let Mr. Grounding receive what
share is allotted to him in conversation
and in the press. The hog is always a
good filler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
the little girl in my arms, so, and then

~ IIVtIV SIT IN Nd OF 115i 5V' 'VII1 VIIVII
I'd say
Lady Alice struggled little ''You
put her down. she whispered, "and you
had a red face
"Oh, yes! | remember" / cried, "but
it's you who're blusnng l put her
down and I'd say, Shall we be married,
little girl?'' [ wonder what she'd say
Would would it be Horrid little boy ~
still?o
IL think" hesitated Lady Alice,
that it might be Yes "A. G. Green
wood in the Taller.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

They say there is no poetry in this age.
Here is an idyl from Greenwood, Della
ware:
Every morning a hen belonging to Edward
Hastings flies to a kitchen window and
pecks on the glass. The window being
opened. the intelligent biddy takes posses.
sion OF one end of the long wood box al
one side OF the stove, and, lowering Own In
appears with joyous cackle, which an
nounccs that a freshlylaid egg is in the
box.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

The artificial lake to be created Inv
the La Crosse Water Power Comnonv
by the construction of a dam across the
east fork of Black river, above Hat
field, will be fifteen miles long and
contain water enough TO furnish power
for five months sufficient for all the
electric power required in Winona and
La Crosse. 1t will not only furnish pow
er for vast industrial developments. but
will serve as reservoir that win equal
ize the flow of water down stream. This
latter feature of water impounding en-
terprise is in harmony with the plans of
engineers TO conserve the water sup
plies at the heads of streams by the
construction Of reservoirs from which
the water can be drawn during the sum
mer months, when low water is nov
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

The abolition of the unlisted depart
ment of the New York Stock Exchange
will prevent some of the transactions
which have brought discredit on the
Exchange. The requirement from min
ing and industrial companies of full re-
ports such as railways are obliged to
make will be another step in the direc-
ton of reform. The conference between
the listing committee of the Stock EX-
change and the Mining and Metallurgical
Society of America is expected to re-
suit in requirements which will afford
investors more reliable assurance than
they have had in the past that mining
stocks dealt in on the Exchange possess
actual value. There will still be oppor-
tunity for people engaging in Stock Ex-
change transactions to lose money as
well as to make it. When pursued
with absolute fairness there is and must
be a large element of speculation in the
kind of business which is conducted on
the Stock Exchange. But speculation
is not thimble-rigging. Thimble-riggeGs
must be driven out of Wall Street if
Wall Street wants the great American
public to manifest continued interest in
it's existence.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, is
trying to cheer meat boycotters with the
assertion that the spineless cactus may
in the course of time take the place of
meat on the table. But the meat eater
of the present will, without discredit-
ing the Burbank production, feel salts
fed to let the spineless cactus solve
the meat problem of the far future.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
Another Good Old Tar Heel Word

Besides Sampson county, Ousuw
zones forward as n shipper of Jerusalem
oak seed. The seed, in m0lasseS. as an
old tine domestic remedy we arc told.
can he swallowed more millihu0usIy un-
der the name Of 'JlRelymake. Char
lotto Observer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Investigation of cold storage condi-
tions is progressing in Jersey City be-
fore a grand jury. The disclosure at the
outset of a single warehouse containing
3G,000,000 eggs which have been held
since last March and 100000 pounds of
poultry held since last April affords an
indication that the investigation will be
Illuminating and will convince the public
that the cold storage business needs
regulation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

January 1910 will be remembered for
snow in Florida, but it will also he re-
membered for the circumstance that the
visitation did no damage. This years
snow in southern Florida was the first
in eleven years
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Exporting the SOFA beans of Man
churia in the raw state to England is
profitable to grower aud exporter. The
Mitsui company of Japan made S49S.-
600 profit our IF the exporting end last
year,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Old tin cans which find their way
10 the domestic rubbish heap have been
turned to good account by the Liverpool
corporation. Last year from this source.
the health committee realized $500
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Having asked for return series of
games of baseball, with university teams
of the Western conference, the Uni
ycrsity of keio, Japan, should have her
wish granted without delay. The base
ball contingent of the University of Wis
consin were we'll received and given
sportsmanlike treatment ON the diamond
when it visited Japan last fall and the
Japs should be shown how we return
such courtesies. Outside of university
circles, the proposed visit of the Japan
csc players should have considerable in.
terest from the fact that the Wisconsin
players found their japanese antagonists
worthy of their best efforts
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

A man has just passed away whose
name deserves a place among those
whose genius evolved epoch-making in
ventions. Frederick Marx, who died on
Friday last at Marcy, town five miles
from Utica, New York, began life as a
baker, in Germany. He came to this
country when the gold excitement was
in progress in California, and worked at
his trade in that state, supplying the
gold-hungry miners with bread, instead
of seeking gold directly. From Cali
fornia he returned to Europe, where he
discovered the process of making paper
from wood pulp, but like many another
poor inventor was compelled to sell his
invention to somebody who had money
enough to develop it. In this case the
man with money was Warner Miller,
who became one of New York's United
States Senators in 1891. The wood-paper
discovery has been a boon to the press,
and countless millions of dollars are now
proftably invested in it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

The tendency of psychologists seems
10 be to count that day lost on which
no one discovers new germ
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

Senator Smith of South Carolina 10
pushing a bill in Congress providing for
a national commission to reclaim over
flowed and wet lands in the South. As
there are many large areas in that sec
ton. including Carolina swamps, there
might be a tremendous undertaking
wrapped up in the proposed measure,
not only from the standpoint of agricul-
ture. but also from that of the drainasc
engineer and the rice farmer who wants
lands than can be overlooked Mt will in
place of the present inundated lands.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

the rule because of the immediate flow
from tributaries of the spring MEETINGS
and pluvial downpours.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

4 German writer calls attention to a
life saving awl" which is in use in
Holland and Switzerland and preserves
many lives every year during the skat-
ing season. The anvil is carried in the
pocket or slung over the shoulder on q
string. Every skater who has one of
these avis can fasten on to the edge
of the ice with it when he falls inf
he does not lose his presence of mind.
There is another preventive against
drowning which some skaters are pru-
dent enough to affect 1t is to avoid
going upon thin ice or rushing into
places of obvious danger
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

The Cunard line has stated in justfi-
cation of its act in putting a compare
lively young captain on one of its giant
turbine steamers, in preference to a
tried and true veteran, that older cap
tains are not equal to the strain of run
ming big liners at the rate of twenty
four knots an hour. Perhaps veterans
are not inclined to run the big steamers
at top gait when so doing seems like
inviting disaster. 1t requires i'm
petuosity and daring to lower transat
lantic records by making speed through
storm and fog.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-02-17

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