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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-29

he protested. I'm going to put in a
fresh cylinder and do little of it my
self, and also want you to. When ei.
ther Of us is dead and gone, the sur
vivor will be tickled to death to hear
the others tones again. This, you see,
is cylinder. 1t is composed of waxy
substance. Now it's in, and you've
only to begin talking. Whatever you
say this evening may be listened to by
people 10000 years hence"
But I'm not going to talk
"Why not?"
Because I've nothing to say to in
terest people 10000 years hence"
'Thats you all over!' he exclaimed.
81 might have known you'd play the
mule. Very well; if you don't want
me to hear the tones Of your voice aft
er you have been laid away in your
narrow home, l shall not be overanx
ious about it. If l did hear them, it
would probably be something about
fads and intended to hurt my feelings.
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City government is both a gel era1
and an individual responsibility. 1t is
the responsibility of each and all of
the voting citizens of the city. 1t is
generally good in the degree that citi-
zens have reformed their duties as
citizens, and bad in the degree that
those duties have been neglected. 1t
would be an insult to the whole Ameri
can people to conclude that municipal
government is always the standard of
the moral and intellectual calibre of
the people or of the community. 1t is
not such a measure, but rather the
measure of their appreciation of the
duties of citizenship.
If Kenosha is to achieve good city
government her citizens must awake
to the fullest sense of their duties.
Until ali of the citizens of this city
arise and demand a city government
that will enforce the laws, there will
be no such government, and there will
be no one for the hundreds of critics
and comp1ainers to blame but them
selves and the rest of those who have
given their efforts to censure rather
than to right the wrongs of which they
complain.
We believe that there are very few,
comparatively, in this town, who if
put to the question, would put them
selves on record as being opposed to
the enforcement of law and the closing
of the gambling dens. If that Issue is
brought square1y before the people in
the next campaign in a manner to
make its full meaning and significance
understood, there will be a response
given at the polls that will sweep the
plague out of the city.
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I'll do some talking myself, however,
and some day after I'm gone you may
be glad to hear it. Let me see. think
I'll sing a verse of The Sweet By and
By as a starter"
''Then sing it in a whisper" she eau
toned.
why should l sing it in whisper?
What do you mean by such words"
''The-the neighbors, you know"
1.-The neighbors be hanged! What
has my singing got to do with the
neighbors? If there was ever wife
who seemed to want to pick a fuss
with her husband, you are the one.
However, you don't bluff me. will
now sing"
He drew a long breath and began.
The first effect was on the cat. She
had rather taken to the music of the
phonograph and purred over it, but as
Mr.. Bowser's first notes rose on the
air her eyes began to glare and her
back to arch, and before the second
line was ended she was ready to fight
the battle of her life Other things
speedily followed The cook came run
ming up from the kitchen with the
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in feeling somewhat strongly on this
subject. To make ones plans on the
bus has proved to be very fruitful
source of annoyance. That it is
scheduled to make trips to and from
the car station at stated intervals is no
more of an indication that such trips
will actually be taken by the bus than
a prediction of cold wave tomorrow
is any indication that we are not on
the eve of a hot spell. OF course
eccentricity in a genius or something
of that kind is permissible
but in an ordinary two horse
bus driver it becomes 1rksome.
AS result of this peculiar quality IN
the Railway bus many of the good peo-
pie of Kenosha, who are usually re-
puted as long suffering, are beginning
to fume and ferment in manner that
bodies evil for the bus unless 1t mends
it's ways. They are willing to put up
with standing with their head and feet
in approximately the same 1ocality'
sitting with an ordinary bus load on
their knees, riding on the gearing, or
any number of little Inconvenience OF
this character, but they manifest very
strong sentiments against being en-
ticed into the bus to be deposited at
the barn, or toated up and down Main
street rather than taken to the car,
lust because the bus or bus driver takes
the freak.
If the bus will conform to regula-
tons, or advertise that its making a
car is only matter of accident, it will
relieve itself of much odium and it's
wou1d-be patrons of considerable in
convenience.
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AT THE FAIR.
One of Those BreathIess Moments
Before Judgment IL Given.


Before Judgment IL Given.
There on the platform stood the roll
Of new rag carpet, with the committee
inspecting, and there, not 20 feet away,
stood a farmer, his wife and four chill
dren. With her own hands the wife
had cut, sewed, dyed and woven. She
had been encouraged by husband and
friends to enter that carpet for the
prize, and the hour for the fatal de-
cision had come. The faces of the
committee were impressive and unread
able. There were blue and red and
green and purple in that carpet, but
those colors did not seem to appeal.
They did not look like men who knew
what an Al, Ak copper riveted rag car
pet good enough for senator's best
parlor should be composed Of.
Don't you be si1eart, Mirandy," said
the husband as he patted her on the
shoulder in an encouraging way.
"I'm tryin to be brave" she replied,
but, oh, Joel, you know how hard
worked on that carpet. II | don't git
the prize, l believe | shall fall dead"
LUZ IL A1u0C 81 INC pA1ACs AAAOIhCAS
said the children in chorus. I'VE are
taught that goodness is always reward
ed, and who is gooder than you?"
The committee seized the roll and
slammed it down, and Joel and Miriam
dy turned pale.
The committee opened the roll to look
for places where hogs might squeeze
through, and the children grew weak
in the knees.
The carpet was measured, walked on,
kicked about, rolled up, and six per-
sons heard the beating of their own
hearts.
81 think I'll die" whispered the wife
as she sat down on a nail keg covered
with a crazy quilt
mot yit," replied the husband. "Now
they are consultin together. Now they
seem to have come to a decision. Now
they are handlin the diplomas. Now
they
"Oh, Joel, l can't stand it!'
"Don't give up. Now one of 'em is
writin. Now they hev got your name
now-now-now you've hit the fust
prize plumb center and are seven foot
taller than any other burned woman in
all Chenango county, NJ. QUAD.
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OFFICIAL PAPER KENOSHA COUNTY
To Enforce Law.

There was considerable disappoint-
ment and no little disapproval felt by
the citizens of Kenosha when the new
" elected Mayor, in his speech before
the Council, April "a, 1900, failed to
touch upon the question of the gam
bling dens in this city and made no
recommendation of even closer scru-
tiny by the police into these matters.
Of course, the Mayors mind was
then occupied with street railway fran
chises and municipal finances. These
questions were quite deliberately treat
ed in his opening address to the Com
mon Council. They seemingly BAN
ished every other thought from the
MAYORS mind. This should not be.
It is one of the perp1exities of the Of
fee of the Mayor to keep his eye and
attention on a multiplicity of things.
He is there to perform the routine du-
ties of his office, and, incidentally, we
suppose, to enforce the law. We are
of the opinion that the Mayor has
quite satisfactorily performed the rou-
fine duties of his Office. He has been
on hand with unyarying regularity
He has been in his chair whenever the
occasion called him there. He has
faced the balance in the city treasury
with remarkable sang froid and has
crone up against all kinds of street
railway franchises with true game
ness. In the stress of these duties,
and they have been manifold, the
Mayor has not altogether forgotten to
enforce the law. Several drunks have
been incarcerated IN the county Jail
and quite a large number of unwary
bicyc1ists have been caught riding on
the sidewalk, arrested and fined.
In a few other respects, however, as
limited in his inaugural address, the
Mayor has overlooked his duty. Of
course, one can see man, or even
woman, if he is so inclined, riding a
bicvc1e on the sidewalk and the vision
recalls the fact that it ought not to be
done. But sometimes, even when one
is near enough, one cannot see gam
bling den, and not seeing it, one is
forgetfu1 of the fact that such things
are possible and as great an ofense in
the sight of the law as riding a bicy-
Gle on the sidewalk.
Now these gambling dens have been
here in the past. They may be here
all the time. The police have raided
them and closed them perhaps, tenn
porari1y. They have been here since
the police last raided them. They are
running, if running at all, in direct
violation of the law. Are they rum
ming now? If so, why are they not
closed? If they are not, will they be
kept closed? Let the Mayor answer.
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bread knife in her hand and a defiance
Of tramps in her eyes, and shouts OF
alarm from front and rear proved that
the neighbors were wondering whether
it was cyclone or a cloudburst.
Things became plain even to Mr.. Bow
SER He struck at the cat, jumped at
the cook and ceased his song, and then
he stood and glared at Mrs. Bowser a
long minute before exclaiming:
"I'll never forget nor forgive this il
live to be 10000 years oldv'
''But didn't l warn your she pro-
tested.
Warn me! Do you mean to say
can't sing in my own house-that my
singing is not as good as yours or any
body else's? Didn't used to sing in a
church choir? Haven't they asked me
to sing at the club? You simply put
up a job on me- You have insulted
your own husband. Your presence in
this room for the rest of the evening
can be dispensed with"
Mrs. Bowser went up stairs without
a word The cat started to go down
stairs and out of doors, but changed
her mind and stopped to see the thing
out. The BOwser cat is like Mr.. Bow
ser himself-full of perversity. After
the neighbors seemed to have settled
down from their scare Mr.. BOwser
looked ont of the front windows to see
that the coast was clear of policemen,
and, returning to the photograph, he
said to himself:
eff they don't want to hear my voice
after l am dead and gone, they can go
to grass. I'll leave it behind me at
any rate. Instead of singing I'll make
q speech into the blamed thing. Get
out, you Internal cat! What do you
stand there glaring at me for? Let
me see. used to hit off Patrick Hen
ry mighty we'll. How does it go? All,
yes.
"'Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace"
But there is no peace. The next gale
that sweeps from the north will bring
to our ears the clash of resOunding
arms. We have stood this thing long
enough. We are going to fight. We
are going-we are going -
He was trying to recall what the
patriots were going to do when the
cook came up from the kitchen. She
looked wild eyed, but determined
"What do you want" demanded Mr..
Bowser.
II want the mistress and my wages"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-29

MANY of Governor La Fo1lette's
friends are fretting themselves into a
fever over the troubles that are wait
ing Mr.. La Toilette on his return from
Indiana. They need not feel anxious
about Mr.. La Toilette. He has al
ready passed through considerable
worry without turning his hair pre-
mature1y gray, and as to those ap-
pointments, there are not very many
of them, and in the light of that popu-
lar vote they need not greatly excite
his apprehension.
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AN open city, or not an open city.
That is the question of absorbing in
terest to the people of the city at this
moment. It will be the question be-
fore the people at the approaching
city election.
The law respecting and order loving
citizens of Kenosha should organize
themselves into a reform party, put a
reform ticket into the field on a re-
form platform with the paramount is
sue the abolition of the gam bling
dens. Let the people go on record on
this question. We predict that a cam
paign on such platform would purge
the city of its pests and make law a
thing to be respected. If it cannot be
accomplished in that way there is lit
tie hope, at the present, for a reform OF
current abuses.
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BOWSER'S LAST FAD.
THE OLD MAN SPENDS SOME SHEKELS
ON A PHONOGRAPH.
Gets the Talking Machine at a Bar
gain, hut For Very Good Reason
nF
copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.l

Parts with 1t IN q very snort space
OF Time.
copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.l
simultaneously with Mr.. Bowser's
arrival home the other evening there
came a delivery wagon with phono-
graph, and before Mrs. Bowser could
observe that she had been expecting
him to develop a new fad for a week
past he FASTENED to explain:
Its a phonograph l bought second
hand and at the biggest bargain yea
ever heard of. In fact, it was almost
given to me. There can be no fad
about monograph. You just wait till
after dinner, and if it don't prove the
most interesting thing in this house I'll
throw it over the fence"
Mrs. Bowser knew all about phono-
graphs, Of course, and she did not OBJ
ject to it as photograph. If Mr.. Bow
ser could raise a row over harp, a tid-
die, q fire escape, a recipe for root beer
and a lost dog, she felt that a phono-
graph might bring trouble. Little more
was said until after dinner. Then the
luSITuLucuL WAS pldCSO Ill lLc SlIIAuS
room and set going, and for half an
hour all went we'll. 1t brought forth
song and speech and conversation and
seemed perfectly harmless to raise a
family row. Mr.. Bowser hadn't been
so tickled since he paid SIS for buzz
gard under the patriotic idea that he
was buying an American eagle.
* l. ~a1r L. ~
Mrs. BoWser and the cat sat in half
circle about the photograph, "but we've
struck it at last! We've got better
thing here than all the pianos, fiddles,
checkerboards, concerts, camp meet
ings and cake walks on the face of this
earth combinedw
eyes, it's interesting and amusing"
reluctantly admitted Mrs. BOwser, ''but
let's not have too much of it all at
once. You can put it in the closet
there and tomorrow night I'll ask the
Browns over"
"But l didn't bring it home altOgeth-
err to hear other folks talk and sing"
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MANAGER JOHN I. BEGGs says that he
cannot make any statement as to the
plans Of the Milwaukee company until
he has learned the mind of the Keno
sha Council. If Mr.. Beggs really ex-
poets to defer all statements until he
is thoroughly acquainted with the
mind and purpose of the Kenosha
Common Council on the street railway
he is likely not to be heard from for
some time. But that wouldn't be so
bad thing. Indeed, one would be il
c1ined to feel degree OF 1eniency
toward the vaci11ations of the Council
if they proved the means of keeping
the garrou1ous Mr.. Beggs out of print
for ever so brief time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-29

Many housewives find in making
grape jelly that it will not set, but has
a tendency to go to sugar or become
like thick strip. This will be obviated
by adding three pints of apple juice to
each gallon of grape juice, the apple
Juice to be prepared just as for jelly.
To the combined apple and grape juice
add the usual amount Of sugar and
boil until a little, cooled on a saucer, is
Just right.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-29

THE Milwaukee Journal takes the
position that reorganization of the
Democratic party can be brought about
only on the elimination of the free and
Unlimited coinage of silver heresy
from their code, and defends it with
ability. If the mere elimination of
free silver would carry with it all the
bad humor that has gotten hold of the
so called Democratic party during the
past year or two which ali comes under
the general term of "Bryanism," for
lack of a less vague distinction, prob
ably the Journal is correct. But there
remains strong doubt of this. There
has grown up a deep aversion to the
"old liners among the leaders of the
present Democracy and the breech
widens with the process of events.
This is apparently true even among
those who are not very deeply devoted
to free silver.
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Misjudged.

'"That man Newdleson never seems
to have a good word FOR anybody"
ooh, yes, he has. had a seat beside
him going home the other night, and
he praised himself all the way OUT
Chicago Times Herald.
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In Politics.
years ago

Ward-How did it happen Spelbi did
not take the stump Tor your party dur
ing the campaign?
Pohl-Oh, he's one of those chaps
who, if you give them the stump, will
be trying to get away with the whole
tree, and we didn't want him.-Detroit
Free Press.
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OYSTERS.

We shall this year stand on our mer-
it's Quality shall be our battle cry.
We shall stick to our special. Our
oyster trade doubled last year with
them and, they are sold on their merits.
We defy competition this year on
quality. Others will have cheaper
oysters, but none better. Remarks. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-11-29
A CARD.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on SO cent
bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of
Tar if it fails to cure your cough or
could. We also guarantee ascent
bottle to prove satisfactory Or mouey
refunded. dwtf
L E Hack1ey & Son. c H Hurd,
Dickhaut & AYton. G. L Cameron.
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That bus! What can be done with
that street railway bus? Very likely
nothing. If the people will not let the
railway into the city, there is little
hope of their accomplishing anything
by courses loud and Deep over the
rather eccentric conduct of the bus
driver. Nevertheless, one is justified
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Too Late.

It. was on a Market street car in
Philadelphia. An old man with bulg-
ing satchel at his feet was wiping the
tears from his eyes, and after bit a
good hearted fellow passenger leaned
over and said:
Stranger, you seem to be in trou-
BILE"
"Waal I'm feelin bad" was the reply
as the handkerchief went up.
"Have you been robbed or lost your
money"
"Noap."
'Lost dear friend by deathY'
"Noap."
"Perhaps you are suffering pain?'
"Noap; it's none of that. I've bin down
to Washington. While there l visited
Mount Vernon and saw the tomb Of
the Father of His Country. l didn't
pay much attenshun then nor fur a day
or two, but all to once today it struck
me what a good man he was and that
he was dead, and-and-eXcuSe me. l
know it's babyish, but 1 can't help it."
'But isn't this weeping over Wash
ington rather late in the day." inquired
a second passenger.
"How late?"
"Why, he has been dead about hun
dred years."
"Jerusha, but you don't say! Why,
that hack driver put it down since corn
plantin and even wondered that l did
not have a weed on my hat. Hockey
pokey, but I'm no man to weep over
anybody who pegged out hundred
years agoY'
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Afrection,s Exhausting Tribute.

"Clara came back worse than when
she went away"
"How did that happen%'
'"The doctor said she had worn her
self out buying presents for the fam
y."-Indianapolis Journal.
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A willing Victim.

Usher lat the church)-How do you
feel, old chap?
Groom-Fine. / feel as happy as
do when I'm next in a crowded barber
shop.-Chicago News.
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Calculated to Please.

"Dolly, is your new young man in
telligentY
'Well, pa, he's just about right. He
doesn't understand politics any better
than | o"-Indianapolis Journal
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A Double Hint.

'That girls father has played me
mean trick"
''What is it?'
'Why, he has stuffed rooster and
put 1t on top Of the parlor clock. DE
troit Free Press.
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About a dozen beautiful pink shell
canoes are mounted in gold and con
nected to form q most unique belt. In
size they graduate from very large
one in the center of the back to small
ones next the clasps.
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CHAIRMAN JONES says Bryan will
not again be candidate for the Presi-
dency. According to Mr.. Jones he has
lost all but his greatness.
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IN MODERN STYLE.

feeling now so prevalent and an entire
absence of excessive ornamentation.
The chair must certainly be comfort
able, aud both articles appear graceful
and very well constructed.
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The New Movement In Furniture.
The armchair and table in the cut
are charming examples of the present
tendency in the highest style Of furni
ture. There is the natural growth"
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''How did you say that Skreech rem
dered that solo," asked Beefat Of See
sharp.
81 didn't say that he rendered it at
all. I said he rended it." = Detroit
Free Press.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-23
To the Public.

wish my old friends and the gen
eral public to know that 1 am still
conducting . cotton storage, real
estate and rental business at my old
stand 11S Texas street. I give my
p ,rsonAl attention to the sale OF cot-
ton. 1 purchase goods for customers
in the country free OF charge.
Ny facilities for getting the very
latest and mcst reliable cotton news
is equal to that Of any firm In Shreve-
port
l sell every description oil real
estate, sucn as timber lends, farms
residences, stores, vacant lots aud
suburban tracts. | rent houses and
farms, collect rents, make prompt re-
mittsnces aud pay taxes for non-res-
idents who intrust their business TO
me- All business intrusted to me
shall have my best attention.
w. & PERRIN
11S Texas Street, Shreveport,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-23
marrlaR e Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued:by the clerk OF the District Court
Caddo parish, La. for the week: ending
Saturday, December p. 1900:
Ambrose Broadus and Ida Luke.
Peter James and Il izabeth Walker.
Green PendIetOn and Agnes Robinson.
Ollin Hamilton and Prady Tyler.
Zack Re eiding and Susie Gaines.
A SimpkIns and Besha Turner.
Raymond B Fiiz-Randolph and Louiss
FIGHT.
Chas Davidson and Agnes Angel.
Jesse Cappel and Jessie Stanford.
A Stephens and Marietta CoistOn.
Beu Robert and Sftta Virgins.
&c Williams and Ara e A Williams.
HickIin' Johns and Emms Creighton.
James Fillmore and Polly Thomas.
Lucius Edwards and Ida R3bsy.
Chas MobIey and Mary Williams.
Burrell Simmons sHd Georgia Brown.
WI Flynn and Mary e Oneal.
Saul n Longworth and Efie Watson.
Irving Shuth and Mary Smith,
Sapdtord Jackson and Adell Merritt.
VIM Ruder and Elnora Jackson.
Willie Jeter and Hattie Bichardson.
Henry Logan and Carrie Evans.
Josh Herring and Sallie Robinson.
Hels Robinson and Mary Ann Robinson
Tom Williams and Stella Alexander.
David Hines and Hannah George.
Silas 2 Mutt and Rachel Lewis.
Richard Minor and Sallie Thomas.
Milas watson and Mary Semllar.
Ross johnson and Anrie Osbrooks.
Geo Stringer and Hattie Porter
John Ridgeby and Fapnie Owens.
Oscar Hamilton and Hattie Jefferson.
j Lac ard Miss NJ Tent,