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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
UNFINISHED TALES.
stories That Authors Begin and Find
1t Impossible to Finish.

The inability of an author to finish a
piece of work that he has engaged to
do and has already actually begun is
not so very uncommon thing. 1t is
said that Dickens began THE Mystery
of Edwin brood" without any clear
conception in his mind of how the story
was going to turn out and that had he
not died, leaving it unfinished, he
would have found almost any ending
difficult to reconcile with certain hints
contained in the earlier chapters. We
remember a rather curious instance of
the same sort as having happened
good many years ago, when the elder
Bonner was editing the New York
Ledger
A very impecunious literary man sent
to Bonner the first chapters of most
being just the sort of thing which
readers of The Ledger used to like.
The story was accepted and ran on I'M
interruptedly and very successfully for
about four weeks when all of sudden
the authors invention gave out. For
the life of him he could not go on with
the tale, and he had to go to Mr. Bon
ner and say so frankly.
The next number of The Ledger APP
peared without the expected INSTALL
ment of the story, but with brief
note to the effect that, owing to the
sudden illness of its author, it's further
publication was temporarily suspend
ed. This was to give that embarrass-
ed person a chance to recover his in
SEPARATION. Mr.. Bonner asked him to
dinner, took him driving and in vari-
Gus ways tried to brace him up for
further work, but it was of no use.
He simply could not go on, and so the
rest of the story never saw the light
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
Broken Brio a BraCS.

Mr.. Major, the famous cement man of
New York, explains some very interest
ing facts about MAJORS Cement.
The multitudes whe use this standard
article know that it is many hundred per
cent better than other cements for which
similar claims are made, but "a great
many do not know why. The simpl"
reason Is that Mr.. Major uses the best
materials ever discovered and other
manufacturers do not use them. because
they are too expensive and do not allow
large profits. Mr.. Major tells MS tn At
on of the elements of his Gem Mt costs
So pound. and anot' ar costs 81 65 a
gallon, while large share of The so call
Ell cements and liquid glne upon the
market are rothing more than sixteen
cent glue, dissolved water or citric
acid and, in some cases. altered slightly
In color and door by the addition of
cheap and useless materials
Majors crment rptails at fifteen cents
and twenty five cents bottle, and wis n
a dealer tries to sell Il substitute YOU can
depend upon it that his only obi ct is to
make large' profits.
Tue profit on Majors cament is rs
much as any dealer ought to nake on
any cement And this is dOuby true in
view of the fact that each dealer gets his
share of the b netit cf Mr. Majors ad-
vertlsing. which now mounts To ,yer
$4,000 H month throughout the country
Established in 1876
Insist on having Mainr's> Do not ar-
cept any off hand advice from druggist
II Hou are at Al handy (and you will
be likely to fin0 that you ara q Of d. al
more sn than Won imagIue) Won can re-
pair vonr rnhb r boots and family shoes
and anv other rnhher and leather arti-
5les, With Maj RS Rubber Cement and
Majors Leather Cemtn Mt.
And you will be- surprised at how
many dollars year yon will thus save.
If your druggist can't supply yon, it
will ''e forwarded by MALL either kind.
Free If postagA.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
LAURA WEBB INSANE.
Wel1-Known Literary Woman Loses Her
Mind in Toledo.

Toledo, O., June 5.-Mrs. Laura
Webb, editor, author, poet and elocu-
ZIONIST of national fame, is detained at
the police station in this city. She is
clearly deranged and her friends have
been notified of her condition. Her
home is in Washington, but she has
been in Toledo several months giving
entertainments.
While in Toledo she became affiliated
with the Independent Association of
Spiritualists. She collected her effects
and attempted to burn them. She then
thrust her head out of a window and
screamed that she was choking. She
became violent and was locked up.
Her husband was a general in the
Confederate army and for a number
of years she edited southern newspa-
per. She enjoyed the friendship Of
General Grant, William Cullen Bry-
ant and a number of other distin-
gushed men. After being locked up
she endeavored to end her existence
by swallowing chlorofOrm, but her life
was saved by a physician.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08

The first case Of black rain which
comes under review occurred at Ora
Jamestown and the surrounding dis
trict in August, 1888, and it extended
over an area of no less than $50 square
miles, says Chambers Journal. Since
then there have happened several
showers of a. similar description, but
less pronounced in their sable charac-
ter. Other showers of black rain have
been recorded in Ireland, one of which
was felt over an area of 400 square
miles.
No one seems to have micrOScopically
examined the water which fell at Ora
Jamestown, but it was noted that the
liquid gradually cleared when placed
in a suitable vessel, and a black pre-
cipitate fell from il. In the latter cases
referred to the deposit has been care
fully examined and was found to con-
sist of microscopic organisms, which
averaged about the twelve thousand
five hundredth part of an inch in
length, and which were identified with
the same fungOid organisms that are
responsible for blight in the plants
which they infest and subsequently
for smut, mildew and rust in wheat
and barley.
The writer sums up his remarks
thus: Humidity is known to contrib
ute largely to the copious production
Of fungi, and during protracted drought
the regions affected thereby will re-
main comparatively bare of fungi, but
during the seasons Of frequent rain
falls the production of a fungoid yege~
tation is largely increased"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
BURR'S FIGHT AGAINST FATE
just as Success n eturned the Crush
ing sorrows of His Life Came.


"Aaron Burr was 60 years old when
he resolves once more to battle with
fortune" writes William Perrine in
The Ladies Home Journal Going
quietly into New York, he opened an
office for the practice of law and in q
fortnight had earned $4,000 in fees.
But hardly had he written to his
daughter about his luck when there
came from South Carolina the news
that her beautiful boy, who had been
the idol of the ambitious statesman,
was dead.
But there was in reserve for Burr O
still heavier blow. Toward the close
of the year 1912 Theodosia Allston
made preparations to visit her father
in New York. Passage was engaged
On the schooner the Patriot for Theo-
dosia, her physician and her maid, and
the lovely woman was radiant with the
expectation Of meeting her father with
in the next five or six days. The Pa
triOt sailed from Charleston out into
the ocean in Christmas week. and not
a veStige of her was ever again seen,
and it is surmised - but nothing is
known as to her fate-that she foun.
dered off the coast of Hatteras.
"Day after day and long after all
hope had been abandoned there might
be seen on the Battery at New York
the lonely and unhappy father, peering
far down the bay as if he were scan
ming the sea for a sail Of his agony
Aaron Burr gave the world but little
view. He had schooled himself in the
habit of never exhibiting his emotions.
but in one of his letters he declared
that he felt as if he had been severed
from the human race"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
WHOLE FAMILY WAS KILLED
BY the Explosion of About Twelve Pounds
of Dynamite, 1t is Said.

OF Dynamite, 1t IS Said.
Milwaukee, Wis, June IA Sentinel
special from BrilliOn, Wis, SAYS six
persons were killed by an explosion of
dynamite in the home of William
Broehm at Forest Junction, about eight
miles from Brillion, at an early hour
yesterday. The dead are: William
BrOehm, Mrs BrOehm; three children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Broehm, ages rang
ing from 2 to Z years; III. Stevens, a
brother of Mrs. BrOhem. The cause of
the explosion is not known. The sup
position is that about twelve pounds
of the deadly explosive was too near
the stove and became over-heated and
exploded.
No one was left to tell how the acct
dent occurred, as every occupant of the
house was killed. The explosion oc-
CURED in the back part of the house
where the family was supposedly eat
ing breakfast. This part of the dwell
ling was scattered all over the ground
many yards distant, and the main part
Of the house was badly wrecked. So
great was the force Of the explosion
that parts of a bannister was blown
through three walls. The remains Of
the unfortunate victims were literally
blown to pieces, and beyond all SEM
blance of recongitiOn. Broehm was q
we'll driller and was we'll to do.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
A Life and Death Fight.

Mr.. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, Ia,
writing of his almost miraculous escape
from death says: Exposure after mea-
sles induced serious lung trouble, which
ended in consumption. I had frequent
hemorrhages and coughed night and day.
All my doctors said [ must soon die.
Then [ began to use DR.. Kings New Dis
covery which wholly cured me. Hun
dreds have used it on my advice and all
say it nevr fails to cure throat, chest and
lung troubles Regular size SOC and
S1OO. Trial bottles free at Perry &
Doty's drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
STATE NEWS COLUMN
MATTERS WHICH WILL BE OF INTER-
EST TO WISCONSIN PEOPLE
Important State Items Reported by Tele-
graph and Arranged for the Convenience
of Our Readers-Crimes, Casualties and
Other News of General Interest

Waupun, Wis, June 2.-Warden c.
G. McClaughrey, Of the state peniten-
tiary, declares that the action of the
old soldiers in demanding the removal
of British flag from his premises was
unwarranted and that the incident
was given more Importance than it
deserved. He issued the following
statement regarding the affair:
Il. The occurrence was at nv pri-
waite residence, which is detached from
the prison proper, over which an
American garrison flag floated all day.
so. From the statf of my house
foated a fourteen-fOot American flag.
while five other American flags adorned
the house front and rear.
SO. The eight-fOot British flag. with
some Scotch tartan plaids, We're draped
to the columns of the front porch and
were merely minor decorations.
a. Three Of the self-selected delega-
ton of seven or eight old soldiers who
entered my yard at o'clock at the
head of a rabble laid their hands on
their pistol pockets as they command
ed me to remove the British flag from
the decorations.
Being made Of the stuff which fol-
lowed Grant in his Vicksburg cam
paigns | refused to surrender nv
rights, and after the crowd left about
6 in the evening, at the request of the
mayor, all flags and decorations were
removed -
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
Madam Fauvette Disappears.

Indianapolis, June 5.-Madam Eau
vette, supposed to be a Chicago trance
medium, has disappeared from the
Plaza hotel. where she had been Iiv-
ing in high style for several weeks.
Many Indlanapolitans called at the ho-
tel, said they had paid her money for
treatment, and tried to learn her
whereabouts. a shop girl paid her
$40 to have herself and lover brought
together, and much faith seems to have
been placed in her healing powers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
NEELY MUST 60 TO CUBA.
Roosevelt Grants the Extradition De
manded by Wood.

Roosevelt
manded by Wood.
New York, June &C. f. W. Nicely,
the Napoleon of finance of the postal
system of Cuba, will be tried in that
island under Spanish law on the
charge of robbing the government.
Governor Roosevelt announces that he
has granted the eXtradition demanded
by Governor General Wood through
the war department. Nicely, who at
first furnished $4,000 cash bail under
the criminal charges and afterward
was committed to Ludlow street jail
in default of $4,000 bail additional in
a civil suit to recover $4,000 alleged
embezzled funds, has fought the extra,
dition proceedings on the ground that
Cuba was not part Of the United
States
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
Seamen to Get So a Dav,

Milwaukee, Wis, June 4.-As re-
suit of a conference between the
captains of thirty-fve schooners and
the Seamen's union a decision has
been reached by which the seamen
will receive 50 per day, or % cents
above the Chicago scale.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
BURGLARS BLOW a Safe.

New Libson, Wis, June 1.-The
Bank Of New Libson, owned by w.
H. III. Cash, was robbed of several
thousand dollars at 2 a. N. Saturday,
entrance being made through a back
window. The front Of the safe was
blown out with nitro-glycerine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
GOSHEN, ILL.
Genesee Pure Food Co., ReRoy, n. Y.

Genesee Pure Food Co., ReftOy, n. I.
Dear Sire:-Some days since a pack
age of your GBAIN-O preparation was
left at my office. I took it home and
gave it trial, and have to say [ was
very much pleased with 1t, AS a substi-
tute for coffee. We have always used
the best Java and Mocha in our family
but am free to say I like the GRAIN-O
as well as the best coffee ever drank.
A. @. JACKSON, NJ. d.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
Found Her Guilty of Manslaughter.

Martinsville, Ind, June 5.-Mrs.
Ida Fultz has been convicted OF
strangling her babe because its crying
annoyed her at night. The jury was
out but five minutes and brought in
a verdict of manslaughter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
MANY a fair younp child who's

Many fair young child, whose pal
Tor has puzzled the mother, until she has
suspected rightly her darling was trouhl-
ed with worms, has regained the rosy
hue of health with a few doses of Whites
Cream Vermifuge. Price Csc Ell. J.
Stangl.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
women suppIantca bx Me,

With carefully CLEANED statistics Ed.
ward Box, In The Ladies' Home Jour.
nal, shows that the number of women
10 business Is decreasing and will con.
tnue rapidly TO grow less. "The tide
or women rushing pcllmell into ali
kinds OF business has been stemmed-
In fact, II is already receding aud per.
ceptibly So" he contends. 1T has al.
ready been asserted by female ayita.
tors that the growing tendency 60 dis.
miss women from various business no.
siuons Is because OF the opposition of
men 10 the employment OF women. on
the contrary, men were willing 10 have
women go into business pursuits. and
ii was men who opened positions TO
them.
Undoubtedly this was largely due to
the selfish business reason that vo-
men would work for lower wages than
men. But with the influx there neccs.
sariiy came into the business world n
great deal OF incompetent female hclp.
For n time incompetency was over.
looked because OF the lower wages.
Gradually, however, there came the
inevitable wedding process, temporari.
iy staid by the business depression OF
the past few years. When prosperous
times came, II was different, anu 1t is
very significant story which accu.
rate statistics tell that more women
have been discharged from business
positions during the past year of pros
perity. even taking into consideration
the larger number employed. than In
any previous year"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
METALS IN THE ARTS.
Enormous Quantities OF Gold and
silver Are Consumed.

Enormous Qunrtitics OF Gold and
Silver Are Consumed.
1t is easy 10 ascertain how much GOLD
and silver are absorbed in the coinage
OF the various nations, but the most
careful estimates as To the quantities
of these metals used I'm the arts aud in
dustries are only approximate. Stats
ticians I'm the treasury department OF
the French government recently under
took the considerable task of compil-
ing the best information on this sub
jet, and the figures they have reached
are probably as accurate as any that
have yet been published.
Most of the gold used I'm the arts is
for ornamentation, though It is also
employed 10 n large extent for the
most practical purposes, as in den
tistry. IL is doubtful if even jewelry
consumes n larger quantity of gold
than some other ways in which II is
used. The consumption for gliding
alone Is large. The films of gold lea Z
are thin, but enormous numbers OF
them are applied to n considerable va
riety Of manufactures. such as signs.
tewelry, books, frames, furniture. pot
terry, and other articles, and the aggre-
gate value of the gold thus used is
large. The consumption of gold for
gliding has considerably increased
since electro gliding came into vogue.
both because more gliding is done and
also because the new process wastes n
considerable quantity of the metal. Ac-
cording TO the French figures, the
TTnitp6 States oOnS,,p,o, a., A. -.
about $1,000 pounds of gold in year.
which amounts i'm value TO 100000
in round numbers. France, however.
with her pre-emnent manufactures of
Jewelry and other articles of luxury.
heads the list with an annual con.
sumption Of about 35,2OO pounds n
year. Great Britain also surpasses the
United States with 34.1O0 pounds:
Germany consumes 29.04O pounds:
Switzerland, 1890; Italy. II 900; Rus
STA, 1000; Austria Hungary. O.175. and
Belgium and Holland, 6.S20.
Perhaps one reason why the United
States consumes in the arts a good deal
more silver than any other country Is
because photography here, with its
amateur branch. is far more extensive
ly In use than In any other land. The
chief industrial uses of silver are for
solid silver plate aud silver pla ting,
mountings for harnesses and other or
namentation and photography. The
silver industries in the United States
consume over $4,000 pounds year.
Germany and France about 100000
pounds each, Russia 100000, and
Great Britain POS. OoO.-ExchanCe.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
A Cnsc OF nocr Ch,valrr,

The Manchester Courier relates, on
the authority OF an officers private let
ter, remarkable instance OF Roer
chivalry. AT Magersfontein the Beers
were so moved by the heroic indiffer-
ence to death displayed by a party OF
two officers and II privates who charc.
ed up to the very muzzles OF their OPP
ponents that, casting aside their weap-
ons, they rushed in an overwhelming
number on these men, seized the whole
OF them and dragged them into their
trenches. Then. when they had been
disarmed. the Boer commandant said.
There. you are free TO so. and we will
not reopen fire until you are within
your lines. "-London Chronicle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
poesn.t Like Thirteen.

Senator Beyeridge made a flying trip
10 indianapolis recently TO see Mrs
Beveridge. who Is quite i'll at the Hotel
Denison, says the Lexington Ky.l
Leader Meanwhile an American Dis.
trict messenger boy discovered a vein
OF superstition in the senator's dispo.
sition. One of them was sent 10 his
rooms in answer to a call. but when
Beveridge saw that the fatal number
IL was pinned to his cap he was sum
marily dismissed.
Il don't want your shouted the SEN
ator. You have an uplucky numberp'
The lad returned TO the office and re-
ported, and a less fatal number was
substituted.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
NORFOLK ROUTP
Potomac River Route.

Beginning Saturday, December 2sd.
steamer Potomac will leave Pier Q. Liybt
Street, Baltimore, Tuesday and Satur-
day at p. m. for the Potomac river
calling at Millers, Bromes, Bacons
Grasons, Lewisetta, Bundicks, Cowarts
Walnut Point, Coan, Kiusale, Mundys
Point, Lodge, Adams, Piney Point
Abells, Leonardtown, Coburns, Howards
and Stones. On Tuesday only for Lancas-
ter, Bushwood, Riverside, Liyerpool
Point, Glymont, Alexandria and Wash
iugton.
Returning will leave 9TH Street Wharf
Washington, at 4 p. m. Thursday. calling
at all the above mentioned wharves,
leaving Leonardtown at 6 a. m. Monday
and Friday, Kinsale at 10 IN, Millers nj
p. m, Grasons at 5 p. IN. and Bacons
at p. m, arriving in Baltimore early
Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
Freight received daily at Pier 9, Light
Street, Baltimore.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent,
Baltimore, Md
STEPHENSON Sc BRO, Agents
:, Washington, ID. C..
VIM. NJ. REARDoN, Agent,
Alexandria, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
The Washington Steamboat Com.
pany Limited.
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
fdu end Winter Schedule, in effect Aug. 81, 90.
STEAMER WAKEFIELD.

III.
STEAMER WAKEFIELD.
Leaves Washington, ID. O., foot Of Seventh
Ssr ser at a. IN. Leaves Alexandria, Va, foot
Mondays for Fort Footo, Fort Washington
MARSHALL Hal, Giymont, FIndian Head Liver,
pool Point, clifton Beach (Smitt IS Pt.I, .stifrs,
Stuarts, swans tRiverside), Matthias Point.
dis (l4ower Cedar Pt.), Wilkersons Colonial
Beach Bushwood, Rock Point Q.ancastersI
Coltons, Beales, *Thompsons, Deep Point
Mount Holly, Nomini, Abclls, Leonareitown
Howards, Cobrums, stones.
Returning leaves Coltons ut a. IN. on Tues
days, arrives at Washington about p. m.
ton, Marshall Hall, Glymont' sIndian HaaS
Llverlool Point, Clifton Reach (Smiths Pr
-Stins, Stuarts, Swans (Riverside), Matbiss
Point, Diifs Lower Cedar Pt.). wilkersons.
Colonial Beach, Bushwood, Rock Point dian,
casters) Coltons. Leonardtown, Abells BeaIes
~Thompsons, Deep Point, Mount Holly Non
I'M. Coan, barnes, Bundicks, Walnut Point
GG92war.s' Lewisetta, Mundys Point, Lodge
sG Returning leaves Kinsale on Thursdays
Tor ieaies, +Thompsons Deep Point MoI1t
noIIaiS, Noininl, Towards, Cobrums. Stones,
Coioniai beach, Wilkersons, DilIs CIower
Cedar Pt.(, Matthias Point, Swans (RiyersideI
Stt.arts, rstins, Clifton Beach tSmiths Point,
Arriving at Washington Friday morning.
saturdays for Fort Foote, Fort Washington
marshall Hall, Glymont, *Indian Head, Liver
pool Point, Clifton Beach (Smiths PtD sStiffs
Stuarts, Swans (RVerside), Matthias Point
DiPs (Lower Cedar PIT, WilkersOns Colonial
Beach. Bushwood, Rock Point Uancastersy
S T bealSs. sThompsons, Deep Point,
Returning leaves Coltons at a. m. on Sun
days, arrives at Washington about p. m
landings marked thus l"l are boat, tide, OF
fair weather landings.
q. ". RIDLEY, Gent Manager.
u 4. JOHANSEN AEt- 9Th st. WHAT
). Is. PADGETT. Agt, Alexandria, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
Has No stcenie.

There is an old church in Wauke
gan, Wis, which has no steepie be
cause OF court mandate forbiddine
such a construction. In 1862 a severe
storm swept over the town, hurlins
the original spIre against the house
next door and wrecklng IT, The owner
or the house got out an injunction re.
straining the trustees OF the church
from building another spire, and this
order has held for IS years.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16

SPIedu rapidly, and 1T was soon demonstrated
beyond doubt that a cure had at Last been
found for deadly Cancer Evidence has accu-
mulated which is incontrovertibe, of which
the following is specimen
Cancer IL hereditary in our family nv father a
sister and an aunt having died from this dreadful
olsease My feelings may be imagined when the hor
riole 9iSeaSe made Its appearance side II was
malignant Cancer. eating inwardly in such way "a
TO cause great alarm. The disease seemed bevond tbe
sklI or the doctors for their treatment did no good
Whatever, the Cancer growing worse all the wRiIe
Numerous remedies were used for it but the Cancer
grew steadily worse until it seemed that nc. doomed
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16

You au gathered lovingly about her.
md rs ven c,,rsicd her ont 20 res: the
Scrdsy 81 boil c'asS almost covered
her coGin wi.a jspOnicas. ard the poor
pcoDi'' ,r,i 90 lie ea'i % the alley.
with q, Co. r.'-e,s 20 tsr!r eyes. sob
hinc ifi''si~. and the i,'sa 90 ghc ~c~id
said With Solomon. ".ss- ;;,Iee YRS
above rra,eS." ard Jes.:s. - unto the
maile0 N lulca. commanded. II cay
unio thee. avise!'