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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Members Of the Woman's Club to
Provide University Extension
Lectures for Kenosha
AN INTERESTING SERIES
Topic for the Course Of Lectures to be
Decided by the People Interested
Japan or Sociological Course i
Suggested but Day not Selected

University extension is to be
established in Kenosha, and the
Woman's club Of the city has taken
steps to secure course Of University
extension lectures to be given in the
city before the close of the present
winter. The dates for the lectures
have not as yet been set, but it has
been decided that the lectures will be
one of the courses laidSdown in the
curriculum of the University of Chi
cago. The lecturer has not been
selected, but these details will be COM
pleted as soon as the nature Of the
course has been definitely decided
upon.
The lectures will be open to, ali of
the people of the city, and while it is
planned to hold themin.thesclub room
of the club in the library building it
is thought that the room swi11 be
sufficiently large to accommodate two
hundred people and if this number Of
tickets can be sold the successor the
course will be assured.
The committee in charge of the
work has suggested that thealectures
be either on the subject, "Japan" or
that they be of sociological nature.
AS soon as the tickets for the course
are sold, the purchasers willsbe allow
ed to decide on the subject.
People in the city who are believers
in higher education are,taking great
deal of interest in the proposed course.
1t is understood that attendance on
these lectures will count as credit for
students who intend to attend the
University of Chicago.
For some time the members of the
Woman's club have discriminating an
effort to stir up sentimenti'in favor
of higher education in the, city. Sew
eral years ago the members of the
club arranged "a series of University
extension lectures invthe city. At
that time Prof. Edwin Sparks of the
University of Chicago was theilecturer
and the lectures were among the most
interesting ever presented in the city.
Should the proposed course prove a
success, the women of the club will
continue the work and arrange for
other courses. In this way many
courses may be offered within the
next year.
The University of Chicago has ar
ranged for more than forty series of
University extension lectures and
each series is given by distinguished
student in the line covered. The
vast number Of people in Kenosha
who are not able to attend the uni
versities should see to it that these
lectures are supported. The city has
reputation Of being a poor lecture
town, but the Woman's club hope to
find support for these unique courses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

The North Western road is doing
larger freight business this year than
ever beforesin its history, and is un-
able to take proper care of the bust
ness in the Northwest. Cars are very
scarce..and theicompany states that it
has all the freight it can possibly
carry for six months to come. While
a large:businessi is done in this terri
tory, there is no congested condition.
Eighteen applicants for spositions
as readers of examination papers IN
connection with the state civil service
have been passed by the commission,
and five of these have already been
set to work marking papers of appl
cants for other positions. The stant
ings of the applicants who were ex-
amined here are expected to be ready
in week or ten days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
THE HUMAN RIBS.
Man Has Twelve Pairs, and Woman
Has just the Same.

Man Has Twelve Pairs, and Woman
: Has just the Same.
A man who had been sick said he
was so thin he could count his ribs.
When heard this statement I asked,
'HoW many did you count?7 He was
unable to answer. Several friends were
standing by, and the query was put to
them. Not a man could tell the num-
Der Of his ribs. One bright chap said
in all seriousness that woman has
one more rib than a man, because man
lost one in the fashioning of woman
And, do you know, this belief is COM
mon? Suddenly spring the question on
any acquaintance you may happen to
meet in the days journeying. Unless
he be a medical man he will in all prob
ability be unable to answer.
1t is an anatomical fact that man has
twelve pairs of ribs and woman the
same number. The four short ribs,
two on each side, are the ''free" ribs,
and in all probability Eve was made Of
one of these A man could manage to
struggle through life without his free
ribs, and have no doubt that ere long
some corset manufacturer will require
woman to have hers removed in order
to lengthen her waist and to reduce it's
girth. To break a few of the asternal
ribs (ten altogether) is nothing; to
break some of the sternal fourteen in
number) ones is far more serious New
York Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
He Gave the Change.

Some years ago man named
Brooks kept the hotel at Orange, Mass,
One morning a man named Warrick
came into the hotel Office and said he
and one of his neighbors, Mr.. Jones,
had walked to the village, distance
OF about three miles. Mr.. Warrick
had carried on his shoulder a bag of
grain Mr. Jones was taking to the
grist mill, and when in the village
square he gave it to Mr.. Jones, who
simply said, Il thank YOU"
Mr.. Warrick, in telling Mr.. Brooks
about it, thought Mr.. Jones should
have paid him something for his
trouble. Mr. Brooks told him Mr..
Jones had paid his well, saying: 1T
man says j thank you,' it is worth
a quarter; if he says j thank you very
kindly, it is worth 371a cents"
Breakfast was soon announced, and
Mr. Warrick went into the dining
room and ate a hearty breakfast. Com
ing out, he took his hat, and, opening
the door to go out on the street, said:
Mr.. Brooks, | thank YOU very kind
~ for my breakfast"
Mr.. Brooks promptly said: Here,
Warrick, is a ninepence. We only
charge a quarter meal at this
house
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
THE CULT OF SILENCE.
Truest Intercourse Between COngen-
ial Spirits Is without Words.

IrueSt intercourse between COn&en-
ial Spirits Is without Words.
Now, to keep ones freshness there
ought to be a zone of silence around
every human being during some part
Of every day. 1t is significant that the
great religions Of the world have come
out Of silence and not out Of noise, and
the finest creative work is done, as
rule, in seclusiOn-not necessarily Rpart
from men nor in solitary places, but
away from the tumult and away from
distracting sounds.
It is In silence alone that we come
into possession OF ourselves. The noises
of life disturb us as q cloud OF dust in
tervenes between the eye and the sky.
There ought to be cult for the prac-
tiee of silence a body Of men and
women committed to the preservation
Of the integrity of their souls by nei-
Their hearing nor making speech for
certain periods, pledged to the culture
of the habit of quietness.
Maeterlinck has pointed out the fact
that the best things are never spoken,
and the truest intercourse between con-
genial spirits is carried on without
words. If we said less and thought
more there would be far fewer things
to explain, many sources of irritation
would be dried up at the sources and
the prime cause of irritation, which is
nervous exhaustion or excitement,
would be removed. Outlook.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Sulphur.

Sulphur is solid, nonmetallic min.
eral which has been known from earli.
est ages. It is hard, yellow and brittle
and has most offensive odor. 1t is
found in VEINS or beds,> mostly near
active volcanoes. The imported sui
phur mostly comes from Solfatia, in
Sicily, but large quantities are also pro
cured from copper and iron pyrites
These minerals are heated, and the sui
phur being volatile flies off In fumes,
which are conveyed by means Of pipes
to a condensing room. If left in the
powdery state in which it condenses
it is called flour Of sulphur If melted
and cast into bars it is called roll sui
phur.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
HAIR AND Boards.
They Have Played Important Parts
In the Worlds History.

They Have played Important Parts
In the Worlds History.
In centuries past the human hail
played an important part in all judicial
proceedings. Those that were permit
ted to wear beard and hair had rights
that could not be claimed by the shorn
and shaved When men made oath
they touched their beard and hair, and
women placed the finger tips Of the
right hand on their tresses.
Servants were obliged to have their
hair cut, and if a freedman went into
slavery he had to diyest himself Of his
hirsute adornme1ts. An adult adopted
by foster parents was obliged to have
his beard shaved, and the shaving OF
beard and hair was a punishment in
flicted on criminals. The iurisprudence
of our ancestors dealt with punishment
"'by skin and hair for small offenses
and .'by neck and hand for grearer
crimes.
There has always been more or less
superstition about hair. Great strength
was implied by it, and wizards and
witches knew Of connections of hair by
which they poisoned enemies. Cats
hair was especially named in the cate
CORY Of poisonous hairs, and even at
the beginning of the seventeenth cen
fury Paulus Zacchias, famous physi-
clan, writes Of the virulent poison Of
the hair Of eats
Among civilized people such supersti-
tious beliefs have gone out of existence,
and only Malays give their enemies
tiger hairs in broth to kill them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
DIAMONDS.
It You Want tc Make Them. Here Is
the Process of Manufacture.

Il You Want tc Make Them, Here Is
the Process Of Manufacture.
Would you like to know how to man
ufacture diamonds real diamonds? The
process is somewhat difficult, requiring
time patience and some outlay of mon
ey, but then consider the possible re-
suits! The diamond, we know, is sim
ply carbon IN transparent crystalline
form. 1t comes of humble parentage
and is brother to the lump of coal.
Unlike easily crystallizable bodies,
carbon is illsoluble in all ordinary soly-
ents, but molten metals will combine
with it. Let the diamond maker choose
iron for solvent for charcoal, melting
it in an electric furnace, allowing it to
take up as much carbon as it can-in
other words, saturate itself with car
bon. The crucible containing the white
hot metal should then be plunged into a
bath of molten lead The result will be
that globules Of iron viii rise to the
surface of the lead and are quickly
cooled on the outer surface Inside the
hard crust the iron remains for some
time in molten condition, and as iron
expands in solidifying the contents of
these little globules receive pressure
unattainable by any other means.
When the lead becomes solidified some
bullets Of iron will be found bound up
in the mass. Dissolve with some pow
erful acid first the lead and then the
iron, and residue Of carbonaceous
matter will be found to contain tiny
crystals-real diamonds. Any chemist
with a well equipped laboratory can
make diamonds in this way, but the
largest Of them will not be more than a
fiftieth Of an inch In diameter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Written In Slang.

Matthew Henry's commentary on the
Bible was written for the common peo-
pie and in the slang Of the day. In
commenting on Judges tx he says: 1--WE
are here told by what acts Abimelech
got into the saddle He hired for his
service al the scum and scoundrels Of
the country. lothian was really a fine
gentleman. The Sechemites were the
first to kick him off, They said all the
i'll they could of him il their table
talk They drank health to his confu-
sion.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
watches, ON Board ship.

On board all ships aseries Of watches"
are established, SO that work is shared
equally among the sailors. To aia this
object also the crews are divided into
two divisions, starboard and port a
ships day commences at noon, and
there are seven watches. The watch
which is on duty in the forenoon one
day has the afternoon next day, and
the men who have four hours rest one
night have eight hours the next. This
is the reason for having "dog watches"
which are made by dividing the hours
between 4 D. m. and 8 p. M into two.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Rheumatism ara Tan

The discovery of a remedy for rheu-
matism by means Of tan was acct
dentally made by a tanner of Ulm,
Wurttemberg. One day he fell into one
of his own watts, and, as no one was
near, he had to remain in the tanning
liquid for over half an hour. When
rescued he found, it is said. that his
rheumatism had entirely left him. He
then turned doctor and treated by
means Of a system called electrotanno-
therapia.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
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MASCULINE DIMPLES.
They Are Not Always Appreciated by
Their Owners.

They Are Not Always Appreciated by
Their Owners.
'Dimples are just as common among
men as among women" says a New
York beauty doctor, ''only they don't
show off to such good advantage
Beard and mustache combine to hide
their charm. Anyhow, men are not
proud Of dimples. They consider them
a sign of effeminacy. Now that smooth
faces are the fashion, the man with a
dimpleI in cheek or chin is hard put to
it to hide that beauty mark In his ex-
tremity he seeks relief from me.
"FWhat can | do with these confound-
ed dimples?' he asks.
Take 'en out / advise.
''1Can you do it?' he asks.
Sure, says /.
"'All right says he, go ahead
''Then begin treatment. In the past
year / have removed sets of dimples
from mems faces that any woman Of
their acquaintance would have paid
$500 for. All men with money to
spend patronize the beauty doctor more
shamelessly than they used to, but of
all the miracles they wish performed
there is none they insist upon so stout
~ as the removal of dimples. '-Ex-
change.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Her POcketboOk.

"Oh, my!'' exclaimed Mrs. Schoppen.
'I'ye lost my pocketbookv'
'tNever mind, dear" replied her hus-
band. "I'll get you another pocket
book, and you can easily collect more
dress goods samples. !" Kansas City
Independent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
EIeganca.

Elegance is something more than
ease; it Is more than freedom from
awkWardness or restraint. It implies,
l conceive, precision. a rllish, al
sparkling, spirited, yet delicate. Ha-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
NO Quitting

Marryat You don't believe in di-
vorce, then? Mugley No, sir; I've got
too much sportin' blood. Marryat-
What has that to do with it? Mugley
| believe in a fight to the finish. -Phila-
delphia Press
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

Miss Mamie Meiser has returned to
Milwaukee after a few days visit
with Kenosha friends and relatives.
Born, on Jan. Is to Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Harbaugh, of Scottdale, Pa,
a 10-pound baby boy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harbaugh were formerly of Kenosha.
County Clerk Crosbyi is busy getting
out his final report on the taxes of
the county for the secretary of state.
1t will be sent to Madison later in the
week.
Racine and Kenosha counties are
great factor in the cabbage market of
today, and In all of the market re-
ports the stock on hand in these two
counties is reckoned with. Sixty per
cent of the crop of this section has
already been marketed.
Miss Louise Meiser entertained a
number of her friends at her lone on
Market street Wednesday evening in
honor of the eighteenth anniversary
of her birth. Dainty refreshments
were served at midnight. Those
present report very pleasant time
The annual state bowling tourna-
ment takes place next month at Osh-
kosh, and $1,000 in prizes has been
hung up. While it is expected that a
number of the local bowlers will wit
ness the contests, no entries so far
/ have been made from this city, and
none is expected.
Members of Governor Harvey post,
No. II, G. A. r., are out after the
next state encampment Of the @. A
r. for Racine. Resolutions were
passed at the last meeting instruct
ing the delegates to the convention in
June, at Marinette, to offer any in
ducement possible to bring the
veterans to .Ra cine in 1907. The city
council and business mems associa-
ton will be asked to extend an invita-
ton to the veterans to come.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

Edith What luck did you have in the
last race? Maud None at all. i back
ed all the horses with pretty name,
but didn't find the winner. -Illustrat-
ed Bits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Suit Brought in the Local Justice
Courts Shows Violation of
State Laws on Interest
LOVE CLAIMS TREBLE PAY.
John H. Love Makes Unique Answer
to Suit in Garnishee Brought by
Milwaukee Parties. Claim
Trouble is Wide Spread

The business of the s1oan sharks
has been put on the spit in Kenosha
by suit brought by M. 4. Luse, said
to be a Milwaukee man, to collect a
small loan made by Milwaukee party
to John III. Love, who is employed as
a plumber by the firm Of Kelber &
Kraft. The amount demanded by the
Milwaukee party is small, in fact less
THAN twenty dollars, but the allega-
tons made by the defendant in his
answer show that the ease will be
one of great Importance.
In his answer Love admits that he
entered into an illegal agreement
with the Milwaukee parties by which
he agreed to pay interest at rate of
hundred per cent annually for the
use of small amount of money. He
insists that he has paid one INSTALL
ment of the interest and at former
time he had paid other interest at the
same rate. In his answer Love sets
up counter claim under the law for
the collection of three times the
amount of the usurious interest col
1ected and for three times the amount
collected at former date.
The plaintiff in the action asks in
court only for the amount due to-
gether with interest at the legal rate.
The hearing Of the case will come
up before Justice Sturges and the at
torneys for Love will make hard
fight to force the payment Of the
penalty. It is asserted that the Mil
waukee loan sharks are rapidly getting
big hold on the workingmen of Ke-
nosha and that regular agents are
employed among the 1aboring men to
make small loans at usurious rates of
interest.
The interest is nearly always at the
rate of one hundred percent year
and the borrower is given the chance
of making monthly payments of
interest. The amounts loaned seldom
exceed fifty dollars and in most cases
the amount is smaller. Several cases
have been reported to the attorneys for
Love and the borrowers shave been
ordered to pay no more interest until
after the Love case has been settled
in the local courts. There is little
doubt but that a jury aware of the
circumstances of the loan would re-
turn verdict for Love.
Under the law of the state the legal
interest is fixed at six percent but it
is provided that by an agreement in
writing loaners of money collect
interest at rate not to exceed ten
percent. Any rate over ten percent
is denominated as usurious interest
and the borrower may go into court
and demand that the 1oaner pay to
him three times the amount of the
interest collected in excess of the
rates allowed by law. Kenosha has
never had a genuine loan shark but
the fact that there are so many work
ing men in the city who are earning
good wages has forced the Milwaukee
companies into the field in Kenosha
and it is claimed that several thousand
dollars has been loaned under these
illegal contracts. The fight on the
loan sharks has been so hot in Mil
waukee that they have been,prac tical-
ly forced out of business aud for this
reason they are seeking business in
smaller towns.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
KENosHA s ROCKFORD LINE
1888.
COUNTY OFFICERS

EAST.
NO 4O6-Mi1k Passenger, arrive. 500 m
No 472-Wsy freight, arrive.... ....12:40 P N
WEST.
No 423-Freight, depart. ......... -. 2:40 m
No 411-Milk Passenger, depart. 4:10 M
W.gR. JOHNSON. Agent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-09-03
MINISTERS ASK
AID OF PILES
STRONG RESOLUTIONS PASSED
sY ASSOCIATION AGAINST
rnE uasAvoRY REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES.

Al the meeting n the Ministerial
federation this morning at the First
NJ. r. church. the following fesolu-
tons were passed protesting against
several Republican county noun
inees
Whereas Il appears that certain
politicians Of dtsfepu table and an
aavorv uoiorle,Y and totally unfit TO
repfeaenf any decent community are
seeking. NJ tho hands ~ the Hepub-
ilcan convention % be heid here this
veek. nominations for places IN our
state legislature. therefore be u
eBcaolvod. that the Ministerial
Federation ~ Seattle hereby earn
sHtIy protests 10 the delegates Of The
sald convention against the n0mina-
ton n any but honorable and up-
right men. engaged IN reputable
business. 20 THESE positions Of emil
uent honor and trust"
The amendment taken BY tne fed
orat lou reads ~ follows That
the ministers " the federation VII
use an their powers 20 defeat the
election % nuy uuaavary candidate
Ia any party
The federation appointed COM
nlttse 20 Interview Senator Piles. IN
an effort 20 engage hia aid IN the
above matter The resolutions are
said TO be directed against Henry
Beck, a Pike It, saiooukeeper who
,a candidate for tho Republican
nominate from the Sixth ward.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-09-03
SEATTLE ELECTRIC CO. HAS
TAKES no STEPS TO DIG.
cssRcE rsosE WHO Arc
AeTivR IN JOINING uaios
ORGANIZATION.

since iast FRIDAY night whsn The
nras meeting vas held fof the par.
poas o. ofEantalnE . anlon u street
railway employees. fhs seattle Elee-
ulr rnmpany hss not discharged e
ainEls auien man usFina The three
weeks Immediately pflur 60 that
meeting ths cnmpauY isehafEed
nsafIY 30 - ths men uhe we're $50 r
ms 10 promote tha organization u
me uniNu
LEADER - ere anlou movement
have been expecting that she ean1-
pany would heWIn diaehaFEtnE thr
anlon men sartr This wesks The
statement - President Furtb. Issued
she eay before tha first uuipu Iurst-
ing. virtually threatened that Those
ssho participated in the nmton would
have cause 10 regret iheir action.
This was taken - TIE men - =
warning That theae Who parucipat-
"a IN the organization ~ a union
soula be disc hafEed
Secret service sKents ia the vms
plar % the company have attended
an the union meetings. Aud leaders
81 thr movement believe that the
eomeany has q nst % some eco Or
800 names q employees who have
taken more or issN active part II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-09-03

RE V|EVV
T LEI:
President and Many
Thousands Watch Big
Gathering Of War
Craft.

OYSTER RAY. Sept 3-rresi.
deht Roosevelt today reviewed the
lAfzcst flaaf 81 modern American
WasHhius ever assembled In United
states waters Riding the waters
a .ong leland sound under a lower
ms sky and q fresh suusheaateFly
isra.Fe. three lines Of hattleahips,
each three miles Ions. was drawn
an for BIZ inspection In battle for.
nation the fleet vas fully equipped
fsf var. except that the decks we're
not cleared for action
II vas an inspiring sight No
American president ever reviewed
20 powerful q fleet ~ this. Under
me command of Admiral r. D
Evans forty ships. Nith LIS guns
sf2 officers and $4,000 men. we're
assembled
The president. aboard the MAY
/ flnwef. started 60 the fleet At 10. IS
seer~tafe of she Navy BonapaFic
and other distinguished government
officials accompanied him. As soon
- the NaYfluwer reached signallinE
distance the presidents flaE broke
ostt and the hslehinE guns began she
esara 0f salute. the MsYiiower re
sgoadlnE rs displaying It's flags
All the iins 81 ships Was decked
from stem TO stern with flags. The
first ship Ia line was the cruiser
pes Muines and the monitor Arknn
aas vas last The review lasted
two and half hours At ! pa
luncheon was served by the prcHl
dent to the admirais and later the
executive visited several 81 the
baitieshlps Tonight the vessels VIII
DO decorated with electric lights