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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
TOR wounds From Rusty Nails.

Very often we read or hear of some
one who has met with the accident of
having Il rusty nail thrust into his foot
or hand, which frequently causes lock-
jaw. a writer supplies the following
simple remedy, vCuching for it's eff
cacy, and certainly it might be tested
without much trouble and no danger.
1t is simply to smoke thoroughly
any bruise or wound that is in1amed
with burning wo0len cloth. It is said
that twenty minutes in the smoke viii
take the pain out OF the worst case OF
Inflammation arising from such a
wound.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
THE SNIPE.
Mcch Lead Is Wasted on the Artful
OAGc saf iCr rirran

DOGSer at Migration Time.
Ihe snipe. properly Wilson's snipe
Galhnago delicata. but commonly
known as English snipe and wrong
fully called half dozen other names,
is a widely distributed species. 1t Wis
IFS every state at some season. Its
northWard migration extends within
the arctic circle, while it is known to go
southWard to northern South America
ana the West Indies. Comparatively
rev Of the birds which move north
ward from February until May breed
south of the international line 1t is
quite true there are breeding grounds
at various points of the northern states,
out the great breeding range extends
from latitude ~ degrees north to some
undetermined point much nearer the
pole than most spOrtsmen will venture.
Some time in September the first
southbound birds pass below the Cana
dian grounds, and soon most of the
suitable marshy bits Of east and west
have their share of long billed prizes.
Then begins an astonishing attack
which extends from ocean to ocean and
generally sweeps southwark from Can
ada to California. Probably tons of
lead, half of which is wasted, are fired
at the artful dodger.-Edwyn Sandys
in Outing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
ELEPHANTS S.
Few Grow Nine Feet High, the Ma
jority Being Under Eight Feet.


The average term of an elephants
life although there is 10 precise in
formation on the point, is seventy or
eighty years. The elephant is not in
full vigor and strength till thirty-tiye.
The most ready way Of forming an ap-
proximate idea Of the age is by the
amount Of turn over Of the upper edge
Of the ear. In young animals, some
times up to the age of eight or nine
years, the edge is quite straight. 1t,
however, then begins to turn over, and
by the time the animal is thirty the
edges lap over to the extent Of an inch,
and between this age and sixty this
increases to two inches OF slightly
more Extravagant ideas are held as
to the height Of an elephant. Such a
thing as an elephant measuring ten
feet at the shoulder does not exist in
India or Burma. Sanderson, who is adj
mitted to be the best authority on the
subject, says the largest male he ever
met with measured 8 feet 10 inches
and the talleSt female feet inches.
The majority of elephants, however,
are below eight feet, and an animal
rarely reaches nine feet, the female
being slightly shorter than the male.
The carcass of an elephant feet inch
es tall weighed in portions gave total
weight of 5000 pounds, so an elephant
weighing two tons should be common
enough. The skin was about three
fourths of an inch thick.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
THE CANNiE.,L TREE.
. Wonderful Plant Found I'm the
Forests OF Australia.

Forests OF Australia.
One of the most wonderful forest
trees il the world is the "cannibal
tree of Australia, which grows up III
the shape Of huge pineapple and sell
dom attainS height Of more than
eleven feet. 1t las Il series Of broad,
LCardlike leaves, growing III Il fringe
ut the apex, which reminds one Of
ssgGntic Central American agaye.
When standing erect, these broad,
thick leaves hiGe q curious looking ar
Engagement, which appears to perform
the same functions IS those OF the
pistils III flowers. Naturally these
boardlke leaves. which are from ten
to twelve feet long in the smaller
specimens and from fifteen to twenty
il the larger, hang to the ground and
are strong enough to bear a mans
weight.
In old aboriginal times in the anti
pOGean WildS the natives WOrshiped
the cannibal tree under the name Of
the devil tree" the chief part of the
ceremony consisting Of driving one of
their number UP the leaves Of the tree
to the apex. The instant the victim
would touch the SO called "pistils" of
the monster the leaves would instantly
fly together like q trap. squeezing the
life out Of the Intruder. Early travel
crs declared that tho tree held it's vic
tim until every particle of flesh dis
appeared. On this account it is called
the "canniEal tree"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
FLIGHT OF THE SNiPE.
lss Dodging Comes From the Ances-
trail Method of Avoiding Foes.

trail Method of Avoiding Foes.
The fight Of the snipe is swift, vigor-
Gus and usually for the first few yards
erratic. The bird gets under way
smartly, and as a usual thing goes bor-
ing up wind in a style rather sug
gestive of feathered corkscrew. A
series Of electrical zigzags get him to
top speed whereupon his progress
steadies a bit and he darts away in
something more like straight line. AS
q general rule flushed bird springs
few feet into the air, hangs for the
fraction of a second, then begins to
twist and dodge as though the Old Boy
was at his tail. 1t would be very in
teresting could we discover the original
cause Of the lodging. Possibly some
ancient foe, now long extinct, was best
baff1ed by that mode of fight, for
there usually is some such explanation
for peculiar actions by wild things.
Because the fight happens to be puz-
Zling to a gunner is no guarantee that
the bird lodges for that purpose-such
an explanation would imply a deal
more intelligence than the entire tribe
of snipe are possessed Of Snipe, of
course, lodged on the wing long prior
to the appearance of firearms, and it
is extremely unlikely that the cratic
fight has anything in the nature of
protective tactics against the devices of
human foes.-Edwyn Sandys in Out
ing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
Served Kim Right.

YES" said the sad looking chap, 81
was a gay burglar once, but an acct
dent put an end to my career. You
see, was humorous chap too"
''You look it," said the wise guy I'M
der his breath.
Il got into an art gallery one day by
telling the janitor that l was a picture
taker. took lot Of them, too among
which was one of Plugugly, the cham
pion prizefghter of 1915"
Did they catch you?" asked the
wise guy.
NO." replied the sad looking man.
'Plugugly's portrait was next to my
solar plexus, and L had to drop them
all. It was such a striking likeness"
Of course it was to be expected that
the sad looking man should get the
worst of the fight that followed-Cin,
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
He Had. Not.

At one Of the public receptions at
the White House during the second
Cleveland administration Mr.. Samuel
Clemens Mark Twain) was presented
to Mrs. Cleveland. On shaking hands
with her he gave her a card, asking
simply, 'Will you please sign that?"
Mrs. Cleveland glanced at the card
to find nothing but the words HE has
not written across it. She looked in
amused perpleXity to Mr.. Clemens for
something further, when the latter ex-
planned:
my wife said if l came here would
be sure to come with my goloshes on;
but 1 haven't, have l? So wish you
would sign that for me to give her."
Mrs. Cleveland looked down at his
feet and then laughingly wrote her
name on the card.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07

Don't forget the old man
with the fish on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been travelling around the
world, and is still travelling,
bringing health and comfort
wherever he goes.
To the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
he SO much needs.
To all weak and sickly
children he gives rich and
strengthening food.
To thin and pale persons
he gives new firm flesh and
rich red blood.
Children who first saw the
old nan with the fish are now
grown up and have children
of their own.
He stands for SCOTS Emul-
sion of. pure cod liver ola
delightful food and a natural
tonic for children, for old folks
and for all who need flesh and
strength.
SCOTT g. BOVINE, Chemists,
4O9-415 Pearl Street, New York.
SOC. and S1.OO; all druggists.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07

Il hate to be contradicted," she said.
'Then l won't contradict YOU" he
returned.
''You don't love me-" she asserted.
Il DON'T he admitted.
'You are hateful thingr' she cried.
81 am," he replied.
Il believe you're trying to tease me-
she said.
Il am" he conceded.
''And that you do love me-"
Il do"
For a moment she was silent.
WELL" she said at last, 81 do hate a
man who is weak enough to be led by a
woman. He ought to have a mind of
his own-and strength
) He sighed. What else could he do?-
Chicago Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
SuYe tn Follow.

"Hello, central"' called the man at
the phone. "Give me the gas office"
Yes. sir" replied the operator, "but
must warn you in advance that we
cannot tolerate any bad language over
the wire."-Spare Moments.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
Cutting the Counselor Short.

''Do you give me credit for wis
dom?" asked the judge
Certainly replied the lawyer who
had just started on a long winded and
wearying argument.
''WeA, just remember" said the
judge, that word to the wise is suf-
ficient. Chicago Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
Took No Chances.

Yes, Stree" exclaimed the Doodle
politician. II claim that, despite what
people say against me, have never in
my life taken a penny Of dishonest
money"
We hold our breath
Because it is my inyariable rule"
he continued. ito bite all coin and
make sure it's good before I deliver
Baltimore News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07
Two Points of Difference

The difference between the COW and
the milkman," said the gentleman with
a rare memory for jests. sis that the
COW gives pure milk
There is another difference retort-
ed the milkman. "The cow doesn't give
credit
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-11-07

For every self made man in the world
there are ten who are self unmade.-
Chicago News.
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veil. and stood there, sparkling beneath

the light.
you know WELL she said hoarsely I'm,
til the tragedy. From that moment Ralph
you changed. You are not the same to me
as formerly. I feel-I feel" she confessed
covering her face with her hands and sob.
bling bitterly. Il feel that have lost you :
Lost me! I don't understand I said
feigning not to comprehend her.
Il feel as though you no longer held me
in esteem, she faltered through her tears
Something tells me- Ralph, that-that your
love for me has vanished never to return. "
With a sudden movement she raised her
veil, and l saw how white and anxious was
her fair countenance. l could not bring
myself to believe that such perfect face
could conceal a heart blackened by the
crime of murder. But alas, all we men
are weak where pretty woman is con-
cerned. After all, it is feminine wiles and
feminine graces that rule the world. Man
is but poor mortal at best, easily moved
to sympathy by a woman's tears, and as
easily misled by the touch of a soft hand
or passionate caress upon the lips. Di-
plomacy is Unborn in woman, and although
every woman is not an adventures, yet
one and all are clever actresses when the
game of love is being played.
The thought of that letter had read and
destroyed again required to me. Yes, she
had concealed her Secret-the secret of her
attempt to marry Courtenay for his money
And yet II, as seemed so apparent, she had
nursed her hatred, was it not but natural
that she should assume a hostile attitude
toward her Sster-the woman who had
eclipsed her in the old mans affections?
Nevertheless, on the contrary, she was al
ways apologize where Mary was con-
cerned and had always sought to conceal
her shortcomings and domestic infelicity.
1t was that point which so sorely puzzled
why should my love for you become
suddenly eXtinguished?" 1 asked for want
of something other to say.
Il don't know" she faltered. IT cannot
tell why, but / have a distinct distrust of
the future, a feeling that we are drifting
apart.
She spoke the truth. A woman in love Is
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during the day and to get up many times at night
inability to hold your urine smarting irritation
In passing, brick-dust sediment In the urine,
catarrh of the bladder. uric acid, constant head
ache. dizziness. sleeplessness nervousness, rreg.
ular hea-t-beating, rheumatism, bloating irrita.
bilty. WORKOUT feeling, lack of ambition, loss Of
flesh, sallow complexion.
IL your water, when allowed TO remain undis.
turbed in glass bottle for twenty four hours,
forms sediment or settling, has a cloudy ap-
pearance, 1t is evidence that your kidneys and
bladder need immediate attention
In taking Swamp Root you afford natural help to
Nature, for Swamp-Root is the perfect healer
and gentle aid to the kidneys that is known to
medical science
swamp Root Is the great discovery Of DR.. Kilmer
the eminent kidney and bladder specialist. Hos
pitfalls use 1t with wonderful in both slight
and severe Doctors recommend IT to their
patients and use 1t In their families because
they recognize in Swamp Root the greatest and
most successful remedy.
II you have the slightest symptoms OF kidney
bladder trouble, If there is a trace Of II In
your family history, send at once to DIR. Kimer d
Co., Binghamton N Y, who will gladly send you
free by mail. Immediately, without cost to you,
a sample bottle of Swamp Root and book of
wonderful Swamp-Root testimonials. Be sure to
say that You read this generous offer in The Wash.
ington Daily Star.
II you are already convinced that Swamp Root
is what you need, you purchase the regular
ffty-cent and one-dolar size bottles drug
everywhere. Don't make any mistake. but remem-
Der the name, Swamp Root, DR.. Kimer's swamp
Root, and the address, Binshamton. \. y, on
every bottle.
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Platinum is Precious.
rom the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Platinum today Is worth over SO an
ounce, and the demand for 1t is steadily
increasing. In the manufacture Of certain
scientific instruments and apparatus it Is
Indispensable, and chemists would find
great difficulty in getting along without
vessels of the metal, which endure an extra
ordinarily high temperature without melt
ing. An inch Of platinum wire is required
for each incandescent electric lamp, to lead
to the carbon thread, and X-ray machines
also utilize the substance, certain salts of
which have been discovered to be an i'm
portant aid to the photographer Platinum
was first discovered in South America, and
was brought to Europe in 1875. Nearly 100
years elapsed before it was found in the
Urals whence more than four-fifths of the
worlds supply of the metal is now OBJ
tanned The deposits occur in gravels
which through centuries have been washed
down from the mountains.
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no friend of hers. oOnce or twice of late
he had said in that peevish. snappy voice
of hts: 70
II wonder what that woman, Mrs. Court
enay's sister, is doing? I hear nothing OF
her." ei
1 did not enlightens, him, for had no de-
sire to hear her maligned.t knew the truth
myself sufficiently well
But turning to her. looked straight into
her dark luminous eyes: those eyes, those
eyes that held me always as beneath
spell. saying: 70
HE has proved himself my best friend.
up to the present. 1 have no reason to
doubt him.
"But you will have. 1 warn YOU
I'm what manner, then, is he my enemyf'
She hesitated, as though half-fearful to
respond to my question. Presently she
said:
HE is my enemy-and therefore yours"
''Why is he your enemy?" 1 asked, eager
to clear up a point which had so long puZ-
zled me.
II cannot tell" she responded. zone
sometimes gives offense and makes enemies
without being aware of It,"
The evasion was clever one. Another
illustration of her tactfuI ingenuity.
By dint of careful cross-examination
endeavored to worm from her the secret of
my chiefs antagonism, but she was dumb
to every inquiry. fencing with me in man
ner that would have done credit to police
court solicitor. Though sweet. innocent
and intensely charming, yet there was a
reverse side in its character, strong firm
minded, almost stern In its austerity.
I must here say that our love, once SO
passionate and displayed by fond kisses
and hand-pressing, in the usual manner Of
lovers, had gradually slackened. A kiss on
arrival and another on departure was all
the demonstration of affection that now
passed between us. l doubted her, and
though I strove hard to conceal my true
feelings, I fear that my GOODNESS was ap-
parent, not only to her, but to the Hen
mixers also. She had complained of it
when she called at my rooms, and certainly
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rop>pM:Tfr ioos. by MCCLURE Gaas

a look of intense earnestness that caused
me to wonder. To what could SHE possibly
be referring?
You certainly arouse my curiosity"
said, affecting to laugh. DO you really
think Sir Bernard such very dreadful
person, Them
"Ah, You do not take my words serious
ly :" she remarked. II am warning you,
Ralph for your own benefit. 1t is a pity
you do not heed me-
II do heed you 1 declared. only your
statement is SO strange that it appears al
most Incredible
Incredible it may seem, but one day ere
long you will be convinced that what l say
tonight is the truth"
what do you say?'
. 81 say that Sir Bernard Eyton, the man
in whom you place every confidence, and
whose example great man In his pro-
fesslon you are so studiously following, Is
not your friend"
Nor yours, / suppose"
No, neither is he mine
This admission was at least the truth l
had known it long ago. But what had been
the cause of difference between them was
hidden in deepest mystery. Sir Bernard, as
old Mr.. Courtenays most intimate friend
knew in all probability of his engagement
to her and of its rupture in favor of her
sister Mary. 1t might even be that Sir
Bernard had had a hand in the breaking of
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but it simply goes to work
in the right way-correct-
ing the liver, purifying the
blood and assimilating the
food so that the stomach
takes up its labors with &C
tivity and refreshed powers.
1t fills the arteries with the
pure, rich, red blood of
health. 1t tears down, and
carries off old, inert and
half dead tissues and re-
places them by new. 1t
builds firm, healthy flesh.
1t makes the muscles strong
and elastic and steadies and
tones the nerves. 1t cures
debility and weakness of
every description"
w. Walter McGloshen, of
ReinbecA, Iowa, writes: II
took only four bottles of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and two walls of his
Pleasant Pellets and these
remedies did me a world of
good. I am thankful for your
kind advice and praise the medi-
cines highly. Will recommend
DIR. Pierce's medicines to all my
friends as the best medicines
ever made for the troubles for
which they are recommended.
There is nothing equal to them
for stomach troubles"
c. P. Spencer, of Plano, Okla,
wrote: III can hardly express
my thanks for the benefit have
received from taking DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets. They work
ed like a charm in my case.
Am in better health now than
for some time, and will not fail
to'recommend your medicines to
my suffering friends. 1 hope
you will receive my thanks for
the good your medicine has
done me-"
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Have You Uric Acid, Rheumatism or
Bladder Trouble?

Pain or dull ache in the back is unmistakable
evidence Of kidney trouble 1t is Natures timely
warning to show you that the track of health is
not clear.
II these danger signals UNDECIDED more seri-
results to follow; Brght's disease,
which is the worst form of kidney trouble, may
steal upon you.
The mild and the extraordinary effect Of the
world-famous kidney and bladder remedy, DR.. Kill
mers Swamp-Root is soon realized 1t stands the
highest for its wonderful of the most dis
tressing trial will convince any one-and
you may have a sample bottle free, by mail.
Backache, Uric Acid and Urinary
Trouble.
Among the many famous cures of Swamp Root
investigated by The Star the publish
today for the benefit of readers speaks in the
highest terms Of the wonderful curative properties
of this great kidney remedy.
DIR. KHMER & CO., Binghamton, n. Y.
Gentlamen:-When wrote you last March for
sample bottle of swamp Root, my wife was a
great sufferer from baekache, rheumatism and
urinary trouble. also of uric acid. After
trying The sample bottle, she bought large bot
tie here at the drug store That did her so much
good she bought more. The effect of Swamp-Root
wonderful and almost immediate. She has
felt no return of the old trouble since.
Oct, 1901. +. THOMAS,
427 Best St, Buffalo, y. Y.
Lame back is only one symptom of kidney trouble
-one of many. Other symptoms showing that you
need swamp-Root are, Obliged to pass water often
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persist. Bitters and alco-
holic medicines are poor
means for stimulating the
stomach to perform a larger
share of work than it
O ug hit. The effect on
the stomach is like the
spur to the weary horse
it weakens him and shortens
his life. A rational treat
ment," continued the doctor,
us moderate eating of whole
some foods, and only those
which the person likes.
Occasionally, say once a
week, a dinner pill should
be taken which should be
entirely of vegetable ingre-
dents = like DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets = that will
not purge, but act gently on
the liver, stomach and bow
els. To my mind the main
dependence for curing per-
manently the Indigestion
which has become chronic
the heartburn, the sour
eructations, the worst cases
of dyspepsia - is that al
terative extract made from
medicinal herbs that Doctor
Pierce calls his Golden
Medical Discovery for it
contains no alcohol to over
stimulate the stomach,
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Epiphany.

There Is nothing that my heart so much
AS the wind that blows from the purple hills;
IT'S hand of balsam whose healing touch
Unburdens my bosom of ills.
There Is nothing that causes my soul to rejoice
Like the sunset flaming without flaw:
IT'S burning bush whence Gods voice
Addresses my spirit with
There is nothing that hallows my mind. meseens,
Like the night with its moon and its stars above;
TITS mystical lily whose golden CLEANS
Fulfill my being with love.
There is nothing. no, nothing, and feel.
That speaks to our souls some beautiful thought,
That was not cre;Ited to help US, and heal
Our lives that are overwrought.
MADISON CAWEIN.
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uick of perception, and no feigned affec-
ION on the mans part can ever blind her
1 saw that she read my heart like an open
book, and at once strove TO reassure her,
trying to bring myself to believe that
mad misjudged her.
mo, no, dearest" l said rising with a
hollow pretense of caressing her tears
away. You are nervous and upset by the
tragedy. Try and forget it ALL"
Forget she echoed in a hard voice,
her eyes cast down despondently. Forget
that night! All, no, l can never forget it
naYerr'
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tn that standard family doctor book,
The Common Sense Medical 4drse,-,
a book Of 1000 pages. For cloM-bound
copy send 81 cents in one-6ent stamps,
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