The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-10-13

Milwaukee and doing we'll, both being
| young men Of industry and good hab-
| its as we'll as endowed with the quick
| mind and comprehensive quality of
| the father.
Some one has said of the children Of
distinguished men that their only hope
| is to pass the maturing years while
| the father is unknown. The idea is
| that thus the children will be free from
! the allurments to luxury, laZiness and
! snobbishness and the harder virtues
will be given a chance. Some curious
instances have been cited of older sons
| of noted men whose boyhood was nor
NAL and Industrious, turning out we'll;
while younger children, neglected by
reason Of the fathers engrossment in
! public affairs, and spoiled in the ex-
| pectation of an easy life leaning on the
parent, have proved worthless.
| The three Spooner boys, however,
are as healthy. unaffected hearty
| youths as one could meet in American
life. The two older ones started in
| their fathers office but soon went to
Milwaukee. The senator once said
that his office was the poorest training
school for a young lawyer in the world
dryly adding that the idea had got
round town that it cost 5000 to climb
up the stairs. What he meant was,
of course, that big affairs chiefly en-
| crossed the firm. and the small bust
ness that law students should familiar
Use themselves with. was taken else
| where.
Noted Justice Recalled.
The families of many noted WiscOn-
sin men move to the capital city. When
death takes the head of the family fire.
Quently the family lives on in Madi-
son. Some of our old families living
quietly date back to important his
toric scenes; and to those who know
state history the family names sug-
| gest men once conspicuous figures.
The death of Mrs. David Taylor re-
| calls her distinguished husband, who
| received support for United States
senator in 1857. when Doolittle was
| elected. David Taylor was supreme
court judge from 1878 until his death
in 1891. He died suddenly, having
worked on opinions all day april 3
and being taken with heart failure aft
err supper. In fifteen minutes he was
dead.
He was 70 years of age, but such
| large, vigorous man that he did not
seem past the pSlamiSt'S limit. He
was graduate of the Union college
in York state, where President Arthur
and a host of southern notables, like
Robert Toombs, graduated before the
war. In 1916 he touched Chicago and
Milwaukee. The swampS of the for
mer city and the breweries of the lat
ter led him to think he could better
pick metropolis and he road a pony
to Sheboygan. Here he put in many
busy years. He served in assembly
and senate. He was a circuit judge
for eleven years To Sheboygan the
body of his beloved wife was laid be-
side his own. There was a large fam
lily of children-seven of the eleven
| survive. All are scattered save two
unmarried girls at home.
Praise for Dewey in Colored Inks.
MI. w. J. Belts, the corporation
clerk Of the secretary of states office,
is decorative penman. He has just
| finished book that will delight the
eyes of Admiral Dewey. 1t is the gift
of the Wisconsin legislature. 1t is
joint resolution No. So, adopted May 1,
1899, just a year following the bat
tie of Manila.
The resolutions Of praise are embOd-
led in a siXteen-page hood, the text be-
ing in blue ink, old English, the capt.
tai letters and the whereas" and ere
solved" in illuminated red. The book
is bound in seal leather, lined with
pale blue satin, and the coat-Of-arms is
wrought on the corner. Red ribbon is
| used. The certificate Of the secretary
of state and the governors signature
are part of the whole.
Dewey undoubtedly is receiving a
good many things Of the kind but this
is an unusually pretty tribute and he
will treasure it. The wording Of the
resolution is not especially felicitious
from literary standpoint, but legis-
lator should be allowed to phrase his
| patriotic sentiment as he pleases, sure
iy.
Gas Companies and Newspapers.
| A recent issue of The Outlook has
| an article by Edward W. Benis, the
professor whose economics were too
| advanced for Chicago university, in
consequence of which Bemis was re-
| tired. He is, however, vOluminOuS
writer and the article in question aug.
| 100 deals with municipal lighting.
| Speaking of the relations between
lighting companies and municipalities,
! he quotes Mr.. Henry DOherty. The ad-
dress according to Bemis) was deliv-
! cred before the Ohio Gas Lighting as
ISOLATION at Cincinnati March Is, 1896,
and in it the energetic young mana
| ger said:
Keep the newspapers on your staff;
also the city authorities. Now how to
do this is sometimes problem. Say
you would 60 to the managers and
proprietors of your newspapers with
! such a proposition as this: Il have a
! few shares of stock to sell you on the
F! following terms: l will take your
note, secured by indorsing the stock
, over to me, with interest at a rate less
! than the earning capacity of the stock,
with privilege of paying for it at any
! time upon giving sixty days notice.
To be brief, it should be our business
today to keep the stock of our COM
panies distributed among those who
are in a position to promote the well
fare of our business"