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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-16

Edgerton, Wis, Oct. II, 1906.
entered Shows College of Dress
making with no experience in sewing,
but with the training in the school |
am able to successfully cut and make
dresses. I consider it the only sue
cessful way to learn dressmaking.
Yours truly,
KATHRYN HYLAND.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-16

Edgerton, Wis, Nov. l3, 1905.
My results have been such that l
can endorse Shows method of cut
ting and teaching to be as represent
ed and entirely successful. Can rec
ommend Shows College to all ladies
desiring a thorough training in dress
designing and cutting.
MARY WATSON.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-27
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-27
NOTICE.

The Stark County Board of School Ex-
aminers will hold meetings for teachers
certificates ON the first Saturday of each
month ip the school year ending August
81. 1906 High school lists will be given
at the regular meetings. Lists for spe-
cial certificates will be furnished when
notice has heen given.
Examinations of pupils under section
1929, r.. S., will be held on the third
Saturday of April and the second Satur-
day of May.
Applicants should be present not later
than 8:15 in the morning. They should
provide themselves with penholdcrs and
pens. The Board Will furnish ina. hii.
paper.
All examinations will be held In the
Canton high school bu lding.
M 81 AcFARRlfN. Clerk. Canton.
THOS. J. TEHPLES, Masslllon,
J. w. GUTHRIE. Alliance
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-27
THE MINERS

lluldudpUllb, luu,, MdICn COL uo
miners have the operators fighting
among themselves and tonight after
the operators held four hours Sc
cret session after having asked the
minors to withdraw. it looked as if the
operators will either sign the 1908
wage scale which the miners demand
ed or the operators organization will
III eak up.
In fact Frank Robbins told the
Joint scale committee today that he
would operate his mines whether the
Ohio, Indiana or illinois operators
woI ked their mines or not. This was
tlc throwing down of the gauntlet
and the operators could do nothing
hut hurl bitter personalities at Rob-
bins. one even going so far as to call
Robbins a "self-constituted would be
n-boss of the operators. hut said
that he would be fooled this time in
assuming that the operators would
stand for it.
WHAT ROBBINS WILL DO.
This afternoon shortly after 2:30
when the joint scale committee met,
Robbins opened up and told what he
intended to do. His speech at this
time was a wonderfully strong effort.
at 8 o'clock the operators asked the
miners to withdraw for one hour. At 4
we're told that the operators could not
meet them until o'clock Saturday
mo' ming. Until 6 o'clock the opera
tors fought against Robbins but Rob-
Inns stood firm as a rock.
Though the threat of a great sus-
pension of operations still hangs over
the meetings, Robbins broke the back
OF the "stand-pat" attitude of the in
dependent operators in his own-the
Western Pennsylvania district.
I he climax came after an exchange
OF litter personalities among the OPP
orators and Robbins.
Mr.. Robbins turned to George A.
Magoon, leader of the Independent
operators of Western Pennsylvania and
said: 'If the Pittsburg Coal Company
rays this advance and operates it's
mines, will the Independent coal ope-
rators pay the advance and will they
work."
Mr. Magoon is quoted as replying
Eyes; If the Pittsburg Coal Company
rBrs its mines on an advance the in
dependent operators will be forced to
ray the same auvance and they will
work"
TURNS TO MITCHELL.
Then turning to President Mitchell
roDDins said: "The country will not
endure a general strike under the con-
Gtions / offer We agree to pay the
advance demanded by you in the
mines of the Pittsburg Coal Company
end the mines owned by myself in
Iernsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. and
you will not dare to refuse to allow
the miners to work where the scale
demanded by them is offered by the
operators"
Then Mr.. Robbins, addressing the
operators generally said he would
rot be dictated to by the majority of
the operators, and that he would op-
crate his mines and pay the advance,
nc matter what the other operators
did
Having forced the opposition of his
cvn district to the wall. Robins now
has the task of forcing the Indiana,
Ohio and Illinois operators to recede
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-27
Death of G. O. Downs.

George o. Downs died at the home
of his mother at 9l9 Marion street
yesterday from diphtheria at the age
of 21 years. He was an employe of
the Danner Manufacturing Co. The
funeral arrangements will be made
later.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
WHY BILLY DID NOT WIN THE PRIZE

alton Miss Ellerslie was always at him
TO try to improve. Billy knew he
was weak in that, but he meant to be
very. very careful and take lots Of
time to go over his composition and
be sure that il sounded all right. He
couldn't have any help. for that was
one OF the things expressly forbidden;
still. he told himself that It would be
dead easy and that the prize was a fine
one for just that. and then he fell to
thinking OF the big trout that basked
in the sunshiny shadows of the brook
all summer, whom no boy had never
yet caught Billy chuckled as he
thought of the surprise in store for the
wary fish. Gee" said Billy to himself
as he walked along. Won't he be just
whopping mad2"
All that week Billy thought of
George Washington. He studied him,
read about him and literally lived with
him after school hours. The other
boys tried hard TO get him TO come out
and play hockey. marbles. or the favor
ite game of "higgledy." in which all
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the boys went to the top of a very
steep hill, where there was a sort Of
earth chute formed by the winter rains.
down which each one was supposed to
slide, roll or tumble. any way they
could, as long as one got to the bottom
first. But Billy stuck sturdily to his
work and resisted all endeavors to pull
him away. 1t was swimming season,
too. and that made it all the harder.
for Billy could hear the shouts and
shrieks from the river till he had to
put his fingers in bis ears to shut out
the lively sounds He had fixed himself
sort OF study on the back porch where
nobody ever came during the hot
days, and he wrote on the end of a
cracker-box with another for a stool.
Monday and Tuesday he worked valf-
antly, but Wednesday was an unusu-
ally hot, Still day, and Billy felt that
he would give almost anything if he
could only fling George Washington
into a corner and hurry off to the cool
river with the rest. Only the thought
of that glorious fishing rod, which all
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seemed to crumble under his feet, and,
lunging forward, he found himself OUT
side the pen.
When he realized the happy truth he
squealed with excitement. Mother Pig
did not understand at hrst. but when
she discovered that Billy was outside
the pen she then became excited. And
she lost no time pushing Jacky and
Eliza and Peggy through the hole
But she herself was too large to
follow through the hole What was
she to do?
Let us try roofing. children" she
advised So they set to work--the four
children on the outside and Mother Pig
on the inside, and sure enough, they
succeeded in enlarging the hole into a
good-sized tunnel. through which
Mother Pig managed, by painful
squeezing. to wriggle
By this time it was dusk. Mother Pig
knew 1t was important to hasten, so
she hurried her excited children past
the great barn and through the rasp-
berry patch, over low stone fence,
under a hedge and onto the railroad
track.
They had proceeded down the track
only a short distance when, TO their
Joy, they sighted, on side track, a
little four-wheeled car, just like the
one they had seen earlier in the day.
Mother Pig was delighted
Chamber on, piggiesr" she COM
manded. On board they discovered a
box of biscuits and a sack of apples.
Good We shall not starve,'' said
Mother Pig
MINI" grunted Billy: folks set
good eating out in the world, don't
they7"
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WHAT TIE RUNAWAY pLddLEs DID WITH A HANDcAP

Presently, had you been there, you
would have seen the car moving slowly
down the main track, with Mother Pig
and all the piggies at the pumphandle,
working 1t just as they had seen the
men doing previously.
1t was pretty warm work at first.
but after awhile it became easier. AL
most all work grows easier, you know.
the longer you keep at 1t. Each pig
now began to look up occasionally and
notice the cornfields and the glistening
telegraph wires.
isn't this jol1yi' exclaimed Billy.
mo more pen for mel" cried Jacky,
enthusiastically.
wee, weet' squealed Peggy and
Eliza, gazing enraptured at the big
yellow sunf1owers beside the track
Just then Mother Pig pricked up her
ears.
Il hear one of those long. laundering
things that make smoke and whistle
loudly
yes. see it. 1t is coming fast"
said Billy.
what shall we do?" cried Mother
Pig; but she did not take long to de-
eide, for the binding headlight on the
locomotive was terrifying.
Jump off. children. she squeaked.
and scrambling off, she led them into
the nearby woods.
But Billy Jagged behind, and peep
ing out he saw the train stop and
some men hurrying ahead to the hand
car.
The man lifted the handcar out of the
way and the train passed by.
The old mother thought that excite
ment enough for one day and SO she
lsd her children home again.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
HOW DOG NERO SAVED AMY

Very soon small teapot was singing,
nice broth and stew and apples roast
ing over the logs in a tin oven: slices
of bread being turned into toast-these
were all very good and Nero snuggled
up close to his young mistress. from
whom he had never had one harsh word
or one blow. and whom he loved accord
ingly with that wonderful fidelity and
devotion that is common to the COM
monest OF all dogs.
They feasted together merrily enough
The swash of the river hurrying by on
it's way to the Bay OF San Francisco
and the Pacific Ocean, and the gusts Of
wind and the rafting of the rain on the
window panes played a sort of sub
bass accompaniment to the CHEEKY
sounds in the cottage-making it seem
all the more cozy inside. in fact
But when the supper was over Nero
became uneasy. He went to the door
repeatedly and scratched as if he would
go out. Amy called to him. but to
scratching he added whining He
would not be quiet until Amy opened
the door. Such a burst of rain as came
in through the door when she pushed
it ajar! Such a blackness as there
was in the air outside, The sky was
entirely overcast with clouds, from all
of which, seemingly, streams were
pouring.
Foolish Nero called Amy, come
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to come slowly through A levse at that
points
Amy knew quickly that there was
danger and that Nero knew It. The
other boat. Nero" she said. We must
get that out and-and-oh, dear, what
will papa and mamma say when they
come back and find US gone7 But go
we must as soon there is light, and
perhaps sooner
Daylight saw Amy with her doll in
her arms and Nero following her at the
boathouse. She lowered the remaining
boat and got in. fixed the rudder so
that she might steer some. as she had
seen her father do and as he had
taught her. Nero followed her IN,
shivering with cold but without noise.
Brave brute that he was, he under
stood the danger, but he was going
along.
Just before Amy pushed the boat out
she hugged her doll once, planted a kiss
on its highly painted cheeks and said:
II told you I wouldn't leave you. You
knew / wouldn't, didn't you. dearT'
Then the doll saw wide river. filed
with floating snags. darkened by over
hanging clouds and falling rain, run
ming fiereely like a millrace by farms
and Islands. heaving as IL it's great
heart deep down, was troubling it and
stirring its mighty breast with passion.
Then it saw Amy with cheeks whits
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back before you get soaked through
and have your death OF cold.'
The dog had more serious business, it
would seem. He disappeared from
view In the surrounding blackness He
made the round of the island and
been man. He barked when he saw
how the river had risen and how
swiftly it's waters raced.
He whined and then howled when he
heard the beating of trunks of trees
and other drift wood that had been
swept down by mountain torrents to
the rivers and that were now striking
the levees at intervals with the force
of battering rams Finally he made
his way back to the house. barked
loudly and was let in by Amy.
What is the matter. Nero?" cried
Amy. what makes you look so, poor,
wet dog?'
There was light in Nero's eyes that
Amy had never seen before; it looked
like fear. only Nero was never known
to be afraid of anything.
Tell me, Nero" said Amy, taking
his big, wet head between her two
hands and watching him carefully. is
there anything the matter? Are the
levees leaking?"
Nero answered yes" as well as If
he could speak.
lHtu 6uQQcn dldIilt CdlAlC " AMY .
who had often heard the neighbors tell
how~the breaking or leaking of q levee
might put an island under water. She
ran to the door and went out. shuttin &
the door after her. Then she ran back.
dripping. took up lantern, lighted 1T
and went out again, with Nero for
her companion.
What did you see. Nero? Show me-"
The dog dropped his tail between
his legs and ran to one end of the ISL
and. Sure enough the water had begun
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
By Lucy Baker Jerome

k%HLDREN." said Miss Ellers-
lie. Listen"
Sixty faces turned toward
the speaker, sixty pairs Of
feet shufied noisily. Jimmy McFar-
land, in the back seat out Of range Of
Miss Elierslie's comprehending eye,
trod doughtily on his neighbor's toe.
Billy Aitken, in the front seat, could
only serape bare foot along the floor:
but, suddenly remembering that his was
the seat OF honor for the best scholar
ship in the whole class, he folded his
arms, assumed first position and looked
hard at his pretty. brown-eyed teacher,
whom all the class truly loved. Then,
unexpectedly. he heard his name.
Billy Miss Ellerslie was saying, 7
want you particularly 10 try for this
prize"
Billy sat up very straight. his black
eyes shining with oagerness. A prize.
He 'hsdn't heard OF it before What
sort - a Prize was IL and what did
fellow hsve to Go to get it? he Won
dered. Miss Ei,ersiie read all these
questions in his brown. freckled face.
smiled encouraginely and with a swift
glance 7vaieh took in ali the waiting
faces. vent on
1T IS 70 be given by Judge Graham
10 the boy who writes the best compo-
sition on the hero we all know: the
man re have read and studied about in
our history Iessons-George washing
ton one boy is to be chosen from
every class OF the sixth grade in town.
and naturally. want to see one of my
boys wiz. so 1 have picked Billy to rep
resent his class. lie has the seat OF
honor Tor tA!s term, and if'-she raised
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to roam at liberty through the beauti-
ful country
Our story is about Mother Pig a long
time after this experience. She now
had four bright little pigs of her own.
Their names were Peggy, Eliza, Jacky
and Billy. Many and many a jolly
game these four played. and then cud-
died down under Mother Pig and were
put to sleep by wonderful stories Of
her adventures when she had her one
taste of liberty.
Some day, piggy dears," she would
often say. some day somebody may
leave the bars down. and then / can get
you out for some adventures OF your
own in the world
Very close to the pen was railroad
track. along which trains went thun-
dering by several times day. One day
Mother Pig called. in great excitement,
Come quick, piggies; here is some
thing new" And what did they see but
a queer little thing on four wheels
gliding along the track with four men
on 1t. who were working something
that looked like mp-handle.
What is it?" squealed each excited
piggie; but Mother Pig could not ex-
plain.
7 don't know" said she, but it
seems to me 1t would be fine thing
for US TO travel on when we get a
chance"
A strange thing happened that night;
Billy had been roofing under the fence.
when. all Of sudden, the ground
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as snow, with eyes filed at once with
terror and resoIution-the dearest.
bravest, most scared little girl pilot
that ever cruised on freshet-swolIen
river. Then il saw Nero. who had
found a place in the bow OF the boat.
where he scanned the waters continual
ly, but never made a sound
Trunks of trees sometimes came 50
near the boat IN their mad race that II
was wonderful the boat and its pas
sengers escaped shipwreck. At places
there We're waves where currents met
that seemed about 10 swallow the boat
and its contents Then there was a
wide. wide stretch Of water-the begin
ming o. the bay and white-capped
waves and a swell like the oceans.
Amy covered her doIly's face careful
ly and put her down on a seat. Not
much more for you to see. Marion. am
afraid" she said with a deep sigh
But Marion saw this more--that .
steamboat came along soon after and
picked up the boat and Amy and Nero;
that the sailors cheered when Amy
positively refused TO leave the boat
until the doll had first been taken on
board the steamer. and that some
women on the boat insisted upon hug
ging and kissing Amy as IL sne had
done something quite wonderful.
That Is how Marion came to have q
pilgrimage. II finally went as far az
San Francisco Two days after the
little party OF three met Amy's father
and mother IN q San Francisco hotel.
Together they all journeyed back to
the island after a few days. Marion
once more went back into the darkness
and sleep Of her trunk. Her pilgrimage
was over-until Amy grows up and Is
married Then Marion will travel
again, for Amy has promised that they
shall never part
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a warning fnger-"if, Billy, you can
manage TO remember your periods and
commas and put them where. they be-
long. you viii be lucky boy, for you
are able TO write a very fair compost
tion, and the prize is'-she paused an
instant, and her eyes were smiling
@one you would all like to have; a
splendid new fishing rod with all at
tachments ana a wonderful book Of
flies" She struck her bell sharply to
subdue the gathering tumult OF voices
@The compositions are not to be more
than two pages-fooIscap pages-long.
ana are to be handed in to Judge Gra-
ham at his house By the end Of this
week. Your name and the name Of
the school must be on them, and
ouiet. children am sure you all wish
Bnly good luck"
Billys round. jolly face was scarlet.
To be praised and set above the other
bovs ike thisl His first thought, how
ever. was one Of joy at the prospect Of
a long-coveted fishing rod; his second
told hsm that he hadn't won it yet,
ana that he would better be thinking
GOOD and hard about the coming test
On his way home he began to think
about II seriously. Some way II didn't
seem 80 very hard. He knew a lot
about George washington, he reflected,
and ALI he had to do was to put it down
on paper in the right way. M-m-m--
but there was that horrid old Dunctu-
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READERS! :!

the name he writes under). to furnish
for us the only special service which
he will give to any paper in the
United states. He will get out page
of his work every week. which viii
come direct to The Sunday Call. 50 YOU
see the boy~reade@s of The Sunday
Call are to be especially lucky In hav-
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about them. illustrating his own arti-
cles in most interesting way. His
page has. according to authorities in
newspaper work and men who know.
created an interest and enthusiasm
among the boys of his section of the
country such as has been started by no
other feature in newspaper history.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
FOR OUR BOY

When his feature page had run but
few months in the paper In his home
town he suddenly announced that he
would talk to boys at the largest opera
house in the city on Saturday morning,
and seven thousand boys left their
Saturday morning fun to SO hear what
he had to say about making things
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the boys had seen hanging in the win
dow of Higgins store, Kept him on the
porch that afternoon. And he really
wanted to please Miss Ellerslie. too.
Her eyes looked mighty nice at fell
low when she was pleased with him.
ruminated 12-year-o Billy. and than
there was mother and grandma, too.
They'd like to see particular boy win
and SO Billy put his fingers in his
ears for minute to shut out the calls
of the boys and bent studiously over
his composition paper. trying hard
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but only two thousand could get in, as
that was all the opera house. would
hold
And now we are to announce treat
for the boys of California, for We have
engaged Jack Kneiff. whose real name
is William Bushnell Stout 6..Jacl
Knife or rather "KneIr.a being Just
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ing new stunts direc. from the pen
OF Jack Kneln without any delays.
we will begin publishing his articles
with next Sundays issue. 50 get your
tools sAarpenea and tease your father
for new knife 50 - TO be ready to
start in.
There's story. with It, too.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
BIO NEWS

h AcK in the Mississippi Valley
neW hero has arisen for Boyvills
in the person of Jack Knein
6P7onOrnced Jack Knife. young
man who has developed marvellous
faculty Tor inventing ingenious toys
that are easily made and who writes all
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

NCE-just once-in her youth
Mother Pig had escaped from
her pen for few hours and
discovered how delightful it is
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

said Miss Ellers-
lie. Listen"
Sixty faces turned toward