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AS TO LOCAL TAX FOR SCHOOLS.


Brown, Of Hampton, Ca, asked your
opinion, or advice, as to local tax for
schools
AS the most of cities and towns
have local tax for schools, we were
very anxious to find you heartily in
favor of local tax for country schools.
But we find from your answer that
you had not considered the matter;
yet you seem to be inclined towards
the opposing side.
1t is not our purpose to try to
wrong you, or take up any great
amount of your valuable time. But,
as we are great believers in local tax
for country Or rural schools, let us
reason together, and consider the
number of towns and cities that have
had local tax schools for years, and
it is very rare, if ever, that it is done
away with Or voted out after once
being tried.
If it is good for town schools, why
not good for rural schools, too?
Haven't many people moved to the
towns with the plea of getting such
school advantages? And haven't
their boys learned to roll a cigarette
to perfection, part his hair exactly
in the middle; wear his hat side
ways; one corner of his 'kerchief out
of his side pocket? All ready to adj
wise any old man who chances his
way?
And haven't the good women Of
the country pleaded with their hub
bies" to move to town? Where they
could get Mary Jane into a good
school and, incidentally, into society,
where she could keep up with the
latest styles? And haven't they laced
and piled on the foolish fashions un-
til they are out of shape and look
like an ad. in front of a Jews store?
From these causes are not our
people drifting, physically, morally,
socially, and not religiously, but
HELLWARDS?
The country maiden doesn't have
to cage poor bird to hear it's songs,
but lives amid the songs of birds
where they build their nests and
sing their sweetest songs of freedom.
She lives in the open air that is fresh
from the fragrant flowers and puri-
fed by the influence of vegetation;
she basks in the open sunshine and
the love of God, and develops into
the most perfect of all PROJECTIONS,
so that the Great Creator smiles ap-
provingly, and when the angels look
down upon them they tune their
harps and sing a new song.
God has shown His dislike for
city people by destroying some of
the great cities. (And in one in
stance, you remember, poor old Mrs
Lot, who looked back (pOssibly) to
see what was the latest style, and got
left, poor thing!)
Isn't it fact that the greatest
men that we have account of were
raised in the country and educated in
the country schools? Men who
cheerfully yielded to the proclama-
ton of God: that man should live by
the sweat of his brow.
Mr.. Watson, I am not after a de-
bate with you, I am only a poor old
countryman, and you know country
people haven't much sense, any how,
and I know full well that I am not
in your class as debater, and it
would be no credit to you to "clean
me up
AS you are a man that | have
often loved to admire, and honor by
a vote when there was an opportunity
offered I will take the privilege to
tell you if 1 see you get off of your
man, insist that get back; and tell
Mr. J. r. Brown that you have taken
tho case for Local Tax for country
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MRS. M. SUMMERS. 4eo. South Bend, Ind, U. s.
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CDCC Tn VnI nav cIcTED Sister
InLE ~ lOV- MI OIOILn Womans Ailments.
am a woman.
know woman's sufferings.
have found the cure.

am woman
/ know woman's suffeTings
I have found the cure.
1 will mall free of any charge, my heme
treatment with full instructions to any suf-
ferer from womans ailments. I want to tell
all women about this cure-yOu, my reader.
for yourself, your daughter, your mother, or
your sister. T want to tell you how to cure
yourselves at home without the help of doc
ltor. Men cannot understand women'S suffer-
sings. What we women know from expert
ience, know better than any doctor. I
know that my home treatment is safe and
sure cure for LeucOrrhOea or Whitish Dis
charges, liberation, Displacement Falling
of the Womb, PrOfuse, Scanty or Painful Pc
riOds, Uterine or Ovarian TumOrs or Growths /;
also pains I'm the head, back and bowels, bear
Ing down feelings, nervousness, creeping feel
ing up the spine, melancholy, desire to cry,
hot flashes, WEAKNESS, kidney and bladder
to our
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ing for the condition your land is in
at the end of the five years.
We will all agree that the sown
land is ahead at first Of the cult
waited land.
Now, we will cross the road and
see what can be done over there.
This is the same grade of land when
/ commenced on it few years
ago. had previously learned the
benefit of resting my land, so 1 be-
gan sowing and manuring heavily
every year, and blowing deeper I'M
til / went from ten bushels of wheat
to forty-five bushels to the acre, and
from six hundred pounds of seed cot
ton to thirty-three hundred pounds
to the acre, or twelve hundred and
twenty-seven pounds of lint cotton
to the acre. This is a statement
some people don't believe, but such
crops can be made, and I have the
proof. To show some farmers that
don't learn to intensity their farm
ing and make more to the acre is a
mystery to me; some will say if you
will take the cost from these heavy
yields you won't have any more
profit than you had from your aver
age land, well, let's see, figure it out,
it cost me $3.50 per acre to make
forty-tive bushels.
Cost of breaking land. .....$ 200
Cost Of fertilizing. ......... 500
Cost Of five tons of manure. 10. 90
Cost of seed wheat ... $50
Cost of cutting and smoking
WhO0C a. w
Cost of hauling to thresh. so
Cost of the total crop. $22. SO
Amount of wheat made, As
bushels -. ......... $500
Wheat straw worth. 49,. 200
$47.0O
Cost of making the crop. -. %. SO
1OuC %At oO
Cost Of Pea Crop After Wheat.
Cost of breaking land. .....$ 200
Cost of seed peas. 200
Cost of sowing peas. ..... so
Cost of cutting and stacking
nay q w
Cost of hauling hay to barn. Loo
1OtdI COSL VI pea CIOp. p ot
Three tons hay, $12 per ton. $500
Profit on pea crop. ..... 1928. Sc
Profit on wheat CROP. "a. Sc
Profit on both crops. $50 .0(
Now last and most important, is
the cotton grown on improved lan(
with carefully selected, improved
seed.
Cost of breaking land for
cotton $50. .........$ zoe
Cost of fertilizer. ........ SOC
Cost of barnyard manure,
five tons .............. 1910
Laying off rows and putting
in fertilizer ......... 1. 81
Cost of planting seed. 81
Cost of seed ............ 81
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seed.
Cost of breaking land for
COCCOn ...9 q. w
Cost of fertilizer. ....... 800
Cost of barnyard manure,
five tons 10. 90
Laying off rows and putting
in fertilizer .......... $50
Cost of planting seed. 80. so
Cost of seed ........... so
Narrowing of rows ....... rs
Siding off cotton first time. so
Chopping cotton to a stand. 100
Running around the second
time .0U
Running around with Guilt
vatOr twice ........... 100
Hoeing twice .......... 90
Picking $500 pounds seed
cotton 10 0V
Hauling cotton to gin. -. 100
Hauling cotton to market. 100
Bagging and ties ... 2.25
Total cost of making. S As. so
1927 lbs lint, 10 cts pound. 1920
1920 pounds seed, 81 cwt.. 20. 20
$142 30
Cost of making cotton crop. As SO
Profit ...... ....... 81 40
This is due to deep blowing, ro-
tating crops, and selected seed.
When you SOW your land, first, you
rest it; second, you rest your stock;
third you rest yourself, and, on the
other hand, where you cultivate
your land continuously, you exhaust
it; second, you exhaust your stock
and yourself
Now here is my experience as a
farmer.
Alpharetta, Ga.
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Profit on both crops. $53 90
Now last and most important, is
the cotton grown on improved land
with carefully selected, improved
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07

In his article on Singapore, in the De-
cember number of Harper's Magazine.
w. j. Awkward gives a brilliant picture
Of the varied life of the city. ut was
late i'll the afternoon when we reached
the mouth of the river. the hour when
everybody that is anybody is out driv-
ing on the Esplanade, and every one who
is not is there to see. Along the broad.
tree-shaded river the fascinating show
trots by, aud one cannot but admire the
genius of the people who made IL pos
sibe in this little peninsula for which
John Bull gave the whole island of Java
to the Dutch. and where but a genera
ton or two ago Lord Cavenagh found but
n few pirate huts Across the road,
with your back to the sea, you can cas-
ily imagine yourself at a large weekend
party in England. On a broad smooth
lawn which years Of experiment coaXed
to grow in alien soil, scant-clad figures
work hard at socker, cricket and round
ers Women in fluffy white and Paris
hats sit languidly in wicker chairs, at
tended by native servants who keep
guard over blond babies, while their mis-
tresseS watch the game. Through rich
dark curtain of heavy foliage pocket
edition of an English cathedral peers
and raises its delicate spre against Il
flaming sky, Under the tree-shaded
road, between the lawn and water a pa
rade of nations goes On-brown men.
black men, yellow men, and white; Hin
doc, Malay, Javanese, and King, awheel
or afoOt, with here and there in the mot
lev gaudily cOstumed thrOng the snowy
garb of the helmeted master mind. Next
10 him in Importance are the Chinese
men of wealth. the real merchant princes
of Singapore, who give a fairly good
idea of how Il Chinese can rise If given
a chance. On the seat of the most fash
ionable dog-cart one goes by, behind a
housekeeping, locked sOrrel driven by a
Bengal lad in livery, with a duplicate
as foOtman behind. In his serene dig
nifty he grayely enjoys his daily drive and
chats with his son just home from Ok
ford Following him sober equipage
contains an English mother with three
marriageable daughters; then a high
caste Hindoo in his low carriage reclines
On rich cushions, his crinkly white frock
and silver buttons setting off magnif-
icently his dark, bearded face, crowned
with fathoms and fathoms of soft, white
stuff in carefully laid urban; a skit-
fish horse, with an officer in the Lincoln
green uniform Of the Sherwood Forest
ers at the ribbons, his bull pup beside
him and a little babOon i'm barefooted
livery sitting astern; n shabby gharry
and a Portuguese priest; a rickshaw
with a Chinese woman in flowing blue
surrounded by her little brood; a ba-
rouche full Of French girls-all passing
men in skirts, with little velvet en-
brOidered skull-caps on their heads: tur-
baned Kings in loin-cloths; savage
looking Jayanese; a Manchn lady in yell
low silk imps pitifully on hobbIed feet
after the musical clnk Of her lord and
masters wooden clogs; Bengalese Mo-
hammedan and Parsees"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
GAME ALONG THE DELAWARE.
Part OF d Steamboats, Cargo That Took
TO the Reeds

Sportsmen who have been tramping
through this state and along the Della
ware river for several days in search of
game but with indifferent luck might
have thought they were in sportSmcn's
heaven recently had they been out in
the Delaware river some distance above
this city. Two hundred fat geese were
padding about In the water. and they
were 50 inviting that no gunner could
have resisted the temptation To take a
shot ut them.
The geese were escaped prisoners from
the steamer Clio, which was GA its way
from Odessa, this state, to philadel-
phia. While the Clio was uearing its
destination the tops We're removed from
some of the crates i'll which the birds
We're imprisoned preparatory to shipping
them ashore.
One big fat goose realized its oppor-
tunity and Tapped its way ont of the
narrow confines of the box. Others saw
its move, and evidently approaching the
fact that their time for departure had
come POO geese Tapped from their pens
and waddlcd clumsily but swiftly to the
side of the boat aud sailed down into the
water.
BY the fast running tide they were
horne rapidly down the river and away
from the steamer, and many n Thanks.
giving dinner VIII he gooseleSS as a re-
suit. Some of the crew saw the birds
escape. and men on the shore saw them
too. Several hurried into small boats
to JOIN IN the chase, and tugbout even
took up the hunt For an hour the pur-
suers searched the river, occasionally
pulling n squeaking, tapping goose from
the water, but not half of the birds We're
recovered
1t is thought the geese that escaped
will make their way down the river
and swim ashore TO hide In the reeds.
GunnerS no doubt will be on the lookout
for them. for all the birds were big and
fat, as they had been specially prepared
for the Thanksgiving market Whining
tom News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
BRIrAINs YOUNGEST PEERS
Where Wealth and Rank Have Been In
her,ted by Minors.


The recent tragic death of Lord de
Clifford has resulted in the adding of one
more 10 the list of boys of tender years
WHO have inherited ancient titles und
many acres. The bate Lord de Clifford
WHO married thar popular actress. Miss
Eva Darlington. three years agn--iS Suc-
ceeded by his SUN. who was born IN 1907
aud Who thus M - years of age becomes
the proud poSseSSor OF about 1900 acres
and Is the youngest living peer
Perhaps the most interesting hoy paer
IN the kingdom, however, is Lord Done
gail, whose mother enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the only Canadian mar
chioness IN the peerage Her marriage
10 the marquis WAS one of the sensations
OF 1902, for she was only -. while her
husband was 81. The latter lived for
only seven months to enjoy the society
of his heir. who WAS born in 1908. and
thus before he WAS l. months old the
young marquis not only inherited his
fathers title but became hereditary Lord
High Admiral of Tough Neagh-the larg-
est lake in the United Kingdom naval
command dating back To the reign of
Elizabeth.
The little admiral derives no pay or
.emolumentS from his Office but he has
several notable perquiSiteS, Including the
right to wear the uniform of an admiral
VI liit meet anu ~ receive an HufnlTni
salute. In addition he is hereditary gov
ernor of Carrick-Fergus castle. and is at
all times entitled to free quarters in that
fortress.
The tragic circumstances connected
with the succession of the very youthful
Lord de Clifford remind one of the tragic
death two years ago of Lord Chesham.
one of the most popular men in England,
who was killed in the hunting field. He
,.,,,.aaIaI l,xr
time was only - years old.
The present Lord Bolingbroke attained
his thirteenth birthday last March. and
romantic story Is attached to his inheri-
lance Everybody thought that the lote
Lord Bolngbroke the fifth viscount. who
died ten years ago at the age of 80, was
a bachelor. AS a matter of fact he had
been married six years previously and
the present peer is his son.
Lord Airlie, whose mother is one of
the ladies n waiting III the Princess of
Wales. inherited his earldom when he
was years old his gallant father being
one of the many for whose uutimey
death the Boer war was responsible An
other boy peer who inherited title and
lands at I years of age is Lord Iisbume.
who succeeded his father ten years ago
Lord Congleton. who recently celehrat-
ed his nineteenth birthday, succeeded his
father some three years ago. Lord St
Leonards likewise sees his nineteenth
birthday this year, and succeeded his
uncle. the second baron, in 1905 Lord
Vernon, who achieved his majority at
the end of September, has held his bar
ony since he was 10 He is the head of
the family of which Lewis Harcourt is a
member, and can trace his descent from
Plantagenet kings, although the barony
is less than century and a half old
Other peers whose majority is still
well ahead are Lord Carbery, Lord
Shannon, who will be II years old in
November, and Lord EXmouth. who is
~ next month.-Tit-Bits
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
Color of Army Horses.

The gray charger, long an inspiration
for the poets of chivalry, is now passe.
80 say the high officials Of the war de-
partment who look after the purchase Of
horses for the United States cavalry.
He may be just as vigorous, intelligent
and faithful as his brothers Of another
color. but he's too conspicuous. they tell
us, too apt 10 get his 500 hide filed with
lead. So he has to 60. Horsemen Of
the national stock yards can no longer
sell grays To the government. which they
maintains is bad business all round
Uncle Sam formerly owned $4,000
worth Of horses If this color. One troop
in every regiment was known as the
Gray Troop But on investigation the
department decided that 50 much money
in living targets was q bad investment.
for in these days If high power rifles the
gray troop would be "A shining mark for
the infantry Of the enemy before the
bays and blacks and browns and sorrels
could get close enough to be distinguished
from the sceHery.-St. Louis Republic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
The oueerest of All Games.

One of the most curious and typical
winter games in Austria, says Herbert
Vivian in the Wide World Magazine, is
Called Aperschnalzen pastime that is
scarcely known elsewhere. 1t belongs
really to the northwest corner of the
SlaZkammergut where Austria touches
the southern limit of Bavaria. 1t begins
ON the Feast of the Three Kings and
ends on Shrove Tuesday.
When the ground is very hard and the
Ice well frozen, seven, nine, or eleven
sturdy peasants arm themselves with
long, thick whips The lashes measure
six or seven yards in length, and are
decorated at the end with big red tassels.
The performers go to some open space
and there range themselves in a large
circle or long row, the most important
thing being that the whips must not
come in contact with each other.
The first in the row, called the Auf
draher. or starter whirls his whip three
times around his head and shouts 'Auf-
drah'n! Then he counts three and
gives jerk to the lash as its curls eaus-
| ing crack not unlike a loud pistol shot
| Ills whip has, a thinner lash than the
others. IN order that they may recognize
! the different sound and hear him above
| The rest. The last of the row, on the
| contrary has the largest and thickest
whip, which gives out the deepest note.
| He is the most powerful Of the Sehnal-
ger and the important person of the
party, for the whip which keeps the best
| time and has the fullest note is reckoned
| the winner.
The effect is extremely pretty. and
gives somewhat the idea of fantastic
staccato scale being played from the
/ highest to the lowest note. 1t ID esq
pecially attractive when heard from
distance. or when there is precipice
behind to throw back the echo. The
schnalzer OF Siezenheim sometimes go
Z r. gan Mt 4 HI
miles away as tire crow flies The lay
Of the country is particularly favorable,
and they can be heard distinctly by their
friends In the village at home even at
this distance. As may be imagined. the
game is very fatiguing, for the whips
are heavy and demand a great deal Of
muscular eXertion, 1t is hopeless for
stranger to pick up a whip and imagine
| that he is going to produce any effect Mt
all Boys begin to learn with small
whips when they are about 10 years old,
and by degrees acquire dexterity and
strength in welding their weapons.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
Birds Sense of Direction.

The migratory instinct in birds is com
bined with another equally mysterious
that of the sense of direction. gentle
man who is engaged in scientific research
work for the fishery board on board the
government steamboat Goldseeker re-
Ords very interestin conservation he
made Of this characteristic of migratory
bird life. An oyster catcher that was be-
ing buifeted by head wind in its east
ern flight across the North sea toward
the continental shores aIighted on the
boat It took kindly to the attention
paid TO it SO long as the boat kept it's
eastern course, but when the course of
the boat was altered a few points to the
northward the bird Immediately showed
signs Of uneasiness and after ah appar-
ent consideration of its bearings hew into
the darkness Of the night on its east
bound course. The alteration in the boat
course was revealed to those who were
watching the bird only when the COM
pass was examined Scotsman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
AZTEC OLYMPIC GAMES.
A Historic Thieves Market, Once the
Scene of Strange Ceremony.

One of the sights more commonly
known 10 Americans, either from kearsily
or from actual knowledge of Mexico Civ
Is the thieves market. The uame does
not actually come from the fact that
thieves sell their stolen wares IA this
market, but because there is such
variety of hric-a-brac To be found for
sale Ut this place that it would seem 10
the editor TO have come from many
wealthy homes through the medium of
disciples of Caco. The fact is that the
merchants at this market take advantage
OF many forced sales to stock their shops
HaHeVer, the place offers many essential
points of historical interest. among which
may lie numbered the fact that ut one
time, during the reign of the Montez1i-
mas, ii was the Olympic grounds. as il
were, of the .AztecS.
Among the MexicanS il is known by
the name of lei Nolador tthe FIyerl and
it's name is taken from one of the many
games, matches and contests which in
those days We're played nj this historic
place The particular game from which
the name of lei Nolador is derived con
sisted IN a contest, the merits of which
may he Judged from the following de-
stription, which one of the historians
who came with Cortez made of it:
"A high pole, entirely bare of limbs.
was planted securely into the ground
At the top of this pole there was placed
Il turning wooden drum, from which
were hung foGr ropes Thasa four ropes
were twisted around the drum. and each
measured the exact length of the pole
-Four men dressed in imitation of eagles
or other high-tlight birds would dance
around the top of the frame, or drum, nj
the top of the pole, and AT Il given signal
would tie themselves by the waist with
the ropes twisted around the drum and
would throw themselves ont into space
Their weight would make the drum turn,
faster and faster, as momentum was
gained and III the meanwhile another set
of four men would remain on the drum.
dancing while it was going around At
the twelfth turn, and one turn before the
flyers would reach the ground the four
men dancing on the drum would launch
themselves out on another set of four
ropes which hung from the frame. in an
endeavor to reach the ground before the
flyers completed the last turn Should
they succeed in doing SO they would be
proclaimed victors: otherwise the flyers
would win the game"
Amast every game or religious service
of the Aztecs was symbolic. and the thir-
teen turns of the game just described
represented the thirteen cycles of their
century Mexican Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-07
OLD FASHIONS REVIVED
Styles of Dress Centuries Old to Be Re-
adopted in England.

\ wave of curious medieval fashions is
approaching England, Although they
come from Paris, the new styles owe
their birth to Russia. Italy during the
Sixteenth century and England in the
Thirteenth century. The whole note will
be barbara splendor. Wonderful Rus
sian costumes will be worn. for strong
Russian influence will predominant. This
will chiefly be eXemplifed in gorgeous
jeweed embroderies, combined with furs.
Sixteenth century Italian styles will also
be a delight to the eye. The lines of this
period are particularly pleasing. and
heavy regal embroideries in gold, copper
and platinum will be employed on these
dresses Every dress, to be up TO date.
must be parti-colored~ Two. at least. and
sometimes as many as six. colors will bc
blended together.