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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-13
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Previous to last week there were not
many local leaf tobacco packers out buy
ing new tobacco, but last week quite a
goodly number were out, and some were
buying. The local people, as rule, are
not in shape to buy, with the greater
part of their unstable 1906 goods on
hand There is nothing the matter with
the latter goods and the only reason
they don't sell is because manufacturer
and outside buyers think the prices too
high in spite Of the concessions cur
packers have already made The latter
declare that If they were to come down
any more it would mean actual loss TO
them So the deadlock continues. The
total of last weeks sales in the local
market would not be above few hun
dred cases.
The stripping of the 1907 crop is pro
ceeding rapidly and most of the growers
are now ready for the buyer. Some of
the PACKERS who have been making care
full inquiries declare that the new tobac-
co, per. acre, was from 200 to 300 pounds
heavier, in spite of the short leaves, than
the 1906 tobacco, and they express the
belief that the weight of the new crop
viii equal that of the 1906.
While there will be lot of very poor
tobacco, it will be a satisfaction to know
that there will also be great des ot ex
cellent filler goods, just what IT, manu-
facturers want, or will want, in tue time.
Some new goods have alraad, ,een de-
livered at both city and coual.ry ware
houses.
The cigar industry conti3. dull, the
past week showing no sign y improved
conditions. New Era.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-13
WIs00NsIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIs., March 13, 1908.

NDGERTON, WIS.,, Marcn ID, ISUS.
Even the cheapness which the tobac-
co crop is now selling in most localities
does not seem to encourage extensive
6rading. Buyers are all the time pick
ing away at the crop but there Is no
great competition nor rush or hustle
that often characterizes the movement.
While a few of the large operators are
aiming to secure the choicest selections,
there is about as much of the low grades
moving at cheap prices as the buyers Of
the larger concerns are taking. Alto.
gether quite liberal share of the crop
is being taken over each week, though
scarcely quarter OF it has been sold to
date. Sales coming to notice indicate
the range of prices, but it is probably
bly, true that the great bulk of trans
ctions fall below the cent mark.
Jas. Earle, la at S14&2c.
e. Gilbsrtson, la at 91S&2c asst.
Hans Arneson, la at 914&2c asst.
Julius jacobson, la at SAFE.
Robert Earle, 3a at 714&2c.
G. w. Mccarthy, ga at 7&2c.
Carl Hanson. ga at 714&2c.
Ole Kloften, Sa at 6a4&2c.
Ed Williams, 3a at 511s&2c.
M. G. Berg, Ia at 6A&2c.
Otto Swenson, "a at7&2c.
P. Ulius, Jr., Ga at SC
Kellar & Caldwell, "a at 4&2c.
R. Kellar, 11aa at 3115&2c.
A. Lempke, Aga at SIC.
VIM: Kleinhagan, ga at 5&2c.
Herman Scheld, 3a at 5&2c.
Martin Phillips, ga at S&2c asst
Robt. Maves, IA at 4c.
Greenwood & Clarke, 3a at 5&2c.
M. Klug, 111aa at 411as&2c.
The market for old goods continues
uneventful. The continual decline in
manufactured output does not tend to
increase the demand for leaf, though the
better class of goods is held at about
former quotations.
Purchases are being delivered at re-
ceiving points quite literally and ware
house handling is going forward at most
OF the packing centers.
The shipments out of storage reach Is
car loads, 1872 cases, to all points from
this market for the week past.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-13
New YORK. March 4, 1903

A quiet but steady business has been
done by local dealers this week, con-
siderable quantity Of leaf changing
hands, and Zimmers. Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania being in the lead. II the
new crops contained larger share OF
desirable tobacco, the activity that has
prevailed here would undoubtedly be re-
flected in the growing districts. but the
1907 tobacco is not up to the standard OF
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-13

King Edward has just ordered 500 ci-
gars from an American com pany, and
the price will be $1,000. That is So 20
apiece. They will be shipped to England
ia time for the Easter season.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-13

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

foreigners can't fire on the British flag
for nothing!"
How many days have you been
out?"
six from Liverpool" came the an
swer from the liner.
Then you'll perhaps be surprised
to hear that war was declared by
France against England three days
ago." answered our captain, grimly.
4:Thefefore you'll just haul your flag
down. and I'll send a prize crew
aboard"
s: :: The captain of the liner seemed
d4mfounded by this startling an.
;pouHcement. and no furthe- resistance
was. offered, although w could see
what panic we had created among the
Passengers. Our boats were lowered,
and a3ter a long and excited parley
the men we sent to the steamer rowed
back With nine large iron-bound bull
lion-cases locked and sealed.
"Bravo!" cried our captain, excited.
", when he saw them. Then there
was no mistake!" The boats were at
once swung up, and next moment the
electric signal rang out ting-ting-ting g,
and we moved of, leaving the dis
aoied steamer lying helpless as log.
tstood by while the men broke open
the cases on deck, and was amazed
to see that they were filed full of
English sovereigns.
q This. is piracy!" remarked, ex-
citedly, to the captain.
well, mister, you needn't call it by
that name. SEEM that you're boss o
this bloomin' tub" observed the black
bearded skipper, who, until then. had
affected utter ignorance of either
French or English.
T-boss Of this ship! What do you
meant" gasped. u" :. - .,. -. - -
The guv'nor sold 'er to you in
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siderably ,increasf slJvhen half an hour
later, on passing through the saloon
with the funereal hengings, I came to
the door Of the strong room and found
1t ajar. --,~-~. ~,
Upon the floor were the tin boxes
which had contained the Monte Carlo
winnings open and empty. Everything
had been removftlt h -
Through the long, anxious day I
paced the deck, taking my meals alone
in the saloon, waited upon by the g.
gantic negro who, however, knew no
word of any language ! was acquainted
with. The north.countryman to whom
I had spoken, and whose name I
learned was Bird, chatted with me dur
ing the afternoon, but from him I
could learn nothing of our intention
or destination. I glanced at the stern
compass and saw that we were head
ing almost due west, and thereby cal
culated that ere long we ought to
sight Gibraltar. Now and then the cap
tain swept the horizon anxiously with
his glass, and although not a speck
could now be seen, our engines were
still working at the highest pressure
the boilers could withstand The YES
sci had been built for speed, and we
flew through the waters in the golden
track OF the dying day.
My position was q very strange one,
and passed restless night tossing
in my narrow berth, until at last, ex-
hausted, fell into q sound sleep, from
which I was awakened by the engines
suddenly ceasing their thud I opened
my eyes: We hadsstopped: and were
only rising and falling with the waves.
Dawn was just breaking, and from
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ait serviceable-looking Nordenfelts
were already mounted, their long black
muzzles pointing out threatingly.
am not altogether landsman, and
single glance told me that the Gar.
bino was something more than a pleas.
ure yacht, for on peering. over the side
1 saw she was steel-buflt and armored.
What do you mean:" I asked 4
north-countryman.
"Only that you'll see a bit of fun
before you've done. That's all. You've
been asleep this three days a-preparin'
for il" at
Three days." I gasped. "Then
where are we?"
AT sea-" the man answered, vague
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portfolio high rocks rising from the
water bare and sun-blanched. Swiftly !
dressed and ran up on deck eager to
land, but on looking round aaw that
we were lying up small creeK, and
that the aspect of the land VIII tropi.
cal, with palms, aloes and towering
plants. 1t was the coast of, Nfth, AT
RIGA. The shore was but a, 81 ~ siis,
lance of, yet no one attemp{edah
lower a boat. f&S1$s+* ~: 49,
For two whole days We lay ii. an.
Choir in that natural harbor.~ with q
lookout vigilantly kept, and To oil; NV
requests to land, the captai. merely
shook his head. while in ANSWER to nv III,
inquiries of Bird he laughed, sayfne:
This is Morocco. If you went ashore
here among the Riffs your life would.
MT be worth twopence: We shall sail
tomorrow, or the next day." 81
So with that awaited events, anx.
ious and puzzled. There seemed to be
. conspiracy of silence on board, for
1 could discover nothing.
About noon on the following day, as
was eating my lunch, the propeller
suddenly commenced to revolve. and
rushing up I found we were slowly
creeping out of the creek. IT, was
misty. the sea q. gray-blue, and, as !
stood on deck watching and we got
clear of the coast suddenly saw
good-stzed merchant steamer at a lit
tie distance from us. .
IT'S the Macclesheld, Furness liner
from Liverpool for Constantinople." !
heard Bird explain to rutfianly.look'
ing companion. and almost before the
words had left his mouth there was q
bright fash, report which caused the
vessel to tremble, and one Of our bow
Nordenfelts sent n shot full 1t the
vessel We were ,overhauling. 500 T.,
Already the crew were at their posts
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ly, and then went on with his work of
helping to fix a revolving sun-carrsage,
while assembled to the bridge and
tried to obtain some explanation OF the
captain. But he was a Neapolitan.
and answered my questions with such
an ingeniously bad pronunciation of
Italian that I failed to understand him.
Through the vessel from end to end I
went, exploring every part, but tailed
to obtain information from anybody.
The crew were certainly the most vii
lainouHr ooking set of MAJ I had ever
encountered, and comprised dark
skinned Greeks, Lascars Turks, in
fact the very scum of Mediterranean
ports. Below forward **re about 80
ugly-faced scoundrels telling; some
playing dominoes, others smoking, all
keeping up a polyglot chatter. but,
strangely enough, as catered l heard
one man exclaim in Cookney English:
Ere comes the boss. Amt he a
snip?"
l glanced around, but. could not dis
cover who had thus betrayed his Eng
lish birth. :.
Wandering on met O. man In. Of
ficer's uniform and inquired OF him
where the owner wa&, but. he, only
shrugged his shoulders and replied in
French that he supposed he was still
in Monte Carlo. glanced at the ships
boats, and saw that the name upon
them had been freshly painted out,
and the word Cagnes substituted. In
the three days Of my lnconsciousness
the yacht had been transformed into
vessel of war, armed to the teeth
with every appliance Of modern var
fare, and we were apparently bent on
some mysterious offensive expedition.
why the aafable tArchibald. Grant had
gone ashore leaving me On board was
an enigma; and my surprise was CON
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with asprecisfons that would have done
credit to any vessel In the service.
There was pause for q moment, then
the liner ran up her red ensign, while
We at the same time showed the
French tricolor..E Again the II gun
doomed forth, and again and again.
But the steamer did not tslacken speed
or seek to parley. She kept on her
way as if contemptuous of our attack.
In a quarter of an hour, however. we
had drawn up at close range, and our
strong-lunged skipper, in an entirely
new uniform, using long string Of
foreign oaths, shouted to his crew to
open fire. =
Next instant the vessel shook from
stem to stern as time after time our
guns spat forth their: fire and deadly
hail upon the inoffensive steamer,
while our Maxim on the port bow rat
tied out its whitening rain of bullets,
sweeping the deck of the liner and
tearing the canvas awnings to rib
bons. Suddenly one of our well-direct-
ed shells carried away part of the
fore'funnel of the liner, and a moment
later another, entering amfdships, ex-
ploded, and must have wrecked part of
the machinery; for the steamer at once
slowed down and stopped.
What do you mean by this?" cried
the angry captain Of the liner. gestic.
ulating from his bridge, when we drew
up within speaking distance.
Consider yourself a prize, msieur,'
answered our black-bearded captain
in French
But you're French, and we are Eng.
lish. You'll hear more of this, my
fine friend. can tell you. You BANKED
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Yes, Alonzo, it's easy to persuade =
girl to play the piano in public if she
has new ring on one Of her fingers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

Your Druggist Will Tell You
That Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes.
Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart.
Soothes Eye Pain and Sells for soc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

Danger in New York Roads,
There is an average of seven car
collisions day on the steam, subway,
elevated and surface railways Of New
York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL. APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reaca
the seat OF the disease Catarra Is blood or const
tuttonal disease and in order to cure you must ma
internal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken a.
ternaly and acts directly upon the blood and mucoua
surfaces. Halls CAtarrh Cure b not quack medi-
cine It was prescribed by Of the best physciane
TINS country for years and . regular prescription.
1t u composed of the best tOntCs known, Combined
With the best blood purtners acting directly on tho
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF the
TWO ingredients Il what produces such wonderful 10.
suits In curing catarrh Send for testimonials, free
F. J. CHENEY Il CO.. Props. Toledo, q
Sold by Druggists price 75c.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation.
Just Suppose.
"S'pose the old man don't get tho
Office he's a-runnin' for?"
well, ks says that'll be q calamity
to the state, but Of the state won't let
him save it, it'll only have its fool
self to blame. Eff they turn him down,
his responsibility ceases!"-Excharge.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-29
SEVERAL OFFERS
FOR MRS. NENH0USE
Lady Mary Tells How Devoted
Wife of Utah Millionaire is
Taken for Widow.
WHILE HER HUSBAND is AWAY
Looking After His Many Big Interests
In Utah-Othcr Breezy Lon
don Society Gossip.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
7 ONION, Feb. l9-There arc sew
eral American women here
whom half of society takes
either for widows or Divorces.
rms is because the usual American
husband SO rarely makes an appear
anee aE his wifes shows" He is
either in the city" seeing what he
can scrape up in the money market. or
promoting company. For years be-
iuIe the death of John Mackay, his
WY was regarded as a widow. One
ifHt shortly before his death when he
aifeu 90 receive the guests with his
r u"u TOOK Princess Christian into
nIrg tne whisper went round that
"i5 Mackay had married for the Sec
,nu Uhe aud the guests were dying
" ma out who her husband was"
'vIea OF people still take Mrs. sam
III NeWhouso for rich American
MlIN" IN fact, she has had several
IueIa lrom her numerous admirers
W" l'No heen dunbfounded to hear
sa' que mas q busy husband To whom
sue ls most devotedly attached Tho
la'l u.s. Mr. Newhouse is only bannv
Nneh ne IL looking after his copper
,lih's ln Utah and his other big in
''Hls out there, In all OF which he
ugs been most fortunate, and from
rlN'n he Is most liberal provlder.
no Jewels he has given Mrs. New
MUSE are worth over 100000.
MANSION ON THE MARKET.
I-ord Grove Is hoping that some rien
american viii come forward and pur-
olase Grove House, his London man
r'u'l Mhlcll he has Just placed upon the
~hthrl That rs because the price he
III npoh II rs one that few English
w." ''u afford 10 pay. ana unless some
Wv, iioni the land Of dollars buys II, A.
llh.ly that he VIII have TO wait a
''Hs lNhc for a purchaser.
a. l,Me House Is one OF the Oldest
"" H'hs-houscs still eXtant in the heart
VI london, aud whom FIRST bull Il was
q, ny house pure ana simple, aud
't ll lis own park-like surround
tIs VullG Isolated, IN the days wilton
ohNN"S tohbcrios were mntters of
t,, ''''ul occurrence, and when Georg-
no. V"rs, on their formidable jour
py coach from ST. james to
H. on hAd 70 face The teirors Of
Nm. H"u standing Tar back from
a., INnNbe ON uristOcratic Cuf2On
d'H anna stately trees and snooth-
Hc f'u lawns, n seems TO breathe a
KY .ht atmosphere from that nf Uhe
w MS metropolis in which II III set
'hlo' entrance. In u large court
Xxx, Xxx. ls al Tho buck of the house. aud
IN 'unuel with stables aud uut-houses
ll ' me associated with ones
,asa WI a large old-fnshioned country
sr5 ''lrr IN Ia interior arrangements
res ,ilseorauons II resembles, On a
law scale, ita stately contemporary
~ 7NNe House, which for 50 Ions
IN. w lehldtnCu of Princess Anne he
sue became queen OF England.
COST HIN 100000
Inn '.0'a Grove bought the house a few
IN from the eXdoutOrs OF the
Eaoa. ~ on Whamolffe. lie maid
y" Tor Il and ID said TO have spent
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1 nearly half as much more in getting
| II fixed up. He Is credited with hav-
! ing made the purchase to please his
| Wife, the second daughter of Lord
| Rosebery, Il brilliant woman and one
| who, as political hostess, counts for
| something on the Liberal side. The
| carl Is remarkably able man, popular.
| good-looking and one of the pillars of
his party in the house of lords
where II has few supporters. Society
is mystitied as to why he wants to
sell the place. The obvious explana-
ton would be that he needs the money.
But the gossips who profess to know
everything about eVerybody's private
aWairs' say that he has plenty OF
money. and, therefore, there must be
some other reason, And that affords
them opportunities to hint at all sorts
of things-domestic infelicity among
others.
AMERICAN MAY BUY IT.
The rumor has gone forth that the
Duchess of RoXburghe may acquire
Crewe House. She has American money
enough to be well able to afford II but
ON The other hand she has decidedly Am
erican notions as to the cost of a town
house that is best adapted to require
mentS of tWcntieth-ccntury American
duchess and is far more likely to buy
site somewhere in Mayfair and build
a modern palace upon II according TO
Mrs potts,. p,l,,,,,. h.. ,'u ' .Ih
Mace Am no Ghicasr, ,',i,,,S,'. Va, -, -
is NOT AS lon,, as tha1 az ma d,,db"g,,,
and ! Imagine she would hesitate
good deal before parting with the
House Resides sbe 10 tiod h,; io,so
10 HaInnden gbous, no No i,.,.,'l
like mnnsfon az inc Dulse 90 Abarc,,',,
i'm Green street
English society credits every Ameri-
desire 10 entortoin KIM Jsdv,a,d NJ,
Zimmerman has taken he hoa,tig,,i
villa. Mira Sol M Binrrit1 ro, III
daupbtnr Tho Duchcss az AIa,,ah.,,t,,.
and viii ocounv n ,vttb bn,. ,i,,,i,,,, ~,
whole OF mn kine,s soiou,.n Of t,at
popular resort Wherefore mo Wise,
acres arc SAYING hig ,,boia obtn,, a. -,
ret n rbancc ~ niay ne 80 ~
matesty. II may h. 50 Nobndv reait,,
knows but tbc c;incin,,.,t, ,,,a,,,,,t 49,
self H. vln,,Id ma H., n,,tt,,, naD,,
fo arrf,t,,o ,c 10 antat,,,, H.
the kings particular friend. ConsiIolo.
the Dowager Duchess OF Manchester
mother OF the duke. But Consuelo Is
not likely 10 80 out of her way to help
ZIMMERMAN FINANCE.
She docs not approve of tho rigorous
supervision which lac exercises over
her sons expenditures. Sho IS An,eri-
can. too. but Is none the less a dotlng
mother. ana has been SO long in F,ng-
land that she has acquired Inc Eng
lsh idea that where such exalted per-
so0ages AS dukes afe concerned sor-
did business considerations should new
er be allowed 10 Interfere with their
enjoyment In other words. ehe Thinks
that Mr.. Zimmerman ought 10 have
placed "A big share OF tbe Zimrncrrnan
millions III The dukes own uersnnoi
disposition Instead OF doing mat be
has tied him down TO a beggarlV nllov-
nnce of $4,000 year for pocket money.
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! letallen the kearton brothers IN mr.
| SUIT Of wild birds with the camera
are as thrilling as any that have becn
recorded OF big game hunters with
me gan. Among the hardest birds to
approach are those that nest i'm the
cliffs by the seaside and most OF The
photographs uf these birds which
they have obtained haze been taken
by Cherry Kearton when he MAS
oahsNhg In midair at the end of a
rope. Twice ne has narrowly rs-
capped death from falling pieces of
rock and on another occasion the man
who was winding the rope At the top
OF the cliff forgot al about tho man
dangling al the end of it. land became
absorbed i'm something that was hap
pening ont a seat Only iron nerve
aud GOODNESS saved MIN on all thesa
occasions.
NARROW ESCAPE.
His nurrowest escape was once
whom he was descending clfm ia
order that his brother who was on the
ground at the foot of IT, might mako
a bioscope record for use in ilustrat-
ing lecture on their Joint work The
cliff was more than 200 feet nigh
and when Cherry Kearton had rot
down about 80 feet from the ton a
great mass of rotten rock became de-
tached from the edge by the weight
OF the rope ana fen. II came straight |
for the man ~ the end OF the rope |
and The man at the foot OF the cl;m |
held his breath and stopped WORKING |
the bioscupo machine. lust as the |
rock reached him Cherry Keart0n |
hraced his foot against the side of the
elm ana gave a Vigorous push As he |
swung out tn rock graZod his hcul
When he reached the bottom his first
words were 10 upbruid his brother for |
topping The bi0scOpc machine you
Kissed The hCs, set of pictures Nc eyer
lgd the chance to get he said.
STUFFED OXEN.
7mc of their other methods in sct-
Tins close To- shy Wild birds. while less
eNcqng. are almost us nteresting on,
of n most successful has been the usu !
of stmsd sheep ana oxen, en- tho bodle.
OF witch they have concealed thcm-
selccs ArtlhciHl tree trunks and rocks
have cen utilized.
"Ouihin rs to make ourselves IL part
OF the andscape,' said Richard kear-
tom "ai i think we have been 4tc- I b
cessful a shepherd has trled 10 herd
our sneeI and once "a cattle man tried ,
to drive ol artificial bullock out of his i
masters Isturc into which be thought
IL had strpcd
The storl referred tu about uhaio-
graphing u black ihroatcd diver. one Z
of TIE r"rt ana shyesi or British q
water fowl also interesting Rlh. n
ara Ntaitpn pcatcd % particularly hue /.
specimen wifh lived ON AN island i'm =,
one of lhe scottish lakes lie uiod for n
WeaFs to "pIuach u in boat and
thiled Ihrh "A donued complete suit
Of uiskln ana uok uu hI- position m
the winter un le edge uf tho IaRe
Stoue hN stone y built himself "a Hula Il
hut. taking the sues from thc l1ttom l.