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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

AS a rule. said a prison warden, a
man is in a respondent mood during
his first weeks imprisonment. There
are exceptions, however, as this incl
dent will show.
One Saturday about dinner time
was suddenly accosted by one of the
new arrivals who had served the first
week of his sentence.
Il say" he remarked, has a lady
been asking for me at the gate?''
l told him that if he had been want
ed the governor would have sent for
him.
"Oh, very we'll. Keep COOL" he said.
'This is the first time for ten years
I've put in full weeks work, and the
old woman is sure to be at the gate for
my wages"
And with a grin the cheerful one
passed on.-London Answers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
SITUATION AT SOUTH CHICAGO
70 Sign of Strike Yet-Davis Is Hopeful,
Other Union Men Denunciatory.

70 Sign of a Strike Yet-Davis Is Hopeful,
Other Union Men Denunciatory.
Chicago, Aug. 19.-There was no
meeting yesterday of the lodges of the
Amalgamated Association in South
Chicago, and so far as can be learned
no step has been taken that seems like
ly to lead to a reversal of the decision
Of the local lodges not to strike. Tighe,
the agent Of President Shaffer, in
speaking Of the probability of the men
at South Chicago recOnSidering their
action of last week, said: Il will
make no further effort with those men
unless they come to me and ask for a
conference. They are not now mem
bers of the association, and nothing
can be done until they are reinstated."
W. c. Davis, the Amalgamated vice
president for the Fourth district, says
will strike eventually. He is seeing
the men and making appeals to them
individually to obey the strike order,
and believes he will succeed.
Resolutions denouncing the members
of the South Chicago lodges of the
Amalgamated Association as unfit for
the recognition or support of union
men, were adopted by the Chicago
Federation of Labor last night. The
resolutions were not adopted without
a fight, however. At East Chicago
the employees of the Republic Iron and
Steel company held a meeting adj
dressed by Tighe that adopted resolu-
lions denOuncing the men at South
Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
A Chinese Stratagem.

Rajah Suran, who was one Of the
earliest rulers of India, overran the
entire east with the exception Of Chi
IA, killed innumerable sultans with his
own hand and married all their daugh-
ters. 1t is said that when the Chinese
heard of his triumphant progress and
learned that he had reached their
frontier they became much alarmed.
The emperor called q council Of hiS
generals and mandarins, and upon the
advice of q crafty old mandarin the
following strategem was carried out:
A large ship was loaded with rusty
nails, trees were planted on the deck,
the vessel was manned by a numerous
crew of old men and dispatched to the
rajah's capital. When it arrived-the
most wonderful part Of the story is
that it did arrive-the rajah sent an
officer to ask how long it had taken the
vessel to make the trip from China.
The Cinnamon answered that they had
all been young men when they set sail
and that on the voyage they had plant
ed the seeds from which the great trees
Adu SAON L. LII Co1IOOO4 d@1Oh VI ChCAA
story they pointed to the rusty nails
which, they said, had been stout iron
bars as thick as a mans arm when
they started. "You can see," they con-
Guided, that China must be a very
long distance away"
The rajah was SO much impressed
by these plausible arguments that he
concluded he would not live long
enough to reach China and abandoned
his projected invasion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
WISCONSIN PICKINGS.
Wisconsin German Editors.

Eau Claire, Wis, Aug. 20.-The
State German Editors association
decided upon Ashland as the place of
the next annual three days meeting
to be held Aug. Il to II. The usual
resolutions of thanks for local cour-
tesies were adopted. President Wit
Jack appointed Messrs. Caudrian Of
La Crosse. Auer of Eau Claire and
Pankow of MarShfield to read papers
at the next meeting. The revision of
the records showed five honorary and
forty eight active members. \ sum,
merfest at Olinger's garden in the af-
ternoon concluded the netting.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
holt from Clear Sky.

Appleton. Wis, Aug. ID. L. Lem
menway, farmer in Bovina. a town
a few miles north Of this city, and
the team of horses which were at
tached to the wagon on which he was
at work, were struck and instantly
killed by lightning. y number of other
persons who were assisting him load
ing hay We're knocked to the ground
by the bolt, but sustained no severe in
jury The lightning came from a clear
sky, as, with the exception of an ap
preaching thunderstorm, there was
scarcely cloud in sight.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

long duration Milwaukee's suburb Of
Bay View will be seriously affected,
as that section of the city is prac-
tically made up of mill men, and the
merchants depend upon these patrons
for living.
superintendent George L. Refs, of
the Bay View plant, said after the
meeting that he was very much disap-
pointed at the outcome. Il fully eX-
pected that when the question came to
a vote the men would stand by their
contracts with the Illinois Steel COM
pany and refuse to strike" said Mr..
Refs The amount of wages to be
lost by the men going out will foot
up 100000 per MONTH
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Assaulted and Robbed,

Beloit, Wis, Aug. 19.-Anthony
Howard, saloonkeeper, was assaulted
in his own dooryard by three men who
pounded him with clubs shamefully
and robbed him, but who failed to Sc
cure one roll of bills. A man named
Kennedy or "Black Jack" said to be
a crook, has been arrested ON suspicion
and is held for examination. Some
one stole a harness and valuable robes
from J. Humans farm in Plymouth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Mnmmified Body Found.

Oshkosh, Wis, Aug. Exchanges in
Riverside cemetery, this city, necessi-
tated the taking up of number of bod
les. One of them was found to be in
an excellent state of preservation, not
petrifed, but mummified, and in the
same state in fact as that of the Egyp-
tian mummies. The body was that of
J. Maxwell, who was buried some ten
years ago. The effect was brought
about by the natural influences in the
ground, as no attempt at embalming
had been made.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Rich Farmers Back Is Broken,

Algoma, Wis, Aug. 19.-Henry
Ieege, wealthy farmer living six
miles north OF here in the town of
Forestville, accidentally fell from a
load of peas and broke his back. Leege
is about 60 years Of age and owns
large farm The best Of physicians
from Algoma and Sturgeon Bay have
been called, but pronounce his case as
hopeless. He is still alive.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Dickens and His. Titles.

Charles Dickens had great difficulty
in choosing titles for his various pub
LEGATIONS, says The Golden Penny. The
following is a list Of no fewer than IA
suggestions given by the author to his
adviser, Foster, for the title Of one
book, out Of which, need hardly be add
ed, No. was chosen:
1. According to Croker.
2. Prove 1t.
3. Stubborn Things.
4. Mr.. Grandgrind's Facts.
5. The GrindstOne.
6. Hard Times.
Z. Two and Two Are Four.
8. Something Tangible.
8. Our Hard Headed Friend.
10. Rust and Dust.
II. Simple Arithmetic.
-. A Matter Of Calculation.
Is. A Mere Matter Of Figures.
IA. The Grandgrind Philosophy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
InhCman Act of a Mother.

Baltimore, Aug. 20.-With his tongue
nearly burned out and his lips and
mouth terribly SCARED and blistered,
Daniel Blizzard, a 7-year-old lad, was
placed in care OF the Society for Pro
lection of Children from Cruelty. The
boys mother was sentenced to six
months in jail for torturing the child
The lad told his mother falsehOOd
She lighted a coal oil lamp and held
a stove poker over the blaze until it
was red hot. She then forced the
boys jaws open and thrust the burning
iron into his mouth and tortured him
by keeping it there several minutes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Thousands Go to Holy Hill.

Hartford, Wis, Aug. 1.-THE feast
celebrated at Holy Hill, in honor of
the Bodilh Assumption of the Virgin
Mary into heaven, will be one long
remembered by those attending. New
er before has there been a better day
or larger gathering than this. The
attendance at the hill during the day
numbered between 5000 and 10000.
The road up the HILL the paths at the
side, the park at the foot of the hill,
were all crowded, while at the summit
the number of people was source of
wOnderment
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
A Little Too Faithful

A thief in Paris, being chased by the
police, threw away during his fight
the purse he had stolen and was in
fair way, after being taken to the po-
lice station, of being allowed to go free
for lack of sufficient evidence to hold
him when his faithful dog. which he
had trained to fetch and carry, trotted
into the station, wagging it's tail, with
the missing purse in it's mouth.--Paris
Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Injured in Premature Explosion.

Berlin, Wis, Aug. 19-Otto Berry,
a blaster at the quarry in this city,
was badly burned by the premature
explosion Of a blast. He was putting
in third charge of giant powder in
the same hole which had been heated
by the others, causing the explosion.
His right arm was badly burned and
both eyes were injured, but it is
thought not permanently.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
JOLIET MEN STRIKE.
Unanimously Vote to Quit Work After
an Exciting Meeting.

an Exciting Meeting.
Joliet, Ills, Aug. 1.-THE steel work
ers of Joliet, after an exciting sew
en-hour meeting, voted unanimously to
strike They have completely revoked
their decision of last Sunday, and have
joined the Amalgamated association
men in the east in their fight for Glib
erty and unionism."
The refusal of the Amalgamated
men to go back to work will throw
out approximately 900 skilled work
men, 700 handy men and 600 helpers.
In addition it is confidently predicted
that the American Steel and Wire
cOmpany's plant, employing 1000
hands, will be forced to close within
a week for lack of material, for which
it depends upon the Illinois Steel COM
pany. Other mills dependent on the
big works, and which are likely to be
affected, are the Joliet stove works,
employing 300; the Phoenix Horse
Shoe company, 800; and the Joliet
Bridge and Iron company, with 100
men.
Instead of Selling on the precedent
established by the South Chicago
lodges in disobeying the order Of Pro
fessOr Shaffer, the union men here
harshly criticised the action, and de-
clared they were glad of the OppOr
tunity to show their loyalty to the
national organization.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Divorced and win Marry Again.

Green Bay, Wis, Aug. 17.-Judge
Hastings, in the circuit court issued
all order giving permission to Amelia
Hartman to marry again within one
year from the date of divorce, from
her husband Louis La Duke. This is
the first order of this kind issued under
the new law i'll this county. A mar
riage license to Amelia Hartman and
Peter Zetner was Issued Immediately
after the hearing at the circuit court.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Was 1t Bourbon or Bonaparte F.?

Paris, Aug 19.-In the course of a
speech at prize distribution in Aux
orne yesterday General Andre, the
minister of war, made a sensation by
declaring that the commanders Of the
various army corps had received let
tiers from one of the pretenders de-
signed to seduce them from their duty,
but the fac that the letters had been
sent on to him proved the army to be
loyal to the republic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Patent Office Clerk Ousted.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Edward v.
Shepard of Massachusetts, chief clerk
of the patent Office, was summarily
dismissed from his position. This ac-
ton was the elimination of an inves-
tigatlon that has been conducted for
several days past by Commissioner of
Patents DUEL, the assistant commits
sioner and other officials, in connec-
ton with the disappearance of certain
moneys contained in unclaimed regis
tered letters returned to the office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Not Alike.

The Professor-Don't use that phrase,
my dear. 1t is grossly unscientific.
His Wife-What phrase? GAS much
alike as two peas?"
The Professor-Yes. Examined un-
der the microscope, two peas will pre-
sent startling differences Puck.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
To Start q Beet-Sugar Plant.

Kaukauna, Wis, Aug. ia move
ment is being started in this city to
enlist capital sufficient to start beet
sugar factory. Two or three gentle
men have visited some Of the beet
sugar plants of the state to obtain
information and statistics to enable
them to take intelligent steps in the
matter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

A reader of the Scriptures empha-
sizes the Fifteenth Psalm as the gentle
mans psalm because it describes as
among the many who are entitled to
be considered as gentlemen zone who
ieadeth an incorrupt life, speaketh
truth from his heart, doeth no evil to
his neighbor, is lowly in his own eyes,
keepeth his word even if it be to his
own hindrance."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

Minister WI Ting Fang says that he
is getting a touch of inconsistencies, but
adds that if he were permitted to make
a short visit home he should like to
return to this country very much and
would even like to live here" Here is
another example of the Chinese minis
ter's unfailing tact.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Forced to Close I'm ShoD.

Grand Rapids, Wis, Aug. ia. NJ.
Muir the most extensive boot and shoe
dealer in this city, was forced to close
up his business on account of the re-
cent fire losses of Doud & Sons of WI
mona, Mimi. who have been furnish
ing him credit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Stole Forty Tons of Hay.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Aug 49,
Some one whose identity has not been
learned went upon Mrs. NJ. Coughs
meadow in Drywood and cut and
hauled away the entire crop of hay,
amounting to forty tons.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Bank at Prescott, Wis, Closed,

Hudson, Wis, Aug. 15.-Bank Ex-
aminer Kidd closed up the H. S. Mil
Ter bank at Prescott Wis, Tuesday.
He is here awaiting the arrival of At
torney General Hicks, when an appli-
cation for a receiver. will be made be-
fore Judge Helms. The Prescott insti-
tuition has been running nearly thirty
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Threshing Season Advanced.

Grand Rapids, Wis, Aug. 20.-The
thresh1ng season is we'll advanced and
all Of the outfits in this section are
busy. The farmers thresh much ear
lier now than they did in the olden
time, and the majority will have their
grain in the bin within two weeks. The
crop threshes out better than was ex-
cartad
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Turks Cross the Frontier.

Constantinople, Aug. 20.-Two COM
panies of Ottoman troops have occu-
pied Klisobair, disputed territory
across the Bulgarian frontier and the
Bulgarians charge d'affaires has de-
manded their recall within a specified
time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Embraced an Opportunity.

Pittsburg, Aug. 19.-The employees
Of the Pennsylvania Tube works, a
plant in this city controlled by the
National Tube company, completed
their organization as a lodge of the
American Federation of Labor Satur-
day and then made a demand for a
general advance in wages. They
threatened to join the strike. unless
their demand was granted.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
News That Pleased the Strikers.

The news that the Milwaukee men
had decided to cast their fortunes with
the strikers, supplemented by the
wired announcement that the steel
men in the Riverside plant at Wheel
ing had voted to strike awakened new
enthusiasm in the ranks of the Anal
gamated Association AM it's followers.
The action at Wheeling leaves only
$50 men working in the trust plants
Arizona republican., 1901-01-21

the fertility of the soil. Find what you will, go where you will. on earth. you win mret With some drawback or dis appointment. Heaven alone is the perfect place. A young girl spends years in the study of music. Her tones are liquid mus!c, her fing,fs seem maglc tOucAsd, Iut soon tae delft fin gers and the sweet voice Is silent.
 Here We are on a pilgrimage. The Amelilan boy in tha Prilippin's says. 'fl'hls Is not my home; home Is in the far-orf land where father and mother wait to welcome mo-" The good sol- dier of Christ looks forward by faith to the heavenly country, the city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker Is Gl." The pioneer la bored and we have entered into tho fruits of their iabOrs. So Christ suf- fered that Ills people might have life. Thtre th, re will be no war, no tsars. no death. no disappointment or mis- understandings, no seeing others suf- fer. There our dear ones are safe and are waiting to welcome us. "A little b-ng.r CT, life true, i'm
 mortal,
 Not this our shadowy fife win be thine
 own
 And thou slagp stand where winged
 arCh-angels worship And trembling bow bsfore the great
 white throne. "A little longer yit and angel voices Shall ring ln heavenly chant rpon thine
 car.
 Angels and saints await thee and God
 needs thee.
 Beloved, can we bid the lingcs here?"
 There Is the city of refuge. of rest. of peace.
 Let mo, then, weary be.
 shrink not, murmur mol Tn all this 'homt tessny Gs l see
 The Christians pilgrim lot: His lot until his absent Lord shall
 come
 And tine long homeless here shall find
 home!"
Arizona republican., 1901-01-21

The Twenty first legislature wiA be convened tlhs morning and will devote
 the next sixty days 10 THE pI-E'islun for the future TWENTY guidance of Arizona. In FIRST LEG all likelihood it will be ISLATURE. tlre last legislature of
 this territory. If The Republican and the republicans of Ari- zoua could have had their way last fall the complexion Of the T'wentyfirst would have been slightly different. but We are compelled to admit that 1t is Of good e imposition. The gentlemen who will assemble today are for the most part of good appearance of whom the rerritory need not be ashamed as a q, presentative body. Taey enjoy the confidence of their respective communl- ties and many of them known through out the territory enjoy the confidence of all it's citizens. This confidence cX- tends to the faHh that what win be done within the next two months will be for the best.
 Tnn legislature is confronted with morn and a greater variety of import ant business than any of its m,Te re- cent predecessors have had 10 deal. Foremost of this is the report of the code comnrisslon-and, perhaps next a reapportionment hll. At least thrue county division bills will be brought up and out of the cOnfii which VIII rage around them there may spring unforeseen com plcations. There seems to be disposition to get the more important legislation out or the way as early in me session as possible SO as to avcal the rush and confusion which exptrl- cDce has shown invariably attends thn closing days and sometimes defeats the will Of the majority.
 The caucuSes yestrrday were free from unseemly pulling and hauling, and were followed by no charges of unjus, distribution of hnnors and pat. ronage This circumstance may be rakeu as an earnest that the session will be regular. ord,rly and bucinsss- like. At this distance We are pleased to predict that when the Tive nty-fi.st legislature Of Arizona star.,s adjourned it will be known as The Twenty first" and nc called by s1mp oppr0brious eIIthet like the "Thieving Thirteenth" the ''Tln Horn or the Mule" by whiah some -P its predecessors have been distinguished.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-21

mously in favor of annexation and theIc was in consaQu2nce no r?posl- ton to the court proceedings. It be- comes the duty Of tha council, th.re- fore. to prove 70 the people of the new territory that their flith in the advan- tage of being part of the municipal ityy was mt misplaced. The principal objection urg q by unwilling addi- tons is ahat there is no benefit fer thsm in annexation corresponding with the cost of the proposed luxury. That answers to the petitions for the an nexatiCn of the Dcnnis, Murphy and Bennett additions shortly to be heard in court All thts, additions have besn a rart of Phoenix and |, is claimed for Jhem that ttt ir objection 'is lased on their urban experience.
 The D, ople >of Bennett addition the first to break away from munciEal cen trol mus, however, have got Into the ha'bit of receiving benefits. for last Saturday a taxpayer living in that addition telephoned to poiice head quarters for scavenger wagon to be sent ou., to haul away a long-dead dog, whose violent and uprGarious de- composition was disturbing the quiet of his neighborhoOd. The city's refusal to interfere in the riot he said was unneighborly and not calculated to en- courage annexation