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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

commenced to sing, and it was not
poor poetry at all any more, but truly
majestical and excellent. The next
moment General Punk approached,
and with an appalling hiss and scream
the poetical skyrocket shot up in the
air.
Up, UP it went, leaving dazzling
tail of fire behind it. 1t drove straight
for big red star, and for a moment
the exulting skyrocket actually hoped
that it would continue to fly till it got
to him.
But just then its heart grew fam
ing hot That was the burning pow
der And the next instant, with
bang! that was heard deep below on
earth, the skyrocket burst.
All the poetry flew out-each verse
by itself, in red, green, blue, gold and
purple, all glittering like spangles as
they rained downward slowly, turning
and twisting this way and that, and
glittering with a new brilliancy with
every motion:
DO you know what it looks like?'
said little girl to her father, who was
a real poet. 1T looks as if the gemmy
feathers from the angels wings were
falling from heaven
why, you are a poet YOURSELF"
said her father, kissing her.
He wrote it down, and one day he
made a beautiful poem out of it-a
poem that men are reciting and sing
ing to-day. And it became so famous
that at last the poet was asked how
he came to write it. SO he told them
that it came from what his little girl
had said when she saw the fireworks.
But you and l know how it really
was-that it came from the poetry
that was written by the poor, dead
poet whose poetry really was not
good at all till it was made into
skyrocket.
JULIUS MULLER.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

There is probably region of the world that COM
bines many big and little discomforts the ANA
Miserable weather, bad climate, poor food diff
cult country, and dangers from beasts serpents,
insects and forest bese the explorer every foot
of the way.
1T is true that the grandeur of the primeval wilder
ness along the mighty river is such as to remain IN
ones heart and brain forever after experience OF It,
But it grandeur full of gloom and even terror,
that after few weeks of travelling through it it be-
weight and a warning of doom.
The gloom of the everlasting darkness OF the tor
estss hard enough to bear alone. For days at time
the explorer passes under overarchng trees. hung with
serpentine creepers, through which not ray OF sun
penetrate, SO that it is like going through vast
damp cellar. The moisture constant and excessive
that before long everything from clothing to- tood is
reeking with nauseating mldewng wetness. And as
there Sun TO dry them, the result IS that things
soon begin to
"And all this while there is no road either on land
river The forest trails usually half under Water
The channel of the river is obstructed little while
by fallen SO the journey endless succession
of padding, wading hounderng through the woods,
ryng the rocks and fallen trees, around
rapids, and swimming occasionally.
Insects swarm around the party day and night ne
of them all is familiar friend, the mos
quito which the of the Amazon being SO erct
Indians wild flight to the upland times. have seer
Indians whose bodies of sores from thu
bites of mosquitoes.
Hardly day passes without adventure will
snakes There species of deadly tree snake, which
is green and has the pleasant habit of hanging from
branch over the river till a canoe passes underneath
when it drops into the craft
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Uncle Sam Birds

VYyYHILE Uncle Sam is busy getting ready to dig
AXI interoceanic canals and building up colonies
Wv and administering the great affairs OF do
main extending from sunrise to SUNRISE he
still is not busy look after little things, such as
birds Indeed the birds of the country are fast getting
to be of his hobbies
He takes his birds he takes wars, and he is busy
ing himself about everything connected with them from
their nests to their food The latter especially some
thing that interests him. for he wants to IND Out Just
which birds if any, do harm by eating crops, and
which ones help the country by eating insects And even
when he finds that certain birds eat insects exclusively
he isn't satisfied because he wants to know whether or
not they eat only harmful insects whether they eat
insects that are valuable to the farmers such as lady
bugs and chneumon flies, which kill the harmful bugs
60 Uncle Sam has small army OF men scattered
homohou the continent all studying his birds He has
examned the stomachs of nearly forty-nne thousand
brdc o determine exactly what they eat and SO care
f has this been done that he possesses tables OF
s,ras showing the number and kinds OF insects
ede etc that were found in each stomach
This work has been sort of enlightened repetition
Of the strange work of the Middle Ages when people
ed to carry birds and animals solemny before Judge
and have them tried for running crops. IL they were
found guilty, they were sentenced TO De hanged u
do,ned or burned alive Uncle Sans birds have beer
I Co. the same crimes, and the result has been no
NV that MANY species of birds have been acqutte'
trnmnhantly of the charge OF beng harm1ul put IN
sners have learned that by protecting certain Dird
thew can save time and money because the eathIlI
iIs DESTROY insects that otherwise would rum whol
crops .. :,,ooa,+ however And as resul
11i can, has established regular quarantine agalns
some birds to prevent them from entering tne coun
At ali Among these are the Engish sta "a, S ~
dl "i, onarrelsome and begerent that they drive GU
ar ~ 80 birds AWAY Some of these have managed
80 , =, dacnte his objection, and have estaDilshe
snea Long parts of the Middle Atlantic seaboard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

TT WAS terribiel All day long tn,
slaughter had gone on First thu
III torpedo battalions had marched
on the field in their white anc
pink uniforms; and paff! bang! they
had died, shattered against stone walls
and sidewalks.
They were the skirmishers. After
them came the advance guard of the
mixed troops, chasers and percussion
caps and similar small fry. They
too, died where they stood, litterine
the field with their bodies.
But long before they had all fallen
the real line of battle had been form.
ed-the hrecracker brigades, rank on
rank in their red uniforms; and when
they opened the engagement all along
the front there. was little to be heard
of the scattered battles where the
skirmishers were still dying by the
thousand.
Fierce soldiers were they, with
royal Chinese blood in their veins
They loved to boast that they could
trace back to ancestors who were set
off by Confucius when he was boy;
and they were vain because some OF
their biggest relatives had not only
died the death of heroes in battle, but
had been mistaken for cannon when
they exploded.
SO, although brigade after brigade
of them was annihilated as fast as it
marched out, there was no fear or
hesitation among those who were
called on to take the place of the
dead. Straight, and firm they strobe
forth and exploded with military pre-
cision.
They were fine men. General Punk
the commander-in-chief of the battle
looked at them with admiring fire in
his eye as they dressed front before
him-the big grenadier troops con-
sisting entirely of giants, each Of
whom was warranted to make the
windows tremble; the fusiliers, who
were three times as big as the rank
land file; the engineers, who were only
half as tall as the fusiliers, but still
lowered over the heads of the rani
and file; and the rank and file itself
numbering more than thousand
times hundred thousand.
Goodness meI' muttered one o.
the howerpots in the box on the
veranda, looking cautiously over the
rim and Immediately scuttling back
into the box, this is frightful What
on earth is the natter"
ITS the great annual battle Of
Fourth of July, stupid said bat.
tered old veteran He was SCARED
and mutiliated, for he had served
through three years as toy pistol
and had become a great military au
thority. Il should imagine that yor
would know what you had enlisted
for
alas! no, SIR" said the fowerpot:
in chorus. 1--WE thought that WE
were enlisted only to act as sort o
bodyguard."
Well" said the old toy pistol
scowling ferociously, you will fine
out when dusk comes. All you troop
in the box here are reserves; you will
get orders to charge when the fire
cracker brigades have met their glori
Gus deaths in battle.
81 don't know exactly why | an
kept in reserve with you, continue
the old veteran, unless it be to com
mand you. Usually my place is a
the very front, and am always cal
ed out before dawn. Two years ag
| had shot two very fair wounds int
boy before breakfast, and last yea
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

We all meet this person Natural
lists call him the Gawkwalker, because
he cannot walk without gawking.
He steps into open coal holes and
on peoples toes, and runs into chill
dren and upsets their toys
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Delights of the Amazon

f/HEOPLE wonder why the Amazon River still
- is only half known" said South American
1 traveller last week 'After man has assembled
fe,u dred ,nni1e he knn1r The son
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

~YyYHILE Uncle Sam is busy getting ready to dig
AXI interoceanic canals and building up colonies
Wv and administering the great affairs OF do
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
WAS LEGAL"
Charles Quarles Tells Kenosha Friends
His Opinion Of the Republican
Convention.
LAFOLLETTE BEATEN LEGALLY
From Fridays Daily.

Attorney Charles Quar1es, tired of
state convention, came to Kenosha
this morning for a short rest and to
recall friendships Of other days, with
old friends and relatives. Mr..
Quar1es is considered among at
torneys, as the best constitutional
lawyer in the state of Wisconsin, and
he consented to give an opinion of
the convention held in Madison yes
terday, which nominated S. A. Cook
for Governor. He said:
"The boys gained a wonderful
victory. Their position is unassai1-
able from legal, a political and a
moral stand point. That convention
was one of the most remarkable on
record. These men restrained them
selves when insults were heaped upon
them, and when they did meet to
formulate their action it was a meet
ing Of absolute justice and absolute
fair play. It was the legal conven-
ton of the state of Wisconsin and
the end of LaFo11ette and This rule.
It was the most orderly, most gentle
manly and carried out with the most
fair play of any convention ever held
IN the state.
These men had weighed every
move before that convention was
called, and when they acted they
acted with the understanding that
every step they took had been shown
to be right both from the legal and
moral view. | say without any fear
Of successful contradiction, that the
convention which nominated Mr..
Cook, was the legal convention Of the
state and | am compelled to believe
that this will be the ruling of the
courts on the subject"
The opinion of Mr.. Quar1es will
carry great weight, as he was one Of
the men who Investigated every bit
Of evidence in the matter before the
sta1warts walked out of the hall of
the rump convention at Madison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
This County Selected by Fate 10 Lead
in throwing Off Yoke Of La Fol-
etteism in Wisconsin.
ACTION WAS NOT ILL-ADvIsED.
Wisest Heads In the Party Declared That
Servile Yoke Gould Not Be.Endured. Con-
servatives Are Sure of Recognition.
From Thursdays Daily.

.Kenosha county twelve de1eg ates
decline to vote. = These words rang
out over the Republican state conven-
ton at Madison last Wednesday after
noon. Kenosha had never been much
of a county, so far as the adninistra-
ton leaders were concerned, but when
the representative Of this county was
heard over the din and shouting of
the blind followers of the Madison
political hypnotist the administration
men knew that the conservative e1e-
ment of the Republican party IN Wis
consin had thrown aside the servile
yoke of a despotic leader and was
ready to assert its rights as men and
Republicans.
Fate wi11ed it that Kenosha county
should be the one to announce that
the long expected split in the party
was now reality. She was the sec
ond county on the roll call and the
first which had rebe11ed against the
tyrrany of the Governor. Kenosha
county realized the Importance of the
step she was taking, but the repre-
sentatives of the county never wav-
cred, and the ringing note of defiance
sent out by Kenosha county awoke
the echoes from free men in all parts
Of the house. For minute the crowd
failed to realize what it meant, but
when Kenosha had voted the delegates
began to leave the hall, all of the OPP
ponents of the Governor entering a
protest to the stealing of the conven-
ton by declining to vote on any cues
ton.
1t was supreme moment in the po-
1itica1 history Of the state, but the
men who left the convention had fully
considered the matter and had reached
the conclusion that division Of the
party was the only way to provide the
blood atonement' demanded by the
man whose every effort had been to
wreck the party in Wisconsin.
In the decision to leave the hall
every delegate from Kenosha county
concurred, and the initiative of this
county was followed by a majority of
the rightfu1 members of the conven-
ton.
The men who followed the Kenosha
delegates out of the convention can
not be considered boilers, for they
represent a majority of the accredited
delegates to the convention. Leaders
in the movement claim that the Stall
warts will be recognized by the ma
tiona1 Republican committee, and
that the ticket being named by them
will be under the regular emblem of
the Republican party.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
NAME w. H. SHIELDS.
Chicago Sanitary Expert is Selected
to Aid With the New Kenosha
Sewer System.
WORK MAY BE LONG, DELAYED

w. H. Shields, of Chicago, famous
as a sanitary expert has been'se1ected
to act as consulting engineer in the
work of laying out the new system of
sewerage in Kenosha.
Mr.. Shields was in Kenosha today
and took up the work of assisting with
the plans for sewers for.the Kenosha
Realty company. For this service he
will be paid by the company, but
when the work of laying out the new
sewer districts of the city issstarted,
he will be employed and paid by the
city.
The city has been especia1ly:fortu-
nate in securing the assistance of
Mr.. Shields as consulting engineer
for this important work. There is no
man in Chicago or, in fact, in the
Northwest, who is more conversant
with the sanitary needs of gcities in
the sewer line. He has made spec
ialty of the study of the sanitary prob
lem and his services have been sought
by many of the largest cities in the
COunllys
At the present time no steps are be-
ing taken to lay out the work Of a
general redistricting of the city, but
it is understood that proposition to
this end will be sent to the city coun-
Gil within a short time, and at that
time Mr.. Shields will take charge of
the work and see to it that the new
district is arranged on sanitary prin-
ciples. Alderman Goodman, while
no longer member of the sewer COM
nittee, has in no way given up his
fight to secure the laying out of the
new districts. The opposition has in
no way taken up the plans for the new
districts and it now seems apparent
that it will be several years before the
people who have been c1amoring for
sewers get the relief desired.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
THE SAME OLD GAME
Residents of the Rural Districts are
Receiving the Annual Call From
the SWinders in New York.
"GREEN GOODS" MARKED DOWN.

The gay and versatile 'sgreen
goods man is again abroad in the
land. He was one of the first indi-
vidna1s to discover that sucker was
born every minute, and that some of
them live a. long time, and he is bring
ing this information well to bear in
working on some of the people in the
rural districts of Kenosha county.
A farmer was in the city from the
town of Wheat1and today who had a
letter which was sent out by one of
these smooth swind1ers. The plan
outlined in the letter is as old as the
hills, but there are one or two new
wrinkles in it which may be sufficient
to land the verdant
The writer enc1oses clipping
which is alleged to have been taken
from an Eastern paper, which pur-
ports to be report of celebrated
robbery at Washington, in which the
plates of the Government Printing
Office used III the manufacture of
greenbacks were stolen. He proceeds
to elaborate on the clipping by stat
ing that the money printed from the
plates can not be detected from the
real money sent out by the United
States Treasury. The prices show a
decided mark down from other years.
and the new man offers to furnish the
farmer with this money at the rate of
$500 rer $4,000. OF course it is neces-
essary for the proposed purchaser to
go to New York in order to complete
the deal for the transfer of the
money, and while he is there he will
be properly t1eeced by the swind1ers.
All Of these letters should be return
ed to the TIE postmaster and in this
way the. postofflce department may be
able to land the swind1ers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
A MOCK WEDDING.
Letter to County Clerk Brings to Light
Strange Crime Committed in
kenosha SIX Years Ago.
NELs JENSEN TAKES A DEFENSE.
When Asked to Support :His Children in
Chicago He Declares That He was not
Married to His wife.

County Clerk Crosby this morning
received letter from Deputy Clerk
Thomas Byrne of the County Court in
Chicago which gives the clue to an
unusual marriage which is alleged to
have taken place in Kenosha on Dec.
II, 1896. The contracting parties in
the strange marriage we're Louise
Becker and Nels Jensen, both Of Chi
cage, and it now seems that the wo-
man was imposed upon and that some
man in Kenosha inpersonating JUS
tice of the Peace performed mock
marriage by which the woman thought
she became the wife of Jensen. The
case has been brought to light on ac-
count of the fact that Jensen has
been brought before the County Judge
in Chicago and it has been demanded
that he provide for the support of his
two children. In answer to this
charge Jensen has set up the defense
that he was never married to Louise
Becker, and that the claims of the
wife are without foundation. He adj
nits that he came to Kenosha with
the woman on the date set up by her
as the wedding day but insists that he
did not marry her.
Mrs. Jensen appeared before the
court and stated that she came to Ke-
nosha with Jensen OH passenger
boat plying between the two cities.
She admits that she did not secure
certificate of the marriage but states
that it took place in large building
near the docks where the boat landed.
She claims that an old gray-haired
man performed the ceremony, and
that to the best Of her knowledge and
belief the proceedings were entirely
regular and according to law. The
couple returned to Chicago and had
lived together most of the time since
the alleged marriage.
An examination of the records Of the
county shows that if the story is true
the woman was the victim of a mock
marriage. Neither of the names ap-
pears on the lists of weddings per-
formed during the month of Decem-
Der, 1896. AS this was before the pass
age of the True marriage law, it is
just possible that the marriage was
never made matter of record, but
this is not thought probable, as most
of the ministers and justices had their
marriages recorded Cat that time and
no other case of neglect on their part
has been discovered. The court IN
Chicago is taking great interest in
the affair, and the Kenosha officials
are making every effort to unrave1 the
mystery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
Attention
Farmers.

Why remain in the North
and stay indoors six months in
the year consuming what you
raise during the other six
months?
60 South where you can work
out doors every month in the
year, and where you are pro-
ducing something the year
round. Ifyou are 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-forn1ing and fat-forn1ing
foods in certain proportions.
Alabama and Florida produce
in abundance the velvet bean
and cassava, the first a 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 truckgardening along
our road in the South than in
any other section of the Union.
If you are interested and de
sire further information the
subject, address
G. A. PARK,
Gen'I immigration and Industrial Agent
Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co.,
INIIIAVIIlm Wv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
w. M. Spconer of Milwaukee Will Deliver
the Annual Address

The committee in charge of Me
mortal Day exercises, has made more
than usual effort for the occasion.
Following is, in the main, the order
of exercises: All veterans of the
Civil War and of the Spanish-Amer-
lean War, and all members of the
Woman's Relief Corps will meet at
Grand Arn1yl Hall promptly at half
past eight o'clock.
At nine O'Clock the line of march
to the cemetery will be taken up,
hating at the.So1diers' Monument, on
which theIWoman's Relief Corps will
place wreath 'tIn honor of the brave
men of Kenosha county who victor
ious1y defended the Union.'
At the9 Soldiers lot, in the Gene
terry, beside the mounds that mark the
last resting place of the patriot dead,
the solemnsGrand Army ritual will be
observed.
Thesgraves of the veterans will be
strewns with. flowers. The assemb1age
will march thence to the Rhode Opera
Houseswhere. the exercises will be in
accordance with the following pro-
gramme. AS the veterans and citi-
zens of Kenosha Gall of whom are in
vited to participate, are being seated,
chorus of one hundred High School
pupils under the direction of Miss
Sab1ewitz will sing Tramp, Tramp,
the Boys are Marching.
Invocation-Rev. E. C. Kunk1e.
ng-The Red, the White and the
Blue, by the High School Chorus.
Address w. M. Spooner, of Mil
waukee.
Song Columbia, the Gem Of the
Ocean.
Benediction.
The committee on arrangements is
pleased to have secured so gifted a
man for orator of the day.
The people of this community have
in store a rich treat of oratory and
patriotic thought, and it is hoped that
Mr.. Spooner may be gree ed with a
large audience that shall be fitting
expression of Kenosha patriotism, and
her reverence for those whose memory
we honor and cherish. The seats at
the opera house are free to all under
the direction of G. "A. Dewey.
The exercises will close at twelve
O'Clock so as not to interfere with the
dinner hour. The Woman's Relief
Corps will serve dinner at Simmons
Hall Immediately after adjournment
at the opera house.
The Comrades and their friends and
all Kenosha people are urged to
patronize this worthy enterprise liber-
ally.
Fred S. Lowell Post and Woman S
Relief Corps are invited to attend
Divine Service at the Congregational
Church on the evening of Memorial
Sunday, the 10Th Of May, at ha1f-past
seven o'clock.
The Comrades are therefore notified
to assemble at Grand Army Hall
promptly at seven o'clock on that eve
ming to march in body to the church.
CHAs. LIKES, Com.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-26
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