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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21
WINTER SPENT ON THE NILE
English Writer Tells Of Life on =
River Steamer That Passes
Through FIowery Fields.

Cairo, Egypt Without doubt the
pleasantest place in which TO spend a
pan-wintry winter is Egypt-tAe banks
Of the Nile. In Cairo, perhaps. it is
not quite correct to describe the win.
ter as non-wintry, for the early morn
ing and evening cold is sufficient TO
make itself very sensibly felt; but in
Assuan and Luxor the winter is no
winter in the European sense of the
word, says writer in the London
Post.
By Christmas the narcissus and the
violets. immense beds of which grow
in the gardens, are already in bloom;
while by March, our early spring, the
orange blossom and the scarlet hi
discus are fully out. the pink and
white oleanders and petunias are
Towering with a profusion utterly I'M
known in European gardens. and the
long, lofty wall Of the Winter Palace
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21
PLEDGE WAR ON AIGRETTE
New York Women Also Place Ban on
Much-Prized Bird of Para
disc Ornament.

New York.-PIedges never again t.
wear the much-prized plumage OF
either the bird of paradise or the
aigrstte are being signed by many
women prominent in society here.
Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn. who is
the president Of the American Nu-
scum of Natural History. started the
pledge-taking at club meeting. when
it was resolved that everything pos
sihle should be done to protect from
extinction the two birds whose plum
age has been much sought by women
OF fashion.
The women pledge-takers are mere
~ members Of the wcmen's auxiliary
of the New York Geological society,
BY formal resolution they indorsed
the principle OF federal protection OF
birds. embodied in the Mclean bill
now before congress.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

gardens in Luxor is hung with, as II
We're. a tapestry Of deep yellow Mare
chal Mel roses aad deep purple bou-
gainvillea-wonderfu color-study OF
tints, both rich and rare Winter on
the Nile, indeed. is more like an ideal
summer. with warm days, which are
yet not exhausting, and with cool eve
nings and early mornings. which pcs
sess some marvellous quality of fresh
ness and invigorating power of which
evenings and early mornings else.
where seem hereft
For complete rest and refreshment
of mind and body, / think, after CON
siderable experience of travel. that /
should send any one to Egypt in pref
erence to any other part of the world.
| should not recommend much time
being spent in Cairo, as. interesting
city though it is in the older and ma
tive parts, it is not Enthusiastically
Egyptian. and does not. unless. per-
chance for the incorrigible town lover,
possess anything approaching to the
nameless charm Of the Nile aud up
per Egypt.
Throughout the entire journey, last
ing about a fortnight, from Cairo to
Assuan, this abundant life of the Nile
is ceaselessly in evidence. In sum-
mer the dead season. it might be less
apparent, but in winter or spring the
signs of people. habitations. domestic
animals, cultivation, wherever the eye
rests, are striking beyond all else in
the Egyptian landscape. In the win
ter there are crops to be sown, water.
ed, and tended, and by early spring
the first of these crops are ready for
harvest
do not think l speak for myself
alone when ] say that I have spent
day after day in the bows of a Nile
steamer doing nothing whatever but
watching the scenes passed through.
without for moment finding the days
too long.
Apart from the lif. actually on the
river, with the passage of boats. bear
ing the peculiar long Nile sails. man
ned by bawling Arabs and laden with
strange cargoes of water jugs, sugar
cane, and maize, there is the life on
the shore itself-the life of people
unfamiliar and yet familiar. because
they seem to have come out of the
pages of the family Bibles at whose il
Illustrations we used to look in our
childhood. a people doing things as
they did them thousands of years ago,
IL, ~ -. col
because it goes on before our eyes,
and which yet seems life of long
ago.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21
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bunch of violets worn q Frenchman, or seen
in his home, was a seclel message that he
loyal TO the exiled chieftains cause.
Ion the name bestowed upon the violet by
the imaginative Greek who loved to people the
petals of every blossom and the rippes of every
rill with fair creations OF their fancy. According
to mythology the name was derived from Ia. the
daughter of Midas and the betrothed Of Atys. The
story that Diana desiring to conceal the
maid from Apollo, transformed her into violet.
Another myth about the birth of the flower says
that Jupiter caused the first violets to spring
from the earth food for the prosecuted Ia
while she was hiding IN the form of white
heifer from the fury Of Juno.
The makers have q special fondness for
the tiny flower and love to translate the message
it is trying to tell to the rest of creation.
1t is singular fact that some flowers suggest
pensiveness and even melancholy, while in form,
color and bearing Others speak only OF gladness-
While the personality OF the flower may he some
what responsible for its effect the human
moods more perhaps is due to the strain OF
poets moods. Most Of the Easter flowers seem
to be message bearers OF Joy and hope, lifting
their faces to the blue skies in happy worship
rather than in sadness. II seems to be natural
for poets to give names and human attributes
to plants but the beauty loving Greeks went
farther along the path OF fancy. They invented
human originals for their favorite flowers. and
made beautiful legends to account for the trans
formation The lovely narcissus according to
became so lost in admiration of his shadow
that he cruelty sighted the affections of the fair
Echo AS punishment for this crime he
changed into a narcissus, the flower of self love.
Shakespeare aludes TO another romantic
legend in his winter Tale" The narcissus was
said to have been the flower that the daughter
of Ceres was gathering when she was carried
OF by Pluto of internal region fame The night
goddesses also chose it for their ancient coronet
and it was a highly important factor in the Gus
toms of Greek life. The Chinese too. have
great fancy for this flower They use it in many
Of their sacred ceremonies. and every family in
the aIikado's realm takes great pride in having
plant in full bloom at the New Year.
Love and jealousy played leading parts in tho
story of the birth Of the hyacnth another Oren-
tai favorite. There a youth. Hyacinthus By
name who much beloved by Apollo and
Zephyr. He preferred the warm steady affection
of the sun to the ftful love of the wind This
made the passionate Zephyr wildly jealous and
caused the plotting of terrible revenge While
Apollo and Hyacinthus were playing uuoits which
favorite game with the gods Zephyr saw
his awaited opportunity He made his rival the
slayer of Hyaeinthus by blowing the gods Quot
toward the head Of the youth But while the
dying boy was held in the arms OF Apollo he was
transformed into the fair. fragrant hyacinth The
flower has always meant garas or play because
Of this tale
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

England q new feSTlYaI called Primrose Lay.
Mythology as well as history claims the hum
bic little flower and tells a tale of its origin The
story is that a beautiful youth manner Paralsos
died OF grief over the loss OF his love- and was
metamorphosed into the primrose, which in its
early days bore his name.
The fair spring blossoms which Mother Earth
sent forth to herald the coming of Easter have
oeen gossiping about each other The tales they
tell about the tulip that bright favorite OF Orien-
tai lands. besides being highly romantic, verge
on the sensational Its notorious career has Seen
freely discussed among the less brilliant flowers.
some of which. in spite OF their sweet, gentle
dispositions resent the tulips regal bearing and
courtly airs. Few people have ever heard the
stories they tell. In this busy hustling age only
poets and occasionally other impractical folk find
time to trace the family trees" and history OF
flowers
But the tulip, as weli as the other blossoms
that are talked about win probably be welcomed
even cordially than OF old into the churches
and the homes of the best families after its
strange and wonderful past becomes known. The
gay-petaled blossom gets its name from SINH
larity TO the Turkish headdress, and one of the
chief national festivals in the Snltan's land is
known as the feast of tulips. But the proud flow
er has done something more than please the
| Turks with It's beauty.
Once upon time It held just as great an In
auence the financial affairs OF some families
as Wall street has mad over those of others This
/ al happened something over ouU years ago Nuen
the tulip was first taken to western Europe.
1t was Immediately enthroned as car in the
/ floral kingdom. and so great was the rage for it
in Holland and France that many families famed
for wealth were bankrupted by 1t, The new
| comer's beauty made even the wise. staid Dutch
| florists mad and speculation in costly bulbs be-
came a terrible gambling mania among them. A
rare specimen often won prize high that
paid for a housekeeping race horse or a fine
diamond. Fortunes changed hands daily in bets
over the final outcome of almost priceless seed
ling bulbs The gambling reached such a height
that the government finally had TO issue proc
lamation TO suppress it. During three years
tulips yielded to the city of Haarlem the snug
little of s50.00000o. The finest bulbs are
stil brought from that Holland town, and are
descendants of those famous tulips
While this financial career of the tulip Is most
Interesting in specializing circles. the poets love
best the tale that tells how the Young Persan
always makes 1t the emblem OF his declaration OF
love. The turbaned swain sends TO the lady of
his dreams the most brilliant tulip he can find.
The message It bears is that like the flower his
countenance is all on fire and his heart has been
reduced to coal by the intense warmth of his
, love
The we'll beloved violet is another gentle little
flower that has been a prominent figure in his
tory. When the first Napoleon was in exile Il
was adopted his emblem by his followers. a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21
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Every tradition associated with
that Easter flower, the iris, makes
1t a beauty OF richest promise. 1t
signifies message. and, because 1t
grows in every part OF the world, 1t
is a universal message. The Greeks
named it for the rainbow, but the
Egyptians lay special claim to the
flower.
1t is the plant spoken Of in Exodus
as being the hiding place of the IN
FAINT Moses when he lay in the era
die of the rushes on the rivers DO
som. 1t may be that the flowers
whispered to him then that his des
tiny was to lead his people to the
promised land. The ancient Egyp
tians placed the iris on the brow OF
the sphinx and on the scepters OF
their monarchs, and among all the
eastern nations 1t has ever been the
symbol Of power. Another land that
highly honors It is France, for it is
the veritable feur-de-lis that figures
on the arms of this country. But
there is most beautiful legend that
makes the iris a sacred flower as
well as national emblem. The
story tells that it was a trembling
agonized witness Of the crucifxion.
When it heard the anguished cry.
eMy God, my God. why hast thou
forsaken me?" 1t sobbed out the
vow. Henceforth viii perpetually
mourn. and. lest man should ever
lose sight OF this solemn hour, above
my golden chalice Iswill carry 2
veil of violet"
Ancient and important is the his
tory of the lily, which was also high
in favor with the old Egyptians. foz
it appears prominently in theii
hieroglyphics. According to a pref
ty legend. when lilies first grew or
the earth they were none OF then
pure white. but all of lovely yellow
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A New Jersey pastor played a cor
net at dance. and his congregation
demanded his resignation. If he's as
bad a musician as some we've heard
we don't blame them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A German who paid a 81 poll tax
in Jersey City last year chopped down
the only pole he had on the premises
and made his wife hang her clothes on
the roof. Now he is studying English
IN night school to find out whethey
the collector Is spooiing him
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Government reports show that
horses are increasing in spite of the
spreading use of automobiles. 1t will
reassure those who fear that the
march of progress is causing neglect
of mans best friend.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A British specialist diagnoses the
disease from which Napoleon died as
cancer. Postmortems have their use.
but one almost century after the
event is rather more curious than i'm
portant
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Philadelphia is manufacturing mo.
tor truck along lines of locomotive.
Should be equipped with cowcatch.
err and run under rules governing a
railroad train.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A St. Louis man is possessed OF r
leg that has been asleep for eight
months and refuses to awake. Still,
it's not so bad as IL he were left
without a leg to stand on.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

In Berlin persons are not allowed to
keep their windows open while play
ing on musical instruments. In Amer
Tea the fellow who lives next door is
forced to put his down.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

IN Switzerland it is held lawful to
call man an ass. Perhaps because
the majority Of men in Switzerland
risk their necks mountain climb.
ing
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

There are whole parishes in Eng
land that have not a single bathtub. So
It seems that some Englishmen do get
along without morning "bawth."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A baby girl in Boston Is being
trained up to become a perfect wo-
man. It's cinch she'll be snob
with all that self-consciousness of her
mission.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

New York has $50 hotels. and can
accommodate $4,000 people. She also
keeps enough waters to trim them
all
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Heatless light is said to have been
discovered by Partisan scientist.
which indicates that science is only
about a couple OF aeons behind the
modest freely
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

West Virginia legislator wants TO
pass low making it illegal for wom-
en- to wear hats in theaters. Why not
include punishment for sticking hat.
pins through the back OF the seat
ahead. too
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

In Brooklyn. one jury awarded a
woman $4,000 for a loss of her hus-
band. and another jury gave man
$500 for the loss of a leg. The
jury must have known the de-
ceased.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Now comes a genealogist with the
announcement that the rightful king of
ireland ia a German. Och. wurra.
wUrra!
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A Toronto minister named Shear
er refused to turkey trot for a Judge
II is said he made some cutting re-
marks as well
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Nothing better displays the bold
ness OF the Chinese republic than its
effort to interfere in the matter OF
woman's dress.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

A Pennsylvania burglar upset a hive
Of bees. with the result that he was
captured A case Of the busy little
bee improving each shining hour.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

II we we're all baseball clubs we
could all go south. too. But of course
somebody has to stay at home and
abuse the weather.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21
seIIa ouart d alooa for IS.

ONtiS 1ASfA u 0tSOu Tut S@Ss
New York-Joseph Schwartz, out
Of work and hungry, sold a pint and
half of his blood to Jack Shapiro for
S25. The TRANSMISSION took place in
Lebanon hospital.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Professor Yammer remarks that
everybody eIalts a ray. But the loud
est ones are those emitted by the
college youth at football game.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Poor girl in a paper mill found $40
IN rags. and then they proved TO be
confederate bills. Shes been chewing
the rag about it ever since.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

They say that q hare can run so
feet a second. but where is there
fat man who would like to be q
hare2
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

There are twenty-seven forms OF in
sanity. but there is no scientific sup
port for the notion that man may
have several of them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

picouent messages from home. But
despite It's unassuming manner the
primrose has linked with its his
terry tale Of political honors. It is
an heraIdic flower giving name to
noble Scottish house on whose shield
It is craven with motto that. trans
lEted, reads: EARLY youth is charm
Ing" Besides this, it was taken as
TIE symbol Of a political career more
bold, brilliant and strange than any
ether of its time. The statesman was
Lord Beaconsfield, and in connection
with him there was established in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Lime is recommended as a diet to
cure fat feet Quickens up body. no
doubt
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

Chicago pastor advises girls not to
wed until they are twenty-three. So
they will have something to lay
4 on If Il proves an unhappy mar
rage.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

This eight hour a day law is all
right for women. but where does moth
er come in?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-21

An Ohio man was injured by an
explosion of hot doughnut Lucky
he hadn't eaten it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-09-02
When We Criticize.

No one who habitually points out
others failures can be a success him.
self. There Is something about the
habit of criticism that prevents the
free, full expression of good in the
life of the critic. 1t has been said, for
example, that professional literary
critics never turn out any good litera-
ture. Their babitual attitude of criti-
cism dries up the sources Of literary
production" Whether thir sweeping
statement Is true In every case or not,
1t suggests warning that most of us
need to think about. To be habitually
interested In seeing and speaking
about the failures Of others is to dry
up our own powers Of good. And the
reverse is equally true; to be sensi-
lively conscious OF the good that is In
others, to discover 1t and talk about
1t freely, is to bring good into being In
our own lives that might otherwise
never come into existence. How much
better 1t is to discover that which
makes for life than that which makes
for death!--Sunday School Times.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-09-02
METHODS OF SPRAYING TREES
Maine Experimental station Finds
Combination Which May Be Used
With Perfect Safety.

In response to numerous requests
for information on the subject Of pre-
pairing and use OF hme-sulphur In or
chard spraying, the Maine agricul-
tural experiment station has Issued .
bulletin which goes into the matter
quite fully. 1t says In part:
During the past few years there has
been a marked change In the methods
Of spraying apple trees. the most i'm.
portant being q quite general substi-
tuition Of hme-sulphur for bordeaux
mixture as fungicide. There 10 prob
ably no better material than bordeaux
mixture In use today for the control
Of apple scab. but unfortunately It 10
frequently the cause Of serious dam
age to both foliage and fruit II the
weather conditions are right The cir
calar gives . list OF . large number
of varieties Of apples with the relative
resistance Of each to this spray. It ID
not recommended that orchardists
who have been using bordeaux mix.
ture successfully on resistant varieties
change to nme-sulphur. On the other
hand. those who have experienced any
diflculty with It, or who are growing
varieties known to be susceptible to
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-09-02
EASILY T0WED CANAL BOAT
Remarkable Strength Displayed by
Three Hundred Pound Carp, Ae-
eordlno to Captain.

With big piece Of fried carp al
his corroborative evidence; Capt. Tom
Moore Of canal towage boat No. s. in
service on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. related q fish story of some
magnitude when his boat reached here
recently, says q Cumberland (MdJ
correspondent Of the New York Her
aid.
We were slipping along in the Big
Pool" sal Captain Tom. when saw
an enormous carp swimming near the
boat. sliced my rifle and fired.
stunning him. Up he comes, belly up.
Then I jumped ashore and slipped
q mule collar over the fish's head and
back to just behind the gills. 1t At
snug. He couldn't shake II OF. Then
I tied one end Of line to the collar
and the other to the boat and got
aboard.
in few minutes the carp came to
and started like a flash down the
canal. and he yanked the old boat
along with ease yelled to the driver
to unhitch his mules and trot along be-
hind and the carp pulled us clear into
Cumberland. When we got to the ba.
sin here I killed the carp. 1t weighed
three hundred pounds. And there
concluded Captain Moore, pointing to
the dish Of fried fish, rs a piece OF
It, II you don't believe me-"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-09-02

this spray, or who are uncertain
whether or not bordeaux mixture may
be safely used on the varieties they
have, are strongly advised to use lime
sulphur This station has found that
this latter in combination with arsen-
ate Of lead may be used with perfect
safety on the Ben Davis and Baldwin
apple trees. while bordeaux mixture
applied at the same time and in the
same manner resulted In injury to foil
age or fruit or both.
For the small grower or the man
with but few trees 1t Is doubtless
more satisfactory to purchase one OF
the standard brands of commercial
lime sulphur concentrates, but for one
with an orchard of any size It Is en-
tirely another matter. He should pur-
chase the raw materials and prepare
the concentrate at home. The circu'
lar in question gives detailed instruc-
tons how to prepare home-cooked
lime-sulphuy, how to test this with
the hydrometer to determine its dens.
ity and gives tables for dilution OF diff
ferent densities for dormant sprays
and for summer spraying. This latter
information is also valuable to the
man who purchases one of the com
mercial brands Of lime-sulphur The
density of this also should be deter
mined in the same manner and diluted
according to the tables.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-09-02
FEW CAUSES FOR INFECTIONS
Estimated That IS Per Cent. Of All
Losses From Hog Diseases Arises
From Dreaded Cholera.

One cause of infection in hogs is i'm
proper feeding, which includes unbal
anced rations, overlooking, underfeed.
ing. irritating food (such as garbage,
soured slops, etc.. insanitary feed
troughs and impure drinking water.
Also may be mentioned insufficient
housing. especially during the heat
of summer and the cold of winter,
dampness, insanitary condition of the
pens or houses. overcrowding OF
sleeping quarters. etc.
It has been estimated that IS per
cent of all losses from hog diseases
arise from cholera. The need of all
precautions against infection and
spread Is therefore apparent. It IL
within the power Of all hog raisers
to guard against the contributory
cause enumerated above; and the
simple statement of the causes also
points the way for prevention.