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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-09
Passion Play Sunday Night.

The little village of Oberammergau in
Bravaria is celebrated for the perform
ance on twelve consecutive Sundays in
the summer season of drama represent
ing the passion and death of Christ, in
which 800 actors are employed besides
so members of the orchestra and chorus
all selected from the villages. The per
Torrance generally lasts from a. N. to
4 p. N. A considerable portion of the
space allotted to the theater is uncov-
cred. 1t is the only important passion
play that continues to be performed
hence people from all parts of the world
congregate there to witness the great
spectacular play 1t originated in vow
taken by the people in 1884 to be per
formed every 10th year in the event of
their escaping from the plague which
then was raging among the people OF
that country The performance was in
terrupted in 1870 by the Franco Prussian
war and resumed in 1871.
Sunday evening at o'clock the lee
ture on this play, illustrated by moving
pictures, viii be given at St. Joseph's
church All are invited. Tickets now
90 sale at ASKS. Admission, % and IL
cents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-09
City Bonds Authorized.

By decisive vote the ordinance pro-
viding for the issuing of $4,000 city bonds
for sewer purposes vas ratified at the
special election held on Tuesday. That
the election was one of considerabl in
terest was evidenced by the total vote
cast which was 37S The vote for bonds
was 2S6 to 90 against the issue. All
legal obstructlons are now removed and
the council is free to go on and issue the
bonds and settle with the contractor
when his job is completed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-09
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

FULTON LODGE No. SO F. " A. M. meets
L in Masonic Hall every lst and Sd Wednes-
day of each month.
EDGERTON CHAPTER NO. SO ORDER OF
~ Eastern Star holds a regular meeting at
Masonic Hall the second and fourth Tuesday
evening of each month.
pOYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 2460 meets
A> in Woodmen Hall the I'd and 4th Wednes-
day evenings of each month
EDGERTON LODGE No. 146, K. p, meets
~ every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
EDGERTON ADVANCEMENT ASoOCIA-
~ TON meets second Wednesday OF each
month
EDGERTON CAMP No. 440, M. w. A. meets
IL in WOOdmen Hall the list and I'd THURSDAY
evenings of each month.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-09
RAILWAY TIME CARDS.
CHICAGO. MIL WAUKEE & ST. PA UL.

CHICAGO. MILWA UKEE d ST. PA UL.
Ersins Leave Edgerton Station as Follows
GOING EAST.
No. 4, daily except Monday. 80. 456 a. m
No. 40, daily. .............. go. 6:58 a. m
No AZ, daily except Sunday. 1901 g. m
No. g. daily EXCEPT Sunday 10 al a. M
No. 46, daily except Sunday. .......... 4:25p. m
No. a, Sunday only Observation-Disclosures. 4:44 p. m
No. go, Freight, daily ex. Sunday. 12:45a. m
No. g. Freight. Sunday only $780,. 2:5Oaa. m
No 1866 Freight except Sunday. 9:39 p. m
GOING WEST.
No. 1, Daily Sunday excepted ........ 9:S9 p. m
No, 49, Daily ...........----. 9:25 p. M
No 81 daily except Sunday ........ 7:17 p. m.
No. s. Daily except Sunday go. ------ la p. m.
No. 81 daily except Sunday. 1890. II :O5 a. M
No al Sunday only ....... 1910 a. m.
No 91 Freight except Sunday $3.50 p M
Nos and through trains for all points west
of Mississipptriver.
The leader., 1904-12-17

TO tell you about the Majestic
Cooking Exhibit we had from the
a24th to the Goth Of October. It
was the same old success, as we
sold twelve of the Majestic Steel
Ranges In one week that's not
so bad and we have many good
prospects for more sales.
Remember the Majestic is the
only range on the market with
malleablea top that you can't
break, and it will not warp. It
has 100 pounds Of iron in the fire
box alone, and same is in sections
and any one can replace it. The
sides and oven is made of number
16 boiler steel, riyeted with soft
riyets, the oven is made in sec
tions, not in one piece, and will
not warp out of shape, also The
oven is braced and riyeted. No
fancy work on the Majestic, it
is the plain old time Majestic,
built to give satisfaction and last.
The leader., 1904-12-17

At Bay st. Louis The city clerk
received an anonymous letter stat
ing that 4 boy baby had been born
III d rear building of one Of the
front or beach properties, and
thatit bad been buried ii the rear
yard Of that property. An inves-
tigation ii the yard located q soft
spot. and d full grown male negro
child was found. The jury de-
cIared the child's head had been
crushed and it had come to it's
death By foul play
The leader., 1904-12-17
Local. ITEMS.
dding bells next week.

Marble Cakes to order at ABB
shagen Bros.
Mills & East retail pecans at
wholesale prices.
Theshandsomest, costIiest things
sell first this year.
Holiday perfumes and toilet
waters at Staffler's.
Mills & East buy second hand
sacks Of all kinds.
Finest line of cut glass, artistic
design at Stafler's.
Fruit cake and turkey! Who
wouldn't be happy?
Abshagen Bros, fruit Cakes
are better than ever.
We hope the cruel war will take
a holiday Christmas.
Toilet and desk articles at spe-
cial prices at Stafier's.
Elegant line of watches at
Staffler's Jewelry Store.
Buy your fruit wholesale and
retail from Mills & East.
Rice Polish in any quantity
at A. G. Seayey & Sons.
DR.. j. I. Walkers office is up
stairs in the Larsen Building.
For One good work mule,
price $50. Old Brook Farm.
Sterling silver gifts at lowest
Of economy holiday prices at
Staffier's.
Solid gold iewelry unique de-
sign, rare values at Staffier's jew
elry Store.
FREE TUITION TO ALL in
Harris Business College, Jack
son, Miss.
The East Union Lumber Yard
sell Red Cypress shingles; they
are the best.
Mills & East handle bananas in
car load lots and will sell you
cheaper than New Orleans prices.
Mills & East pay the highest
market price for all kinds of
hides, wool, tallow and wax.
Go to Anderson & Wolfe, OPP
posite courthouse, next Cassedy
Law Building, for fine horses and
mules. SO head just received.
Rice Polish freely used means
lfat hogs. Call at Seayey's and
carry a sack home.
o. B. Brown, at PearIhaven or
at Old Brook Farm. will pay cash
for yearling heifers and young
goats.
Residence for Rent Located in
north part Of city; has s rooms,
good garden spot, and necessary
out buildings.
Take your Otter, Beaver, Mink,
Raccoon, Opossum and Fox hides
| to Mills. & East and get the high
est market price.
Mr.. j. H. Redding was COM
PEELED to close bis books at Nc
IGrath's on Wednesday afternoon.
Since that time he has been CON
fined to his room by illness.
A. G. Seayey s Sons have re-
|ceiyed a car of Rice Polish,
which they are naming close
prices on.
Submit your estimates to the
East Union Lumber Yard before
buying lumber, shingles or build
ing material. Will save you
money.
Anderson Il Wolfe is the place
to buy fine horses and mules. so
head just received. Opposite
courthouse, next Cassidy Law
Building.
We learn that Mrs. g. B. Chap
man Of this county has gone to
spend the winter at Tampa, Ella, !.
with her brother, Mr.. j A. Ran
kin, a wealthy real estate dealer
Iof that city, the trip being 4 holi-
ldar rlresarat. from Mr.. Rankin.
The leader., 1904-12-17

Wednesday was jackson Day
at tue Carnival qt The Capital.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
Macedonian Peasants.

$ In a magazine article on Macedonian
refugees the author describes them as
a peasantry Of the lowest type-dul
witted and of poor physique. corrupt,
degraded and semisavage.
The gratitude of Macedonian wom-
en- can occasionally be more alarming
than their Indignation says the au-
thor. '.TLey embrace me in hug OF
dirty rags, and they kiss me on both
cheeks One poor old lady told me-
after this ceremony. that she had been
mourning the death of her son for
eight years to such an extent that dur
ing all Of that period she had never
washed her head! No soap, she CRIED
will ever touch me again. I mourn al
waySr''
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19

1t has taken the Democracy of West
Virginia about a quarter of a century
TO find ont and acknowledge that the
constitution of their own making is a
fraud and delusion. In most matters
of national and State Importance that
party has come to the conclusion that
they do not know anything about run
ming the country in much less time
than this, but the constitution OF West
Virginia was made under very pecu
liar circumstances and they wanted
to hang on to the old things as long
as possible. But now since the De-
mCcracy has condemned its own han
diwork we presume it will have to go.
Charleston Mail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
Another Disappointment.

Amid the most inspiring surround
ings and an atmosphere redolent with
Democracy the Hon Henry G. Davis,
the Democratic candidate for the
Vice Presidency, delivered his speech
the head of the ticket, it was pain
full attempt to say something without
meaning anything. Like Judge Park
er he accepts the ST. Louis platform
in its entirety, and with regard to
the fatal omission of any reference
to the monetary question, nocklngly
proclainas the gold standard as lr-
revocab1y established On the tar
III and the trusts he is ominously 81
lent, while the matters he does con-
slider are voiced in platitudes OF harm
less Interpretation. Nowhere does he
rise to the heights he was expected
to mount. His entire speech reads
as though it had been rigidly cen
sored by some of the national advis-
ers OF the party Either that, or else
Ny. Davis heart is not in the cause
for which he was drafted.
In stating that the ST. Louis plat
form presented 10 Tie pSopIC' q ACNidi
alton OF principles, which in the
language OF the day, is sane. safe
and sound" when it stands for moth
ing but a cowardly retreat OF the
party for expediency's sake, we can
not help but believe that Mr.. Davis
has drawn rather heavily on his con-
scientioUs scruples. And this applies
also to his animadversions on the
prosperity of the country, when he
lives in a State that for the past
eight years has been one of the most
striking eNemplifications of the activ-
ity, progress and development inspir-
ed by the beneficent policies OF the
Republican party. We had thought
that calamitous prophecy and gloomy
forebodings We're quite foreign to Mr..
Davis character, but we suppose re-
cent associations have made their i'm
pressions upon him.-Wheeling5 Intel
ligencer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19

The Moundsville Herald sagely re-
marks that at.the issue is now pretty
well made up in West Virginia. De-
smocracy asks support for the ticket
because Mr.. Davis has been honored
by the nomination for Vice President
and because that party has become
sane enough to leave the financial
plank out of its platform, though not
sane enough$to put il a sound money
plank. The Republican party stands
by its sturdy adherence to principle
without suppressing its belief on any
Issue. i f3E5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
AFGHAN FEUDS.
Towers of Refuge From Which the
Warfare Is Conducted.

Towers of Refuge From Which the
Warfare Is Conducted.
In Afghanistan the people are good
haters. The blood feud exists in all
Afghan tribes. When murder oc-
ours the avenger does not limit his re-
prisal to the murderer, but kills any
relative that comes handy. This, ID
turn, calls for counter attack, and in
time matters become SO complicated
that whole families are wiped out
When the tribe is called upon to meet
a common enemy the heads Of the
families who have had a quarrel bury
two stones side by side in the presence
of the smollah as symbolic of the feud
being put out of sight during the pub
lie danger. When affairs revert to
! their normal state the stones are sol
EMMY disinterred and the two parties
are free. to go on shooting at each other
again.
Every Afghan 5villager OF moderate
means owns a tower of refuge standing
at the corner Of his courtyard. These
towers, made Of stone and mud. are
perfectly solid for the lower twenty
feet or so, the top being surrounded by
a loophole wall and covered over to
make it habitable. The base is protect
ed by gallery, and the only means OF
ascent is by rope and hole just
large enough for one man TO crawl
through. Whenever a man has made
things too hot for himself he takes
refuge in his tower, and by the IN
written law Of the country he can
never be starved out SO long as food
and water are brought to him by
woman.
A traveller in Afghanistan tells Of
seeing one tower of refuge whose occu-.
pant had not stirred outside for ten
years His only amusement was tax
ing shots at the occupant Of another
tower, which were duly returned In
the meantime their wives visited each
other and gcssiped and were on terms
Of perfect amity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
MOS 81 AEyG..
FERNS Applied TO Coins nnd bank
Notes: I'm England.


%44siig Notes I'm Ensland. s5
NJ .'W e ma think there is d great deal
Of slang insEnglish as we commonly
use it III this country" Mr.. J E. sora-
CHAN observes, .bnt IN at least one re-
gpect the colloqu1a tongue OF England
surpasses the wealth Of terms we pos
sess in this regard, and that is the
slang relating TO money. The American
uses astonishing1yrfew slang words ID
speaking OF pieces Of money, perhaps
because.he has Sasgreater respect for It.
A Eve cent piece is usually referred to
as q nickel, but this is practically the
only slang term applied to any OF our
money in general use. a dime Is oh-
cially q dime, and SO Is quarter.
L But turn to the English appellatfons
for their money and hardly bit OF IT
Is referred to under its authorized and
official designation. a shilling is seldom
called such in London. They call 1t
OBJ. and .qu1d,' which means piece
of tobacco in this country. is what they
term q pound Sixpence they call q
tanner fourpence Joey and penny
more often than not is unknown to the
street gamins save as a mag A cab
man will not tell you ride Will cost
S shillings, but that it will require a
bull to pay for it. and half crown is
half BULL These are prevailing ex-
pressions for the pieces of money vide
ly handled. but proper terms for higher
amounts are kicked aside and colo
quial terms substituted for them.
lat race track if bettor says he
has ventured pony on the probable
outcome of q race he does not mean
that as it would appear to u.s. but sim
ply that he has wagered f2o on the re-
suit Where money is handled IN large
amounts it is not an infrequent thing
to hear one say of another that he has
q monkey of money, meaning that the
Individual referred to is the proud pos
SCISSOR Of $500. So you see in compari-
son with this plethora of riches our
lone nickel is poor crop Of monetary
slang indeed."-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
craft
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19

What are a Vice Presidents princi-
pal duties? To allow the president
pro tempore of the Senate to preside
during his absence, which, according
to custom, is nearly all the time, and
to hang around and be on hand in
case the President should die so he
could take his place. The latter is
his real job, and the one to be Sc
riously considered. Does it really
look wise for a great country like
ours to consider the question Of elect
ing man for a purpose for which
all must agree any one eighty-two
years of age is not suited. Would
any party nominate candidate for
President at such an advanced. age?
Since the prime reason for having
Vice President is that he may take
the Presidents place in case of the
latter's death or inability, does it not
follow, that it is neither sane" nor
safe to make SO old and decrepit
a man Vice President?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
aAs ELEcTlo.N alacE.lNERY


;ss Our seems to be getting a
great deal Of comfort out Of CARRIED
editorial which it took from the West.
.Virginian some weeks ago A great
many people in this vicinity, who are
recent corners, do not realize what
the Republicans had to contend with
in times past, and so for their benefit,
and at the request Of one Of our val
ued subscribers. we reproduce an edi-.
torial which appeared in the Fairmont
Index, the foster mother of the Times,
in the fall OF 1892. The County Com
missioner referred to was Mr.. B. D.
Fleming, one Of our most highly es-
teemed citizens:
gsi,.5.-4 =, -.-astT he Recount. ~,
The County Court is now engaged
in the recount of the votes cast for
the office of County Commissioner.
The Court has gone over the returns
and has ascertained the result for
every officer on the ticket except
Commissioner and the result is stated
in our tabulated statement found in
another column. We have tried to
make this table correct, and it will
be found useful for future reference.
The result on County Commissioner
adding the vote Mr.. Fleming received
on both the Republican and Prohibit
ton ticket gives him a majority Of
ten on the face of the returns.
THIS MAJORITY is so SMALL
THAT 1T CAN EASILY BE OVER
COME BY A RECOUNT. The work
of counting of the votes is very slow,
and it will require several days to
complete it. 1t is understood that Mr..
T. A. Fleming, who was defeated on
the face OF the returns for the Office
Of Justice of the Peace of this dis
trict, will demand a recount of the
votes for that Office. There has been
no demand for any recount for any
other Office, and doubtless there will
be none, for the majorities are so
large that they could not be affected
by recount unless some gross irreg-
ularity was found and nothing of that
sort is charged and none exists. The
recount for commissioner will take
at least all OF this week.-Fairmont
Index.
OF course, Mr.. B. D. Fleming was
counted out according to the Demo
cratic program, as other Republicans
had been before as well as afterwards.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19

Hon. Rossi NJ. Fisher, who was a
Democratic member of the Legisla-
t,1re from Morgan county in the ses-
sion of 1901, has deserted the Democ-
racy and will stump the State for
Roosevelt, Fairbanks and Dawson. In
the exchange of Mr.. Fisher for the
''bawl buzzard OF Cabell,' the Repub-
licans have decidedly the best of the
Observation-Disclosures Mail
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
Wise Observation.

The season of excursions is now in
full blast, and many people take ad-
vantage of them for an outing and a
rest. The time and the money are well
spent, if the excursion is wisely cho,
Chronicle. =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
The more sensible Southern people

The more sensible Southern people
see that the burning of negroes down
in Georgia, amusing though it may
be to those who engage in such pas
time, is making the election of Roose-
welt easier. Coupled with the. move
ment to disfranchise the negro,
makes it certain that the doubtful
States will line up against the Demo
cratic national ticket, thus rebuking
the tail end of it-Candidate Davis
Who was so strongly in favor of
negro Acknowledgement a few weeks
ago at a Democratic powwow in
Charleston, he at that time being in
training for the gubernatorial nominal
ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19

The Democrat who could .'holler' for
Bryan till his eyes bulged out of their
sockets and keep it up for eight years,
then turn around and 'whoop it up" for
Parker, his gold standard telegram
and the trusts, this year is a mental
freak fit only for treason. stratasem
and spoils.''
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
The Cause of the Trouble.

.'yVhat is the matter with that ba-
by?'' growled an irascible husband as
the little one persisted in bowling and
kicking to the extent Of his little might.
s.The matter is, sir" calmly replied
the wife as she strobe up and down the
room, 1.-The matter is that this baby in
herits your temper"
And the husband returned to his pa
per with a gloomier look than before.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
what nj y. Davis Forgot.


stsSSs With the State flag Of Georgia.
wherein Statesboro Is located CON
spicuous. and he Stonewall Jackson
Band furnishing music; former Sena-
tor Davis replied to the formal noti-g
fcation Of his nomination as Vice
Presidential candidate at White Sui
pbur Springs. Standing there upon
the borderland Of the two Virginias"
the octogenarian seized the occasion
to ask: Us it not significant ola
closer and truer brotherhood among
US that for the first time since the
civil war nominee on a national
ticket has been taken from that sec
ton of cur country that lies south of
Mason and Dixon's line?"
as not@<fMr.s Davis sadly forgetful lin
the index of his remarks? Was he
not delegate of his party, at Balt1-
more in 1872, which named Horace
Greeley and Senator 3. Gratz Brown
as the Democratic ticket, already Sc
Cincinnati? Was not Governor Brown
a resident of ST. Louis, which is in
latitude 3s degrees, SO minutes.
And four years before that was not
Frank P. Blair, OF the same city and
State nominated for the same posi-
ton? Does not Missouri lie between
latitude 40 degrees and 80, minutes
north and the famous line of the first
compromise, &c degrees 20 minutes
north? Is not the latitude of Mason
.and Dixon's line SO degrees, 43 min
=
latitudinarian with his party's doc
trine on the tariff ought not to forget
that he himself helped name the first
nominee taken from south of Mason
and Dixon line since the civil war
Mr.. Davis enters into no detail, but
gulps the platform at one swallow.
He forgets that while Hancock was
running on a platform declaring for
tariff for revenue only he declared
in the Senate that he could not agree;
that he was for protection of our in
dustries, and that this country had al
ways been most prosperous when
there was just tariff. He said:
From the organization of the gov
eminent to the present time find
when tight times or financial panics
came that almost universally they
came at times Of low tariffs. Per
haps he did not forget, and that was
why he glided gently over the tariff
declaration of the ST Louis conven-
ton. .SE
The striking feature of the address
was the calamity howl he has sudden
ly acquired. In his own State OF.
boundless resources developed under
tariff protection and pouring the
wealth of Midas into his lap Mr.. Davis
essayed strange role, whose yoicinS
had a metallic ring. He used the per
capita system to show the eXpendi-
lures at various stages of progress
sive country Did he reflect what was
the per capita of wealth in the as
semblage that listened-his own $780,
100000 and an aggregate possessed by
the others of possibly not one
hundredth as much?
The country had the right to eA-
pect cheerful and ebusiness-like ad-
dress, dealing with principles and
facts. Instead the willingness was
evinced to preach depression, that be
lated political ambition, stated with
wealth, might find it's new diversion.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
Sure Enough!

The prohibition of spooning at At
lantic City will probably make a per-
ceptible diminution in the popularity
of that famous resort. What are sum-
mer resorts for. any how?-Morgan-
town New Dominion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
In Hard Luck.

Judge Parker had to say something
in his speech of acceptance that would
mollify Bryan So he attacked the
robber tariff, and thus arrayed the in
dustrial interests of the country al
most solidly against him.-Charleston
Mail. -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19

Unless Candidate Henry G. makes
fat contribution TO the Democratic
campaign fund he Will prove great
disappointment. The managers have
found out already that he will be of
no account on the stump, hence he
will have to make good with his wal
let or be dubbed chump.