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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-25
Tobacco Notes.

Frank Baines called upon dealers in
this market Tuesday.
Sanford Soverhill of Janeaville, was a
caller in this market Wednesday.
Chas L. Culton has a force at work
handling shorts at his Edgerton ware
house.
E. G.. Tallard made flying trip to the
East during the week in the interests of
G. T.. Culton.
The tobacco dealers of GAINESVILLE have
organized local association with l.. B..
earle president Sanford Soverhill vice
president and E. nj. Calkins secretary
and treasurer. A constitution and by
laws have been adopted and nearly every
leaf dealer in that market have become
members. The social features of such
an organization is certainly worth the
effort and we look to see similar associ-
atoms organized in the other market
points.
Ii you see Iudu TlUluS dTOu1u HIS
field on what appears to be brewery on
wheels don't ask him to show govern
ment license. He doesn't have to, for
the queer looking machine is only one of
those new transplanters used for setting
tobacco and the barrel on top carries the
water for moisteuing the ground as the
plant is dropped. Mandy Kraeplin has
sold three of them this season to farmers
near here, which indicates that the to-
bacco growing industry hereabouts is on
the Observation-Disclosures Register.
TOBACCO GROWERS LOOK HERE.
Four hundred pounds per acre does
the business. Do not be led to believe
profit consists in quantity alone. You
must have quality to get prices. The
sure road to success is in Using Bone
Tobacco Fertilizer. In every case sue
cess. NY own crop last year gave 1889
pounds per acre and sold for TIC. Look
this up. I will keep it at Edgerton and
GAINESVILLE. M. ID. SovERHILL,
Kept in stock and sold by Henry
Ebbott, Edgerton, Wis. 20-6w.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-25

ACT 1.-The north at the opening Of the re-
bellion-A quarrel Recruiting-Dutchey and
FEB enlist-Off to the front.
ACT II-Three years are supposed to have
of the Union men-Death of Willie.
ACT III-Duthey as forager-The dead
goose will make fine sOup-Vincent'S home in
Tennessee-Carrie as sister of charity-Dora
and Jack HOuck.
ACT IV.-After the Wharf.-The return home
Happiness and the end.
Seats on sale at Ash's book store.
Prices 25c and 35c. Curtain rises at 8
o'clock sharp.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-25

Order of formation on Front street after eX-
ercises at hall.
1st-Edgerton Cornet Band with right resting
on bank corner; 2d-T. A. u B. society: 3D.
EdgertOn Fire Department; 4th-M. w. A.
5th--G. A. r. soldiers, sailors and marines
of Civil and Spanish-American wars; 9Th
Gn carriages) Flower girls and w. r. G.,
President of the Day, Speaker, Singers,
Clergy and Citizens.
AS this is the last Memorial day in the
18th century, let all liberty loving people
do their best to make it indeed a nation
al funeral day.. remembering that to
maintain our country undivided and our
flag unsullied, cost us 100000 loyal lives
and left over 100000 widows, mothers
sisters and orphans to mourn for the
loved ones who did not return.
By order of
A. ALDER,
ALEX. B., CAMPBELL, Commander
Adjutant.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.

Tribute to be Paid the Heroes of the Wars.
Arrangements are complete for the
usual observance of Memorial Day in
Edgerton under the auspices of f.. S.
Swift Post, G.. A. R. The following is
the program:
Annual Memorial sermon Sunday
evening, May 9th, at the Congregation
al church. Everybody invited. Soldiers,
sailors, and marines of both Civil and
Spanish American wars and the W. r.
@. are invited to meet with the Post at
q. A. Il. hall at p. m. sharp, form
and march to the church wearing your
memorial badges.)
wEDNERDAY, MAY 80.
Following are the details:
President Of the Day. ....... Mayor Jensen
Marshal of the Day r. J. Maltpress and stafi
Finance Observation-Disclosures. Robert Attlesey
Order of formation on Front St., at 80 p. m.
1st-Edgerton Cornet Band right resting on
bank corner: 2d-T. A. & B. Society; Sd
EdgertOn Fire Department; 4th-M. W. A.
March to G.. A. r. hall in open order at inter
walls of four PAGES and halt. The G. A. r.
and W. r. G. will enter the open column from
the right escorted by bandsand T. A. & B.
society to Royal Hall. Other divisions fol
lowing in reverse order
PROGRAM AT HALL.
MUSIC. Qllartet
Fray rev. r.. y. Sy HONS
Solo Observation-Disclosures Mrs. M. Schmidt
LincOlnS Address at Gettysburg
..............Mr Mrs Gertrude Mccarthy
1OOO1C
Recitation ..................M Myrtle Maltpress
Solo. ......................M Mrs. Blanche Tallard
Recitation. Observation-Disclosures. Harold CultOn
Recitation. .....................M MRS. MaGUlo ASH
Wand Drill . Little Patriots
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-05-25

Lights and Shadows of the Great Rebellion
or the Hospital Nurse of Tennessee.
A grand military drama in four acts
will be given in Royal Hall, Wednesday
evening, May 3Oth, by home talent.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
~JAcksoN,s PERIL
Almost Forgotten Attempt on the Pres
ident's Life.

Almost Forgotten Attempt on the Pres
ident's Life.
On March 30, 1885, Gen. Jackson was
attending the funeral of Warren r.
Davis, a member of congress from
South Carolina. at the capitol, and
while walking in procession to take a
carriage on the east front of the capt.
tol he was approached by a man
named Richard Lawrence, who pre-
scented a pistol within a few feet of
him. The cap exploded, but did not ig-
mite the charge. Lawrence threw the
pistol away and drew another, which
also missed fire. Gen. Jackson was on
the arm of Mr.. Woodbury., secretary Of
the treasury, but pursued the assassin
with raised cane. Lieut.. Gedney of the
navy knocked Lawrence down, and the
friends of the president tried to re-
strain him. but he said: Let me go,
gentlemen; l am not afraid. They can't
kill Ae. I can protect myself" Law
renee was arrested and arraigned be-
fore Judge Cranch and committed. At
the trial he behaved much as Guiteau
did, interrupting the proceedings and
talking all the time. until the judge
ordered him to be removed from the
court rsom. A commission, appointed
to examine into his condition reported
him of unsound mind. He was COM
mitted to an insane asylum. where he
lived for many years. There was an
attempt made to involve some political
adversaries of Gen. Jackson IN this at
tempt on his life. but the examination
and trial revealed nothing but that It
was the act Of a mailman. Gen. Jack
sons escape from death was providen-
tial. The pistols were loaded very
heavily. and after the arrest of Law
n were fired. the caps exploding
and igniting the powder readily IN the
pistol and sending the balls through
several inches Of plank. It was stated
that Gen. Jackson said at the time that
he knew where the attempt originated.
Washington Post.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09

A servant was recently dismissed for
impertinence by a family in Kensing-
ton, England. After her departure a
bulky manuscript was found In her
room, which the head Of the house had
the curiosity to read. To his amuse-
ment he found 1t to be a romance
written by the girl, in which she ig-
ured as the heroine. as the following
summary will show:
"She left her hated serfdom IN Ken
sington according to the story, went
out to the Transvaal as a nurse and
professionally attended on a gallant
wounded general, whom she practical
~ snatched from the jaws Of death.
When Pretoria had fallen and Kruger
had been sent to ST. Helena the CRATE
ful general married his nurse and the
pair returned to England and took up
quarters I'm the husbands ancestral
home. After her return Mrs. General
happened to pay a visit to the county
workhOuse and. TO her surprise and
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09

A writer in the London Spectator, in
an article on the Wessex shepherds,
gives two anecdotes. the authenticity
of which he vouches for, illustrative Of
the ignorance and simplicity Of these
rustics. One Of them while tending
his sheep was approached by a candi-
date for the county council and was
asked for the promise of his vote.
Voter" inquired the mar Of hocks, re-
moving his hat to stimulate the flow
Of his ideas, vote? What be that,
h'wever?" do you take no interest in
politics. that you don't know what a
vote ISL" retorted the other. A ray Of
comprehension pierced the shepherds
brain. 81 knows the Urinary sort Of
tick, but I've niver yeard O. these polly
'uns afoor. ! spwose it's a fresh kind"
Here is the second: A doctor. we'll
known in the district. was riding
across a lonely stretch Of down, when
he came upon a fold. and stopped to
exchange a few remarks with it's
guardian. Eliciting the information
that the latter Inhabited a desolate cot
tage far from any other dwelling, he
inquired how he and his family man
aged to obtain medical assistance in
time of illness. why, sir" replied
the shepherd in all good faith, I'VE
dwun't ha' no doctor; we Just dies a
nat'ral death"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
~ osMosis.


Animal Membranes.
Sugar is a substance that dissolves
easily andjn considerable quantity IN
water. wien in solution It easily pass
es through an animal membrane by
osmosis, and 30 the question Of its
absorption seemed simple enough. The
disease diabetes showed, however, that
sugar might exist very plentifully in
the blood, and yet the nutrition of an
individual suffer very much for the
lack OF It. Something else besides its
mere presence in the system was nee
essary to secure fits consumption by
the tissues. Bernard thought that the
liver was active in the consumption OF
sugar, and that disease OF this organ
caused diabetes. He therefore secured
some Of the blood going to the liver
Of a living animal, and some Of the
blood that was Just leaving It. To his
surprise the blood leaving the liver
contained more sugar than that enter
ing t. After assuring himself that
his observations were correct, he tried
his experiments in different ways. He
found that even in the blood leaving
the liver Of an animal that had been
fed only on substances containing
no sugar. sugar could be demonstrate
ed. Even in a fasting animal the liver
itself and the blood leaving It showed
the presence OF a form OF sugar. The
only possible conclusion from this was
that the liver was capable Of MANI
featuring thf form Of sugar out Of
non-sugar-co tanning material, or
even from the blood Of a fasting ami
NAL. This was the first time in physi-
ology that the idea OF an internal Sc
erection was advanced. Glands within.
the body that gave off a secretion
always possessed a duct by which the
secretion vas conducted to where It
was to produce its effect. The idea
that glands exist which poured their
secretion directly into the blood stream
had not occurred.-Catholic World.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
THE LINCOLN HOME.

in fighting the ravages Of time. Crum-
bling foundation stones have beelt
strengthened, an occasional piece Of
new lumber added where necessary,
several Of the rooms were reprinted
and repapered and some of the slight
ly delapidated furniture which did
service in the days when Lincoln was
a struggling Springfield attorney has
been reupholstered and repaired. All
those who have examined the house
since its reopening, and their name is
legion, have been unqualified in their
praise.
Ex-senator Palmer, who was a
friend of the great emancipation and
who remembers the house as it was
in the days when Lincoln lived and
worked there, remarked that the fur
niture was arranged with all the nice
ty characteristic of Mrs. Lincoln, and
that the house looked just as it did
when Lincoln commenced breaking up
housekeeping in Springfield to take
up his residence in the White House.
Undoubtedly a considerable share Of
the credit for this careful, reverent
restoration. which has not sacrificed
a single stone of the sacred structure
and has preserved everything intact
just as it was a half century ago, be-
longs to Albert s. Edwards, the pres
ent custodian Of the Lincoln house.
Mr.. Edwards is a nephew of President
Lincoln and is familiar with every
stone and rafter in the old house.
His father was one Of Springfeld's
most eminent citizens, and his grand
father, Ninlan Edwards, was the only
territorial governor of Illinois, one Of
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
Grnwth nf Gnlf.

Six years ago there were only FIVE
clubs in the United States Golf Asso-
citation. Now there are twenty-five
associate and 225 allied clubs on the
roll. There ale now in existence
about twenty state or other branch
leagues subordinate to the United
States Golf Association, and that in
many instances a golf club is content
to remain only a member OF les local
organization is shown by the record
in Newman's Official Golf Guide for
1900, which gives a list of nearly 900
regularly organized clubs. New York
heads the list, with 1853. The same au-
thority estimates that there are at
least 10000 golfers in the United
States.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
- oF AuMMlno slRp.
rh'no~'aon TA'' Follows DIGGING

Phenomenon Tha Follows digging IN
Trinidad's Asphalt take.
The tourist may take passage to the
land Of the humming bird"-as Trim
idad people like their country to be
called-and after securing accommoda-
ton at the only decent hotel in the
colony, proceed to the lake by one OF
the small government steamers plying
coastwise three times weekly, disem-
bark at the Brighton pier, and proceed
to the scene Of digging" or all the
crude, rough and ready means Of ex-
tracing wealth from mother earth, the
Trinidad lake asphalt operations are
the most striking, says a writer in the
New York Post. The Visitor arrives
on a fairly level plateau, spotted here
and there with tiny pools of water. be-
meath which the soft shiny substance
known as asphalt glitters in the re-
Elections Of a fierce tropical sun. Scat
tered I've the surface Of the lake doz-
n Of swarthy negroes are plying pick
and hoe. extracting the tar-coaly look
ing stuff from the earth. One may sit
In the shade OF a nearby shrub or
under the protecting shelter Of an UNI
brella and watch the negroes pile heap
after heap Of the asphalt into tho end
Of the endless chain Of tubs that hurry
along to the pier, from which one has
but recently landed, until a ~yawning
excavation OF twenty or more feet sug-
gests to the supervising darby that the
time has come to move a bit further
on. In the course Of a few hours the
excavation resulting from the MORN
ing's diggings begins to look less deep,
and by the evening the spot from
whichsmore than five or ten tons have
been dug is again level with the sur
rounding earth and ready to be dug
over by the gang Of noisy blacks.
From the point of digging to the pier
is about a mile or less OF endless
chain descent; moored to the pier are
big sailing vessels and sometimes
steamers, into whose capacious holds
the tubs discharge the pitch at the
rate Of two or three hundred tons rer
day
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
DEVELOPED ENoLAND's TRADE

Cheap Sea Carriage Made Possible by
the Tramp steamer.
The principal ports Of origin of the
tramps are on the northeast coast.
From the Tyne, the Tees and the Wear
they come in fleets. and on the banks
Of those murky rivers, hard-headed
shipbuilders and engineers are forever
revolving the problem of how to ear
ny the largest cargo at the quickest
rate upon the smallest expenditure of
coal, And the strides that have been
made In this direction within the last
twenty-five years are enormous. A
statistical presentment of them would
hardly appeal to the average reader,
but to the thoughtful student of
economics 1t would be astounding. Yet
this development of cheap sea carriage
Is of the most profound interest to all
Of us living I'm these sea-girt islands II
we could but be brought to think Of It
a little. 1t suggests another and no
less truthful definition of the tramp
steanier"-one Of the arteries by which
the life Of Britain is maintained.
These wall-sided, abrupt-ended tonks
pour into our ports continually the
enormous mount Of food which
makes us the best-fed nation ia Eu-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09


A list of all the famous pictures, the
renown Of which has been handed
down from generation to generation,
but which themselves have completely
vanished, would constitute a melan-
choly roll call Of appalling proportions.
Not a single example remains of those
early works which the ancient Greek
and Roman writer's have perpetuated
in memory, says Parsons. Not one
half Of the famous early Italian" pic
lures are In existence to-day, while
fatal calamities have befallen hun
dreds upon hundreds OF modern mas
%terpieces. AS many pictures have
probably been lost by wanton destruc-
ton as by unavoidable calamities.
Whitewash has caused a countless
number OF fair frescoes and paintings
to vanish from the walls of churches
and, from time to time. wholesale ex-
ecution of pictures have taken place,
as In the days Of the reformation,
when the house OF commons put a law
in force that all pictures were 10 be
burned which contained the figure OF
the Second Person In the Trinity. Be
tween the two years 1913 and 1916 one
vandal alone was responsible for the
destruction OF nearly 5000 paintings.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09

That man gets used 10 anything"
has been SHOWN again by the extra
ordinary cases OF GOODNESS under fire
at the front In the South African war.
At Labuschagne's mex a private In the
deadly zone OF IRE tore open a letter
from his sister and began to read Il
eagerly; a wounded batsman at Lady
smith hnished his run at cricket before
dropping dead; a trooper named
Charles Hands kept his cigarette
alight between falling from his horse
with a fractured thigh and being taken
Ln the hosplLal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
Model Tenement Hnnso..

Three hundred plans were submit
ted in an architects competition in
New York for model tenement houses
and the Arst prize plan is TO be used
at one The new buildings will be
fire proof throughout and viii occupY
70 per cent Of the ground space, IeavS
ing 30 per cent for light and air. In
each room a window will open into
the outer air and each apartment will
be connected with private hall and
baths, play grounds, clothes drying
chambers and storage rooms. 1t is
calculated that a rental OF 81 a week
per room viii give s~atisfactorY nroft
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
0be ReSTorafiOn ofTbe
Lincoln Home Complete

At the last session Of the legislature
Of Illinois $500 was appropriated for
repairs on the home of Abraham Lin
coin. Eighth and Jackson streets, this
city. Under the direction Of Albert
s. Edwards the repairs have just been
completed and the historic house is
once again thrown open to the public.
The greatest care has been taken TO
avoid any radical alterations, as It is
the intention Of the state authorities
to preserve the house in its original
condition as long rs beam and rafter
will successfully hold together. The
appropriation was spent principally
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
Engn.hwomsn b. rolItlea.

There is a far more widespread in
terest in politics among the ONE Of
England than among their sisters on
this side OF the Atlantic. The smart
set in London all take an active part
10 Affairs. There Is a Tory woman's
club ia the English capital known as
the Primrose Danes, and a more seri-
GUS body, the Women's Liberal FEEDER
alton, makes It's influence felt in con-
stituencies.
Then there are large numbers OF
women who DO not register under any
banner, but they can be counted upon
70 forward such political questions a.
appeal % them
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09

It's first two senators and afterwards
governor. Since his installation as
custodian at the request OF Robert
Lincoln, Mr.. Edwards has guarded the
house with a~hectionate care and Is
never weary Of showing It to visitors
and pointing out the bedroom, library,
and other rooms associated with Lin
coin.
The Lincoln home is the greatest at
traction which Illinois presents to
visitors. The carefully kept register
shows that the average yearly vista
tons to this shrine Of loftiest Ameri-
canism is over $4,000. an average Of
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
nrlonlnls II snldlera.

No European nation has succeeded In
holding or controlling tropical posses
sions without the aid of native troops.
Moreover, these can be maintained at
a much smaller cost than white sol
diers. not to speak Of the great expense
Of transportation. Two-thirds OF the
Dutch army in Java Is composed OF
native troops; Spain, before the insur-
r%ection, had over 1900 natives doing
military service in the Philippines. and
England's success in converting the
Egyptian fellahs into good soldiers Is
another example Of how apparently
poor material can be utilized.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09

You never see Monte Carlo referred
to in any Of the newspapers Of the
south Of France except when some
body has won a large sum Of money
at the tables. These papers are bribed
to insert reports Of big gains by the.
players, and to keep out news Of big
losses. The suicides are also not re-
ported for the same reason. When an
English paper contains a ~disparaging
reference to the place it is forbidden
for the time to be sold In Monaco and
is removed from the public reading
rooms.-New York Commercial Ad-
Yertiser.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09

40 visitors daily. In a recent inter
view. Mr.. Edwards said:
1T seems to me but eminently nat
ural that patriotic Americans should
find in Lincoln's home their mecca.
It's simplicity, its unpretensiousness
speak eloquently of the character Of
the nations savior and nowhere can
a better idea, a personal comprehen-
sion, so to speak, be obtained Of the
man than in this modest dwelling.
Sheltered beneath the historic roof Of
Mount Vernon. where lived and died
the father of his country, there is a
pride and patriotic devotion dear to
every American heart. So. too. when
one slowly fingers in and about the
rooms of the old Springfield home Of
Abraham Lincoln one cannot forget
the glory and grandeur his illustrious
name has added to the pages Of his
tory. It is one of the most cherished
realities Of the nations life.
"The house is now 60 years old, hav-
ing been built in 1910. Lincoln pur-
chased it in 1874, two years after his
marriage, and ran it up another story.
1T was the only building in which
Lincoln ever kept house except the
White House in Washington, and he
lived here altogether almost II years
from 1874 until February II, 1861,
when he left Springfield to take charge
of the affairs of the. nation in. the most
crucial period of its history"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-09
Chlnoso learning.

There is much to be learned after
the world captures China. Many sci
entists believe that the nucleus OF
great events is imbedded amid the
mysteries of that great region OF
country, which may not be so benight-
ed as is generally supposed. The pres
ervaton Of grapes, to make use Of one
nlusS ttion Of Chinese industry, is one
Of the many things that is only known
In that country. Millions have been
spent In civilized countries in futile
attempts to preserve this fruit. The
Chinese have known the secret foi
many centuries and millions more
have been vainly used in the effort to
drag from them the recipe.