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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
First publication May 2, 1902.
CTATE OF WISCONSIN.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN.
~ COUNTY COURT FOR ROCK COUNTY.
In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the county court to be held in and for said
county at the Court House in the city of James
VILE in said county. on the first Tuesday be-
ing the third day of June, 1902, at nine o'clock
a. M, the following matter will be heard and
considered:
The application of William Willie as the ad-
ministrator of the estate of John Horton, de-
ceased, with the will annexed for the settle
ment and allowance of the accounts of George
Lackner, deceased, who was at the time of his
death the special administrator of said estate
and who died leaving his accounts as such
special administrator unsettled, and for an or
der turning the residue of said estate over to
said administrator with said will annexed.
Dated April 28th, 1902.
By the court
J. W. SALE,
E. D. MCGOWAN. County Judge.
Atty. for Adm, GAINESVILLE, Wis. 2lw3
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
a Card

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 80 cent bottle.
of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar If it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
COLLINS PHARMACY,
Albion, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
Ask For Aliens Foot Ease

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
rests the feet Cures corns, bunions.
improving nalls, swollen and sweating
feet At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Sample free. Address Allen S.
Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
Smart Child.

"Yon never saw my hands as dirty as
YOURS" said a mother to her little girl.
'.No, but grandmother did," was the
reply-MotAerhood
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
killed by a Passenger Train.

Brazil, Ind, April 29-John Toner
of the Hall Milling company, owners of
a fine FIGURING, mill here, was instant
ly killed by a west-bound passenger
train On the Vandalia.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02

Make other people believe you are
great and it doesn't make any difference
whether you can make yourself believe
II or not
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
Beware of Cough

You cannot make a man with words
or woman with dress.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02

1t is not so much what man is
worth rs it is what he can make his en-
ployers think he amounts to that regu-
lates salaries.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
SENATOR AND CONDUCTOR
Have Little Argument Over the Matter
of Paying Fare-Statesman
Draws Knife.

Washington, April Ex-senator
Money, of Mississippi, got ON the
wrong car yesterday and in some man.
ner failed to get a transfer to the car
he wanted when he reached the pro-
per point. He went on, however, to
the car and got aboard. When the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02

Man was made for women; women
for children; children to begin the game
over again.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
Good Advice


The most miserable beings in the world
are those suffering from Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint. More than seventy
States are afflicted with these two di-
Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Co.'S
tiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart.
burn, Water braeh, Gnawing and Burn
ing Pains at the Pit Of the Stomach,
Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue and Disa-
greeable Taste 10 the Mouth, Coming up
of Food after Eating, Low Spirits. etc.
Go to EEL. J. Stangl's and get bottle OF
August Flower for rs cents. Two doses
will relieve you. Try it. Get Green's
Prize Almanac.
Riliousnpss is a condition charactiriz-
ed by disturbance of the digestive or
CANS. The stomach is debilitated, the
liver torpid. the bowels constipated.
There is loathing of food, pains in the
bowels, dizziness, coated tongue and
vomiting, first of the undigested or part
lv digested food and then CT bile. Cham
berlain;s Stomach anil Liver Tablets
allay the disturbances of the stomach
and create a healthy appetite. They also
tone up the liver to healthy action and
regulate the bowels. Try them and you
are certain to be much pleased with the
result. For sale by Perry & Doty.
To THE DEAF.-A rich lady cured
of her deafness and noises in the head
by DIR. Nicholson's artificial ear drums,
gave $4,000 to his Institute so that deaf
people unable to procure the ear drums
may have them free. Address, The
Nicholson Institute, 780 Eighth Avenue.
New York.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
Mother! Mothers!

-Eisery is the absence of hope as hap
piness is it's presence.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02
Men are like TREAS. the straieht a

Men are like trees, the straight and
upright ones are not the most pictures
que, but they change the least with time.
A Sprained Ankle Quickly Cured
cat one time I suffered from a severe
sprain of the ankle" says Geo. E. Gary,
editor of the Guide, Washington, Va
"After using several we'll recommended
medicines without success, [ tried Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, and am pleased to
say that relief came as soon as [ began
it's use and complete cure speedily fol-
lowed. This remedy has also been used
in my family for frost bitten feet with
the best results. I cheerfully recon-
mend it's use to all who may need first
class liniment" Sold by Perry & Doty.
Ambition is but another name for
hapnipess work and 6isaDpOinfment
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02

Thrift is not learned by text books,
but through observation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-02

Ambition is but another name for
happiness, work and disappointment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-05
THE NEW DINNER COAT.

it was actually rotundl Every one ad-
mired Brushington. He has really a
handsome face, and the clothes became
him well Fiji smiled upon him, to the
exclusion of Jack Bentley and another
fellow. who had been having things
pretty much their own way.
They withdrew aud consulted. This
state of things would never do. Be
sides. what on earth did Brushington
mean by looking so athletic all of a
sudden-he who had always looked such
a. living skeleton in gym" togs2 They
resolved to find out. Selecting two
small flags from among the favors, they
inserted two long pins into them and
watched their chance. 1t came while
Brushington was conversing with a
friend in a corner of the ballroom. Jack
stopped and ran the pins straight into
the calf of his leg. Instead of jumping
up to the ceiling with pain. Brushing
ton went on laughing and talking, alb
solutely unconscious of their presence.
In q moment he claimed his partner and
went Waiting down the room. Perched
at a jaunty angle in the calves of his
legs We're the two pins, from which
waved gayly the two little flags.
A litter of delight ran around the
room Brushington was lost. OF course
every one saw, and, of course. every one
understood.
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A ssFancy, Spring.

TO leave a grewsome subject, have
you noticed what a fancy spring we
are having-in fashions, Of course.
mean? Gowns and hats are worn
which look as if they had slipped out
Of old paintings paintings. too, belong
ing not to one, but to many periods. a
few years ago nothing of the sort would
have been tolerated. There was one
general style. and all women, tail and
short, plump and sylphlike. had to con-
form to it.
Now, thank goodness. dress designers
have come to their senses. Anything
that is pretty and graceful goes. Grace
fulness, however, is essential. What
ever you have, 1T simply must not stick
out in stiff folds and corners; it must
cling and fall into those wonderful lines
of drapery about which artists rave
Said a man recently. The women S
skirts are getting so long and trally
that they give them the effect Of being
wound up in sheets which. after the
fashion Of masculine criticisms. has a
certain element Of truth in It
But what is worrying the general
mass of women just now is whether OF
not the rumor that shirt waists are
doomed is well founded. The average
woman is pretty fond OF her shirt waist.
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- eLYpE.s 80 eoAhAENT

Their letters were unanswered, and
their friends came once apiece and new
err returned again. They met these
friends outside. and they We're perfectly
cordial, but if one of them made an en-
gagement to visit the i'll omened house
it was always sure to be broken either
by illness or some other unexpected
event. Remember, now. that these We're
perfectly charming, well bred women
and that no act Of theirs could have
caused this state Of affairs.
Finally one Of them remarked jesting-
" to a friend, IF believed in hoodoos.
I should say there was one in this
place" To her anazement the friend.
a hard headed business man, answered
Il know there Is"
He had been conscious of the evil in
huenee the minute he entered the
apartment. Inquiry revealed the fact
that the whole building was hOodooed,
had. been from the day it was finished,
and that no one had ever known bit
of luck In the place. The two friends
made up their minds that it was about
time TO leave. and hardly had they come
to that decision when their luck turned
and fortune once more began to smile
upon them.
one OF the sure marks of a hoodoo is
the sound OF mysterious steps, just as
If some ones foot were pressing a
creaking board. These are never heard
twice in the same spot. They appear to
come toward you and reeede. as if some
one were. proving uneasily about They
were continually heard in the apart
ment OF which 1 spoke, and also in an
other hoodoeed house on stuyvesant
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full illustration Of self denying friend
ship.
Cousin Edward was dangerously mag
netic. There were thrills even ia his
snowy handkerchief and his satin lined
overeoat. AIinna felt the mysterious
charm of his presence the moment his
soulful dark eyes rested upon her in
their fun splendor, and she set herself
to please and captivate him after the
manner Of girls who conjure up all their
fascinations for conquest.
She became all nerves and emotion.
She rested her left hand e moment m
der her chin that Cousin Edward might
see how white it was, and then she took
it away and drummed with her fingers
and whiried them about that he might
see how slender her fingers were and
how the rings flashed upon them Per
haps. like a maybe, he might be caught
with glitter. Again. she let one little
foot, incased in its beaded slipper, peep
out, then withdrew it, then thrust il
forth, drew it back, and so on alter
nately.
But her mouth was her great weapon
OF attack. She rolled her blue eyes up
ward a moment, it is true. then winked
them now slowly, now rapidly, display
ing their briiliancy and their long lash
es; but that was small matter. The
mouth Was the thing First she bit tha
under lipS then the upper one, to make
them red. Then she parted them, then
shut them; drew up one corner of her
mouth, let that down and drew up the
other. then she stretched her mouth
toward her ears as hard and wide as
she could; next larruped the tip of her
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assuring herself that the little one was
kept out OF harm 8 way So Edith grew
to girlhood and young womanhood, de-
veloping both mind and body more nat
urally than often fails to the lot OF q
child not reared in the country.
At nine years of age Miss Griswo'd
began her book education in a New
York public school At sixteen she was
graduated from the grammar school
and Immediately entered the normal
college. Her health in childhood was
delicate, and even during the normal
school years she was not strong enough
to study much at home. She says les
sons mostly soaked into" her head
She scarcely knew how, perhaps
through a quick, intuitive perception
Il passed my examinations at the
close of the normal course by the skin
Of my teeth and mathematics she told
a friend.
More Importance was attached to
mathematics than to any other branch
in the course Of study and proficiency in
that doated her through the shadows
elsewhere. She was also attracted DOW
erfulIy to another branch of instruction
in the normal college, and that was the
electrical course It was an excellent
one, and. next to mathematics. the girl
reyeled with delight in that The IN
Outstanding of machinery and the abil-
ity to make with her own hands what
ever she chose came natural to her
The schoolgirl rugged a telephone in her
home from the kitchen up to the back
parlor. A boy friend who knew the
ways Of a wood turning factory made
the handles; she bought some wire and
old electrical apparatus and built her
telephone. Fortunately there was no.
body TO tell her that it was not lady
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and 50 the question is a rather serious
one with her.
"shirty'' shirt Waists Are Doomed.
Shirt waists are doomed-that is. the
*shirtness" of them is You viii not
see the smart girl this summer wearing
stiff striped or checked affair Of
Bingham with stiff collar and equally
stiff cuffs. Instead she viii look both
cool and dainty in soft, tucked blouses
buttOning down the back These
biouses win be made of wash materials,
of course-dimities, muslins and those
exquisite French materials which are
both sheer and strong. Batiste and
pongee will also come in for a good
share of popularity. The prettiest of
these blOuses are trimmed with wash
lace and here and there little touches
Of embroidery. The illustration shows
one of pale blue batiste trimmed in
novel manner with rather wide white
lace. 1t has a deep yoke effect given by
the horizontal direction of the tucks
Elsewhere the tucks are perpendicular
The sleeves flare out in puffs at the
wrist. and the fullness begins under a
little strap of the lace. At the base of
the collar is the inevitable bow of white
tulle which is 50 popular The blouse
fastens down the back with round pearl
buttons.
OF course you may have your blouse
made in a much simpler fashion. but a
few tucks and a bit OF lace are essential
to the "Frenchy'' effect. Speaking gen
orally, the separate waist viii only be
worn for informal occasions. A dress.
no matter how simple, is considered
much more dressy.
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%HE friendship of ATlnna and LoI-
la has been so faithful from the
beginning that the two present
an example of consistency to all
young persons of their sex.
They are so devoted to each other that
Minna has even been known to lend
Lola new silk waist to wear to a par
ty before she herself had ever been
seen out in it. A friendship that Will
make such a sacrifice is worth precious
stones.
Only once since they have known each
other has their affection been subjected
to a strain. and then it nearly broke,
but not quite, though its golden threads
were stretched awfully. Lola has a
young man cousin who is the ideal of a
girls dream-a gorgeous creature with
big eyes, curly hair. patent leather
shoes, red kid gloves and a collar four
inches high. But his noblest ouaiffica-
ton IS perhaps that he is a free pur-
chaser of ice cream for girls and invites
them TO lobster a la Newburg lunch
cons.
Minna had never seen Cousin Ed
ward, but Lola had sung his praises
loftily and often. Being a woman Lola
was natural matchmaker, and It was
also natural that she should wish TO
succeed in making a match between
her gorgeous cousin and her dearest
girl friend.
Cousin Edward came home from a
journey, and Lola FASTENED to intro
duoe him to AIinna. Then she consider
ately left the TWO together and went Up
stairs to entertain Aainna's bedriddan
grandmother. That. too. was q beauti-
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LABlAL cooUETRY WHICH FAILED.

little red tongue up and down between
her teeth; next pursed her mouth into
hundred FUCKERS till it was the shape Gf
a round Q, then suddenly let it fly and
pulled first one corner. then the other,
down by hand. After that she turned
her upper lip inside out. then the lower
one.
Then she began all over again. this
time biting first the upper lip. fol-
lowing with the under one. Not one
half second did she give that blessed
mouth to rest itself.
Cousin Edward meanwhile gazed at
her as il fascinated. She saw It and
redoubied her exertions on her mouth
and lips. Aha! She must be making
an impression.
What did he say about me2" eagerly
asked AGinna when next the girls were
alone.
7 don't think I can tell you just what
he did say. dear" replied Lola. .Any-
way, I was disappointed.
But what did he say2 I insist on
knowing" returned Minna, with deter
mination.
We'll If you must know. he asked
me Il my friend had st. Vitus' dance in
her mouth. Minna, dear. you know you
do keep biting your lips and working
your mouth about and batting and
rolling your eyes whenever you talk TO
man"
.Lorindy Ann MuntersE" exclaimed
adinna This is enough to break our
friendship. and If I wasn't very good
tempered laying great emphasis on
very would too.
JOSEPHINE HUNTER
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An Adonis Undone.

You must hear the story Jack Bentley
told me the other day while he was tax
ing me around in his new automobile
It appears that they had a Du Barry
dance at the Lamberts, and every one
had to wear Louis XIV costumes. Well.
that skinny Paul Brushington, the arr
list. who is crazy about Fiji Lambert,
managed to get himself up most gor-
geously - court sword, satin knee
breeches and all. The knee brooches
and hose were a remarkably close fit
and served to set off beautifully his
very fine dgure-more than hne-why.
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.MlssGriSW0Id. E.!.9!AttOrReT
A TALENTED wohNAN OF AFFAIRS

F$EIE career Of a successful BUSH
ness or professional woman is
always interesting and to the
aspiring and talented of her
own sex, instructive as well.
And when with the professions
al achievement is combined a
charming and beautiful personality.
having for its basis sympathy with and
good will toward every living creature.
then the successful woman becomes,
like Edith Julia GrisWold, doubly inter-
esting.
It was odd that a mere girl, scarcely
more than a child, should select as her
working speciality patent office drawing.
yet as d mechanical craftsman the fu-
ture attorney began What natural gift
or what environment led her in the
first place to choose this field still SO
unusual for one of her sex2
First, she was born with a remark
able talent for mathematics; second,
small attempt seems ever to have been
made to trim her down or lace her up
into the priln conventiOnalities Of fine
'ladyism.
Miss Griswold was born in Windsor,
a beautiful Connecticut village, and her
mother died when she was two years
old. She and her sister had their bring
ing up at the hands of three kindly
aunts When Edith was nine years old,
the sisters left their Aunt Olive in
Windsor and were brought to New
York city and placed in the care OF
their Aunt Candace. At this same time
Aunt candace had besides two or three
orphans or half orphans, the children Of
other relatives to look after. She had
her hands full, and thus perhaps it was
that the child Edith was left largely to
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= fis1~ANtt a~-tN W EEDAASG AtE J .
The Duke of Hamilton on the occa-
sion of his marriage to Miss Poore re-
ceived a magnificent wedding gift sub
scribed for by the town of Hamilton
and the tenants, cOalmasters. contract
ors and employees on the Hamilton es-
tates in the counties of Lanark and
Linlithgow. The duke will ere long ae-
quire possession of these estates, which
are to be entailed, to descend with the
title, as soon as the late dukes debts
have been paid. His grace, though at
present his income is limited to $50, 600
a. year. will in time be one of the two or
three wealthiest dukes in Scotland.
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day, I can tell
you I went to
an expert and
found out that
my lucky days
are Monday and
Friday; but, all
{ b e S a m g, I
cheerfully accept
all the luck that
comes to me be
tween times.
T n e la t e s t
thing is the as
trological ealen-
dar. in which
are gayly print
ed in red ink the
lucky days and
what they are
lucky for be
cause they are
not all lucky for
the same thinS.
For ms tan ce,
Tuesday may be
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like manner, whereas if you should Wis
it your lawyer to settle up some little
affair on Saturday the chances are he
would make love to you, which would
be very awkward. SO you see you have
to be careful about these little things.
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apartment hotel. OF course I can't
tell you the name, because if people
read It in the papers they would all
move out. About six months ago two
charming women of my acquaintance
took up their quarters there. They 1T
ted up their little nest cozily and pre-
pared to enjoy the winter. Do you sun
pose they did, Not a bit Of it. Everv-
thing they attempted went wrong.
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NINE. PATTI DisLIKEs VioLETs.
Nine. Patti, it is said, dislikes the per-
fume of violets. which causes a hoarse-
ness IN the diva's throat such as might
be due to a bad cold. No plants or
flowers of any kind are ever allowed IN
her bedroom.
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square, which finally had to be pulled
down because it was SO unlueky no on'
would live in it. So be warned and lis
ten carefully when YOU engage YOU
next house or apartment.
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lucky FOR business. and Saturday Tor
love. Now. if YOU should try to en-
slave some ansuspecting man on
Tuesday You would probably be met
in a discouragingly cool and business
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To return to hoodoos, just to show
you they exist. there is here in town
in very desirable location a swell
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q. e. J" !. !. !. s.. j. !.
are not in style if you don t.
All the members of the smart
set do. tt is really getting
fashionable to be supersu-
tious. Things are wen or i'll
omened. there are lucky and
lnlucky days. and the up to date girl
won't begin anything on an unlucky