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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-14
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-14
TO STUDY IN EUROPE
Miss Clara Bienneman to Enter High
School of Music, Berlin, Germany

SCnOOI OF MuS1cs Berl1n1 Germany
After years of hard work as fac
tory girl in Kenosha factories and as
many years of self denial, Miss Clara
Bienneman is to realize the dreams of
her childhood. Miss Bienneman is a
violinist we'll known to local must
clans and for many years she has had
the desire to complete her work in the
Conservatives of Europe. AS her
relatives were all in modest circum-
stances it looked to be an impossibility
but Miss Bienneman went to work in
the factory, and spent all her leisure
moments practicing under the direc-
ton of local instructors. Miss Bien.
neman has great deal of talent as a
violinist and local musicians predict
for her a great future as a vio1inist.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-14

The state board of control has
awarded the contract installing
the wiring for the new electric light
ing plant at the state hospital for the
insane at Mendoza to the Central
Construction company of Oshkosh.
The contract carries So,672. There
were four bidders.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-14

Thatcher Tubular Furnaces. Many
satisfied users in Kenosha. Call on
G. A. Dewey. He will explain. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-14

For baby pictures go to Brown, ne
makes the best in town. tt
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

One autumn there was great drought
all around Pennyvine. and the roads
got terribly dusty, so that everything
was covered with clouds of dirt when
ever wagon or a drove OF cattle passed
through the town This made the good
wives OF ReanyVllIe exceedingly angry,
and they declared that their husbands
must do something to remedy H.
The husbands Went 10 the mayor and
tod nm. DO not trouble yourselves
10 mention It. said the mayor. My
own wife has been complaining so much
about the dust that fails on her fur
niture that I have already thought out
q way 10 settle IL. 1t IS lucky for you
that l am your mayor.
'Hurraht cried all the people. and
ran home to toll their wives that the
mayer knew how to stop the dust. and
that they might put their linen out to
bleach which they had not been able
TO do In many weeks.
Bright and early The next morning
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all the women carried their linea S..t
and then the men assembled at the
town hall, where the mayor met them
and handed out brOOms 10 each one.
Like al great plans" said the
mayor, mine is very simple What can
the roads into the fields. where IL will
not be disturbed By wagons and
tbings?"
Wonderful" cried everybody, and be-
gan to sweep with might and main.
Huge clouds OF dust arose Immediately
of coughing. Men anc women and chill
dren and dogs and even the cows COM
menced to cough, as II they would never
stop; and in the midst or II came the
women, screaming that all the linen was
ruined
Sweep away! Sweep away!" cried the
mayor as well as he could for strang-
ling. Sweep away. In a moment the
dust win be gonei"
But really nobody could confirms 90
sweep, because nobody could breaths. 30
the great idea had TO be abandoned
much to the mayors regret. for, as he
said, the dust would have been swept
away If they had only kept at it long
enough.
well - said the shoemaker, "since we
cant do II, We must devise something
else, II only to stop my wife from scoId-
shoes. and what would You do If did
not make shoes for your
s'HOrrOrst" said everybody and they
Immediately passed a law providing
that, until they could think OF something
eiEe, every man who drove wagons or
ahead with sprinkling pot and water
UnhappiIy this did not mend matters
Snuch. and the cattle and wagons had
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
THE AUTUMN LEAVES.

o, happy, whirling autumn leaves!
Floating downward in the sun,
You seem to chase each other
IN your frolic and your fun:
The whole world Is your playing ground
When summers work is done.
But when your autumn play is DER
We know what you win do;
You'll keep the lily roots from harm
The long, long winter through.
o. rainbOw-colored autumn leaves!
Charming stories you could tell
OF Warbling brook and birdsong,
And OF moonlights magic spell;
You know the secret places, too,
Where woodland fairies dwell.
o. dainty leaves in gray and goldi
Take our love so true and strong;
You gave cool shade and shelter
All the summer. bright and long;
We bid you now a kind farewell.
In this. our grateful song.
Mary McNabb Johnston, IN Kinder
garten Magazine.
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near it; so after a few days the people
sent q messenger TO the grand duke
and told him that they could not &c
ahead with the great project because
the burgomasters house was too shaky
TO tear down.
The grand duke, who was always glad
to see the wise things that the folk OF
rode to the town. and when he saw
what had happened he said:
why did you not begin st the top
Of the hOuse?"
What a genius you are!' said the
burgomaster admiringly. What would
we do without your royal highness2''
So all the citizens climbed up on the
roof and tore the house down without
any further trouble.
Then they began to consider what
kind of a town hall they should build.
The shoemaker thought that Il should
look like a Greek temple and be all
made Of white stone, but the school
master said that 1t ought to be of
brown stone and be shaped like a
square tower so that there would be a
good view from the top.
The burgomaster said that il should
be a wooden building, and the town
clerk maintained that there was moth
ing more beautiful than an old-fash-
toned cottage effect, with a matched
roof. AS they could not agree, they
decided that each man should build his
best, and when they told the grand
duke about it he laughed till his fat
sides shook and said that they were
very wise, indeed
So the shoemaker began to build his
part like q Greek temple. and the
schoolmaster made his part like a
tower. The butcher built his share
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
re- sKIPPINc-RoPE EYIL.

The skipping-rope fever usually begins
early in the fall It attacks indiscrimi-
nateIy girls OF all ages When the Their
mometer drops from 80 TO 90 degrees,
there is not one young girl out of
hundred but feels the natural and in
herited hunger for the skipping rope.
Now, there are two ways of jumping
the rope. One Is for the girl to turn it
herself going forward, as If on a run.
instead OF jumping always in the same
place This way. in moderation, is
healthy, for II is an easy, natural mo-
ton, straining no part Of the body un-
duly
The other way to jump the rope is to
/ get one girl at one end and another at
the other. and then TO jump until trip
/ ped or tired out. The latter method is
always the favorite-nrst, because it
/ becomes a game instead of an exercise.
| and, secondly, because the girl has
nothing TO occupy her hands and can
/ devote all her energies to her jumping.
/ Here is where the danger comes In.
/ The steps are all up and down, up and
/ down. for three and even four minutes
/ on a stretch. Every time the girl alights
/ after a spring she produces a slight
very slight-brain conclusion. The
action OF the heart is greatly increased.
After q fun meal. indulgence in rope
/ skipping, particularly with other girls
in a few years.
| Every one of these dangers is in
| creased tenfold by that momentarily
/ accelerated jumping jack game OF
| salt, vinegar, mustard. pepper In
/ which the turner tries TO turn faster
/ than the jumper jumps. and the jumper
1 tries to jump as fast as the turner
/ turns. until both are ready to drop from
exhaustion.
How many turns can you jump" is
prolific of more evil 10 girls than their
mothers dream Of The determined
rivalry with which vwo children will
/ jump up and down till gasping for
| breath. their pulse at 10 a minute and
| the welI-ngh invisible blue veins in
their forehead swollen out by the quick
| irregular pumping Of the heart, is some
/ thing wonderful to see
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

their guest and he accepted. They call
ed for him with a brass band and
marched to the town hall in body
But when they got there they were
confronted by an unexpected difficulty.
/ They had forgotten to put any doors
and windows into the building, and
there 1t stood, perfectly solid, with no
way to get in
I'VE will have to break a hole into
the wall for a door," said the burgo-
master. But 1t must not be done in
my part OF the building. because It
would spoil the artistic effect of my de-
sign
1T is Just the same way with my
part. said the schoOlmaster. And every
body else said the same.
So the citizens all went TO the grand
''Wel, Well" said the grand duke.
You are so wise that ii would be a
pity for any one else to interfere
THAT is so" said the burgomaster.
And l have n wise idea already. Let
US put the door into the roof. There
! ii will be invisible and 1t VIII not spoil
the effect"
so al the people got a ladder and
they made door in the roof. They
were so interested and excited over the
burgomaster's idea that they forgot all
about windows. and the visitor to Tin
kletown can see the citizens climbing
up q, ladder to reach the door in the
roof whenever there is town meeting
and each citizen carries a lighted Ian
tern so that he can see when he gets
in.
And at the front of the town hall is
a sign written in the schoolmaster's
best fiourishes. saying:
ENTRANCE ON THE ROOF.
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

it never rains except on dark days, and
If I were mayor I would make everybody
wear smoked glasses for a while. That
would be the same as dark days, you
know. so far as we are concerned"
Everyb body did this at once, but still
II did not rain Then the candle-suclx
maker said that he had noticed that IL
always ralned when people carried UNI
Drellas. and the people all tried II, but
without success.
So the mayor said that he gave Il
up. And then the green grocer. who
master, said: That is all that 1 have
been waiting for. / can make it rain -
'Hurrah. But how?" said all the
people.
Simply enough" said the green
grocer. simply enough have no
tieed that whenever our weather vanes
point TO the cast IL Is almost sure 70
rain. SO all we have to do IS to turn
them and keep them there"
Splendid cried the mayor, and all
the citizens climbed on the roofs and
turned their weather vanes to the east.
But though they sat there and held
them so patiently that the women had
TO carry their meals I'D ladders to them.
the sun continued TO shine and the dust
continued to blow.
Then everybody gave IL up. and said
that II was a task beyond human in
telligence. And as soon as the people
said this II began to rain, and IL rained
at the city gate, where they commemo-
rated all their great achievements. say
ing:
NOT KNOW HOW WE DID IT"
II you ever go there, however, the
schoolmaster Will tell you conndentiaIly
that 1t was his idea Of the smoked
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
Far Out Into the Very Middle of the Place"

when you peddle, we win let you 50.
But If you viii not promise, then some
thing very annoying VIII happen 70
you"
words and refused to make any prom
Use Of any kind He said that the Amer
lean Constitution was his license TO make
noise and that he was going 10 keep
Bv this time a whole lot OF other
peddlers had arrived. and they tried to
catch Dick and his chuns. but the big
automobile lodged them easily.
VERY well, said Dick at last to the
wicked fish peddler. here goest And
with that the blue devil headed at full
speed for a muddy pond and the next
minute the wire Jaws opened and spat
peddier, horse and wagon out into the
very middle of the place The wagon
was wrecked and all the fish were gone,
and the peGdler and his horse were stucS
so fast in the mud that they couldn't
get out, but just stood there looking
foolish.
The blue devil turned swiftly ana
caught the apple man, who used 70
sing a loud song all the time: and when
ne wouldn't promise 10 stop his noise
he was gulped in and then spat out 30
that he landed alongside of the hshman-
All day long the blue devil went uS
and down. Some peddlers promised 70
be good and those were allowed to run
away; and ali the rest were spat into the
pond till at night there were about forty
Of the worst nGisemakers all stuck IN
the mud and all praying for aid.
4 VIII haul you all out II you promise
never to so near SimsviIie again, said
Dick; and as the men were cold ana
hungry and miserable they yielded. So
Dick threw a rope to them, and they
made il fast all around and then he
started his blue devil up at top speed
and dragged them all out III Z Jifty.
They ran away and nobody has ever
troubled Simsville since then. The
boardars ali unpacked their trunks again
and the grateful village gave Dick q nna
medal.
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automobile and It was easy enough to
get II. for the bcarders made the peopIe
CT SimsvilIe Sc rich that some of them
used to buy dozen automobiles OF as
sorted makes at one time.
Dick borrowed the fastest one Of *be
lot. It was a big blue devil and II could
go ninety miles an hour when il felt
like it.
Before noon Dick had rugged up a
huge wire arrangement in front OF the
machine. It WIS shaped like a great
mouth. and Il was big enough when II
was opened wide 10 gulp down wnoie
peddier's outfit. horse. and all
The very next morning. before dawn
Dick and three of his chums were out
on the road waiting for the peddlers to
arrive. The first one WAS a fish man
and as soon as he came in sight OF the
town he put his horn TO his mouth ana
began 10 tOot. But he had hardly sent
out the first dOieful note before the blue
devil charged down on him and the open
wire mouth took him In. As soon as
the whole outfit was Ia the opening the
wire jaws closed aid spilled peddler
horse. and cart into a big cage just IKE
a rat trap.
Now said Dick, sif you will PROM
Use 70 stop making a noise hereafter
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

ed and the mayor of Simsville ordered
the constable TO arrest the noisest of
the peddlerS, but they said that the
American Constitution gave them the
right to do il. and, as there was no one
in Simsville who had ever made a spe-
cialty of studying the provisions in the
American Constitution about FISH ped
dlers and others, there was nothing for
the justice of the peace to do except
to let them so; and the moment they
were free they began to yell ''F-e-e-esh.
Fe-e-e-shi Appuls. Appuls' and all the
rest of il, louder than ever.
Before long the boarders everywhere
began to buy railroad tickets for some
other place and there was so much
packing of trunks that the village gem
eral store could not begin to supply air
the straps that We're needed
Everybody was hlled with gloom and
the Simsvillers used TO sigh when they
met each other and compared notes as
10 how many bOarders mad given notice
since the last time.
The family of Dick Siocum was es-
pecially depressed. because the Slocums
had more boarders than anybody else
in Simsville and, therefore, they We're
doomed to loose more. Dicks father
that he might have to go to work. anG
this was. indeed. a prospect that in
vited sadness and gloomy thought.
Dick SlOcum was good son and the
terrible fear that his father might have
20 work for a living made him feel that
something would have to be done. AT
nfst ne ana MS boy ciuBfS pldHiieu -
get a lot of clubs and to attack the
peddlers; but when they counted the
number and saw what big men they
were they decided that this would not
remedy the trouble
So Dick retired to his workshop IN
the barn. where he already had made
many wonderful machines, ard before
long he had thought out machine
that was even more wonderful than any
OF his others.
It was nothing more or less than a
peddler catcher
The first thing that he needed was an
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
THE AMATEUR ARCHITECTS OF TINKLETo

like the front of his shop, because he
said that that was the most beautiful
sight he had ever seen. and the burgo-
master nailed great wooden slabs to-
gether for a log cabin effect. The
tailor, who thought that clay would be
the most durable. made q very fine sec
ton out OF mud.
They worked 50 hard that they had
the building finished in wonderfully
short time, and everybody agreed that
II was grand indeed.
1.-The beauty about IL" said the
SchOoImaster is that IL Is the product
Of many brains. and while the part
built is by far the most beautiful, yet
the rest are all very good "
You are perfectly right said every
body. except when you say which part
is the most beautiful" Then they all
shook hands. and when the grand duke
arrived he was overcome with astonish-
ment and joy.
The citizens invited their beloved
grand duke to attend the first meet
ing in the new town hall next day as
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
A NATURAL BRIDGE.

There is a remarkable natural curl
Osity in Oregon. 1t Is situated about
eighteen miles from Oakland. Douglas
county, at the head of a canyon, on a
stream putting into Rock creek, and IS
about two miles from the base OF Tyree
mountain, which is the highest point
south Of St Mary's peak. in Benten
county Incidentally II may be rernAI X
ed that not less than nine snoW-cla9
submits and the mountains around
Crater lake can be seen from this place
OF observation. The bridge was us
covered by Charles Magee. Of CaliroT - a
The arch is almost perfect, ana IRON
base to base is ninety feet wide WIN VIII
remarkably regular perpendicuiar Waitts,
The whole looking as II chlseied py the
hands of skilled giant me ap
proaches on the top are 20 rect rom
one side to the other while INSIDE, from
base TO top OF the bridge. IS ninety ieet,
from top OF arch to top OF bridge, thlrty
feet On the bridge are all kinds OF
afrov7t hs-oak maple FIR. cedar, laure
balm of gilead and a great variety OF
shrubs grasses. and flowers! INSIDE II
Is clear Of all grOwths, so its proportions
can be wen observed There are very
large trees around, and the scenery Is
wild and weird. IL is a beautiful place
for camping. having pure air and water,
fish and game,
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
THE PEDDLER CATCHER OF SInsvILLE.
simpe story Of wOnderfu By rlere 30,

Simsviile was pretty town and all
tne c-tizens were very quiet persons
and, as nobody was poor, they did not
get up so early in the morning as they
90 IN scIne towns They were partictr-
ariy lucky in Simsviile, for the reason
tnat the town was a great summer
resort IN the summer and a great health
resort in the winter. so almost every
body had boaFders the year round and.
as everybody knows. there is no surer
erS.
The boarders who went there in the
winter always wanted lots of rest, and
for this reason the town was kept vssry
quiet. None of the tradesmen ratified
through the streets in their wagons the
way they do in other places and the
boys used TO play all their games IN
vacant lots away from the houses.
1t was then that SimsviIle began to
suffer from a pest OF pedditrs. Where
they came from no one knew. They
would drive into tOWu-eaTiy in the
morning and rattle up and down. bawl-
ing and ringing bells and blowing
horns. The fish peddlers footed and the
ragmen jingied and the fruit peddlers
chanted and the vegetable peddIers wall
ed and. in short. il was terrible
The boarders growled and complain
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

One day the Grand Duke of BratWurst
said to the people OF Tinkletown;
I am surprised that wises folk like
you have not seen aft to build a fine
town hall where you could meet and
say your wise things IN state"
THAT IS q very good idea. said the
people. I'VE viii build the finest town
hall that ever was. and we will do II
all ourselves Instead of letting some
foolish architect come in and build
something that IS wrong"
So the citizens selected the best place
IN the middle Of the town, and as this
was occupied by the burgomaster' s
house, they Immediately brought ham
nlers and crowbars and began to tear
the house down.
But instead of beginning at the top,
they began at the bottom. and before
long the house commenced to shake
and they all had to run away
As the greater part Of the walls near
the bottom had been tOEn-aSad broken
away. the house Was very lottery IN
deed-so lottery thar nobody dared go
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
HOW THEY TRIED TO MAKE RAIN.

TO stop so often while the divers ran
for more water that The animals had
time TO eat all the leaves of the trees
and the flowers and vegetables out OF
ali the front gardens
II know what we really need" said
the schoolmaster. I'VE need rain. That
would settle the dust
How fine It IS TO have learning" said
everybody.
But how can We get some raIn2' ask
ed the mayor
Il know said the constable. ''I have
read that rain can be made TO fall BY
shooting at the Clouds and I Will begin
at once"
He got his old musket and fred pa
tiently all day till ne had used up all
the powder and shot in the village, bat
no rain fell
Probably You shot at the wrong part
OF the sky" said the schooImaster. Any
way. 1 don't see how il can rain when
the sky is bright I have noticed that
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
THE RAINBOW.

through an opening IN the upper si3a
of the center of the great arch
In the province OF CharkoNt Russia
the rainbow Is said to drain the wells.
and to prevent this many are provided
with heavy tight-ntting stone plat
forms.
In the proviace of Saratov the bow is
said TO be under the control Of three
angels. one of whom pumps tho water,
the second feeds the clouds and the
third sends the rain. Many fmpFoh.
able ana impossible things would hSp-
pen If you could only set in reach OF
.'the bow.
The little Turk is told that If ne
would have silver head. with gold
teeth and ruby eyes. he has but te touch
the orange stripe
In Greece they say that the person
so unfortunate as 70 stumble over the
end Of the how viii have his n her
sex immediately changed
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

In many countries the rainbow Is
spoken of as being q great bent pump
or siphon tube. drawing water from the
eartn by mechanical means. In parts
of Russia, in the Don country. and also
in Moscow and vicinity, il is known BY
a name which IS equivalent to the
bent water pipe" III nearly ali Sla-
vonic dialects il is know1 oy terms sig
gary ii is the pump 'Noah's pump
and Gods pump.
The Malayan natives call it by the
same name that they do their banded
water cobra. only that they add ''bobae
gmeaning double-hes dea0 the equiva-
lent IN our language being the double
headed water snake - They tell Won
that the bow is n real thing OF life. that
il drinks with its two mouths, and that
the water is transferred 10 the clouds
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
A GEOLOGICAL IDEA.

If crocodiles and snakes had wings
I guess they would be funny things.
And II a horse had tusks and claws
II would seem against natures laws,
Yet how much queerer ii would be
To see n common boy like me
Change all at once so that he would
Do nothing that was not real good
guess folk then would stare all right
And holler What funny sight"