The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-19
Many Octogenarians.

In connection with Mr.. Ruskin's re-
cent S0th birthday, it may be noted
that a large number of distinguished
men attain the age of 80 this year.
Among the royalties are, of course, the
queen and the Duke of Cambridge. In
the church there are the Bishop of
Gloucester and Dean Gregory who was
80 the other day. At the universities
there is Mr.. Bellamy, the president Of
st. Johns college, Oxford. One of the
last survivors of the arctic expeditions
of the early part Of this century is rep
resented by Sir Leopold McClintock,
who finally cleared up the fate of Sir
John Franklin. Among the law lords
are Lord Lingen and Lord Hobhouse.
Economies are represented by Lord
Farrer. In addition to this there are
two earls-the Earl of Harlech and the
Earl Of Stair.
Were Not in North Dakota.
A Boston woman, a member of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
was recently travelling to the Pacific
coast over the Northern Pacific rail-
road. Now North Dakota is rigid
prohibition state, and the dining cars
have this notice posted up in them:
while the train is passing through the
state Of North Dakota" The train had
been rolling along through that inter-
n1inable state long time, when the
Boston woman entered the dining car
for her dinner. Casting her eye out Of
the. car window upon a somewhat
changed landscape, she said to the
waiter, with purely geographical inter-
It'll L, NoIt 20
mo, ma am said he, alertly, and with
a hospitable grim "What'll you take to
drink, ma'am?"
WITH THE HUMORIST.
"You don't catch me riding my wheel
on that cinder path"
"Why not?"
cit is too sad a reminder of the good
money I paid out for coal this winter"
Chicago Record.
Miss Wellalong-I was reading the 9TH
er day of a woman in the east who has
fifty lovely Easter bonnets.
Miss Quickstep-We ought to be able
to beat that out west Have you saved
all your old ones ?-Chicago Tribune.
Little Willie-Pa, what's the differ
ence between a politician and states
man?
PA statesman gets elected to office
in spite of the fact that he goes in good
society A politician doesn't.-Chicago
Daily News.
"Another barrel of -four wanted?" ex-
claimed Mr.. Billus. 1--WE must be con-
Stunning twice as much bread as we used
to-"
Mrs. Billus-Well we consume about
half of it. The girl burns the other
half.-Chicago Tribune.
"Swear!" said the assessor when the
man came up with his schedule of
property.
"You bet I WILL" answered the man
who was accustomed to getting little
the worst of it from assessors anyway.
And what he said was unsurpassed in
that line.-Chicago Post.
Author-You have noticed, Of course,
that the suffering of the heroine is in
tended to be terrible in the first act.
Critic (who has just read the play)-
Still it'll be as naught in comparison
with the suffering of the audience along
toward the last act.-Chicago Daily
$6So.5O For a Maidstone.
Down at Leesburg, Va, recently, DR..
C. f. Turner, a well-known practicing
physician of Snickersville, paid $6S2.50
for a maidstone" The stone is be-
lieved to have come originally from
England 1t has been owned in Vir-
ginia for years and there are said to
be many cases on record where a single
application of the stone has cured
case of hydrophobia. 1t has also been
found to be a sovereign remedy for
snake bites. It is about the size of a
silver half dollar, looks like sandstone,
and is quite porous
When the stone was put up at auc-
ton the bidding was spirited. 1t start
ed at s1OO, and several men went above
5000 before DR.. Turner finally secured
if for 1852. So