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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Napoleon was q Dandy.


It is pleasant to learn, if one has Ma
pOleOn l on the hero list, that he had
very dainty habits in personal mat
tiers; that he was fastidiousiy clean in
his person, according to an article in q
French contemporary, and poured eau
de cologne into the water he washed
in, then spOnged his head with per-
fume and finally poured the remainder
of the contents of the flask over the
neck and shoulders. He was also eX-
travagantly fond of clean linen and
during his campaigns had relays of it
it did not cost farm to have starch
ed things" Numbered, for, in account
with a famous laundress in Paris, the
emperOr's linen for one wash
amounted to 1856 pieces and cost only
a trife over 500.
This strikes an American as very
reasonable. But his majesty never
wore any article but once, and as he al
ways undressed himself without aid
from his valet his garments were liter
ally "cast' to the four corners of the
room. NapoleOn's bill for eau de CO.
lOgne, however, exceeded the washer
wOman's by a large majority. 1t is a
relief to learn that the Little Corporal
was SO much q dude. Some Of his
predecessors in the Tuileries were not
blessed with such excellent habits. il
history is to be relied upon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
The Inuuisitive DamSeI.

A girl who took up photography not
long ago and endeayored to get some
valuable snap shots had bad luck with
her first pictures. There were funny
streaks of white al! through them
when there was any picture at all. and
she couldn't imagine how they came
there. Neither could an experienced
amateur who assisted in developing
her first negatives and who took the
usual precautions in loading the cam
era and taking the plates.
Il can't imagine what is the mat
ter" he said as plate after plate came
out either good for nothing or with
only little Of the picture visible.
'Those ought to have been good
plates"
Neither can l." said the girl. "They
looked all nice and smooth and white if
that is the way they ought to look"
Looked all rightw exclaimed her in
structor in dismay. You hadn't look
ed at them before we put them in the
camera, had your
"Oh, not enough to hurt themv' said
the girl. II just lifted up the black
paper from each plate just the littlest
crack in the world. just couldn't re-
sist the temptation of seeing how nice
they looked and think of the lovely
pictures was going to have on them"
New York Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Tour of Puerto Rico

The American Tourist Association an
nounces two tours of the beautiful island
of Puerto Rico under escort of Mr.. Wal
ter Boyd Townsend, the well-known
artist and traveller, through and around
the island by rail, carriage, automobile
and boat
Special Pullman cars leave Chicado
Thursday, February 18th and Thursday,
March 9Th, at II noon, connecting with
the splendid new steamships Ponce and
San Juan sailing from New York second
day following.
Tickets include all expenses every
where. All railway, steamer and sleep
ingcar fares, meals and births on steam
ers, meals on dining car, hotel bills in
New York and Puerto Rico, ALL trans
fers, carriage rides in the cities and
through the Island, guides and interpre-
ters are included in the tickets. There
are no extras.
Tours are under the direction of Reau
Campbell, General Manager, A. T. A.,
1923 Marquette Building, Chicago.
Itineraries, maps and tickets can be
had on application to the agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Broken Comm en- ts.

The brilliant young preacher, when
he makes his parochial calls, endeav-
ors to cultivate an acquaintance with
the development of the younger minds,
thus after fashion keeping tab upon
his Sunday school teachers.
The other afternoon, while he was
waiting in the drawing room of beau
tiful Cass avenue residence for the de-
layed appearance of Elsie's mamma.
he was entertained by the little daugh-
ter herself. Taking her upon his lap,
he began u review of the church les
sons that had been given to the little
maid of 5.
"Can you tell me, Elsie, how many
commandments there are?'
Eyes, sir; seven or eight"
ooh, no, dear; there are ten"
eyes, l know there used to be, but /
heard papa tell mamma yesterday that
you had broken two or three of them
at least and that would leave only
seven or eight, you know."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
A Rat Story.

zone day not long ago." said brick
manufacturer, lone Of my WOrhmen
saw three rats carrying a straw across
the brickyard.- 1t seemed such an I'M
usual sort of proceeding that he stop
ped his work to watch them. Two Of
the rats held the straw at opposite
ends while the third supported the
center. They were making straight for
the river which flowed by one side Of
the yard. When they arrived at the
bank, they laid down the straw and
took a long drink. Then they proceed
ed to take up the straw again in the
same manner as before and returned
by the same way they had come.
This so interested the workman
that he determined to watch if they
would come again. And sure enough,
at about the same time the next day,
they appeared, carrying the straw eX-
actly as before. Having provided him.
self with a gun, he shot all three to
see if possibly he might thereby solve
the mystery. He discovered that the
rat in the center was blind and there
fore concluded that this was the ami
mails kind method of leading their
afflicted comrade to the water to
drink. Inquirer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

Says the Portland Oregonian: 1T is
the belief of some historians that the
name Oregon is Aragon in disguise,
that it was given to this country by
the early Spanish voyagers and that
American explorers so interpreted the
word given them by the Indians. The
theory is at least plausible and indi-
Gates a strange freak of fate. The
name Spain proudly brought to this
distant coast returned to the West In
dies 800 years later to destroy the
power of Spain on the seas! Little
thought De Fuca when he sighted this
coast in 1892 that some day it would
build q warship which. under the name
of Aragon, or Oregon, would be fore
most in the battle that marked the end
of Spain's dominion in the new world"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

Erroneous Answer Wins Coramenda-
ton From n Latin Teacher.
1.-THE class in Latin will now recite,"
said the Latin teacher at one of the
city high schools the other day
The members of the class in Latin,
consisting of 80 or more bright looking
girls, with three or four boys, came
forward and took their places. All
moved along smoothly until the dec
lination Of the noun ''donum" was in
order, and there was trouble. It was
the ablative that caused the trouble.
For the benefit of those not acquainted
with the mysteries of Latin it may be
mentioned right here that the ablative
is ''dono," and the pronunciation is the
same as if one should say don't
know" slurring the two words, as is SO
frequently done. to don know"
Miss jones'" said the teacher to
the head of the class, what is the
ablative of 'donum?"
Miss Jones gave her version and
was told to sit down. The question in
turn went down the entire length of
the class, all failing, until it reached
the last, a boy who had a reputation
for baseball and football, but none for
scholarship.
''Well. Percy. the ablative of do
num?" asked the teacher.
Percy scratched his head and despair
ingly looked at his grinning class
mates.
Don know" he finally blurted out.
Right" said the teacher: ''go up
head"
And then the class broke out into a
laugh that cost each member ten
marks. but none peached on Percy,
and the teacher to this day cannot I'm.
derstand what there is so cOmical In
the ablative of "donum." Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Fool and His Money.

1t CHANGED that the miser and the
spendthrift took ship together.
En- voyage the spendthrift bought
much wine and sat long at the gaming
table.
1.-The fool and his money soon partr'
sighed the miser
Presently storm rose, and the ship
foundered, and they We're all cast into
the water, and the miser, having his
gold in a belt about his waist. sank to
the bottom.
''The fool and his money observed
the spendthrift sadly, for he was a
generous soul, don't always partv'
After that the spendthrift swan to a
raft, where he starved to death.-De-
troit Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
SALARIES OF OUR PLAYERS.
The Pay OF Actors Varies From $40
to as Much os $500 Per Week.

to as Much as $500 Per Week.
Franklin Fyles, writing of "rhe The
alter and Its People" in The Ladies'
Home Journal, touches interestingly
upon the earnings of actors and cor
reefs the oft repeated reports of the
enormous earnings of players. "Sala-
ries vary with circumstances" he says.
"The manager may find at $25 week
a player whose moderate talent exact
ly fits a part of considerable impOr-
lance He may have to pay $3.50 if the
role is singular and fit candidates
scarce. If he wants celebrity in addi-
ton to ability, he may be willing to
make the salary $500 week. In that
case he takes into account the public
value of the name and makes a feature
of it in his advertisements.
''Not more than ten actors in Amer
lea, aside from the stars, receive as
much as $3.50 week, and not more
amount In fact, $3.50 a week is eXcep-
tional, and 500 will engage an excel
lent hero or heroine, fine comedian
or a delineatOr of eccentric character.
The wages run down to $75 for SOU
brette, ingenue or old man, to $50 for
an old woman, juvenile man or juvenile
woman, and so along to utility and
chorus men and women at $12 or SIS q
week. Those are the wages of thor
oughly competent actors in companies
of good grade"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

A snake tanner who had trained a
serpent to follow him around the house
and even out of doors happened one
day to take it with him to a strange
place. The snake, unused to the local
ity, suddenly seemed to forget all his
training and. escaping into the bushes,
resisted capture with bites and every
indication of wildness. When caught,
it at once resumed it's tame habits.
This tendency to become wild imme-
diately upon obtaining their freedom
and to again become tame when caught
is said to be popularity of snakes
New York Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
PEACHES AND BlUBBER.
A story of Arthur StrinEer and an
Oxford Professor.

Oxford Professor.
Canadians are very touchy on the
subject of climate, as Rudyard Kipling
discovered when he somewhat thought
lessly dubbed the Dominion Our Lady
of the Shows" When Arthur Stringer,
the young Canadian poet and author,
first went to Oxford. he carried with
him letters from Professor Goodwin
Smith of Toronto to Professor York
Powell. the distinguished historian of
ChriStchurch.
The old Oxford don. like one or two
other Englishmen, had very vague
ideas about Canada and somewhat sur
prised the young stranger by inQuiring
if he got along nicely on English roast
mutton after living SO long on frozen
seal meat. The young poet gravely
protested that he perhaps missed his
whale blubber little, but the next day
cabled home. and in less than n week
the finest basket of autumn peaches
ever grown in Ontario. carefully pack
ed in sawdust. was on it's way to Ok
ford A short time afterward the
y
the regius professor at Oxford, and
that gentleman produced at the meal
fruit dish loaded with tremendous
peaches.
"Most extraordinary" said the old
professor, ''but these peaches were
sent to me today, and I'm blessed if l
! know who sent them. From the south
of France, l suspect. so l saved a few
of them for you, Stringer. They will
be such a novelty, you know"
The Canadian very quietly took a
steamship company's bill Of lading
from his pocket and handed it to the
professor. The professor gazed al the
bill, then at the fruit, then at the poet.
81 had some whale blubber. too. pro-
fessor," said that young man. "but
simply had to eat that. These other
things were grown on my uncle's farm
in Kent county, Ont. you know. He
has 200 bushels of them every year,
and he sent me over a basket of little
ones along with the whale blubber."-
! Saturday Evening Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
DO your stoves need repairing.
Larson car fix them up for you.

DO your stoves need repairing. L..
n. Larson car fix them up for you.
HOUSE TO RENT-At Albion Center.
Apply to postoffice box 81, Albion.
How about your cook stove or heat
ing stove, do they need a new fire pot,
coal CRATE or wood CRATE, if SO call at
Green & Larson's.
Farmers, attention. If you want to
paint your buggy for one dollar, CALL on
@. FL. Dickinson and get some OF Meals
celebrated carriage paint. Easily APP
piled, requires no vanishing, dries quick
and with a splendid gloss. Warranted
to give satisfaction.
If you want good washing machine
call on Green & Larson.
Lead, oil, turpentlne, varnlsh, japan
and sbellac at lowest cash prices at G. Fl.
Dickinsons.
How is your eavetroughs do they
need repairing or do you want new. Call
on Green & Larson.
If you wish to buy farm in Dane,
Rock Or Vernon counties or house and
lot in the city of Edgerton, call on or adj
dress E. M. LADD, EdgerIon, Wis.
j ust received at @. Ell. Dickinsons
the largest and best selected stock OF
wall paper and ceiling decorations. ever
brought to Edgerton. Also full line
of window shades and curtain fixtures.
I will sell as low as the lowest, Come
and see.
We have a few new good cook stoves.
Green & Larson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
LIGHTS FOR BIRDS NESTS
Some Curious Habits Practiced In
the World of SonEdOm.

Some Curious Habits Practiced In
the World of Songdom.
Many birds suspend their nests from
the branches Of trees, one of the most
curious nests of that kind being that
Of the baya bird of India. 1t is hung
from the branch. with it's opening at
the bottom. and hangs like an inverted
bottle. secure from the approach of
tree snakes and other reptiles. The
most curious thing about the baya
bird is that it is said to light up it's
nest by sticking firefies on it's sides
with clay Or soft mud. There seems to
be little doubt of the fact.
DR.. Buchanan says: "At night each
Of the habitations is lighted up by a
FREELY stuck in the top with a piece of
clay. The nest consists of two rooms.
Sometimes there are three or four fire
flies, and their blaze in the little cells
dazzles the eyes of the bats, which of
ten destroy the young of these birds"
Perhaps other animals are scared off
by the baya birds electric light, since
a writer in Nature records this curl
Gus observation: 81 have been Informed
on safe authority that the Indian bot
tie bird protects his nest at night by
sticking several of these glow beetles
around the entrance by means of clay,
and only a few days back an intimate
friend Of my own was watching three
rats on a roof rafter of his bungalow.
When a glow fly lodged very close to
them, the rats Immediately scampered
Off."-Our Dumb Animals.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
The Sex OF ShiDs.

The word ship" is masculine in
French Italian, Spanish and Portu-
guese and possesses no sex in Teutonic
and Scandinavian. Perhaps it would
not be an error to trace the custom of
feminizing ships back to the Greeks,
who called them by feminine names,
probably out Of Difference to Athene.
goddess of the sea. But The English
speaking sailor assigns no such rea-
sons. The ship to him is always lady,
even though she be a man-o'-war. She
possesses a waist, collars, stays, laces,
bonnets, ties, ribbons, chains, watches
and dozens of other distinctly feminine
tributes.-Collier's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
A Doubling I;.t}4&r,

One warm midsummer LAY Steve
found himself seated under the Oh
Baldwin apple tree, with the half hull
of a red hearted watermelon in his lap.
Old Mr.. B., busy with the other half,
paused now and then to ask Steve
about his new job, how many cigars he
smoked in a day, what they cost and
what he paid for his fine clothes. Pres
emily he wanted to know what they
called his boy on the road-conductor,
brakeman OF what?
''They call me the general freight
agent, father" said Steve.
THAT'S mighty big name Steve"
eyes, father; it's rather a big job,
Co., for me-
"But We don't do it all. Steve. Ye
must have hands to help you load and
unload?
ooh, yes, | have lot of help"
"And the company pays them all?"
Eyes"
"Hcw much do they pay you, Steve
So a day."
Steve almost strangled on a piece Of
core, and the old gentleman saw that
he had guessed too low.
Three" he yentured
"More than that father"
I'VE DONE mean to say they pay ye
as much as fi-v-e?"
Yes. father; more than %"
The old man let the empty hull fall
between his knees. stared at his boy
and whistled.
''Say, Steve" he asked earnestly,
''are ye worth it?"-Lippincott's Maya
zine
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
A Golf Outrage

The Earl Of Wemyss was on Fife
golf course not long ago. accompanied
by an old caddie. His lordship got
his ball on one occasion so near the
hole that to play it was. as it appeared
to him, superfuous. So he simply tip
ped it in with the toe of his boot.
The caddie revolted instanter, threw
down the clubs and looked Mortified
When he found words to speak, it was
to say. Hang it. me lord. gowfs
gowfn'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Only Tour of All Mexico

in Pullman's finest compartment, draw
ing room, library, observation and din
ing cars all vestibuled-wit the open
top car "Chililitl"
Longest tour ever offered longer in
Mexico, longer in City of Mexico, longer
in tropics. Only tour to ruined cities,
Special trains start January 23d and.
March 6. Tickets include all expenses
everywhere. Under escort of the Amer
lean Tourist Association, 1923 MarquetteJ
Building, Chicago. Reau Campbell, Gen.
eral Manager.
For MAPS books of the tour, tickets,
etc., call on agents of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul R'y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
LacOnic and Caustic.

Maurice Barrymore's wit is far
famed, but a neat little witticism at
his expense was Augustus Thomas
laconic criticism Of one of Barrymore s
plays.
The celebrated playwright had been
mercilessly picking flaws in the actor S
drama until the good natured Barry
WINGED.
ooh, come. Gus" he interrupted.
Don't be quite so hard if it's not an
Alabama Just remember that
wrote it in week.
did you. BarryY retorted Thomas.
'"Then you must have loafed."--Kan-
sas City Independent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Gold.

Twenty-four carat gold is all gold:
% carat gold has % parts Of gold, !
of silver and of copper; IS carat gold
has Is parts Of pure gold and parts
each of silver and copper in it's compo-
sition; II carat gold is half gold. the
remainder being made up of 49, parts
of silver and 81 parts of copper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
The Probable Reason.

The Clergyman proudly)-People are
loath to leave my church. Why, after
services, it is fully Is minutes before
the edifice is emptied!
The Sinner-I don't wonder at that.
Some people are very hard to awaken!
Brooklyn Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

1t was the custom of the Greeks to
offer beets on silver tray to Apollo in
his temple at Delphi. Lord Bacon
loved the onion so that he declared the
rose would be sweeter planted in bed
of them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
am T@ mar Sold and guaranteed by all drug
WVs W@@MG gists to CURE Tobacco Habit.


Muddy complexion, nauseating breath
come from chronic constipation. Karl's
Glover Root Tea is An absolute cure and
has been sold for fifty years on an obso-,
Lutte guarantee. Price 25c and 50c..
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

One would better be trustful of 50
friends who are false than doubtful Of
one who is true. Suspicion and super
sensitiveness are at once the badges
and the bane of little SOUL
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Excursions

Homeseekers excursion tickets will be
sold January Is, February 9Th and Goth,
March 9th and Goth, April Sd and 18th.
Good for 81 days at one fare plus 81 for
round trip to the following points: New
Hampton, Ia, Austin, Mimi, Bird Is
land, Mimi, Mapleton, Ia, and points
west thereof No tickets sold within %
miles of Sioux City. For further infor-
nation call on ticket agent
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Here is a Bargain.

683 acres of land in Grant county, Wis
consin, fenced with 3 barbed wire, so
acres improved, watered. Good sheep
and cattle ranch. Price 81 per acre if
taken quick. Enquire of w. G. Palmer,
Boscobel Wis,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
Strong Proof.

Hettie So you really think that
George is in love with you?
Edith-Oh, | am sure Of it! You
should hear some Of the mean things
he says about you and the rest OF the
girls in our set.-Boston Transcript
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19
PrOhtleSS.

Miss Chicago = Money talks, you
know.
Miss Boston A vulgar apothegm.
Culture makes no concession to the To-
quacity of lucre.-Boston Courier.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

TIE Byzantine princes played game
which differed very little from our
modern polo.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

The choral service was first :Ised in
England at Canterbury in 677.