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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
Mr.. Kimberley's Nimble wit.

James G.. Blaine was nonplused
once while he was secretary Of state.
One of the applicants for a consulate
in Japan was the late Samuel Kimber-
ley of Baltimore, who died in the serv-
ice in Central America. After he had
presented his credentials Mr.. Blaine
said
II should like to appoint you, Mr..
Kimberley, but l have made it rule
to recommend no one who does not
speak the language of the country to
which he is sent. Do you speak Jap
aneseT'
"Cert-t-tainly, Mr.. B-Blaine," STAN
mered Mr.. Kimberley. "A-a-ask me
s-s-something in J-J-Japanese and I'll
answer you"
Mr.. Blaine hadn't word to say, but
the japanese post went to another
man, all the same, and Kimberley
went to Central America.
Another story is told Of Kimberley
equally creditable to his nimble wit.
One day he met a young woman who
threw her arms impulsively around his
neck and kissed him. Seeing her mis-
take, she drew back and angrily ask
ed:
Aren't you Mr.. Jones?"
"N-n-no, madam" replied Kimber-
ley, bowling; Pm n-n-not, but I
w-w-wish to thunder l w-wwas."'-
Saturday Evening Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
Patents Granted.

List of Patents granted to citizens of
Wisconsin for the week ending Oct. oath,
reported expressly for The Reporter
through the patent and law Office of O.
e. Duffy, TOT G.. St., N. w. Washington,
d. c., from whom copies can be had for
twenty cents each:
Stephen Broichgans, Milwaukee, air
COMPRISING apparatus; Mel A. Chris
Jensen, Milwaukee, combined valve and
governor for air brake pump; Joseph G.
Hyman, Milwaukee, seat post fastening;
Joseph II. Judge, Milwaukee, vehicle
wheel; Edward A. Lufin, Beloit, device
for pulling shoppers or seals from bottles;
George S. Parker, GAINESVILLE, fountain
pen; Rasmus Rasmussen, Oregon, sup
port for agriculture tools; Rudolph j.
Schwab, Milwaukee, crate; John L. Tay-
lor, West Superior, fifth wheel; Charles
A. Powell, Racine, ironing board; John
Schroeder Lumber Co., Milwaukee, trade
mark for lumber.
TOBACCO.
Rudolph G. Hoyer, Vjcksburg, Miss,
automatic match case and cigar tip
cutter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
In Illinois Early Days.

Teaming to Chicago is a favorite
topic Of the early settlers, and many
pleasing anecdotes are told of those
long and weary, though oftimes hila-
rious, trips. 1t always required a
week, and sometimes longer, to make
the journey. Twenty or thirty hungry
teamsters stopping at rude country
tavern overnight sometimes made it
interesting for the landlord. Fifty
cents for supper, breakfast and lodg-
ing, with all the whisky one could
drink and free hay for the horses, was
the uniform price for entertainment In
the early days, and the average team
ster usually intended to get the worth
Of his money before he settled his hotel
bill.-Stillwater Valley Qlls.) Graphic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

THE business of the railroads is, per-
haps, the fairest indication of the bust
ness of the country that can be suggested
and it has always been regarded as such.
Such being the case, the announcement
that the New York Central Railroad Co.
is compelled to buy 10000 new cars to
meet the demand of its business indicates
that a tremendous business boom is now
upon the country. Railroads do not en-
ter upon such vast expenditures unless
driven to it by their necessities. The
outlay of the New York Central for these
cars will amount to $15,0O0,00O, which
must be borrowed. Neither would such
an enormous expenditure be incurred at
one time unless the directors of the road
felt assured that this present period of
prosperity was going to be long continued
and not temporary only.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

CECIL RHODES, the man who has done
more than any other Englishman to give
the English speaking race a foot-hold in
South Africa, and hence is indirectly, if
not directly, responsible for the differ
ences between the British Government
and President Kruger that have culmin-
ated in war, is the subject of an elabor-
ate character sketch by Mr.. w. T. Stead
in the American Monthly Review of Re
views for November. Mr.. Stead was the
original "discoverer" of Mr.. Rhodes and
has for many years been on terms of in
timacy with the millionaire statesman.
His sketch is the only authentic biogra-
ply of Rhodes ever published.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

HOUSE TO RENT.-Inquire of Mr..
John Copley.
just received at @. 81. Dickinson S
the largest and best selected stock of
wall paper and ceiling decorations, ever
brought to Edgerton. Also a full line
of window shades and curtain fixtures.
I will sell as low as the lowest. Come
and see.
Farmers, attention. If you want to
paint your buggy for one dollar, CALL on
@. FL. Dickinson and get some Of Meals
celebrated carriage paint. Easily ap-
piled, requires no vanishing, dries quick
and with "A splendid gloss Warranted
to give satisfaction.
Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Music lessons on mandolin, guitar, ban
10 and table harp taught in twenty -four
lessons for S10
JOE ALEXANDER, Cornet Virtuoso,
Phoenix Block, Edgerton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

Tim serum treatment in cases Of diph-
liberia has wrought wonderful change
in the mortality tables so far as that
dangerous disease is concerned. Between
1885 and 1894 the death rate in Prussia
from this disease was 15.5 per thousand.
In 1896 and 1897 the serum was almost
universally employed, and the death
rates were respectively 7.6 and g., a re-
duction of more than one-half in the
space of two years. This a remarkable
record, and seems to prove in the most
indisputable manner that science has at
last obtained the mastery of this dreaded
disease, through the medium of a pre-
pared serum.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

IT is gratifying news to learn that
the leaders in the "nightshirt parade"
recently at the university are likely to be
expelled by the faculty. There should
be limit to school boy FRANKS even and
when the students break locks and carry
away laundry and other female attire
the limit is already over stepped and it is
time it became serious. The good name
of the university demands the outrage
be seriously dealt with.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
The pension department has

The pension department has adopted
new rule requiring pensioners to take
their quarters vouchers to a magistra te
every quarter. The number of the GER
tifcate is no longer inserted on the
voucher at the pension office, but must
be written in by the magistrate when the
voucher is executed. This, therefore,
sioners to take their certificates; 1t is
likely to cause much delay at the next
pay day, for their will be many who will
forget about their certificates, and will
have to wait until they can go back home
after it, and there is fine waiting for
magistrate who executes the vouchers
without seeing the certificates.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
The Sons Aynaw0r.

After his sons great success with the
Dame aux Camelias." Alexandra Du-
mas wrote to him as though stran-
ger, congratulating him on the book,
and expressing a desire to make the
authors acquaintance. II myself am
literary man." said he, in conclusion,
land you may have heard my name as
the author Of Monte Christie"
Dumas fills was equal to the occa-
sion. He wrote Immediately in reply,
expressing the great pleasure he would
have in making his correspondents &C.
Quaintance, principally on account Of
the high terms In which he had always
heard his father speak Of the author Of
Monte Christie" Rival.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03
this year.

STATIsTIC3 have been prepared in the
state Of Wisconsin to show that the
average cost of growing bushel of wheat
in the state is only twenty-four cents,
while that of raising bushel of corn is
twenty-seven cents. Both prices include
interest on the value of land, with the
cost of implements and horses. These
figures seem little surprising and show
what the farmers of the east have to
contend with.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

Gov. SCoFIELD src,nds the motion of
President Mckinley for Thanksgiving
on Thursday, November Both. When
you come to pn' crate them there are
whole lot of thugs to be thankful for
this vnar
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-03

BRADsTREHn'- declares the number of
failures and ~. mt of their liabilities
for the mont! o. 'nDtember were less
than for any p~"vi month. The same
statement apnl"s - he last quarter of
year and 70" to r three quarters
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
FANCY OF A CHILD.
Seems PrecociousHess in Inn
asinative ChiIdren.

"An active, healthy imagination is
one of the happiest gifts child can
possess" is the theory advanced by
Florence Hull Winterburn, the we'll
known padiologist, when writing of
''The Imagination Plays of Children"
in the Woman's Home Companion. If
we watch an intelligent child, four or
five years old, who believes himself I'M
noticed we will probably be astonished
at the richness and fertility of the fancy
which can give life and color to dull,
commonplace things, and weave whole
stories and dramas around the simple
toy that means nothing more to US than
what it plainly stands for. But we will
perceive that even his widest romances
found themselves upon many facts, for,
free and frolicsome as imagination may
appear, it is subject to its laws. It
deals with real things in Il playful way;
it embroiders, paints, molds; but it
must have its material, it's basis, in
actual life. What we call creative
ability is nothing but the power to re-
construct, perhaps to connect several
separate plans or patterns into whole
which seems different from the original.
The child is an artist who daubs on his
colors boldly, without any sense of the
absurdities he may commit, and so he
often produces effects that surprise
others as well as himself. Many of the
acts that seem so precocious because we
suppose them to be the outcome of a
well-considered plan are really happy
accidents; not devoid of the merit of
originality, but neither to be over
praised as the work of genius. Child
hood is one unbroken succession of ex-
Derimentincs"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25

drawn tin1idly back and a young girl,
pretty and not more than Is years old,
stood inside gazing with admiration on
this handsome cowboy. &c.
SWELL! little girl, is there anything I
can do for you?' he asked as he I'M
buckled the revolver belt from his
waist. The girl stood for moment too
frightened to speak, but at last she
burst into tears and confessed her adj
miration for the rough rider. She fur
Their said she had attended the show
every afternoon and several evenings
since it had been here, that she wanted
to run away from home and go along
with the show.
During the recital the crack rider of
the wild west show sat on the end of
box quietly smoking cigarette. "See,
here! You need some good advice"
said he, when she had finished. "You
are at just that age when some one
ought to give you lecture. You seem
to have fallen in love with a man you
know nothing about. So just fall out
again and re member you've been lit
tie fool. Why, I've daughter of my
own just about your age" Chicago
Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
)
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CAPT. MOLLIE'S WELL.
Memento Of the Brave Irish Heroine
of the Battle of Monmouth
II Still In Use.

- Few Philadelphians, perhaps, have
noticed as they were vhirled across the
battlefield Of Monmouth in an express
train bound for their summer homes at
Asbury Park and Long Branch the two
upright posts along the tracks near
Freehold marking the. we'll of Capt.
Mollie Pitcher, the heroine of the bat
tie of Monmouth, who long since was
buried in the old cemetery at Carlisle,
Pa.
The well is situated very close to the
tracks and can be seen from the rear of
the train. 1t is one of the points of in
terest on this historic battlefield and is
in sight of the old Tennent church,
which was used as a hospital during
the fight and in which the blood-stained
seats, where the wounded British SOL
diers were carried from the conflict to
die. can still be seen.
1t may be surprising, but it is never
theless true, that this famous old we'll
is still in use. The farm of William Au-
gustus Thompson, which is near by,
gets its entire supply of water from this
well, water pipes being laid from the
farm to the we'll. The water is said to
be as clear and sparkling as spring wa
ter and very cool.
Capt. Mollie Pitcher was the heroine
of the battle of Monmouth, which was
fought on the morning of Sunday, June
20, 177s. Tradition says it was in this
conquest that Gen. Lees action in max
ing retreat caused Washington to
utter the only profanity he ever spoke
during his life. During the fierce fight
Mollfe Pitcher, an Irish woman, and the
wife of a member of one of the New
Jersey artillery companies, with her
bucket of cool water drawn from this
we'll, quenched the thirst of the heated
Yankee soldiers.
Capt. Mollie was of masculine build
and dressed in a mongrel suit with The
petticoats of her own sex and an ar
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25

tilleryman's coat, cooked hat and
feathers. She was a sturdy campbell
lower, only % years of age, and in devo-
ton to her husband, who was cannon
Ter, she illustrated the character of
her countrywomen in the Emerald isle.
In the action, while her husband was
managing field piece, she constantly
brought him water from spring near
by. A shot from the enemy killed him
as his post, and the officer of the day,
having no one competent to fill his
place, ordered the piece removed from
the field.
Mollie saw her husband fall as she
came from the we'll with her bucket of
fresh water, and also heard the order of
the officer of the day for the removal of
the piece. She dropped the bucket,
seized the hammer and vowed that she
would fill the place of her dead husband
at the gun and avenge his death.
. She performed the duty with a skill
and courage which attracted the atten-
ton of all who saw her. On the follow
ing morning, while she was still COW
cred with dirt and blood, Gen. Greene
presented her to Gen. Washington, who,
admiring her bravery, conferred upon
her the commission of sergeant. By his
recommendation her name was placed
upon the list of half pay officer for life.
She left the army soon after the bat
tie of Monmouth and died near Fort
Montgomery, among the Hudson High
lands, soon after the close of the war.
She was buried at Carlisle, Pa, where
handsome monument has been erected
over her grave by the patriotic citizens
in the town. 49,. $685.:
;. The widow of Gen. Hamilton, who
died in 1854, stated she had often seen
Capt. Mollie and described her as
stout, red-haired, sfreckle-faced young
Irish woman, with a handsome pair of
piercing eyes. Old residents of Fort
Montgomery say she generally dressed
in the petticoats Of her sex with an ar
gtilleryman's coat over. She was in Fort
Clinton with her husband when it was
attacked in 1777. When the Americans
fled from the fort as the enemy scaled
the ramparts, her husband, who served
the cannon, dropped his match as he
was about to touch off the gun and fed.
Mollie caught it up, touched off the
piece and then scampered off. It. was
the last gun fred from the fort.-Phila-
delphia Press. ssa* @2{f&tj 81 ar =" e..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25

S$ Axel Andersen, theolog.a an VINO Is wen
posted on the early history ct the Chris
sttan church, challenged the Theological.
faculty Of the university rs refute certain
theories advanced by him II regard To-
the celebration of the Lords Supper dur
Ing the first centuries Of the Christian
era. Those theories aresslooked upon as
Iheretfcal by most Lutherans in Norway.
and the theological faculty refused point
blank to accept the challenge Of Ander-
7 sen. To get even with the faculty in
some shape OF form, he insinuates that
ut must be q funny science that is Inn
parted to- the theological students at the
Royal Frederick's University in Chris
tiania." &, Sssse%sssssl j 5Ss5sSSs
Bergen has $3.50 inhabitants. 81 =
The Norwegian colors were waving over
Hotel Saxonia, Berlin, during Fridttof
Nansen's stay there while attending the
geographical congress. ii
III The amount of '.fat herring sailed
down for the trade UP to Oct. l was 81 900
barrels The figures for the same season
In 1898 and 1897 were $4,000 and $4,000 re-
spectively. These figures indicate what
risks the Norwegian fishermen have to
run. F# e.. is5& IS
Col. Hagerup has been appointed gen.
eral OF the cavalry, and the king has rat
flied the election of Rev. Erickson as
bishop OF Bergen. .u,s~.,..,o,,-.4~ e
The value OF the freight carried by Nor
wegian vessels to and from Russian sea-
ports is about 81, 100000 q year Only a
small percentage of this is being carried
between Russian seaports; the Russian
ukase excluding foreigners from the Rus
sian coast trade after JAN 1, 1901, will
not materially affect the shipping inter-
eats Of Norway.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
How to Clean Muslin Gowns,

"a Muslin dresses very often become
creased before they are really dirty
enough to require washing. In this
case they should be treated as follows.
Spread the dress out on wooden ta-
bic or ironing. board and dampi it thor.
oughly all over with starch applied
with piece Of sponge. This should be
perfectly clean. Then iron it careful.
", taking care the iron is not too hot,
and when finished hang it before the.
fire to dry. It should not on any ac-
count be folded. The best way is to
damp one part Of the dress with the
starch, iron it and then go on to an
other piece.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
Crab-Apple Jelly.

Wash and cut into small pieces half
a peck of sound, juicy crab-apples.
Place them in kettle, add sufficient
water to nearly cover the apples and
boil till done; then pour them into a
bag made of flannel, hang it up, place
a bowl underneath, let it hang until
all the liquid is drained out. Return
the liquid to the kettle, place it over
the fire and boil 20 minutes, with
out cover, then measures; add for
every pint of liquid a pound of gran
ulated sugar and boil hard for five min
utes; remove and fill the jelly into
jars. The jelly can be made Of the
peel and core of apples in the same
wav +''@& 25z% 81 - rF55zsi t:ts] =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
4 COWBOYS y! .! )! J! ADVICE 4
Roush Hid Encounters Love-siek
Gill and Gives Her ~
5000 Fatherly Lecture.

One Of the principal riders Of the
wild west show, whose dashing and dam
gerous feats in the ring win the plaadits
OF thousands Of people daily, is great
favorite with the matinee girls. This
young man recently figured in a. little
scene that was not down on the bills.
1t was after the regular afternoon
performance and this modern cavalier
was preparing to make some change in
his costume, that he might appear in
the street, when the flap Of his tent was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
GOLD AT. A PREMIUM.
1t Has Already Doubled IT'S Value
" Measured in Products Of
s. the Farm. - 49,,

The cry of a premium on gold is mere
~ a ''scarecrow." The gold advocates
would make people who never saw a
gold piece from one years end to an
other believe that the moment gold
rises cent or two above some other
kind of money, the whole country will
go to the dogs. Gold is already at a
premium of 100 per cent, measured in
the products of the farm: The gold
champion can see nothing wrong about
that; but he is Mortified at the thought
Of gold dollar being worth cent or
two more than some other kind of a
dollar. s But the point to which the read
er's mind is here sought to. be especial
II directed is that the substitution OF
bank notes for United States notes
would do no good. It would certainly
add nothing to the output Of our gold
mines. It would not stop gold from GO
ing abroad when needed there; it would
bring gold into the country, it would
add nothing to- the aggregate supply
anywhere, and the scarcity Of gold
would threaten our finances Just as
| it does to-day The truth is, gold is
scarce everywhere, except III az few
great banks. Silver has been demone-
tized, the demand for gold greatly in
Icreased, and the Who'll e of the world that
has. adopte the gold standard is strug-
Cling madly for the limited supply.
Prices have fallen about one-half and
the end IS not yett. This Is the real
trouble, but the goldite would make
people believe than al evil 81 this kind
lean be overcome by the simple expedi-
Tent of changing one kind 5of paper Tor
lanother, and living the bank complete
control of our 6nances
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
SAYING :GoODBY.
! The Fiji islanders cross two red fea,

The Fiji islanders cross two red feath-
The natives of New Guinea exchange
chocolate. ss.s ;E2sS ~. .z.t =
The Burmese bend low and say:
."'Hib! Hib!'' .H :: 49, ,.....,.. -
+. The South Sea islanders rattle each
others whale teeth necklace. -, 49,. ~. F.
The "Auf wiedersehen" Of the Aus
TRANS is the most feeling expression ct
farewell. @:szSSs<s nj <tskS 'ssE ~, .=ss
The Cuban would consider his good
by anything buta cordial one unless he
was given q good cigar. ~
In the Philippines the parting bene-
5diction is bestowed in the form of rub
bing ones friends face with ones hand.
The Russian form 81 parting saluta-
ton IS brief, consisting Of the single
word '.'.praschai," said 70 sound like q
sneeze. .5 I.ss4ss
The Otaheite islander will twist the
end q the departing guest robe and
then solemnly shake his own hands
three times. 81.
s5sS The Turk will solemnly cross his
hands upon his breast and make q pro-
found Sobeisance when he bids you fare
well. \ 5s
The Sioux ana Blacl teet will at,part.
ing dig their spears iin the earth as .
sign Of conf ence and mutual esteem.
This IS the oriigiin 81 the term ..bury ing
The genial jap vi akeshis slipper
OF Won depart ands with 3 smile:
You are going ii leaYe my despicable
house your homo ableE journeying-T-;
regardSt l q,
sphes German 'lebe .wDhl - not par.
1tieplar ynpath tie 4, its sound but
/ IS ~ leaa |snbar assing sto1 those 81 speeds
Than the Hind = psr forrn1ance who
hen you o olal allsIin The dust
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25
FINLAND.

A number of Finlanders who have off,
ciated as British consuls have been dis
charged by the British government The
reason given for this decapitation is that
the consuls in question signed the great
national petition to the car. -
i A clergyman in Pielisjarvi lost his rea-
son and made up his mind to starve him.
self to death. At first he abstained from
food only, but drank water. After a S.
day fast he also quit drinking water, and
six days later he died. He lived 57k days
without q particle of food. ,.