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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Thrashing TrOllODe.

During Anthony Trollope's early
days in the postoffice it was the Gus
tom for the Junior clerks to take turns
in the waiting room to answer ques-
TONS One day, when Trollope was
on duty, a young woman came to make
some complaint, and she went away
much displeased and upset by what
she considered to be the gross rude
ness with which she had been treated
by him.
Next day, Trollope being again on
waiting room duty, two stalwart young
men appeared, and, having ascertain
ed that they were in the company OF
the clerk who had been in attendance
there on the previous day, they shut
the door and proceeded to give A. L.
a most severe thrashing. The pair to-
gether completely overpowered the fu-
ture novelist, whom they informed
when they had sufficiently chastised
him, that this was punishment for his
insolence to the young woman who
had called at the Office on the previous
day and who vas their sister-West-
minister Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Animal Arith M etic.

A certain Mr.. Tiniotieff was the hap
py pOssessOr of dog that was able to
calculate with precision One day,
having been fed a large platter Of
chicken bones, he found twenty-six
left over when his appetite was salts
fed. These he proceeded to bury care
fully in different places, as all dogs do.
The day following he dug up and ate
twenty went to sleep, suddenly
woke up, apparently with something
on his mind, hesitated moment, dug
up his twenty sixth bone, ate it and
went to sleep, this time soundly.
Birds count well. They usually know
the number Of eggs they are Matching.
Here is something odd: A half tanned
nightingale was always given three
beetles as sort of dessert. If he re-
ceived but two he waited impatiently
for the third. If three were given to
him he ate them up and flew away
without waiting for more.-Revue
Rose.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
The Prairie Dog

There is no bUrrowing animal which
works with more intelligence than the
prairie dog. He never commits the err
rOr of making his mound in a place
which may be submerged by water. In
a western Kansas town small boy
caught young dog and fixed a home
for it in the cellar of his fathers house.
The dog went to work almost at once
to dig a tunnel to the open air. 1t
went down under the stone wall of the
cellar and up to the surface at point
about 100 feet from the house. But it
found that it's point of exit was in the
middle of a we'll travelled road. 1t went
back and dug another gallery in an
obliQue direction from the first, emery
ing in a plot of grass. The earth car
ried back into the cellar in this digging
would more than fill a wagon box.
For several years the dog lived on the
premises, making the cellar it's base of
operations, but going to the open air at
will through it's gallery Kansas City
Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
A Vegetable With Pedigree.

OF all the plants used for food there
Is none which has been SO long known
or has had, SO to say, SO distinguished
4 lineage as asparagus. It's record, in
fact, reaches back to almost the COM
meacement Of authentic history, as it
is mentioned by the comic poet Ora
tinus, who died about 425 b. c., and
was a contemporary Of though slight
ly older than AristOphaneS.
Among the Romans also the tasty
vegetable was held in high esteem.
Cato the elder-not the gentleman who
was of opinion that Plato reasoned
well, but his great grandfather who
insisted upon the destruction of Car
thage and who was born 243 3. c.
wrote work, which is still eXtant,
de Re Eustica," and in it he treats at
length of the virtues and proper cult
walton of asparagus. Pliny also in
his Natural History about 60 A. d.
has much to say on the subject. "Of
all the productions of your garden he
feelingly observes, your chief care
will lee your asparagus" and he de-
votes several chapters and parts OF
chapters to it's many beneficent quail
ties and the best modes of raising it
Chambers Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
BLOODY TRAGEDY
IN COURT ROOM
Man Shoots at Wife. Hits His Child
and Then Ends His
Own Life.

Chicago. Nov. 17.-Charles S. Shych
saloonkeeper, $50 Holt street, fired
two shots at his wife and sister in
Justice O'DonaghOue court room, one
Of which struck his baby held by the
mother. He then sent bullet into
his own brain. The tragedy was
caused by the failure Of the wife to
drop a case of assault against the
husband. Shych fired on his wife,
who was sitting behind him in the
court room with their 17-months-Old
son on her lap. The bullet hit the
child and was turned from its course
toward the mothers heart.
The enraged man then fired second
shot at his siSter-in-law, Mrs. Lille
Sanborn. who was sitting next to his
wife. The second bullet went wide
of the mark, but the two women fell
to the food with the injured child
and Shych evidently thought he had
killed all three. He raised the revo!-
yer to his mouth and fired a third
time. The ball crashed through his
brain and he fell over dead.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Murder In the Air.

III the neighborhood of Buenos
Ayres, in South America, there is a
north wind which sweeps over plains
covered with marshes and becomes
overcharged with moisture. The eff
fects produced in the human body are
in general lassitude and relaxation.
The pores of the skin are opened, in
ducing great liability to colds, sore
throat and all consequences of check
of perspiratiOn. The damp wind Of
La Plata seems to affect the temper
and disposition of the inhabitants. The
irritability and i'll humor it eXcites in
them amount to little less than a tenn
porary arrangement of their faculties.
1t is a common thing for men among
the better classes to shut themselves
up in their houses during it's continual
ton and lay aside all business till it
has passed, while among the lower
classes it is always remarked that
cases of quarreling and bloodshed are
more frequent during the north winds
than at any other time. Even muir
derers are said to lay to it the blame
of their foul deeds. No sooner, how
ever does the southwest wind, blow
ing from the dry and snowy SUBMITS
of the Andes, set in than health and
comfort and peace are restored.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
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The First Atlantic Cable.

ty-three pounds per mile and had con-
ductor of seven copper wires of TWEEN
ty-two and half gauge; price of deep
sea wire per mile, 5000; price of spun
yarn and iron wire per mile, 1855; cost
Of outside coating of tar and gutta
percha, $25 per mile; total cost per
mile, S4S5. At 1856 per mile the total
cost Of the $500 miles of deep sea wire
was S1,212,50O To this add twenty
five miles of "shore end wire, costing
1,45O per mile, and we find that the
first ocean cable. exclusive of instru-
ments. cost 100000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Classes In Turkey.

The people Of Turkey are classified
as three classes-the wealthy, the peo-
pie of ordinary means and the poor.
The wages which the poor are pad
range from 20 to 25 cents day. Some
of the girls who work in the silk manu-
factories are paid as low as and I
cents for a hard days work. The ma
jority of the inhabitants of Turkey,
by the way, are employed in the manu-
facture of silk Farming is carried on
very little, which is due TO the small
profits which it brings and to the
scarcity of machinery. There are many
wealthy people in Turkey. some Of
whom are said to be worth $2,0OO,OOO.
and they spend freely.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Moon Phases.

The phases of the moon may be eX-
planned by the fact that the moon is
a dark spherical body which shines
only by reflected light The new moon,
popularity so called, is seen only wheH
the sky is sufficiently dark to present
complete outline of the disk. This
illumination is due to the light which
comes first from the sun. is reflected
to the earth and back to the moon and
thence to the earth. What we really
see is the earth light shining on the
moon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Mothers Praise 1T

Mothers everywhere praise One Min
ute Cough Cure for the sufferings it has
relieved and the lives of their little ones
it has saved. A certain cure for coughs,
Group and whooping cough. L. A. Spaf.
ford. postmaster of Chester, Mich, says:
sour little girl was unconscious from
strangulation during sudden and ter
rible attack of Group One Minute
Cough Cure quickly relieved and cured
her and canno praise it too highly :"
One Minute Cough Cure relieves coughs
makes breathing easy, cuts out phlegm,
draws out inflammation, and removes
every cause of cough and strain on
lungs. Sold by StangPs drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Remedy For Burns.

For a dry burn, carron oil. Shake the
bottle, saturate soft cloth with, the
mixture and lay over the burn. Then
cover closely with cotton batting or
flannel to keep out every bit of air and
secure the whole with light bandage
Burns may also be treated by thick
application of any bland oil. vaseline
sweet oil, castor OIL butter, cold cream
or any fat not rancid, excepting glyc-
erin, which is too irritating. Soft pow
ders may also be busted on-four, laun-
dry or corn starch. For a burn by scald
or steam apply dressing of saturated
soda
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Alaskan Officials in Trouble.

Washington, Nov. II. = President
Roosevelt has removed from office
Frank H Richards, United States
marshal for the Nome district in Alas
ka, and may call for the resignation
of Judge Alfred S. Moore, Of the Nome
district, as he has in the case of Mel
vile c. Brown, of the Juneau district.
This action is the result of the investi-
CATION of the Alaska judiciary recently
by Assistant Attorney General Day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
TaiIors Go on Strike.

Chicago, Nov. q. - Ten thousand
tailors, known as special order cloth
ing makers, have struck following a
after the strike was declared picket
lines were established and boots and
jeers greeted the police detailed to
guard the factories. The strike is to
force the employers to sign agreements
with the union. AS soon as the tailors
had walked out the following notice
was posted by the employers in all the
affected shops: 1--WE declare for the
right of every man to sell his labor rs
he sees fit and the freedom of the en-
ployer to hire such labor
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
The Eve of a .ynIlYf1Sh.

The eye of a jellyfish is so primitive
that we can hardly say whether it sees
or feels-that is, when a floating jelly
fish begins to sink below the surface
of the water as the shadow Of an adj
vancing ship falls upon it it is proba-
bly, affected by the sensation of dark
ness, but perhaps the pressure of the
onrushing wave has something to do
with it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
The Grunt1ng OK.

One Of the largest of the mammalia
of Tibet is the yak, or grunting OK.
Standing between five and six feet
high at the shoulders. the bulk of this
strange looking creature is not little
exaggerated by the enormous growth
Of hair upon the lower part Of the body
and tail. Beneath the outer coat, more
over, there is layer Of fine wool
known as ''pushim," which is highly
priced for the making of cloth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Not a Sick DAY since

II was taken very sick with kidney
trouble I tried all sorts of medicines,
saw an ad. of your Electric Bitters and
determined to try that. After taking a
few doses | felt relieved, and soon there
after was entirely cured. and have no
seen a * day since. Neighbors of
mine have been cured of Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney troubles
and General Debility This is what B.
F. Bass of Fremont. n. c., writes. Only
soc at H. J. Stangls, druggist.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
President Offers Cockrell a Post.

Washington. Nov. q. - The presi-
dent has offered Senator Cockrell. Of
Missouri the isthmian canal commits
sionership made vacant by the resig-
nation of Colonel Hecker, of Michigan,
and has also told him that if he feels
that his health will not permit him to
take this place the president desires to
offer him a position on the interstate
commerce commission. Communicated
with by long distance telephone Sena-
tor Cockrell declined to say what he
woI1Id do
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
The Beauty of a Face.

There are faces SO fluid with express
sion, so flushed and rippled by the
play of thought, that we can hardly
find what the mere features really are
When the delicious beauty Of Inca
ments loses it's power it is because a
more delicious beauty has appeared
that an interior and durable form has
been disclosed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Find the Rainbow.

I have seldom seen a sky without
some bit of rainbow in it. Sometimes
can make others see it, sometimes
not, but always like to try, and if /
fail I harbor no worse thought of them
than that they have not had their eyes
examined and fitted with glasses which
would at least have helped their vision.
w. d. HOwells.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Dismissed from the Service.

Washington, Nov. T.-John B.
Brownlow of Tennessee. clerk in the
postoffice department. who acted as
disbursing officer of the department
at the st. Louis exposition. has been
dismissed from the service by order of
the president BrOwnlow was charged
with impertinence and INSTRUMENTATION
toward the late Postmaster General
Payne. and declined to withdraw his
offensive language.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
The Lions Share.

Mamma-Johnny, see that you give
Ethel the lions share of that orange.
Johnny-Yes. me. Ethel "a little lat
er)-Mamma, he hasn't given me any.
Johnny-Well, that's all right Lions
don't eat oranges.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
w. q. p. BREcKTNRrDGE.

Wednesday, The end came peaceful
ly. He had been gradually sinking
for twentyfOur hours and for that
length of time the case had been
known to be hopeless. The funeral
will take place at o'clock this after
noon. Colonel Breckenridge was 81
years old
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
wisconsin Man Removed.

Washington, Nov. II. Postmas-
ter General Wynne has removed from
office d. NJ. Monroe. of Wisconsin. a
stenographer in the office of the first
assistant postmaster general. The
cause assigned was INSTRUMENTATION
and the writing of communications to
the late Postmaster General Payne
criticising his superiors in office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Making Friends Every Dax.

This can truthfully be said of JELL o
ICE CREAM POWDER, the new pro-
duct for making the most delicious ice
cream you ever ate. Everything in the
package. Nothing tastes so good in hot
stock If your grocer can't supply you
send 25 cents for 2 packages by mail.
Four kinds; vanilla, chocolate, strawberry
Pure Food Co., Box 295. LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
A Safe Rule.

When d man approaches you with
dead open and shut easy money prop
osition tell him gently that you are
charitable person and that out of the
goodness of your heart you will let
him keep the bonanza all for his very
own.-Berkshre Eagle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Crumpacker Wants the Tosa.

Indianapolis. Nov. 1S.-Congressman
Edgar d. Crumpacker. of the Tenth
district. has announced his candidacy
for the United States senate. to sue
coed Senator Fairbanks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Complicated.

Thingumbob-My wife has got into
some sort of scrap with the neighbors,
and | can't tell whether she's in the
right o. not McJigger-That ought to
be easily determined; there are two
sides to a quarrel always Thingum-
bob-TwO sides? Huh, there are about
a dozen sides to this quarrel.-Ex-
change
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25

<'Sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks re-
stored by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers," so writes s. P. Moore, of Nacog'
doches, Tex. A certain cure for bilious
ness, constipation, etc. Small pill-easy
to tske-easy to act. Sold by StangPs
drug store
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ill.
It developed stubborn nicer unyield-
ing to doctors and remedies for four
years Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured. It's just as good for Burns,
Scads, Skin Eruptiols and Piles, 25c,
at H J. Stangl's drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Pretty Cheap.

S'Smithers says he lights one cigar
from another now, he smokes so
much"
II don't wonder, considering the
kind of cigar he smokes"
Why"
Matches would cost Mod
ern Society.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Why He Wanted Him.

Lets ask Easy Mark to sit in with
as at our next game"
"Why, didn't know he could play
poker"
"He can't."-HOustOn Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
PERSONAL.

Jiggs-Every lime / go along this
road at night am startled by the ap-
partition of jackass. Jaggs-You amt
the only man that gets frightened at
his own shadow.-ChicagO Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
No Cause For Worry.

Patient-Tm not afraid to die. doc
tor, but do dread being buried alive.
Doctor (cheerfully)-D let that wor-
~ you. I'll see that you are not.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Safe From Burglars.

''I'm so glad the boys of your COM
pany gave you that handsome revolv-
err said the militia captains wife.
1--WE need have no fear now Of the
burglars infesting this neighborhood."
THAT'S whatv replied the gallant
captain. ''I've got it locked up in the
office safe where they can't get at it."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Ex.Congressman Cooney Dead.

Marshall. No., Nov. Thames
Cooney, ex-congressman of the Seventh
Missouri district, is dead at his home
here of pneumonia, after short ILL
ness
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Generosity

Robert-Do you believe that big ears
are a sign Of generosity?
Richard-Sure; the generosity of ma.
ture.-Puck
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Too Much.

Judge-Have you anything to say.
prisoner? The Prisoner-No, your hon
or, I expect what you say'll be plenty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25

A thread Of spider silk is decidedly
tougher than bar of steel Of tho
same size.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
BRECKENRIDGE PASSES AWAY
Famous ketucky Orator and Lawyer Sue.
cumbs to the Attack of Dead
ly Paralysis.

Lexington, Ky, Nov. p. = Colonel
William Campbell Preston Breckin-
ridge died at 11:40 p. m. Saturday
from a stroke of paralysis sustained
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
Gernally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surface of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The pro-
prletors have 80 much faith in it's cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for lists of testimonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney, & Co., Toledo, O.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Three Famous Smokers.

Fabulous things have been said
about Grants smoking propensities
Ny word of honor that Grants cigars,
over which he meditated and about
which so much has been senselessly
published, were cast aside, but never
relighted, while Sherman and Meade
would make the air blue like vOlca-
unconstitutional Magazine.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-04-28
Number on Pspcr Money.

III any one comes up to you and
wants to bet you that they can tell
whether the number on any Of Uncle
Sans paper money is odd or even bv
looking at that part Of the bill on
which the number does not appear.
shun him as you would the plague"
said a guest at a local hotel, recently.
why? What is the joker" asked
another guest,
"only this" replied the first. "I was
out this afternoon with a number of
men with whom have business deal
ings. We ate lunch, and then one
man wanted to bet me that he could
tell the even or odd on the number of
any bill had, the loser to pay for Che
lunch. took a bill from my pocket,
folded II so that the number did not
show, and after he had looked at it he.
said even
Soon afterward I got stuck for the
cigars the same way. After had been
done four or Ave times they explained
TO me that all Of the bills marked "A
and C. were add, while those marked
b and ID were even. II cost me about
So to find it out, but guess 1t was a
good investment at that It is the same
ON all bills. Be careful when attempt
ing to do the work not to take the Sc
ries letter in front of the number but
hunt for a small letter on the left-hand
side Of the bill."-Duluth Herald