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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12

In SOME respects the advent of the
year will be expensive. It said that it
will cost the Pennsylvania Railroad
company a half million dollars to adjust
itself to the new date. as it will require
the issue of millions of new tickets. The
change in the last three figures of the
date necessitates this expense. The
same expenditure in proportion to the
magnitude of the corporations and firms
has been made necessary with other
railroads, street railway systems and
banking and commercial houses. 1t is
es mated that this expenditure will
amount to $15,OO0,O0O, but not until the
year 1000 will like condition have to be
met,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12
Cambridge.

OR Pomeroy and son of Edgerton
called on friends in our village last Tues
day evening.
/ Among the list of marriage licenses
granted Thursday, we notice the names
of Mr. Gustavus Madison and Miss Minnie
Gallman both of this village.
There were in the neighborhood of
eighty of the friends and neighbors of
Hon and Mrs Gilbert Rutherford who
gathered at their home about three
miles north east Of this village, last Mon
day evening, to celebrate that worthy
couples tenth wedding anniversary. A
most enjoyable time was had by all, the
evening being spent in dancing and
social games.
A party of eight-fve young people as
sembled at Mr. and Mrs l. @ Kravik's
home, two miles south of Rockdale, last
Saturday evening, and a most enjoyable
time was had by all. There was dancing
and social games, in which all joined
with hearty good will, making the
evening one of merriment and pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs Herman Kravik and Lud-
wig Kravik of this village were present.
HI Christopher, the genial station
agent at London, was obliged to resign
his office of town treasurer of Deerfield,
for the reason that he could not get
man to take his place at the station
while he collected the taxes. The town
board met last Tuesday and appointed
Nels A Lee to fill the vacancy and again
on Friday last to audit accounts of the
treasurer.
Died-At her home in this village on
Thursday morning, at o'clock, Tena,
wife of Edward A Bilstad, aged % years,
l month and II days The deceased was
reared in this village and was known by
nearly every one in the place, being the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jens Kuhl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12

SECRETARY HAYS achievement in Sc
curing from all the European powers a
practical and in some cases a formal
recognition of our nations claim to a
perpetual "open door" in all parts of
China, wins golden encomiums from the
press of the entire Union. It means that
whatever rights the people of the United
States have heretofore possessed by viz
tue of treaties with China will remain
unimpaired through the attempts of any
nations to establish so-called spheres OF
influence" for their own exclusive com
mercial benefit in China. It means, too,
that by defeating the object sought to
be established in marking out those
spheres of influence, the territorial integ-
ritY of China will be preserved
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12
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Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1900.

FRANCE. with an area about equal to
that of the State of Nevada aud Oregon
jointly, nevertheless this year grew 1885,
100000 bushels of wheat and will have
about 25,OO0,OOO bushels to sell. This is
an unusually large crop for her, and will
be an important factor in keeping the
price of that cearial from going where
American farmers would like to see itsgo.
Her grape crop was so large this year
that the value of the wines madeFrom
them is estimated at S343,00O,OOO. from
these facts it would seem as if the great
er part of agricultural France must be
devoted to the growing of these two very
important crops.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12
CORRESPONDENTS.
StOughtOn.

Miss Title Larson of Edgerton was
the guest of Miss Louise Jensen Sunday
and Monday.
The board of directors of the Academy
held a meeting Thursday, Jan 4th, being
the day set to consider proposals from
Madison and Stoughton. AS nothing
was herd of from this city, the directors
were obliged to recommend to the con-
ference the acceptance of the offer from
Madison.
A w Patterson started this years
business bright and early Tuesday morn
ing by selling to S Hutson the prop
erty owned by G E Parish and located
lust west of of the formers brick block
The price paid for the two lots with the
building now used as printing Office and
telephone exchange, was 1880.
j L Townsend, proprietor of the livery
and feed stable near the depot, met with
a painful accident on Monday evening.
While in the hay loft feeding the horses
he stepped through hole in the floor
falling in such manner as to break his
leg below the knee. Being alone at the
time he crawled to the office below and
managed to get to the telephone where
help was at once summoned.
Mikkel Nordness, an old resident of
the county, died at his home in Pleasant
Springs last Sunday of cancer of the
stomach, after an illness of several
months Deceased Was born in Sogndal,
Norway, Jan 9th, 1926, and came to this
country in 1861, settling in this county
where he has since resided. He is sur
vived by wife and eight grown up
children, five sons and three daughters.
Vivian Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs
Chris Brown, who is visiting at the
home of his uncle, Matt Meyers, in Mad
ison. met with painful accident last
Friday evening. In the hall there are
two doors with glass in them and COM
ing in from the outside he failed to
notice the inner one and ran plump into
it, breaking the glass and cutting his
face to such an extent that a physician
had to be called to dress his woudds.
M A johnson, president of the Slough
ton Wagon Co., was somewhat surprised
on Saturday noon, when the entire force
of workmen around the shops assembled
at the Office and informed the president
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12

that they we're on a strike Mr. John
sons fears were somewhat aleviated
when the spokesman of the crew, Mr. G
T Mandt, stepped forward and in behalf
of the men present, presented Mr. john
son with beautiful gold watch and a
silver tea set as a token of respect and
appreciation of the men towards the
president of the great workes, the
Stoughton Wagon Co. Mr. Johnson ex-
pressed his thanks to his employees in a
few we'll chosen remarks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-12

OR Pomeroy and son of Edgerton
called on friends in our village last Tues
day evening.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
The Last Straw.

The limit Of conjugal devotion Is
ludicrously pictured in Il book writer
to amuse the novel-readers of twenty
years ago An eminently practical
matter-of- fact husband is bidding good
by TO sentimental wife.
She put both her arms about his neck
John, she sobbed, you are going
away
This was so palpable that it would
have been madness to attempt denial
so he merely observed, Look out fol
my collar, Maria"
You will think Of your wife while
you are gone" she whispered, huskily
He was Il triie nervous under the
pressure of her arms upon his collar;
but he spoke reassuringly: Il will bear
it in mind, my dear
You will think OF me as mourning
your absence, and anXiously awaiting
your return she murmured.
You can trust me to attend to it, he
replied, with as much firmness as if it
had been Il request for Il barrel of
mackerel.
"And you'll be very careful of your
self. for my sake:' she suggested, in a
broken voice.
Il will see it attended to, my dear
But it is almost time for the train," and
he gravely sought to remove her arms
from his neck.
John! john she convulsively cried,
don't forget me! don't forget me"'
"Maria," he said, with a tinge of re-
proach in his tone, Il have made Il
memorandum to that effect"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Object Lesson for Farmers.

Last spring, says the Omaha World.
Herald, Il Nebraska farmer, having
some wheat in his bins and needing
some barbwire TO fence in Il pasture,
went to a hardware dealer in his mar
ket town and said:
Il want to get 600 pounds of barbed
wire, but have no ready cash. How
ever, l have some wheat, which is
worth 80 cents per bushel. How many
bushels of wheat must | bring to town
to sell for enough to pay you cash for
the wire:"
Barb wire is worth $3.50 per hun
dred. If you want TO trade wheat for
that much Wire you must haul in TWEEN
ty-seven and siX-tenths bushels of
wheat
Circumstances over which he Lad no
control prevented the farmer from
hauling ont the wire at that time. But
last week the same farmer Wen, 10
the same hardware dealer and said:
Il couldn't get around TO that wire
deal last spring, but I'm ready for it
now. III haul in the twenty-seven and
siX-tenths bushels of wheat tomorrow
and get that 600 pounds of wire"
''Ah, but you'll have to haul in more
wheat than that" replied the hard
ware dealer.
, Why" queried the farmer. Wheat
is worth just as much now as 1t was
last spring"
Every true" replied the dealer, "but
the wire is worth more. It he's gone
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Musical SilenC-,

One evening Sir Arthur Sullivan went
10 see Rubinstein at his house In
London. The Russian composer asked
his visitor to step out onto the balcony
and smoke a cigarette. They sat down.
twisted their cigarettes, and puffed the
blue clouds into the air. After a long
pause Sullivan observed:
You are a great admirer Of BeethO
ven, presume:'
Yes" answered Rubinsten.
And Wagner
NO." was the reply.
That was all. Not another word was
spoken. They rocked themselves in
their chairs, and smoked away. After
a long time Sullivan remarked:
Il think it is time for me to be going"
Don't say So said Rubinstein.
stay a bit longer; it is SO nice to talk
TO YOU"
Sullivan remained, went on rocking
himself and smoking into the small
hours, when he at length got up and
said:
Il must really he off now; think we
have chatted long enough"
RubinStein drew out his watch, and
shook his head in blank astonishment
"Half-past two" he said. Strange
how quickly times flies in pleasant
company!'-Collicr's Weekly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Women Leecb.Fishers.

One of the most peculiar industries in
which women ever engage was that of
leech-tishing. Sixty years ago leeches
were in much greater demand than
they are to-day, and their capture and
sale proved so profitable that women
We're willing to make martyrs Of them
selves for cash. 1t was mostly Scotch
women who engaged in the business.
They would wade in the shallow pools
of the Lincolnshire cars, with their
legs barred, until the entire surface of
their limbs was cavered with the Shiny,
clinging creatures. When this stage of
the fishing was reached, they wcnld 60
ashore, drag the leeches from their feed
ing ground, and put them in small
wooden barrels, which were then strap
ped on their backs and taken to the
Scotch markets, where they We're
readily disposed of at good prices
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
LIFE INSURANCE CURED HIM,
Dying bachelor Forxets to Die While
Dispoeing OF His Property.

Dying bachelor Forxets to Die While
Disposins OF His Property.
Il don't know that life insurance is q
cure for disease" said the retired life
insurance solicitor, but | know of an
instance which makes it look that way.
In the town where | first began busi-
ness was a bachelor of about 80 years,
who was quite alone in the world, and
had some years before taken out So.
600 policy on himself for the benefit
of a maiden sister. who had died a year
before the events of this story. He
kept his policy going, however, because
it was good way to save money, and
one day he was taken down with some
kind of fever. He grew worse day after
day, until one day the doctor told him
that he would in all likelihood be dead
within the next twentyfour hours.
This suggested his life insurance
money, all he had to leave, and lie i'm
medately began to talk with the doctor
on the subject of a proper disposal of
it. He concluded after some thought
that the best thing TO do with it was to
blow it in on a tremendous big funeral
for himself, including banquet for all
the people he knew. This was an en-
tirely new idea for a funeral, and when
the doctor left him that night, to the
care of his nurse his mind was entirely
occupied with his funeral. He talked
TO the nurse about it and when the
nurse made him stop he layand thought
about it. In fact, he became so much
interested in the details of his funeral
that he quite forgot about having to die
to make it possible.
'In the morning when the doctor
came he found his patient in a wild
perspiration, and his pulse beating in
much better fashion than it had been
doing for some days. He also found
the general condition OF the patient
much improved. He was greatly aston
ished, and at once began to ask Ques-
tions. The patient told him with eager
interest of lot of new things he had
thought Of for the funeral and some
that bothered him Il good deal and said
he had been thinking of it all night.
Then the doctor laughed and told him
he guessed the funeral would have to
be postponed, for he wasn't going to
die, just then, anyhow. Nor did he,
and he isn't dead vet. but he is married
and has his policy paid up for his wife's
benefit Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Gen. Forrest at Brittou's Lane.

'At Britton's Lane, Aug. 81, 1862. the
Twentieth and Thirtieth Illinois. mus
tering 500 men, We're attacked by For
rest and Armstrong with eleven regi-
ments of cavalry, 5000 strong. The
two Illinois regiments, with one section
of artillery and twenty-five men of the
Fourth Illinois Cavalry, We're under the
command of Col. Dennis. of the Thir-
tieth. Capt. Orvin Frisbie was in com
mand of the Twentieth. with Capt John
w. Tunnison second in command.
''The rebels charged on us six times
four times mounted and twice on foot
but were finally driven off. We lost
1G5 men killed and wounded and the
rebels 400. 1t was q terrific battle, and
/ remember that all of our company GO
left for duty were taken back to the
division camp in one government wag-
on, the wounded coming in ambulances.
Our whole command was reported cap
tured the day after the battle, and dis
patch to that effect was handed to Gen.
Logan, our corps commander, as he was
making speech at Centralia, Ill. He
read the dispatch to the crowd and then
said: This IS lie. The men of the
Twentieth and Thirtieth Illinois may
be dead, but they never surrendered
Logan started at once for the front, and,
although he had a long distance to trav-
el, arrived in camp ahead of us, and
came out of his headquarters to greet
our battered and fOotsOre men as they
came into camp and to tell them what
he said about them at Centralia.
Capt. TunnisOn on the day of the
battle made out Il report of the men
present for duty in each regiment, and
started 1t toward division Headquarters.
1t was captured by Forests men, and
Tunnison never saw it again, but he
heard of it under rather peculiar cir.
cumstances. After the war Tunnison
was connected with the Chicago police
department, and in the course of years
went to Mobile, Ala, on police business
While there he met Gen. Forrest. who.
when they became acquainted, asked
Tunnison if he was the officer who
signed the report of men present for
duty at Britton's Lane Receiving an
affirmative reply, Forrest asked if 1t
were true that there We're only 800 Illi-
nois men in line that day. When Tun-
nison declared that the report was alb
solutely correct. Forrest burst out with:
Eight hundred men. | thought and
have always believed there We're 10,
900. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Did Not Wait for the Plan.

The Stamford Daily Advocate tell:
this story of the civil war, illustrating
the value OF practical commonsense
though it may at times ignore conven
tionallties:
During "Stonewalr' Jacksons cam
paign in the Shenandoah Valley it be
came necessary that bridge over q
small creek should be built in great
haste. One evening Jackson sent fol
his old pioneer captain, Myers by name
and pointed out to him the urgency OF
the occasion, saying that he would send
him the plan of his colonel of engineers
as soon as 1t was done. Next morning
Jackson rode down to Myers quarters
and saluting the veteran said: Cap
tain, did you get the plan of the bridge
from Col. -T' Well said the cap
tain. 1.-The bridge, general, is built, but
| don't know whether the picture is
done or not
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
BRUNHILDA,
BY CHARLES TILDEN sEMPERs.

sBrunhilda shadows touched OF sunlight seen
To lurk within thy musing maiden eyes J
Below the depths, where unexplored, tAee'
lies
As in a sleep, a dim remembered dream
Of autumn dusks along an ancient stream
Which in old NOrseman forests had its rise
And, murmuring seward under broodine
skies,
Shot far upon the sea its silver CLEAN:
The wind-swept German Sea mist-blown an6
gray,
Whereon thy Viking fathers, sons of war.
Sought the bold tempest as u boy his play,
Exultant In the elemental roar
OF wind and wave and warriors battle fray
Bequeathing life to thee in primal store
-Ainslee's Magazine
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
PROVlDENTIAL,
Benign Influence Prevented Death from
Poison IgnOrantly Sold,

Benign Innuence Prevented Death from
Poison IGnorantly Sold.
We often read in the papers accounts
of men and women who take pills and
powders in the dark, and never read the
labels on medicine bottles. The special
providence which SO frequently watches
over them interviewed in still more.
wonderful way in behalf of certain re;
cent travellers in South Africa, and
more particularly in behalf of their ma:
tive friends.
Upon returning to camp, writes ono
of them, we found that John, the driver;
had purchased a load of pumpkins,
which the native men and women from
the AIazoe Valley had brought to the
wagon 10 barter.
At first l was pleased, but when
found that John had traded away
about twenty pounds of preservative,
consisting of alum and arsenic, which
he had mistaken for salt, l was filed
with dismay.
We knew not the villages whence the
natives had come, nor could we explain
the mistake, being ignorant of the Ian
guage; and before my scared mental
vision rose piles of dead Mashonas.
pestilence, and war on whites, provided
there remained enough live MashOnas
to make it.
Hence it was that before daylight the
next morning we left for the fort. We
made no mention of the matter to any
one; but a year later, when visiting the
Mazoe Valley, inquired of the natives
if there had been any disease among
them about the time when the white
men arrived in the country.
They said that there had been az cpl
demic of stomach-ache, but fortunately
no one had died from it. My conscience
was profoundly relieved.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Next Eclipse of the Sun.

The next total solar eclipse will be
May 2S, 1900. The durat ton of totality
ranges from one minute thirty-six sec
onds in Portugal to one minute six sec
onds in Northern Africa. General
scientific expeditions will proceed to
Algiers on account of its low cloud
ratio and ease of access. An eclipse
committee in London is getting up a
grand excursion party.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Concerning Currency.

Let the Republicans in Congress do
most of the talking. Democratic men,
bers can place themselves on record.
but they can't change the vote and if
the Republicans are let alone they will
get into a first-class row among them
selves.
In addition to Republican fight in
Congress the Republican newspapers
will have a combat and out of it all will
come light and assistance for Democ-
racy. Already has the New York Sun
thrown its hat in the ring and asked
Republican currency tinkers to step on
the tail of its coat. And yet the Sun is
a gold advocating journal and an organ
of the administration. The SIM over
hauls Congressman Overstreet for ig-
norance on the subject of money. Over
street made the report of the commit
tee which produced the currency bill at
Atlantic City anu opened the discussion
of the subject in the House. Mr.. Over
street said that the Secretary of the
Treasury, "by a single order directing
the use of silver in the discharge of our
obligations, may completely destroy the
parity and shift the standard 10 the
metal so used"
This is sheer nonsense" says the
Sun. ''The Secretary of the Treasury
has no more power to use the metal
silver in the discharge of our obliga-
tions than he has to use the metal gold
He can use only gold coin or silver coin.
Nothing but unlimited free sill
yer coinage can reduce the value of the
silver dollars to their value as metal,
and Mr.. Overstreet betrays on the sub
ject an ignorance of fact and of law,
which in a leader in Congress is ludi-
crous, not to say disgraceful."
Tnis is all right and quite lovely. The
Republicans have tackled bruin in his
lair. Let them continue TO hold the
bear"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Oglesby and the Loaded Drum

'That reminds me-" said the Band
master, .'of the time our band was out
practicing in a grove. This was early
in the war, and the regulations against
killing hogs and chickens were very
rigid. We had killed nice little shoat.
and the question was how to get the
carcass into camp. We finally decided
to put it inside the bass drum and go
into camp in state. We started out in
great shape, and felt that we would get
the fresh pork into quarters without ex-
citing suspicion. But, as we emerged
from the woods, We saw that our regi-
ment, in command of Col Dick Oglesbv.
was forming for parade and facing US.
THE colonel was in his place, and the
proceedings had about reached the
point where the band was to partici-
pate. All of US except the man with the
bass drum hurried to the left of the line
to take our places. The man with the
drum skulked behind the colonel. when
Oglesby turned on him, and, in voice
that could be heard by all the regiment
asked why i'll blazes he didn't go to his
proper position. The drummer replied
almost in a whisper that he had a pig
in the drum, and that half of it was for
the colonel. Oglesby turned back to his
place, with the loud remark: Sick. are
you? Why didn't you say so before?
You may go TO your quarters And the
drummer passed on with his fresh
pork. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Try Grain-Oi Try Gruiu.O!

Ask your Grocer to-day TO show You a
ackage of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try it like 1t.
GRA1N-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha and Java, but it is made Of pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceiyes it without distress. 4 the price of
coffee. l5c and 25c per package. Sold by
all grocers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-01-04
Deafness Can't BE 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 constitu-
uonal remedies. Deafness is caused By an in
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infanled
you have n rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when 1t is entirely closed Deafness Ia
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken ont and this tube resto. I'd to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh
which 10 nothing but an infiamed condition o.
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness -(caused by Catsrrhl that We
cannot cure by taking Halls Catsrrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo Ohio.
STSold by Druggists, 75c.