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The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06

nal he was chasing, but at too great distance to take a shot at it. It was near enough, however, for him to see that 1t was no fox the dog was follow ing It looked formidable enough, too to make the hunter think it would be well for him to fix himself with ammu- hilton different from that which he used to shoot foxes.
 He went to where he had left his horse, drove to the hotel, got satisfac- tory ammunition, and was half way out To the hills again when he met the dog. limping home.
 Despite his lameness, Sport appar- ently was quite willing 10 go back again, and piloted MT Swan 10 where he only a short time before. had had q very strenuous and Interesting time
 There was a dead wildcat in the middle Of a plot of ground 20 feet square All around the space were evil dences that there had been something doing The light brush was broken. and, scattered about indiscriminately. was lot of hair and numerous blood ' tell how things happened to be that way. but he seemed to be pretty well satisfied with his own part in the mix up. and the way he had come out of it.
 He had been bitten in the right fore leg at the first joint, and his nose and ears were scratched somewhat. but there were 10 very serious injuries.
 The wildcats back had been broken. and one of it's shoulders was lacerated. It weighed 20 pounds and certainly looked as if 1t might have been able to put up fight
 Killing domestic cats ]. mere pas time for this dog Sport. and perhaps. in his experience in this line. he picked up few points that were of use 10 him in his fight with the wild one
 Except a temporary lameness. he sui fered no iil effects from the encounter and MT Swan Is afraid that he is like Y 10 get "swelled head" and worry the pet cats in the neighborhood more than ever Boston Globe
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06
DOG KILLED BIG WILDCAT.
New Hampshire Foxhound Encount- cred a Fierce Opponent and
 Came Out Victorious.

Tn a fight between foxhound and wildcat. the betting man would be in- clined to place his money on the latter. and feel that the percentage in favor of his winning would be great enoIsh 10 satisfy any reasonable man looking for a gamble.
 Nevertheless. a good, husky wildcat was put to the bad by a foxhound in Charlestown. N. IT.. few days ago which shows that 1t is no "eineh' to bet on the wildcat No one saw the fight in which the wildcat. in this par tieular instance. came out second bes5, but the results were very much in evl- dence.
 William Swan. proprietor of the Eagle hotel in Charlestown. recently went out on the hills, east of the vil lage. to see if he could start a fox His dog Sport had not been running long before he gave tongue. and, as NIT. Swan thought. was in hot chase after fox
 In the course of 15 or % minutes MT Swan got sight of the dog and the ani-
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06
STORY OF TWO SWALLOWS.
They Built a Nest in a Gentleman's Bedroom and Made Them
 selves at Home.

One morning two swallows flew into he bedroom of Mir. Chapman. of Fro cester court Gloucester. and. after sev- eral other visits. at last built a nest n the room. In due course four eggs were laid. While the mother was sit ing the maid was never allowed tc attend to the room. but whenever she went near the nest the bird flew of. II stranger or any other member of the household entered the room she flew away at once. Mr Chapman. how eYer Was especially favored. just as if they knew that he was the landlord and might press them for rent He could remove the hen from the nest. place her back, or handle the eggs. and they never said a word The eggs having been matched Mir. Chapman mo- tlced that the father always fed the same two youngsters, and the hen al ways the other two He tried to pug &le them by mixing up the babies. but he parents never mistook one pair for the other. When the fledglings were able to fly. the whole family went out Tor the day. returning at night. One morning, however. they did not go out but, instead, all perched on the rail al the head of the bed and kept up a eeaseless twitter for fully an hour. Then they took their leave for the year Mir. Chapman kindly took means to prevent the window from ever being closed.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06

toned the largest pipe organ ever man. ufactured. with 145 stops and pipes five feet in diameter and g feet long; four acres covered with agricultural machinery; the largest natatorium on earth. ten acres of roses; ten acres of live game: the largest engines ever built: a floral clock covering a quar- ter of an acre of ground, and of which the minute hand weighs oyer ton. Such items but give the general idea Of the entire fair It is all big, it is all beautiful. it is all interesting
 The exposition management is not boasting of the Pike" They wish the visiting public to remember the fair by what might be termed it's legitimate portion, it's wealth of educational ex- hibits, and yet, who would say that the shows along the Pike" are not edu- cationaI in their way. On it are vil- lages of every sort. and amusement features of every description. Five million square feet of entertainment. Among outdoor shows. that are not to be confounded with those of the Pike" !" may be mentioned the reproduction of the City of Jerusalem and the forty acres of Filipinos.
 Among the most interesting of the many features of the fair are the vari ous government exhibits housed in the Government building which is 800 feet long by 250 feet wide Every function of the government is exem- plifled in this building. Among these
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06

When President Roosevelt touched the electric key at the white house in Washington. which set in motion the machinery of the worlds fair at St. Louis. he not only opened to the world the greatest display of the arts of peace the world has ever known, but he gave 10 the nation fit climax of century of growth of that vast territory west of the Mississippi-the Louisiana territory.
 When, at the swing of 9 lever, 90,000 gallons of water per minute was re- leased to flow over the beautiful cas- cades in front of Festival hall, there was completed the most beautiful ex- position picture the world has ever seen. a picture that will live in the mind of every visitor 10 the great fair. Chicago had its Court of Honor. it's stately palaces set against a back ground of the blue waters of Lake Michigan: Buffalo had it's wonderful illumination. it's dusk of evening brightening into day again as the countless thousands of twinkling lights brought back the effect of the rising sun, but these pictures. beautiful as they were. have been surpassed by the glory of the cascades. the foaming waterway, rushing downward from the colOnnades surrounding Festival hall 10 the great lagoons, with their myriad eolOrs. intersecting the wonderfully beautiful grounds in all directions.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06

exhibits is a complete government mint for the manufacture of coin. but at St. Louis Uncle Sam is making in- stead of coin gold souvenir medals. but the process is the same as f the product was legal tender While Uncle sam has a monopoly on the money making business he guards the priv. ilege jealously and does not risk the precious dies, which put their i'm prints upon dimes dollars and eagles, 10 leave their place of keeping.
 Besides a mo-ern coining press. from which drops a bright medal at every click, is a screw press built in l795 and used at that time 10 stamp small coins. There is also a hammer l20 years old and a small pair of bal. ances formerly used in the Philadel phia mint. Comparing these with the improvements made in the last 10G years reveals how much easier it is now for Uncle Sam to replenish his treasury than it was when he was young in the business.
 All of the machines used in the plant are driven by independent direct current motors, tho power for which IS transformed from $50 volts to 22O. The gas for all heating operations. such as annealing, melting. etc, is manufactured by an independent plant situated outside the building, and so arranged that it can be controlled in the exhibit. These machines were de signed and built especially for this purpose
 First of the series of devices com posing the plant is a furnace which supplies heat of 2.000 degrees F. for the melting of metal alloys. Here the metal is cast into ingots and washed in dilute solution of sulphuric acid to free the surface from copper oxide. The ingots are then run through the rolling mill and reduced in thickness from one-half an inch to eighty-fye thousandths of an inch This mill is operated by 50 horse power motor.
 After rolling the strips are heated in the annealing furnace to soften them for the cutter
 Processes used in the making of paper money are altogether different. for it is here that the printer and not the machinist and founder serves a usefulness. h another section of the big Government building at the worlds fair there is a equipped bank note printing plant.
 In the Palace of Transportation may be seen a full size section of the great tunnel which runs from Jersey City under the Hudson river. under New York city at Thirty-fourth street. and under the East river to Long Island a distance of eight miles. It illustrates the tremendous work and millions of dollars expended upon one of the greatest engineering works of modern times. A great laboratory for testing the power, efficiency and economy of locomotives is also in thi. building Locomotives will be under full stear and full speed in this laboratory th. greatest show of locomotive te,tin, ever conceived and costing a ouarte, of million dollars.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06
THE CUNNING MOUSE.

A tiny mouse on pleasure bent, Of human wlIes al innocent. Away from home exploring went Aaured by Blddys tempting bat. Designed its greed Go stimulate, 1t started to investigate. "Whats this I see 9" Miss Mousey cried, AS s5on as she the trap eSFIee. "A cunning house with cheese -rs.as! "I think I'll take a little bite; But wait" she said. with sudden fright, I'm not quite sure that lt.s all right "It may be like those horrid traps That mother warned me of, perhaps, And when you n.bb.e, # quickly snaps "so first of al. I'll climb on top And pua the catch 70 make it drop, And when that's safe then down I'll hop. And this was how the Httle bandit Secured her prize. contr.ved to and it. And Biddy couldn't understand it.
 MORAL Tn coarting danger it were fl That We employ both care and wit, Lest we should prove the bitter bit. Hector RosenfeId, in St Nicholas
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06

this park, my good woman,' he an- swered.
 The woman squinted at her neighbor. "l s'pose you are soldier, she said. finally.
 Yes, am. replied the king.
 T thought so. Then you might be sergeant
 Have been. ma am" said the king. smiling,
 T don't think you can be a captain 2" "0h, have been have been
 Now the woman looked at the king very suspieiously
 "Youll not tell me you are a colonel ?'' Have been. the king said, once more
 Then the woman folding her hands and rolling up her eyes. sighed and said: Dear me dear me, have seen such things before You have lost your posi- rion, guess and I kGow the reason. I, is always whisky Don't taste t any more Poor man. pity you,'
 So she walked ai0Ig toward the castle The k.ng weDt another way. and as the woman stopped a the gate. being at a loss where 10 go. tbe Wt.te-halred man from .La wood stood smiling. before her again
 You are stronger than I. You can take my basket, said the woman.
 The king dlG rot object, so they both stepped up the stair 10 the kitchen de- partmeLt The cooks. of course. stared as they saw the king with the egg bas- ket. One of them having more presence of m.nd than his fellows, ran toward him. seizing the basket
 Your majesty," he stammercd.
 Yes the woman said. the eggs are for the king. Is he al home? AsTam here now should like 10 see him"
 Look al me. then laughed King Christian. 'I am tho king.
 The old woman drew back.
 You are the king, she said. "Bnt then you ought to wear nice uniform so that your people could recognize you. Please don't put me in jail. You can take the eggs. cont want any money"
 But hing Christian laughed aloud or. eered the chef to pay her well for in, eggs, and left her. a very much amaze, s-o soman.-Chieago Inter Ocean.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06

surpasses all others in beauty. so, also. does it in size. One thousand two hun dred and forly acres, literally covered with the treasures, the productions. the curiOslUes of >-.c world. tell the story of the fair in sentence. No one wis itor will ever see it all, though he spent the full time the exposition is open al the task. An exposition which cost s50 coo 000 before it's gates were opened 10 the public; an exposition 10 which 52 nations from all cor ners of the world have sent their best for the people of the world 10 look upon; an exposition two miles long and one mile wide; an exposition that is twice the size of any other 10 which the public were invited, an ex- position that is larger than the three previous large American expositions combined. Such is the exposition with which St Louis celebrates the centennial Gf the Louisiana purchase
 But the men responsible for the ex- position do not wish that 1t should al tract by it's size alone They have
 
 ness and who can stand in the center of the great panorama without being aroused 10 pitch of enthusiasm by the beauty that surrounds him? It is the beauty, rather than the size of the fair, that first appeals 10 him
 Another thing that appeals 10 the American. the man who loves his coun- try, is the sentiment the exposition stands for. It is a sentiment that is fully exempl.fed in the imposing be- roic statues Of the states that stand on either side of Festival hall. These statues typify, not the states of the east. but these of the west, the states carved out of the Louisiana territory. the states that stretch from the gulf 10 he Canadian border, from the Mis- sissippi 10 Puget sound: states that have within century of time been builded out of the wilderness. It is for these the exposition has been bulld- ed. it is these again that have made the exposition possible The lesson they teach is written deep in the his tory of the nation.
 To attempt an itemized description ef the wonders this expose ,ion has brought to the doors of the people of the central west is impossible in the space of a newspaper article. Twelve thousand car loads of exhibits found space within the great palaces. It is almost impossible 10 realize what such statement means until one has gone from building to building. from ex- hibit to exhibit. Nor is tke space in the building wasted Every niche is filled with s~,lething of interest. and the demand was for almost double the amount at the disposal of the author ities. Some idea of this may be had from the statement that the breakfast food manufacturers alone asked for more space than would have filled all the Agricultural building. covering I9 acres of ground. and with four miles of aisles.
 To pick even the more interesting ex- hibits is almost an impossiblity though among them might be men,
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-06
The Oldest Bell in America.

The first bell to ring in this hemis- phere, at Isabella. San Domingo, 14s3 is of bronze, eight inches high and six and half inches wide.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18
COUNTIES.

It will be noted that a considerable
decrease in acreage has taken place,
quite generally distributed over the
state. While sugar beets displaced to-
bacco growing in considerable territory
of Rock and Dane counties, nearly as
great decline is noted in Vernon and
Columbia counties where none of the
sugar beets are grown. The unsatisfac-
tory prices of year ago probably has as
much to do with the cutting down of the
acreage as any one thing. The decrease
proves to be fully as large as previously
estimated fully 25 per cent, and is sig
nifcant. Allowing the figures to be ap-
proximately accurate, the yield of the
1904 crop cannot much exceed lOO,0OOcs,
which is the smallest crop the state has
produced in some years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET,
EDGKRToN, WIS.,, Nov. Is, l9

EDGERTON, WIS.,, Nov. 1S 1904.
Conditions in the local tobacco mar
kets remain about the same as for sew
eral weeks past. Pleasant Indian Sum-
mer weather continues long beyond the
usual season. No rains have come so
far to bring casing weather and the new
crop remains too dry in the curing
sheds to permit of any examination by
buyers or preparation for market. The
old leaf in country hands is being stead
lily sought after and the movement is
fast absorbing the remnants that can be
bought at prices that will permit of an
export or stogy manufacturing outlet.
W. T. Pomeroy & Co., E. G. Hopkins
and Chas. Sweeney have been liberal
purchasers of this class of goods of late.
The bulk of the business among packers
is confined to low grade goods of which
there is liberal amount of trading.
The shipments out of storage reach
49Scs for the week to all points from
this market.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18
Our Cigar Wrapper Competitor.

Figures furnished by the Netherlands
bureau of statistics give general view
of the Dutch East Indias tobacco trade.
This section produces the world famous
Sumatra cigar wrapper to find a substi-
tute for which the U. S. department of
agriculture has of recent years made
heroic efforts.
The Island of Sumatra boasts of five
tobacco growing provinces. OF these,
Deli raised in 1902 23,88l,000 pounds, or
about one half the islands total output.
The industry is mainly in the hands of
companies who own or have leases on
big tracts of land. This is evidenced by
the fact that the last crop of which there
is any record showed an average yield
per plantation of 900 pounds. At an
average production of 1900 pounds per
acre. this would show that each planta-
ton devoted over 230 acres to tobacco.
The tendency is toward more perfect
consolidation of plantations each year.
A decade ago there we're SO more plsnta-
tions in Sumatra than at present and
their average tobacco output was only
150,70O pounds, less than one half the
current yield per farm. The tobacco
crop of Sumatra in 1902 was % per cent
greater than in 1893.
The island of Java produced IL ,080,O00
pounds more tobacco in 1902 than did
Sumatra Borneo in the same period
raised about $4,000 pounds. Practically
the entire crop of the Dutch East Indies
is exported, about all going to Holland.
In 1902 these exports aggregated lO3,-
934 900 pounds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18
New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12, |

NEW YORK. Nov. IL, l9O4.
The result of the national election had
no perceptible effect upon the market,
as it was discounted long ago. If one
remember the nervousness of the pre-
ceding two presidential elections, partic-
ularly the first Bryan campaign, when
the trade was actually afraid to give
credit, or even transact business for
cash, the election just passed will from
business standpoint always be remem-
bered as one of the utmost indifference.
But that was only on the surface, as the
astounding result proved. Trading was
not interrupted before, nor was it dur
ing the week, although it has slackened
up somewhat. AS pointed out before in
this space, the volume of trade is chiefly
limited by the lack of available supply.
The only leaf in sufficient quantities on
hand is Pennsylvania and in this com
modify the market does its full share.
The Wisconsin is not fully sampled and
what available leaf there is in it finds
ready customers. The thinner is late in
curing and samples will not be on ex
hibition till next month, but when they
make their appearance lively trade IS
anticipated. In Sumatra the market re-
mains steady and also so in Havana leaf
All the regular factories being closed
for election day, the total output for the
week was, of course, considerably cur
tailed. Then, too, the political excite
ment consequent on the election could
not but have somewhat disturbing eff
feet on business in general, SO that even
while the actual consumption of cigars
might not be materially lessened, yet
wholesalers and the larger retailers were
inclined only to purchase in small guam
titles to cover immediate needs and defer
larger operations until the business
world should recover its business equi-
librium For the same reason new
brands have been scarce upon the mar
ket of late, manufacturers being unwill-
ing to enter on costly enterprises, while
even the smallest outside influence dis
turbed the commercial horizon. A sharp
increase in activity, however, is now in
dicated, and if the tide of business does
not within the next few weeks reach
high level, it must be that reports from
factories are misleading as to the extent
of prevailing prosperity. journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market.

Although little or no buying is going
on in the Connecticut valley, from other
points comes the news of active opera.
tions in that line. Those who had early
cut crops have stripped and sold their
product; but the late crops are to some
extent on the poles, the farmers are
every day growing little restless in this
period of waiting. They we'll know that
when another damp time comes that will
enable them to take down their tobacco,
there will be a renewal of the buying
activity, and as many have their regular
help still with them they wish to be able
to get their stripping out of the way, and
perhaps sell the crop and not have to
dive quite so deep into their pockets to
pay what is due for labor.
Our correspondents report as follows:
Hatfield, Mass: six of the asserting
shops started Nov. 7th with quite good
gangs of sorters. Calls for good sorters
are noticed among the advertising col
umns of local papers, At East Hartford
sorters are wanted at So per day, and
about the same prices prevail all around.
One young man who goes as an inspect
or at Hinsdale Smiths of Springfield
was wanted to bring ten good sorters,
OUT ne was aOlo TO ma only IOur. AIter
the fall work has been finished on the
farms large number of men will work
for the winter in the asserting shops,
and about the first of December we may
expect to see a good many young men
change places" Bradstreet, Mass: John
Bremen, E. Ell. Field and Albert Ell.
Marsh have their tobacco in the bundle
ready for the sorting table. | report the
sale of A. III. Marsh's crop of acres in
the bundle to John McHugh, Hatfield"
East Whate1y, Mass: II report the sale
of John M. Crafts crop of 1908 tobacco,
81 acres, at about &c." Montague, Mass;
''The tobacco crop has cured we'll, and
shows fine, good colored leaf. About
one-half has been taken from the poles
and stripped. Onions are largely sold.
The rest are in storehouses for buyers"
-CultiVat for
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-18
EVANSVILLE, WIS.,, Nov. 16, 1904.

A deal of most any kind or size in leaf
tobacco these days is not an every day
occurrence, but when one reads about
the disposal or shipment of 5000 case
lot of 1903 goods, it is very evident that
the tobacco business is not entirely at
standstill. This deal and shipment,
which is for export, was made by Mr..
Soverhill of this city, the shipping tax
ing place from Stoughton. L. B. Carle
& Son follow along with fair sized deal
of 291cs of 19O2-O3 and buy up 24lcs of
the same years. A. N. Jones sells Goes
of 1902 and 50cs of 1901 BIS. Excepting
one or two small deals by the merchants
here, the above is the bulk of the leaf
business done in this market for the
week, and as this seems to have been a
week of exceptions, a repeater is not
looked for until the casing weather has
arrived, for which all are patiently wait
ing.