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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
The Marine Engine Is Alive.

All good old chiefs love their engines
and come to believe in them To all of
us assistants and 'prentices they were
not the mere machines that they APP
pear to the outsider but quite human.
Every noise they made, every motion,
every trick they had we knew and had
the reason for it. I&ipling speaks of the
marine engine as the most sensitive
thing man ever invented. There's
sort of cold, lifeless, though admirable,
precision in a telescope and fine re-
gard for details in a photograph, but
the marine engine is alive; it strains
and labors despera tely, it groans with
rheumatism in it's joints, screams with
the pain of tight bearings, staggers
and plunges against the oncoming seas.
gets out of breath and runs away with
itself, trembling like a frightened
horse.-Benjamin Brooks in Scribner's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
How Sheridan Paid a Debt.

No one knew better the power pos.
sessed by a really polished compliment
than Sheridan, and on innumerable oc-.
casions during that rather stormy the
atrical management Of his did he eX-
tricate himself from q difficulty by
means of one. A good instance is the
following: An English nobleman who,
after the manner of other of his peers,
had married q beautiful actress once
applied with much dignity in the
greenroOm to Mr. Sheridan for the ar
rears Of her salary and vowed that he
would not stir till they were paid. MY
dear lord" said the impecunious man
ager, this is too bad. You have taken
from us the brightest jewel in the
world, and you now quarrel with us
for the little dust she has left behinG
her" The nobleman Immediately burst
out laughing, and over bottle of wine
the debt was cancele0-.T md
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
GIaring EffrOntery.

Uncle AbsalOm Ashby was much
given to retailing old and hackneyed
jokes. An acquaintance of his, think
ing to cure him of his practice, one day
gave him a copy of "Joe Miller's Jest
Book" with the remark that he might
find something new in it,"
The next time he met the old gentle
man he asked him, "Well, uncle, what
do you think Of that book 1 gave you
the other day."
IT don't know who that 'ere Joe Mil
Ter isl Indignantly responded Uncle
Absalom, but do know he's thief.
He's got hold of lot of my best sto-
ries and printed 'em, consarn him"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
First Census WAYS.

The original schedules of the first
census are now contained in twenty
six bound volumes, preserved in the
interior department. For the most
part the headings of the schedules
were written in by hand. Indeed, up
marshals generally used such paper as
they happened to have ruling it, writ
ing in the headings and binding the
sheets together themselves. In some
cases merchants account paper was
used, and now and then the schedules
were bound inside of a newspaper
w. r. Merriam in Century.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24

He Ks at Chicago and May ~ail1 to- TIC st.
Louis Grand Jury This
Week,

st. Lois, April .20.-Robert L. Lee
held a long-distance telephone CONVEX
sation with his brother Lieutenant
Governor Lee. who is il Chicago. He
said that Lieutenant Governor Lee
thinks he may return to st. Louis the
latter part Of the week, but it is pos
sible that he may rot return for some
time. Lee would not divulce the pres
ent address Of his brother in Chicago.
Senators Charles \. Smith and j uell
L. Matthews departed for Jefferson
City yesterday to arrange for bond
for their appearance under indictments
returned against them by the Cole
county grand jury. Senator Frank Har-
ris, of Steelville, against whom the
same grand jury returned an indict-
ment, has been missing since Friday
morning AMI all efforts to find him
have been unsuccessful.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Robbed the Grave

startling incident is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia, as follows
Il was In an awful condition My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunker, tongue
coated, pain continually in back aud
sizes, no appetite. growing W. aker day
by day. Three physicians had given me
np Then [ was advised to use Electric
Btters; to my great JOY. the first bottle
made decided improvement I con-
tinued their use for three weeks, and am
now a we'll man. I know they robbed
the grave of another victim" No one
should fail to try them Only so cents.
guaranteed. at Perry & Doty drug store
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
An Odd Advertisement.

The sudden popularity some years
ago Of Mr.. Shorthouse's book, John
Inglesant.' is attributed to an odd in
cident. ''Mr. Gladstone" says the
London Express, twas sitting to a
photographer and holding in his hand
a COPY of John Inglesant' The gold
lettering on the cover caught the light,
and the title showed clearly in the pho
tograph. The likeness Of the great
statesman proved a very popular one,
and its circulation broadcast over the
country led to a widespread demand
for the book
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
The,StOry of Irish PopTin.

The story of Irish poplin is a curious
one. Lady Carew was to be presented
at the court of Louis Philippe She
took with her to Paris length of Irish
poplin, which was then first being
made in Belfast. 1t was of a creamy
white, embroidered all over with little
dots and sprigs of gold. Lady Carew
took it to a Partisan dressmaker, and
the modiste went into ecstasies over it.
On her way up the stairs to the re-
ception rooms at the Tuileries Lady
Carew felt pull at her dress Afraid
Of pickpockets she turned quickly. Il
beg thousand pardons," said splen-
didly dressed woman who stood behind
her, ''but would you tell me what your
dress is made Of? l never saw any
thing SO exquisite in my life
A dozen times that evening Lady Ca
rev had a similar experience, and the
result was one of the most extraordi-
nary crazes for poplin that ever was
experienced for any new fabric. One
Irish firm sold f24 900 worth of the ma
terial within year, and three large
Belfast houses are said to have found
ed their present large fortunes or Irish
DOplin,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
WILL BE DEATH TO FOUR
Storm Devastates a Kansas County and In
lures Five Persons.

u
Topeka. Kan, April 21.-WOrd has
just reached here of tornado at ST.
Paul, Neosho county, which destroyed
a great amount of property and in
jured five people, four Of whom can
not recover. Mrs. David Chamber
lain, and three members of Ger
man family named Longham will die,
it is thought David Chamberlain has
bruises of Il severe character, while
several other persons sustained minor
injuries.
The three-story brick school build
ing was entirely destroyed, and the
homes of David Chamberlain, Long
ham, and Mrs. Melluz were blown
away. Many houses were also I'M
rooted. The station platform was car
ried from the town site. The tornado
jumped building occasionally, TAX
ing house here and a barn there The
storm lasted about five minutes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24

been in feeble health for some tine,
but an accident in which he broke Lis
leg week ago fastened the end.
Sir Oliver was premier of Ontario
from 1872 to 1886, twenty-four Years.
thus earning the distinction Of having
had the longest continuous term Of of
flee as premier ever accorded to any
man by the people of any province or
colony in the british empire, III 1905
he resigned to become minister of JUS
tice in the Dominion cabinet III 1897
he was appointed lieutenant governor
of Ontario ifc was one OF the fathers
Of confederation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24

There are 131 words Oh Algonquin
derivation in the English language.
The Algonquins occupied a considera-
BILE section of this country before they
were asked to move on, and some of
the verbal heirlooms they left us are:
Chipmunk, hickory, hominy, menha-
den, moccasin, moose, mugwump, mus
quash, pemmican. persimmon, papoose.
pOne, porgy. pOssum. powwow. rae
coon, samp. skunk. squash. squaW.
succotash. Tammany. tautog. terrapin.
tobogGan. tomahawk. totem. wigwam
and WOOdchuck.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
MOB RULE ct JOPLIN
Misso eri Town the Scene of Great Tnrbu-
lence for Several Hours
Negro Lynched.


Joplin, No, April IA mob of
1000 persons marched through the
streets of this city at night, threaten
ing all negro residents of the place.
Men and women fed in terror before
the, crowd, houses of negroes were
burned and nearly every black was
driven beyond the city limits.
No fatalities have been reported, al
though many persons received minor
injuries. The outbreak followed the
lynching of Thomas Gilyard, negro
tramp, who shot Policeman G.. Leslie
in the back and killed him. All night
hundreds of men and boys searched
for the murderer. Bloodhounds were
put on his trial, but the dogs failed
to take the scent.
At . o'clock in the afternoon the
negro came out of his hiding place
and was captured and locked up in the
police station. AS soon as the fact of
his capture became known 5000 per-
sons gathered. battered in the east
wall of the prison, dragged out the
negro, fighting desperately, beat and
pounded him almost into insensibility
and carried him to the spot selected
for the execution. Citizens and police
men attempted to prevent the lynch
ing, but in vain. Three times a rope
was thrown 10 the leaders of the mob,
and each time it was cut. Then a man
climbed a telephone pole and strung
rope over it, and the negro was soon
swinging in air. He was practically
dead before no was strung m
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
THE FARMER DAlRYMAN.
How to Make the Two Interests,
Work Harmoaiously Together.

Perhaps nine-tenths of the dairy
products of this country are produced
from farms where Gairying is but one
of several branches of agriculture
carried on. and it is best that this
should be So for mixed farming is the
most profitable system, and dairying in
connection with the growing of field
crops and other stock is best for the
land as we'll rs for the man who owns
it, says Dairy and Creamery.
There are farms in this country
Which have actually been impover-
lsEeu and very much reduced in value
because for 4 long series of years COWS
nave been kept on them and the milk
from them sold to cities or condensing
factories or taken off the farm for
some other purpose.
There is 4 vast difference between
selling the butter fat to creamery
and returning the skimmilk to the farm
and selling the whole milk. But very
little fertility is taken off the farm
when butter alone is sold. The butter
is produced from sun and air. the ele-
ments being taken up by growing
plants and transformed into feed for
the COWS and then returned in the way
of butter fat.
The mineral elements in the milk
and the nitrogen in it in the shape Of
protein are the things we want to keep
on the farm, and but trif1ing quantity
of these is carried away when butter
fat alone is sold
The farmer who keeps a few COWS
and raises his own feed is the one who
gets the best price for his feed and
the most money from his COWS, provid-
ed he sells only the butter fat
This being true, it follows that every
such dairy farmer should plan to pro-
duce on his own farm as large Quan-
tity Of the best feed he can, and the
capacity of the farm will increase in
the course of years in exactly the same
ratio that the farmer takes advantage
of the means at his command to make
his farm more fertile and his crops
greater.
We have not yet reached that looked
for period when we can keep a COW on
every acre of land, but it is entirely
within the limits of possibility to do
this.
The land should be drained. The
farmer who has a we'll drained farm is
to large extent Independent of ab-
normal weather conditions whether it
be too wet or too dry. Well drained
land produces 4 better crop in any
kind of a year than does land not
drained.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Use Your Opportunities.

Today is the time to pursue fortune.
use of and the chances within our
grasp-those we should seize. ''To-
morrow" is never here, and putting off
the good we may have for a question
able future is not the best wisdom.
Therefore, use today. Do the kindness
before you, the duty nearest you, and
tomorrow will take care of itself
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Young Chase in a Hospital.

Lafayette, Ind, April 2O.-Moses
Fowler Chase, the youthful millionaire,
for possession of whose person legal
battle has been begun, and who was
declared insane by a medical COM
mission, has been removed to hos
pital. His father permits few persons
to see him. He is cited to answer
April q to the petition to have him de-
clared of unsound mind, and until
then 10 further proceedings are ex-
DectQd @tas
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Tornado Strikes Missouri.

Fredericktown, Mo-, April p. - A
tornado accompanied by hail and rain
passed over this section, nearly de-
stroying White Springs, summer re-
sort, five miles south of here. Seven
teen Of the thirty houses We're
wrecked, of one of which no traces
were found The large hotel of Stub.
bleford & Mathews is a wreck. Ne
fatalities.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Bank Robber Shot and Killed.

Wampum, TIA, April 20.-In a bat
tie following an unsuccessful attempt
to rob the First National bank of this
place ea"ly in the morning, one man
was killed and another seriously
wounded. The dead man was one Of
the burglars, and he has not yet been
identified. The wounded man was
Henry Willoughby, baker, who sur
prised the burglars while at work. His
injuries are serious but not fatal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
.ey ......
Ennr Train Men Hurt.

Denison, Tex, April 21.-%Four train
men We're injured in a head-end col
lision on the iFrisco road near Spauld-
ing, I. T. The injured are: William
Hughes, passenger engineer, seriously;
w. Z. Armstrong. passenger brake
man; Edward Hill, freight conductor
Fuller Hopkins, freight conductor. Sc
riously. The collision occurred between
south-bOund passenger and north
bound freight train. No passengers
hurt,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
VIII See His Old Black Hills Friends.

Butte, Mont, April PA special
to The Miner from Billings, Mont,
says: President ROosevelt's itinerary
has been changed to provide for a
stay of one hour at Edgemont, S. d.,
instead of five minutes as previously
announced This is done in order that
the president may give reception to
his numerous friends from the Black
Hills country. as his tour does not con-
template a visit to that section
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Triple Drowning at Ka1kaska. Mich.

Kalkaska, Mich. April 21.-Thc
capsizing of a rowboat on small lake
six miles east of this village resulted
& in triple drowning. The victims
are John Victor, his wife and Maggie
Fuetz, Mrs. Nictor's sister. All were
from Kentucky. The unfortunate peo-
pie went down in the water when only
six rods from the shore.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
New Cruiser fs Launched.

Newport News, April 20.-,The new
United States cruiser West Virginia
was successfully launched. The YES
sci is sister ship to the California
and the Pennsylvania, and is an ar
mored cruiser of $4,000 tons displace-
ment. Miss Catha:ine Vaughan White,
eldest daughter of Governor Albert B.
White of West Virginia, was officially
invited by the navy department to be
sponsor for the West Virginia.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Interstate Commerce Commission,

New York, April 21.-The interstate
commerce commission is sitting. hereto
consider the complaint of William R.
Hearst that certain coal carrying
roads are violating the interstate COM
merce law.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Federation to Fight Parry.

Chicago, April 20. = The Chicago
Federation of Labor has adopted a, res
Olution recommending that the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor invade the
and with 100000 to a"build a bulwark
of rebuke around D, NJ. Parry, presi-
dent of the National Manufacturers
association
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
His Strenuous Way.

SPAWN = Hello, Camille! Exercising
your horse this morning?
Cantle (mounted)-That was my in
tention when I started out, but it seems
to me the horse has been exercising
rae.-Boston Transcript.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Makes Her Dunn b.

Mold = What! You are out every
night until 3. Isn't midnight late
enough?
Todd find that when l get home
at midnight my wife can talk to me.
but when 1 get home at words fail
her-Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Education That Paid.

"Was it worth while to send your
four daughters to that fashionable
school?'
'Sure. One eloped while she was
there, and the others came home en-
gagged"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Seryia's King Fears Attack.

Paris April 21.-A dispatch re-
ceived here from the Servian frontier
says that the bodyguard at the royal
palace at Belgrade has been strongly
reinforced. A coup de main is feared,
and King Alexander is taking every
precaution to avert the threatened at
TO
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
To Nrothers i'm rhfs Town.

Children who are delicate. feverish
and cross will get immediate relief from
Mother Gray's Sweet Powder for Chill
dren. They cleanse the stomach. act on
the liver. making sickly child strong
and healthy. A certain cure for worms
Sold by all druggists, 25c. Sample free
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Loud Professions.

Uncle Reuben says: II want to grow
old widout CROWN cynical, but 1 no',-
Der hear. man begin to talk bout l., :;
conscience az hissduty widout lookin
to see how much cotton he has mixed
wild de ol''-Detroit Free Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Turning Rust to Good Advantage.

A Hessian lieutenant of the name Of
Ludwig Won Siegen noticed the effect
of the dew upon his gun barrel, which
had become rusted from the dampness.
Some time after he experimental upon
the discovery and obtained what is
now known as mezzotinto. In the year
1913 he engraved portrait of Princess
Amelia of Hesse by it's application.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Pennypacker Hears Newspaper Men.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 21.-Every
important newspaper i'll Pennsylvania
was represented at the hearing on the
Grady-Salus libel bill by Governor
Pennypacker in the hall of the house
of representatives Attorney General
Carson sat with the governor through
out the hearing, by: neither indicated
what would be the governors action
on the measure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
King Edward Sails for Naples.

Valetta, Island of Malta, April 21.-
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert
with King Edward on board sailed
for Naples escorted by the whole
British Mediterranean fleet. AS the
yacht steamed out of the harbor she
was saluted by the guns of the forts
and cheered by thousands of people
who lined the sea front to bid her
farewell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Murder After a CakewaIk.

Alexandria, Ind, April 21.-Mrs.
Eona *. Tillman, a colored widow.
shot and killed John Torrance, a
colored porter, here. The two quar-
relied after cakewalk. 1t is said the
woman was jealous. She was ar
rested
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Terrible BLACK D,nhtberia.

Emporia, Kan, April 21.-Seyen chill
dren of family named OMara, Hv-
ing near Hartford, have died of black
diphtheria. A member of another fam
lily has been attacked
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Given Leave to Pay Dividends

st. Paul, Mimi, April 2O.--In the
United States circuit court Judge San
born granted the request of the at
torneys for the Northern Securities
company that the recent decree against
the Securities company be so far sus-
pended as to permit payment by rail-
roads Of the regular May dividends to
thGaSeealritieS cOmDany,E
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Bridge Builder a Bankrupt.

Mishawaka, Ind, April 21.-Frank
Brumbaugh, a widely known bridge
builder, who had secured contracts
from Indiana county commissioners
fled articles in bankruptcy, giving
liabilities of Sl17,0 900, assets 500
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Appreciation.

"You have great admiration for your
wife's judgment" said the friend.
II have" answered Mr.. Meekton.
"She's the only woman who ever said
Yes when 1 proposed to her."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24

The average man is so helpless in
picking out what belongs to him that it
is a constant surprise to his wife that
he doesn't appear ip her clothes.-
Atchison Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
convincing proof that the kidneys and blae
der are out of order.

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scaldng pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of liquor,
| wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in SOC. and 81. sizes.
You may have sample bottle of this
y y0pdsf 5oa s dhIseov very - 4; .;
more aboutit both sent
absolutely free by mail. 49, 5sss 49,
Address DR.. Kilmer & Home Of swamp-Root.
Co.. Binghanton, NJ Y. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in thisp
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Then the Chase Began.

"Please let me pass" said the tramp,
$50 that I may speak to your mistress.
I'm hungry, my trousers are beginning
to fray, and I'm eager to get a little
help"
'And t. interrupted the bulldog, get
ting into action, lam hungry and eager
for the fray" Philadelphia Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24

sediment or set
thing indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen : it is.
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass it or pain in
the back is also
.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-04-24
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;