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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
The Prophetic Gift.

That there are persons today who
possess the somewhat uncanny gift
Of being able to predict future events
is probably true. The wife Of the late
Sir Richard Burton, the famous trav-
eler and linguist, not to mention other
instances of her weird gift, announc-
ed the very first time she saw Burton,
at the time perfect stranger whom
she had met quite casually, that he
would be her husband. At the pres
ent moment, too, there is said to be a
man who has manifested such an ex-
traordinary faculty of predicting things
that are about to take place that a
number of medical men have purchas-
ed the reversion of his brain in order
that they may examine that organ aft
er death to see if it shows any special
development to account for his won
derful gift.-Grand Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
He famed the Princess.

William the Conqueror when be was
only the Duke of Normandy had fallen
in love with the Princess Mathilde Of
Flanders. She was proud and naughty
and had refused the noble lovers who
were anxious to win her hand. The
willy Norman studied her character
carefully and when he had mapped
out his plan of campaign rode into. the
town one day when she, at the head Of
a party, was going from church. He
sprang from his horse by her side,
boxed her ears soundly, pulled her off
her steed, rolled her vigorously in the
mud, told her that he loved her and
rode away. The astonished princess
was Infatuated and swore all kinds of
vengeance. After her rage cooled
down, however, she said to her father
that upon reflection she had come to
the conclusion that the only man who
could treat Mathilde Of Flanders in
that manner should be her husband
They were married, and the union
turned out to be one of the happiest
marriages in the history Of royalty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
FORMER WEALTHY
MAN is TN WANT
First President OF the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway seeks ADJ
mission to Poorhouse.

Milwaukee, June &C. J. l.. Meyer
first president of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad, former mayor
of Fond du Lac, at one time a bust
ness partner of the late Senator Saw
yer in the wholesale lumber business,
a former millionaire and prominent
politician, and now resident of Chi
cago, at 90 Aberdeen street, applied to
Agent Gustav Frellson Of the AS
sociated Charities for admission to the
Milwaukee county poorhouse.
BY his removal to Chicago two years
ago Mr.. Meyer has forfeited his right
to admission to the Milwaukee county
house, but Mr.. Frellson will make an
appeal IN his behalf 10 his wealthy
sons-in-law. Mr.. Meyer refused money
aid. He is seventy-seyen years of age
and was once prominent in the coun-
ellis of the Republican party, having
twice been a delegate at large to ma.
tional conventions.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
HPinched.v

The humor Of school and college ex-
aminations is perennial One speci-
men was contributed by one of the
high schools where a girl in the de-
partment of history was required to
write a brief sketch of Queen Eliza
beth. Her paper when turned in was
found to contain the following SEN
tence: elizabeth was so dishonest that
she stole her soldiers food" The
teacher who conducted these examina-
tons was puzzled to know just whence
this particular information had perco-
lated into the girls mind. So, calling
her up, she asked the question.
Why" was the ready answer, that's
just what it says in the history"
The book was sent for and the pas
sage examined 1t was found to read,
Elizabeth was so parsimonious that
she pinched her soldiers ration -
Bookman
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
It Was a New "Tsam,, to Him.

Heinrich Conried told the following
story once when chatting of his ex-
perience as an operate director: cit
happened in Chicago" said he. II
went there to superintend our first sea.
son in Chicago. / got there early In
the afternoon. AS / was registering
at the Auditorium young, very
young, newspaper man came up and
talked to me. He begged for an inter-
view. I told him / had arranged to see
the press at 5. That did not satisfy
him. He was on an afternoon paper.
It would be feather in his cap if he
could scoop the town. Very well,
said I to him, 4 shall give you an in
terview, but it will have to be while
I am taking my BATH He seemed an
intelligent and earnest young man, and
I was willing to do that much for him.
II turned on the water and Invested
myself Of my coat, and the interview
proceeded.
"sWhat do you open with?' said he.
"I open with Tristan und Isolde"
/ answered.
"'Have they ever been here beforeY
he queried."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
A Misnamed Island.

The island of Madagascar is mis-
named 1t should be called ST. Lorenz
island. Marco Polo in his work on
Africa named a stretch of land on the
east coast, south of the equator, NADIA
gascar Some time after this Martin
Belhaim of Nuremberg prepared a
chart of Africa, using Marco Polo's
works as a guide, but misunderstood
the report on Madagascar, thinking 1T
meant an island. He thereupon DELHI
erately added an island to the east
coast. This imaginary island was
mapped on the charts of the geogra-
piers of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries In 1906 the Portuguese sea
captain, Fernando Svarez, discovered
the real island Of Madagascar and
gave 1t the name of st. Lorenz, and
for time thereafter two islands found
their place on the charts. In 1881 1t
was known that there was really only
one island, and In accordance with
this discovery the original name of
Madagascar was retained, and the
other name was dropped.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
A Cane In. Defense.

eff you want to keep off holdup
men," said an old detective to the OBJ
server, carry cane. A 'holdup man
is more afraid of cane than he is of
a revolver. He's deathly afraid that
the man carrying it will jab it in his
face or eyes or get the end of it in his
mouth. On this account they're just
as much afraid of small light stick
as they are of a heavy one. There are
SO many different ways of using a
cane that a man doesn't know just
which way to guard against it. And
any man can use it. Nine men out of
ten who carry revolvers couldn't hit
the side of a barn with them, and the
'holdups' know it, but it doesn't take
any skill or practice to learn to slam
bang away with walking stick
Columbus Dispatch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
MosIem Architecture.

The moslem architecture at Agra
and Delhi, so splendid, yet so short
lived, is so distinctive of a dynasty
and so alien to the country as to be
chiefly significant of the influence Of
the west on the east and stands alike
in it's permanence and in it's feeling or
ideality in remarkable contrast to all
that was before it, is around it and
has come after 1t. 1t is indeed curious
how young India is in art and how old
in her literature, her customs and her
social framework. There is no social
institution surviving in Greece or Italy
that can in respect of age or of inter
est compare with the Hindoo castles,
and there are no buildings or monu-
ments in India that can boast an an
tiquity equal to much that can be
found in the Latin and even in the
Teutonic countries of Europe. Only
few Of the ruder and smaller rock tenn
pies go behind the Christian era, the
greater and more elaborate belonging
to a more recent date, and it Is but
what the later history would lead us
to- expect when we find as regards re-
Gently recovered Buddhist sculptures
that a sense of form begins to appear
just as Greek influences become active
in India, though the limitations stand
at an immense distance from the orig
inals.- Contemporary Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
The Way of Heather.

Where Sonnerbo township touches
the boundaries Of Halland there is a
sandy heath which is SO farreaching
that he who stands upon one edge Of
it cannot look across to the other.
Nothing except heather grows ON the
heath, and it wouldn't be easy to coax
other growths to thrive there. To
start with, one would have to uproot
the heather, for it is thus with heather:
Although it has only little shrunken
root, small shrunken branches and
dry, shrunken leaves, it fancies that
it's tree. Therefore it acts just like
real trees-spreads itself out in forest
fashion over wide areas, holds together
faithfully and causes all foreign
growths that wish to crowd in upon
it's territory to die ut.-"Adventures
Of Mis-" Translated From the Swedish
of Selma Lagerlof by Velma Swan
ston Howard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
College Girls Save Drowning Man.

Milwaukee, June Ga boat crew of
young women students of Milwaukee,
Downer college while practiC ing for
the regatta on the upper Milwaukee
river. rescued from drowning young
man whose canoe had been overturned
in the middle of the river. After
pulling him out of the water, towing
him ashore, and seeing him safely
landed, they returned to their practice
as calmly as though the event was an
every day occurrence.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Why Ne Was Anxious.

Bul0z, the editor Of the Revue des
Deux Mondes, once had at his country
house in Savoy a numerous company
of literary people, one of whom was
Victor Cherbuliez. Cherbuliez contrib
uted regularly every other year novel
to the columns of the Revue, and a
story Of his was at that time running
in the periodical The guests had been
out for walk and had amused them
selves with gathering mushrooms,
which were cooked for dinner AS the
company were sitting down, it occur
red to one of the party that undoubt-
eddy some of the people who had TAX
en- part in gathering the mushrooms
knew nothing about them and that
there might be poisonous fungi in the
collection.
This reflection so affected the CON-
pany that all the people present, with
the exception of Cherbulfez, declined
to partake of the dish. He alone at
tackled 1t with gusto.
Thereupon Buloz showed sudden and
intense alarm.
"Cherbuliez! Cherbuliez! What are
you about?" he exclaimed. "Remem-
Der that you haven't finished your
story in the Revue!"
Greatly to his relief, the mushrooms
turned out to be innocuous, and the
story was finished
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12


That the identity Of the man who
killed Campbell of Glenure on May IA,
1852, should still be handed down from
father to son solemn trust among a
few members of the Stewart clan is
one of the curiosities of history:
The mute trees know who fired that. shot,
But the secret Well they're keeping.
The highlanders refused it to Rob
ert Louis Stevenson Andrew Lang
says that like William of Deloraine,
she knows, but may not tell" Mr.
Mackay, the author Of this most COM
plete and interesting account of the
crime and trial, leaves us little doubt
full whether he is among the initiated.
81 should be the last he writes. ito
make public a secret that has been so
well kept It's antiquity makes it sa-
cred. London Spectator
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
A Curious Rescue.

Two officers hunting wolves on the
Dry mountain, in central Servia, lost
their way in a fog. After wandering
for fourteen hours one of them lay
down In the snow and speedily became
unconscious His comrade bound him
with cords, placed him in a sitting po-
sition and then rolled him down the
mountain He glided down the slope at
terrific speed and reached the bottom
safely, being found an hour later in an
exhausted condition by a peasant.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
All Were Prime Ministers.

An eminent surgeon was once sent
for by Cardinal Du Bots, prime min
lister of France, to perform a very
serious operation upon him. The car
dinal said to him, ''You must not ex-
pect to treat me in the same rough
manner as you treat your poor, miser-
able wretches at your Hotel Dieu.'
"My lord" replied the surgeon, with
great dignity, "every one of those mis-
cradle wretches, as your eminence is
pleased to call them, is prime min
lister in my eyes."-Success Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
The Statue of Liberty.

II wonder if local mariners appre.
ciate the optical illusion which the
statue Of Liberty presents to man
arriving in this port for the first time, y
said the skipper Of an East Indian
tramp, who few days before had en-
tered New York harbor upon his first
voyage here 'I saw the statue be-
fore I got to the Narrows, and it seem
ed as if it were just about where
quarantine is. Later the thing seem
ed about abeam Of the Kill Won Kull.
1t kept getting farther and farther
away, until i finally wondered wheth-
err I should ever bring it abeam. I
suppose its great height accounts for
this."-New York Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Swent Over Four COMMITTEES.
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
President Names It in Accordance
with the Suggestion Of the Con-
ference of Governors.

In accordance with the suggestion
made by the governors at their confer
ence which was held at the White
House in May, the president has ap-
pointed a national conservation COM
mission to consider and advise him on
questions relating to the conservation
of the natural resources of the coun-
try land to cooperate with similar
bodies which may be designated by the
several states.
The chairmen of the different Sec
tons of the commission are as follows:
Waters, Theodore e. Burton, Ohio: for
ests, Senator Reed Smoot, Utah; lands.
Senator Knute Nelson, Minnesota min
erals, Representative John Dalzell,
Pennsylvania; executive committee,
Clifford Pinchot. On these different Sec
tons are also such men as Allison,
Beveridge, Champ Clark, Irvine, (Wis.l,
Williams Miss, James J. Hill, An
drew Carnegie and John Mitchell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Water Floods a smelter.

Helena. Mont, June 9.-Word is re-
ceived here by long distance telephone
that the Boston and Montana smelter
at Great Falls is flooded. The machin-
cry will be damaged and the smelter
, cannot resume operations for at least
one month. More than 1000 men are
employed ia. the smelter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
rundown for Jeff Davis,

At Little Rock, Ark, Senator
jeff Davis suffered humiliating de-
feat at the hands of the Democratic
state convention, when he was beaten
by an overwhelming majority for dee,
gate at large to the Democratic nation
al convention. His colleague, Senat )r
James II. Clarke, received zoo out Of
the 500 votes present. Senator Davis
received only 169 votes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Reef at Boston Soaring.

At Boston, scarcity of beef in
the local market sent wholesale prices
to fgurehigher than has been reached
since the beef strike several years ago.
Whole cattle were selling at 121s cents
per pound. Dealers said that the cause
of the rise was due solely to the law.
of supply and demand.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Ketchell Defeats Papke.

Milwaukee, June 6.-Stanley Ketch-
ell, of Grand Rapids, Mich, was given
the decision over Billy Papke, of Ke-
vance, ILL.,, at the end of fast and
furious ten-round bout before the Mil
waukee Boxing club at the Hippo
drome building before a crowd es
timated at 5000 persons. The contest
was a slam-bang affair from the tap
of the gong to the finish.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Engineer Falls Out of. HIS Cab.

Omaha, June 9.-While his engine
was running at forty miles an hour
Engineer E. Startling, of passenger
train of the Burlington, fell from his
cab several miles south of Hentons,
Ia, which is twelve miles from Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The train was run back
and the engineer found unconscious by
the track.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Tornado Hits Wisconsin.

Mansion, Wis, June S.-A tornado
struck the farm of John Dalton, we'll
TODD farmer living about four miles
south of Mauston, destroying his fine
farmhouse and barns and killing Dali
ton and his twelve-year-old son Phillip.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Badger Supreme Court Decisions.

Madison, Wis, June 6.-The state
supreme court has decided that the act
of the legislature creating the Wiscon.
sin railroad rate commission is con.
stitutional. The famous tenement.
house law passed in 1906, with drastic
provisions, is declared void. A law tax
ing the shares of stock of trust CON-
panies as personal property is pro-
nounced constitutional.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
New Railway for wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, June S.-North cen.
trail Wisconsin is to have new rail.
road. The articles of incorporation Of
the Wisconsin Northern Railway com.
pany have been filed with the secreta.
ry of state. The line will run from
Red Granite to Poysippi, distance of
eighty-Six miles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
South Dakota Primary Today.

Sioux Falls, S. D., June 9.-Never
has interest in South Dakota been more
keen than in the outcome in the pri-
maries which are being held ia this state
today. This is the first statewide test
of the new primary election law. Both
the stalwart and .insurgent'' Repub-
leans of South Dakota are confident
of a victory.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Maccabees in Convention.

The twenty-first biennial convention
of knights of the Modern Maccabees
has opened at Toledo, O., the first time
the convention was ever held outside
of Michigan.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-12
Wild Tempestin Nebraska Takes
a Terrible Toll of HUI
man Life.
MORE THAN A SCORE ARE DEAD
Many Others Who Are Wounded Will
Swell the Dead Roll.
Property Loss Incalculable at Pres.
ent-Names of Known Victims
Other Work of the
Grim Terror.

Reports place the known dead in the
southern Nebraska tornado OF Friday
evening at twenty-five, and possibly
twenty-five, with three or four points
yet to hear from, and a corresponding
" large list of injured. With every
line of communication by wire closed
to the stricken points it has been we'll
nigh impossible to secure details of the
destruction wrought by the tornado.
but sufficient has been received to show
that it is the worst of its kind which
has ever visited the state, both in loss
of life and destruction of property.
Fresh News Is Bad News.
AS meager reports come in the cas-
uqlty list grows, each succeeding re-
port from the different towns adding
from one to three dead and several in
jured. Homeless and helpless, more
than two hundred people, members Of
farmers families, have sought refuge
in such homes as were not in the
path of the storm, or were fortunate
enough to escape without serious dam.
age. Not a head of live stock is left
in the wake of the tornado and crops
are utterly destroyed. Between Byron
and DeShler the greatest loss of life
occurred, twelve persons being killed
outright and several receiving injuries
WIFI
List of the Known Dead.
The list of known dead and injured
is as follows: Lulu Smith, domestic
at Shively home, near Geneva; Irene
Shively, aged four, near Geneva; Mrs.
Maud Carter and Baby Carter, at
Carleton; two children Of Mr.. Small,
near Guide Rock; Henry Madison, near
Franklin; Mrs. August Fentell and
Elijah Artenbricht, near Shickley;
Baby Fleming, drowned near Fairfield;
John Austin, wife and son; - Fen
tell, seventeen-year-old son of Mrs. Au-
gust FeDtell; two daughters of Mrs.
c. Simpel; one entire family, four to
six members, names unknown all
near Byron.
Fatally and Badly Hurt.
Fatally injured = John Shively and
Ross Shively, Geneva; John Merriam,
Shickley; Press Bailey, Carleton; Au-
gust Fentell, near Shickley. Seriously
injured Mrs. John Shiyely and Ed
ward Russell, farmland, Geneva; A. F.
McReynolds, Fairfield; Mrs. Austin and
one child; Miss Young, near Guide
Rock; Mr.. and Mrs. Grey, near River
ton; Mrs. Bennett, near Geneva; Les
ter Carter and second child, Carleton.
Swept Over Four Counties.
The storm was general throughout
at least four counties-FillmOre, Web
ster, Franklin and Thayer on the
southern border of the state, and
reached over into Kansas, from where
reports are coming slowly of great de-
c%r1
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-07-23

hose kitchen cabinets you have
waited for have arrived and we
will be pleased to show them TO
you. w. L. Thompson Furniture
Co.
Charley Hadley and his brother
Irving returned last week from
Three Creek where they were en-
gagged for several weeks in wool
harling.
c. F. Wheeler is entertaining
his two young sons from Seattle
and his nephew from Chicago. The
boys will spend most of the sum-
mer here.
&c. H. Wassem, former leader of
the Mountain Home band, has dis
posed of his household goods and
with his wife Will leave shortly
for visit to his cid home in Min
nesota.
Ben Ross went to Baker City
Sunday to atterd the funeral of
his old friend J. Muller who was
killed in an automobile accident
just after leaving Baker City on
j his way TO Boise.
Bishop A. ]. Glorieux of the
Catholic Diocese of Idaho came
down from Boise TO officiate al
the confirmation services held al
the local church on Sunday last,
when a urge class was confirmed.
Mr.. Roar oman on Canyon creel
is entitled TO the honor of having
the best oat crop raised in Elmor,
county this year. 1t was sown il
March and cut in July and wa.
as thick as it could stand and fiv,
feet high.
w. D. Evans and fsmiiy are
leaving this week for inc wher,
they will pitch camp ano spend tn,
heated period. Mr.. Evans will
return after seeing the family com
fortably settled for The remainde
of the summer.
Rev. Father Bcogaers left OF
Tuesday for a 3 month S busin es
ard pleasure trip to his old hom
in Belgium. During his absenc
the services will be conducted a
, usual on the Bird Sunday of tn
month. The Sunday school, how
ever, will have a vacation unit
the first Sunday in September.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-07-23
TALK OF The TOWN


John Nihill made flying BUSH
ness trip to Boise Friday night.
Clothes pressed and cleaned at
Tyler's.
J.O. Baker of Trinity is spend
ing several days in town.
II. Anderson OF Seattle is spend
ing few days in town.
The Elmore Cigar speaks for
itself
Picture moulding at L. L..
Springs. A full and complete line.
New Perfection oil stoves. Call
in and see them. Thompson
Furniture Co.
9FOR SALE Team of horses and
work harness, runabout, farm inn
plemcnts, II. c. Healy. 8
Mr.. Walter and family left for
a ten days trip to Boise river thi:
week.
Mrs. Chattin and two daughters
leave for Newport next Wcdnesda,
to spend the month of August.
Phone 1S1x for immediate de
livery of groceries to any part o
the city. The Spot
Enjoy a good smoke by calm
for an Elmore. It is made 6
home.
Helm g. Chattin made heav
shipment of lambs to the easter
markets last week.
You must attend the cleara nj
sale. Why? To save you cast
Eckstein Bros.