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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

Back again to the machine shop it
goes. where it is machined to the true
size
The Jackets are made and treated
in exactly the same manner with the
exception Of the oil bath.
When the parts are ready they are
carefully fitted together and bound
with hoops of bronze or copper. The
breech of gun is the most important
part. for unless it fits perfectly the
gases viii leak causing back firing.
Nearly all guns are rified to give
greater accuracy In firing.
Rifiing is system of grooves in the
surface of the bore which gives a ro-
tary motion to the projectile which re-
wolves while passing through the air,
thereby lessening the resistance. A
gun being entirely built is thoroughly
polished by hand. the muzzle closed
with a wooden block, the whole gun
oiled to prevent weather damage and
shipped to the proving grounds to bo
tested by the government.
Ii up to the test requirements it is
accepted and goes to help make up
the armament of one of our modern
seafighters
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
BOY SCOUTS AND THE GANGS
Splendid Tribute Paid to ORGANIZATION
That Is Not Four Years Old by
Kansas City Judge.

A Kansas City juvenile Judge makes
this statement; If every boy in the
city would join the Boy Scouts the
gangs would disappear, the Juvenile
court soon would be stranger to the
youth, and we would rear a generation
OF men that would not require much
police protection. have never had a
Boy Scout in my court, and there are
Loo of them in Kansas City" This
splendid tribute to an organization
scarcely four years old is a well-mer
tied one, says the Denver Weekly
Post. Boys are small bundles of
corked up enthusiasm. This enthusi-
asm must have a vent. If there be no
other outlet the gang is the result
The Boy Scout organization teaches
outdoor life, self-reliability, a love OF
nature and a desire to help rather than
hinder those In need The first aid to
the injured is one of the first accom-.
plishments. There is nothing military
about the organization and yet the
boys are taught wholesome diseip-
line and respect for the rights OF
others.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

tenance of the fertility Of his soil
while annually producing profit-paying
crops. TO aid the Wisconsin farmer
in knowing and properly handling his
soils, the state legislature at its last
session passed a law providing for
field tests and establishing a soils lab
oratory at the College of Agriculture
of the University OF Wisconsin, in
charge of A, n. Whitson. The field
agents who win take samples of soil
from the various farms when analy-
SEES are requested and who will have
charge OF the general soils extension
service of the department. are w. W.
Weir, Madison, In the southern divi-
sion; +. l.. Musback Eau Claire, in
the northwestern section and III. w.
gllsperger, Sturgeon Bay. in the sandy
counties
For the field analysis and chemical
examination OF the soil OF any tract
OF land not exceeding 100 acres. when
the request is made by one person, the
fee is S., and So for every quarter sec
ton or fraction thereof additional.
When five or more persons residing
in the same neighborhood make appli
cation to the soils laboratory for in
spection and analysing service. the
fee for each leo acres is but So, and
for anything over that area at the rate
Of 81 quarter section. When group
of FIVE persons asks for the services OF
the soils laboratory, upon the payment
of the fees. the field representative In
their district will be directed to collect
samples OF the soil on the farms in
question and give a full and complete
examination, suggesting, II possible.
ways in which the land may be inn
proved
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
GRANDMAS HELD THE FLOOR
Occasion Proved That Youth by No
Means Had Monopoly Of
Joys or the Tango.

Dance-mad sixteen is comprehensi-
Bile, but danee-mad sixty-six-welI,
that's different thing altogether
The one is natural, the other-isn't
A New York paper describes the re-
cent opening of "the newest dancing
place in the city, the Castle House."
as scene of many remarkable fea-
lures.
The older the men and women the
wilder the dancing. Gray-hairy.d wom-
en- had partners who still had their
first vote to cast, while the pink tea
variety of bald men took debutante
partners in mastering the steps Of the
Argentina. Hesitation and other dips
and trots and tangoes.
The older the women, the more
adaptable their costumes for tango
ing. The gowns were all short, of
course, with split in front or back,
and many Of the snowy-headed won.
en- long past sixty had theirs split
clear to the knee.
The plan was to have place
where young girls could go unchap-
eroned in the afternoon, but most of
the young folk who arrived after five
had to enjoy the sport from the side
lines. Their mammas, aunts and
grandmothers had the center OF the
floor and all the available young mep
by that time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
vELoclPEGE FOR THE SNOW
Ingenious vehicls, Invented BY Penn
syivanian, Allows Boy to Coast
Down lnclines or Pedal Up.

Most ingenious is the snow yeloci-
pede thai has been patented by a
Pennsylvania man. On it boy can
coast" down snow-covered inclines.
or he san pedal up them. In its gem
eral appearance this vehicle resem-
bles the ordinary velocipede but the
front and rear forks are mounted on
runners. instead of on wheels. To
be sure. there is a driving wheel. but
that is journaled and vertically NOV
able in the front forks. The vertical
movement of this wheel is controlled
by lever in the handle. When the
velocipede is used to coast down a
hill the wheel is raised above the boz
tom of the runners. On level ground,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
MEN WHO MAKE THEIR NESTS
Rushmen Of Australia Gather Twigs
and Grass and Build Themselves
Very Comfortable Homes.

1t seems funny enough to read of
men who actually make nests like the
birds. Yet such men actually exist,
both in Africa and Australia. The bush
men of the latter country. who are
among the lowest orders of men. do
not know enough to build even the
simplest huts, so they gather grass
and twigs, exactly as big bird wound
10, and carry them to a thicket in the
Jungle and make for themselves com
Portable nest homes. Here whole fam
lies curl up together like so many lit
tie puppies and sleep very snugly. AS
the bushes grow up around the nest
they often come together overhead
and form kind of natural shelter. but
further than this the bushman has no
protection from the rain. There are
hundreds of these nests in the bush.
as it is called in Australia. but the
bushman. although very ignorant,
never fails to find his own home again,
nor mistakes some other nest for it.
And if he is taken away blindfolded
for miles and allowed to go he will
start straight for home as unerringly
as a cat that has been carried from
her old home in a bag. Indeed, the
bushmen possess this homing instinct
to remarkable degree, and in this
respect they are far ahead of civilized
man with all his intellect and reason
ing power
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
SOME ODD aYRoscoPlc Toys
Professor Gray Of the Royal soele
Hss Invented and Exhibited Sew
eral Aerobatsc poIIs.

Some extraordinary toys based on
the old gyroscopic tops have been re-
Gently invented by Professor Gray OF
the Royal society. and exhibited by
hin at the Royal institution. One toy
is a doll figure hanging by its hands
from two wires strung along together.
q gyroseope whirling inside the doll
ngure. As the wires are slightly
logged the figure begins to move along
the wires, hand-over-hand like an ae-
robat. BY curious property of the
gyroscope, when the hidden wheel be-
gins to run down the little figure be.
gins to hurry, as il it intended to use
every effort to complete it's journey
before losing its power.
Another toy consists of three doll
acrobats on trapezes, a gyroscope be.
ing concealed in each doll. When the
horoscopes are properly started the
three acrobats perform balancing
feats, each doll in its turn doing a
stunt in regular order, but no two do.
ING the same stunt at the same time.
A doll bicycle rider on a tight rope
is another toy. From the handle bars
OF the bicycle wires are run to the
proper connections with the hidden
gyroseope, so that if the little figure
starts to fail to the left the handle
bars are turned, and the front wheel
pointed to the left enough to keep the
balance, exactly as a human rider
does.
From his models the scientist
showed how it is possible to place a
gyroscope in motor car to prevent
the car from oyerturning on curve.
says the Dundee Advertiser. With such
device a car rounding curve at
high speed would tilt to the inside as
Il 1t were running on banked track,
and theoretically 1t would be impos-
slble for the car to overturn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

What is Wisconsm's greatest
natural asset?'
This question was the subject of a
lively and earnest discussion at a
casual meeting of the farmers and
business men which recently took
place upon Saturday afternoon in
one of the trading points in southern
Wisconsin.
Naturally enough the manager of
the local lumber yard declared for
estry and numbering; travelling
salesman, who true to his calling, in
terested himself in the discussion. was
convinced that because our mines
furnish us with iron and other metals.
they should be considered our most
important resources Of industry, and a
second drummer pointed out that the
forces of water power latent in the
swift rivers OF the state were by far
the most valuable natural asset in
Wisconsin.
You are all wrong, volunteered
on of the farmers. "The soil Is the
greatest natural asset of Wisconsin,
and in fact Of any agricultural state.
1t is always on hand, and providing 1t
is properly conserved, as all our
natural resources should be, 1t viii
never cease to be source of income
to the man who happens to own a nor-
ton Of t."
And here the discussion ended, for
the men saw that with the soil as an
asset, all that the owner must do is
to keep it in a healthy state of fer
Utility. grow such crops as will make
use of the plant food available, and
then sell to advantage the crops
raised and the products produced.
The present day farmer is very
properly concerned with the main.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
Lottery Romances.

Lottery tickets. such as that which
has just won Staffordshire miner a
prize of $4,000. have always brought
romance. A few years since the draw
ing of the annual Christmas lottery a.
Madrid brought poor mechanic
100000, and on the same occasion a
crossing sweeper won $4,000 with a
ticket given him by an old lady for
assisting her across a busy thorough
fare. Equally romantic was the ex-
perience of poor shopkeeper, a
widow, in Berlin suburb. One day
a shabbily-dressed man entered her
shop and, begging permission to light
his pipe at the gas Jet. produced a
piece of paper, which he used as
spill and then threw, half charred, on
the floor When sweeping the shop
the widow. picking up the spill. found
it to be lottery ticket. A few weeks
after it won her 10.000.-London
Chronicle
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
LANGUAGE OF eIFTs.
A valise-Please travel.

A Valise-Please travel.
A Bouquet-Try to initiate these.
A Necktie-Your own taste is ex-
ecrable.
A Piece OF Jewelry-You are pain
fully plain
A Chair You should stay at home
more than you do.
A Cut-Glass Bottle think you
know good thing when you see it.
A Purse Better care should be Ia
ken of what money you have,
A Book of Poems-Your nature
stands sadly in need of softening.
A Smoking Jacket-Your clothes
smell dreadfully of tobacco.
A Box of Cigars-You can't tell a
good cigar from vile one.
A Fountain Pen-You should Guilt
vate more carefully a spirit OF Christi
anity.
A Waste-Paper Basket-You should
throw away more Of your work.
A Book of Prose- wish to put you
to some trouble. You will take this
out and dust it whenever l am an
nounced to call.--Puck
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
Doc Ghost Revealed seere,

The most extraordinary of dos
ghosts was the Dog o. Manse. 1t was
a dog ghost, but not the ghost of a
dog. According to the account given
to Bishop Rattray by William Soutar,
the Perthshire man who saw it in
1880, it first appeared vaguely as
something like screeching fox, which
dogs refused to chase. Next time 1t
was a big, dark gray dog, which
touched him on the hip. and the hip
remained painful all night After sew
eral such appearances the phantom
dog took to speaking. and confessed
itself to be David Soutar, who had
killed a man IS years before and now
appeared as dog because a dog had
been with him when he did it. Human
bones were found buried under bush
at a spot indicated by the ghost
London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

opening through which the projectile
Is thrust.
The jackets add extra strength to
the portion of the gun in which the
explosion takes place.
The composition of the metal varies
little; the greatest care being taken
70 produce metal free from bubbles.
After the ingot is cast and cooled it
IS removed to large furnace heated
oy gas or oil, securely bricked in so
that very little heat is lost, and sub
leeted to steady fame which grad
uaily heats it to the center.
Forced Into Bar.
It is then taken to a press, with a
pressure of 10000 tons, where from a
great block 1t is by degrees reduced
70 long bar about 60 feet in length
and two feet in diameter. This is
done while the metal is hot.
from the press the forging as it is
now known. goes to the wood anneal
ing. where it is given a bath of fire
ehurely of wood, and brought quickly
" nigh temperature.
This temperature is held some time
after which the forging cools slowly
in air.
The forging next goes to the ma
chine shop, where 1t is placed upon \
lathe and receives its first rough ma.
ch.hing over the outside. It is then
oored to the proper size on a boring
lathe. The boring is a matter Of
weeks and the boring bar once start
"a requires little attention other than
tne changing of the cutters on. the
enu, water running through the bar
bushes out the chips and keeps the
cutters from heating.
When bored the forging is known
as liner and removed to the oil an.
neaiing shop. where It is stood m
Isnt IN furnace and made hot with
on names. While hot it is slowly low
cool. - anu siiowea 70
Absorbing the oil the metal he
solaes very tough, allowing II to ex-
.and but little when filled with the
eases which force the projectiles out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

The term greenbacks as applied to
money is said to have been first used
by the Hon. s. P. Chase, secretary of
the treasury, to. the legal tender notes
first issued by the United States gov
eminent in 1862, during the Civil war.
an allusion to the color OF ink used
in printing their reverse sides. This
tint was first produced by a Canadian
and is very difficult to counterfeit or to
photograph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
MAKE FURNITURE FOR DOLLY
Little Chair for ParIor Set in Doll
House May BE Made by Following
Directions as Given.

BY closely following the pattern
drawn for you here you can make a
neat little chair for the parlor set in
your dolls house.
All the lines that are unbroken
should be cut with sharp scissors or a
sharp knife after the pattern is drawn
on cardboard or transferred to II,
When you cut on the unbroken lines
fold on the dotted lines and turn the
sections marked with a cross and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

miles is far cry, but the re-
suits Of experiments by scientific men
Of all nations during the past 100
years have given US today what IS
practically perfection in the art of
gunmaking.
Over 100 years ago guns were cast
in solid iron or a combination of
bronze and iron and were always
liable to explode if overcharged, due
not to any fault in the material, but
chiefly to the fact that they were
cooled from the outside and in con-
sequence when the gun was fired the
inside or bore would expand quickly,
cracking the whole piece.
A later method was used by which
the inside was cooled first and solidi.
tying, was compressed and supported
by the contraction of the exterior
when it was cooled down.
The Built-Up Gun.
Still later a system of building up
guns was devised whereby each por-
lion of the metal was made to bear a
lair share of the strain.
Nearly all big guns are now made
entirely of steel made by the open
hearth process.
Months are required to build up one
of these guns which are built In Sec
tions, l. e., the liner or barrel, the
Jackets which fit over the liner and
the breech block which closes the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

According to an ancient Celtic lie
gend, the mistletoe was formerly a
forest tree; but having yielded its
wood for the Saviours cross it was
condemned ever afterward to exist
merely as a parasite.
The mistletoe was connected with
many mystical Druidic rites and was
highly esteemed for its magical quail
ties. So high was 1t In favor that the
Druids styled It "all heal" and con
sidered 1t an antidote for disease and
infection of all sorts
Traces OF this favor may be OBJ
served in certain old English customs,
such as kissing under the Daistletoe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
Snow veIocipede.

or going up an incline, the wheel Is
lowered until it can. get a purchase
on the ground or snow and pedaled
like the wheel of an ordinary veloci-
pede.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
Miss DoIIy's Chair.

paste them. This will give you nice
little chair. which you can upholster
If you like by neatly sticking cloth
to the seat and to the back You
can also paint the legs and other
woodwork" II you like. or you can
leave It plain white enamel"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
Re Max Re

Mrs. Neighbor They tell me your
son is in the college football eleven.
Mrs. Malaprop-Yes, indeed.
Mrs. Neighbor--Do you know what
position he plays?
Mrs. Malaprop-Ain't sure, but
think he's one of the drawbacks.--Tit-
Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30
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The Delta independent., 1914-06-05
. AUSTIN .
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(JournaD
(Journa1)

The editor made a business trip to
Delta Monday.
C. w. Weaver went to Ridgway
"Wednesday on business mission.
This is an exceedingly busy time
with the farmers, and correspondingly
dull in town.
All sorts of crops are looking fine
and promise large yields this year.
Everybody optimistic.
Station Agent Keefer evidently has
somthing serious on his mind. Wise
ones say it is an event billed for June
C. w. Weaver received the intelli-
gence Sunday of the death of his
brother Joe Weaver, which occurred
at Joplin, Mo.
George Nix returned from school
at Colorado Springs Thursday. He
stopped off at Delta to visit his broth
er and friends and finished the journey
with them in an auto.
Mrs. Claybaugh went to Colorado
Springs today to be present at the
closing exercises of the school attend
ed by her son Edwin and daughter
Esther, and to accompany them home
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

ton. This mine is owned by John
Buctholz and Gus Meyer of Eagle, who
have given a lease to Adam Wishart
and others. The property butts on
the North Dakota and lies alongside
of the Lady Belle, which insures it
promising future. Mr.. Wishart tun-
neled i'll about ninety feet when he
struck n small vein of silver bearing
sandstone which followed for nearly
ninety feet, when the vein opened up
to what he now has.-Eagle Enter
prise.
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05
ADAM WlSHART MAKES
SILVER STRIKE AT EAGLE

On Wednesday morning Adam
Wishart sent down some samples
from the Montana that showed great
quantity of silver, which made the
people of Eagle begin to wonder. Mr..
Wishart has opened up q vein 3S
inches wide that is inoculated with
silver clear across the vein. The
assay runs SO ounces in silver per
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

Gentlemen of the jury" erupted
the attorney for the plaintiff, address,
ing the twelve Trinidad peers who
were sitting in judgment and on their
respective shoulder blades in dam.
age suit against a grasping corpora
tion for killing a COW. '4f the train had
been running as slow as it should have
been ran, If the bell had been rung as
1t ort to have been rang, or tie whistle
had been blown as it should have been
blew, none of which was did, the COW
would not have been injured when
she was killed"
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

In the case of the death of Edith
Miller, who was electrocuted while at
the switch board in the telephone OF.
flee in Gunnison three weeks ago. the
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

Miss Lettie Crib recently returned
to her home on German mesa aftel
visiting in the East through the winter
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Adams, Redlands mesa, last
week
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

Sam Allen, of Redlands has pur
chased a new auto.
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

Mr. and Mrs. W. c. Lawhead, of Red
lands mesa, celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of their wedding on
Wednesday of last week. Dinner was
served to large number OF guests who
greatly enjoyed the event and who
congratulated their host and hostess,
wishing them many returns of the day.
Some very nice presents were be-
slowed.
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

A Delta man with camera boast
of having recently obtained movini
picture of an !. w. w.
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05
YOUR FUNNY BONE
: 80 >>>>

Il just sold my hogs" You had
narrow escape" How was that?"
Il see they did not load you into the
cars with them"
A Rio Grande brakeman was kick
ing about the way new suit of
clothes fit him. That man." he said,
referring to the tailor who made the
suit couldn't make coat of paint
fit a hen house"
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

Il think it would be good plan to
send Willie up into the country for
a month";" said the kids father; Hes
never been on n ranch and it would be
a novel experience for him" Willie
hesitated and when pressed for a reas-
on, said: Il don't want to go. I've
heard about the country and ! don't
want to go where they have thrashing
machines. It's bad enough when it's
done by hand"
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

About midnight at an evening party,
gentleman was asked to sing He
thoughtfully declined to do so, on the
plea that it would disturb the next
door neighbors.
"Oh, never mind the neighbors, Z"
cried the girl of the house, they pois-
oned our dog last week"
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05

Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat!
Fat and juicy and red and sweet.
Jowls and outlets and ribs and feet,
Frozen by cold and broiled by heat;
Stored and bartered where men
compete;
Doomed and cornered like oats and
wheat
Made a treasure for them that eat,
Common chuck is a toothsome treat
Two soupbones are banquet neat;
Meat! Meat! Meat, Meat!
The Delta independent., 1914-06-05
NEARBY NEWS NOTES

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-02-12
SIZE
CAUGHT in Quarantine.

An unpleasant adventure has be-
fallen a young bride OF few days
while on her honeymoon in the Can
ton OF Argovie, Switzerland. She left
her husband at Aarau. to visit her
parents, who live on large farm In
a neighboring village. where the foot
and-mouth disease is raging. and both
persons and animals have been placed
in quarantine by the cantonal authori-
ties. The bride passed through the
Gordon OF guards without being per-
ceived, and reached her parents
home, but when she attempted to re-
turn to her husband in Aarau, she
was turned back. She will be obliged
to remain at home for an indefinite
period possibly months. until the dis
ease is stamped out in the locality
Her husband is not allowed to join
his wife, but they are able to CORE
spond