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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Hammond, Ind, July 17.--Joe Alsop,
a switchman, was killed near Indiana
Harbor, and Charles Schumacher.
both of Hammond. seriously injured
when hurled of railroad bridge by
Lake Shore limited train Monday.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

The Germans have adopted basob.u
and are said to have become bigh,,,
proficient in the art But it win he
years and years before they have he.
come proficient in the VOCABULARY
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Paris has new ballet which has
30 shocked some of the critics that
they refuse to review 1t. The an
nouncement OF their refusal has, of
course, led to overlooking audiences.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

We stand h both feet for the
abolition of the ancient practice Of
hurting rice and shoes at bridal cou-
pies The bridegroom suffers enough
without it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Again 1t has been declared that the
hobble skirt is doomed. Its Fieves viii
probably oioice and the world at large
certainly will.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Westerners who are praying for
rain overlooke the fact that the easi-
est way to start rain storm is to
leave their rain coats at home.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

That reported microbe for the pres
ervation of youth must have tried 1t
on itself The exilir of youth idea is
rather venerable.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

In Belgium the man who refuses to
vote is thrown into Jail, but there are
not prisons enough to accommodate
even fraction of the nonvoters in
this patriotic land.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Just now the man without a straw
hat is as conspicuous as was the man
with one In April.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Marinette.-A hoist used b. LEE
Peninsular Lumber company at CIV
IL was destroyed by fire.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

why are minors depressing" asks
nm exchange. Ask some big Lacquer
who has been shipped back to them
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Among the worlds hardest workers
may be numbered the convention
claque.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

That Connecticut eagle that tried TO
carry OF an s year old girl was not
working for summer resort, either
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

Once again the prospect Of winning
the pennant inspires the fan.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

The tragedies of aviation keep pace
with its achievements.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

Mich, that is 40 feet wide and
800 feet long-nearly one and ne
half acres in the one house ana
every bit of it planted in cucum-
bers that were trained up on ;rc'-
Uses and III late September were
as high as my head.
The gardeners III the upper
South are as ear TO the grca, mar
ket in many places as the grow
ers in the Lake Shore region. and
as | told the gardeners at (leyc
land, Ohio, when I made an adj
dress TO their club, if our growers
IN the upper South ever come to
realize the bonanza that their WIN
ter sunshine gives them for inten-
sive work under glass, they would
beat the Lake Shore people had'v.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
Greenhouses Needed in the South,

If our Southern truckers in the
upper South could see as I have
seen the intensive work that IS
being done all along the Lake
Shore region in the North in VIM
ter forcing Of vegetables in green
houses III a far worse climate than
ours, they would begin to realize
what a great advantage our sunny
winters give us for work of this
sort. ! know men with ten acres
or less who have made fortunes
i'll the winter forcing Of vegetables.
I know of at least one man who
has a regular income Of $4,000 an
nually from d twelve-acre place
where he started as a tenant with
a capital Of $50, and he is only one
among hundreds who are doing
this by intensive work under glass.
These men grow lettuce in fire.
heated greenhouses, while we in
the upper South can grow as good
under the. double-glazed sashes
without any steam. There they
grow tomatoes in greenhouses in
spring and up to the middle OF
June because they do not have
sunshine enough to grow them in
dead Of winter while we can grow
them easily at that time, for
have done it. They grow cucun-
bers in greenhouses and get S1.5c
a dozen for them while our grow
ers in the open ground in summer
get less than that a basket. I,oe
III a greenhouse at Grand Rapids.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
The Irish Potato Crop.

The early Irish potato crop last
spring was a large one, and owing
to peculiar conditions North and
the great scarcity of potatoes
there, the prices all over the North
were we'll maintained and the crop
was a very profitable one This
season the conditions will be diff
ferent, for there has been a fine
crop of potatoes grown North and
the market will be we'll supplied
with old potatoes in the spring.
After a very successful season with
any truck crop there is apt to be
a rush into that crop the next sea-
son. and the wise trucker viii be
cautious about putting in a larger
area. In fact, the present condi-
tons point to a season for the
Southern carly potato crop that
may prove disastrous next spring,
and it will be the part of wisdom
to go slow III planting an extra
large area. Experienced men are
always more apt to reduce their
acreage Of a certain crop after a
remarkably profitable season,
knowing that many will rush in
attracted by the recent profits, and
that the chances are that they will
lose.
In preparing for the early Irish
potato crop now is the time to get
something on the land to turn I'M
der, for there is nothing that so
aids the potato as a green growth
turned under. Sow rye and GRIM
son clover both. OF course, the
clover will not have attained its
best growth by the time the po-
tatoes should be planted, but there
will be growth enough to make
it pay we'll to use the seed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
POULTRY POINTERS.

The season Of poultry show i
at hand. No breeder of good porl-
try a afford to miss these OPP
portunltles of studying good birds
Many Of the blue ribbon birds rep
resent the labor and skill of a Ste
time. Study them, their shape and
color, and compare them witt, your
o~n. This wilt tell YOU whether
or not you are raising the igit
type Of bird.
That carly Matched pullet has
been growing all summer. She is
about ready to begin laying. Have
you provided a nest for her. or
must she hunt her own
oniy SIX weeks more ior TIC
thanksgiving turkey to grow. Is
he getting his share of the cood
things now:
Some kind OF winter gram should
DC sown in the bare poultry Yards
to provide early spring pasture
for the hens.
Laying hens drink a very large
amount Of water if it is clean and
kept constantly before then,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

Il wish to plant a row Of trees
along the county road. The for
mel owner had a row Of cedar
trees there but removed them as
they injured the crops. What tree
is best" The inquirer is in south
east Virginia near Dismal Swamp
and is doubtless familiar with the
bald cypress tree as II grows
scraggy III the swamp. But few
people are aware Of the beauty Of
the cypress when planted on high
ground and let take its natural
shape of a pyramid from the
ground up. Those who wish to
sec how the cypress grows Oh dry
land should see the trees that |
planted on the land of the A. & Nj.
College at Raleigh over 20 years
ago. They are now, | assume, 80
feet high. and as pretty as any
thing in the shape of a tree. A
row Of such trees along a boundary
would make a very attractive show.
But the one tree that is valuable
TO plant in such a place and that
rt.cr interferes with the crops is
the yellow locust. This tree is a
legr'ne, belonging to the same
family as peas, and it improves the
land il which it grows and makes
valuable timber for posts and rail-
road ties. The Pennsylvania 7ai'
read company has planted many
thousands OF acres of locust trees
in the mountains for the growing
of ties.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

ton in tl'e South must always be
a farm family industry, and il this
way can te made to a limited cx-
tent profitable.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
Prof. Massey's Views

(Which will be chcanet liant
food, tobacco stems at So a tor or
stable manure bedded with pine
shavings at 81 per ton, to be haul
ed the same distance:' | would
take the tobacco stems. They con-
tain about rs per cent ammonia,
over 8 per cent potash, and a small
percentage of phosphoric acid.
This is more nitrogen than the
stable manure will have, if of the
best sort, and manure bcdded with
pine shavings is not hrst-class.
Where i'armoger1n was used on
peas | find two or three times as
many nodules as where none used.
Ought the stubblc to be turned this
fall. and will it be inoculated for
vetch sown this month" No.
The incubation for the peas will
hardly affect the vetch, and it is
rather late for good success with
vetch, and the seed are nearly all
adulterated and too high in price.
Crimson clover, which is better
than vetcl. is lower in price than
ever and is selling for S3.1S a
bushel. 1t will require a special
bactcrium TO inoculate the vetch.
Farmers would do we'll to drop
vetch Till the importers give us
better seed at 4 fair price.
"->rc fruit trees brought from
the North better for planting in
Virginia than those grown in Viz
ginia:' No. The best trees to
plan, anywhere are those grown
IN a reliable nursery nearest to
where the trees arc to be planted.
You al get as good trees from
Virginia nurseries As from any
where else, and they will cost less
than those freighted from a dis
tance and will be fresher and
safer to plant. Always deal di-
rectly with the nursery and never
with a travelling agent, for nc mat
ter whether he sells the right trees
or not, he must charge more than
the nursery as he has travelling ex-
penses and other charges to pay
in delivery.
What DO you know OF the
Logan berry The Logan berry
is said TO be a cross between the
blackberry and the rcd raspberry
Its fruit seems to carry out thi:
because it is about the size Of :
good large dewberry, reddish il
color and tastes like a raspberry
fos,rd ~ North C,rol;pa tI,,+ /;
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

Laying hens drink a very large
amount Of water if it is clean and
kept constantly before them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

The warning in tire issue OF Sep
terater Il in regard to ircautious
i,;es ments in canning e>tlhlist:-
mcnts without a sufficient guaran-
tee Of products to can, IS a timely
one. | have for years told in
quircrs IN the South who wanted
to invest in canning houses to
avoid them unless there could be
contracts made with growers to
give the establishment a full sup
ply. In the canning Of tomatoes
in many parts of the South the
great prevalence of the bacterial
blight would make canning on a
! large scale uncertain and ilnprac-
ticable. The Gamers on the Della
ware-Maryland Peninsula this sea-
son have paid the unusually high
price Of $40 a ton for tomatoes,
and IN years gone by have had
their supplies as low at times as
81 a ton. Ia central and eastern
North Carolina, for instance, no
one could afford to grow tomatoes
at these prices, because Of the pre-
~valence Of the bacterial and
fusarium blight, which do not
trouble the Peninsula growers ex-
cept in a limited locality where
the diseases have recently appear
ed. Then, too, sweet corn canno,
be produced in the South as it is
northward, and no canning factory
can succeed anywhere, unless it has
the certainty of a full supply OF
products at q fair price. But this
does not mean that canning can
not be done as a home farm in.
dustrv III the South. And tht
evaporation of fruits can be car
ried on = a home farm industry
: With a good ~evaporator moro prot
| itably than in a large establish
nent. Crnnins and fruit tvapora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
sTUARTes CHIEF OF
 STAFF IS DEAD

Frederick. Md, November D. Colonel L. Herman Brien, who served in the Confederate army as chief of staff of General J. F. R. Stuart and of General ". H. II. Lee, died here tonight. He was S5 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
$1 AccOrdian Knit Ties

isms of a natural born comedian and per- forms excellently. He is what the women term "A darling child. and will be an other feature for the children this week. His sister, Miss Arletta, is also talented, although she hasn't as much to do as her younger brother.
 s Pollard does what Pollard claimed he would do, introduce some novelties in Juggling and amuse with running fire Of conversation that is clever and origi- nal. He jnggles principally with billiard balls and cues. and he performs clev- erly. He works his stunts up to q fine point and 9ances their value accord ingly.
 The Hass fans are hand to hand bal ancers, one being the father and the other the son. a clever boy about 12 years of age. Their work deserves much credit. for they have departed from the worn ralts of hand balancing. and have intro dnced some new stunts, several of which are difficult and dangerous
 Paddock and Paddock introduce nov city in an electric dance which is a pretty stage effect, and they are gingery and entertaining with their dancing and sing ing They dance exceptionally well. espe- cially MT Pollard, and Miss Pollard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
ID
 BULL MOOSE FUND
Total Amount Donated Was $66S, ,S69-Munsey Gave
 $1O1, ,250

Albany, N. Y. November 2a-Contribu- tions totalling s66S,S69 to aid the candi- dacy of Colonel Roosevelt for the presI- dency, were received by the national con1- mittee of the progressive party, accord ing to certificate giving the final fig ures filed with the secretary of state today. The expenses of the committee were s641,7s0
 The New York state committee of the progressive party certified that it re- ceived $21o. .s6s of which sS8,550 was con tributed by the national committee.
 The democratic state committee filed a certificate showing that 1t received s2i3,- S37, and expended s19S.965. The republican state committee certified that 1t received 0329,s11 and spent $319, 22s, leaving a bal ance of $10.625, with which to meet out standing bills aggregating s1o750 and four loans amounting to s74,350.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
THE EMPTY GUN


 Mobile, November 25.-When one of the characters In an amateur perform ance near here Saturday evening pulled the trigger of a revolver which was to be used in the play and which was supposedly empty, Grover Payne, an- other of the performers, was shot in the thigh, the bullet ploughing a large hole in the limb and chipping the bone. The shooting took place just before the curtain was to be raised and the au- dience, thinking it was part of the play, sat quietly until rumor of the truth spread itself about
 A near panic followed. Physicians were summoned and the wounded leg treated. Late reports are that Payne Is doing well and that no serious results are. expected from the wound The shooting occurred in a schoolhouse on the Pensacola road. four miles from Bay Minette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
AL the Biiou


 The perennial Happy Hooligan.n ex- travaganza of current popular songs and old time slapstick comedy began weeks engagement at the Bijou last evening before a medium sized house that at times exhibited great merri- ment at the antics of the players.
 As in the past years the plot of Hap py Hooligan" is of very light texture and hardly discernible to. the naked eye and therefore 1t does not of a nc- cessity intrude on ones thoughts. It Is the real American musical comedy a more or less beauteous chorus e.iit- ting more or less harmonious vocal sounds, an Irish comedian, a Dutch comedian, a couple of young spooners and d winsome widow, all appearing between songs by the chorus and talk ing about something no one under stands or cares to understand. The Irish Comedian hits the Dutch comedian with a stuffed club. The Dutch com- edian promptly returns the compliment by kicking the Irish comedian in the face and the audience doth burst into loud and thunderous applause.
 The present company presenting Happy Hooligan are adequate fun makers and the chorus, male and fe- male, sing in chorus fashion but on the whole they execute their musical num- bers in a brisk style that catches the fancy of the audience and the applause kept the chorus working incessantly answering encores.
 Dannie Simons appears as Happy Hooligan" and gave a humorous DOT trayaI of the famous cartoon character. He had the audience with him last evening. MT. Simons also proved to be a clever eccentric dancer and his spe- cialty in the second act was exception ally well done
 Paul Quinn and Maurice Barrett were respectively the Irish and Dutch com l edians. They, with the aid of Joe Mitchell, who took the part of "Bill' Grafter," provided laughter whenever Happy Hooligan" was off the stage. May Shrk was the winsome widow and sang well. The spooners were Elsie Meadows and George A. Wood. who also presented a pleasing specially. Bill Ensor was capital as the unctious policeman and the other several minor characters filled out capably. The chorus was nimble and rather good looking. The costuming was con- glomeratior of colors and quite in keeping with musical comedy. Among numbers were: "Hooligan's Glide Mine, All Mine" and T Was Never Meant for You" The Ghost of Mo- hawk" was the prettiest costume num- Der of the whole piece
 Happy Hooligan" will undoubtedly cause many people to laugh heartily before the week is over for the piece with it's absolute ridiculousness is 1aughable to the extreme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
SCHOOL MUDDLEAT OZARK UNSETTLED
Patrons May Institute Legal Proceedings Against
 Board

Ozark November Special. )-Trouble in the Dale County High school grows apace. and the community is getting into deeper water. At the mass meeting SatIr- day evening held in the courthouse audi torium the school board offered to ae- cept 3450 incidental fee for the eull ses- sion. and to hold another meeting with the protesting citizens January 2. when they would fix the spring incidental fee at s1.50, provided the school can be run on that amount. The patrons offered to pay s2.50 for the fall session, and $2.5O for the spring session, making the 5 incl dental fee, fixed by law. This the school board refused to accept. Then the meet ing appointed J. H. Adams F P. Martin, J. R- Levy and M. M. Holman to secure counsel and institute legal proceedings against the board if they should dnder- take to carry out their threat made We'd nesday to dismiss all pupils from, the school who had not paid the required I.50 by the 18th of November.
 Some patrons have complied with the demands of the board, but others who failed to do so this morning, were dis missed and sent homo. The cndiffnau of the patrons committee, J. H. Adams said today that attorneys would be em- ployed and proceedings instituted in the courts at once to compel the board to accept the proffered fee of $2.5o per ses- sion of the school.
 J. W. Corbitt. H. o. Bowling and L.. B. Andrews are the school board.
 There is yet another feature of the Ozark school institution that patrons say they are going to incorporate in their proceedings. The state per capita appropriation to the Ozark school district is approximately 5000. Of this amount Ozark gets the benefit of only $500, the other $1400 being distributed to the rural schools of the county.
 The school board justifes it's action on the ground that the state make spe- eial $5o00 appropriation to the Dale County High school, which is located in Ozark. But say the citizens in the rural districts have no legal right to the money appropriated to the Ozark district out of the general fund, and besides the one mill tax has just been carried, which will benefit the rural districts more than the towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
Lake and Speedway to Be Built by Motor and
 Country Club
CHICAGO MEN ARE
 PLACED IN CONTROL
Buying s6O,OO0 of the Stock They Propose to Develop Edgewood Proposition on Scale of
 Great Magnitude

At a meeting of the Edgewood Coun- try club held last night the name of the organization was formally changed to the Birmingham Motor & Country club and the increase of the capital stock rom sl5,0oo to s1oO,0oo was formally ratified.
 At last nights meeting 55 out of tho sS life members were represented either in person or by proxy.
 It Is now proposed to make the Bir- mingham Motor and Country club prop erty one of the show places of the south. L. E. Kloeber and associates of Chicago, take s60,ooo of the s1oo,00O stock and they propose to build the finest lake and speed way in the south--one which will excel in many respects the famous Indianapolis speedway.
 Under tho new arrangements the new club secures 1J0 acres in addition to the 1u5 already owned, making 255 acres in all, and the s15,ooo clubhouse which has already been built
 A dam will be constructed 5cross shades creek which will form lake 1-4 miles long and IA mile wide. Around this lake a three-mile speedway will be built. which will be 100 feet wide and 1a miles longer than the Indianapolis speedway.
 Engineers Already at Work
 Engineers are already on the ground .kying off the speedway and it is nro- Itosed to receive bids on the work about H)ecember 1.
 t For club members the track will be Available as well as the club privileges which will include fishing and boating on the magnificent lake proposed. In ad- dition to automobile events it is proposed to develop all kinds of aquatic events and make the club membership one of the most coveted things in the south.
 At the meeting last night it was an nounced that a unique option will be offered to club members of which they can avail themselves or not, as they wish.
 On the hills around the speedway and looking directly down on the track and lake 75 lots of 1-3 acre each have been laid off. Any present life member who takes s350 worth of stock in addition to the $50 he already has will be given free one of these lots. Of course, the members will retain all the club prvi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26
Majestic-Vaudeville

'The greatest living chimpanzee, says the programme of Alfred, the Great. and none who saw the wonderful performances of the ape Monday afternoon and night will deny the clam. Trained papoons' chimpanzees and other members of the n.cnney family have been seen here pe- fore but none presented as perfect as polished and as complete performance as did Alfred. He lights his own ciga- rettte after striking his own match, rides three sizes of bicycle, one more tAan seven feet high, plays the piano. sAates or roller skates eats, drinks. unuresses himself balances on biz ball while wearing shoes and does nnmber or equally good tricks The feature of his performance, however, is the ease with which he works, and his unusual intelli- gence. As a drawing card for the ehil- dren he is unequaled. and yet grown peo- pie applaud and appreciate iis work.
 Rivaling Alfred. however. for the top line honors are the Four Lewises-beg pardon, the Five I4ewises, for the fifth member appears. althouea only about two years old who is as talented as a child can well be. He sings. has the manner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-26

flying sparks, but were saved with but little damage.
 The many friends of Dr. J. T. Brough- ton will be grieved to know that he lies critically ill at his home on Fort Dala street.
 The farmers of Butler county are sells ing their cotton at prices over F cents.
 Union Thanksgiving services vii be held here Thursday at the Methodist church. Dr. l.. l.. Gwaltney of the Baptist church. will preach. Services will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning 1,t