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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Kings Duty and Kings ENGLISH

Exhibited in the window of watch
makers shop in Manchester is faded
letter Of Nelson's. It tells an old, old
story, reminding us Of the time when,
to defend the shores of their native
land. Englishmen had to beg and i'm
plore for the bare material means to
do it. 1t was so in the days of the
armada and in Nelson's day. 1t has
been SO in our own. The letter reads:
My Dear Sir-If you will order the Aga
memnon to be supplied with 200 fathoms
Of three inch rope and 100 fathoms of two
inch rope purchases will be rove to drag
the guns. We have not fathom of rope
in the ship. If you could spare two
threefold blocks and two tWofold blocks
l am to be much obliged. Yours most
faithfully, HORATIO NELSON.
Evidently in his care of the kings
ship the national hero was at the time
somewhat careless of the kings Eng
lish.--London Chronicle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
POrsuIOus Cheese.

A professor of the Swiss Dairy school
at Sonntal has compiled statistics OF
the number of micro, organisms found
in cheese. His experiments lead to the
conclusion that every gram (one-thir-
tieth part of an ounce of fresh En-
menthaler (Swiss) cheese contains be-
tween 10000 and 100000 living germs
After two months the number has in
creased to 100000 Cream cheese con-
tains still larger number of animal
culae, a gram harboring after three
weeks 100000, rising to 100000 after
a month and half These figures ap-
ply only to the center of the cheese,
while close to the rind families num-
bering 100000 bacteria may be found
in every gram of cheese. In about
one and half pounds of cream cheese,
the professor estimates, there are as
many germs as there are human beings
on the face of the globe. 1t is sup
posed that all or most of these mi
crobes are friendly" ones and assist
in the digestive process. We hope So
Grocery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
A Queer Cure.

"Riding on an elephant in Ceylon, be-
hind a native prince Oh Il hunting OK
petition said q clergyman, 1.-THE con-
yersation Glanced to turn on indiges-
ton. to which | said | was subject.
The prince at once pulled out a black
leather button kind of thing, which be
was wearing on a string round his neck
under his clothes.
'.What's this?' said l.
"A hyena's snout,' was the startling
reply
"'What for?'
"'To cure Indigestion
"'How can it do this?
cit is very simple. A hyena gets its
living by digging up and crunching old
bones. Now, it possesses in its snout
this peculiar virtue-that when its nose
approaches anything hard, such as
bones, these tough substances instantly
grow soft and enable the animal to eat
them with comfort and benefit. So you
will find that if you keep this charm
hanging round your neck the proximity
Of the hyena's nose, though dried up
and lifeless, will soften your food,
however indigestible, to such an extent
that you will never again suffer from
indigeStiOn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Love Plants of West Indies.

Ibid you ever hear Of the love
piant?' asked a sea captain who was
showing several visitors over his craft
the other day. L have several in the
cabin
He showed three small leaves at,
tached to the ceiling by strings. They
were without any soil or foundation,
but were green, and from each there
sprouted a dozen or more little leaves,
greener and fresher than the main leaf
itself
During our last cruise in the West
Indies" the captain continued, Il Wis
tied a deserted English fortress. which
was grown over with shrubbery. A
native plucked several leaves from a
vine and told me to hang them some
where and write the name of my best
girl on tHam. If they die, he said,
she does not love you. If they sprout,
she does | put my wife's name On
one and my two daughters names on
the others. You see. although they
have been without nourishment for
three months, all three are sprouting
we'll and my family's affections seem
assured "-Philadelphia Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Why Thunder SOurs Milk.

To many persons the curdling of
milk in a thunderstorm is a mysterious
and unintelligible phenomenon. Yet
the whole process really is simple and
natural. Milk, like most other sub
stances, contains millions of bacteria
The milk bacteria that in day Or
two under natural conditions would
cause the fluid to sour are peculiarly
susceptible to electricity. Electricity
inspirits and invigorates them, affect
ing them as alcohol, cocaine or strong
tea affects men. Under the currents
influence they fall to work with amaz-
ing energy, and instead of taking a
couple Of days to sour the milk they
accomplish the task completely in a
half hour. With an electric battery it
is easy on the same principle to sour
the freshest milk
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Aerated Water.

Artiicially aerated drinking waters
were the invention of the chemist JO-
seph Priestley, who in 1772 published
his Directions For Impregnating Wa
ter With Fixed Air In Order to Com
municate to 1t the Peculiar Spirit and
Virtues of Pyrmont Water and Other
Mineral Waters of Similar Nature"
Some one has calculated the cOnsump-
ton of aerated waters in Great Britain
and Ireland to amount to 200.O0O,000
gallons a year.-London Standard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
A Rhapsody on n Mutton Chop.

When primitive man wants break
fast he takes sheep, kneels upon it,
holds it between his legs and cuts its
throat He skins it, and. taking slice
out of it, fries it on the Goals for break
fast We also demand not less imper-
atively outlets for our breakfast. but
we manage it another way. We pro-
cure an individual some way off to
kill the beast and another out of our
sight to cook it, We have a paper frill
put around the bone to disguise it. and
set pot of flowers straight before us
to look at while we eat it; but, to the
sheep-to the sheep-it can make little
difference which way it is eaten. We
still do our unclean work, but we do it
by proxy. And it may be questioned
whether what we gain in refinement
we have not lost in sincerity.-FOrt-
nightly Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
COIOrs.

White is the emblem Of light, reli
gious purity, innocence, faith, joy and
life. In the judge it indicates integ-
rity; in the sick, humility; in the wo-
man. chastity. Red, the ruby, signifies
fire, divine love and royalty. White
and red roses express love and rs
dom. Blue, or the sapphire, expresses
heaven, the armament, truth from a
celestial origin, constancy and fidelity.
Yellow or gold is the symbol of the
sun, of marriage and faithfulness.
Green, the emerald, is the color of
spring, of hope-particularly of the
hope of Immortality and of victory, as
the color of the laurel and palm. VIC
let, the amethyst, signifies love and
truth or passion and suffering. Purple
and scarlet signify things good and
true from celestial origin. Black cor
responds to despair, darkness, earth
illness, mourning, negation, wickedness
and death.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Animals Clever with Their Feet.

Goats are the most sure footed of our
native animals. They can walk up
right where the average human being
would not crawl. Horses are the dain-
test treaders, however, though they
cannot climb. No horse will step on
a man if it can possibly help it. 1t
is standing rule in cavalry regiments
that if trooper is dismounted he must
remain perfectly still, when the whole
column passes over him without injur-
ing him. Camels are careless, on the
other hand, and the man who came
out unframed from under the feet Of
camel corps was not born to be run
over by any beast or vehicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Obedient, but Indignant.

"Norah,'' said the literary woman, Il
wish you would 60 down to the library
and bring me 'Flavius Josephus'''
The new girl left the room to exc
cute the commission
Presently a terrific noise was heard
on the stairway, and Norah pushed
the door open with her foot a moment
later dragging in by the collar large
and reluctant Newfoundland dog
Here he is, Mrs. Dinnis," she said
"'but We oughtn't to have STINT me for
'im It's a mans job. The haste
thried to bite me, an l had to fight
i'm iv'ry fut O. the way."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
The Breath ofI-.fe

It's significant fact that the strong
est animal of its size, the gorilla. also has
the largest lungs. Powerful lungs mean
powerful creatures. How to keep the
breathing organs right should be mans
chiefest study Like thousands of 9th
ers, Mrs Ora A. Stephens. of Port Will
liams, O., has learned how to do this.
She writes: Three bottles of DR.. Kings
New Discovery stopped my cough of two
years and cured me of what my friends
thought consumption. O. it's grand for
throat and lung troubles" Guaranteed
by Fl. j. Stangl, druggist. Price SOC and
S1.O0. Trial bottle free.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Starving to Death

Because her stomach was so weakened
by useless drugging that she could not
eat, Mrs. Mary Fl. Walters, of ST. Claire
St., Column bus, O., was literally starving
to death. She writes: my stomach was
so weak from useless drugs that could
not eat, and my nerves SO wrecked that
| could not sleep; and not before | was
given up to die was | induced to try
Electric Bitters; with the wonderful re-
suit that improvement began at once,
and complete cure followed" Best
health Tonic on earth. SOC. Guaranteed
by Fl. j. Stangl, druggist.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
The Little Ones.

Many wrinkles are smoothed away by
the soft fingers of little children. The
music of their futelike voices Gains
the most turbulent mood and banishes
the darkest frown. The power of the
little ones consists in their innocence.
They bear in their hands that lily the
magic might of which gates of brass
cannot resist.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Ru,snste1n on Piano Playing.

When a pupil happened to ask Rubin
stein how certain passages should be
construed, he invariably showed them.
But if a pupil asked, ..Shall play this
in this manner or ?"--both equally
correct-Rubinstein invariably replied:
PLAY as you feel Is the day rainy:
Play it this way. Is the day sunny
Play it the other "a"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Chess and Intellect.

1t is doubtful whether a great chess
player is often, we are sure he is not
of necessity, to be regarded as man
OF powerful intellect. 1t has never
been shown that the greatest masters
Of the game were men with big brains
for anything but chess London Sat
11rday Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
An Insiduous Danger

One of the worst features of kidney
trouble is that it is an insiduous disease
and before the victim realises his danger
be may have fatal malady. Take Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of
trouble as it corrects irregularities and
prevents Bright's disease and diabetis.-
III. j. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
The Silk Hat.

The ridiculous custom of wearing
that shining funnel, the silk hat, will {; D
pear as Supplying to our great-grand-
children as the custom of putting q
bone through the lip or ring through
the nostrils appears monstrous to us
Paris Gaulois
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
An Itching One.

Miss Country Maid-I understand
that in some hotels one often sees
palms about the dining rooms. What
kind Of palm is the most prominent?
Mr.. DineOut-The walters.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Order,

Order is the sanity of the mind, the
health of the body, the peace of the
city, the security of the state. AS the
beams to a house, as the bones to the
microcOsm of man, so is order to ali
things.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
s:TO Cure a FelOn"

says Sam Kendall of Phillipsburg, Kan,
"just cover it over with Bucklen's Ami
ca Salve and the Salve will do the rest"
Quickest cure for Burns, Boils, Sores,
Scalds, Wounds. Piles, Eczema, Salt
Rheum, Chapped hands, Sore Feet and
Sore Eyes Only 25c at H. J. Stangls
drug store Guaranteed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
The Ruling Passion,

Nov I've queered myself for good
with Miss Prettyface'
What did you dor
II started to write proposal to her,
but I'm so used to writing business in
stead of love letters that l told her l
wanted the refusal of her hand
Baltimore American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Cutting.

A certain photographer is exhibiting
in his window the photograph of
young man with the following inscrip
ton attached to it: "Tbis is the man
who put his hair in curls to have his
photograph taken and then can't pay
for them
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
We'll worth Trying

w. Fl. Brown, the popular pension at
torney of Pittsfeld, Vt, says: Next to
pension, the best thing to get is DR..
Kings New Life Pills He writes; they
keep my family in splendid health"
Quick cure for Headache, Constipation
and Biliousness 25c Guaranteed at Il.
j. Stangl's drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
For HyGienic Re@SOms-

Mistress have you not swept
this morning? Servant-For hygienic
reasons. Madame raises the dust suffi-
GENTLY with the train of her skirt We
must give the microbes a little rest
Paris Armales.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
All Right.

Tom-Here! You've started your
note to Borroughs ''Dr. Sir" Don't you
know that sort of abbreviation is very
slovenly? Dick-No sir. DR." is all
right in this case. He owes me
money.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14

BY boiling all the water and steriliz-
ing all the milk and thoroughly cook
ing all the vegetables and killing all
the flies the average person may be-
come fairly immune from typhoid fe-
yer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Envy I'm the Garden.

II have done nothing but blush all
day." complained the rose, "and still
that idiot of a poet goes on talking of
the modest violet, as if there were not
others"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
A Wonderful Woman.

What sort of woman is your
friend madame the countess?"
''She is woman Of sixty, who looks
fifty, thinks she's forty, dresses like
thirty, and acts like twenty"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Cheerful,

hook-JCnes is the most melancholy
fellow I know Rook-I should think
SO, indeed He proposed to a girl once
by asking her how she would like to
be his widow.
A man never shows his own charac-
ter so plainly as by his manner Of
portraying another's
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Cure d Hay Fever and Summer
Cold

A. j. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana
writes: Last year | suffered for three
months with summer cold so distress
ing that it interfered with my business.
I had many of the symptoms OF hay few
er, and the doctors prescription did not
reach my case, and / took several medi-
cines which seemed only to aggravate
my case. Fortunately / insisted upon
having Foley's Honey and Tar in the
yellow package, and it quickly cured me.
My wife has since used Foley's Honey
and Tar with the same success. H. j.
Stangl
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14

When men are friends there is no
need Of justice, but when they are just
they still need friendship-Aristotle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14

Society takes us away from our
selves-De Lambert.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14

When all is summed up, man never
speaks of himself without loss. His
accusations of himself are always be
lieved. his praises never.-Montaigne.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
stop 1t!

A neglected cough or cold may lead to
serious bronchial or lung troubles DONE
take chances when Foley's Honey and
Tar affords perfect security from serious
effects of cold-H. J. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
No Case ON Record

There is no case on record of cough
or cold resulting in pneumonia or con-
sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar
has been taken, as it will stop your cough
and break up your cold quickly. Refuse
any but the genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar in yellow package. Contains no
opates and is safe and sure.-H. j.
Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-09-14
Her Plea For Delay

will you be my wife, Jane?"
will you ask me again, John?'
''Why?"
Because I'd like to look round lit
tie before give you the direct answer"
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-15
DRYDEN'S ms ANCE BILL
WILL BE RElNTRODlJ JCED

& Washington, Jan. rs. Senator Dry
den has revised his bill contemplating
control Of insurance and
will reiritroduce ii in the senate toner
row. He has followed very closely the
being conducted by the
New Y York Legislative committee and this
has aided him III perfecting his measure
until now he expresses the. belief that
il will correct practically all of the I'M
surance evils exposed By the New York
inquiry -,
& Publicity is the keynote of the bill and
coupled with this are safeguards for
the detection of wrongdoilg and the
prnishmerit Of those SO offending. II
defines policies or insurance contracts,
as instrurnentaIities of commerce and
provides for the regulation Of the busi-
ness through the medium Of 4 conlptrol
Ter Of insurance and along lines similar
to the control exercised over national
banks. ssa Ny
The author says he believes this will
go far toward meeting the objections oi
those who have questioned the constitr-
tional possibilities Of federal regulation
of insurance. he senator says The bill
mas The endorsement of the president
administration officials and eminent con-
stit.itional lawyers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-15
LIBERALS WON A GREAT ~.
4 VICTORY In ENGLAND


London, Jan. t5s-The political map
|of England Saturday underwent strik-
ing change as the result, of the parlia-
nientary. elections held in thirty-rine
Constituencies in widely scattered but
important centers and in which the
liberals gained l8 seats. The laborites,
who are counted among the liberal
gains, secured four new seats against
|unionist candidates. H..
& I'm. the eastern division of Manches-
ter Arthur ]. Balfour, the former prime
minister, was defeated by T.uG. Hor-
ridge, liberal. who was conceded even
By the liberals a weak candidate against
such persons as MIR. Balfour. Mr.. Hor-
ridge secured the remarkable majority
|of' / $50. This victory, Notwithstanding
the liberals predictions, was decidedly
sensational outcome of the days polling
and will, it is believed, enormously ef-
feet the elections which will continue for
a fortnight .-4s Il,
Winston Churchill, liberal and free
trader, won the seat for the northwest
division of Manchester from w. John
son Hick, conservative. by majority
of ], ~ 4. = 4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-15
ABERDEEN SAID TO e. i.
HAVE REACHED DEBT. LIMIT

I'd .
Aberdeen, SD, Jan. I5.-It is more
than probable that the, bonds recently
issued by the city OF Aberdeen for a
municipal electric light plant will not
prove. marketable, N. w. Harris &
Co, who were the successful bidders
for the bonds now claim that the city
has already reached the limit Of in
debtedness allowed by law, and that
they cannot take the bonds under those
conditions. The city authorities are
investigating the situation and will
make IA complete report Of the city's
financial condition. III is believed the
report will show that the bonds are
entirely legal SO far as the city's pres
ent indebtedness is concerned. An
other question in regard to the legality
of the bonds has arisen, it being
charged that the notice of the special
election called for the purpose OF yot-
ing on the bond proposition was only
advertised ten days, when the law, when
la bond election is concerned, requires
the election to be advertised for twenty
days. 1t is probable, that if the bonds
prove salable another election will have
ito be held to legalizs them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-15
RURAL MAI. ROUTES
BUSY LAST YEAR

Washington Jan. IS. A statement
prepared by p. ". DeGraw, fourth as
sistant postmaster general regarding
the operations of the rural free delivery
service since its establishment up to
Jan. i, 1906, shows that the total num-
Der Of petitions received and referred
were $1,000, of which I3,I25 were acted
upon adversely The number Of routes
in operation on the date named was 34,
.o77.
More than one billion pieces Of mail
were handled BY rural carriers during
the fiscal year 1905 each piece costing
a little less than one and one-half cents.
The approximated net cost Of the 32,-
o55 carriers infhe service for the fiscal
year 1905 was SIC, 6,87I,733.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-15

Washington, Jam I5.A An exposition
|of the fatal weakness ofthe army trans
port resources III case of war IS con-
tanned in a paper prepared by the gen
eral staff and transmitted BY Secretary
Taft to Senator Gallinger. chairman Of
The merchant marine committee, which
is in charge Of the shipping bill now
pending before the senate. III the course
loft its work the general staff has dis
covered that even the present limited
military force could not be transported
over the sea in case OF a wat with a
foreign cpnntry or to defend our in
Isular posses ssions, unless there should
lie an immediate and great increase id
the number Of American steamships
suitable for transport service. 1t is
pointed out that foreign shipping could
mot Be drawn upon in time of war be-
cause of the neutrality laws, so that iiil-
der present conditions the quick first
blow SO very ncreasingl N important can
NOT be strtick at all n incidentally the
secretary criticises with the greatest
freedom tlae circumstances Under which
the little American army was transport
led 70 Santiago to begin the Spanish
American war.
The reply of The war department has
been prepared BY 4 special committee
lof The general staff and IS transmitted
Sto Secretary aft by lieutenant General
sChaffee, chief Of staff The report
frankly criticises the Santiago expediS
fioil of 1893 Every American vessel
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-15
! SETTLE
He CLAIM. |. 4 | \
VENEZUELA PROMISES
TO ADJUST THE LOSSES
Castro Had the GritchfieId Property
Shut Down for Failure to Pay Tax
The State Department Took the
Matter Up.

n New York, Jan. 15.--The latest in
formation from Caracas regarding the
.Gritchfeld claim against Venezuela.
which dispatches from Washington say
will be pressed BY the state department.,
is that twill be satisfactorily adjusted
between the government of Venezuela
and the United States and the Venezu-
ella company which now oPsrates the
qGfite1feld concession says The Trib-
sune. The claim grows ont of the shut
ting by the government of the asphalt
property & El Inciafte, near Maracaibo
for the failure u TO pay an export fax
imposed BY President Castro: The
claim is for 81, 100000 q