The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-11-16
dollar, or a bright little gold one

! voice from the audience.
mo, you wouldn't" said Spooner
walking toward the footlight nearest
the spot of retort, and bending over
on his little legs until he looked like q
| happy brownie. mo, you wouldn't
| "YOu would take home the bright
| gold dollar to tickle the baby WITH
Spooneri has a good deal Of senti-
ment in his composition, and it doesn't
take much to start the tears. He is
warm-hearted and the Democratic pa
pers sometimes gibe him on this line.
But he must have sincerity-he must
impress people with a belief that he is
dealing fairly with them, to hold them
as he does. His campaign has brought
him back into touch with the leaders
in the different parts of the state
the touch it was thought he had loos-
cned somewhat by his neglect of his
fences"
A Call on Bragg in His Office.
General Bragg was sitting in his
musty old office with his feet up on a
chair and Il high-bred hound licking
his hand, when | called. His partner,
a young man, was just breaking away
from an interview and in the entrance
office u young woman pounded the
typewriter.
The little devil don't know how to
take care of his voice.
The little devil' referred to was
Spooner; and then General Bragg told
OF meeting him on a train recently.
The senator came into the car muf-
fed I'D to the ears, with voice bad
ly battered.
Il told the little DEVIL have
known John Spooner all my life
knew his father before him-that one
must save his voice; talk down deep
in the chest and resist temptations to
'tiights" They are all right for one
night stands, but for week in and
week out one must keep his powers
pent up"
And the bluff old hero of the Iron
brigade told how he would liked to
have met Spooner at the train and en-
tertained him at the house. Il wanted
to protect the little devil; I'd have
taken him home after his speech and
have given him a cigar and glass of
whisky and have put him to bed"
But the general was afraid that be-
ing a Democrat, the act would have
been miscOnstrued-and that was an
end of it.
A Night with Books.
The next dinner of the SIX O'Clock
club of Madison will be held at the
Guild hall Nov. 10 (Monday evening
next exactly four weeks after the last
dinner. DR.. Phil Fox will pre- side. 1t
was thought that as IA contrast to eco
nOmicS and public themes a night with
books and library matters would be
pleasing. DR.. Pyre of the faculty re-
cites Kipljng in notable fashion and
Professor Frankenburger is always
good Judge Donovan of the city court
has promised to tell the interesting
story of How One Private Library
Was Built Up" The judge has one Of
the best private libraries in the city;
and if the relatOr will take the cover
off his heart and tell of the self-sacri-
flee and effort to secure the books and
master their contents, it will make a
good story. Frank A. Hutchins, the
enthusiastic1sec the state free
library commission. which promotes
travelling libraries ETC., will speak on
Books For Small Communities. II.
NJ. Lewis will speak of our city libra
Il
poetry as a practical power, and Mr..
Hall recites verse in way to make 1T
full of meaning. DR.. r. w. Wood OF
the faculty will tell some funny things
from Mr.. DOOley.
"Whaleback" Mans New Idea.
Captain McDouga1, the Superior
man whose 'whaleback' boat cut a
figure in grain transportation on the
great lakes, has q new idea. The Mis-
sissippi river is open the year round
on it's lower stretch, from st. Louis to
New Orleans, but the boats there do
not carry enough freight to make it
worth while McDougal has construct
ed a steamboat and completed two
steam barges, with more under con-
struction at st. Louis. AS an expert
ment, the company has put in $12o,-
600 The barges are to weigh $50
tons. with carrying capacity of 5000
tons, and yet they draw but 6S inches
of water. They are constructed OF
steel throughout, with bulkhead COM
partments absolutely water-tight, so
that an injury in one part Of the boat
will affect only one compartment.
ORLANDO BURNETT.
Where ALTERATION Fails.
John Barriclo Conover, the poet of
Freehold, \. j., has Of late set his
facile pen to prose, and his style in
this is quite as unique as his style in
verse Here is an example of it, the
conclusion of an essay on THE Don
key and the Elephant
In fine, the Donkey is daring, de-
pendable, diplomatic, domestic, dutiful,
and durable; strong, sturdy, steady
and tough to the touch of time; fleet
footed in a race and apt at astonish-
ing acrobatic feats.
.'Therefore, as between the enor
nous Elephant and the diminutive
Donkey-prototype of the venerable
ass of classical antiquity write
me down as an ass. Oh, BOmbastes
Furioso: an amiable ass, SIR with his,
homely similitude and his hard, horse
sense-of which you may hear more
anon, anent the issues of the hour.
what time his deep Gf not dulce) basic
bray shall swell the diapason Of dia-
tonic discussion"
Attention is called to Mr.. Como
! ver's use of the ornament known in
rhetoric as ALTERATION. Certainly no
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