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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
Indian Ford.

w Fl Cox and wife were visitors in
| GAINESVILLE one day last week.
Mrs Anna Cox is entertaining the
| Misses Crowley of GAINESVILLE.
Miss Sarah Barrenger of Magnolia was
| a caller at w Prices Sunday.
Lyman Wood and wife and Mrs ? S
Alverson Sundayed in GAINESVILLE.
John Price and John Flagler went on
the excursion to Iowa Saturday night.
George Wentworth and wife of Edger-
ton were callers down this way Sunday.
Irwin Cox and wife of Magnolia were
visitors among relatives here over Sun
day.
Eddie Shuman has gone to Milton to
stay awhile with his uncle, Alex Shu-
man.
VIM Cox and wife took tea with Mr.
and Mrs Levi Hubbell in South Fulton
Sunday.
We were pleased to see Mrs Coxhead
able to ride down to the Ford the first of
the week.
Gus Schlitting was one of the many
who left Edgerton on the excursion to
Milwaukee Sunday.
The friends of Mrs Alice Mccain will
be pleased to learn that she is able to
walk out in the yard.
Mrs w FL Cox and Mrs w Ell Price at
tended the funeral of joey Abblett at
Sandy Sink Friday.
Mr. and Mrs G S Thomas spent Sun
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs Riley
Call at Milton Junction.
Mrs Kittie Cham berlain entertained
Mrs DR. McChesney and Mrs Oscar Per-
ry of Edgerton Saturday.
Charles Hallett and wife and Florence
and Leo of Edgerton visited at W Car
penter's Sunday evening.
School closed Friday with an enjoy
able picnic in Whittaker's grove. We
are sorry we are not able to have Miss
Lee with us next year.
Mr. and Mrs Alverson entertained a
merry fishing party, composed of about
thirty relatives and friends from South
east Fulton, last Wednesday.
Miss Bertha Medick is home from the
school at GAINESVILLE for the summer va
cation. She was accompanied by her
cousin who returned home Sunday.
Word was sent to relatives here Mon
day that Mr. and Mrs Mark Thompsons
baby was very i'll at their home in Foot
vile. We hope to hear better news soon.
Mrs Carrie Hopkins visited with her
daughter, Mrs Mabel WOOD, in Slough
ton one day last week and spent one day
with Mrs Kittie Chamberlain on her
way home.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
Health Board Means Business

A meeting of the board of health of
this city was held June 18th and report
of the executive officers received, enumr
Grating a number of cases requiring i'm
mediate attention. Notices will be
served on the parties owning or occupy
ing these premises and they are also
hereby notified that they are expected
to comply with the laws of the state and
make the desired improvement within
"a hours from date notice is received.
We wish to emphasize the fact that the
board means business.
Dr.. F. MARTIN,
T. A. CLARKE,
G. III. BABCoCK.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19

Please remember that we manufac-
ture and sell the celebrated Sang Alice
ice cream. None better. = Ell. r. Houfe
DIVA.
Ten acres of standing clover for sale
in lots to suits purchasers. Enquire of
G.. r. Clark. 27W2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
Unclaimed Letters,

Unclaimed Letters.
Letters remaining uncalled for in the
P. o. at Edgertou, for the week ending
June 10, 1908:
Mr.. Michel Mitchell Mr.. Herbet Lind
Mr. Ed. Clark
Persons calling for any of the above
named letters please say "advertised."
L. G.. WHITTET P. M.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19

Are you thin? Would you like to
get fat and plump? Tried Laughing"
wouldn't work-now take Rocky Noun
tain Tea-,twill do the business. 35 cts
Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19

The June sun shines on many fair
bride, made doubly lovely by the use of
Rocky Mountain Tea. The brides best
friend. IS cents. Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19

You feel mean, cross, ugly, down in
the mouth, nothing goes right. Bad liver.
Better take Rocky Mountain Tea. Drives
away the blues. 35 cents. Perry & Doty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

TIME Ex-Army Nurses Association,
than which few organizations in
Washington can claim a better
excuse for being. was organized June Is,
1881, under the patronage of Mrs. James
A. Garfield. Composed of the ex-army
nurses then residing in this city, its OBJ
ject was Ito promote the interests of
the Union nurses of the war of the re-
bellion, to aid them to employment, in
sickness or other necessity, and to
uphold the supremacy of the National
Government, as dear to every American
woman as to the soldiers of the repub
lic."
Miss Dorothea L. Dix was elected
president, DR.. Susan A. Edison first vice
president, and Miss Harriet P. Dame,
second vice president Before the sec
ond meeting was held the first vice
president was at the White House as
one of the physicians of the President
of the United States, who had been laid
low by the bullet of an assassin. At the
second annual meeting Miss Dix was
made life president of the organization,
and on her death, July IS, 1887 Miss
Dame became vice president. BY article
5 of the constitution, all women who
had served as volunteer or enlisted
nurses during the civil war were en-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

Queen Victoria's first thought, when the
vessels demolition was determined upon
was to have some handsome trophy
made to present to the President OF the
United States.
The portrait hanging over the fire.
place is the George Washington picture
which formerly hung in the corridor of
the first floor. The book shelves con-
tain the Presidents favorite poets and
prose writer's, with the reference books
which he finds indispensable to his en-
joyment of mythology, history. and the
politics of the American nation. The
large framed picture over the book
shelves on the right of the picture is the
popular Remington sketch of the Rough
Riders going up San Juan hill.
Amid such congenial surroundings Of
desk, portrait, etching, arr books, all
breathing the inspiration of history, it
does not seem difficult to understand the
pleasure and relief experienced by the
busy Chief Magistrate when he can get
away from the struggle of politics and
settle down in his own quiet den
overlooking the White Lot, with the
stern looking Monument and the lazy
flowing Potomac in the distance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
HOSPITAL HEROINES
OF THE CIVIL WAR

of age when the sullen roar from Sumter
shook the nation. After a six weeks
course of training at Bellevue, Miss
Burghardt reached Washington in June,
1861, and thereafter saw ffty-one months
of continuous service. except when i'll
with smallpox and yellow fever.
The Terrors of Andersonville.
She was under fire several times, and
from the horrors of the military hospi-
tails at Wilmington, n. c.. her dark
brown hair turned white in a few hours.
She was the only woman on board the
hospital ship General Barnes. when that
vessel made her fearful journey north
ward, bearing LOTT victims OF Anderson
Vile, Salisbury, and other prison pens.
From the bareback which she shared
with the soldiers at Antietam, Miss
Burghardt's sound white teeth were per-
manently injured, and she was on the
field at Cedar Run when little black
Rienzi, covered with foam and dust, and
bringing Sheridan from Winchester,
twenty miles away" dashed in among
the disheartened troops.
Mrs. Martha A. Wood Ferguson.
Mrs. Martha A. Wood Ferguson, treas
urer of the association. was another
New England girl who assisted Miss
Dix. AS Miss Wood she rendered sew
cral years OF notable service. especial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

Washington as Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, he took great deal Of in
terest in the sanitary condition of the
city, and more interest in an effort to
relieve the congested condition Of the
alleys that were largely Inhabited by
the poorer classes as places Of residence.
and in his first message to Congress
after he had succeeded Mr.. Mckinley
as President, he made a very emphatic
protest against the further use Of the
alleys as places OF residence. as well
as a recommendation that the District
Commissioners. who have the matter in
charge, grant no more permits for the
erection of houses in any alley or for the
erection of any house in the narrow
streets of the city known as places. ."
He even went further and urged that
where ii was possible TO do so the side
walks in these alleys or places" be re-
moved. and no more permits be granted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

ludicrous story of the Cabinet room
having been transformed into gym
nasium was published, an inquiry was
made regarding the facts in the case,
and an official said:
at all depends on what you think is
necessary to make up gymnasium. If
you require trapezes, and parallel bars,
and flying rings. and all sorts of ap-
paratus for exercising the muscles you
would never be satisfied with the old
Cabinet room for that purpose; for
those things are not there. But If the
President wants to single-stick there, l
suppose he can find room enough, just
as in any other of the rooms in the
house"
At the extreme right side of the pic
ture is shown the historic desk present
ed to President Hayes by Queen Vic
toria. 1t is made out of the timbers of
an old Arctic whaIer which was caught
in the ice in the far North and would
have gone to pieces with the loss of all
her crew had not United States yes
sci afforded timely assistance The yes
sci was repaired sufficiently to get back
to England, and was then broken up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

LlT IFTY feet from the elbow to the
pulley, and allowing forty-five
feet for the scaffolding, the
whole derrick will measure up to about
ninety-iye or hundred feet" said the
Waterman at the Brunswick Flats, in
course of erection in 1 Street, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth, just at the
rear of the new Medical School of Co
lumbar University. Yes; it's the
highest ever put up in the city"
This big derrick, which can be seen
from any point in the neighborhood
towering over the surrounding build
ings, is used in raising the iron beams
for the steel skeleton of the new eight
story building. 1t is actually the tall
est and strongest ever used in Wash
irgton, and when the machinery at the
New Willard, ato the Highlands Apart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

TT HE old Cabinet Room in the White
House, of which this picture is
the first reproduction giving an
adequate impression of its present ap-
pearance, is now used as sort of
home Office for the President, for use
when he does not care to go over to the
new Executive ONCE building 1t ad-
joins the library and is as close to be-
ing "den" for the President as any
room in the mansion.
Many fantastic accounts have been
written about the present uses to which
the historic Cabinet room has lately
been put Some time ago a metropoli-
tan paper described the room in great
detail, giving the impression that a
regular gymnasium had been rugged up
where formerly Presidents had sat dis
GUESSING the most profound matters Of
diplomacy and internal affairs. The pic
ture here reproduced quickly dispels that
Illusion.
President Roosevelt's well-known fond
ness for single-sticking is sometimes
gratifed in this apartment. When the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

for the laying of new sidewalks in those
places.
The Commissioners recognized the
wish of the President in this matter
and made an order by which no more
residences were to be erected in these
alleys and places" and no more side
walks were to be laid in any alley in
the city of Washington, and that as far
as possible such sidewalks as were at
that time in the alleys and places" be
removed.
Now it so happened that when a few
weeks ago the trustees in charge of the
new building for Grace Church found
their new structure was so nearly com
plete as 10 admit OF plans being made
for putting il into actual use they start
ed to lay the sidewalk down the alley on
which the new building is located in or
der that the Sunday school room. which
was the old church. might be connected
with the new structure. Then they struck
a snag.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
WHERE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL WORSHIP

II THEN President Roosevelt re-
wv turns TO Washington after
his swing around the circle
and conquest of the West he will be
able to soothe this conscience each Sun
day morning I'M an absolutely new house
of worship. He will for the first time
occupy a pew in the new Grace Re
formed Church, an edifce that will be
completed and ready for occupancy
within the next few weeks
When Mr.. Roosevelt came to Wash
ineton to take up the reins Of govern
ment laid down by the martyred Nc
RinIey, his religious faith was not gen
orally known, but il was known that
Mrs. Roosevelt was an EDdscopalian,
and 1t was supposed that the President
would connect himself with St Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church, one of the
most fashionable religious orga MIA
tons In Washington. However. he did
not do so. but selected the little chapel
at the corner Of Fifteenth and Streets,
which was occupied by the Dutch Re-
formed Church and presided over then,
as now, by the Rev. ]. M. Schick. Mr.
Roosevelt had been member OF the
Dutch Reformed Church in New York,
as had his forefathers. The fact that It
was a small edifce and very small
CONGREGATION did not deter the Chief Elk
ecutive from becoming one Of the wor-
shipers at the weekly service.
The fact that Mr.. Roosevelt became
regular commitment in the little
church attracted large numbers OF peo-
ple and it soon became apparent that
IT would he necessary to enlarge the
seating capacity Of the edifce. At the
same time. the general church authort-
ties realized that it would be well 10
have a handsome edIfice for the mem
hers Of the Dutch Reformed Church in
the National Capital. Having come to
this conclusion, with the help of the
local congregation the general synod
provided ways and means for the erec-
ton Of the handsome structure show
in the accompanying illustration. Work
was begun in the spring and the build
ing is now so nearly complete that 1t is
hoped to have dedicatory exercises
shortly after the President returns from
his Western trip.
There Is a little story Of more than
ordinary interest connected with the
completion of the church building. When
It was decided TO erect the new struc-
ture il was determined not TO rae the
cid building. but to leave it intact for
use as a Sunday school room. The new
building was placed on a lot on the
side OF an alley in front of the old
structure. the trustees OF the church
not thinking Of any complications that
might arise in connection with the com
pleted structure and its connection with
the old church which was TO be used as
a Sunday school room. The work was
proceeded with in the feeling that there
would be thorough conyeniences for the
young as we'll as the older members of
the congregation. and thereby hangs a
tale
When President Roosevelt lived in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

ly in the care of smallpox patients. On
The fair face of this lady. now for many
years an invalid. there is but one tiny
scar to. remind her friends OF the heroic
labors to which she is too modest ever
TO allude
Mrs Anna Etheridge Hooks. the gen
tie Anna" who enlisted with the Sec
ono Michigan Volunteers in the spring
of 1861. and served until the close of
the war, was in nearly all the great bat
ties of Virginia, and received from
General Kearney commission as regi
mental sergeant. and a beautiful cross
bearing his name Miss Etheridge was
as remarkable for her maidenly reserve
as for her superb courage and eDdur-
ance, and her achievements at Antie
tam, Charlottesville, and Gettysburg
We're long a favorite theme among SOL
diers and poets
Mrs Ada Sturgeon became distin-
guished for her skill and success in
nursing hundreds of soldiers through the
loathsOme perils of smallpox Mrs. Ann
E. Gridley, mother of the lamented
commander of the Olympia. and Mrs
Anna L. Woodbury.. niece OF James
Russell Lowell. also are members OF the
association. Among others are Mes
danes Mile Hoard, Lizzie Kelly, Flor
ence P Lithgow, Alkaline Macomber,
Sarah Sampson, and NJ. A. E. Keen
Woodwork.
Graves at Arlington.
OF the ninety members enrolled eleven
years ago, scarcely two-thirds remain.
Six years ago a plot containing room
for twenty graves was set apart for
them at Arlington. In it are buried
Mrs. Elvira Bliss Sheldon, Mrs. Joanna
w. Turner, Miss Anna Platt, Mrs. Sarah
! J. Alexander, Mrs. Louise Virginia
! Bryant. and Mrs. S. r. o. Yer Planck.
The last named, as Miss Susan Roose-
! welt Osterhout, was we'll known in the
best social circles of New York. She
was. in a double sense, kinswoman OF
| President Roosevelt, the families OF
! both his parents having intermarrfed
with hers. She was one OF the earliest
women TO take up the work of army
nursing, much of her labor Of love hav
| ing been performed from 1861 20 1864 on
| the crowded transports plying between
! the Gulf ports and the North. Into her
| tender hands fell many hundreds OF I'M
fortunates from Libby and other South
| ern prisons In her hospital service
she experienced hardship and privation
in every conceivable form, and, while
caring for the wounded and dying on
| the battlefelds, she was under fire three
| times. At her funeral, following the
/ commitment of the Episcopal Church, a
bugler blew lights out" above the open
! grave.
1t is the proud privilege of each men,
| Der to be borne TO the grave beneath
the Stars and Stripes, the association
| having in reserve 4 hP1utiful eight -fnOt
silk flag for this purpose. On each flag
! draped casket, wrought in flowers, is
| placed the badge of the organization, a
| five-pointed star inclosing a loZenge
| bearing the letters a. y. A.
Every year, on Memorial Day, SINH
lar tributes are placed on the graves OF
these heroines.
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Not until
Until I have finished my parable"
interrupted. y was trying TO make you
understand that IA person might not
find il convenient to draw check at the
time; but if only little judicioLs pa
thence were displayed
''WeIl?'' cried Septimus eagerly.
1T might save certain amount Of un-
pleasantness, because it's always. hor-
rid to say no..
I don't want check" he persisted.
AN acceptance would do"
But isn't an acceptance a promise ?"
1T needn't be honored just at once.
you know"
Have you ever signed one?'' asked.
and Septimus looked quite embarrassed,
although he tried to laugh
y never Will again." he answered.
But. Christine"
4 am expecting auntie every min
ute, l exclaimed Il think I must send
you away" but Septimus dropped my
hand, and, walking TO the door, planted
his back firmly against it. 1 had not
believed he could look so determined.
You will feel rather awkward if auntie
should open the door suddenly" I
limited.
Il believe I'm rather out of favor"
he muttered, still maintaining his po-
sition.
Well" I said. you are by way of
deserving ii no wand then Besides,
auntie is inclined to prefer men who
haven't quite such a crowd of elder
brothers"
If you would only put an end to
this awful suspense" muttered Sep
tlmus; and am afraid I laughed at his
solemn face
Il don't see that suspense is very
awful, 1 insisted.
Because you don't experience it," he
answered
oh, yes, do" said a little intu-
diciously.
"A-about your future?" he de-
manded.
1T seems rather doubtful sometimes"
cried.
Yet it depends entirely on Yourself"
"Oh, dear, mol"
Upon whom, them" asked Septimus.
You understand" l explained. it
really depends to a great extent whether
whether some one possesses patience
and perseverance and a few other I'M
interesting virtues"
Chris. dear" he answered, u could
wait half lifetime if 1 only knew
But then there wouldn't be the least
/ credit in waiting"
III l only knew il would be all right
in the endi''
Now l am going to send you away"
insisted, before auntie arrives"
And if this wonderful display OF pa
thence and perseverance comes Off
You remember the copybook says
! they-they are always rewarded l an
swered; but, really, Septimus took Gu
rious means TO prove his determination
to be virtuous. 1t is true that I had
not intended 10 say quite so much. only
the poor fellow looked very desolate-
However, il is fortunate that auntie did
not return until half an hour later. The
butler must have told her who had been.
aid she hoped l had not done
'oolish. I assured her hadn't.
nd White.
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ments, and the steeple-jack work done
at old st. Matthew's Church is taken
into consideration, this means a great
deal After the heavy scaffolding was
built up, the rest Of the derrick Was pu-
in position with the assistance of a
smaller lift just alongside It is operated
partly from the ground, and partly from
the top OF the scafolding. When the
longer beams are raised, two men often
go up with them standing one on either
end, and cIinging to the cable. The en-
gineer Is bit of practical joker. AMI
sometimes hoists away faster than usu-
ala mere pleasantly. which the rid
ers on this open air elevator appre-
ciate keenIy, though the spectator fails
to see the point. This IS especially the
case when the beam begins TO spin. IS
it nears the top of the derrick.
1t is probable that the big derrick viii
have to have its boom made longer be-
fore the building is topped eff
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
HER METHOD OF GAMING TIVE

tn HE moment Septimus entered the
room I perceived his intention.
and, indeed. it is quite impossi-
Bile 10 mistake the expression on the
face of a man who intends TO ask you
to marry him.
What a glorious day." remarked, as
he took my hand with portentious
solemnity.
Upon my word" he answered, Il
haven't noticed the weather"
Even If you haven't. you might have
said Yes, - exclaimed.
Septimus leaned forward with the ut
most eagerness. This is precisely what
wish you to say" he insisted.
The most excellent reason for not
saying it,"
81 don't see that"
How blind you must be this after
noon.' I said. "Arn't you aware that
the charm of conversation is the unex-
pected?"
81 didn't say I expected you to say
Yes" he explained as he sat down,
only that l wished it.
For my part" l returned. 81 always
make 1t d rule to expect what / wish. ="
But if you want something"
'Oh. well, OF course, it's no use yearn-
ms for the moon!"
II can stand anything but suspense. -"
said septimus. and he drew his chair
close to my sofa.
Now" 1 suggested, suppose there is
something you would like very much in
deed?"
There is" he answered with a great
deal of energy.
And you asked-asked a person TO
give IL TO you--
Just what I am going to do said
Septimus with a fine air of determine
ton. although I did not intend that he
should do anything of the kind-today. at
least.
1T is quite possible the-the person
might feel inclined TO charity
II hope to goodness she isl" he cried.
And yet" l continued. lit might
well, it might be convenient to-draw
check at the moment, you understand.
Let US keep money out of it, what
| ever We do said Septimus; and, poor
fellow, it is certainly his weak point.
Nowadays 1 insisted, 1T is impos-
| SlDle 10 keep money OuI VI any bAiAS-
| You always have TO count the cost
| Il shouldn't care II you hadn't six
| pence" he cried, and, as IL carried away
! by the generosity of his sentiment, Sep
| timus rose and stood beside me.
"How horrid of you," l said.
Christine" he whispered. bending
over the sofa; but l realized that the
| moment was becoming critical.
! we were talking about money"
| suggested.
| II want to talk about something en-
tirely different" he answered. Love
| has nothing 10 do"
Indeed" l retorted, the one is of nc
use without the other"
It's absurd for a dear little girl like
| you to pretend 10 be mercenary."
| ''Of course I'm not mercenary,"
! said but | am immensely practical"
Il wish you were little 10
mantle" cried Septimus, and
| tured my hand.
Are you going?'' l asked