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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

to get very tight: At last 7 had to
find relief, and pushed one off a Little.
The heavenly change was SO blissful
that the other foot got more urgent.
AS one cannot linger on the verge Of
absolute perfection, I pushed both off
until they were dangling. Then there
was nothing in the way Of happine ss,
until the curtain went down for the
last time, and, the people rose and a
wanted to go right off. I was trying
to get my boots on. I couldn' It have
got hand in. couldn't afford to
leave the boots, and so I. took them
along-the boots on one arm and the
girl on the other Peoples Maya
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
TOLsTOI's REPRoOF
Philadelphia Record.

Count Tolstoi' 8 sons once marked
their disapproval Of the voice Of a lady
who was singing at their fathers house
by going into another. room and there
making a noise. The. count went in
after them, and asked whether they
were making the noise on purpose.
= M'..Y;-y-yes; why does she howl7,, was
wish to protest against her, singing, -
said the count to the boys, "either go
/ and protest outside or come into the
middle of the room where she is sing
! ing and tell everyone you don't like it.
That would be upright and honest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
VAIN OLD MEN.

A.. stately old man with: beautiful
white hair sat down in the barber's
chair, r. - : .~=.s..
EsHair CUT he said. n. T.
The barber with comb and brush fell
upon the old man s deliberately ar
ranged locks-and 10, he was quite
bald; only, above each ear, there grew
a tressI quite eight inches long,. and one
tress, the left, was plastered forward
in "a semi-circle over the forehead,
while the other, the right, was combed
back and up over the crown.
These: locks, after the barber combed
them out, looked dismal enough, strag.
Cling down like white snakes over the
old mans black coat. The barber
ignored them till he had finished cut.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
THE FINEST PRIVATE TOMB

s'The finest private tomb in tho
world" said an undertaken, "cost
100000. It is in England-the tomb
of the duke of Hamilton, in the park
of Han; Hamil tom palace modal 81 ~. ..s+.
Of San Angelo in Rome-a tremendous,
circular structure Of the purest marble.
: "Thee gates are a copy Of the Chill
berti gates Of Florence, and the coffin
Of the duke is enclosed in an Egyptian
sarcophagus Of black marble. j;
t.IOur American millionaires, extrava.
CANT as they are in other ways, don't
spend as much on their tombs as !
should. like to see.,' -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
AID WORTH $5o,ooo,ooo A WORD

The old advertising man pointed to
an advertisement, yellow with age, that
was pasted in his scrapbook:
Settlers Wanted-To take up land
IN the region Of the Upper Lehigh river,
same in timber, beechnuts, work, shin
giles, maple sugar, fish, game or any
other product, natural or cultivated, Of
the forest or soil. ~
l. - F'That want 3ad',' said the old man.
signing, "appeared; in a Philadeiphia
paper in 1915, and those who answered
it found it worth to them $50,0Oo,OOO
q word. Had my father answered, it, as
in my own touring car today. :. Il =, !.
n 'A certain Henry Drinker, who has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

Before we make up the table, !"
said the K.5C. grimly, I should like to
know how you spell sbridge. /"
According to- the new method, l
supposesit would be spelt bril- said
the Young Man, who was an exponent
Of the Roosevelt spelling idea.
on, haven't a leg to stand on, F."
began the K O.. warmly.
But the X. O. had daughter who
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
THE LUNCHEON QUESTION

"The lunch question is very well
solved for the working women now in
New York; said the little stenogra-
pher who works for downtown law
yer. "You can get good lunches near
ly everywhere for almost nothing.
hardly ever pay more than 20 cents for
minc and oftener Is. ~ ..s-s ~ :. = l.
have a simpler way Of solving the
lunch difficulty than that,'' remarked
the girl who lives in studio. II take
breakfast at 10 o clock and dine at CO.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
FROM ELIZABETH LEE

1nquirers are asked to sign their letters
with their full name and address in order
that the replies may be sent to them per-
department e makes cfHl Necessary son Names
will not be published if the writer prefers
fictitious signature. .., ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
THE AUTUMN MOON

"What are you doing in the garden,
Mildred9' .~~-
II IN looking at the autumn moon.'
\ Well, tell the autumn moon to 60
home. It's after IL O'clock
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
= HE QUIT THE JOB

A wholesale store engaged the SER
vice of a small office boy. who was
directed to- begin his salaried career
on Monday morning. He was sent on
several errands, was set to copying let
ters and pasted stamps on the back of
the OUTGOING letters. =.
On Wednesday night he showed up
in the managers office. "Youse better
get another boy, he said. "I'm 60.
ing to quit Saturday night.'
"What's the matter9' e
''This work is too. wearing on me
mind.'' / y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

Corned beef, to Is cents pound.
Spinach, 10 cents peck. *.
Sweet potatoes, ten pounds for ..25
cents. -.~J IL 49,. ,.>-.-. -.
Maple syrup, quart bottle, Is cents.
California blue plums, IS cents a bas-
A new way of serving corned. beef
is on a bed Of cooked spinach with a
border of - sliced hard boiled eggs.
Everybody does not care for the boiled
dinner, which is usually suggested by
corned beef and the spinach may be
found to be. the very thing to make the
meat popular. . e.z *. -.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful now and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

was diplomatic. els anyone going for
q strolls' she inquired. 49, -.
tr, = go
tatLook at that dear little brown fish
ing smack in the moonlight, she said.
She had brought her face so close to
his that her hair was tickling his ear.
The. situation was tempting one, for
Young Man In love, and he seized his
opportunity. =: --.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

Unless you are compelled to wear
black I dom t think 7 should choose it
for q skirt. The black coat is per-
fectly correct, but in getting material
for a skirt for it I should prefer one
Of the black and white shepherd checks,
or a shadow plaid, as being smarter and
more becoming. than the solid black A
side or box pleated skirt is the very
best model for a young girl, the pleats
slit ched well down over the hips, and
the bottom just hemmed and left en-
tirely untrimmed unless the wearer is
quite tall, then horizontal tucks or
folds should be employed. s..
Surprising you wave your hair, then
bring It back softly from the face and
tie with q ribbon in the back, making
the ends Of the hair as fluffy as pos,
Esible., j. 49,
You can wear all shades of blue, also
the mauves, puppies, and heliotropes
dark brown, light and dark green, VIC
}let, very pale pink, red in deep, rich
tones, black and white. s., <..
Elizabeth Lee
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08
A Skirt for a Jacket.

Dear Miss Lee: AS you have helped
so many I thought perhaps you would
help me. Il ans a. years old, am five
feet. tall, weigh eighty pounds, light
hair, blue eyes, my waist measure is
twenty-one inches. and bust measure
thirty. I havecsa black brilliantine
jacket and was thinking about getting
a skirt like it. Do you advise me to
do that7 And how should it be made I
! Ny hair is quite short and thin
Would you tell me how to dress it; also
what colors ]: can wearez27 H. y
s::ssssssxt "A farmers DAUGHTER.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

APPROPRIATE EPITAPH
The. epitaph fend hands down the
following: ~. -
Beneath this stone, lump Of clay, "
Lies Uncle Peter Daniels, 49,
Who, early in the month Of May,
= Took of his winter fannels. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-08

. A, piece in a flower vase helps to
freshen flowers. Il a ! : j. :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
MYSTERY UNSOLVED
Police Seeking to Find Man and
Woman Who are Charged
With Horse Stealing
WoMAN'S SCREAMS HEARD

The police Of the city this morning
have mystery on which they worked
the better part of the night, but which
remains unso1ved and which seems to
be battling one.
Just after 10 O'Clock Wednesday
night report was made to the police
office that horse and cutter had been
stolen from the Mungen livery stable
and that reward of SIS was offered
for the return of the property and the
capture of the thief. In short time
the report of the supposed crime had
been sent to Racine, Waukegan and
Milwaukee, and officers Of the four
cities were searching for the sup
posed horse thief.
Later in the night the horse and
cutter was found hitched to a post
near st. James church, and it had
been there for long time. No trace
as found of either the man or
woman. tits alleged that the people
residing along the street near the
church heard screams just before mid
night, and this fact has deepened the
mystery about the case.
It is alleged that the man and wo-
man had been stopping at one of the
hotels of the city, but they were not
registered. When they secured the
horse and cutter it was stated that
they desired to take ride about the
city and would return it early in the
evening. When it failed to be re-
turned the police were notified. The
officers have since been seeking the
Identity of the couple, but they seem
to have dropped entirely from the
public gaze and no trace of them can
be found, Wild stories claiming that
the young woman had been murdered
were circulated Wednesday night,
but there is no ground for such tales
and it is probable that the couple will
turn up in due time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
H0G CHOLERA.

Hog cholera as a disease may be eli
rectly traced to immature breeding, In
sanitary care and poor feeding. The
common conception Of the pig is that
1t does best amid filthy surroundings
and that it should largely obtain its food
as a scavenger, when the truth is thar
there is no more Clearly animal on the
farm than the pig. Immature breed
ing lays the foundation for lack OF
vitality and constitutional vigor. Cou-
pied with this Is the poorly balanced.
ration which is SO common among hog
raisers. It is probably true that if the
pigs were insured parentage never
less than year old and were then
raised on alfalfa, clover, skim milk and
other heterogeneous foods, the cholera as
an epidemic disease would entirely dis
appear from the country. While corn
Is an admirable fattening food, it Is
about the worst food to be obtained for
the young and growing pigs, and it
would be well for them II they never
saw an ear Of it until they are at least
six months old
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
CARE ron THE auA1Ls.

AS an insect destroyer we have no
bird which equals the quail. This bird
ig very prolific, frequently rearing
two broods in one season. 1t further
is the only one Of all our game birds
which takes kindly to man and our
modern methods Of civilization. It
might be the most common Of all our
birds were 1t not that it is very fine
eating, the most sought Of any of our
game birds with the exception Of the
ruffed grouse. Then it Is pursued by a
host Of natural enenies-the crow and
the skunk break up the nests, the house
cats lay for the birds when they come
around the homestead, while the deep
SHOWS and the excessive cold make bad
work with them. Farmers are quite
generally shutting out the pot hunter
In order to protect these best friends Of
bis, and many are now taking the trou-
bic to provide food and shelter for the
birds during the winter. This is a good
work aud should be generally taken up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

COUNTRY LIFE IN THE FUTURE.
Country life III the west and north
west fifty years from now will be q
very different proposition from what it
Is today. By that time the greed for
more land will have been abated and
the time come when men will not care
to own more acres than they can prop
erly care for This will insure more
thickly settled country, more neighbors,
better country schools, enlarged social
privileges. There will then be q greater
regard for all those things which make
a country home attractive and pleasant.
The bad road will be the exception and
the good one the common thing. There
will be more paint used and more trees
planted. It will be the rule to SOW only
good seed and keep well bred stock
So attractive will become life IN the
country that the mad rush to the cities
will cease and men will generally real
lie that there is no business on earth
which will more certainly insure a com
Portable living, better health and more
pleasant environment than that OF
working a piece Of land in an intelli-
gent and scientific manner. The most
delightful homes In the old countries Of
Europe are the country homes, and it Is
going to be the same wayshere inside ce
fifty years. ...s.s,e ;ssay7 sgae: ~
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
A REDEEndED FIELD.

We are just going to suppose that we
have had turned over to us forty acres
of poor, run down land to put into a
productive condition in the easiest way
and In the shortest time. We saw the
land the other day. 1t was originally
q piece of hazel brush land with a
clay loan soil. The renter had had his
way with it for nigh on forty years
and had just skinned it to q finish-so
robbed and maltreated it that for the
past four years it has been abandoned
to weed growth and yermin. The
ridges marking the last crop. of corn
may still be seen, as we'll as here and
there bleached and puny cornstalk,
evidence of the windup four years ago.
Next spring we are going to pillow
this land we'll, not too deep, and then
give more disking and dragging than
it has had for twenty years past. When
we have got it worked down fine we
are going to sow fifteen pounds of
mammoth clover seed to the acre and
nothing else AS soon as the weeds
get four or five inches high we will
run the moving machlue over it and
six weeks later will run oyer it again
with the mower, which will pretty eff
fectually dispose of the weeds. After
this second clipping the glover should
tooss s. - VaSe ~-$s'
begin to show up III good shape, when
we will pasture the field until win
ter, putting not over twelve or fifteen
head Of mature cattle in. The next
spring, along In the fore part of May,
we will run the machine over the
field Just to hit the weeds; then we
will let it alone until the middle of
September and turn the crop under,
which will return q lot Of needed hui
mus to the soil the next year plaat
with corn, expecting fifty bushels an
acre; then a crop Of oats, which will be
self seeded with clover; then repeat,
and In six years our worthless field is
the best field in the neighborhood No
theory about this; just common sense,
that's ALL
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
GOES BY DEFAULT
Justice Sturges Hands Down a
Judgment Against Henry Wies-
mann the Deceased Attorney
NO APPEARANCE ENTERED

There was a pathetic incident in
Justice Sturges court on Wednesday
morning when he handed down de-
fault Judgment in the suit of rep1evin
brought by Miss Mary Dahl against
Henry Wiesmann. Just as the funeral
cortege Of Wiesmann was leaving the
church for the cemetery Miss Dahl
and her attorney appeared in court
and as the defendant was not present
either in person or by attorney there
was nothing to do but hand down a
decision in favor of the plaintiff and
enter upon default judgement.
In speaking of the case this morn
ing Judge Sturges stated that the
writ of replevin which had been Sc
cured by Miss Dahl on Saturday was
returnab1e on Tuesday but that he
had arbitrarily continued the
case until Wednesday. AS he
had received no official announce
ment of the death of Wiesmann there
was nothing to do but enter default
Judgment. 1t is thought that this is
the first time that judgment base ever
been entered against dead man IN
Kenosha county. Should the heirs Of
Wiesmann care to contest the judg-
ment, which is improbable, the case
would furnish some interesting points
of law.
Miss Dahl had been the housekeeper
for John Wiesmann, the brother Of
the dead attorney, and after the death
of her employer she claimed certain
household goods left in the house.
She claimed that these were taken
by the attorney and his mother and
that they had refused to give them
up. She will now recover the articles
unless an appeal is made to higher
court.
People in the town Of Brighton are
awaiting with great deal of curiosity
for the filing of the will of the late at
torney. 1t is known that Mr.. Wies-
mann made several wills In the latter
years of his life and it is expected
that his eccentric characteristic will
appear in the document. Wiesmann
was buried yesterday at Brighton but
the will has not been proposed for
probate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
OYSTER DINNER

The ladies of the Bristol and Paris
Congregational church will give their
annual oyster dinner at the residence
of Abram Quick on Friday, Feb. 9.
Tickets SOC each. Everybody cor
daily invited. w4O
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
WANT TO SELL MACHINES
Voting Machine Companies Urge the
Mayor and Aldermen to Purchase

Voting Machine Companies Urge the
Mayor and Aldermen to Purchase
Mayor German and members of the
common council have received letters
from the National Voting Machine
company urging them to purchase
voting machines at this time. The
company has an exhibit Of machines
in Milwaukee and the mayor and his
aides have been urged to visit the
exhibit and select couple of ma
chimes.
While Mayor German and the mem
bers of the council are entirely salts
fed with the workings of the ma
chimes they are not in favor of furth-
er purchases at this time. A ma.
chine could be used in the First ward
and in the Fifth, but it is probable
that the voters in these wards will
have to struggle along for another
year at least.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
First publication, Jan. IL, 1906.

First publication, Jan. IL, 1906.
CTATE OF WISCONSIN-Co Court for
- Kenosha County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at general term
of the County court to be held in and for SAID
county, at the County court room, in the city of
Kenosha, in said county, on the first Tues
day, being the sixth day OF February, A. D.
1906. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, the following matters
WILDE heard and considered:
In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Price,
deceased.
The application of Frank Hawkins for the
annointr1ent of an administrator of the estate
of Elizabeth Price, late of the town of Pleasant
Prairie, in said county, deceased.
By the Court,
RUSSELL II. SLOSSON,
w3o County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

The falls of the Zambezi river, in At
RIGA, known as the Victoria falls, would
If utilized for the generation Of power
develop power equal to that of 3d.
100000 horses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

The south is fast becoming a vast
hotbed and winter garden for the north
country. AS a result we are getting
both vegetables and fruits in season
and out of season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

The United States will have about
2OOO00,000 bushels of the wheat crop of
1909 to spare, the crop last year being
one of the largest ever grown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

The mission Of a second wife Is to
make man think more Of the first one
than he ever did when she was alive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

1t is beginning to look as if the eff
fort to raise the price of shaves in Ke-
nosha was dead letter. The Boss
BARRIERS are evidently Of the opinion
that the lower price would prove the
more paying investment in the end.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

Oklahoma land Of good quality would
be cheap at SIS an acre if used for
cotton production at anything like pres
ent prices for the staple.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

It takes the first thirty bushels OF
corn produced on an acre of land to
pay cost Of production. So if you have
not raised over twenty bushels to
the acre you can tell just what is the
matter with you
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

! We know Of one man who always
feels good at this time Of the year, and
/ all because he makes it a rule to pay all
his debts at this time and start the new
| year owing not any man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
Some Of the Colorado apple orchards
have returned their owners as much as
$500 per acre the past season.

iris very remarkable how many pedi-
greed cattle get killed by the cars.
Scrubs rarely ever stray on to the
tracks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01
A GREAT cow.

The Wisconsin experiment station
has brought to the front very remark
able COW, the Guernsey cow Yeksa
Sunbeam, which under a carefully re-
corded test the past year has produced
1920 pounds Of milk, testing 5.74 Of
butter fat, giving a Total of 857.15 of
butter fat for the year This convert
ed into butter would equal 984 pounds
Of butter. 1t would be hard to put a
price on COW of this type.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

Europe produced 2,15O,0oo tons more
beet sugar last year than ever before.
When we get the Philippine Islanders
at work on sugar we will be virtually
independent OF any foreign country for
our sugar supply.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

The agricultural department places
the value of the corn crop Of 1905 at
a billion dollars. No other crop grown
anywhere on earth is worth so large a
sum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

The irrigating works planned for and
many of which are already under con-
struction by the government in this
country are destined to become among
the most noted engineering achieve
ments of the century. To carry the
life giving water on to worthless desert
acres and make them worth 500 Or
more each is wonderful and benef-
cent work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

One-half bale Of cotton to the acre is
to the southern farmer Just about what
forty bushels of corr to the acre are to
the northern farmer. A few cotton
growers get one bale to the acre, which
corresponds to the few men In the
north who raise eighty bushels OF corn
to the acre
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

Western farmers have been altogeth-
er too much interested in teams of
draft horses exhibited at the various
state fairs purely for advertising pur-
poses by lot of old brewers. A fine
horse never appears to greater disad-
vantage than when he is hauling beer
wagon or man when he is carrying a
load of the stuff.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

Fred Lampe, Of Racine, was a Ke
nosha visitor Wednesday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-01

Cities which are located in the vicin-
ity of mines Of soft coal, where this
fuel, because of its cheapness, excludes
others, and which are usually befouled
with the omnipresent SCOT and smoke,
should devise some method Of general
ing all the light, power and heat re-
quired by the city out at the mines and
transmit the same in the form of cleo
tricity and gas for use. 1t would seem
as though modern engineering skill was
equal to the solution of this problem.