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The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22
CHAPTER xV.-contlnued.

CFNAf Eh ANs-OOUtiUbtds
In the swift current OF humanity
then streaming up and down the cattle
range. the reputation OF the Halfway
House was carried far and near; and
tor fifty miles east and west. for i've
hundred mites north and south. the
Beauty VI the girl at tho Halfway
House was matter OF general story.
About her there grew a saga OF the
cow range. and she was spoken OF with
awe from the Brazos 90 the Blue.
Many a rude cowman made long pill
Erimage TO verify rumors he had
seard OF the personal beauty. the per
sonal sweetness Of nature. the personal
xindness OF heart. and yet the personal
reserve and dignity OF this new god
dess. whose like was not 10 be found
IN all the wide realms OF the range.
For each of these rude. silent, awk-
ward range riders, who stammered In
all speech except to men or horses.
and who stumbled In all locomotion but
that OF the saddle Mary Ellen had a
kind spot In her soul. never ceaslng
20 wonder as she did at the customs
and traditions OF their life. Pain they
anew not. fear they had not. and duty
Was their only god They told her.
simply as children. OF deeds which
now caused a shudder. now set ting.
ling the full blood OF enthusiasm, and
opened up unoonsciously to her view
a rude field of knight-errantry. whose
principles sat strangely close with the
hest traditions OF her own earlier land
and time They were knightserrant.
and for all on the Ellisville trail thoro
was but one lady
As for Edward Franklin himself he
could not In his moments OF widest
sEotism assign himself TO a place any
better than that accorded each mem
Der OF the clans who rallied about this
Southern lady trAnsplanted To tho
Western plains. Repulsed in his first
unskilled. impetuous advance; hurt.
Etung. cut to the quick as much at his
own clumsiness and fauure TO make
himself understood e. al the actual
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22
Snakes in the mOonshine district.

We infer from the following THAI
the weather in Georgia has not af.
fected the snakes In the moonshine
district: you kin set II down fer a
fact that the snake season amt ended
in Georgia. woke mp t'other morn
in and found two big king snakesl
Quoiled up by the fireplace in my
room. There wuz also a blacksnakel
sleepin' peaceful at the foot OF my
bed. | amt no drinkin man. fer I've
got a throat trouble, an can't git mo-
whisky down me!"-Atlanta constitu-
ton.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22

Tansy. that grows In spite Of you
and. by It's flaming yellow flowers
each summer tells of once hourishins
homes LONG ago abandoned, has It's
helpful qualities now as In the early
days. II is great for a stomach tonic.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22
Man In killed hu rrain-

Bloomington. H.. special: A man
supposed TO be Arthur Carter OF Chi
cago was killed by a Chicago a Al.
ton train near Williamsville A card
gave the address % brother. John
Carter OF Plttshurg. Pa
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22

The smallest typewriter ever manu-.
featured was made IN America four
teen years ago. II was four inches
by three inches and weighed four and
A half ounces
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22
ALI DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua
Heller of 7o6 s.
Walnut street. Ur.
banA. Ill, says:
in the fall OF
1899 after taking
ID ans Kidney
Pills | told tho
readers OF this
paper that they
had relieved mo
Of kidney trouble.
d lisp - q d OF a
lame back with
pain across my
loins and beneath
the sh oulder
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22
manltoka crops.

Duriag the year 1908 Manitoba pro.
duccd a total CROP OF AL grains Of
s2.576.5ls bushels.
The Yale expositor., 1904-01-22

Unionism IN the United States
has grown in nine years from 9Oo.O 900
% 100000.
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HoUGH. AUTHOR OF THR STORY CONVOY
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

Laxative doses of Ayers Pills each
night greatly aid the SarsaparIlla.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
MAKES GOOD REPORT
Health Officer Eastman Reports Only
Six Cases OF Contagious Diseases
in Kenosha in a Year.
ALLEYS AND STREETS CLEANED

From the report of City Health
Officer Dr.J. r. Eastman which will be
sent to the Council before the coming
election, it is gathered that Kenosha
has been remarkably free from con-
tagious diseases during the last year.
There has been a great deal of sick
ness in the city during the time but
there has not been any time when the
doctors of the city were fearful of an
epidemic of disease. The records of
the health officer show that during the
year there have been but three cases of
scarlet fever and but two cases of
diphtheria. There has been one case
of measles and this is thought to have
been the sum and total of all the cases
of contagious disease. There has not
been case of smallpox in the county
and the health officer has not had oc-
casion to order any vaccinations on ac-
count of the possible spread of this
disease. Not single death has oc-
Cured on account of contagious dis
eases.
DR.. Eastman reports that Kenosha
with the rest of the state has suffered
from the prevailing epidemic of pneu-
monia but that with the coming of
the warmer weather the number of
cases Of this disease has become
noticeab1y less.
This condition of the public health
in Kenoslla is testimonial to the
good work that has been done by DR..
| Eastman. The doctor has made little
show of his work but since he was
elected health officer he has kept
right at the duties of the office. He
has had loyal support from Mayor
Pfennig and the other city officials.
Every day or so DIR. Eastman makes a
| trip about the city and his reports to
the commissioners Of the streets are
sufficient to have the dirty places
cleaned up. During the winter
months it has been impossible for the
! health officer to keep the alleys clean
but he is preparing for a general
cleaning up as soon as the weather
| will make it possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
WILLS ARE PECULIAR
Bishop Sisters Late of the Town OF
Somers Leave Their Property
to Surviving Sister
LAST CHAPTER IN SPINsTER LIFE

The last act in the pretty little
drama of the simple lives of Della,
Phoebe and Victoria Bishop of the
town of Somers, was seen this MORN
ing when the last wills and tesla,
ments of Victoria and Phoebe Bishop
were filed for probate in the county
court of the county.
The three women were the daugh-
tiers of the late Jacob Bishop of that
town, and for mauy years the three
had lived at the old homestead in the
village. They were spinsters and
most of their lives had been given for
the care of each other and to the sup-
port of church and charity work in
the town of Somers.
In life the three sisters had always
which have been filed show that they
had arranged to keep up this care
after any of them should die. BY the
will Of Phoebe Bishop, all Of her prop
erty is left to her two sisters, Della
and Victoria Bishop, and by the will
Of Victoria Bishop the property which
she died seized Of passes to her sisters
Phoebe and Della Bishop. Della
Bishop had made a will leaving her
property to the two sisters who died a
short time ago.
By this arrangement the sisters had
planned that the little property which
they had owned in common for SO
many years, should be prevented
from passing into the hands Of
strangers.
Della Bishop is named as executrix
of both the estates, and she will at
once take possession of the entire
property of her sisters. There are
many other heirs to the estates but
they will make no effort to secure any
portion of the property.
Accor ding to the petition for pro-
bate of the estates, the property of the
two sisters is valued at $500. 1t is
composed mostly of real estate in the
town Of Somers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
POLICE AT THE EXPO.
KenOsha Force is Asked to Send an
Exhibit to the Big st. Louis
Exposition.
ARE A LITTLE SHORT OF RELICS.

The Chief of Police has received a
letter from the promoters of the ST..
Louis Exposition asking that the Ke-
nosha Police Department send an ex-
hibit to the exposition, which is to
open in two months. The srequest is
appreciated by the local officials, but
there has arisen some doubt in the
minds of the Chief and his officers as
to just what should be forwarded to
properly represent the greatness of
the Kenosha police force.
The Kenosha departments one de-
void of relics. 1t hasn't even a knife
carried by great desperate, or a re-
vo1yer with which desperate and
bloody murderer was captured. One
thing Of interest is the helmets now
being worn by the force, and they
could easily be sent in by the depart
ment as ''he1mets worn by police in
dark ages" Another relic is a pic
ture of s'Honest Joe Newhouse, y
showing the gallant officer as he ap-
peared when he first went on the force
half a century ago.
Kenosha has played an important
part in the protection of the North
Shore during the last half century,
but the work didn't run to relics. It
is true that the portrait gallery in the
office is large one, but none of the
pictures tell any story of the bravery
of the Kenosha officers, and the stories
would be largely of the men who were
supposed to be in Kenosha but who
never arrived here, or if they did
proved smart enough to avoid the
eagle eyes of the Kenosha guardians
of the peace.
Outside of all jokes, the record of
the police force in Kenosha would
show up favorab1y with that of any
force in this section of the country,
and simple statement of the work
done by the officers would form as
good an exhibit as that sent by any
city in the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
Attorneys For the st. Paul Road De-
clare That Detective Got All That
Was Coming to Fin.
GENERAL DENIAL OF THE TABLE
Company's Representatives Pay Little At
tention to Sensational Accusations
Made by the Former Detective.

Attorney A. e. Buckmaster has re-
ceived the answer of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul company to the
suit recently brought by Frank g.
Cowie, a railway detective, to collect
$21, $50 a11egedsto be due to Cowie for
services rendered the defendant COM
pany. The answer is short and to the
point and brings up a general denial
to the alleged sensational story which
was sprung by Cowie. In the answer
the attorneys pay little attention to
the charges that the Milwaukee road
Systematically robbed other roads for
a number of years and this portion Of
the claim is answered by fiat denial.
In regard to the claim of COwie for
wages which he alleged was a con-
tract bill the answer admits that the
company paid to Mr.. Cowie the sum
of $500 and the attorneys allege fur
Their that this was the sum and sub
stance Of the demand that Cowie
could have had against the company.
The real fight in the trial of the case
WILL DC 1CAl " llAC PAdAhlA'is elS7 ~ ~ -
be forced to prove the value of his
services to the company. Cowie IN
his complaint alleges that these ser
vices were reasonably worth twenty
five thousand dollars to the defendant
company, but the latter values the
services at one-tenth of that amount.
1t was expected that the filing of
the suit by Cowie would cause a great
stir in the railway world and for day
the matter was pretty we'll threshed
out but the papers have dropped the
case like a hot cake and have paid
little attention to the claims of Cowie
and his friend Cochrane. In several
interviews given out the attorneys
for the ST. Paul road have stated that
the claims made by the detective we're
without foundation in fact and this
view seems to have been taken of the
case by interested parties. Officials
of other roads have been asked to
make statements in regard to the
truth or fa1sity of the claims of Cowie
but they have refused to make any
such statements and all that has been
secured on the sensational end of the
story is the claim as presented in the
summons of Cowie.
Now that the answer to the case has
been made it will come up for trial at
the March term of the Circuit court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
PLANS ARE ACCEPTED
Streets, Alleys and Bridges Commit
tee Accept Plans for the New
Middle Street Bridge
is TO BE BUILT OF CONCRETE

The streets and a11eyss committee
of the Common Council has finally
accepted plans for the proposed'bridge
across the Kenosha river at Middle
street and the plans will be formally
reported to the Council at it's next
meeting.
1t is expected that the Council will
authorize an advertisement for bids
at that time and that the contract for
the bridge will be let in order to al
low the work of constructionsto start
with the opening Of the spring
weather. City Engineer Mothcstates
that about two months will be required
to complete the work and that the
bridge should be opened for the use of
the people of the North side by the
latter part of June or the first of July.
The new bridge will be the most
slightly bridge in the city and it will
be built IN such way as to be per-
manent improvement to the North
side. The plans provide for the con-
struction of a three arch concrete
bridge built on the Monier system.
The bridge will be los feet in length,
and thirty feet in width. 1t will have
an eighteen foot roadway and on
either side there will be side walk
FIVE feet in width. This sidewalk will
be protected by the building of con-
crete wall.
The construction of the bridge as
planned is of the strongest possible
nature. The arches will be built of a
concrete material composed of stone,
sand and cement while the arches
will be strengthened with steel bow
making them strong as possible. The
contractor will be forced to pay a
royalty to the patentee of this par
ticu1ar form of construction but this
will be stated in the specifications.
Engineer Moth plans that the cost
of the bridge will be in the neighbor-
hood of tweve thousand dollars. II
was conceded that the steel bridge
over the river at this point would cost
at least ten thousand dollars and it is
thought that the added cost in the
bridge will be more than made up by
the fact that the life of the concrete
bridge will be vastly longer than that
Of the steel bridge. There is no doubt
but that the plans will prove accepta
BILE to the members of the Council
The contracts for the bridge should
be let in another month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
Court Commissioners Cayanagh Ex-
tends Time Tor Answer in the
Suit OF Mrs. Buschmann.
ATTORNEY CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
City Attorney Slater claims That Mrs.
Buschmann Cannot Recover From the
City Although Terribly Injured.

Court Commissioner James Cavan-
agh yesterday issued an order extend
ing the time for the city of Kenosha to
file an answer to the claim of Mrs.
Elizabeth Buschmann, who claims
damages to the extent of $4,000
against the city for injuries alleged
to have been received by falling on a
defective sidewalk.
The answer of the city, which will
be filed within the next few days, will
a1lege a general denial in the matter
stated in the summons served by Mrs.
Buschmann, and the city is planning
to fight the suit in both the county
and state courts. Mr. Baker, who
represents Mrs. Buschmann in the
suit, made no objection to the extern
sion of the time for, t11e filing of the
ans wer.
In speaking of the case this morn
ing, Attorney Slater stated that he
did not think that Mrs. Buschmann
would be able to recover anything
from the city. He said, eff Mrs.
Buschmann would be able to recover
damages for her injuries under the
conditions, the city is liable for dam
ages for every little injury that may
be received by any one falling on a
sidewalk. Mrs. Bnschmann was ter
ribly injured by her fall, and it is a
sad case, but it would be suicidal for
the city to attempt to settle for every
sad case of injury to people of the city.
1t is possible that our answer to the
complaint of Mrs. Buschmann will set
up contributory negligence, but with
out this claim, believe that the city
will have little trouble in winning a
victory in this case"
The case of Mrs. Buschmann is
peculiar one and in way it will serve
as test case.
The sidewalk on which Mrs. Busch
man fell was one of the best in the
city and the only defect that is
alleged in the complaint was the fact
that it was covered with ice and snow.
Of course the city was not in any
way to blame for the work of the ele-
ments and on this ground the attorn-
ey expects to be able to escape the
payment of any damages. Hundreds
Of people have fallen on the ice dur
ing the past few months and should
Mrs. Buschmann establish her claim
the decision of the court would open
the way for large number of similar
claims. Already two claims of this
nature have been filed with the city
council and others are pending.
Mrs. Buschmann is probably dis
ab1ed for life but the attorney for the
city claims that the acci1en was one
for which the city could not be held
liable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
THE GENIUS OF THE PRAIRIE
Two Pleasant Prs.iE,e Wen invent New
Plan For Capture of Rabbits.

Two Pleasant Prssicie Wen invent New
plan For Capture of Rabbits.
The town Of Pleasant Prairie is
destined to be famous. In the past
the little town has given to the conn
ty, state and nation many of its most
distinguished men and the county has
been justly proud of it. But there is
something new in the Prairie that
shows that the development of gen
ius has not as yet terminated Two of
the men of the town have just con-
tribnted to the world of the hunter an
invention which threatens to put the
ferret out of business and revolution
ize the methods Of rabbit hunting.
The invention was wholly the result
of an accident but it is claimed that it
works to perfection and the men will
seek to secure patent on it.
Some days ago Fl. A. King, the
genial postmaster of the town, and
Charles Mcneil, famous nimrod, sat
abont the fire in the King store. There
was nothing doing and there was
plenty Of time for the development of
the inventive genius. Mcneil claim
ed that the rabbits in Pleasant Prairie
were getting so foxy that it was al
most impossible to capture them by
old means. The shot gun was no
longer of use and the rabbits had be-
come so thoroughly immune to the
dog proposition that they never went
far enough away from the burrows to
be captured. Ferrets were out of the
question for the poor man and all that
was left for the hunter was to wait
for hours by the rabbits burrow and
get a single shot at him when he came
out. 1t was on account of this condi-
ton of affairs that Mr.. King brought
forth his famous plan. Laying in the
store was quantity of rubber hose
and King noticing that the hose was
sufficiently stiff for the purpose sug-
gested to Mcneil that the two go to a
rabbit burrow and give the plan a
trial. They went and after consider
able work they managed to poke the
hose far down into the burrow. Then
one of the men put his mouth to the
other end of the hose and shouted de-
fiance to the cotton tailed animals.
In half a minute the rabbits which
had been hidden away came flying
out and their capture was made easy.
Other trials Of the new scheme have
served to perfect it and the two men
will now ask that their rights for it's
manufacture be protected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
INVENTOR rs SUED.
Designer of Building Material is Asked to
Pay Small sum for House Rent.

Designer of Building Material is Asked to
Pay a Small sum for House Rent.
Elmer E. VanWie the inventor who
gained fame as the only man in the
country who manufactures hollow
blocks for building purposes was the
defendant in petty civil action in
the court of Justice Sturges this
morning. The suit, which is brought
by Jason Lothrop the veteran Keno
sha county surveyor, demands that
the inventor pay over to him the
pa1try sum of fifty dollars which is
alleged to have been due the plaintiff
for rent of a building in his addition
to the city. Mr.. Lothrop claims that
the suit exposes the story of a factory
that didn't pan out. VanWie accord
ing to the claim of Lothrop rented
the building to be used as a factory
for the manufacture of his invention
The wheels of the industry were new
er started and Mr.. Lothrop alleges
that the building was turned over to
a brother of the inventor for use as a
home. Twelve dollars was paid as
rent and the suit is to recover the
balance due for the use of the house
for eleven months. Inventor VanWie
was in court and at his request the
case was continued for two weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
M'GARRY CASE SETTLED.
Clerk of the Court is Ordered to File Modi-
fed Judgment In Old Road Case.

The famous old Wheat1and road
case of McGarry VS.. HenryaRunk1e ct
al has probably reached the end of its
tether as the clerk of the court this
morning received stipulation of the
attorneys interested in the case by
which it was agreed thatsthe modified
Judgment as handed down by the Su-
preme couKt should be placed on rec
ord. The Judgment was handed down
many months ago but it has been
withheld from record with the hope
that the matter might be settled
among the attorneys out!ofscourt.
By the terms of the Judgment Nc
Garry is the loser in the fight, as he
is forced to pay the Supreme Court
costs, amounting in the:neighborhood
of $3.50, while the costs and judgments
against the Town Board amount to
less than $145.
It is possible that the Town Board
will get out an execution to force the
payment Of the costs in the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
HELP FOR THE BLIND.
school to Teach the Blind Trades Establish
ed In Milwaukee by State Board.

The workshop for the blind estab-
1ished in Milwaukee by the state
board of control offers opportunity for
any blind person to obtain instruction
in some trade by which he can earn a
living. For the first two or three
months the earning power of the
pupil is so small that each one needs
to have sufficient amount of money
to support himself, about 81 week.
The superintendent suggests that in
cases where the applicant has no
means this small sum can usually be
raised by subscription, or perhaps
appropriated by the authorities out of
the public funds. There are now
eighteen blind persons employed in
the workshop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
Attention
Farmers.

Why remain in the North
and stay indoors six months in
the year consuming what you
raise during the other six
months?
Go South where you can work
out doors every month in the
year, and where you are pro-
ducing something the year
round. If you are a stock raiser
you know your stock are now
eating their heads off" and,
besides, have to be protected
from the rigors of winter by
expensive shelter.
Economical stock feeding re-
quires the combination of both
fesh-fornning and fat-forming
foods in certain proportions.
Alabama and Florida produce
in abundance the velvet bean
and cassava, the first flesh
producer, and the latter a fat
producer, and they are the
cheapest and best fattening
materials known to the world.
More money can be made and
with less labor, in general
farming, fruit and berry grow
ing and truck gardening along
our road in the South than in
any other section of the Union.
If you are interested and de-
sire further information on the
subject, address
@. A. p Ark,
Gen'I immigration and industrial Agent
Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co.,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
Your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

ne Kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste Of
impurities in the blood.
Il they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andyheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected