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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-11-30
Notice to TreSpdSSerS!

All parties are forbidden to hunt,
fish, or in any manner trespass on the
properties of the undersigned, without
leave of the owners.
Sanford Wilburn,
Jasper Wilburn,
J. A. Smith,
J. f. Smith,
A. X. Ninson. 4S-3tp.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-11-30
Notice..

Old veterans and benefciaries are
earnestly requested not to apply for
checks until End Monday in each
month or any time thereafter, as it
interferes with the work Of the county
board on first Mondays.
Respectfully,
L. j. Betenbaugh,
III. Supervisor.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-11-30
Beautiful Japanese Tea.

Jonesvillc, November 2o-A
delightful Japanese tea was
given by DIR. and Mrs. Chambers
to their friends Friday evening
November 23. The decorations
and costumes were ornamental.
The piazza was lighted with Jap
anese lanterns. AS we entered the
hall we found similar decorations,
on our left was a beautiful Japa-
neSc tea. booth decorated with
large Japanese umbrella for top,
and on the side rough Jap
nese paper and lanterns. Here tea
and waters were served the guest
The floor was covered with sofa
pillows upon which the guest were
- requested to make themselves COM
fortablc as there were no chairs,
eafh guest securing pillow pro-
ceedcd to do justice to the occas-
ion. There was much merriment,
as it was very awkward at first,
being Japs. Under each pillow was
was Jap fan. The young men
securing same found the name Of
his partner. They were( served
tea and waters at the booth, with
each cup Of tea was check given
with number. The lucky number
23 was served to Miss May Free
who won a lovely pair of Jananese
slippers; and number I3 the booby
held by Lawrence Southard drew
a Japanese doll: after which
we posed for our photos by
flash light. The ladies next
hunted Japanese handkerchieefs,
securing partners for sup
per. We were then admitted to the
dining room. We paused to admire
tbs beautifully decorated room.
fe. ':r the table suspended from the
nig was large Japanese
..nbrclla. around edge were
lighted Japanese lanterns. From
the handle of the umbrella were
wide ribbons Of yellow stretched
to the place of each guest. In the
center OF table was a large pump
kin with four sides cut out to form
faces with large mouth. Inside of
pumpkin were souvenirs for
each guest wrapped in yellow paper
tied with yellow ribbon which |
reached to plate of each guest and
secured by a large yellow chrysan-
themum. \ very tempting salad
course was served in yellow paper
covered plates, representing small
pumpkins, with chocolate and
swim hc. The drawing of souver-
,eech talay,'l much merriment, which
eli ell: if that d.. small Japanese dolls.
- I'd slippers. After which
fHtl5E returned to the parlor
where they were delightfully."- en-
tertained bv Misses O'Mally, Whit
lock and Glenn, with music, song
and recitation. In the wee hours
of the morning we very reluctant
ly bade our host and hostess good
bye, assuring them we had been
royalty entertained.
The guests we're: DR.. Hair,
Miss Burke. Miss Ruth Spears,
Sallie Chambers, of Marion; DR..
Ellerbee, Miss Thomas, DR.. Hames,
Miss Rogers, Mr.. Palmer, Miss
OMallv. Mr.. Poore, Miss Whit
lock, Mr.. Wright, Miss Glenn, Mr..
Kennedy, Miss Anna Gleen, Miss
Rachel Littlejohn, Paul Free,
Lawrence Southard. Mrs. Camak,
Mr., Porter, Miss Maggie Spears.
Mr.. Moss, Miss Emma Osment.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-11-30

Mr.. Perrin, Mis- Helen Littlejohn,
Mr.. Richard Littlejohn, Miss
Ezell, Mr.. Harry Littlejohn. Miss
Free, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian w. Lip
scomb.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
A Matter of Nose.

In spite of the important place given
to the nose as an index of character,
there is but little to be learned from it
in estimating the causes of an innate
bond between the mind and the fea-
lures Most of the correspondence
which have been remarked appear to
be of a radical order, but why a Roman
nose first became associated with a
warlike and domineering disposition or
how long and thin nose became linked
with business prudence is more than 1
can say. If we omit the changes
which take place in a nose during the
lifetime of it's possessor, there is scarce
ly nasal popularity of value to the
physiognOmist which at the same time
is cosmopolitan. No Tartar or Hotten-
tot, however warlike, could give proof
Of it in this way Japan has shown
that she possesses plenty of men with
military aptitude but no Wellingtonian
nose can be found within her borders.
Again, no Chinese nose is long and
thin, yet John is not without certain
aptitude at driving bargains-Black-
woods Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
The Origin OF "a Word.

The London Chronicle tries to trace
the origin of the word "typhOon."
"Tai-fung." it is explained in some
dictionaries. is Chinese for "a great
wind and since the typhOOn is
phenomenon of the Chinese seas it
seems conclusive. But there is no
doubt apparently that 'typhoon,"
which Hakluyt spelled ''touffon'' and
Dampier ''tuffoon," comes to us through
Portuguese for the Arabic, Persian and
Indian ''tufan," and it is almost i'm
possible not to see in this a relation
o%the ancient Greek "typhos' or ''ty-
phon,' a whiriwind. But these are
practically identical with the Greek
word for smoke or vapor, from which
come our 'typhus" and typhoid" SO
perhaps the Chinese part of it is only
an extraordinary linguistic coincidence,
after ALL
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
DrOne RerIlcs.

Drone beetles have a reputation for
weather wisdom among country folk,
who regard a flight of beetles as sign
of fine weather M. Fabre. French
naturalist, wishing to ascertain if this
supposition was correct, Gagged num-
Der of beetles. One fine evening when
everything indicated equally fine
weather for the following day not a
beetle few about. In fact, during the
night a storm broke out, and rain fell
all next day. Another evening, where
there were no signs of fine weather,
the beetles flew about in all directions.
During the night the clouds vanished,
and next day there was brilliant sun
shine According to M. Fabre, drone
beetles during three months are living
barOmeters, more deserving of Gre
dence than physical instruments. their
keen sensitiveness to the electric ten
sion Of the atmosphere being much
greater than that of mercury. 1t has
even been demonstrated that drone
beetles are affected by atmospheric
disturbances a long way off and that
they sometimes grow restless when
there is a storm more than sixty miles
away.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Two Monster Beetles.

The largest bug known to the old
world entomologists is the gigantic
Goliath beetle, which is found along
the Kongo river in Africa. Goliath is
upward of six inches in length from
the tip of his nose to the neither end
of his hard shelled body and has a
pair OF gaGzy wings folded up under
his arms, either of which is as large
as lady's face veil. But Goliath is a
pygmy when compared with the ele
plant beetle of Venezuela, an entomo-
logical giant which weighs nearly a
pound and which has wing spread
equal to that of a mallard duck. Both
of these bugs are rare
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
PapyruS.

The papyrus used by the ancient
Egyptians was made from the stems
of peculiar water reed growing in all
parts of Egypt The outside layer of
the plant was removed. and beneath
this there We're found number of lay
ers OF delicate, pithy membrane
These, being separated. were placed in
layers. A second layer was laid at
right angles to and above the first and
sometimes third over the second
Heavy pressure was then applied. and
the layers were firmly cemented into a
fair article of paper. No gum other
than what was contained in the plant
itself was used in the process. The
papyrus was very much stronger than
the average paper made by the mod
ern machines The sheets were COM
monty made from six to twelve inches
square
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Music and the Turtle.

The Egyptians, according to the sage
ApOllodorus, credit their Hermcs or
Mercury with the invention of music
under the following circumstances
The Nile. having overlooked its banks
and inundated nearly III of Egypt. on
it's return to its banks left on it's
shores various dead animals and
among the rest Il tortoise, the flesh
having dried and wasted in the sun
until nothing remained in the shell but
cartilages. These being tightened by
the drying heat. became sonorous.
Mercury walking along the banks Of
the river, happened to strike his foot
against this shell, was so pleased with
the sound produced that the idea OF
the Tyre suggested itself, and he con-
structed a Tyre of the shell of a large
tortoise, which he strung with the
sinews of dead animals. Dryden
wrote:
Less than a god they thought there could
not dwell
Within the hollow of that shell
That spoke so SWeetly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
.Home sweet Home.v

Probably no one would have been
more surprised than Sir Henry Bishop
himself could be have foreseen that a
single melody in one of his numerous
operas would achieve such celebrity
that at the present day it is still sung
by leading prima donnas at fashionable
concerts, tangled ON street organs and
loved by a vast public that knows moth
ing of music, properly so called, as the
purest representation of the English
spirit-"Home, Sweet Home" 'Clari,
the Maid Of Milan the opera in which
this favorite song occurred, has long
been consigned to the liKsso of forgot
ten musical works, but Home, Sweet
Home survives with ulrdiminished
popularity and is likely to survive
when many more pretentious compost
tons have followed 1.-The Maid of
Milan" into ObliviOn.-C"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Luminous Paint as Night Lights

The connection between earthquakes
and luminous paint would hardly be
apparent to any one without eXplana-
ton. It nevertheless exists, and the
use to which it is put invests it with
the utmost Importance just for the few
critical moments of the shock In the
Philippine Islands, where earthquakes
are not uncommon, small metallic
plates coated with luminous paint are
so placed about the premises that at
the first warning the inmates are
quickly guided to the door and thus to
the street. In Manila it is laid on in
patches about the bedrooms and stair
cases. serving as guides for the door
handles and the stairs, night lights be-
ing considered especially dangerous, as
likely to set fire to the falling houses
and thus to roast the inmates in their
own homes
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
He DiSanneaPed.

Jerome X. Jerome once figured in
what the reporters call ''mysterious
disappearance" On wager he agreed
to vanish, and took himself off while
his friends were still on the alert. He
disappeared while they were reading
a mysterious letter which he handed
to one Of the party. When last seen
he was stepping aboard a hOuseboat on
the Thames Then for month he
seemed to have gone out Of existence.
His friends put the police on his track,
calling for his arrest for stealing the
boat A month passed ana then the
novelist and the boat appeared at the
lattcrs old moorings. What he had
done was simply to take the boat 4
little upstream, then during the night
erase her name and substitute another
and change the color of the paint here
and there so as to render her as unlike
her former self as possible His scheme
was success in every particular.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
A Patented Plant.

"One plant at least has been patent
ed" said an inventor. ut is the Abrus
precatorius, alias paternOster pea, alias
weather plant. John Nowack took out
the patent The weather plant is still
believed by many persons to foretell
the weather John NOwack was sure it
did So and he put it ON the market
along with an indicating apparatus,
guaranteeing it to foretell for forty
eight hours in advance and for fifty
miles around fog, rain, snow, hail,
earthquake and depressions likely to
cause explosions of fire damp. Alas
for poor Nowack! The experts of the
bureau of agriculture took up his pat
ented plant They proved that the
movements of the leaveS-tO the right
foreteIling rain, to the left foretelling
drought-were not caused by the
weather, but by the light. And they
proved that the plants famous down
ward movement, which was supposed
to foretell earthquake, was caused by
an insect that punctured the stem,
causing the leaf, naturally, to drOop.
That is the only patented plant |
know of, and NOwack lost money OIL
if -
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07

Some pleasure steamers on the Eng.
lish coast employ very good idea in
connection with a few of their deck
chairs. They are really air tight
boxes to which back and sides have
been added They stand back to back
in the middle of the deck and are kept
together by means of a piece of wood
across the top. When this is removed
the seats can be opened on hinges. If
the vessel got wrecked the seats could
be opened and flung overheard, and
they would form a buoyant raft for
passengers to cling to.-London Mail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07

When you visit family in Iceland
you must kiss each member according
to his age or rank. beginning with the
highest and descending to the lowest,
not even excepting the servants. On
taking leave the order is reversed.
You first kiss the servants, then the
children and lastly the master and
mistress Both at meeting and parting
an affectionate kiss on the mouth with
out distinction of rank, age or Sex is
the only mode of salutation known in
Iceland
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Ia Ge6 Until Married.

On Il certain island in the Pacific it
is stated that the natives are still in
the habit of combining their girl chill
dren in cages until they are of an age
to marry. These cages are constructed
Of palm branches, and the girls are
imprisoned in them when they are two
or three years old. They are not al
lowed to leave their cage under any
preteXt whatever, and they are only
taken out once a day to be washed.
The children are said to grow up
strong and healthy in spite of their
incarceration.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Women and Mirrors.

eve carry lots of women clear to the
top floor or at least several floors up
and then they take the next elevator
down without going three steps away
from the elevator" declared the opera
tor of one Of the lifts" in a big Office
building. mo, it isn't because they
like to ride in the elevators particular
ly. Why do they do it? To get the
use of the mirrors, of course. See
those mirrors on either side Of the ele-
vator? That's what attracts them. A
bit of wind will strike them as they
turn the corner by a big building and
then they imagine that their hair is
badly disarranged and make for the
nearest mirror, which is in the ele-
"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07

Birds are often purchased in the bird
market at Lucknow, India, in order to
be set free again. This is done by Hin
docs as a work of merit and by Mo
hammedans after certain rites have
been performed as an atOnement, in
imitation of the Jewish ScapegOat. It
is essential that a bird used for this
purpose should be strong enough to fly
away; but that does not induce the
cruel dealers to feed the birds, or to
refrain from disloca ting their wings or
breaking their legs. They put down
everything TO good or bad luck. and
leave the customer to choose a strong
bird, if he can find one, and to go away
if he cannot The merit obtained by
setting a bird free is not attributed to
Deity, but it is supposed to come in a
large measure from the bird itself or
from it's attendant spirit, and hence
birds of good or bad omen, and es-
pecially kites and crows, are in much
demand and are regularly caught to be
seld for this Durpcs7.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
[ First publication Dec. s, 1906 /
Notice to- Creditors.

.CTATE OF WISCONSIN,
- County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House, in the City of
GAINESVILLE, in said County, on the first Tues
day of June, A. ID. 1907, being the 4th of June,
1907. at o'clock a. m, the following matters
will be heard, considered and adjusted:
All claims against Mary A. Mckinley, late
of the City of Evansville, in said County, de
ceased. All claims must be presented for
allowance to said Court, at the Court House,
in the City of GAINESVILLE, in said County, on or
before the 3rd day of June, A. D. 1907, or
be barred.
Dated December 3rd, 1906
BY the Court,
j. w. SALE. County Judge.
l.. K. GETTLE, Attorney for Executor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Flexible Ivory.

Ivory may be rendered flexible by
immersion in a solution of pure phos-
phoric acid-specific gravity 1.13-until
it partially gains in transparency.
Then it is washed in cold. soft water
and dried. 1t will harden if exposed to
air, but may again be made pliable by
immersing in hot water
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Fatherly Advice.

Papa" said the girl with the new
engagement ring, did | understand
you to say that you intended to buy
me piano for a wedding PRESENT."
Eyes. dear" replied her father, but
wouldn't advise you to mention it to
George. He might. breal, the engage
ment"-Chicago News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
PrOpitiOuS.

An English daily had the following
advertisement: "Wanted-A gentleman
to undertake the sale of a patent med
icine The advertiser guarantees it
will be profitable to the undertaken
Christian Register
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
First publication Nov. %, 1906 6 weeks.
Summons.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, Circuit Court
- for Rock County.
Sylvia NJ. Beebe-Plaintiff,
VS..
James Fl. Reigart Mary Louise Reigart, his
wife, Susan Brinton Bingham, Fred G. Reig
art, Annie s. Reigart and Emma Cheney
Observation-Disclosures.
The State of Wisconsin to said Defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of this summons, ex
and in case OF your failure so to do Judgment
will be rendered against you according to the
demand OF the complaint of which copy is
herewith served upon you.
CLANCEY q LOvERUD,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
P. 0. Address, Stoughton. Dane County, Wis
cOnSin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
The Correct Explanation

Yes" said Dudley, the actor, Il had
splendid part in the show. but Ter
took sick and
"Ah." interrupted Wiseman, 'yOu
mean you didn't take wellr'- Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
w. T. PoMERoY, Agent.
ORRIN PoMERoY HEIRS.

WANTED:-by Chicago wholesale and mail
order house, assistant manager oman or WON
am for TINS county and adjoining territory.
Salary $40 and expenses paid weekly; expense
money advanced Work pleasant; position
permanent No investment or experience re
Qu1red. Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self-addressed
envelope. Address,
GENERAL MANAGER 1874 Z. Lake ST., Chi.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
Real Estate for Sale.

100 acres, Section II, Town Of Porter,
5 miles from Edgerton, I miles from
Stoughton or Evansville. Good build
ings: shed for Is acres of tobacco; close
to school; on t. r. d. and telephone line.
Will sell one-half interest in live stock if
desired Good renter that would prob
ably continue contract if desired under
favorable conditions. Possession given
April lst 1907.
w. T. PoMERoY, Agent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07

Patience is the strongest of strongi
drinks, for it kills the giant Despair
Ierrold
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
YOUNG MEN WANTED

For Firemen and Brakemen Experience
unnecessary. Over 500 positions open at
the present time. High wages. Rapid
promotion to Engineers and Conductors.
S75 to 5000 per month. Instructions by
mail at your home without interruption
with present occupation. We assist each
student in securing position. Don't de-
lay Write today for free catalogue, in
structions and application blank.
National Railway Training School, Inc.
Boston Block, Minneapolis, Mimi, u. s. A.
s9E 46m4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
$1.OO per share.

An advance of 80 per cent in price of
stock will take place on the 18th of this
month, based strictly on present devel-
opment and the great strikes Ct Black
Oxide and Sulphide Copper.
This stock will positively be with
drawn from market on Dec. 10, 1906.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07
COPPER.
Indiana Mining Co.,
OREGON.

The testimony of fifty citizens selected
by stockholders to inspect and investi-
gate the Indiana Mining Co.'S property,
among them some of the most compe-
tent mining engineers in the country, is
"That we have a wonderful property,
operated in scientific, economical man
ner, and rapidly approaching dividend
paying basis, which once commenced
will be continuous on account OF the In
exhaustible supply of ore through hay-
ing true assure vein.'
This mine has been in operation for
four AZ years, night and day, and is one
of the great producers of the country.
I am offering the balance of the treas
ury stock to the citizens OF Edgerton
and vicinity at
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07

JOHN KIDD,
At Carlton Hotel. Fiscal Agent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-12-07

D. w. SALE. county Judge
l.. e. GETTLE, Attorney for Executor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-06

Fridays Bargain Bulletin

Just few of the many thousand bargains can
be mentioned here few selections at random
through few of the many stocks Thousands
of bargains just as good in many cases better,
will also be displayed, many of them never
before shown. Dent miss Mis the greatest
bargain Friday e0er k~O00A in Omaha. Read
these items carefully, then come early Friday
and share IN these and the Thousands Of other
bargains (which 07Oatt y0u
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-06

democratic council, which promised so
much before election
Some of the council say they think
doubling up the jobs would give the cleo
trical department too much 70 handle, and
dilate on the necessity of a gas inspector
riding through the streets all night to see
IL the lamps are burning. This talk doesn't
look we'll when the records show that dur
ing 1906 the electrician caused more than
$500 TO be deducted from electric light bills
for outages, and nobody pretended to be
working nights. while the whole sum re-
bated for gas lamps out was S9o.e5 for the
twelve months. The salary Of the gas In
spector lie $500 q year.
It is not improbable that Mayor Dahlmar
will get his veto In the way OF some Of
the plans Of the council for framing things
UP for an appointee OF their liking. The
mayor believes the once should be abol
ished, II It can be consolidated with thai
OF electrician, but he sees through tbs
scheme OF the present ordinance and Il
going over the matter carefully.