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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-05-28

EntFe amIgas:
-lQu6 dichosas seTiamOs las mu-
jeFes 81 tOdos los hombres fuesen
angeles:
-Pues 10 son, 10 son; no 10 due
des. Yo he tenido sels noYios, y
los seis han volado.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
ODD THINGS ABOUT WORDS
When the Word ssLunch" Was First
Used 1T Meant a sLumD."

When the Word ssLunch" Was First
Used 1t Meant "LumD."
A ''lunch," etymologically, Is just a
lump. In the sixteenth century a
''lunch Of bacon meant merely slice
or hunk Of tt. So Burns speaks Of
bread and cheese dealt about in
lunches" and Scott records that "little
Benjie was rammfng huge luncheon
Of pie crust into bis mouth" While In
modern times lunch Is an abbrevia-
ton from luncheon" the attsr was
originally an e1ongation OF lunch" A
philologist shows how the old moon
sbenk," noon drink, came to mean noon
eating, and to appear as '@nunsheon,' =
and the development thereafter OF
luncheon from lunch" was very
natural
Curious changes Of words sometimes
take place between two languages.
Thus English has borrowed the French
''poseur" and has given to France
''snob" in trade Frenchmen have q
way Of taking polysyllabic word and
using half Of it. Thus Of "steeple-
chase they have appropriated the
''steeple," and now the French sports
man speaks of mounting steeple"
when he means to ride a race over the
customary obstacles. A smoking jack
ct Is with him smoking" and sleep
ing car Is sleeping"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
VARIETY IN CHEWING.
Gum and Tobacco Are Not the Only
Materials Utilized.

Gum and Tobacco Are Not the Only
Materials Utilized.
Gum chicle, which forms the basis Of
most American chewing gums, is BY no
means the only chewing material,
though chewing gum has spread over
a large portion Of the world
Among the old fashioned the gum Of
the spruce tree Is still in greater favor
and druggists near the great spruce
belts drives thriving trade In the brown
humps.
Although the chicle comes from the
tropics, it is seldom used as chewing
gum there, uncured rubber being the
fashion In Peru "cuca," or cocoa
leaves, form the staple chew, the plant
being a powerful stimulant, since from
Its leaves cocaine Is extracted. In the
east the betel nut Is chewed In prefer
ence, the nut being prepared with lime.
To 1t might be accorded the place Of
first prominence, since because Of the
congestion Of population practically
one-tenth OF the human race give it
their preference
One Of the oldest chews is the 1eaden
bullet which the English soldier used
to chew before the introduction OF the
jacketed bullets now in use. They de-
clared that it lessened their thirst and
to some extent deadened their hunger
on long marches.
And then there is tobacco.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
FEAR RACE SUICIDE
Annual Report Of the Register of
Deeds Shows Falling cf lin
the Number of Births
STATEB0ARD MAY PROSECUTE
County Officials Will be Asked to Sc
cure Evidence to Make the
Prosecution of Delinquent
Physicians Possible

Is Kenosha county becoming vic
tim of race suicide? This is the ques-
ton that is being raised by Register
of Deeds P. G. Torrey, for his annual
report of the number of births in this
county, which will be forwarded to
the state board of health next week,
will show remarkable falling off in
the number of births in com parison
with the former year. Added to this
fact, the register of deeds is of the
opinion that while it is possible that
some of the births have not been re-
ported, the proportion reported this
year is larger than the proportion
last year.
The report for this year shows a to-
tai of 545 births in the entire county
in the twelve months, while last year,
with smaller population, the county
There is 4 falling off, not only in the
city, but as well in nearly every town
in the county. The towns in the
county have made better showing
in the last two years, since the en-
forcement of the state law demanding
the registration of births, but the
number of births reported is still re-
markab1y low, and not town in the
county reports one-eighth as many
births as the city.
Register of Deeds Torrey has re-
ceived orders from the State Board of
HoaTAL, ~ - ~
dence against midwives and doctors
who have not made the regular re-
turn to the state department, and the
state officers have announced that
they will arrange for the prosecution
of every delinquent.
The law is very plain. 1t provides
that every doctor and midwife in the
state shall make return to the reg
lister of deeds of all births within
thirty days after the baby is born. It
provides that in case the law is vio-
lated the physician or midwife may
be fined from $40 to $50 dollars for
each offense. Thus far not single
prosecution under the law has been
made in this county, but the matter
is 10 be taken up during the first
month of the new year and the de1in-
quents will be punished. Several Of
the physicians have questioned the
right of the state to demand this re-
turn, but the supreme court has de-
cided the law constitutional and there
is little doubt but that the state can
enforce the collection of the penalty.
The report of the register of deeds
will show that the number of deaths
in the county is lower than in the
preceding year, and it will also show
that cupid has been taking long rest
in the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
Death Of Fred c. Hunt in This
City Reveals Story Of a Mys-
FERROUS Disappearance
DEAD MAN HAD A FORTUNE
Hunt Had Been Missing From His
Home For More Than Five Years,
and all Efforts to Locate Him
Had Been Fruitless

Down in little e1n1-shaded cottage
IN Northborro, Mass, there was a sad
homecoming last Tuesday, when
Samuel Walker of Kenosha arrived in
the little village with all that was
mortal of Frederick Clarence Hunt,
who had died in Kenosha a few days
previous. At the station to meet
Walker was the mother of Hunt, and
when the remains were shown she
identified them as those of her son
who had been missing for more than
five years.
When Hunt sickened and died in
Kenosha one of his last statements to
his friends was something in regard
to his old home back in the east. He
failed to tell the story Of the latter
years Of his life, but stated that he
had not heard from his relatives for
several years, and that he supposed
they resided at Northborro. The
mother told the story of the disap-
pearance of the boy and the long wait
for his return.
Hunt was a son of one of the best
known men of Northborro and FIVE
years ago he left his home to go. to
Schenectady, New York. He had
promised to write home to his
mother and father, but the let
ters failed to arrive and in short
time the aged parents became anxious
and the father went to the New York
city to search for the boy.
When the old man reached Schenec-
tady he found that the son had started
for Chicago. For the next two years
the father searched, but III vain. Ad-
vertisements were inserted IN papers
east and west seeking to find some
trace of Hunt but no word was re-
ceiyed. Two years ago Hunts father
| died and it was said that the failure Of
his son to return home had FASTENED
| the end. The mother closed up the
house az Northborro and went to live
with her relatives, but all the time
she continued to search for the son.
The estate of the elder Hunt was
settled in the probate court, and the
amount that had been left to the son
was placed in the bank at Cam bridge
Mass, awaiting the return of the
wanderer. This money, which is con
siderab1y over thousand dollars, will
now go to the mother. It is evident
that Hunt had never learned of the
death of his father, for before his
death he had fold his friends in Re.
nosha that both father and mother
were living.
Hunts home coming was a decid-
edly sad one for the mother. The re-
mains were laid to rest by the side of
those of the father in the little GENE
terry at Northboro. Hunt was the
ou1y child.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
CHOCOLATE.
ID was q Luxury In This Country Kn
the Eighteenth Century.

ID was Luxury In This Country m
me Eighteenth Century.
E1e first newspaper notice that an
nounced the sale Of cocoa and chocolate
IN America read:
@Amos Track. ct his house little be-
low the Bell tavern in DanYers, makes
and sells chocolate which he will war
rant to be good and takes cocoa to
grind. Those who may please to favor
him with their custom may depend up
on being well served, and at a very
cheap rate"
This notice appeared in the Essex
0a5etbe OF Massachusetts on the 18th
OF june, It'll, five years before the
signing OF the Declaration Of Independ-
enos. Despite Mr.. Trask's assurance
that his rate was cheap, chocolate was
very expensive and beyond the purse Of
any but the wealthy folk Wouldn't
they be surprised to see how generally
chocolate is sold these days in packages
as cheap as penny?
When the Spanish soldier Cortes con-
quered Mexico In 1919 he found the
people very fond of drink called
chocolate" This was served to the
ruler Montezuma in a cup of solid gold.
When the Spanisrds went home they
introduced this 4-Ink into their coun-
try, but It remained very expensive.
The secret of It's preparation was never
allowed to get out of Spain. Now it is
the cheapest article of food and drink
we have
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
TEACHERS UNION
Labor Leaders of State Making
an Effort to Organize the
School Teachers
WOULD BETTER THEIR LOT

In the near future it is possible that
teachers of Kenosha schools will be
formed into union, the object being
to keep up and obtain increase of
wages, also number of hours work per
day and other things that may result
in their benefit.
This is made probable by the an
nouncement that vigorous appeal is
to be made to the Wisconsin Teach
ers' association at the coming Mil
waukee convention in behalf of trade
unionism.
Fred Brockenhausen, secretary of
the State Federation of Labor has con-
suited with Principal McLenegan, of
the Milwaukee west side high school,
regarding the appearance of repre-
sentative Of the state federation on
the platform of the teachers conven-
ton. The opinion prevails that a
place will be assigned on the formal
program.
Mr.. Brockenhausen and Frank ].
Weber are quoted with having said
that there is no treason why the teach
ers of the state should not be bene-
flied by the organization of trade
unions among the teachers.
The scheme is to instruct leaders of
local unions in Kenosha, as well as
other cities of the state, to make a
canvass of the teachers and get an
expression for or against the PROPOSE
ton. In this city there are one hun
dred teachers, and it Is safe to say
that seventy-five will be present at
the convention in Milwaukee.
The semi-annua1 meeting Of the
state executive labor board will be
held in Milwaukee on January 9,
when members from all parts of the
state are expected to be present to
discuss plans for sending an organizer
throughout the state. That this of
fetal will attempt to organize teach
ers is certain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
Inspired a Noble Poem

1t was the daguerreotypist Hesler OF
Chicago who inspired Longfellow to
write ''Hiawatha." Mr. Hesler was
one Of the most eminent of his profes-
sion, and in 1851 the London worlds
fair awarded him the prize medal for
daguerreotypes. One of them, pic
ture Of the falls of Minnehaha, came
into the poets possession and furnished
Immediate inspiration for the poem.
In testimony Of his debt to Mr.. Hesler
Longfellow sent him a bound volume
of his poems with his signature and
compliments on the fly leaf.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
MONEY PAID INTO COURT

Wisconsin Central Railway Settles for
Land Taken in Town of Salem
The condemnation of land in the
town of Salem for the extension of
the lines of the Wisconsin Central
Railway company is now a closed
chapter 50 far as the company is con-
cerned. This morning Attorney Peter
Fisher, the attorney for the company,
paid into the court the sum of $675,
this being the entire amount allowed
by the commission appointed to assess
benefits and damages.
AS there is some doubt as to the
ownership of the property in question
the money will be held by the court
until further Investigations are made.
The company will begin the work of
building the extension at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
Friends Of Milwaukee Attorney
Seek Signatures in Kenosha
for Candidates Petition
FIRST GUN OF THE ELECTION
Kenosha Attorneys are Generally
Favorable to the Candidacy of the
Milwaukee Man for Associate
Justice of Supreme Court

The opening gun of the spring
campaign was fired in Kenosha this
morning, when attorneys and many
influential politicians of both Re-
publican and Democratic creed re-
ceived letters asking them to aid in
securing the nomination of James G.
Flanders of Milwaukee, as candidate
for the Office of associate justice of
the supreme court of the state. In
connection with the letters petitions
for the nomination of Attorney Elan
ders were placed in circulation. This
Milwaukee lattorney is taken without
his knowledge, and it is understood
that the candidacy is being advanced
by committee of attorneys repre-
senting cities outside of Milwaukee.
The candidacy was we'll received by
the Kenosha attorneys and many of
them have expressed themselves as
favorable Ito the candidacy Of Mr..
Flanders, shut it is possible that the
Kehoshasmen will decline to express
their preference at this time and will
insist thatsthe matter of nomination
be left open until later in January or
February. AT the last spring election
the attorneys came out bodily for L.
<. Luse, but it was found afterward
that the action as i'll advised for soon
as some Of the politicians discovered
that the attorneys were in favor of
Luse this fact was used as an argu-
ment to turn votes against him.
The attorneys of Kenosha are very
anxious to have the judicial election
kepteout of politics just as far as
possible, and to this end they will take
their time and carefully look over the
list of candidates before signing any
nomination papers.
Attorney Flanders is we'll known in
Kenosha. He is a Republican in
politics and has been closely connect
ed with the work of the party in the
state. He is lawyer Of admitted
ability and would undoubtedly make
an excellent man on the bench Some
of his friends in Kenosha believe that
lC 1OAAA - al OAS ~ SAVE up HIS SPlSu-
did practice in Milwaukee, even for the
high honor of a seat as associate JUS
tice of the Wisconsin supreme court.
There will undoubtedly be other
candidates in the field and already the
candidacy of Louis HanitchSand VIM.
II. Grace both Of Superior, have been
announced. Both of these men are
well known to the attorneys in Keno
sha, but they are not as.wel1 known to
the rank and file Of the voters as Mr..
Flanders.
The petitions for the nomination
must be filed early insMarch and the
people Of Kenosha will have an
abundance of time in whichsto express
their preferences before that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
The Herring.

Deep sea deniZens of the northern
waters are all remarkable for their
migratory habits, the herring especial
ly so. These fish approach the New
foundland littoral to spawn and then
are captured In great quantities, but
this is only during a few months every
year, while for the remainder they
withdraw to some waters the location
Of which has never been determined.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
a Great Sinner.

The Doctor Yes; that's the sort Of
man Beings is. The neighbors say he
cheats the gas company by tapping q
pipe In his basement, and he lies about
the ages Of his children to keep from
having to send them to school. The
Professor Then he sins against both
light and knowledge Chicago Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
DINNER FOR TOURISTS
Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ. Calkins Entertain
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Party

VIE anu Mrs. y. NJ. Calkins Entertain
Observation-Disclosures Party
Mr.. and Mrs. @. M. Ca1kins enter
tanned small party of friends at a
dinner party on Thursday evening in
honor Of the Kenosha people who
will leave in short time to spend the
remainder of the winter in California.
The lake front residence was charm
ingly decorated for the occasion and
at the table covers were laid for if
teen. Among the guests wereMr. and
Mrs. George Yu1e, Mr.. and Mrs. c. N.
Frost, Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Yule,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Mailer, and Will
liam L. Yule. The members of the
party will leave for California on the
18th OF January. Mr.. Calkins will
also be member of the party.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28

that would bring US peace, instead of
going toa strange country to await
death there. Even if we lived long
after we had taken up our abode in
the new world, we would not be salts
fed. For old people, the latin pre-
scriptlon of the wise, ''Ubi bene, ibe
patria est, would not hold good with
us, and would not bring US relief.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
The Art of Pleasing.

The secret Of many mans success
Is an affable manner, which makes ev-
erybody feel easy in his presence, dis
pels fear and timidity and calls out the
finest qualities in one's nature. Sue
cess Magazine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
MAY BE IN ITALY
Alleged Italian Murderers Seem to
Think That Foti Has Escaped

Think That Foti Has Escaped
Illinois officials who have been
searching for Gravano Foti, the third
of the Italians wanted for the triple
murder at Winthrop Harbor, claim
that they have evidence which will
show that Foti has escaped to Italy
The men who are in jail at Waukegan
seem to have received this informa-
tion from some source, and they have
asked the attorneys at Waukegan
whether or not the man can be
brought back to Illinois for trial.
The United States officials have
asked the officials in Italy to keep a
c1ose watch for the coming of Foti,
and if he seeks his native land for
shelter there is little doubt but that
he will be at once taken and returned
to America.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28

Governor La Toilette says it don't
cost him cent to be elected United
States senator. It is just possible
that your Uncle Ike Stephenson would
have different story to tell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28

Postmaster Ira P. Coon of Plain
field City is about to resign his Office
on account of poor health, and nomi-
nation papers recommending his son,
Raydon ]. Coon, as his successor are
in circulation.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-28
FRANK 6. CO..
PARIS, KY.
Lest You Forget.

Lest you forget, we want to call
the attention of the ladies of Bourbon
and surrounding counties to display
of Easter Millinery Goods by Mrs.
Corne Watson Baird, on Thursday,
April 6. Mrs. Baird has been the
leader in millinery fashions for years,
and this season has endeavored to
buy the largest and most fashionable
line of spring and summer Millinery
ever brought to Paris. She has en-
ployed a number of experienced and
skilled trimmers, who cannot help
but please the most fastidious. With
her own extensive experience of
selecting goods for this trade, she has
made it a point to select stock that
will please every class of trade, so do
not fail to attend her opening, on
April 6, and exameine the new crea-
tions-for beauty and variety they can
not be surpassed.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-28
Should Be Stopped Some Way.

There is a crowd of youngsters in
this city that should be stopped in
some way from their nightly practices
of destroying personal property. On
Saturday Mr.. John T. Hinton had a
concrete block put in place of a
broken one in his pavement on Sixth
street, next to his large business
house. Yesterday morning it was
found ruined, with names of boys cut
in it before it became hard and de-
faced so it will have to be replaced.
This is only one instance, every win
dow in the old Christian Church has
been broken by this gang, and one Of
their favorite tricks now is to write
vulgar words and sentences on bust
ness houses, pavements and other
places with chalk. If there is town
in Kentucky that needs a Curfew
ordinance Paris is the town.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-28
Death of Joe Lair.

Joseph Lair, aged 80 years, died
yesterday morning at the Good
Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, of a
complication of diseases.
Mr.. Lair was prominent farmer of
Bourbon, and numbered his friends
by the score. He had been in i'll
health for several years and was
thought to be improving when an
operation was decided on for an
abscess of the stomach and was taken
to the hospital several days ago.
When the surgeon made the incision
it was seen at glance that compli-
cations were such that his recovery
was impossible.
Mr.. Lair, on account of his health,
had rented his farm and moved to
Paris on March 1st. He was clever
man and true friend. He is survived
by his wife, nee Sallie Moore,
one daughter, Mrs. Maude Current,
and one son, Matt Lair, and four
brothers, Matt and Frank Lair, of this
county, Luther and Jack Lair, of
Missouri, and one sister, Mrs. Sam
Reynolds, of Harrison.
The funeral will be held at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthian to-day
Tuesday at O'Clock. Procession
viii leave the residence in this city
at IL 30 O'Clock. PalI-bearers will be
JOS. Houston, Sidney Ardery, Alfred
RRtterton, Frank Isgrig, j. Q. Morris
md NJ A Moore
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-28
His Farewell Sermon.

Rev. w. A. Simmons, of the Bap-
fist Church, on invitation of the
Methodist Church, preached his fare
we'll sermon in that church Sunday
night, he having accepted call to
Moberly, Mo. The large double audi
torium was filed to overlooking,
which Seemed to visibly effect the
speaker, in seeing the high esteem in
which he is held by the Christian peo-
pie of this community. He preached
a most excellent sermon, taking
Hope" as his theme. He and his
family will leave Thursday for their
new home.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-28
The New Bridge Question Up.

The question of building a new bridge
over Stoner was up before the City
Council at its last meeting. Judge H.
Clay Mckee, of Mt. Sterling, was
present trying to push the matter to
a head. He owns several acres along
the new street that would run to inter-
sect with the North Middletown pike,
and if the bridge is built he will cut
his land into building lots and will
himself put up several houses. Coun-
cilmen Parrish, Brannon and O'Brien
were appointed a committee to inves-
tigate and report. 1t is understood
that the bridge will be built across
Stoner where Vine street intersects
with Third street, and Vine street ex-
tended on out to the North Middle
town pike. This would indeed open
up some beautiful building lots The
County Court made an order for the
bridge several months ago, and it
seems that building the approaches is
all that is holding the work back, as
the city is willing and ready to build
the street.