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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-05-05
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

FULTON LODGE No. SO F. u A. M meets
il Masonic Hall every 1st and Sd Wednes
day of each month.
EDGERTON CHAPTER NO. SO ORDER OF
49, Eastern Star holds regular meeting at
Masonic Hall the second and fourth Tuesday
evening of each month.
POYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 246O meets
Az in WOOdmen Hall the I'd and 4th Wednes-
day evenings of each month.
EDGERTON LODGE No. 1876 K. P, meets
- every Tuesday evening at o'clock
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GRANT At LEES FUNERAL.
The Young Lieutenant's Contact with
Old Confederates Regarded
~ Significant.

An incident worth remembering oc-
CURED at the funeral Of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee Just after the services were con-
cluded ct the church. Lieut.. u. 8.
Grant. - adjutaut OF the parade, was
stationed before the church door and
from bis hsrse directed the honorary
pall-bearers to their places In the deu.
BILE line through which the easkst was
to be borne TO the caisson.
Among this escort Of civilians were
several old confederate veterans wear
Ing the uniform in which the dead
genersi won his. fame - Q soldier.
These ohlcers wore on their collars the
insignia that in the confederate serv-
Ice indicated the rank of captain. I'm
mediately. In accordance with the mill
tary training which requires q Junior
ofncer to dismount before ADDRESSING
his superior, the young lieutenant
sprang from his horse And, ON foot,
assigned Lees old comrades to posi-
ton.
The action possessed NO military
vaiue. II was simply an inherited re-
spect for the army of gray shadows.
But those who remembered the mag
nanimity ct the boys grandfather 1t
Appomattox must have been touched
by the second ceming together Of q
Grant and Lee.
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CONSIDER YoURc:LF DEAD.
Clerk Who Wanted RAISE Advised Of
Method of In,pressing Employ.
er with Usciuiness.

A Philadelphia business man tells
OF a German OF his acquaintance who
keeps a large and prosperous. clothing
store in Allentown. It appears that
this German had In his employ q man
who shall be called Louis. whom the
proprietor had during many years Of
service advanced from the position OF
errand boy to the proud eminence Of
head clerk. Now the head clerk. soon
after his last promotion, got exag-
gerated ideas Of his Importance. and
again asked for an increase Of salary,
which The good-natured German grant
ed him. says the New York Times. Again
shortly thereafter the head clerk pre-
ferred still another claim for an ad-
vance Of salary. whereupon the Ger
man began to do bit Of thinking.
Louis" said he, after pause, II
bays you bretty veil alreaty. amt i'd?
Wy should bay you some more, eh?
1T seems to me-" replied Louis. very
confidently. that l am your principal
reliance in this establishment. know
every detail of your business, I've
worked UP big trade for you. and. to
speak plainly. don't see how you
could get along without me-"
''So?" Queried the German, pensive-
ly. "Subbose. now, Louis. you die; vot
I do then, eh?"
"Oh, In that case," replied Louis. hesi-
tatingly, 81 suppose you would have TO
get along without me-"
For a few minutes the German re-
mained silent Finally he gently sug-
gested:
well. Louis, I dink maybe you had
peter consider yourself dead!"
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Charitable Novelties.

Germany is far ahead In novelties Of
. charitable nature. In the town of
Haschmann prizes are offered yearly
ssr the mon who win marry the ugiiest
and NEST crippled women, and for the
women over 40 years who have been
Tilted at least twice. The money was
left by q big nnaneier. who realizing
that beauty is an attraction hard to over
come. made q provision in his will that
out of the income Of the fund. not less
than 916 shall go 10 the ugliest giI in
any year. and the cripple shall receive
Rl2. The poor women over 40 who have
been jtlted'by lover receive, when the
funds permit, 31o each, bat The trus-
tee can vary this amount. and, at his
own discretion, offer Q larger prize to
sine one whe will marry an unusually
ugly girl. or one to whom Nature has
been specially unkind.
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FREEMAsoNRY OF CHINESE
Oriental Country Il Full Of Secret Or
Gers, Purpose Of Which Il to
Overthrow Dynasty.

The installation OF a grand master of
the Chinese secret orders In the United
States, popularity known as the Chinese
Free Masons," has aroused interest In
the question Of the connection between
the Chinese secret societies and the Ma
sonic body. Allusions to Chinese Free
masonry" appear periodically in the
newspapers, though according to the
Cyclopedia of Fraternities there is NO
such thing as Freemasonry among the
Chinese.
The only Masonic lodges In China are
in the foreign concessions at the sea-
ports. Their membership Is composed
exclusively Of others than Chinese, and
they are conducted under foreign war
rants. The rites of the Chinese secret
societies bear some resemblance to those
Of the Freemasons, which accounts for
the popular supposition of q connection
between the two. The similarity,
though more apparent than real, 10 re-
markable in view Of the antiquity Of
both, and the impossiklity of either
to have been patterned after the other
Sulu6 10 ullCa Will 6CCICL 0OClCIl0o
most of which have for their object the
overthrow Of the Using dynasty. with .
pretended benevolent purpose to veil
the political Significance Of the organi-
cation. The NEST powerful of these 90
cieties, the Kalao Hui, numbers more
than 1000, ,000.
The Cyclopedia Of Fraternities con-
tains an account Of IN initiation core
mony 1t . Chinese lodge in Spokane,
WASH. at which four white men, Free
masons. were present BY invitation. The
lodge represented . benevolent branch
Of the Kslao Hui. There wsrs rsferences
to the Immortal three" circumambular
tion, four. stations st which questions
were asked and answers returned, knssl.
Ing ON crossed swords, tsa drinking.
burning incense, traditional season Of
refreshment and signs in which the head
and hands were unable to detsct any.
thing that rssemblsd. the Masonry with
which they were familiar.
The ssme authority gives this ~
count Of the secret signs used By the
Triad society. which ives at the bottom
Of the TAPPING rebellion:
Members always halt on entering .
house, and then proceed with the left
foot Arst. When sitting they place their
toes together and spread their hssls
apart. They also recognise one another
by the way they place their tea cups ON
the table, and the manner In which they
hitch their trousers. Their motto ID
Drive out the Tartar" Treason II
punished by looping OF the ears Of 4
minor offender. The final punishment
10 beheading."
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STUDENTS GO INTO MINE.
A Chance for Columbia Graduates to
Get Practical Experience With
out Apprenticeship.

new plan for giving practical ap-
prentice work to Columbia mining stu
dents after graduation will be put into
practice soon. Prof. H. s. Munroe has
completed arrangements with the own
ers Of mine near Monmouth Springs,
In the northern part of the state.
whereby the mine is to be developed
by students.
About 20 men Of the department Of
mining engineering who received their
degrees have agreed to go to work
under the condition made. The own.
crs Of the mine are to pay a certain
sum for the development, out Of which
will come the expenses OF the opera
ton, and nominal daily wages will be
paid to the students. The mine con-
tains gold, copper, iron, lead and
platinum, and thus will give a wide
field for the specialists.
Prof. Munroe's scheme is a modifica-
tion of plan put into execution last
year out west. A sort of intercol-
lcgiate summer school in mining was
established in Colorado. and under
graduates from Yale, Columbia, the
Massachusetts, Institute of technology
and the Colorado School Of Mines got
their regular summer work in the
mine in combination. There is also
prescribed summer work for miners at
Columbia which involves trip west
each summer.
The idea Of having the graduates go
to work for term Is something new.
The experience will help them to get
over the rougher part Of an apprentice.
ship In elementary details Of practice
which otherwise would take up valu-
able time later.
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BUFORD.
July 3, 1905

Several from this place attended
the |. o. o. F. reunion at Mt. Orch
Sunday and report fine time.
Miss Ada Crowford called on Mrs.
Emma Lewis few days the past
week.
Miss Jessie Walker, who has been
visiting relatives in Cincinnati the
past two weeks, has returned home.
Levitt Earhart, a prominent young
man near this place, took us all on a
surprise last Thursday. He was united
in marriage to Miss Jessie Wilson, a
prominent young lady near Union
Plains, Brown county. They have
the best wishes from all and are 60
ing to make their home with the
groom's parents at present.
Miss Daisy Scott, who has been Wis.
iting in the city for the past two
weeks, has returned home.
John II. Bradley, who has been at
tending school at Lebanon this sum.
mer, will go back in the near future
to resume his studies.
Miss Alta Miller, of Indiana, is Wis
iting Miss Marie Tolle.
The ball team crossed bats wi |,
Harwood. The score was II to "a In
favor of Buford.
Fred Raster, of Lynchourg. va,
seen on our streets one d; last week
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wanted q drink.
They both walked into this place, after
holding q conference on the sidewalk,
and one Of them called for Q special
brand Of whisky. He placed the Is
cents on the bar and I served him
the drink. He filled the glass up to
the brim. said nothing. although he
was buying the whisky cheaper than
we were. Then he swallowed half Of
It, macked his lips for Q minute and
said: That IL not the whisky ordered.
! insisted that It was, and he insisted
that 1t wasn't. Finally he turned to his
fsiend, who stood behind him, and said /:
Taste 1t. See II am not risht.' The
friend swallowed the remaining halt
of the whisky, smacked his lips and said
I think the bartender is right The two
linked arms and walked away. II came
over me IN q minute that had been
worked, but the game was so cleverly
done that ! called them back and set
them up."
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BEATEN At HIS OWN GAME
Gambler Who Bet ON Sure Things
Only Meets with . oindh
That Falls.

"There was . sure-thing gambler
down In Mississippi named Gamble
good name, by the way" said John
Sharp williams, according to the Re-
hob0th Sunday Herald. He never
made Q bet unless he was sure he
would win. He was out at Q country
fair, staying At . hotel. One morning
q man who was In the sporting line
himself got up early and looked out Of
the window. He saw Gamble. carefully
measuring with . tapeline the hitch
ing post In front Of the hotel. He
knew something was up, and when
Gamble went out to the fair he went
out and measured the hitching post
himself. Then he took q sledge ham
mer and drove the post into the ground
an inch and half.
THAT night, after supper, whNe
they were all sitting onthe hotel porch
Gamble craftily led the conversation
around to the difhculty Of judging dis
tances and heights.
"'Now. he said, there's that hitch
ing post out yonder. I'll bet hundred
can come nearer its height than any
body here
"'How high would you reckon It is?'
said the sledge-hammer artist, who.
after q lot Of conversation, had pat up
the hundred with Gamble.
"'Oh.' said Gamble, I'll take It at
30 inches.'
"'Oh, no. replied the ether man,
you are wrong. I'll bet It is less than
29.'
"They measured, and It was 2Ssk
Gamble hasn't smiled since that day"
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The family tree de luxe II the latest
development In the ever-incrsasing IN
terest which rich New Workers are TAX
ing In their ancestors. A few years aeo
society was content to talk about their
notable forebears, to assert that they
could race their family back to such and
such year, or to this duke or that lord.
Mere assertion no longer sufices. Any
one could assert that they came from
such and such Q stock, but not every one
could prove IL.
The demand now Is for IN absolute
and undoubted record, without any
missing threads, and written down in
such form that there can be no doubt
about It, An artistic woman of Balti-
more, who Is an officer in q number Of
Maryland historical societies and the
author Of q book on Maryland history,
conceived the idea Of working out the
family histories of the rich old families
Of that state after the style of the old
Illuminated missals in the British
Museum and the Vatican.
Her first effort Is to work out the fam
lily history from the old records 6f the
south, and to follow them back to
their English or French origin. This
is work of several months for each
family. Sometimes one puzzling ances-
tor will require weeks of searching be-
fore his place and position can be fully
established. Again the thread which she
follows backward will snap. perhaps be-
cause some county courthouse was
burned years ago and the records de-
stroyed, as has happened in q number
Of Maryland counties. This means more
trouble.
Once the record is complete the task
Of putting 1t into de luxe form begins.
The history Is written by hand on sheets
Of vellum, hand so perfect that It reads
like engraving. The paragraphs are
punctuated by illuminated lettering.
There are water color illustrations also,
showing the old houses that figure in the
family history.
Such book only the rich may hope to
possess. The aft erroor caller glancing
through lis pages cannot fell to be I'm
pressed, and as ii is work or art there
= more of an excuse 70: shc irg II tha,
s1ne OF the printed volu es which have
Lean issu I'd in such numbers.
One OF the flrst of these hand made
gsrealogies to come to New York is the
property Of Mrs. Francis Lemoine Lor-
ing. of No. 81 Fifth avenue. II is man.
uscript record Of the Holland family of
Maryland and England. of which Mrs.
Loring Is direct descendant.
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Ants Oowheads.

One Of the most interesting studies Of
insect life 10 the relationship between
ants and plant lice, or aphids. These
plant lice supply honeydew from the
juices which they take as food from
plants. The ants are very fond Of this
sweet substance. and care for the aphids
In manner that seems tous surprising
ly intelligent. They sometimes carry
them bodily to . better feeding ground
and drive away certain Of their enemies.
It is claimed that they even build sheds
OF mud In the crotches of shrubs and
small trees. On account of this insect
relationship, one may truthfully cali tho
ants farmers" the aphids COWS" and
these protecting mud cases "cowsheds. %
st. Nicholas.
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FORT HILL.

July D, lSOo.
c. L. Countryman and family re-
turned to their home Sunday In Bing
ham Caynon, Utah, after spending
three weeks with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Couutryman.
Frank Lucas and Luther Graybill,
of Lodore, were in our vicinity Mon.
day.
Ray Lowman, of Turkey, was en-
tertained by his brother, George
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Stultz returned home
Monday after spending three weeks
with her daughter and family at
Lima. Her granddaughter, Miss
Hazel Long, accompanied her home.
Mrs. Ella McCoppin and children,
OF Carmel, were entertained by J. P.
Havens and family Saturday and Sum-
day.
H.C. White and John McElwee, OF
Turkey, were guests of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward White,
on Friday night.
James irons and wife, Frank East
and family visited John W. Rhoads
and wife, of near Turkey, Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Maud Butler was the guest OF
j. o. Stultz and wife Sunday.
c. A. Rhoads visited j. ]. Butler
and family at Cedar Chapel Monday
night.
Those that visited Butler iSprings
the past week we're: d. M. Neil and
son, VIM. Neil, Mr.. and Mrs. W. D,
Brickill and Ray Jordan, of Colum.
bus, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Murdoch, OF
Pittsburg,. Pa, Mr.. and Mrs. s. W.
Gaymon and son, of HillsbOrO.
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London 1hysieiAns Pound Operations
for Appendicitis Futile IN
Some Gases.

The reports publishsd In various
medical papers regarding the discus
sion Of appendicitis BY the Royal Med
ical and Chirurgical society make clear
several interesting points about the
dread disease. Sir Frederic Treves,
Mr.. Charters Symons. Mr.. Pesrss
Gould and other eminent surgeons who
toQk part In the discussion were gen.
erally agreed a. to the dssirability
Of immediate resort to the knife when
the diagnosis is definite. II was shown,
however, that In many cases more OF
less serious complications follow op.
Grafton on the appendix, and the med
ical press calls for earnest consider
alton of these cases by operating sur
geons.
The hospital suggests that nov
that appendicitis 10 such a fashion
able illness II is quite probable that
some degree Of operative intemperance
exists"
Sir Frederick Treves found that
among 230 patients operated upon for
appendicitis. at q time when tho acute
manifestations had subsidized. no fewer
than IL subsequently complained
that they were not at all relieved by
the operation. OF every 100 pa
tients In which an abscess In the
appendix region is opened no fewer
than II per cent. afterward suffer from
recurrence or other serious trouble
DR. Charters Symons instanced l22
cases. of which nine had, after opera
tion. developed complications. Mr.
Pearse Gould based his observations
on 300 cases. and stated that In only
ten per cent. Of cases in which an abb
scess had been treated without remov-
al of the appendix had there been
any recurrence Of symptoms. Many
complications had, however, been OBJ
served after the removal Of the ap-
pendix. The general view In the
surgical world Ii that the disease still
offers q fruitful field tor scien-
tifc work.
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The Biggest Sign in New York.

New York Evening Sun: Does any
body know the size of the biggest sign
In New York ? It's at the corner of
Twenty.third street and Fourth aven.
ue and is l76 feet long. 1t is the sigu
of the J. Waiter Thompson Adver.
tising Agency.
On inquiry, It turned out that the
size of the sign was practically an ac-
cident. Moving from the old Times
building to new of{lces at the corner
of Twenty.third street and Fourth
avenue, an order was given for . sign.
-"How big q sign do you want 2" was
the signmaker's query. "Dig sao~gh, -
he was told, 40 ran the full leagth of
the Office front" "You'll have the
biggest sign ia New York." lie re-
piled; - sign It's feet long"
Cveo this measurement of frontage
can convey NO adequate idea of the
offiee space behind II. l3.O0O square
feet upon one floor, and every foot OF
space business necessity. Il y.
It has taken forty years Of steady
growth for the business Of the J..
Walter Th0mps0u Company to reach
It's present prestige and preninshce.
when It c0uhts over 800 active susto-
msrs a. Its clients, and amosg them
many whose names are knswn te
every reader In the land-the repre-
sentative advertisers of the country.
There may be some yet who doubt
II advertising pays, but there can be
no doubt that aavertising pays II
Thompson does It. The best proof of
this 10 that every step Of the growth
Of the J. Walter Thompson Agency
has depended on the profit made for
customers BY the Thompson piaa Of
publicity. So that the big advsrtis.
Ing sign of the big advertising bust-
'sess points . moral to adverisers |:
Advertising pays when Thompson 1oes
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PRICETOWN..
July 3 1905.
Rev. j. W. Bubble 10 very Ill.

Rev. j. W. Bubble 10 very i'll.
Ruth Dehass and brother. Mark, OF
Indianapolis, Isd., are circulating
among friends and relatives In this
community.
M. J. Pulliam, Jr., and wife took
dinner with F. o. Pulse and wife. Of
Pllse, Sunday.
W. j. Cochran and famity,i Howard
Cochran and family, Ira Gossett and
family, P. G. Robinson and family,
and Rebecca Clancy ate dinner with
T. M. Whitley and family, of Pulse,
Sunday.
Howard Cochran, wife and daugh.
ter, Gladys, spent one dag last week
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. X. Stroup, of Dodsoaviile.
Rev. Frank Foust alled his regular
appointment at PEBBLES Sunday. he
was accompanied by his wife and son,
Floyd.
W. s. Barker and J. s. Faris made
abusiness trip to theiHill City Satur'
day.
Mrs. Efiie Puckett and daughter
Gertrude, after a weeks visit with
friends and relatives In this cOmmun.
ity, have returned - their hsme In
Blanchester.
Mrs. Ira Mclaughlin and daughter,
Ruth, of Frogtown, spent Thursday ,
with p. F. Certier and family.
Bertsell Donohoo and Lily Smith
attended the Patterson comnenc.
ment at New Market Saturday night.
The contest between the married
and single people closed Sunday, July
2, with the single people az the win.
ners, having won the contest BY 2s
points.
Tnere will be picnic Saturday af.
ternoon, July Is, for the Sunday
school.
Saturday night there win be an ice.
cream social on the school house
grssnds.
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Trees Poisoned,

A gardener discovered the fact that
trees are often sent to an untimeiy
death by poison, usually arsenic. The
reason for this does not appear until
one hears the mans explanation. Sup
pose . man has rented . house which
has too much shade. the law will not
allow him to have one or more Of the
trees cut down without the consent Of
the owner. A. II often happens that
tenants and landlords hold different
views on the subject Of shade, the trees
remain bsne Of csntention.e II 10 then
that the gardener II called to admin.
lister dose Of poison. for when tree
10 dead the tenant may have It re-
moved. Five cents worth of arsenic
10 sufAcient to kill large tree. A hole
Ii made In the trunk. arsenic dropped
in and nature does the rest. It never
fails.
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CANARY RULES An oeFIce.
Fluttsrsd In Through Open window
and Soon Became Every
b0Sdy's Pct.

A little half.nedged canary which
fiuttered through the open window Of
a room in big down town once build
ing as become the ruling spirit Of the
Office. The stenographers are its will
ing slaves, while the doorman is com
PEELED to minister to it's wants, says
the New York Tribune.
In the late summer the little visitor
which seemed hardly able to fly
dashed itself against the windows In
the Bank OF Commerce building, and
fell to the floor through one which was
half open.
1t seemed stunned, possibly dead. bu,
when one OF the young women took
charge OF II the bird revived. 1t caugh,
the fancy of all, and when Il came tc
a question Of its disposal. O unanimous
vote settled that 1t should he kept.
Nobody could imagine whence Il
came, and perhaps the inquiries were
not pushed too far. although no re
ports Of missing canary were heard
A cage Of bright silver gilt was pro
cured for It, and, settled in the sun
niest corner. the canary throve might
lily.
II was In danger OF indigestion from
the mistaken kindness Of the stenog
raphers who took charge Of its diet
but a hardy constitution steered the
bird over its difhculties until II wal
old enough to let food alone wien Il
didn't need It.
The bird has developed into a minia
ture tyrant. 1t bathes daily. splashinl
the water over windows. books. papers
or anything within reach. It is no re
specter OF persons, either.
It promises to be a good singer, and
the clerks In the office are trying tc
teach 1t to pipe Teasing" and similar
lyrics. but report slow progress, al
though 1t evidently has the true musi
cal spirit.
II is the pet and plaything Of the
entire Office. including the attendants
who grumble at the extra cost It ere
ates, and all declare that II anything
should happen to 1t the entire Office
force would 90 into mourning.