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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
A BROKEN PANE OF GLASS.
One That OEce Cost Citizen George
Francis Train 100000.

A broken window pane once cost
George T-ancis Train more than $780,
900. IT was this way: Citizen Train,
with the brains Of 90 men in his head,
all pulling different ways. went to
Omaha in the spring of 1864 At that
time he was the most talked of man in
America. He had not a thing but mon
ey. He bought 5000 city lots, and alto
gether spent several hundred thousand
dollars He boarded at the Herndon
House, the best hotel in sight. The
quixotic Train was regular in only one
thing-his habits. He always occupied
the same seat at the table. One morn
ing pane of glass was broken out of
window directly behind his chair He
protested and was advised to change
his seat He would not Instead he paid
a servant 10 cents a minute to stand
between him and the draft After
breakfast he expostulated with the
landlord, but received no satisfaction.
"Never mind. said Train. I'm 60
days will build hotel that will ruin
your business.
And he did. The contract was let
that day. Scores of men were put to
work The site selected was Ninth and
Harvey streets, near the Missouri river.
Citizen Train went to New York and
engaged Colonel Cozzens, noted caterer
of that city, as manager for his hotel.
The building alone cost $40, 900. The
furnishings cost $50, 900 more. In the
basement was gas plant-the only
one west of st. Louis The work was
done On time. and, true to his word, 60
days after he threatened the manager
of the Herndon House George Francis
Train. citizen of the earth, opened his
hotel. which he called the Cozzens
House. The grand opening ball was at
tended by the governor of Nebraska and
his staff. the mayor of Omaha and
many notables from other states. The
house was a blaze of glory and a scene
of almost oriental magniicence. just
when the big reception was we'll on
there was sudden flash, strange
noise and then-total darknessl The
gas plant had collapsed.
The Cozzens House did fourishing
business for a year or two and the Hern-
don House was badly crippled. Finally
Train fell out with his manager and
the place was closed.
After the business part of Omaha
moved hack from the river the Herndon
House declined and finally relapsed into
q state of innocuous desuetude. A few
years later it became the property of
the Union Pacific railroad and is still
used as the headquarters of that COM
pany in Omaha. So
DR.. Fl. FL. Hubbard, a st. Louis den.
fist. was the first clerk of the Cozzens
House
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

ExGov. Peck is to revive the taper
which he made famous. the circulation
at one time being 10000 That was a
weekly. TIE Ladies' Home Journal as
serts 100000, bnt that is II monthly, and
a new order of things has come in since
Peck's San set. Resuscitated literary
ventures. like windows to the immature
fancy OF youth, ems to lack a certain
bloom However, the popular Geors Q
has friends enough to make up a stag
gering circulation list were he to con;
duct nothing bnt daily city directory.
Sparkling with his wit and softened with
his kindly philosophy, any paper that ex-
Gov Peck puts out will never be without
a large constituency.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
The Ma o.ic WhirInOOI.

Fill glass tumbler with water,
throw upon its surface few fragments
CT thin shavings of camphor. and they
will instantly begin to move and ac-
quire a motion both progressive and
rotary. which will continue for con-
siderable time If the water be touched
by any greasy substance. the floating
PARTICLES will dart back and, as if by a
stroke of magic. be instantly deprived
of their motion and vivacity.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Patents Granted.

List of patents granted to citizens OF
Wisconsin for the week ending Mch. IA
reported expressly for The Reporter
through the patent and law Offices of O.
E. Duffy, TOT 6. ST., N. w. Washington
d. c., from whom copies can be had FOX
twenty-five cents each:
I'll. E. Bauer, Marshfeld, cushioned
horseshoe; E. G. Curtie, Rosendale, feed
water heater; j. w. Dickinson, Milwau
kee, device for driving emery wheels; j
r.. Harkinson & Ell. A. Holiday. Amery
truss; e Kelly: Mineral Point, foot Oh
leg rest; f. L. Preston, Beloit, annnlal
stamp mill A. Ell. Riemer, Milwaukee
shoe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

IT is authoritatively stated that the
Northwestern Life Insurance Co. which
is one of the wealthiest and strongest
institutions of its kind in this country.
pays out about $5000.00) a year for
losses and dividends and it pays it's
officers and agents and for other expen-
ses in the neighborhood "f $3,00nOOO a
year. This is startling. IL is terrible
draft on people who carry life insurance
to be compelled to pay more than half a
dollar to their agents for every collar
paid to their benefciaries 1t is an ex-
pensive way to provide a surplus for
ones family
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Farm for Sale

$4,000 buys fine 240 acre farm in the
Kickapoo Valley, Crawford county, Wis.
40 acres improved; all under fence. New
house 16x24x14 with 14x16x9 addition,
we'll at door. Barn new, 40x50. Other
good outbuildings. Good orchard from
which 100 bushels we're marketed in
1898. Comes to Kickapoo River, but
pare on RIDGE 2 miles from Gays Mills.
Crawford county i. un. xcelled for tobac-
co. stock and general farming. Write
for large list of farms for sale. ."
<*Iw RILEY THOMSON. M
Mt. Sterling, Wis. q
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
An insulting PrOgra m G,

A lady's maid who had been to a
servants ball came back before the
evening was half over and in tears.
Her mistress inquired the cause.
Il was grossly insulted, ma am, by a
young man.
''Well. what did he dor
"Well, ma am. he asked me to go
down to supper with him, and when we
had finished he said, is your pro-
gramme full? London Chronicle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

The cost of the Spanish war, accord
ing to the statement of Representative
Cannon. who is chairman of the House
committee on appropriation, amounts to
1882, 562,OS3. The sum expended IS
very insignificant when compared with
the loss of life-our Young men, who as
a productive power of force we're worth
millions of dollars to the nation. Ac
cordin& to the very latest reports given
to the public. 302 Americans have been
killed 10 action, 125 died of wounds and
5,277 died of disease.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

CTHE killing of five children by the
father "A resident of Hutchinson, Kan,
is quite the worst tragedy of the kind for
many months. He ended their lives with
knife and set fire to tho house over
their heads The little bodies we're side
by side on bed. 1t does not appear
that the man is insane, as that word Is
generally used. But he must be de-
generate of some sort. Dissi patton or
heredity or not unlikely shiftless monot-
ony-the peculiar ours, of small commu-
mites = had smothered the light of life
and fitted him for the awful deed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Diplomacy.

land so Fannie Perkleigh is going
to marry that old. decrepit fellow just
because he has lot of money!
'sOh, no, that ism t the reason. She's
going to marry him because her parents,
by throwing out clever hints, succeeded
in making her believe they didn't want
her to have him. Chicago News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
RidiCulOuSlV Low

Today's Cloak prices. Many women
have taken advantage of bargains
offered during tine past four weeks,
and there are yet lots of good coats
left. Jackets that were 1926, 20, 18,
Is, IL and 10 are cut in half and you
~ can take them now at S12. so, 10,
Id 9,7.5O, g and 5, and there are
plenty of good garments at even less.
such as So and $2 for those that were
double. Misses and Children's coats
90 at the same general reduction,
making this the seasons opportuni-
ty for cloak buyers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

To sweeten the world 1t takes seven
million tons of sugar, Of which two
seventies are con- umed in the United
States. Or this enor nous quantity four
million tons are from sugar beets. The
Oldest sugar beet mandatory in this
country is in Alvarado, Cal, erected
twenty years ago. In 1894 there were
only seven manufactures in the United
States
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Continent of PIateaus.

Africa is the most elevated of all the
continents. 1t is the continent OF
plateaus." The great tableland in the
south has mean altitude of over 3,5UU
feet; the wide tableland on the north
has an average elevation of about l,SOv
feet
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
A StickIer for Facts.

Tired Treadwell--Ah, Cat was too bad!
You asked for bread and dey up and
gives you a stone.
Sauntering Sim-Naw; git it right!
Git it right! / asked dem fer bread and
dey gives me hunk of coal in de neck
Chicago Daily News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
FRIDAY, MARCH "a, 1899.

IT seems to be an awful hard matter
for the legislature TO enact a law to do a.
way passes. 1t is also rather hard on
people who are trying to kdep posted on
the different measures introduced from
time to time. Watertown Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
It Is Pathetic. Nevertheless.

The headline died Penniless loses
nine tenths of its pathos when one re-
fleets that minute after death the vic
tim of such sad circumstances is just as
well off as if he had died in possession
of a hundred millions. indianapolis
Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

Novice-Say. friend, can you tell me
whether Slugger, the pugilist, is a
heavyweight or lightweight?
Old Sport-Neither He's paper
weight.
Novice-Paperweight?
Old Sport-Yes; does all his scrap.
ping in the papers. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
WiIIie's Idea of 1t.

Little Ethel wonder why men al
ways like to talk about their school
Jays?
Little Willie-Oh. I guess it's because
after they get growed up they want to
find out where their teachers live so
they can do unto them as they got
done by
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
UnclaIm ed Letters"

Unclaimed Letters" 1@"N
Letters remaining uncalled forhin the
P. O. at Edgertou. for the week ending
Mich. %, 1899. 4.yigo,..
Harry Bailey Mr. McGuin
Mr.. g. David Richardson, Mrs: Emma Schulz.
Persons calling for any of the above
named letters please say "advertised'
III. S. MCGIFFIN. P. M.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Any Woman Can
100 Suits Here
Alterations Free.
GAINESVILLE,

We give steady employment to an
Expert Tai1oress and Dress
maker who can tell at glance just
what changes are necessary to make
garment perfect.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
How Pigs Are Fed.

Old Farmer-That S fine lot of pigs
over there What do you feed themf
Amateur-Why, corn, Of course.
Old Farmer-In the carr
Amateur-C Certainly not; in the
mouth. Chicago News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
A ConsolinE Thought.

While most persons come into the
world crying very few of them weep
when they are leaving it.-BostoO
Transcript
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
More Wrappers at 81

Ten dozen new ones received, and all
on sale at the same low price-ONE
DOLLAR; sizes 80 to Al; material,
heeced back fianneliette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Underwear

For such weather as this is a
good time to buy for ladies, misses
and children We are letting it out
much under price. ~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
l,alpably U..s..sf.

'N1flTfe, dear, what is your papa's OBJ
section to me?"
He says you don't seem to have any
definite object or purpose IN life,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

There are more than 5000 laundries
In London.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

Yet he knows I've been coming to
see you for five straight years!"-Chi-
eago Tribune.
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-02
HousedoA Hints.

Canned vegetables like canned fruit, are improv>
ed in flavor by standing open two more hours to
restore the oxygen that was eliminated in cooking
Hyou have peaches that are too hard to cut up
and serve with cream, try baking them. Pare
them, put them. whole, into deep pie tin, pour
gar syrup round them, cover and bake just long
enough to SOFTEN Run knife round the edge of the
dish, slip the fruit off into the compete let stand till
perfectly cold and serve with sugar and cream.
Use only earthen, granite wooden ware vessels
and ladies, silver spoons and porceain>lined or
granite preserving kettle in preparing and cooking the
fruit Next to coffee, sugar. tin pans and iron spoons
responsible for the dark color and pungent flavor
often found in jelly; and unless new and bright,
either metal is dangerous Have drp'bag of course
linen srash and hemmed square of cheese>cloth--
From Household Department" in Demorests Maya
sine for October.
Gooseberries can be canned without cooking by
filing the with the fruit, covering them with
boiling water and letting them stand till cold. Then
opsn the cans, pour off the water and fill up again
with boiling water and seal at These make nice
pies Canned fruit generally spols because Of poor
rlbbers or imperfect tops. most frequently from the
former Sometimes ripe fruit spols because of
being cooked quite enough. The fruit should be
watched for few weeks see if any of the cans get
sticky Sign Of leak appear, it is the best way to
up the fruit at once. Keep canned fruit in dry
dark cool placs
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-02

1t would seem as if the settlers in the Stonewal
valley had some rights that the United States
Gsvsmment-to say nothing about the Maxwell
Land Grant company-should recognize Years of
labor have been given to the improvements made up
lands they supposed they were legally entitled to
enter upon. Now they called upon to pay for
these lands at figures above the government valuation
They not squatters some dispatches term them
They peaceabe American citizens seeking to res
tain their In this they should have the aid, not
the resistance Of the proper authorities
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-02

Says the Period" published at Dallas, Texas by
Mrs Olive B Lee the brightest editors Of that
state: "The August issue of Western Colorado is
attractive number and especially it contains the
annual poem "The Peerul Tree" and the winsome
fase of Miss Ruth Londoner, who read the poem at
the Portland meeting ofthe National Editorial Asso>
cation The editor of Western Colorado, Mr. VIM.
E. Pabor is the Poet Laureate Of the association and
has favored each year with poem rich in thought
and imagery. This year the poem held added
charm, as Miss Ruth gave ito the rhyme ofthe poet.
the beauty of her voice." Miss Ruth is the bright
young daughter of Wolfe Londoner of the Denver
Republican,
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-02
The October number Of the Ladies Hon

The October number Of the Ladies Home Jour-
nal up the standard set by its editors in choice
reading matter and illustrations. The articles that
most attract the attention of country readers Ma
tures Garden with full page illustrations; Attractive
ideas for boys rooms; Some small greenhouses; Fifty
delicious dishes; Talks good health; The child and
IT'S mother; Everything about the house. Anthony
Hopes novel is finished and new one "The auto>
biography OF girl" by Katherine Ferguson, begun.
published at 81 per by Curtis Pub Co., Phila>
delphia, Pa.
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-02

From Western Colorado
Hurrah for the western slope. Mesa county wins
frst Delta second prize for the best exhibit Of fruits
at the State Fair.
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-02

II you want anything in the line OF
bargains 70 to the Bargain house.
0fady 4 spsiness repair wheels Steele
budldisg. sDposits DsoGns,. ovy sDo,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-04
SUGAR INDUSTRY.
Interesting Reports From United
States Consul Diedrich.

WASHINGTON, June "a report Of
interest to beet sugar growers has been
received by the State Department from
Consul Henry Diedrich at Magdeburg.
1t is collection of the most reliable
statistics obtainable since 1877. 1t is
almost entirely composed of tables,
showing the development of the indus
try in Germany, but of particular in
terest only to those engaged in the
business.
future of the German export in sugar
has of late been engaging many
minds, and / would call special atten-
ton to the above figures bearing on this
export UP to the present date. These
clearly show that Germany must find
an outside market for two-thirds of her
production, and that most of this sur
plus for the past five years has been
sold to England and the United States.
1t also will be seen that in 1897 nearly
double the quantity was rushed to our
country in anticipation of the enact
ment of the Dingley law, but that the
following year showed again an average
of exports. The first three months of
the present calendar year seem to fur
nish no reason for complaint to the Ger
man exporter of sugar. From January
1st to March 81, 1899, the values of
sugar declared at the United States
Consulates at Magdeburg, Hamburg,
Danzig and Stetin for export to the
United States amounted to So, 739, 93i
an increase of So, 455. 500 over those re
ported during the first quarter Of last
year."
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-04
ne thought a solution of the difficulty

he thought solution Of the difficulty
would yet be found.
Considering the advanced state Of the
season, numerous changes are an
nounced by the theaters The Ameri-
to Nat Goodwin's appearance at the
Duke Of York's Theater on Monday. At
Daly's, the same night, George Ed
wards will revive The Gaiety Girl'; on
Tuesday there will be a revival of
"Pinafore" at the Savoy, and on Thurs
day Sarah Bernhard will open with
La Tosca" at the Adelphi
AT a meeting of the Theatrical Man
ayers Association on Thursday it was
decided to fight the music halls on their
own grounds and to obtain the right
to permit smoking in theaters It is
not expected that the best houses will
avail themselves of the privilege,
though it is recognized that some of the
theaters devoted to light entertainments
will find the smoking privilege valuable
When Lydia Thompson was in Ameri-
ca, after the Franco-Prussian War
she gave benefits at Washington. Phil
adelphia, Pittsburg and New Orleans
for the French actors and actresses
This they have never forgotten, and it
led Sarah Benrnahardt to organize a
benefit for Miss Thompson, who is now
retired from the stage. The performance
was given on Thursday at the Porte
ST. Martin Theater, Paris wonderful
array of celebrities, including Coque-
lin, Bernhard and Rejane, taking part
in it, The benefit melted $1,000 for Miss
Thompson
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-04
LIGHT FOR STOCKTON.
70 be Furnished by Electric Powe,
Generated at Blue Lakes.

STOCKTON, June 3.-Electric power
generated at the Blue Lakes plant in
the Sierras came flashing over the
wires to light the city of Stockton to-
night. The turning on Of the current
is the completion of only a part Of a
great enterprise conceived by Prince
Poniatowski, who was one of the orig
inators of the Sierra Railway Company
and the moving spirit in the Standard
Electric Company, the latter being the
corporation which has constructed the
power line from Blue Lakes City to
Stockton, and which proposes to reach
out next for San Jose, Oakland and
San Francisco
c. P. Gilbert, general manager of the
Standard Electric Company, who is in
this city, said: 1.-The line to Stockton
is only a step to the bay cities. We
have entered into an agreement with
the Oakland Gas and Electric Light
Company to supply 1t with power for
Illuminating purposes and are now en-
gagged in negotiating with the railroad
companies of that city to furnish power
for operating the car systems. In San
Jose we are negotiating with the Elec-
trio Improvement Company and the
railroads. Incidentally along the line to
the bay towns we will light Livermore,
Pleasanton, San Mateo and the string
of settlements in that vicinity, drop
ping illuminating power as we go along.
I'VE will not furnish power for the
car lines of San Francisco with our
first unit, which will carry 1000 horse
power including the supply furnished
Stockton. We are under contract to
give the Sperry flour mill $50 horse
power and the rest to the Stockton Gas
and Electric Company up to the limit
of LOCO. With. our first unit we in
tend to deliver only 5000 horse power
to San Francisco and it wiki be used
! almost exclusively for lighting, but ul-
timately we shall supply the metropolis
| with 10000 or more"
The extension Of the line to San Jose
and the bay cities will commence next
fan. and Manager Gilbert expects that
electric power will be delivered in San
Francisco before next June. The cor
poration has already contracted with
the gas and electric company OF the
metropolis to supply it with 5000 horse
power.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-04

G. Sittigg, commissary clerk; E. M.
Snider, F. Pierpont. U. S. N; John
Kidd, U. S. A.; H Tatu. U. s. s. Ore
gon; James Boggs, Fourth United
States Cavalry; VIM. Christian, Thir-
teenth Minnesota: u M. Groyn, Twelfth
United States Infantry; r. A Green
well, Eighteenth U. s. Infantry; i. 7.
McKenney, Fourth U. s. Cavalry; r.
B. Payne. First Nebraska; John A.
Penden, Utah Battery; John Ryan,
Twelfth q. S. Infantry; w. A Wyberg,
Thirteenth Minnesota: George H. ST.
monds, First Colorado, and John A.
Willset. Eighteenth U. S. Infantry.