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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

4 maka dis house swell; maka swag-
ger. You putta dat down stairs woman
out You putta dat up stairs woman
out. l no lika. You janitor man, you
waita on me. If / Gala, you skata.
R-r-rememberv
"How can you skate If you don't hat
some ice to skate on?' asked the grocer
as he blinked his eyes in a solemn way.
st can't, of course" replied the jan
itor, "and that just shows you how in
consistent women are. After her talk
I took my asthma down to the base
ment to repair the dumb waiter and
kill off few cockrOaches, and maybe
it was an hour before anything hap
pened. Then the O'Sullivan offspring
got out their goat, the dago kids ran
out their push cart, and the pickantn-
MES trotted out two dogs and a pail OF
whitewash, and after playing around
for spell they all tried to go up stairs
at once. There was jam and fight,
of course, and I thought McMurphy's
fats had been hit by the butt end Of a
cyclone"
''Vhat awful times, What awful times!"
gasped the grocer as he turned a toma-
to over in it's box to conceal a bruise.
"When l got up stairs the goat, dogs,
cart, whitewash and young ones were
all mixed up in one heap and the three
women were tangled up in another.
It wasn't my play to interfere. Even
If it had been my asthma would have
kept me out of 1t. I'm not taking any
chances of sudden death on a salary
of So per month and my rent throwed
in. Did you ever see three women in
a scrap, Mr.. Wassermanw
'Neffer in my life, Mr.. Sprocket, und
l pray heafen dot don't. 1t must be
more awful ash a steamboat explo-
sion."
''There isn't so many killed and
wounded, but it lasts longer, and there
is more fun in it. Say. now, but Of all
the splitting and scratching and hair
pulling I ever read of in history that
took the cake It was each one for
herself and ag'in the other two, and
each one went in to win. | didn't time
the scrap, having left my watch down
In the storeroom to rest the wheels for
week or two, but l should say it last
ed for ten minutes. Then they fell
apart by mutual consent, as it was, and
each made for her own room to get
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

ty as private house with flower and
shade tree lawn about it. 1t has at
tended to the identifying Of public
parks and walks, to the cleaning and
paving of the streets and the drainage
and general sanitation of the whole
place. Wherever in the vicinity there
was natural scenery of an attractive
character those women had it preserved
and cared for. They divided themselves
into committees, each one taking par
ticular work to itself and attending to
that. The farms about the village have
caught the impetus and are cutting
away the weeds from their fence lines
and removing the pigsties from their
front door vistas. The earth is becom-
ing thing of beauty for miles around
where these blessed women live. They
have created public sentiment for bet
ter things.
There is women's Improvement
club in the far south, at Lake Charles,
near New Orleans. Here IS ladies took
on themselves the task Of redeeming
the rural aspects They planted splen-
did live oak trees along driveways;
they placed Towering shrubs along
park walks. Attached to their village,
as there is to most country places, was
an abandoned cemetery, with it's rank
weeds, sunken graves and broken
tombstones, a dank, nightmare spot,
suggestive of suicide and ghost riding.
The women had hard task with that
SoIa tod oil
but they reconstructed the frightful old
place, and they see that it is kept in
order.
They turned their attention to the
schoolhouses. They cleared up the
grounds about them, planted trees and
made the grass grow and taught the
young ones to take pride in having a
beautiful lawn around the building
outside and artistic wall and other
decorations inside. Besides that they
obtained by subscriptions some valua-
BILE books for the public school libra
ries.
It is we'll usually to have men as
members Of these village Improvement
societies, to assist with their expert
cnce and money. But the business
work of the organizations must in
nearly every case be done by women,
because men cannot spare the time for
it.
Whether farm life and village life
shall be made attractive depends on
the country women. If they do what
is in their power, they can so improve
and beautify the landscape as to raise
the price of real estate in their neigh
borhoods What is more, they can pre-
vent to some extent the deplorable ex-
odus Of young people from the country
to the cities. JANE STORY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

COLLEGE literary and debating So
cieties, in order to supply the unusual
1y voracious nature of their intelfects,
have to invent questions for their dis
putation. Among the latest is this:
sis it better to be born a fool than a
drunkard?" We are inclined to the
opinion that the drunkard would have
the best of it, for there is some hope
for him, but for the other fellow there
is none. The question reminds us Of
the story of legal light once famous
in the vicinity of Kenosha, who hav-
ing INDUCED robust appetite for the
flowing bowl, was charged with being
drunk, in court, by his opposing attor-
ney. He replied that he was drunk,
but that he would get over it, while
the other fellow was a d fool and
would never get over it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

IF the Republican party in the State
IF Wisconsin were composed of men
who were in the habit of having their
thinking done for them by few privi-
legged and exalted personages, it would
be very probable that split in the
ranks would occur in the near future.
But fortunately for the welfare of the
party and the State such is not the
case. The sc. called leaders and would
be dictators may be allowed to "strut
and fret their hour upon the stage" and
then step off into more becoming OBJ
security without having left any very
considerable impress upon the body
polite. The Republican party is not
housed IN Madison nor is it continual
1y mixing up in State affairs. In
fact, the Republican party is scattered
throughout the State and is SO busy
growing its corn and attending to its
varied business that it has little time
to listen to the nominations of the
medicine man. However it has its
weather eye open, and although it
does not know great deal about all
the little fracases, it is not allowing
any pygmy to lead it, like the blind
giant, into painless ways and tangles.
For this is case, as the proverb we'll
says, when the tail wags the dog and
the cart drives the horse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

among them being tables holding all
sorts of things for the benefit Of the
smokers.
AS everybody is on the wing now or
soon to be l will end this letter by tell
ing of a most excellent and sensible
travelling cloak. This can be made of
black taffeta silk, of poplinette or of
serviceable mohair. No lining is neces-
sary. The one in the illustration is Of
black taffeta and has a trimming made
of ribbed mohair braid, with couple
of fancy steel and jet buttons at the
bust. In the back the garment hangs
loosely and has two rows of the braid
down the center. This braid is the
lightest made and the only kind suit
able for taffeta. It is also suitable for
mohair, which resembles silk so close
". The sleeves are loose, as they
should be for a dust and travelling
cloak. They are lined with plaid silk.
HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
M'MURPHY'S FLATS.
SEVERAL OF THE TENANTS ENGAGE
IN A LIVELY BATTLE.

The Janitor Tells the Grocer How
Mrs. O'SulIivan, Mrs. TOrringte1
and the Countess Divito Settled q
Dispute With Honors Even.
[Copyright, 1901, by G. B. J4ewis.l
The janitor of McMurphy's flats, ac-
companied by his asthma, looked bro
ken hearted as he entered the German
grocery, and he was sorrowfully re-
gardfng the sign of ''Two of These Fer
Nickel" when the grocer finished sell
ing dozen clothespins to lame wo-
man and approached and queried:
"Vhell, Mr.. Sprocket how she vhas
noww
my asthma? I'm still chuck full of
1t, but I'm not complaining. 1t saved
me from carrying in ton of coal yes
terday, and it's a tiptop good excuse
for not keeping the halls clean. Yeu
can't ask janitor who is wind broken
to peril his life, can. you, Mr.. Wasser-
MANI"
II don't pellet so. If we don't haf
some wind, we vhas no good. Und
how vhas dose tenants nit der hat?"
| They'll be the death of me in an
other week. You know l was telling
you about the last three families to
move in-the Irishman, the dago and
the colored man? Well, they are still
making it rocky for each other, and
shouldn't be bit surprised to go home
now and find three or four corpses ly-
ing around loose. McMurphy came
around last night and took a look at
the goats, chickens, pigs, push carts
and children in the halls, and what Go
you think he said to meW
"He shumps oop und down und
sWears," yentured the grocer.
Nothing of the sort. He smiled anu
rubbed his hands and said that If he
| had at last succeeded in creating happy
| homes for three or four families he
was prouder than the jawbone Of al
ass. | told him of the rows and rue
lions, but he said that life was only u
span and to let 'em enjoy themselves
while they could. Mrs. Timothy O'Sul-
livan and Mrs. Gawge de Koven Tor
rington laid down the law to me the
first day they moved in, but Mrs
Divito waited till the next morning
Then, after some one had dropped a
washboard on her head from the upper
hall, she rung 40 bells for me and got
me up to the second floor. She was
pacing up and down the hall with hel
arms folded and her nose to the cell
ing, and she called out to me:
| "'TanitOr lOOka at meY
m a-looking,' said l.
"'Behold de Countess Divito an falla
on your knees!
"T'm not on the kneel,' said I, but
I'll take off my hat and say howdy dc
and ask what's on your mind
81 reech womans; I great ladee,' she
went on as she kept up the promenade
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

ACCORDING to the reports in the Mil
waukee Sentinel, the Primary Elec-
ton law in the State of Minnesota,
and particularly in the city of Mime
apolis, is failure. The machine has
a closer hold than ever and the city is
simply dominated by the boss. If this
proves the case it is not likely that the
people of this State will regret that they
have allowed the Gopher State to do
the pioneering in this line of reform
legislation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

An ounce Of diplomacy is worth a
pound of blunder.
Speech is silver, silence is golden
and cheek is brass.
A wise man never questions the
private age of q woman.
If time is money, police judges are
the most charitable Of men.
A mans true character crops out
when he is dealing in trifes.
The early cucumber takes fall olt
of a man after he gets it down.
The race is not always to the swift.
The fastest colors are those that won't
run.
Some men call women angels-but
then you can't believe word some
men say.
Be sure you are right-then sit
down and enjoy the fruit of your
Judgment.
Medicine should be taken at regu-
lar intervals, but hints may be taken
at any time.
Says a rural editor: "a smart man
is never a success as a fisherman. We
have tried it ourselves. "-Chicag
Daily News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
USEFUL
CLUBS
FOR
WOMEN

-. nHE members of the clubs
have in mind never
quarrel, so far as they
have been heard from,
KH7YNSN5NNg and they are almost the
ESSsSS0E only clllbWomen of whom
this can he said. The
reason is they are working for the
helping Of their fellow citizens and the
identifying and improving of the To-
calities in which they live and not to
get themselves elected presidents.
The clubs | mean are the rural i'm
provement societies among women. The
old style rustic village and railway sta
ton were b1isters on the face of the
earth. The horror of them comes over
me now as | sit and write this. l see
still the piles of ashes, the foul rem
nants of the tobacco habit, the DESC
late, weed grown grounds, the vacant
lots covered with things unSpeakable.
1t was a credit to the young women
and men of such a town that they got
away from it as soon as they could.
In that old style town children ran riot,
and brutal drivers beat horses at will.
These are the things the WOmen's
village Improvement societies are
changing. Let US take one, as an ex-
ample, in an eastern state. Here are
some Of the things that club has done:
1t has brought about that vacant lots
are no longer to be used as dumping
grounds for rubbish and disease breed
ing debris. 1t has made the railway
station in particular as clean and pref
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
Could BE Done.

"You wish to sit for a dozen front
view photographs, you say?
"Oi do. An, sayw
"Well"
"Can't yez fix the pictures some way
so the "trip in the back of me coat
won't show w-Indianapolis Sun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
LsEnfanf Terrible.

"Well, Ethel" said the caller, what
are you to do when you get big like
your mammaY
"Oh," replied Ethel, 81 suppose I'll
have to put my teeth in a. glass of wa
ter and paint my face toow-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
For His Good.

4 New York household has been
Professionally ruled for years by
sable cook who rejoices in the name
of Rosa One day, not long ago, this
important person sailed into the pres
ence of her nominal mistress.
"I'm gwine to marry dat trffing
Pomp Leone, fo' his own good, tomor-
row ebening," she said, land l 'cided
you might nachell like TO know bout
it the day befo' missy"
so Rosa," said the lady, show can
I spare you now, with all the COM
pany we are to have next weekY
''Spare me, missy?" repeated Rosa.
81 amt said muffin bout you sparing
me, chile. De ceremonies and bands
is gwine to be Pronounced at Z
o'clock, and Pomp, he's gwine to start
off on his honeymoon on de 10 O'Clock
train.
Hes got a heap O. relations out
west, and so hab l, and he's gwine
to see 'em all. And when he's done go
troo wild dem relations, rs got some
plans for him down souf," concluded
Rosa, darkly.
Hes been in kind O. dubersome
company lately, missy, and de best
/ could do was to marry him right
now. But sakes alibe. chile! Rosa
ain't got no notion OLD leabing you.
Wat put sech an idea as dat in yo
little head, honey"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
HOW Our Friends Crowd Us.

'"That's mean"
'What's the matter?
''Mayme's going to get married, and
I haven't paid for her graduating pres
ent yet."-Detroit Free Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

"T like women" said a clear headed
man of the world, "they are so finish.
ed" They finish society, manners, Ian
guage. Form and ceremony are their
realm. They embellish trifes.-7Emer-
son.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

WELL, Senators Til1man and Nc
Laurin must both stay out their terms
in the United States Senate. What
blow!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
The
III IS
NEW !;
WOMAN !;
BY Eliza Archard
Copper. !

JST now Mrs. Ann Ham
ilton is struggling to
fathom the meaning, if
not the meanness, of life.
She was a widow when
she married Hamilton,
he a bachelor. She was
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
o . q

Fashionable ladies burn sandalwood
in their rooms to drive away mosqui-
toes The pennyroyal our great-grand-
mothers burned for the same purpose
is quite as effective, smells nearly as
good and costs next to nothing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06
R u D

A certain woman in Fayette, Mo-, is
100 years old, and she has never been
on a railway car, though trains pass
her town daily. She is afraid of them.
Is it worth while to live a century if
one does not know any more than that
at the end?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

When a misery old curmudgeon who
never let's his wife have cent of her
own falls into a we'll and the wife lets
down the bucket to him and draws him
up in safety, she deserves great credit,
does she not?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

In all the years women have had suf-
frage in Colorado only one fraudulent
voter has ever been found among them.
Probably opponents would say women
have not sense enough to cheat in vot-
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-06

There is in London an actresses fenc-
ing club which is exceedingly well pat
ronized and which is doing wonders for
it's members in the way of adding to
their strength and gracefulness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
MENzEL BOUND OVER.

John Wenzel, who was arrested ir New London last Sunday by Detec- tive Beebe of that city for the alleged passing of worthless check, was bound over to the superior court Mon day in the police court in New London upder $500 bonds. If he secures the bonds and leaves the police custody hefwill probably be at once re-arrested on a warrant which Detective McGrath of this city took to New London Mon day.
 A local officer went to New London yesterday afternoon with two of the victims who. 1t is thought by the New Haven authorities were defrauded by the man now held
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
CHARLES H. WEBB SUED.

Before Judge Wheeler yesterday the suit of Sussman Goldreyer vs. Charles H. Webb, the real estate dealer, isl on trial. The suit is for $1,000 Goldreyer claims that MT. Webb allowed Theodore s. Woolsey to foreclose on his property at the corner of Cedar street and Con- gress avenue and promised that he should have back $1,00O, which he nev- CT received MT, Webb claims that Goldreyer promised to pay him S1,O00 if he would take charge of his property, and that Godreyer never paid him. He has suit against Goldreyer for this amount on this claim.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
MIST. STAY IN JAIL.

In the matter of the application of Louis Gimond to take the poor debtor S oath Judge Roraback has handed down memorandum in connection with the writ of prohibition in which he re- strains County Commissioner Munson and Justice of the Peace John R. Booth from adminlstrating the oath now pending before them.
 Gilmond may again apply to a justice of the peace and the Builders Supply company can appeal to judge. where as if the writ of prohibition had not been allowed and the poor debtors oath administered, the Builders Supply com pany could not appeal.
 Gilmond was Q builder and is indebt- ed to the Builders Supply company to the extent of about $500.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
CITY COURT CASES.

The case oe Mrs. Annie Sennett, charged with keeping house of ill fame. was before the city court yester- day, but was again continued this time March 2e being set as the date for the trial.
 Giuseppe Menecheno, charged with the non-support of his motherless baby girl, lad his case continued until next Tuesday on his promise to amply pro- vide for his child.
 Nicholas Miller. Frenehman, charg- ed with the non-Support of his wife,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
FUNERAL OF HERMAN scHoLz.

The funeral of Herman Scholz was held yesterday afternoon at o'clock from his late residence, 159 Rosette street, and it was largely attended. The services were econducted by the Rev. MT Timm, pastor of the German Luth- eran church, and at the grave the diff ferent lodges had charge of the services. The lodges represented were the Red Men. Court Herman. Foresters, and I. o. O. F. The floral tributes were many and beautiful The interment was in Mapledale cemetery, and the funeral arrangements were in charge of Stahl & Son.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
WEST HAVEN FIRE

Yesterday Morning in the Barn of Mrs.
 Mary Lynch. There was slight fire in the barn belonging to Mrs. Mary Lynch, of Ma pie street, West Haven, yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock
 Harry Smith. an employe of C. w. Warner. came to the house for an or der, and while Mrs. Lynch was giving 1t he exclaimed that the barn was on fire. The fire was extinguished before the barn was destroyed.
 The fire caught from stove which Mrs. Lynch was using in the barn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
ISLANDER SUIT GOES OVER

The S10000 islander suit of Mrs. Nel- lie Cowell of this city, vs. Sidney H. Smith, a New Milford saloonkeeper, was put to the foot of the list for the week in the superior court before Judge G. W. Wheeler, yesterday.
 There was a re2or- that the matter was to be settled, but this could not be confirmed
 Smith charged the woman with hav- ing stolen q diamond pin from him while in his saloon at New Milford Inst summer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
A SHOT GUN CASE.

The shotgun case of John Libben vs. the Winchester Repeating Arms com pany, was on yesterday in the superior court. and some interesting evidence was heard. It will go on again to-day. It is expected 10 cone to an end this week.
 At o'clock yesterday afternoon a re- plevin case os Albert Goodman vs Philip Goodhart went on trial before Judge Hubbard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
JOHN T. SHEA FAILS.

John Y. Shea, a grocer doing business at 14S Newhall street, filed petition in bankruptcy in the United States court yesterday morning through Attorney Louis E. Jacobs. His assets are placed at about $9,000. consisting of one-half interest in three pieces of property, stock in his store. book accounts and horses and wagons. His liabilities are $4,20O Among the creditors are Konold & Son, Bennett & Sloan, and James D. Dewell & Go. Sheas store has been at tached several times within a few weeks.
 The examination of F. E. Smedley which was to have been taken up be- fore Referee Newton yesterday morn- ing was continued until next Friday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock, Several creditors object to his discharge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
TO START FOR AFRICA AGAIN TO

Herbert c. Withey, who has been spending a few days at the home of J. E. Goodwin on Blatchley avenue, re- turns to New York to-day He, with other missionaries, are booked to sail by steamer Oceanica March 27 for Liv- e1pool From thence they will proceed to their field of labor in Angola, Africa MT. Withey went to Africa in 1884 and this has been his first home coming in sixteen years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
T. LIE GRAND CANNON.

J. Le Grand Cannon, town treasurer for Westport, Conn, for many years, died there on Saturday. He was eeven- ty-three ydars old, and was native of Norwalk, Conn. After the discovery of gold in California, in 1S49, he made the trip there by sailing vessel from New York by way of Cape Horn, to San Francisco. He was a leading drug gist, and a member of Temple lodge, No. 65, F. and A. M
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS

The Charge Against Colored Man Ar
 rested Last Night. Patrolman O'Brien last night arrested on Union street a colored man named James Price on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. Price was threat ening to shoot people on the street when the policeman arrested him, and found on his person Q loaded revolver. He was locked up at police headquarters and will go before the city court this morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
THE MASTERS REPORT

An opinion has been filed fin the Unit cd States circuit court by Judge Town send. accepting the report of F. E. Marvin as master in chancery in the case of George A. Kinner against George A. Shepard, and others of Dan bury in an accounting for damages all lowed in case of infringement os a patent right on hat bri,n wires.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
AGAINST JAMES. A KEEFE

Two suits filed yesterday morning in the city court have as defendant in each James A. Keefe. The plaintiff in the first suit is Strong, Barnes, Hart & Co, and the damage asked on common counts is $500 The plaintiff in the sec- ond case is Stoddard, Gilbert & Co.,, and the damages asked on the same ground is $900.