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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-14
NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR HONOR

delegates were bound to nominate me
for governor. l went around among
them and told them they must do no
such thing, but they paid no attention
to me. Indeed, when the convention
met the delegates seemed unwilling to
wait for the regular order, so 'sot'
were they in their desire to name N. d.
Sperry for governor.
well, at last I went out upon the
platform, and for time could not
make myself heard. When / had Sc
cured quiet said to them: You must
not nominate me for governor. But
they would give no heed to me. Then
again / said to them: You must not
nominate me for governor; for can
not accept And If you will be quiet
long enough / will tell you why /
coaxed and waited, and at last they
became quiet enough for me to explain
7 cannot accept because l could not
be governor even were l elected
said. The constitution Of our state
says that man must be 30 years Of
age to qualify for governor / shall
not be 80 years OF age until next sum-
mer and the governor is sworn in in
May. Therefore, you will see that If
you nominated and elected mo could
not serve. But If you ere willing to
take my suggestion, will advise that
you renominate Governor William T.
Minor
"Of course, once I had got my ex-
PLANTATION made, they had to take Sc
rious heed of It. But they were stu
keen to have me on the ticket, and so,
after they had renominated Judge
Minor for governor, they chose me
again as their candidate for secretary
of state And Judge Minor and / were
reelected, and from then on until l
went to congress in 1894 / never again
held an elective Office.
4 wonder" added Mr.. Sperry re-
fiectively. how many other men have
missed being governor by being six
months or so too young to qualify for
that ofice?7
Copyright. 1910, BY z J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-14
NRtu Nel,fa 8
1t yesterday

new lake boat he had towed from New
York, as we learned when we reached
Greytown. He hailed our captain.
talking for a few minutes about the
condition OF the river. etc. and then
passed on.
THAT was the first and only time
l ever saw Commodore Vanderbilt"
continued Mr.. Jones, "and 1t has often
seemed strange to me that should
have met both Commodore Vanderbilt
and Commodore Aspinwall, who estab-
Iished the Panama route for gold seek
ers, but once. and that once in their
own spheres of action thousands of
miles from where l had heard so
mucl, of them in early childhood"
Copyright, 1910, by E. j. Edwards. Az
Rights Reserved.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-14
How seyenty-Five TRAMP" Gold
Seekers Waited for the Virgin
Bay Boat That Had Gone
Over a Dam.

Recently. through the kindness of
Dudley Jones, of Little Rock. Arkan-
sas. a surviving argonaut, was able
- give his vivid description of the
sbort-cut road which Commodore Van
derbilt build in Nicaragua for the
+ransportation of the early California
cold seekers across that country, and
Of the conditions OF travel on that
12-mile stretch Of country lying be-
tween Virgin Bay. on Lake Nicaragua,
and the port of San Juan del Sur. on
the Pacific Ocean.
That road to Eldorado Mr.. Jones
became intimately acquainted with
when, in company with IS homeward
hound gold seekers, he tramped it
from San Juan del Sur to Virgin Bay,
hecause he and his companions had
sailed from San Francisco, not on s.
vanderbilt steamer, but on tramp
sailing vessel, and, hence, they had no
claim on the Vanderbilt. company.
LAS we came in sight of the lake,
said Mr.. Jones, I'VE saw the Wander
bilt lake steamer, which we had
hoped to catch, out in the lake-just
starting, with its decks black with
peopIe. on the trip across the lake
and down the first half of the San
Juan river to Castillo, where 1t COZ
nected with the light-draught river
boats that piled between Castillo and
the seaport of Greytown, where Van
derbilt's Atlantic steamers touched.
We we're left at Virgin Bay, which
consisted of three or four bamboo
buts and the Vanderbilt company
house so-called. That was a large
warehouse made by setting poles in
the ground, with other poles for raft
ers. and over and around these poles
blue muslin cloth was stretched. 1t
was a cheap thing, but it answered
the purpose of dry place for travel
ers to spread their blankets when
they we're forced to stop in Virgin
Bav overnight. Black native dirt
made the floor, and the spreading OF
ones blanket upon it constituted
sovereignty. and was so recognized.
Having secured lodging in the
company house. we started out to
find something to eat, and shortly
made the discovery that Virgin Bay
was almost deserted by natives, and
bereft of food, except when the Van.
derbilt lake boats touched there,
which was twice month. There was
not enough food in the whole place to
3 furnish US rs 'tramps' with square
meal. The next day, finding that
nothing was being brought in, some OF
u.s. In such skiffs as we could find,
81 started up the lake foraging. The
best We could do was to collect a
scant supply Of beans, plantains and
bananas-the staples of the country.
For four days we tasted and
prayed for the return of the lake
boat; the trip to Castillo and return
could easily be made in "a hours, and
not even the Vanderbilt agent could
imagine what was OBTAINING the
steamer. On the fourth day the agent
secured a schooner from some old don
up the lake, and just as the sun went
down the last of us crawled into its
hold, and with a good breeze we went
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-14
How Nehemiah .. sperry Missed Be-
: Ing Governor OF Connecticut Be-
cause He Was About Six
Months Too Young.

Nehemiah Day Sperry, the father of
the house of representatives that re-
Gently held its final session, is in his
S4th year. For flfty-seven years he
mas been active In the politics of his
native state of Connecticut. In 1853,
When he was 20 years old, he became
member of New Ravens common
council, and the greater part of the
ume since then he has held Office,
eIlner elective or appointive. Made
postmaster Of New Haven by Lincoln
IN 1851, he filed that post for over
'"enty-eight years, and he has been in
congress since 1894. He retired on
March 4, having refused to stand for
rejection on account of his advanced
@eeo' though he is in perfect health
ana is characterized by the mental
Igor that was his when he went on
Iricsson's bond and thus assured the
uuIidlng Of the little cheese box on a
fare
'IIy-four years ago when Mr.. Sper-
hsd served year as secretary of
s-a,e OF Connecticut. his party-at
suat time the Know Nothings-met to
Illuminate a candidate for governor. ct
S4s pretty active in politics" said Mr..
@PefFy' and I had a good many
.'!ehds In the organization. also had
. 5000 many friends among the Demo
lats. Il has always been my idea that
politlcian should make friends
s,-ong ais political opponents; 1 have
-,+ays found it a good policy And
ing that I had a large personal fol-
- among the opposition, my own
ta''y friends began urging the party
l-oI'iT,aie me as governor, using the
eIlt that I could poll large vote
--cag the Democrats
- well did these friends talk that
A before the convention had been
se sa order l discovered that the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-14
GOVERNOR AND ASPIRING CLERK

drug store simply to earn my living
am trying to save money"
THAT is very good habit to get
Are you saving for any special pur-
pose 2"
Yes, governor I am very anxious
to be doctor. When was little
boy 1 made up my mind that / would
be doctor Since have been in this
drug store / have mastered prescrip-
tons, and have learned the various
qualities of drugs That would be Of
great service to me If were to be a
DOCTOR
Well" replied the governor, 81 have
usually found 1t to be the case that,
when young man has set his heart
upon any kind of professional work, 1t
is in obedience to the summons of his
intellect; and he ought to obey the
summons. I wonderful can be of any
service to your"
Governor, l have thought that II
anyone would advance me a hundred
dollars month, l would be able to
save fifty of 1t, and so after two or
three years accumulate enough money
TO carry me through a medical school,
And In the meanwhile, on the other
fifty could live while preparing my
self for medical school,"
Il do not think that would be good
plan," was Hills answer. "You don't
know whether you could save fifty dol
lars a month or not And, in any
event. you would find yourself in debt
after you had passed through medical
school, and burden of debt is very
serious thing for young man enter
ing any profession"
Then you wouldn't lend me a hun
dred dollars month, governor" hest
tatingly asked the young man.
mo, do not think that would be
wise"
The drug clerk turned away, with an
expression of great disappointment.
Governor Hill meditated a moment and
then turned to the clerk. How would
you like to come to Albany and live in
my house?" he asked. You know, /
live In the executive mansion. There
Is very good medical school at AL.
bany. II you lived at my house IT
would cost you nothing. You would be
considered member of my executive
family. We would see about prepar-
ing you for and securing you an en-.
trance to the medical school. How
does that plan strike your"
why, governor, never could forget
such kindness" cried the youth.
When can you Gomez" asked Hill.
Whenever you say" was the in
slant answer.
So 1t happened that this young drug
clerk was installed inconspicuously
among those who, as clerks. were In
the employment Of the governor at the
executive mansion. Eventually, he
passed through the medical school and
took his degree. On the day after the
graduation, the governor asked him:
What are you going to do nowr'
"Oh. I'm going to begin practice"
II don't advise that" said Hill. you
go 70 Bellevue Hospital. in New York.
will see to It that you gain entrance
there. Devote at least two years to
hospital practice. Then you will be
fully equipped to practice"
That advice was followed, and the
young drug clerk whom Governor Hill
he'd thus helped afterwards began
practice. in his professional work ius-
tifying all Of his benefactor's expecta-
ton and interest.
His name? Well. It may be that,
when the executors Of Senator HilFs
estate make public their probate work,
this name will be disclosed.
Copyright, 1870 By E. j. Edwards, All
Rights ReservedJ
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
WORTH KNOWING
Fog Legs ard Electricity.

In 1859 ut bologna a woman was
SHINING frogs for soup, and youth
in the room was idling with an cleo
trical machine belonging TO the wo-
mans husband. The youth held in
his hand a lissecting knife, and pres
emily turned from his idllng to assist
the woman In her work AS soon as
the knife in his hand touched the
nerve in the leg OF dead frog the
youth called the womans attention
to the fact that tle leg struggled as
ii alive. Wien the woman's husband
came home at noon to eat the soup
the woman told him about the NOV
ing legs, and in that hour the de-
partment In electricity called galvar-
ism ives born, for the man was A'oy-
slus Galvani, lecturer on anatomy
and dseoyerer CT galyanic electri-
city. What queer accident leading
10 a scientific Discover; arl yet
such are the fats. Prof. Galvani
tried a further experiment. He hung
frog LEGS by copper hooks upon an
iron balcony outside lis house. When
swaved nv tho wind the tins nf the
leoa touched the iron of the balcony
and produced commissions In the limbs
Because no outside electricity had
niayed pa"t in this case Galvani
held that what he had discovered was
animal electricity. Brit Prof Ales-
r7"d"n Volta. at sayia another mare
which reapnears in matters Clsctr.-
cal, @. e., the voltaic pile and so on,
~erented the balcony evperiment and
pronounced the resultant current
m2tallc electricity and rot animal.
md 50 began verv famous contro-
vrrsv tilat lasted for years AMI H.
viaed TIE students OF electricity into
two camps. At length Galyani found
that by LAYING barSs nerve of the
frog. called the "cruval nerve" he
| rould produce commissions in the
| limb without any metal at all. At
this rCirt the discoverer died. 1898,
leaving Volta in possession Of the
| hld. Poster'ty pronounces that both
ven wore right There Is an animal
electricity and there Is another pro.
duced by metals.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16

feareth to die, when it hath a tooth
acke or a toeache?
Is it that sex which Is TOO Ian ,u,d
to arise and turn on the radiator OF
to lift the ice from OF the dum>
waiter?
Is il that sex which grahbeta the
first seats in a street car and after
ward is too weak 10 stand up again
even though daGsel t3ttereth upol
its a1o.nted toes?
Is it that sex which is too weak To
resist cocktail--or p woman?
Is 1t that sex which cannot with
stand temptation. yet if temptatlora
come not its way goeth cut and fad,
eth them?
Is it that sex which canrot endure
to be crosscd or opposed, but which
must Boz given its own way, eyel as
neevish babe?
Is It that sex which reluiratA Toe-
slant stimulation from. the ceiiaratte,
ard constant ilqttery, and codllinc,
tlN HdpS LIN ItUtii AlS i SStt iietll
Is It tnat sen which must he made
comfortable, which must have its
clothes crt loose. end viii not BE
bound down b. clinging skirts o.
tight corsnts, yet which mocketA and
denoaneeth t1e trorserette upon n
roman. who hath strength to endure
her load?
rs it that sex which trembloth at
the thought Of matrimor., AMI Poefh
hleating rnto the altar as lamb to
the slaughter?
Or is it that sex which bindeth T.
self in whalebone and steel. ard load-
eth itself down with fril's and feath-
ers: which liveth upon leftovers and
cheerfully faceth all things. even
sarcasm and r!Iicule and criticism
yea. even life with a man?
Tel me, nv belov 4, for would
know these taings. Seiah!
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16

OF Turkey, which Oscar 8. S raus re.
signed some tine ago. Ex-Governor
Curtis GUilJ Jrs has len pronineat
IN military aft ifs and politics for III.
teen years His name has of,en beya
mcrt!onfd for the diplo matte sent ..
Ia Ger emler no went to Mex!2o IS
,l~ s.t ial ambassador from lie
United States u he Mexican cent: !.
NAL celebration. and only last mon.h
4 was iumcSed thai he was likely 10
return to that .ry as ambassa.
Cor succeeding Ambassador Wrsol,
Mt. Guild L. a Boston newspaper nm.
Ills father, who died recently, was a
i'cston merchant and was editor All
FOUNDER OF the Ecston Commer2 II
Bulletin, The son succeeded ia tha
control OF the paper in 1902. Te Is
fifty years old. He graduated from
Harvard in 1881, When the Snanish.
American war broke ont he yo,uo.
teefed as a private. WAS giyen a cam
mission and served with distinction
on the STAFF of General Fitehueh Iaa.
He was he first man TO enter Ia.
vana after the general ana svhss.
quently became general inspectarAof
the Seventh infantry corps. He cones
CT fighting stock. His mother was ,
granddaughter Of General Cobb, ais
70 Washington, and his grandm.t h,r
#ss d daughtedr OF Era IIodgcs. a
soldier OF the Revolution Mr.. Guild
was elected lieutenant governor OF
Nagsachuse,t is in 1892. became ccy.
eEEcr in 1905, was reelected the fol.
!eWiag year and again in 1897. lis
govefncfship was marked by the psss
age Of more new legislation than that
OF tl@ 1ravioGs one.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
WISE SAYINGS

(Eeing Confessions Of the 700th Mrs
Solonon.)
Why now, do men continue to
mock and to cry out against the
weaker sex?
For | say unto thee, my daughter
OF all the sexes that roam the earth
which is the weaker sex?
Is it that sex which is too weak tc
hunt for its own collar buttons, toe
lazy to put away Its own clothes, toe
weary TO lift its cigar ashes unto the
ash tray, too feeble to clean Its owr
safety razor?
Is 1t that sex which Is too infirm te
fix Its own bath water and bring forth
Its clean shirts?
Is it that sex unto which must b.
Yielded the most comfortable chairs
the morning paper and all the It'd
bits?
Is 1t that sex which Is too frail Il
endure pain, and which howleth ant
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16

tae probable result In the former
The race Is s5i.l between F'uIe., Ser
bian AMI Duncan, with 10 telling who
will win. The sama Is true in the
Seventh ward. where according 10
what appears to be reliable informa.
ton, Mr. Steinel ana Alderman Mag
nCr arc dividing the honors. The for
mer, iii.~ Mr.. Kelly of Ine Fifth
ward, has not mingled muel In poll
tics but the peoples interests woulI
be safe In .ss hands. lie would
stand consistently for c.eal govern
ment and Z; ainst gang rule" He
has been a working MAN all his life
and may claim to represent the worH-
ing mans best interests when be con-
tends for good government. Eft he
has strong opponent in VIM. Mag
ner, whose general record in the coun-
Gil is good, whose work for the city
in tines of high water, like the pres
ent, has heen OF great value TO the
people. WHO is an experienced cam
paigner. a good mixer, with smile
and manner that are nard 70 resist.
Between these two candidates the
voters of the Seventh ward may fini
it hard to decide.
AS for the Socialist candidates for
aldermen generally. it is likely the
Seventh ward candidate VIII count
for more than tlloza Of C.le ether
wards. because the party is be-
lieved 10 be strongest there. 1t
seems to Re & toss up" as to whether
Mr.. St5ineI or Mr.. Wagner will be
most affected by this vote.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
PRQyENENIS
WELL SPEND sic5co3 L: E.,9o8T-
ant IMPROVEMENTS Al
CAIRO TERMINALS.
4 NEW IR{ISHT D.POI
70 Ee CG;is 6. Fcurt, and Com
me.oia' - F.eight Yards -
&c Paved - New OF
ficcc.

The new rrresidant OF tie illiaels
Central rs,.road company. = Il. Mark
| ham, spent several hours in Cairo
YESTERDAY morning.. lie was accom-
panied By T.. J, Foley, assistant gen
eras manager OF The company. ley
were met here by Superintendent, j.
orteriieid OF Carboada!e
l.4e distinguished visitors wero an
tertained by Il number Of cit.zons with
an aatomotile ride oter ..e stress
OF the city. In tn> party wee Ma
yor Geo.ge Parsons, J. s. AIsth2rre,
Il. 5 candee, Walter II. Wool, G. 5.
Carey. James ii. Galiigan and II. S.
Antrim.
During the drive. Pres tdent Marx
ham stated that the company IA az
rrapriaa4l 100000 u he used in in.
proving the terminals at Caro-.
Amol9 tie improvements contempla;,
Cd is the bull ing Of a new brick
freight DEPOT at Commercial avenue
and Fourteenth street, $50 feet ong
and a portion OF II Two STORES ii
. light to accommodate the o.iCy
force. 1t is also proposed ID b.ick
the frdgat yards. In the drive the
freight houses Of the other roads
here were viewed
Mayor Parsons IN his tax vita
President Markham brought NJ tie
matter of canceling the s1Caj bill
the railroad has against tia 49, f.
furnishing material and tra4- ~1rta
Lon of same 10 repa,f tie saver
leak al Tenth street a few years
ago. and also mentioned The necessity
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
UNCLE WALT
THE POET PHILOSOPHER

They locked Jack Johnson up In JAIL and charged him with
ttng fault they spurned his ofr of tho kae him
prison vault; he ooie 4
jChsNG in bis and tust the black
IN JAIL Great White Way and
much the same in that have taken Columbus
the letters
bowed with chains! And lis Ilte Ahurs
adown and John
mist OF tears write aegores passiG well HeTl in hx walls
it's
the ingfate and the chairs!
stricken complains!
from his writings eara how grief
Brother Johns.ngis
go: =: :. Aau>z7ls4e4
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
net MUCH DOING. !"

There has not been much change
during tl,1 last week in the situation
, vita respect to the aldermanie con-
tests In the several wards. al
though some hard work has been
done il several OF them, by the
friends OF opposing candidates.
1t has become more evident, how
ever, that the administration has Ge'
d.ded to drop some more Of lis old
time "stand-bys, and In some OF the
wards has lined up with elements
which it mas hitherto ignored or an
tagonizei Whether t4is is due to
fear Of defeat OF 70 change of heart
can not be stated.
In the FIRST ward 0. P. Hurd & ems
to hold his decided advantage over
Alderman Scullin, having gained
ground steadily There are about 10
negro voters In the ward who are en-
titled to vote and It is understood
that they are mostly, If net all, for
Mr.. Scullln; but the white voters
seem 10 regard Mr.. Hurd as the better
man for tie place, because they be
lieve him TO be more lnd5pen e. l.
less Likely to be abjectly subseryient
to boss rule fully as prog essive
as Mr.. Scnllin mas been and moe
representative of the industrial &C
tiVity of the city.
In the Second ward Petaf Saup ia
held to be beycad question tie
stronger man ana the better man for
the place This can be said without
rejecting in any way upon mis- OPP
ronent, for Mr.. Saup has the advan'
tage of matrred mind, of expert
ence, and If large material interest
in the eity's welfare, and OF proven
capacity as public servant.
In the Third ward MIR, Flack Is tt
man, Of course he stanGs head ant
shoulders above his opponent Who i
only 4 feet 2. Rudolph is a pretty
good little Shaver" knows Who'll,
| d and probably could t5ll them some
things, II he were given a chance
but he hasn't the alaermanic proper
t'ons that TlacF has, an i they woul'
be apt to sit down on him. Mr.
Flack Is an excellent representative
OF the W-de-awake puzzle spirited
business element OF the city ant
would make that element an abb
representative.
The Fourth Is in statu quo, with tn
smiling Mr.. Nicholson as Chic
Egans man, and in sole possession
OF the field. since Jake Amos go
his'n" and quit the race PERSONAL,
Mr.. Nicholson ID all light and h
may prove to be all right as an alder
man. though not as independent a
representative OF the people ough
to be.
In the Fifth ward there is going t
be something Of fight between Al
derman Nellis and Dan M. Kelly
with To,a Calvin an uncertain guam
tity. Alderman Nelis has his force
well organized ana has experience il
campaigning but Mr.. Kelly has som
strong men behina him who under
stand the game and seem likely I
pull him through. Mr.. Kelly is on
or the class Of citizens who are mos
desirable in the public service. II
Is clean, successful business mar
cooI-headed. conscientious, publ
spirited, broad minded, man @
good judgment. The people are fol
tunate when they get such men /
serve them at a sacrifice Of their ow
personal affairs.
Iii the Sixth and Seventh ward
there seems to be- little to indicat
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
IMPENDING BATTLE
At Aqua PRIETA

federals and asked to join the insur
recto army. They took UP position
with US and when the battle opened
Immediately turned their guns against
our men killing many"
Garcia said he would have a GAR
son OF loo to guard the town and
with his cavalry employed to prevent
the federal fianking him and getting
between him and Ague Prieeta woul
open the battle as far as possible
from the American line
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-16
PRELIMINARY ATTACK.
Prec utiors Ere Being Taken for Pro
tectinn cf Non Crn1hstants

lection CT Non Ccmbatants
FL Paso, Tex, April 15-Fight;lg
which is believed to be preliminary
0 a general attack on Juarez began
this morning near Bauche and has
been in progress all day. The latest
information received here today was
that the battle was sim in progress.
Precautions are being taken By
Mexican and United States officials
for the protection Of non-combatan :.
General Navarro today notified
American Consul Edwards that an
embargo would be placed on all tran.
lic from the United States. The Ell
Paso chamber of commerce also con
ferred with Colonel Sharoe, com
manding the United States troops
here relative 10 the protection OF this
city from an experience similar to
that at Douglas, Arizona.
cavalrymen Ambushed.
Today's fight opened when 10a
federal cavalrymen were ambusAed
by the insurrectos The federGls
were later reinforced by $50 infantry.
men and so cavalrymen from Juare ,.
The insurrecto force is estimated at
500.
Late today the federals went 70
Juarez for field piece with when
they hoped to be able to dislodge the
rebel force. Shortly before dark q
physician returned from the battle
field bringing with him two wounded
federals.