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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
JOKE WAS ON
THE ASSESSOR

Members of the Board of Assessors
have come into possession of a strange
relic from the Orient-a Chinese Joke.
The relic, says the Chicago News. is
large plaque of dark wood. in which
are imbedded three carved ivory
monkeys. The plaque was received
from San Francisco by Assessor Will
liam H. Weber, secretary Of the board.
When he unpacked it he was unable
position Of the three monkeys. One had
his paws over his eyes. another over
his ears and the third had covered his
mouth.
We'll have TO call in a Chinaman to
interpret that joke" said Assessor C..
E. Randall. There's some subtle
Oriental meaning to these monkeys"
Accordingly Chinaman from Clark
street was escorted to the Assessors
office. Nov tell us what this means"
said Assessor Weber.
The Chinaman looked at the monkeys
for moment. Then a grin overspread
his face, and he explained the figures
were symbolical of deafness. dumbness
and blindness.
''Vely plain" he said. Monkey alice
same Assessor. Him meet friend.
much property. Friend him say. No
likee play tax. Assessor him say. Alice
right. You alice same my friend vely
well. You have property. Vely we'll
You no play tax / no see. I no hear.
no speakee.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

AND COLORS

A young girl was talking about mos
uuitoes. She had spent the summer
in a place where they were numerous.
But l noticed she said. that
when / wore a yellow dress l didn't get
a single bite
Did you notice that?" said the
Young scientist. And then he went on
eagerly:
Il am glad you noticed that. for it
is verification of certain experiments
that we have made.
I'VE made these experiments in a
gauze tent, and their object was to
ascertain the effect on mosquitoes OF
colors.
I'VE placed in the tent boxes lined
with cloth of different hues and we
found that the little pests croWded
frantically into the dark blue box,
while the yellow box they would not
under any circumstances enter.
THE experiments extended over sew
eral weeks. We had in the tent stone
vessels for the mosquitoes to breed in.
We discovered that, next to the dark
blue, the mosquitoes sought the dark
red box. After the dark red came
brown. then scarlet, then black, then
slate gray, then olive green, then violet.
then pearl gray, then white.
THUS we proved that mosquitoes
notice colors, and we formulated two
helpful hints for the inhabitants of
mosquito-ridden districts.
The first hint is to wear wellow to
escape MOSQUITO hites and to use yell
low netting for bed canopies and win
dow screens.
The second hint is to use a blue
lined box If you want to trap mos
quitoes. With this box in an infested
region you could easily catch and de-
stroy thousansd of the insects daily
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
BEAUTIFYING CITIES.

The American Civic Federation,
which is doing it's best to beautify the
cities of this country, makes an en-
couraging report about Cleveland,
Ohio. That city has just adopted a
comprehensive building code. The most
significant provision is the one relating
to signboards. This declares all sign
boards and billboards now or hereafter
erected on any residence street within
200 feet of any park, park boulevard or
driveway to be nuisances, and the in
spector of buildings is given power to
abate them.
Moreover, the code provides that mo
sign, signboard or billboard shall be
placed upon any public property, nor
shall any sign or billboard, inclusive
of placards, be fixed or placed upon
any building so as to project beyond
the street line," without an official per-
NIT.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
THE PLEDGE.


Youg a
f sweetheart tell
WE'LL
all
go
ucrosty heart an t is
~ HenryB Bemis told me of a he knew
An an told the
list t'cuzh he a
Sos after when they're crowd
they'd call him atatte-ae' out loue
An aIlo O Henry Bems said
He bet he was so oneso
heart is the soumestest thing
youc a eve
An hearta
otellw o
An in till him told said
of N dead
An matte
You'd never to ell t ever o
York.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
GREEN-PEASE.

Burton Pease was brought from Che
mango Forks to this city last night. and
Immediately following the arrival City
Judge Lusk performed a ceremony that
made Pease and Miss Flora Green hus-
band and wife. The bride has been en-
ployed here in restaurant and was
formerly from Chenango Forks.-Cort-
land On. W letter in the Syracuse
Post STANDARD
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
f" KINGS ENGLISH.

The following appeared as 81 CO.'S
ter-tailor's advertisement:
"A slap-up togs and kicksies build
er, with upper Benjamins shipped on
a downy plan, with moleskins OF han
ky-panky design, with double fake
ment down the sides and artfui but
tons at bottom, with kicksies cut peg
top, half-tight, or to drop loose over
the trotters, with fancy vests made to
flash the dickey or to flt tight round
the scrag.''
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
TO BUSINESS MEN.

oh, tradesman. in thine hour of e e,
If on this paper you should C,
Take our advice and now be w,
Go straight ahead and advert 1 i.
You'll find the project of some u u;
Neglect can offer no ex q q q.
Be wise at once. prolong your a a,
A silent business soon de k XXX.
Journal OF Philology.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
LIMIT OF SCORN.

contempt. spite and venom into that
word.
Actress can do no better.
Manage Speak it Just
as you say Plush" when you meet a
rival in an imitation sealskin.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
SHOES AND GLOVES.

The wise young woman not only has
shoe trees on which to keep her best
boots (as our English cousins say), but
she has wooden hand with detachable
thumbs on which to clean her light
gloves
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

Walking sticks were in the fashion in
Greece about four and twenty CEN
turies ago, when the man who ap-
peared in the streets of Athens with
out a stick was liable to be arrested
as a disorderly person
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men By shs
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 80 Cali
fornfa street Telephone Main 1o4a
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

Tovnsend,s Gala Glace Fruits in ar
tistic fre-etched boxes. 10 Kearnv xf
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
ANSWERS.

DRAUGHT-H. b. Yorkville. Cal
The deepest draught of war vessel now
In commission is 271z feet and the deep
est draught of commercial vessels Is
491a feet
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

491s feet.
CITIZENSHIP-M c. D.. City.
The following is from works on inter-
national law: "A woman who is a
citizen of the United States merges
her nationality in that of a foreign
husband on her marriage: but IL does
not necessarily follow that she thus
becomes subject to all the disabilities
of alienage. such as inability to in
herit or transfer real property"
"A wife's political status follows
that of her husband"
FIVE HUNDRED. L. D.. Oak
land, and NJ o. c.. Berkeley. Cal II
and B and and D play the game
of five hundred. A and B have 400 and
C. and d 160 on the board. and after
the next deal c and d bid on no
trump, then buy and take the first
two tricks. A and B take the third,
then C and d take the next seven
tricks. c and d, having made the bid
are entitled to the first count and
win.
If playing the game. and you have
no trump hand but have the joker,
hearts are led. and you cannot follow
suit, you are not required to play the
Joker. IL, say, hearts are trumps. and
you have trump cards. you cannot
play the joker.
DOMINICAL LETTER.-H c.. Mon
terey, Cal. The dominical or SUNDAY
letter marks the Lords Day in the
almanacs. The first seven letters ok
the alphabet are used for this purpose
the first seven days Of the year being
marked in their order by the seven let
ters A B c ID z T @. in their order.
the following seven days and all con-
secutive sets of seven days to the end
! of the year: so the 1st. sth. 18TH 22d.
ETC., are all marked by A: and the
| I'd. 9Th. 18th. and 23d. etc. by 3 and
so on The days thus being marked
ii is evident that on whatever day the
first Sunday of the year falls. che let
ter which marks IL will mark all the
other Sundays in the year. as the num-
bers Of the letters and OF the days in
the week are the same.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

present prices part the
lossKansas
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28

Work on the new epot is progress
quite rapidly nd i i'll soon De ready
| for the car, tiers.
Jesse Easter an Miss Hazel NJ.
PettyCrew, o. lest daughter Of r. f.
PettyCrew of north ia ,were united
in marriage at the bri les home, at
II o'clock .esday, september %,
1905, Rev. P sons OIL iating. They
received ma valuat and useful
presents. ] .mediatelg after the
ceremony : TX pla they were ush-
cred into adioir 2 room where a
sumptuous1 epaN .aited them. The
DEMOCRAT xtend Congratulations.
Ben Dec, VS. J 40 nths old daugh-
ter died at The h, Sof Mrs. James
Hull in the nor uart OF town last
Friday of infiana Of the brain.
The parents broug the little one
down fror tGeir sno on the reser-
walton a couple Of eksErago to be
doctored or che Ia fnfantum and
had the Ii tie one slost cured when
inflammation of the fain set in. caus-
ing her cath was taken to
Rosebud Saturday blridl and in
terment was mad in the Rosebud
cemetery.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
Catholic Church Announce
| NleNt.

On Sunday next. mass will be said
here at 1920 in the nor ming. A spec
ial collection will be taken up for the
benefit of the Omaha orphanage.s
Catechlsm class at SIP. N. =
On Saturday, October It'll, Chatho-
lis services will be held in the Prairie
Belle school house near Crookston at
10 in the morning.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
III. TX. Brown Dead

H. X. Brown died at the hone of
Mrs. Louisa George in this city last
Saturday morning, Sept. %, 1905, of
| typhoid fever, after an illness of sew
eral months, at the age of % years.
Hezekiah K. Brown was born in
Madison county, Iowa. in 1888, and
cane to Cherry county in 1888, locat-
ing near Sparks. About ten years
ago he moved to Valentine where he
has since resided and was engaged In
the livery business at the time of his
death He was recently married to
Mrs. Mollie Simmons and contracted
typhoid fever almost on the eve of his
wedding. He leaves three children
by a former wife: Mrs. Frank Thomp-
son of Sparks, Edward of this city,
and another son in Cal. Five sisters,
Mesdames McCray, Eaton and George
of this city, Mrs. Tom Hudson of near
Sparks, and a Mrs. Zedigar survive
him. He also leaves one brother,
Henry, of Sparks.
The funeral was held from the NJ.
E. church Sunday, Rev. HOlsClaw con-
Quoting the services, a fter which the
remains were taken to Sparks where
interment was made in the Sparks
cemetery. The DEMOCRAT extends
sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
Thomas MCLEAN and Jake An
ders were up from BroWnlee today
on landoffice business.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church
are preparing to hold a supper
and bazaar some time in November.
The exact date will be announced
later.
Lost on the train between Valen-
tine and Cody, buckskin purse
containing between 50 so and So.
Reward. Mrs. Ruth A. SHORE.
See Bill and Bill for q first-class
shave, haircut, shampoo, massage,
shine. bath or any other thing in
the line of barber work. Bath room
and and shine chair in operation
Sunday until noon.
Mrs. Elmore extends an invita-
ton to the ladies of Valentine and
vicinity to cali and inspect her dis
play of Trimmed and Ready-to-
wear Hats, Sept. 2Sth and Doth.
1t is common talk that f. G..
Cole, the county assessor of Cher
ry county, through his influence
over his deputies by virtue of his
appolntlve power, secured the
nomination for county treasurer,
of his brother-in-law, W. d. Arm
strong, of Cody.
We are prepared to make real
estate loans on Farm and Ranch
properties at a fair and conserva-
tive valuation. Call and see us.
CORNELL & NICHOLSON.
80 At First National Bank.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
Railway
Notes
From Fridays Daily.)

The Northwestern road now has
a plan which requires applicants to
pass a physical examination who
apply for employment as agents,
operators, station baggagemen,
yardmasters, assistant yardmasters,
switchmen, switch tenders, signal
menS tower men, yard fagmen,
bridge foremen and watchmen.
This is on the principle that safe
men are even more necessary than
safety appliances, as you can run a
road with reasonable safetyiwithout
the latter if you have the former,
but cannot do it without the former
no matter how many of the latter
you may have.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
GUN WENT OFF
And Man Gets Charge of Shot
in Stomach.

Lodi, Wis, Dec. 26. Especial to
THE News. Robert c. Green was
accidentally shot this afternoon by
Fred Seville, the charge of shot en-
tering Green's body near the navel.
The men had been on a hunting
trip and had returned to the store.
Green was removing his overcoat
and Seville was emptying the mag
azine of his fowl!ng piece, when the
gun was discharged, with the above
disastrous results. The wounded
man was taken to Madison on No.
504 for treatment.
iFrom Saturdays Dailyl
r. G. Greene, the travelling man
who was accidentally shot at Lodi,
Monday, an account of which was
given in THE News, died Yesterday
f. ON his injuries. Fred Seville,
who was the innocent cause of the
accident, completely collapsed for a
few hours after the shooting.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
SHOT IN THE MOUTH
SmaVl Boyin Front of Gun
Gets The Ball.

Fern Dell, Mirror Lake, Dec. 80.
LSpeciaI Telephone 10 THE News l.
There was sad accident this morn
ing about 9 o'clock at the home of
Bert Ellis, who lives just across the
line in the town of Dellona. The
>on, Bal old, age about four years,
was N front Of a small caliber
rife in be hands of Walter Jones,
lad Of about seven or eight years,
when the weapon was discharged.
The ball tore off Harold's under lip,
knocked out a lot of teeth and
lodged somewhere in the back of
mis- hrad Medical aid was secured
as quickly as possible, but the out
come is not yet known.
The Ellis family resided in the
'own of Bdraboo near the Pewit's
nest.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04

their private vaults for the storing
Of records.
~a Second One To Burn.
This is the second one to burn
in this county although in the first
instance it was not occupied by the
county officials at the time OF the
fire. The first building was a frame
structure which stood on the north
side of the public square and was
erected in 1848 by Col. Edward
Sumner and was burned on the
night of July 4, 1857, when owned
by Peter Van Wendell.
The main portion of the brick
structure which has just been >des-
troyed was built in 1856 and was &C
cepted January 1, 1857. 1t was erec-
ted bv 2. A. Bassett as contractor
and the west wing was added some
years after. Sixty OF the prominent
citizens of Baraboo subscribed the
sum of $4,000 to assist in erecting
the building put up by Contractor
Bassett. Among those who took
part in the erection of the building
was ex-Alderman Fred Barringer OF
this CITY. Then it was considered a
very pretentious structure, but tor
many years it has been known that
there was not sufficient security
for the valuable records stored
there and the question of new one
was aeitated The county board
disregarded the warnings of the
people Of Baraboo until the last
session, when the proposition OF a
new court house to cost Sl00,0 ,00C
was carried by a majority of one
F. A. Cooper of Merrimack, cast
ing the deciding vote.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
mrnm Wednesdays Daily.l

rbo mournful wall of the fire
ub;e+Ie at 11:3O o'clock, last night,
.,nspd q shiver of dread to seize
boId Of those who arose from COM
fortabIe beds to look for the scene
II destruction. A bright light in
tbp business section soon caused a
crowd to gather and it was not
roro until the people of Baraboo
.raw that the old court house was
3oomed-that the warning that the
oaonIe Of Baraboo had given to the
noon1e of Sauk county for many
Years, had been made good.
Inst where the fire started is not
,rown, but presumably from a de-
fs,tive chimney near the north
west corner.
The fire department responded
calamity and fought like veterans
IN the zero gale. A coating of ice
m all the business'0houses where
the fagots fell, prevented any
possible danger ola spread of the
flames. The main work of the
department was to prevent, so far
as possible, the fire getting too hot
about the vaults in which the
.oriceless county records were stored.
By two o'clock a. m. the fury of
the fire had spent itself and it only
remained for the fire boys to keep
the smouldering timbers in the
52sement in subsection. The good
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
Fruit And Flower Breeding.

Articles of unique and valuable
interest, it is announced, are under
wav for early publication in The
Century, describing fully and with
Mr. Burbank's authority the mi
racles being wrought by Luther
Burbank in fruit and flower breed
ing. Mr.. Burbank's recent work has
piveu to science edible cacti, the
white blackberry, the plumcot IA
cross between a plum and an apri-
cot), an appletree bearing four
hundred varieties, new seedless
fruits. and many other wonders.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
RECORDS SAFE.
Those i'm Vaults and Safes are
Not Injured.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

The vaults and safes in the burn
ed court house were opened today
aud the papers and records we're
found to be in perfect condition.
A few volumes in the registers,
vault were found to be slightly
warped, but their value was in no
way impaired. The valuable docu-
ments were removed to the city
hall and the public library where
they will remain until deposited in
the new court house.
The exposed records in the county
clerks office and the treasurer's
office are destroyed. They include,the
last board proceedings and for many
years back, except three or four
years, which were in the clerks
safe. The tax redemption account
book is also gone, but the record of
taxes for the past year, which the
treasurer had just finished, was in
the safe and was not injured.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
BLIZZARD RACES,
Wires Blown Down and
Road Tied up.
(From Wednesdays DaiIy.)

lfTOm wednesday Dally.J
The blizzard that struck all the
northwestern country with such
force, yesterday and last night,
gave Baraboo it's share of attention.
About a foot of snow fell which
the wind threw into immense drifts
in many places. The sidewalks could
not be cleared and business was
practically at a stand still. People
went to or from their homes with
great difficulty. Railroad traffic
was greatly impeded by the drifts
and last night and today all trains
were delayed. Some of the freight
trains were abandoned at the stat
ions along the line and the crews
came to Baraboo with engines and
caboose. The wires were also down
and last night the G. & N. W. could
telegraph no further south than
Lodi. To the northwa d the wires
were in better shape. The long
distance telephone wires were down
the only one open being to Portage
and there it ended, making com
munication with Milwaukee, Madi-
son or Chicago impossible. The
Western Union wires we're in equal
ly bad shape. The Baraboo local
telephone system was little damag-
ed and came out of the storm in
good shape and worked well.
No passenger trains from the
west or northwest arrived in Bara-
boo from 7:30 o'clock last evening
untillate this afternoon. Freight
traffic was entirely suspel ded last
night pending the clearing of the
road. Passenger trains from the
south came in several hours late
with double headers. Every avail
able means for clearing away the
snow is being used.
The rural mail carriers experience
ed terrible day and two of them
failed to report to the Baraboo
postof1icc when night came. The
other four we're several hours late.
AS Frank Attridge was passing the
Round House on the return trip one
of his ponies undertook to kick a
few fakes of snow from d passing
cloud and succeeded in breaking the
tongue to his mail wagon. Today
Carrier Case on r. F. D. 3, did not
leave the Office until this afternoon
and covered only portion Of the
route. Carrier PIummer on R Ed. |
and Carrier Thomas on r. Ed. 4 !
came back after going but a short
distance from the city. Such huge
drifts were encountered that it was
impossible to proceed. The other
carriers probably covered but a
portion Of he way. The stage from
Kilbourn made the trip on Tuesday
but failed to appear today up to
the time Of going 10 press.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04

The rest register is now in use all
over the road and a close check will
be kept upon the hours of all train
men and enginemen employed by
the Northwestern company. An
order issued by S. Fl. Brown says
that all conductors are required to
register according to the rules and
attention is called to the minimum
rest allowance rule which is printed
in the upper left hand corner of
each page in the register. The fol-
lowing is the table given:
10 hours on duty-8 hours rest.
II hours or dutY-8 hours rest.
Is hours or more on duty-12
hours rest.
Blanks are left for the registra-
tion OF the following data: Date,
number or kind oftrain, where. from,
hours on duty, times of arrival, en-
gineer or conductor, fireman or
brakeman, and time called.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04

Minimum Clergy Half rate will be
twenty-five cents (25c.). effective
January l, 1905, until further ad-
vice-that is, where the whole tic
ket rate is fifty cents down to TWEEN
ty-six cents, the clergy half-rate
will be twenty-five cents, and no re-
duction below full fare should be
made where it is twenty-five cents
or under.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04

York done by the Baraboo fire de-
2TSnent cannot be praised too
~Ho-y the boys being exposed to
1-rcileSs weather.
Harris Saw 1t.
lohn Harris, barkeeper in Lenz's
~.oon, discovered the fire while on
Is way home. He saw the flames
s~rStng out of the windows Of the
.lAmtttee room above Judge
4',Sey 5 offce, aud gave the alarm.
Man Overcome.
0aeol the Ringling Bros. men
vas overcome by the smoke, while
''1ulng assistance, and was carried
,' The Wellington Hotel where he
vas soon revived.
The Records.
'09 El&el interest, of course,
>0~l5FSlu the county records. The
'o"S li register Of deeds, county
~oge ard clerk Of court. appear to
intact, and it is expected that
= 'o.ones aud papers contained
'''5Lo Will be found to be in first
y, condition. If such proves to
" he case, the excellent work OF
:, y 4 02Faooo fire department may
n ~pao6ed for their preservation.
me County clerk and treasurer
.,s'. asa'S 50 fortunate. Many of
- papers were burned and can.
J., oe replaced. Some of the
NJ IN 1.,I records in the big safe are,
~, uOoot, all right. The type.
s,,., .s's and adding machine were
booI' lu as were some of the clerk:
law oIs, 1sS which were carried out. The
] room r'Gr1ry D. in the county Judge.
4 Is hardly injured, most of the
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
N)
22I)e:II2l::IIIS1 I5Il|j!S1 !
(From FridGJ's Daily.)

Elmer Lee McFeeters, son of
James McFeeters of Waldo street
South Side, died yesterday after
noon at $50 o'clock, of bronchial
trouble. His age was two years four
months and fifteen days. The fun
eral will be held at the house Satur
dav afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04
gARAsOO WINS.
Basket Ball Team Defeats
milwaukee Boys.
fFrom Saturdays Daily,l

fFrom Saturdays Dally.l
Yesterday afternoon at Milwau-
kee. the Baraboo Juniors defeated
The Milwaukee Jrs. Ry. Y. M. c. A.
by a score of IS to II. The Baraboo
team work was fine. Moran, Adams
and Hull threw difficult baskets and
English and Lester guarded well.
The bows played Waukesha this
afternoon.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-01-04

James Brennan, passed awav at
the home of his nephew, James
Brennan, yesterday morning, the
residence of Mr.. Brennan being
about five miles northwest of Bara-
boo. Deceased was born in Ireland
about sixty-five years ago and has
resided in Sauk county fu..y TIVE