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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
A Famous House and Lot.

An article entitled "Historic Homes
In Washington, by Catherine Cava-
nagh, in Munsey's, gives an interesting
narrative of the home once occupied by
James G. Blaine. The lot on which it
stood once belonged to Henry Clay, who
won it at game of cards, at which he
was always very lucky. On his wife be-
ing asked if her husbands gambling
did not make her anxious, she an
swered: why should I worry? Henry
generally wins. After keeping the lot
a short time he snapped it for NAL
tese jackass that Commodore Rodgers
brought home from Mediterranean
cruise. He built the house. In it once
lived James K. Paulding, secretary Of
the navy under Van Buren,. Secretary
Seward bought it, and was living in it
when his assassination on the night Of
Lincoln's murder was attempted. Sec
rotary of War Belknap afterward re-
sided there, and finally Mr.. Blaine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The toast of the evening is taken from
a bottle.
When money talks the cream of the
conversation is rich.
It's as hard to hide indifference as it
is to conceal love.
One seldom has the price Of the man
, who is really worth buying.
Every time you forgive a man you
lower him in his own estimation.
Hope is a pleasing acquaintance, but
one you can seldom depend upon.
Time may be money, but it's hard for
a man to make his creditors believe It,
The shadow of the family tree ac-
counts for good many shady reputa-
lions.
When man marries an heiress he
isn't very anxious for her to retain her
charms.
Ungrateful persons are about as rare
in proportion as benevolent ones are
uncommon.
IF there were no other fools in the
world we would be more d1ssatlsned
with ourselves than ever.
Only a mans philosophy will enable
him to bear the burdens imposed upon
him by the philosophy of others.
Love is seldom confessed until the
evidence reaches the stage where max
ing a confession is merely matter OF
form.
Many a wife dusts the billiard chalk
from her husbands coat and sheds tears
Of sympathy because Of the late hours
he must spend at his desk close to
whitewashed wall. - Chicago Daily
News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
A Vivid Dissertation.

A short sighted and deaf old gentle
man who was at an entertainment
where a professor performed on big
bass viol, thus described the scene
''The professor carried on to the plat
form a gigantic beetle attached to the
end of sort of lamppost. He leaned
over and fondly embraced it, tickling
it's back violently with long comb.
''The spectators seemed much de-
lighted at this display of scientific af-
lection. The beetle was apparently quite
unmoved. Then the professor gave a
capital imitation of the drunken man
and the lamppost. He swayed rapidly
up and down, clutching quickly at all
points.
Sometimes his fingers quivered pas
sionately upon one spot, like an ill tenn
pered man struggling with an obstinate
pair of braces. Sometimes he rested
momentarily, as one rests after a con-
test with a stiff white tie.
''Finally, he gave last convulsive
tickle to the huge beetle, picked himself
up from the lamppost and carried off
the unresisting insect. The audience
applauded vigorously.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
The Soaking of the Tui1erfes, 1S4Se

The sight that presented itself was
the strangest [ have ever seen and has
remained in my memory almost as WV
idly as if it were yesterday. The mag
nifcent apartments Of the palace were
soon filled with as strange set Of ruff
fans as you could meet anywhere. 1t
seemed as if they were all mad or
drunk, and yet they were as jolly as
sandboys They seemed positively to
revel in destruction and to yell with
delight as they smashed and tore every
thing to pieces that they came across.
There was scarcely picture that was
not cut into ribbons, and ornaments,
however costly, were thrown down and
broken to atoms.
While I was standing in one of the
grand apartments looking on il won
der, little man, with sword almost
as big as himself, stood in front Of a
magnificent mirror that reached from
the floor to the ceiling. He surveyed it
for q moment, and then, as though he
were about to storm a town single
handed, went deliberately up to it and
with one blow of his great cavalry blade
shivered it to pieces AS they fell at
his feet he put on a grand air and said
"Lar" as if this was one of the greatest
deeds he had ever accomplished and the
proudest moment of his life. -"Sketches
From Memory" G.. A. Storey.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Feeding Cows Too Much Grain.

Cows differ much in their ability to
make profitable use of the grain fed
them. Those which have the beef tend
ency strongly developed will at once
begin to fatten on grain, unless it is
fed in moderate amounts and COM
bined with large amount of succulent
food. Those who have ensilage or roots,
especially beet or mangel wurzel, can
feed more grain to cows and have the
fat go to the milk pail than those who
only have dry feed. It is not safe to feed
a farrow cow much grain, nor yet one
that is near the time to drop her calf.
as it will then stimulate the milk glands
too much and probably cause garget.
Yet it is an advantage to cow to be
in pretty good flesh when she drops her
calf. The inside fat she then carries
will mostly be used up in enriching the
milk the following summer Boston
-Cultivator
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Dead Mems Bones.

The mos grewsome apartment Ia
America is ,..obably the demonstrator'
room in the Flower hospital in New
York, with it's fantastic decorations Of
dead mems bones.
The name of the room is spelled above
the door in letters made Of finger bones.
Upon the wall within appear in the
same grewsome lettering the names of
DR.. Howard s. Nelson and DIR. North
way Never, demonstrators. Besides
these legends sits grinning human
skull.
Crossing and recrossing the room
strings of bones interface. Ribs alter
nate with the slender bones of fingers
and toes. Up and down the walls, like
CHASTITY white serpents, crawl coils OF
vertebra. Arm and leg bones with
highly polished surfaces are hung on
the cupboard doors.
Everywhere the eye turns in this
curious charnel house symbols OF NOR
tally start into relief. But it is on the
large table against the south wall that
death vertically sits enthroned. In the
middle, heaped into a mound, bones
from all parts of the human frame are
surmounted by skull Here hand,
there a crippled foot, Uranium hol-
lowed into drinking cup-oddities OF
all grisly shapes surround the mound.
In chair to the right sits skeleton
in leisurely attitude, leaning one arra
upon the table as he watches the skele"
tons over which the sunlight dances.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
PERSONALS,

Speaker Reed is partial to red neck
ties.
Verdi is at work on his new opera to
be called king Lear
Admiral Dewey's boyhood hero was
General Taylor, and the lads first ambi-
ton was to be a soldier.
The south Of England has lost in the
Rev. William Awdry of Ludgershall,
Wiltshire, it's famous sporting parson.
Miss Sybil Thorold, youngest daughter
Of the late Bishop of Winchester, Eng
land, has been received into the Roman
Catholic church.
General Lloyd Wheaton, who cleared
the Pasig river, entered the service as
a sergeant in the Eighth Illinois during
the war Of the rebellion.
Horace L. Higgins, director of the
only railroad in the Philippines is an
Englishman by birth, and the husband
Of a grandniece of the last King OF
Spain.
WI Now Ting, the organizer of the
first Chinese wooden mill, which has
been equipped with American machin-
cry, is a railway magnate, a man Of
culture, and a Confucianist in religion.
Governor Brady of Alaska has pro-
posed the branding of all female seals
in Behring sea with big ~. S" This
would spoil the skins for commercial
purposes and stop the slaughter of the
COWS.
Michael Shea, who recently died at In
dianapolis, Ind, was 119 years of age.
He was born in Ireland, and was
friend of Daniel O'Connell. Shea mar
fied when he was So years old, and has
one child 60 years Of age, and others
more than so.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Deafness Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inhamed
condition of tie mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send fro circular, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O..
eY Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
COW NO. 1-GRADE GUERNSEY.

irregularity is not conducive to the
largest yields from the COW. But the
management of the herd was governed
by the idea of using the herd for pur-
poses of instruction. In carrying out
this idea a record was kept of the daily
milk yield Of each cow and the Bah
cock test for fat also the hay, silage
and grain were weighed out to each
cow for each feed during the year.
With these individual records at hand,
the herd becomes Of great value to the
student in illustrating the types of
dairy COWS.
In the selection of concentrated feeds
they were guided in purchase by the
relative price of protein in each. The
herd was fed a balanced ration of q
nutritive ratio of about to 5. In win
ter this ration consisted of from 25 to
80 pounds of silage, to 10 pounds Of
hay and 6 to 10 pounds of grain, the
latter varying with the ability of the
individual to make good use of it. In
summer, with scanty pasturage, soiling
crops were supplied and some grain fed.
The best results were obtained from
two COWS characterized as very spare,
with deep bodies and we'll sprung ribs
They approximate in form very nearly
to the ideal dairy type and in addition
to this form were persistent mixers
In 1897 COW No /, after having been
in milk one year and without dropping
a calf, made record of 466 pounds of
butter. Cow Nc. resented any attempt
to dry her off. Cow No. 1 showed an
annual profit of $4O.42 and cow No. 2
an annual profit of $42.92. Less con-
spicuous dairy types showed profits of
about $40 year. Cows lacking depth
and width of body and beef types
showed normal profits or actual losses
In comparing breeds with types they
found the range in amount of butter
produced to be with the Jerseys 371,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
COW NO. JERSEY.

Ayrshires 266, or a difference of 105 be-
tween the highest and lowest The
variation due to type is 273 pounds.
In a similar way the range in the
cost of one pound of butter between the
breeds is cents, while the range be-
tween the types is 81 cents.
The range in net profit between
breeds is $1625, while the range be-
tween types is $41.07.
We may conclude, then, says Professor
Beach, that the form or type more than
breed will determine the ability of a
cow to produce butter economically.
The following prices were charged
for feed per ton: Rowen, $40; mixed
hay, $40; corn slower, So; silage, So;
soiling crops, So; pasture (for the sea-
sony, So. so; bran, $14; gluten, $1S. So;
cottonseed meal, $22 linseed oil meal.
$50.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Bees and Their Baskets.

Every bee carries his market basket
round his hind legs. Any one examin-
ing the body of bee through a micro
scope will observe that on the hind legs
of the creature there is fringe of stiff
hairs on the surface, the hairs approach
ing each other at the tips, so as to form
a sort of cage. This is the bees basket,
and intosit, after a successful journey,
he will cram enough pollen to last him
for tive or three days.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
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lDAIRY (R!zAINlERY:l
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IDEAL DAIRY TYPES.
Interesting Experiments at Storrs
College I'm Connecticut.

Interesting Experiments at Storrs
College I'm Connecticut.
Professor G. L. Beach of the Storrs
Agriculture college of Connecticut gave
in Hoard s Dairyman the results of some
interesting experiments. The college
herd of 25 COWS included four registered
Jerseys three Guernseys, four Ayrshires
and the balance mostly Jersey and
Guernsey grades. The registered cows
were selected for the college by commit
tees of breeders of the respective breeds
and were presumably fair representa-
tives of the several breeds The grades
were selected and purchased from time
to time and perhaps were better than
the average run of dairy cows
The feeding, milking and care of the
herd are attended to by student labor.
While this system offers many advan-
tages to the student, the unavoidable
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Brief Bits Of Spicy News.
TryAllen's Foot-Ease.

A powder to oe shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen,
nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If
YOU have smarting feet or tight shoes,
try Aliens Foot-ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures swollen
and sweating feet, blisters and callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all
pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it
to-day. Sold by all druggist and sine
stores for 25c. Trial package free. Adj
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. 7.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05

a CTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY
&Awhere for the ''Story of the Philippines by
Murat Halstead, commissioned by the Govern
ment as Official Historian to the War Depart
ment. The book was written in army camps at
San Francisco. on the Pacific with General
Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong
Kong, in the American trenches at Manila, In
deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and in the
roar OF the battle at the fall OF Manila. Bonan-
"a for agents. Brimful of origina. pictures
Large book Low prices. Big profits. Freight
paid Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial
war books. Outfit free. Address, f. L. Barber,
Sec'y. Star Insurance Bldg. Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
"Corpse Going.

CORPSE coins" are treasured in the
north of England. They are the coins
that have lain over the eyes of their
dead. By this means infection has been
spread, but superstition causes the GUS
tom to continue. A poor collier or
peasant would never think of doing any
thing important unless he had on his
person coins that have been upon the
eyes of his dead relatives.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Cows and Sunlight.

Cows like sunlight, especially in win
ter. Be sure, therefore, to provide plenty
of windows; even if the first cost does
exceed the wall space they occupy it is
money well spent Plenty of light pro-
notes cleanliness by bringing all dirt
into prominent sight. Darkness and dirt
are :ongenial partners
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Strassburg has raised $4,000 marks for
a statue to Goethe.
The state of Texas is about $4,000
square miles larger in area than Spain.
The London papers are speaking of
the Vicereine of India as 1.-The Letter of
Asia"
The healthiest occupations in the
world for women are Bookkeeping and
flower raising.
They say in Pembrokeshire, England,
when it SHOWS while the sun is shining,
that ''the devil is beating his wife,
The French-Amer.can club has printed
map on which are noted all electric
stations in France at which the ac-
cumulators can be loaded.
Golf has gained such a foothold
among lovers of outdoor sports in New
York that the park board has placed
professional instructors on the public
links.
OF the 100000 gallons of brandy pro-
duced in the United States last year
California alone contributed 1887, 1856.
Virginia yielded los, lis; Kentucky, &C.,
17z.
Last years output Of coal was the
greatest in the history of the United
States, amounting to 159, 900 net tons
of soft coal and 46,SO0, 900 tons of anthra-
cite.
BEST IN LONDON TlT-BlTS.
First Man (to man who has just
bumped against him in the street,
''Bllthering idiot" Second Man: "That' S
your name, is it? My name is Dobbs."
The Manager: What was all that
trouble amongst the freaks about this
morning." "Why, the two-headed man
got into quarrel with himself as to
which Of him should get shaved first.
Inquirer: when is the next train to
bennington" Station Master: Twelve
o'clock, sir" Inquirer: What, isn't
there one before that?" Station Mas
ter: mo, sir. we never run one be-
fore the next"
Papa: $50 Emily stands at the head
Of her class in French?" Mamma: Eyes.
She and another girl were exactly even
in the written examinations, but it was
decided that Emily shrugged her Shout
ders more correctly like the French"
To Cure A Cold I'm One Day:
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund money if it fails tt
cure. The genuine has l.. B. q. on each
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Give the children a Drink

called Grain-O. It is delicious, appe-
tizing, nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it, because
when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee out is free from all its in
furious properties. OrainO aids diges-
ton and strengthens the nerves. 1t is
not stimulent but health builder, and
children as we'll as adults can drink 1t
with great benefit. Costs about Il as
as much as coffee. Is and Zoe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Obedient Sadie.

Little Sadie (who has been told she
must thank God for everything wheth
er it seemed good or not -.Thank God
again, mammal I've broken your rose
jar''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Pessinisn.

Tired T.eadwell-Gee, Iut feel good!
did you see dat in de papers about de
soar trust? Prices'll be SO high now
6at nobcdy'll have de nerve to shove
any Of it at feller.
Hungry Hamilton-Yes, but wot Of
40 Waters still free all around U.s.
chicago Daily News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
Loves Mishap.

The note wrote her hid in her book.
Now who would have thought it?
twas a library book, which went back
to it's nook
Some other girl got it.
Chicago Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-05
To Cure A Cold I'm One Day:
1Official Publications.

STATEMENT of the condition Of the
NATIONAL PROTECTIVE So
Getty, of Bay City, in the State of
Michigan, for the year ending December
31st, 1898, made to the Commissioner of
Insurance of the State of Wisconsin,
pursuant to the laws of said State.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Seeing a Bullet In FLIGHT.

"As every sportsman knows" said
an enthusiastic New Orleans hunter,
cit is easy to SEQ a rifle bullet in the
air, and those fired from the new high
power guns are very curious to look at.
Stand q dozen yards at one side of the
mark and let a friend blaze away at any
range with a small caliber weapon
using smokeless powder, and you'll see
a strange, blush white streak the in
slant the bullet strikes home. The
streak is apparently a couple of inches
wide and several feet long and is more
like a flash of light than anything else
I can think of.
"With the old fashioned Remington
OF Springfield carbine the bullet has tho
appearance of u long black rod, and l
don't know why there should be such a
difference in the optical illusion pro-
duced by the smaller caliber. 1 have
heard some people deny that the bullet
can be seen, but they are very much in
error. 1t all depends OH getting the
right viewpoint. A few feet either way
will render the missile invisible, but
the right spot is soon found by expert
ment, and after that the thing is as
plain as day. New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27

orable congressmen-elect to acquiesce
to the demands Of all these G. A. r.
influences and for them to 60 to Wash
ington to do what they can to aid in
securing the passage Of the sanitarium
bill, then surely it is q most commend
able thing to be "presumptious."
There is no politics in this thing-not
the least-and IL the Press could get
off its green political glasses once in a
while it wouldn't all the while be en-
barassing oven its own friends. Had
the G. A. r. folks not thought it nee
essary land expedient to ask Messrs.
Gamble and Burke to go to Washington
they probably would not have done SO,
and instead of being criticised for CON-
plying with that request it seems to us
that Messrs. Gamble and Burke are en-
titled to the praise and thanks of the
people, as we'll as of the G. A. r. which
they already have.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
OFFICIAL PAPER Of CITY and COUNTY,
HOT SPRINGS.

OF this charming all-the-year-round
resort Rand McNally's Official Rail
road Guide has the following notice
throughout the year:
Hot SPRINGS, county seat of Fall.
River county, So. Dak.-In the Black
Hill district, about 80 miles south of
Deadwood. Population, 1,423; during
summer season population averages
1900. Railroads, III emont, Elkhorn
same depot. Business !nterests-
ing and grazing region, which is large
~ devoted to sheep and cattle raising.
Has productive gold and silver mines
near 10y. Hot Springs is rapidly grow
ing in Importance as Il health and.
pleasure resort. Has beautiful noun
tain scenery on all sides, with every
facility for bathing and out-of-door
sports; its elevation, 3,A5O above tide
water, and proximity to extensive pine
forests, preserves IL remarkably dry
and equable climate and the excellent
quality of the thermal waters of it's
eight springs, have gained for it much
favor from tourists and persons afflict-
ed with rheumatism, asthma. hay few
er, nervous prostration, govt, disorders
of the stomach. kidneys, liver and skin.
chronic aud vcneraal diseases. Fall
River. Cheyenne Fails, Wind Cave and
other features of interest i'm the vicini-
ty. Leading newspaper, STAR"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
CONTEMFIlBLE PARTJsANsRIP.

A dispatch from Pierre states that
Burke and Gamble are going to Wash
ington to pass IL bill through congress.
Nothing like being presumptious in
these matters.-SiouX Falls Press.
The foregoing 'presumptious' item
appeared III the Sioux Falls Press, aud
it is so insulting and provoking that
we cannot resist reprinting it for the
purpose of correction. In the first
place no dispatch from Pierre ever
said Burke and Gamble were going to
Washington to pass IL bill" The tele-
gram said that Commander Farr, of
the state G. \. r.. has received u com.
munication relative to the position in
congress of the bill to establish a
branch of the National Soldiers Home
at Hot Springs" and that Congress
men Gamble and Burke will interest
themselves in securing it's passage, if
possible, and for that purpose will go
to Washington next week."
Our congressman elect have been
prevailed upon hy the local q. A. r.
post, by the officers of the state G. A.
r., and by members of the National G.
A. r. committee to do all they can to
secure the passage of this sanitarium
bill at this session of congress. Popu.
lists and democrats, as we'll as repub-
cans. have urged these gentlemen to
use their influence in behalf of this
pending measure in the house of repre-
sentatives in the interest of the vet
Gran soldiers, feeling that as congress
men.elct they could be of valuable SER
vice, and if it is ''presumptious" what
ever that word may mean) for u hon