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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24

Of all the fruits there are in the land
That grow on bush or tree
] would give up the choicest ones
For HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
H. J. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
Evansville

Two cousins went to Rockford Friday
from Avon for the purpose of getting
married, but when they wanted a license
they were turned down, as Illinois will
not allow first cousins to marry. Better
had tried the Wisconsin laws.
The members of the jolly Crowd club
were invited to partake of the hospital
tiles of Mr. and Mrs Fred Baker Monday
evening. The gathering was more in the
nature of a surprise which the hostess
had planned on the genial host, whose
birthday anniversary was on that day.
Fred Ellis received dispatch bring
ing him the sad intelligence of the death
of bis brother, Henry FL Ellis, which oc-
Cured at his home in Chepenre, Wyom-
ing. Wednesday, May Is. Mr. Ellis was
one of the early settlers of Rock county
and a former business man of GAINESVILLE.
He was located on South Main street for
a number of years.
Paul Ames has been confined to the
house the past week as the result OF in
juries received from being thrown from
his horse. He was thrown off headfirst
. and the horse stepped on him in such a
way as to rupture some of the blood yes
sells Of his leg. He is gaining and the
attending physician thinks he will be
out again next week.
The board of education of this city, at
their recent meeting, was compelled to
make some changes in the personel OF
high and graded school teachers, owing
TO designations. AS the force now stands
with the exception of the fourth grade
formerly held by Miss Lulu Van Patten
who resigned, and the position not yet
filed, is as follows: In the high school
are Principal Sholtz, Gray, Misses Des.
saint, Latta and Ludington. In the
grades, Misses Gillies, eighth; Doran OF
Edgerton, seventh: Croak of Hanover
sixth: Leonard, ifth; vacancy, fourth
Simmons, third; Green, second; Grow
first.
Its too bad to see people who &C
from day to day suffering from physical
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
Thr mrll-ma&tagrn
Gnahanh
By HELEN OLDFIELD.

able stand alone There undeniaby numbers of able of
affairs who in their homes gureead who the bills But
the who their stead rarely fail in their persons still
less do they permit other to fail the full payment of all honor
the nominal This parsonage
whatever is a noncnty
1t happens that who noted for their and
business who mac of fmness ostnacy, in
their dealings with other those who ndugnt
submissive to their womnfok At home they like to be relieved from
all and bother be comfortable without the
the wheels round The who knows what such
and that he has who anticipates his Wishes who
her household without fuss frcon who contradcs
who short makes herself essential to his comfort generally allowed
have her without let hnancc long she takes
and she usually does that that does conflict with
his
1t amusing paradox that big physically Samson and
Hercules frequently dominated openly and cand by their
who such little whom the good humore
could Such man, with wife,
spectator of nothing much big ship of little
putting and whing while the great ship follows heavy
usually admires his wife for her energy
rule and makes joke of thoroughly his strength
to resent her 'bossing."
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
DIVE Moffat Reaching Out.

Tacoma, Wash.-D. H. Moffat, Den.
yer banker and railroad builder, has
commenced acquiring terminals for an
other prospective transcontinental rail
road at Coos bay on the Oregon coast.
Last month Moffat sent large sum
of money to the First National Bank
of Mansfield. He has engaged the serv-
ices of Major Kelley Proctor, pro-
moter, to look after his interests there.
Business men of Mansfield now here
say that Moffat is trying to secure a
franchise, granted several years ago to
a proposed belt line railroad through
Empire City, North Bend and Mars.
field. These towns are strategically
located on Coos bay, which must even
tually form the outlet for a great are
Of timber, coal and agricultural liant
in western Oregon.
1t Is supposed that Moffat is acuuir
ing terminals for the Denver, North,
western & Pacific railroad, which is
building to Salt Lake. A short line of
local railroad now connects several
towns on Coos bay.
, The Southern Pacific is now build.
ing from Drain on its Portland, San
Francisco line down the valley Of I'm
paqua river to Empire City and Mars.
field. The Hartman line has already
acquired terminals and franchises. It
Is supposed that Moffat is working in
the interests Of line which will rival
Harriman's.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

One Of the great electric manufac.
turing companies reports gross earn
ings for the year covered by the
statistics at over $33,000,0O0, with
profits of $4,179,OOO This is the elec-
trio age for sure, and the experience of
this one concern is probably matched
by that Of others. The demand for
electrical appliances in every form
was never greater, nor is there any
indication Of subsistence An interest
ing accompaniment of this report Of
earnings is the government statement
of copper production. from which it
appears that the output of the metal
for 1906 was 906,591 900 pounds, or
rs 100000 pounds in excess of the
amount in 1905. Production and con-
sumption of copper are intimately re-
lated to electrical development, and
this country is foremost in both re.
spects.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
Society Music.

Mary will have to be asked to play
when she goes out in society. A proud
mamma will attend to that. And Mary
will play, with faithful accuracy, some.
thing from Chopin or Beethoven or
Mendelssohn. and the young people
will watch her chubby fingers thought
fully and wonder when the selection
will come to an end, writes Cynthia
Westover Alden in Success Magazine.
They will applaud. too-when the end
is reached-for that is good manners,
and everybody likes Mary anyhow.
And then-well, Lucy Smith, who has
never taken lessons, will rollick up to
the piano and begin coon song" !"
hands and feet will beat time all over
the room, half the listeners will hum
the refrain; everybody will see the
difference between the piano as a pen
ance and as pleasure. and only
Mary's mamma will make unpleasant
side remarks about the degeneracy OF
popular taste in music.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

and the globe quarter of the time took
the old sailing ship and the and of
largest ships dependent upon the wind propulsion
These enabled the business and his employees
their hurry their goods and and
warehouses quarter of the formerly needed
having arrangements do from the counting
Office through the telegraph telephone The electric wires anticipate
the of steamships and the mails and through them
merchandise ordered today China Inla Australia Europe and
the world be their where formerly months
and years required
To keep alcrtness and activity the concentrated efforts
by the needs of today business life produces strain which
down will
machine has its limitations and if kept in motion with
being stopped for repairs and ong to
than under moderate speed human being certain
machine of delicate organism, limited certain capacity and
if high continuously and without
olng will able
turn out the best work, if
The brain and mind business life the present time
greater than fathers that has led shorten
the hours to business and also the taking and of
which to be needfu and opinion helpful
the business community, and detrimental We have than
enough of bakowns with vacations, and they
to be withheld fear should have to the
injury of business and of the general q
public
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

Numerous inscriptions in Latin were
cut on the new building for the depart
ment of agriculture in Washington
The head Of the department discov-
cred the other day that some Of them
are in bad Latin, and ordered them all
erased and recut in plain English.
There is no better reason for inscrib-
Ing American public buildings with
Latin than there would have been for
putting inscriptions in Greek or Sans
krit on the public buildings in ancient
Rome. The theory that there is pc.
culiar virtue in foreign tongue is
widely held. 1t goes so far as to lead
to the singing Of French translations
OF German and Italian operas In Amer.
lean opera houses, translations made
at the demand of musicloving French.
men, who insist that they shall under.
stand the language sung to them,
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
the COAL PRODUCING STATES.
Colorado Holds Place in Production OF
Black Diamonds.

The most important change In IN"
order of the coal-producinS states re-
sulting from conditions which existed
In 1906 was the replacement OF Illinois
by West Virginia as the second state
in rank. For several years the pro-
duction OF West Virginia has been
creeping up on that of Illinois. and IN
1906 the state took the position held
by Illinois since 1876. Under ordinary
conditions this displacement would
have occurred within year or two at
any rate, but it was possibly hastened
BY the suspension of mining in the
spring OF 1906 in those states where
the mine workers are organized. 1t
is true that, notwithstanding the al
most complete shutdown of the ILL
nois mines for period OF about
eleven weeks, that state exhibited
normal increase over 1905, and 1t Is
claimed that the production would not
have been any larger had there been
no interruption to mining operations;
but it is also true that during the shut
down in the other states mining IN
West Virginia was exceptionally active,
and in addition to the increased pro-
duction at the operating mines, new
territory was opened up and much new
development work was started. AS a
result of these conditions West Vir-
ginia in 1906 made larger increase in
production than any other state. and
took second place. In view Of the de-
velopments made in progress it is not
likely that West Virginia will be sup
planted by any other state.
The only other changes in rank
among the ten leading states was the
resumption of fifth place by Alabama,
which had been supplanted in 1905 by
Indiana (now sixth). and the supplant.
ing Of Kansas by Tennessee as the
tenth state in the amount of produc-
duction.
The record for 1906 shows that Penn.
sylvania's output has once more fallen
below SO per cent. of the total produc-
tion Of the United States In the com.
bined production of anthracite and bi
luminous coal, Pennsylvania as re-
Gently as 1880 was credited with two
thirds Of the total coal output of the
country. but the proportion produced
in that state has been gradually de-
clining, and in four OF the last five
years tu0 percentage AdS DeeA iess
than so. In 1906 Pennsylvania pro
duced 48.4 per cent of the total. l7.2
per cent. being represented by the an
thracite and 31.2 per cent by the btu
minous production. OF the other i'm
,portant states. West Virginia con
tributed 10.5 per cent. Illinois 10 pei
cent, Ohio 81 per cent, Alabama 81
per cent, and Indiana 2.9 per cent.
. The states rank as follows at the
close Of 1906:
Rank Of Coal-Prsducing States in 1906
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
State Gets Big Income Tax.

Colorado Satisfactorily Treas.
urer E. B. Simmons has mailed to
State Treasurer A. f. Bent a check for
$350,0O0, representing the inheritance
tax paid by the Stratton estate. less
between $4,000 and $4,000, which has
been retained by Ell Paso county as an
emergency fund to settle unpaid
claims against the estate for which
the county might be held liable.
Simmons conferred with the state
treasurer in Denver regarding the
turning over of the money. 1t is to be
used by the state to satisfy n number
OF appropriations of the third. fourth
and fifth class. and the State School
for the Deaf and Blind will be amonr
the institutions to benefit by it. ri
Paso county received $3.50 as its
share Of the tax.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
Youthful Criminals.

V0oSUNot SVsNsiuAt1s
? fwo-ihirds Of the convicts In Ameri.
cas- greatest prison (the Missouri
penitentiary at Jefferson City, are
men without trade or profession. Look
into any state penitentiary. and you
will ordinarily find that at least one
third of the convicts there confined
are young men. ranging in age from Is
to 25 years. and that nearly all OF
these came into prison absolutely
without the knowledge OF any useful
and gainful occupation. Comparative
ly few Of the younger class Of felons
are illiterate. In my own experience.
writes Thomas Speed Mosby, Missou-
ri state pardon attorney, in Success
Magazine, l have never met one who
could not read and write. and very
many (by far the greater number.
should say) are possessed Of no small
stupid or however precocious, they
are found to be, scarcely without ex-
ception, young men who have not ap-
piled themselves to useful, honest
work. This is true OF both the poor
and the well-to-do. Why are they
there? The answer is given by Gus
tave Marx, one OF the Chicago "car-
barn" bandits, who recently died upon
the gallows: 1T wasn't drink that
caused my downfall" he said; mot
cigarettes, nor bad companions, either.
1t was just idleness. Idleness led me
first to cigarettes, then to drink, then
to bad companions-then to the gal.
lows. And l blame my folks. II they
had made me remain at work, work
would have kept me too busy to have
planned robbery and murder" This
is the story that fits them all. First,
idleness; then cigarettes and drink, to
blunt the moral sense and destroy the
will; then living beyond ones means;
then indulging the riotous excesses
that spell debauchery and make for
ruin. And may they not rightly blame
their folks" as did Gustave Marx?
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

There are some men
who were born to be
managed by other peo-
pie, usually some woman.
mother or wife,4d from
their babyhood d hen
pecked atmosphere has
been the part and por-
ton of their daily lives.
All men by no means are
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

Young girls of today
are too extravagant. They
think too much about
clothes, and they don't
have enough to do. If
they had some useful
work to occupy their
thoughts they would not
run to such extravaganza.
l speak from expert
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
Total ........:...: .414:l57.27s

Total ........... .414.151,2 1000
'Includes production of Nevada.
An advance chapter from Mineral
Resources Of the United States, Calen-
dar Year 1906" on the production OF
coal in 1906. by E. w. Parker, chief
statistician Of the United States Geo.
logical Survey, will soon be ready for
distribution by the survey.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

Now they say that soft drinks are
made mostly OF dope Maybe the day
will come when we shall have steril.
ized pop and boiled Lemonade and
things of that sort. Then 1t will be
tine to pass on.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

of them ought to be down here, working and they
would be better off.
The airs some of those people put amusc me !
BEFORE they got their money some of them made
pants for their children out of their hus-
bands old trousers and they drive about in their
own carriages and hold their noses up in the air
as if the dust was too good for them. They do not
know how to use their money yet They are not
cusomed to it.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11

The London Lancet advises Gig.
arctic smokers to form the habit OF
quitting the habit by making their
own cigarettes and abandoning the
ready made. That is like taking to
whisky in order to swear off drinking
wine
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
na1atin&ta NrtrsHary In
figh- -prrssl1rr Ruaittrss
BY CAPT. r. C. F. CANDACE,
Marine Surveyor.

IFTY years ago fathers abored from dawn
dusk many employmcnts, to gain livelihood and to
compsh what be better done in half the time and
day in active business frequently until they reach three
score and ten. and fourscorc. It
In that earlier period there few laborsaving ap-
piances compared with the present, such improved
machinery of every kind factories railroads. lcgraph ee
phones and electrical appliances Steamships the
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
Unu1tg mnntr&t
Tnn DrpaH1}
By HETTY GREEN.

Perhaps you don't know it, but quite bell when l
But ourew all that sort thing These rainbow silks and
fingers not I used those things
to have xng and trimmings than there is Christmas
| have moro
Society hasn't enough to do to keep out of mischief
called fashionable spend all their time these bridge
smoking cigarettes and drinking pale tea and whk
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
In Case Of Fire

4 Germantown man was talking
about the famous DR.. Henry Van
Dyke. OF Princeton.
when Van Dyke was a little
chap" he said, IL went to school
with him.
"One day, before school closed for
the Christmas holidays, we expected
visit from director. This d.
rector always questioned the chill
dren about one thing-namely, what
they'd do in case OF fire. So the
teacher coached us all the morning
before he came, preparing us finely
on the course to be taken II fire
should break out.
We'll, sure enough. the director
called, but when he got up to ad-
dress us, he said:
1t is good to be here at this jol-
ly Christmas among so many rosy,
smiling young faces. You are a very
bright looking lot Of children, and
wonder what you would do now II I
were to make you little speech on
the best way to celebrate Christmas
Dyke piped out:
Form In single file and march
out quickly"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
Julia MarloWe's Wit.

A comedian was praising the art
OF Miss Julia Marlowe.
And she is as brilliant as she 10
artistic" he said earnestly. "A won
derful young woman!
do you remmeber her impersonaL
ton of Juliet? A doctor saw her az
Juliet one night in Pittsburg, and
was tremendously impressed. Only,
In the powerful death scene there
was one technical error
Miss Marlowe,' the doctor said
at reception the next day. 81 ad-
mired your Juliet profoundly. Tho
.mpersonation was a work of art.
But--pardon me-don't you know
that corpse doesn't stiffen for at
least six hours ater death?'
Miss Marlowe answered, in that
drawl she reserves for such
speeches:
Now, doctor, do you think I'm
going to keep my audience waiting
six hours for me to stiffen?'"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
o Ie Tears

The president of one OF the we'll
known colleges tells this story OF one
Of his professors of chemistry:
1t seems that the professor and
his wife had not agreed upon some
domestic question, the professor as
serting that his means would not
warrant the expense involved. His
wife had used all her powers of per-
suasion without avail, and at last re-
sorted to the final feminine expe-
dicnt-a flood of tears. At this the
professor picked up his hat, but
passed to remark:
You might save yourself the
troIble OF that, my dear; your tears
haye absolutely no effect upon me.
Why should they, being nothing but
tommon water with very small per-
fertage of phosphorus salts and a
trace OF chloride of sodium"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
BiIiousness and Constipation.

For years was troubled with bilious
ness and constipation, which made life
miserable for me. My appetite failed me.
1 lost my usual force and vitality. Pep
sin preparations and csthartics only made
matters worse. do not know where 1
should have been today had 1 not tried
Chsmberlsin's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. The tablets relieve the i'll feeling at
once, strengthen the digestive functions,
helping the system to do its work natur-
ally.-Mrs. Rosa Potts, Birmingham,
Ala. These tablets are for sale by Dunn
& Fulton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
Difficulties OF Classification.

A baggage master was called upon
to decide whether a tortoise that was
being taken home by traveller
could be checked free or came under
the head of animals that had to pay
small addition fee, as dogs did, says
a writer in Success. He looked at
the strange creature, the like of
which he had never seen before, and
brought all his past experience to
bear on the case. The only rule he
had to go by was the one that said
dogs must pay, for much was left to
the common sense of the baggage
men, and he gave his decision.
"Oi niver had t. decoide on wan av
thin things before. but dogs pays ex-
try, but does 1t come in tn classifl-
cation of dogs Oi dunno"
He called the station master, who
was also an Irishman. The station
master looked at the tortoise.
"Tis not a dog" he said. prompt
ly. Dogs is dogs, and cats is dog"
and squirrels in cages is dogs, but
that there animal is an insect and
goes free"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
SOUNDS DEPTHS OF 1NFAMY.
Negro Preacher Finds Crime Which
He Cannot Forgive.

An old negro preacher OF Southern
Georgia had been given fine, fat
possum by some of his admirers and
ives keeping 1t in barrel. feeding It
heavily to increase It's weight. He
had decided to have 1t killed the next
day, when, to his rage, 1t was stolen
In the night.
Shortly afterward a revival meet
ing was being held and among those
who went up to the mourner's bench
was certain very black Jim and his
grief seemed inconsolable.
Oats all right, nah brudder!"
the old man shouted. Don matter
whut yo' done, de good Lawd gwine
fergibe you!"
But Abs been powerful mean,"
Jim declared, weeping.
'Is yo' stole chickens?" the old
man demanded.
"Oh, wuss 'en dat!"
Good Lawd! Hep dis po' mig
sah!" the old preacher entreated.
rs We used razor?"
Wuzz dan dat!"
us yo'-yo' amt done killed any
body?"
"Wuss dan dat"
Den hyah's whar we tangle!"
the old man shouted, throwing aside
his coat. DE good Lawd kin for
gibe yo' ef he wants ter, but Abs
gwine skin yo' alivel Yo's de var
mint dat stole nah possum!"-New
York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
AN UNGENTLEMANLY QUESTION.
Old Dick Could Tell He Was Not
From the South.

There is a spur of the Baltimore
and Ohio railway running up the val
ley of Virginia, from Harper's Ferry
to Strasburg. There is no dining car
attached to the train that makes the
trip. To supply the wants of the
hungry public on the coaches at this
hour, Dick Wells. an old Virginia
80 de war" darky has for the last
thirty years served passengers with
coffee. eggs, chicken sandwiches and
pies on these cars; every trip he is on
the train. serving lunches from a
basket
Recently on their way to the un-
yelling of a monument at Newman
ket, were a great many Northern
veterans, and the quaint old negro
reaped rich harvest on these trips,
often receiving double and treble
what he asked for his wares.
A northern gentleman on his way
to attend these ceremonies, while
eating snack" of chicken and pie
bought from old Dick, says Youths
Companion, began to compliment the
chicken and pastry, and finally
wound up by asking; Uncle, where
do you get such nice chickens?"
The old negro. with twinkle in
his eyes and wink at the other pas
sengers. replied; Boss, sho' knows
you amt from de souf"
"Why, uncle?" exclaimed the gem
tleman, "how can you tell | am not
from the south?"
Cause, suh," answered Dick, mo
southern gentleman eyer comprer-
misses a niger by askin' him whar
he gifts his chickens"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
Handicapped.

The obese citizen who was head,
ed toward the depot six blocks away
paused to look at his watch.
Have | time to catch the next
train for st. LOUISE" he asked, al
dressing a policeman on the coraer.
You have the time" replied tnc
officer, but you don't seem to have
the speed. Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
Poor Show for the Hat.

First Diner Ito his friend)-
Wbats the matter? You look wor-
iei
second Diner-Well, that fat man
6 the next table has sat down on my
i,t and now both his fat boys are
tfing on his knee.--Fliegende Blat-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06
Same Old Thing.

Belle-How is your sister trim
ming her hat this fall? Just with
feathers, isn't she?
Cousin Tom-No, the usual COM
bination.
Bele--How do you mean? What
combination?
Cousin Tom-Fuss and feathers.
Press.