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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15
ANOTHER CASE OF MAUD.

Maud Muller went on a summer day
To try the old racket Of raking hay.
She'd heard how it shared Judge, and
thought
There might be another to be caught.
And oft she glanced down the lanes long
course
But the Judge came not, nor a sleek court
clerk,
Nor a constable to get in his work.
Nor even chronic Juror came
TO ask her to share his oft called-name.
Yet she raked away with tireless will,
For Maud was slayer from Stayerville!
Great blisters rose on her hands so fair.
And hayseees lodged in her wind-tosseo
hair.
But nary Judge came riding by,
And her swollen bosom was filed with sigh.
One spark of hope in said bosom burned,
That mebbe the court hadn't yet adjourned.
Or he might have halted to feed his face
With a lawyer who'd got away with a case.
Aud yet she raked with untiring zeal,
The damp sweat trickling from head to heel.
The spur-grass pricked at her zebra hose
Meath the southern bound OF her Sunday
clothes.
The breezes blew on her bloomin' cheeks
And scattered the sweat into ciiss-croSS
streaks.
The sun sank lower adown the west,
And the hope-star dittoed in Maudies
breast.
One last glance fired she along the lane,
Then sank on the stubble with moan Of
pain
But she rose again with impromptu spring,
For the stubble WAS sharp as a hornets
sting
Then cried, as to splinters she stamped
the rake
"This bayfield, racket's bloomin' fake!
''The feler that writ that portry ought
70 be taken out an fatally shot
Don't think no gal ever made play
To rake up feller this-a-wsy !'
And she said as she limped to her homo
again,
Her accents keyed to a note of pain:
"Of all darned suckers that ever bit,
I've sneakin' idee that l am 1t !"
Denver Evening Post
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

Boston is educating more perso.. tc
be teachers than it has use for, and
the problem is worrying the board o.
education and the superintendent +
appears that there are annually falling
vacant, on the averege, about fifty
places in the primary and grammar
schools, of such character that it is
safe to appoint to them beginners az
teaching, such as the graduates OF
the normal school. But there are
now in attendance at the normal
school 261 pupils. This is an increase
of 70 in four years. In other words.
the mere increase in the number Of
normal school pupils is enough tc
more than fill all the probable vacan
cies for year. At the present time,
not only most of last years graduates,
but majority of those also of 1897.
and considerable numbers of those oi
earlier years, are waiting for opportu-
mites which do not come. The su
perintendent's sensible remedy is te
limit the annual admissions to the
normal school to seventy five, these te
be chosen by competitive examination
He argues logically that if there is te
be disappointment among those aspir
ing to be teachers, it is better that i
be faced at the threshold of the norma
school course than at its conclusion
Much weight attaches also to the eco
nomic argument that the public none.
should not be wasted in the prepare
tion of teachers for whom the city ha
no need.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15
HUMOROUS.

Old Lady lat insurance office)-I
want to take out fire insurance policy
at once. Our house is on fire.
Conversation is only the art Of
talking back" ''Not much; converse
ton is the art of getting somebody to
to listen to you.
"Some men can take new furniture
and make it look as if it was made
century ago." says a journalist. So
can some children.
"a man has to die to make any
thing out of life insurance, said the
citizen. "Oh, no., replied the insur-
ance agent, blandly; II never died
yet"
Watts-They tell me that there are
more than so, 900 tramps in this coun-
try. Dismal Dawson-Don't you
believe it. More'n half of 'em is only
limitations.
"Where are you going my pretty
maid?" 81 am going a-shopping, sir"
she said. 81 wish you'd go buy me.
my pretty maid" Il intend to go by
you, sir, she said.
A Irish man-servant was discovered
in lie. On being accused by his
master of stating what was not the
truth, he excused himself by saying,
"Please, sur, 1 lost my prisence OF
mind.''
Any man is nerved for battle,
Fearless facing strife and scars,
Who has borne the crash and rattle
OF the deadly trolley cars.
''Riches take unto themselves wings
and fly away" said board school
teacher. "What kind of riches is
meant?" And the smart boy at the
bottom of the class said, "They must
be ostriches."
Uncle Rich-It seems mighty b nd
when man has accumulated compe-
tence to have to die and leave it all.
Ben Poore (his nephe w)-Qh, don't
know. Don't you think it depends q
good deal upon the point of view?
Laughin' Time-Jock's sweetheart
wrote from town: "My Darling Jock
Il have no time to write; be sure
and write a long letter" Jock wrote;
Dear Jean : If you have no time to
A clergyman bright little boy has
remarkable faculty of quoting Scrip
ture. One morning he spilled his cup
of milk on the tablecloth, and, antici-
pating a reproof, he dropped his head
instantly, and murmured, MY tup
runneth over"
Miss Homewood-Oh Sue, don't
you want to join our new society? lt's
going to be very exclusive. Miss
Point Breeze-What society is it?
"The G. W. N. X. H." "What do
these letters stand for?" "Girls who
never kissed Hobson."
Teacher-Now, Thomas. the hy-
pothenuse of right-angled triangleis
equal to the sum OF the squares OF the
other two sides. Do make myself
plain that way? Thomas guess SO
ma says too much eddication is what
makes you so homely.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

For some reason the south pole has
never had the attraction for people
that the north pole has. Yet more
remains to be discovered, by far, at
the southern than at the northern end
of things. Perhaps that is it. The
goal has been so nearly reached at the
north, and 80 great reward will be
his, who makes the final step, that all
are striving to do it. An Englishman
has just given $25, 900 toward Brit
ish Antarctic expedition. and that will
probably give a powerful impetus to
the interest in the southern axis of
the earth. Commercially speaking
there is not much to be gained by
these expeditions. But they will con-
tinue while the virility remains in the
northern races; and what they do not
accomplish in practical value they
make ap in picturesqueness.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

Well, the mule has come out of ii
Ill gloriously. His war career, begun
magnifcently at Matanzas, closes
prosperously at Chattanooga, where
300 of his kind have just been auc-
toned off by the government for
$40, 900. The price is unprecedented
for SO large lot, and proves that kis-
tinguished service is highly appreci-
ated in Tennessee Q.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

The governor-general Of Guam, til
newly acquired possession Of Uncl
Sam out on the Pacific, is very NIGEL.
located. He has the island for {,
building spot and the ocean for an out
1ook
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

More than Is, 900, 900 visits are pai,
annually to London pawnbrokers, or.
to be more exact, Al, 200 day on ai
average. The number of pledges de
posted throughout the country is sais
to amount to 1870, 600, 900 every year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

The segregation of criminals in
our prisons that is now in progress is
! good thing. Beginners in crime
should not be thrown into company
with hardened ruffians. Imprison-
ment should be reformatory, not en-
:ouraging to or instructive in crime.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

s1f were man." the woman said,
"I'd make my mark ere was dead;
I'd lead the world with battle-cry,
And I'd be famous ere / kAould die
II I were man."
"If wore youth, the old man cried,
'rd seize all chances, I'd go with the tide;
I'd win my way to the highest place,
And stick to honor, and seek His grace
If were youth"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

"If were rich, /" the poor man thought,
"Id give my all for the poor's support;
I'd open my door, and I'd open my heart,
And goodness and would never part
II were rich"
And 10 II all these Ifs came true,
The woman man, the man youth,
The poor man rich-then in all truth.
This world would be, when we gotthrough,
Just as 1t Is
james Oppenheim, in New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-15

China exports Is, 600, 900 fans every
year. Yet her financial condition
shows that she cannot raise the wind.
no matter how hard she tries.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
A Dog Story.

Animals have sentiment, and they do
reason. Lord Sandwich had two intel
liGent, companiOnable little white dogs.
He was fond of both. They were much
attached to him and devoted to each
other One white pet fell sick, and he
watched over the little creature. But
no care sufficed to save it, and it died.
would bury the dog. and he did so.
The living Pomeranian stood by, griev-
ing as sincerely as the bereaved mas
ter. But the survivor could never
again endure Lord Sandwich, stunned
Kim and was utterly irreconcilable for
all time. He thought that the master
mad killed and buried his canine
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24

just received at @. Ell. Dickinson's
the largest and best selected stock of
wall paper and ceiling decorations, ever
brought to Edgerton. Also full line
of window shades and curtain fixtures.
I will sell as low as the lowest, Come
and see.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
Rarrel Organ IN q Church.

To attend a church where the music
is supplied by barrel organ must be
very like stepping into a bygone CEN
fury, but it is an experience which the
parishioners of Trottiscliff-a Kentish
village within twenty-five miles OF
London-can every week enjoy. It's
adherence to old customs may be par
doned, for a church was standing at
the time of the Domesday Book, and
the existing chancel is more than 800
years old. It's pulpit is the one that
stood in Westminster Abbey until 1924.
The musical capabilities of a barrel
organ are limited, but the. parishion-
ers of Trottiscliff have a choice of
sixty, there being six barrels each sup
plying ten tunes-most Of them very
old fashioned.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
Tie Risked His Life to Save That of a
Fellow Workman.

Heber Franklin, a young man en-
ployed at the Clear Greek mine Is as
much hero as any man who ever
braved death on the battlefield. Frank
lin sought not glory, but to save a hui
man life. There was a fire in the mine.
The men were called out. Then they
were about to shut off the air in order
to stop the flames, when it was learned
that lone miner was working deep in
the mine beyond the point where the
fire started and was then raging vita
growing strength. Here is the story
of the subsequent events:
Foreman Thomas Immediately called
Tor volunteers to go with him into the
mine to rescse the man. Several at
but they were driven back by the
flames, and the cry Of Powder"
caused a hasty retreat.
Finally Heber Franklin a young man
whose work keeps him on the outside,
said, Il will GO" And accompanying
Foreman Thomas he pressed on
through the fire and found the man
working away tamping Il hole, entire
ly unconscious of the danger threaten
ing him. They succeeded in getting
out Of the mine safely. when the fan
was shut off and the dip closed up.
The rescue was an act of great bravery
on the part of Franklin, as his work
kept him on the outside and he was
unacquainted with the exact lay Of the
land inside, and the danger Of suffoca-
ton from black damp was great. He
was the only man of the many stand
ing by whose nerve did not desert him.
1t is stated upon good authority that
ten minutes more of lost time would
have resulted In the death of the miner
who was at work and possibly great
loss to the company, as the supply OF
air could not be cut off while there was
any hope of rescue. and this would
have tended to feed the flames.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
WASHINGTON'S LAST YEARS.
His Happy Life With His Wife at
Mount Vernon.

At the time of his retirement to
Mount Vernon, after the expiration Of
his term as president, 1.-The tall figure
of Washington was only slightly bent
and he was still supposed to weigh up
ward Of 200 pounds" writes William
Perrine of "The Last Years of Wash
ington's Life" in The Ladies' Home
Journal.
Excepting his gray hair and his
false teeth and some trouble in hear
ing there was little Of the usual ap-
pearance Of age in his muscular per-
son, his gait and his strong, peck
marked face. He was affable and
merry with his best friends, but while
he had the true hospitality Of a south
ern gentleman in inviting every WIS.,
itor from a distance to his table or to a
bed over night, his politeness was gen.
orally formal. Yet if he particularly
enjoyed the conversation OF guest he
would pay him the compliment Of lis
tening to him until after o'clock, or
even of lighting him with the candle to
a bedroom for the night.
Mrs. Washington at this time was a
healthy, pleasant and transformations
little woman, still showing traces Of
good looks and with seldom any other
thought than of playing respectfully
her role of mistress Of the house of
country gentleman, of caring for the
negroes or of amusing herself with her
knitting. She had great pride in her
recipe for making cherry bounce
and on midsummer day she cut out
80 pairs of breeches for the men work
ing on the farm. She had said that
she and the general felt like children
just released from school when he left
the presidency, and she told of her
satisfaction in settling down again to
the duties of an old fashioned Vir-
ginia housekeeper, steady as clock,
busy as bee and cheerful as a crick-
et.'"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A thirsty physician must be dry
dock.
Poverty is the stone on which many
wits are whetted.
e, Love is a sort of soothing syrup for
every i'll of life.
You may crush the truth to earth,
but you can't keep it down.
No man ever produced a bubble of
fame by blowing his own pipe.
Worth formerly made the man. Now
it is the amount of money he is worth.
The old oaken bucket that hung in
the we'll was pulled up with a round
turn.
There is nothing sweeter to soured
woman than the failings of her dearest
friend.
The first time q man goes up in a
balloon he realizes how frail are the
ties that bind him to earth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24

IF THE sewers of a dwelling
l are faulty, or get clogged, it
soon becomes so foul that life
is not safe in it. That is just
what happens to you when the
Liver or Kidneys fail in their
work. The first little signs are
backache, poor appetite, changes
in urine and sometimes bowel
troubles and dropsical swellings.
Do not neglect any of these;
Deadly disorders may follow
STOP the mischief in time, use
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
For Sale.

60 acre farm in Kickapoo valley, Yer
non county, Wis. Farm lies 100 rods
east of the thrifty village of Readstown.
40 acres we'll improved, 20 acres timber,
good buildings, including good new to-
bacco shed 72x26 feet, good water, soil
good. All in high state of cultivation,
never overfows, best 80 acre tobacco
farm in Vernon county. Will sell for
$1,000, $1,000 cash, long time on balance.
Write, w. c., Post Office Box Ii,
Readstown, Wis,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24

Lead, OIL, turpentlne, varnlsh, japan
and shellac at lowest cash prices at G. 81.
Dickinson's.
Three choice Poland China boars
for sale. Inquire of Ell. G. Coon, Albion,
Wis.
Maple City Washing Soap not
only saves the wear on your Clothes be-
cause less rubbing is required, but it
it saves fully half the labor. Use &C
cording to directions on wrapper. For
sale by all grocers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
Farm for Sale.

100 acres of ridge and bottom land one
half mile from railroad station. As acres
of rich bottom land improved that is I'M
excelled for tobacco. Good spring. Trout
stream running through farm. New two
story house, 26x30 with stone cellar.
Another servicable house and outbuild-
ings. All we'll fenced and in high state
of cultivation. Price S2500 For further
particulars address
RILEY THOMSON,
Mt. Sterling, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24

Farmers, attention. If you want to
paint your buggy for one dollar, CALL on
G. Ell. Dickinson and get some Of Meals
celebrated carriage paint. Easily ap-
Piled, requires no vanishing, dries quick
and with splendid gloss. Warranted
to give satisfaction.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24

IF you wish to buy farm in Dane
Rock or Vernon counties, or house and
lot in the city of Edgerton, call on or ad-
dress q. M. LADD, Edgerton, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24

48--4W
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
Farm For Sale,

An 81 acre farm, with good buildings
tobacco sheds for II acres, all in good
state of cultivation, for sale on terms to
suit Enquire of Carl Bartz, IL miles
north Of Edgerton. 47-4w
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-24
Registered Short Horn Cattle

Bulls, one and two years old, and COWS
and heifers of all ages for sale, address
WAITER LITTLE,
48-4w GAINESVILLE, Wis.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-27
. "A - II x II X A.
Bears the =, The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e &xxzZzZw
) 10. EXCURSION TO DETROIT

One fare for the round trip, with OPP
tional tours returning via Niagara
Falls, Thousand Islands, st. Lawrence
River. Montreal, Quebec, Lakes Cham
plain and George, Adirondack Noun
tains, Saratoga and Ausable Chasm
Side trip to Duluth and Macknac.
On the occasion of the Christian En-
deavor convention at Detroit the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road has arranged personally con-
Quoted excursion, giving the option of
several most attractive tours return
ing; with side trips to Mackinac and
Duluth.
Special train of Wagner Palace sleep
ing cars, leaving New York July 4. re-
turning, leaving Detroit, July 40, stop
ping at Niagara Falls, Thousand Is
lands, shooting the famous rapids Of the
st. Lawrence, visiting Montreal and
Quebec, through Lakes Champlain and
George, and stopping at Saratoga
The different tours cover all expenses
and will be in charge of experienced
tourist agents. An illustrated itinerary
giving all information and cost of trip,
can be had by addressing Milton c.
Roach, G. T.. p. A., N. Y. c. and II. r.
r. r., Alb Broadway, New York.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-27
THE GENERALoA ASSEMBLY.
Charter Amendment Bills Reported ana
Tabled Until Next Week.


When the house assembled yesterday
number of amendments to the New
Haven charter were reported from the
committee as ready for action, but on
motion of Mr. Hathaway, house chair
man of the committee on cities and Dor
oughs, the amendments were tabled and
will come up for consideration next
Wednesday. A bin to fix the salaries of
the general assembly was reported by
the committee on legislative expenses.
The bill provides for salaries as follows:
Senate clerk, SO 500; house clerk, $4,000;
assistant house clerk, $1,5O0; chaplains
of senate and house, each $500; messen-
gers, 5000; doorkeepers, $500. In addi-
ton to these salaries transportation is
to be provided by the controller.
The resolution to instruct the labor
commissioner to inquire into the rela"
ton of the liquor traffic to the preva-
lence of crime, paupers and insanity
were reported favorably by the temper
ance committee.
A subcommittee of the judiciary COM
mttee, accompanied by Representative
Kendrick of Wallingford, an expert ac-
countant, yesterday called at the offices
of the Aetna Life Insurance company
to examine the company's books for the
period during which it has been alleged
that the company paid $4,000 to have
settled the suit pending against it by
the insurance commissioner
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-27
Eima metal.
The Stock Market.

New York, May 26.-The stock mark
ward movement which was in force yes
terday. Yesterdays sharp advance
brought in moderate volume Of buy
ing orders to the commission houses,
which We're put in at the opening.
There seems to have been also consider
able enthusiasm awakened in the
American department OF the London
market by the same cause, The inter
national stocks We're bid up there be-
fore the opening here and the arbitrage
brokers promptly bid them up to a
parity here. 1t soon became apparent.
however, that the bun party was no
more prepared to make extensive COM
mitments. on the eve of a holiday than
the bears and the activity soon came
to a standstill. The feverish and errat-
ic tendency of Consolidated Gas helped
to unsettle the market. Its sudden
drop was supposed by outsiders to indi-
cate some new possibility in the fran
chise tax law and other stocks in the
same group fell away in sympathy.
When the announcement was made of
tiiC oSliCil VI tlit Sdo QiItCloFS III re-
ducing the quarterly dividend rate
from per cent. to 11a per cent. there
was some recovery in the stocks Of 9TH
er New York municipal corporations.
AS rule, the prominent high priced
specialties were weak. Sugar was a
conspicuous sufferer on account Of the
reduction in the price of cube sugar
which presaged another stage of a war
of sugar producers and effectually de-
moished the recently current reports
of an agreement upon which the stock
had advanced. The extreme decline in
Gas was 10 points, and 1t closed only
quarter above that. Sugar lost 6 points
but rallied and closed with a net
loss of 81. Both American and CONT
mental Tobacco, American Steel and
Wire, Anaconda and American Smelt-
ing were points of weakness. Manhat-
TAM Brooklyn Transit and Metropolitan
Street Railway recovered large part
of their losses. When the selling move
ment had spent its force in the after
.on ffes;;eavy buying ord Is appea. red for
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-27
TO ORDAIN MR.. EVANS.
Council Called to Examine the Youn
Pastor Of Redding Congregations

Council Called to Examine the Young
Pastor of Redding Congregational
Church.
A council Of Congregational churches
of the Fairfield East Consolation has
been called to meet at the Congrega-
tional church in Redding on Wednes-
day, May 31st, to examine the Rev. Ed
ward Russell Evans, and, if deemed ad-
vsable, to ordain him to the ministry
of the Congregational church, as pas
tor-elect of the church in Redding.
Besides the churches of the consocia-
ton, which have been invited to berepre-
scented, there have been invited the Rev.
+. w. Baldwin D. D., of East Orange,
N. j., pastor of the church Of which Mr..
Evans is a member, and Rev. Lewis o.
Brastow, ID. D., Rev. Edward l.. Curtis,
Phi. D., ID. D., and Rev. Benjamin w.
Bacon, l.. III. D., d. D., of the Yale Di-
vinity school.
Mr. Evans is the young minister
whom similar council held in Redding
several months ago decided not to or
dain until after he had completed his
divinity school course. -