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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-29

AN indication that lower level in the
price of all commodities as we'll as labor
is soon to follow will be found in the
fact that ten thousand men employed on
the Pacific coast extension of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul railroad al
ready have had their wages reduced %
cents day and have been notified of
further reduction of % cents day De-
cember l. These reductions are the di-
rect result of laying off of men hy west
ern roads. by mining companies, and by
other industrial establishments. The
number of men seeking employment has
been largely increased by this la, ing off
Of men by the ST. Paul, which for months
had difficulty in getting enough men for
work on its extension. Now it is getting
all the men it needs at reduced pay.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-29

the past week OF their own crop, but
purpose to sort for few of their neigh
bors after finishing their own. H. w.
Marsh opens his shop today, Nov. Is. G.
e. Morton canvassed the surrounding
district the past week with G. FL. Gheen,
a tobacco buyer. No sales of tobacco to
report" North Hatfield, Mass, Nov. Is:
There are no shops running in this
locality at present. but two are to open
next Monday, r. M. Swift and Willis
Holden, with ten or twelve men each,
after asserting their own lots. They will
both keep their shops open for the win
ter if the crop moves off slowly. Several
shops are running down in the old town
with few men at present. "-Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-29

At the annual meeting of the Ken
lucky Board of Fire Underwriters. in
Louisville last Thursday, the tobacco
situation in the state and the method of
handling tobacco risks came up for dis
cussion. President B. f. Weitzel, in his
annual address, dealt largely with these
subjects, and pointed out the extra haz-
ardous nature of the risks in writing
policies in Kentucky's tobacco districts
where barn burning and night riding
had been in vogue for the past year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-29

The local market remains unchanged.
No buyers have yet been in the field and
no sales have been reported. The new
crop continues to cure down slowly, hav-
ing shown much improvement in the
past week. Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-29
NEW YORK. Nov. 20, 1907

The holders of tobacco seem to have
reconciled themselves to the idea that
but little business will be done before
January. This largely accounts for the
lack of effort to dispose of stocks at a
sacrifice, as the dealers recognize that
under present conditions sacrifices would
not bring forth cash, and would there
fore be useless as an aid for tiding over
the present difficulties. The scarcity of
cash is no reflection on the strength of
the leaf trade, as many OF the prominent
houses have met freely the demands of
customers for assistance in tiding over
the crisis. They have supplied currency
for pay-rolls, advanced duties and have
extended notes and maturing obllga-
tions of all kinds. Large and strong
concerns who are customers of the leaf
trade, therefore, should not take advant-
age of the situation, and should not be
offended at being asked for prompt set
tlement by dealers who have supplied
them with goods on credit.
Sumatra. In common with the other
members of the trade, houses specializ
ing Sumatra have experienced week of
extreme inactivity. It is true that few
bales have been sold to manufacturers,
and Withdrawals from bond have been
heavier than was anticipated, but it is
safe to say that the transactions that
occurred represented instances in which
the manufacturers needed goods for i'm
mediate use.
Havana No sales of Importance are
reported either here or in Havana. There
is some talk that the weather in Cuba
hes been too dry for planting, which
argues i'll for the next crop, though it is
yet too early to do more than guess as to
how it will turn out-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-29
CONNECTICUT valley Tobacco Market.

Another week has passed and we get
the same answer to our questions as to
whether tobacco buyer has been seen.
It seems to be waiting game this year
with he advantage in favor of the buy
ers Their claim of no money to buy
with has to CO. while on the other hand
much of the late crop is in no condition
to show, and will not be for two or three
weeks yet, provided we were to have a
damp at the end of the time set. | sup
pose the conditions that prevail in this
town are about the same wherever leaf
tobacco is grown. The tobacco now
hanging is well mottled with brown and
green leaves and the probability is that
when the tobacco is taken down there
will bathe same conditions existing.
Our correspondents report as follows:
Wethersfeld, CT, Nov. 16 Nothing do
ing in the line OF tobacco. A few are
stripping the early cut, and report it
very fine. No buyers are around as yet"
Bradstreet, Mass, Nov. Is: THE Belden
brothers commenced asserting tobacco
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12

rode coolly into camp and, lifting
his broad sombrero to the ladies.
showed the same unrufied brow and
the same calm blue eyes that May had
seen when he had made such small
account of her irritating little mo"
Good morning." he said, smiling
so that the perfect white of his teeth
glittered under his blonde mustache
Pretty rough country for freighting
Ell, Mr.. Bricker?'
For a moment nobody said any
thing. Then Mays hospitable good
nature was shown after a sharp bite
at her under lip.
Aren't you hungry, Mr.. Madden?
Won't you have some luncheon?"
80, thanks! yes" He dismounted
and took the sandwich she offered
him.
where's your Sheep" There was
a brusQue note in Russ query.
"Over there somewhere" he said.
airily, looking up the ridge.
We'll. you haven't got your sheep
into Sky Meadow YETI" queried May,
dreading his reply You couldn't
have got up there this quick"
The GOODNESS of this smooth spoken
young man was getting TO be a little
too much for her.
mo, they're not there yet" he said
Perhaps not yet"
well. then. wen drive on and head
you of"
"All right. May l use this tin cup
for a finger bowie
Certainly" Then she arose
"Coo-eei" she called to her sheep.
Wen run on ahead. Mr.. Bricker. with
Uri and Ring, and you and zeke fol-
XIV along with the wagon"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12

to read in the Latin tongue that II
was red!"
what is this?" cried the Sparhawk.
do not deceive me. You were none
Of you talking of stars when l came
up the stairs. For heard Peter Bal
ta's voice say, BY Cod it must come
to 1t, and sooni And you, Hustle
George, answered him, Six days will
settle it. What do you keep from me?
Out with it! Speak up, like three
little mem"
1t was Alt Picker who first found
words to answer.
1--WE spoke indeed of the stars, and
said it was six days till the moon
should be gone, and that the time
would then be ripe for a sally by the
by notwithstanding gate!"
"Pshaw!" cried the Sparhawk. lie
to your father confessor, not to me.
I am not a purblini fool. have ears.
long enough, it is true. but at least
they answer to hear withal. You
spoke of the wells. I tell you, l saw
your heads move apart as I entered
and then, forsooth. that dotard Alt
Picker (who ran away in his youth
from a monks eloister school with
the nun that taught them stocking
mending) must needs Turkish up some
scraps of Latin and begin to pirate
about dog-stars red and dog-stars
white Faugh! Open your mouths
like men. set truthful hearts behind
them, and let me hear the worst"
The three captains of Kernsberg
were silent a while, for heaviness was
upon their souls. Then Peter Balta
blurted out, God help us! There is
but ten days more provender in the
city, the river is turned, and the wells
are almost dried up"
After this the Sparhawk sat awhile
on the low window seat. watching the
twinkling fires of the Muscovites and
| listening to the hum of the town be.
| meath the Castle.
| (To be continued)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12

hsd in the spring for the garden. The
cheapest and best kind of a hot house
tor the farm is a lean-to. with a south
arn, open exposure, the adjoining build
ing acting as a break against the vino
and cold.
The building should be made about
eight feet wide and as long as the
building against which it is put. The
sloping glass top should start about
nine feet up on the adjoining building
and the front of the hot house should
be six feet high, of which three feet
should be of glass and three feet OF
good, durable inch boards, lined with
felt or tar paper to keep out the cold
Through the entire length, against
he adjoining building. is run the bench
IN which bed is made. This should
be four feet wide and about 80 to 81
inches high. Against the exposed side
Of the building a bench of the same
height and only two feet wide is run
thus leaving a two-foot walk
Near the entrance at one side may
be placed a good sized old-fashioned
coal stove. Let the pipe run nearly OF
quite the length of the building before
entering the chimney so that you will
secure all the heat. A low. constant
fire viii keep the house properly
| heated.
The illustration taken from the
Farm and Home shows the arrange
ment; c being the glass sash. a the
| benches and b the walk. By building
| the house yourself, the expense will
be materially lessened- 1t will cost but
little to run it. The sash. glazed or III
! glazed, can often be bought cheaply
| secondhand. If not. new sash are not
very expensive and you can then buy
the glass, glaze and paint them. A
building of this kind could be made tc
pay well by raising fine tomatoes. let
tuce, radishes and other stun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12
CHARCOAL AS PLANT FOOD.
It Lends Health and Viaor to Al
Vegetation.

A horticulturist connected with the
Botanical Gardens, at Washington. re
Gently said:
Experiments with reference to the
use of charcoal have developed the
fact that plants will vegetate and grow
in nearly pure coal, and that plants
grown in a mixture of two-thirds Goa.
and one-third of vegetable mold great
ly surpass those grown in the ordinary
way. Thickness is added to the stems
richness to the color of the leaves anc
beauty to the blossoms. In all cases
where it is customary to mix sand with
he mold in which plants are set. the
substitution of charcoal dust for the
sand will render the vegetation
stronger and more vigorous
Pure charcoal acts exceIIently as
means of curing unhealthy plants
Take. for instance, an orange tree
affected by the very common disease
in which the leaves become yellow
and it will acquire within a few weeks
| its healthy green color by removing
the upper surface of the earth from
the pot in which it is contained, and
placing in its stead around the per
| iphery of the pot ring of charcoal
of an inch in thickness. The char.
coal to use is the dustlike powder
from FIR or pine coal. such as is used
by the country blacksmith, and the
best results are obtained when the
coal has been exposed to the action
of the air through a winter season.
THE properties of the charcoal are
manifested in two ways: First, by its
tendency to preserve all plants and
substances from decay; and, secondly,
by the carbonic gas it furnishes dur.
| ing the slow decomposition it under.
goes, and which. in few years. con
verts it into a coaly earth. 1t yields
directly and constantly one of the
most essential elements of plants, and
gives beautiful color and great luxuri-
ance to them.
Where large quantities of charcoal
are used the plants consume and re
quire more water than ordinarily. as
the air is given free access and dries
the roots rapidly"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12


what do l think o. women ranch
bosses?" was the wrathful fash of
Zeke Stubs, Il think they ought to
keep to the kitchen an not go snoop-
in aroun' tellin growed-up men how
to take the shoes offn horses. An
she a 19-year-old gall Did she larn
about horses feet at that Salt Lake
seminary? I'd like to know If her
NAV and paw only was alive, Wal,
it's them there heightened boardin'
schools that spiles gals every time"
"Oh, don't take on, Zeke," said Uni
Wiggin, coming around a corner oil
the barn. May Window got a few
extra frills at the seminary, but she
amt spilled. An she knows all about
horses"
Uri was the hired man on the Win
dom ranch, and Zeke was his helper
AN she amt so dreadful stuck
up" added Uri. 'If she was she
wouldn't be a-goin' out with the
sheep"
Coin out with the sheep Great
snakesl An all alone among them
men? Guess you can count me out
this time. 1 don't want no woman
boss on the range. The ideei A WON
an sheepherderi"
"She amt a-goin alone" said Uri.
How them"
oval, you know Sandy Bafin's Ger
tie, that married Russ Bricker? She 8
a-goin' along, too Mays got Russ to
look to fer things fer her, an Ger
! ties a-goin' to do the cookin"
Russ Bricker had told May Win
dom that it would be race for the
Slxy-Meadow country-the best range
\ in the Wasatch mountains-and she
was intensely eager to get in first
with her band.
She had been out on the range sew
eral times before her father died
once as long as month. She loved
the wild life and she loved the sheep
| Above all things. she was eager tC
get to the range ahead of Lew Mad
den, who drove a large herd of his
own sheaTing up that way every
spring as soon as the season opened
Lew was Objectionable to her in NJ
other way than that he had tried
to make himself particularly agree
able to her, with the result that sh'
had sent him about his business Sh'
could hardly have told why she hat
done this, for Lev was big and strong
and looked finer in his saddle thai
any other man in Juab county. Prob
ably she had refused him becaus
he had taken her for granted.
An hour after noon the next da.
they were all up on the top of tn
divide where watts of a fresh, head
air swept their faces and the shee
browsed greedily about.
But while the mules were bein
fed and everybody was eating hasty
scrappy luncheon, the handsome Lev
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12
LOST THE BASS DRUM.

Absolute Proof That Such a Thing Is
Possible.
The man who lost the bass drum has
been found.
Newspaper photographers have made
merry with the absent-minded man,
and he has been accused of all sorts
of deeds of omission and commission
Therefore some of the stories told at
his expense have been taken in n
Pickwickian sense. The tale that a
man said he was so absent-minded
that at one time he lost a bass drum
has always been considered a mere
joke.
Originally this story may have been
a fable. but now it is true. A man
has actually lost a bass drum, and all
the members of an Iowa band Will
bear witness to the fact.
1t happened near Davenport a few
Sundays ago. There was a celebra-
ton at Davenport and an up country
band had arranged to take part in the
festivities. The train stopped at the
station Just a moment, and the menu
bers of the band piled into the smoker
with their instruments and their re-
gala.
Just as the train was moving away
a fat, red-nosed man grasped the rail
and swung aboard. Then he turned
pale and gasped.
where's my drum?" he cried. as
his eyes bulged and his knees shook.
ST saw it on the depot platform, -
said the trombone player.
Suffering cornhusks! / forgot it,"
When the band began business at
Davenport it labored under a handi-
cap, and the bass drummer was not a
popular member of the aggregation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12

him all gone 70 fighting Juice, his
limbs mere bone and muscle. a GER
tain acrid and caustic wit keeping the
corner Of his lips on the wicker, and,
a little back from these two, George
the HUSTLE, a smaller man. very sol
emn even when he was making others
laugh, but nevertheless with a proud,
high look, a stff upper lip. and a mus.
tache so huge that he could tie the
ends behind his head on a windy day
To them entered the Sparhawk. a
settled frown of gloom upon his brow,
and the hunger which he shared equal
ly with the others already sharpening
the falcon hook on his nose and whit
ening his thin nostrils.
At sight of him the three heads drew
apart, and Alt Picker began to speak
Of the stars that we're rising in the
eastern dusk.
1.-THE dog-star is white" he said d.
dactically. GIN my schooldays I used
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12
The Race FOR Sky Meadow
BY BAILEY WILLARD

ccopyrlght. 1906. BY Joseph B Bowles.)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12
Hill up Trees.

Hin the dirt up around the young
trees about one foot high for protec
ton from freezing, mice and rabbits
and to drain the water from the roots
during winter After growth starts in
the spring level down. This answers
for the first cultivation around the
trees
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12

49, raS Wanderingly among the garden
49, oetore losing themselves in the
- on alsles of the pines as in pill
nains temple, that Conrad, stepping
srr,, ,u,iy westwards along the beach.
sosa'eu at the place OF his rescue. and.
n ruuing the steep bank of single
LOOK for any traces of the disaster.
Joa~ suddenly upon the Duchess
o. sazing thoughtfully out to sea.
sorns turned quickly. hearing the
prina u ol footsteps. and at sight of the
alonn pishop glanced east and west
tfeat '"ore as II medi'alns re-
the ~ .ne proximity of Max Ulrich and
ompaasing banks Of water-worn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12
FARMERS HOT HOUSE.
Cheap and Easily Built Place for Rails.
irg Winter Vegetables

A small hot house on the farm win
assure fine winter supply of vegeta.
bles and the arrangement can be made
to include mushroom growing under
meath the benches if desired, while
early and fine vegetable plants can be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12
Fighters.

Buckeye-How does it come that
all these men ! have met have the
title of colonel?
Kentuckian-They are famous fight
ers, sub.
Buckeye-But didn't know that
Col. DeSoaque was in the war.
Kentuckian-He wasn't. He is 8
famous hoozefighter. suh,-Clevelane
Leader.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-12
TO FORM A ROUND TABLE
MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT
Sunday School superintendent of the
City Will Meet at First English
Lutheran Church to Effect an Or
oanization.

There has been a growing demand
for a meeting of the superintendent
of the city Sunday schools, for the
purpose of organizing a superinten-
dents round table.
This meeting viii be held Wednes-
day evening at $50 o'clock in the
lecture room o. the First Lutheran
church, at the corner OF South Elev
enth and \ streets
The object of this organization viii
be in every way possible to promote
the best interests OF the Sunday
school work of our city
After the organization is complet-
ed the following questions viii be dis
cussed:
The Sunday School Leaders, quail
fcations. appointments. opportunities
and tenure of Office
The relation and duties of the
Sunday School to the work of the Y.
". C. A."
A discussion Of the first question
will be led By superintendent T. A.
Mott. OF the second by Mr.. e J.
Humpe.
w A. FISkE.
President, City Association
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-12
GOVERNMENT FAILS
To SECURE ISLANDS
International Complications
May Arise as Result of
Courts Decision.
LAND ON CANADIAN LINE
WATER COMPANY GIVEN THE Is
LANDS IN 1888, REFUSE TO GIVE
THEM UP AFTER HAVING I'M
PROVED THEM.
Publishers Press.l

C1ncinnasI. -. reD. 1l.-An attempt
OF the United states to secure posses
sion OF islands Nos. / and 2 in the
strait of ST. Marie by suit to quiet
title failed under decision of the cir
cult court of appeals sustaining the
district court of the Western Michigan
district in favor of the Candler-Dun-
bar Water company. The Islands are
on the line of the boundary between
the United States and Canada and
combined have an area Of only two
acres. Improvements valued at 800.
900 were made by the water company,
which claimed 70 have a good title
from the government since 1883. The
court held that the government gave
good title in the first place and that
II is wrong to attempt 70 regain pos
session afteE so many years.
Because Of the location Of the is
lands on the boundary line and the
treaty requirement that the United
States must keep that line clear it is
understood thar International compli.
cations may arise as a result of this
decision.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-12

The home OF ~ z. G. Vaughan, on
a beautiful reception last evening, Civ
en- by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Vaughan
and Mrs Edmund Allan Williams.
Over two hundred guests were receiv-
cd during the evening. The beauty
of the rooms was enhanced by the ar
tistic arrangement of the floral decora-
lions. The doorways and windows
were hung with curtains of smilax and
asparagus ferns, the mantels were
banked with pink roses and ferns and
the pedestal jardiniercs were filled
with the roses. The lights were
shaded with delicate pink shades. AS
sisting in the reception rooms were
Mrs. Louise III. White, Mrs. S. E.
Swayne. Mrs. William F. Starr, Mrs.
C. W. Elmer, Mrs. Jennie Yaryan. Miss
Elizabeth Nixon and Miss Elizabeth
Strickland. In the dining room the
assistants were: Mrs. Jesse Reeves,
Miss June Elmer. Miss Nellie Hovard,
Miss Carolyn Hollingsworth, Miss
Gwendolyn Foulke. Miss Elizabeth
Comstock, Miss Margaret Starr and
Miss Dorothy Vaughan. During the
evening music was furnished by a
harpist The guests from a distance
were Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Saxton. of
Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan Gordon.
sf Hamilton. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z.
Caylor. of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
Jackson of Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
III. Bond. of Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. c. Boyd, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Belle
Crawford of Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs
]. ]. Turner, of Pittsburg. Mrs. Abbie
Needham. of Charlestown, w. Va, Mr..
and Mrs W. c. Caughlin, of Wheeling.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-12

his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo KEEP
Ter OF South Eighteenth street.
William p Haughton will return the
latter part of the week from Nashville
Tenn.
A. II. Hunt was in Fountain City
on business yesterday.
Mrs. a. r. Bailey is visiting in Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Miss Ada Kelley has returned to her
home in Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Woodland have
returned from visit at Knightstown
Miss Ada Wright of Eaton, spent
yesterday in the city.
While Dr. Rufus Jones, of Hayerford
was in the city, he was entertained at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. John
son.