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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
WINS BRIDE IN EXPLOSION
Appleton Man Will Soon Lead to the
Altar the Young Woman He,
Saved

Appleton, Wis, May ia bride
will be Clemens Noworatzky's reward
for an act of heroism when. one night
last winter, he rescued Miss Theresa
Jonen from a building that threatened
to collapse as a result of a gas explo-
sion that almost completely demolish-
ed the structure and resulted in the in
jury of about a dozen persons.
Hearing the crash and seeing the inn
minent danger to persons on the sec
ond floor of the building. NowOr
atzky lost no time in ascending the
stairs, and, cropping in the darkness,
found Miss Jonen, and assisted her to
safety. On June 8 the romance which
found it's inception as result of the
explosion, will eliminate in marriage
to be solemnized at st JOseph's
church in this city.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
undodaeable Taxes.

'In the past" said the tax assessor,
governments were wiser They levied
taxes that could not be sworn off.
There was, for instance, the English
birth tax of the seventeenth century.
A laborer paid 2 shillings as birth tax;
a duke paid EDO. You couldn't get
round it.
"Burials were taxed, according to
the station of the dead, from shilling
to f25. That, too, could not be lodged.
Marriages were taxed. A duke to
marry paid ESQ; common person,
like yourself, paid half crown.
I'm those days you paid tax on
every servant, on every dog, on every
horse, on your carriage, your hearth,
your windows, watches, clocks, wigs,
hair powder, plate, ribbons, bricks,
coal, gauze and candles. - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
STOPS A NEW INDUSTRY
Small Boys at Marinette Were Poison
ing Cats and Dogs at so Cents
and ST Per,


Marinette, Wis, May 1S.-The city
is no longer paying small boys so
cents for the interment of dead cats
or ST for the burial of lifeless CANNES.
Mayor Fisher stopped the practice. If
he had not there would probably not
be a live feline in the city now.
During the two or three days that
the rule was followed youngsters
brought in the scalps of twenty cats
and ten or twelve dogs. The intention
of the ordinance is to provide for the
burial of cats or dogs that are found
dead, but the boys didn't wait for the
cats to die. They helped them and as
a result the mayors Office was inun-
dated with kids bringing in certificates
showing that they had properly laid
beneath the sod one of the rat des-
trOyers.
One of the consequences was that
many people mourned the loss of
household pets that for years had
snuggled up to the freplaces and the
warm spots near the kitchen stoves.
Liver and strychnine were used for
promotion purposes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Ant Merchants.

Ant merchants, clad in leather un-
derwear, are to be found in Paris,
London and several other European
cities. Wherever pheasants are pre-
served the ant merchant is in demand.
1T is not, however, ants, but the eggs
of ants, that the man chiefly deals in.
From every part of Europe ants are
shipped to him, and he keeps them in
ant runs-places similar in their nature
to chicken runs-and he feeds and
tends them carefully, so that their
health will keep fine and they will lay
generously.
The eggs he packs in wooden boxes
and Ships to various earls, dukes,
counts and other game preserves in
different parts of the world. And the
ants themselves he Stays as soon as
they cease to lay, pressing them and
selling them in black blocks similar
to plug tobacco to dealers in birds and
bird food.
1t is interesting to be an ant mer-
chant, but leather underwear is essen
tial to the business, as the little crea-
lures bite unmercifully.-N Orleans
Times-D emocrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
COURT MAKES a FATAL ERROR
Declares a Man Sane Who Later,
in Mad Freak, Shoots
Three Persons.

Wausau, Wis, May 1S-In a fit OF
insanity Albert Milbauer tried to kill
everybody within his view, and then
ended his life. His victims are: Mrs.
Honah Milbauer, his wife, shot through
the right lung, will die; Mrs Lottie
Odell, shot in the forehead, will die;
Mrs Fred Burnett, middle finger of
right hand shot off, will recover. Mil
bauer fired at Richard Odell, aged
twenty, a son of Mrs. OdeIl, but the
bullet only grazed his neck.
Mrs Odell is dressmaker. Several
days ago Mrs. Milbauer left her hus
bands home and took up her abode
with Mrs. Odell, who is her niece. Be-
low the dressmaking establishment is
hardware store. Here Milbauer
bought a revolver and going upstairs
began firing A few days ago Milbauer
asked an officer to lock him up, saying
he believed he was insane. He was
kept in jail few days and then ex.
amined by a court and declared sane
and given his liberty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Memorial Day.

Department Commander John g. Mar
tin, of the department OF Wisconsin G..
A. r., has issued the following general
order from his headquarters at Madison
regarding the observance of Memorial
day. May 30:
Comrades: We are approaching an
other mile stone ia our march westward.
The sun of our day is nearing the hori-
zon and our thinning ranks remind us
that it is fitting for US to pause and pay
heartfelt tribute to our brave comrades
sleeping so peacefully in their shallow
graves all over the Southland and in
every city, village and hamlet through
this department. Their work is done,
their warfare over Let US cherish and
revere their memories.
In compliance with the rules and reg
ulations and general orders No. 5 from
national headquarters, Saturday, May
30th, will be observed as Memorial day
by the Grand Army of the Republic of
this department; and it is hoped by all
good citizens of this state which sent
out over 10000 of her best and bravest
men, In grateful remembrance of our
heroic dead who fell in battle or wasted
away in prison pen. and OF our comrades
who have since passed over to the other
side. Let US sGrew upon their resting
place the sweetest flowers of spring and
plant there the flag they loved so we'll
and preserved without the loss of sim
gle star. Let us remember their un-
selfish devotion to duty and from their
example gather inspiration that shall
cheer and sustain US, as with hating
step we march on toward the sunset;
and as the present generation looks on
or takes part, may they too be inspired
with the true spirit of the day.
AS preparation for Memorial day let
all the Posts, accompanied by the Wo-
mems Relief Corps, ladies Of G., A. r..
daughters and sons of veterans and
Spanish war veterans, attend divine SER
vice on the Sabbath preceding May 30,
meeting at the Post hall and going in
body to the church where arrangements
have been made for such services. Post
commanders will arrange to have all
comrades, the W. r. c., ladies of the G.
A. r. and daughters and sons OF veter-
ans attend patriotic exercises in the
public schools on Friday, May 29th, and
will urge the attendance OF all the chill
dren, teachers and clergy and the public
generally at the exercises to be held on
Nj emorial day. Post commanders should
ask the mayor or other executive officers
of their respective cities and villages to
request that all places OF business be
closed and that the citizens abstain from
secular labor and amusement during
that portion of Memorial day devoted to
decoration and memorial services. Post
commanders will see that President Lin
coins address at Gettysburg be made a
aDecial faatIlra of tha Memorial day az
ercises
Flags throughout this department will
be placed at half mast on the morning
of Memorial day and so remain until
noon when they will be hoisted to full
mast for the remainder of the day. City
and town governments and all OF our
citizens throughout the state are kindly
requested to comply with the same form.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Origin of Precious Ores.

Men sometimes dream of enormous
wealth stored deep in the earth, be-
low the reach of miners; but, accord
ing to an eminent geologist, there is
little or no ground to believe that val
liable metallic deposits lie very deep
in the earth's crust Such deposits,
according to this authority, are made
by underground waters, and owing to
the pressure on the rocks at great
depths the waters are confined to a
shell near the surface. With few ex-
ceptions ore deposits become too lean.
to repay working below 5000 feet.
Nine mines in ten, taking the world as
a whole, are poorer in the second
thousand feet than In the first thou
sand and poorer yet in the third thou
sand than in the second. Chicago
Record Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Coincidence.

The strange story told by default
ing debtor Of his being recognized after
he had been for six years trying to
live down the past Is not so strange a
story as one which came within the
ken Of Professor Jowett. A good man
went wrong, was caught and sentenced
at Liverpool to Imprisonment. After
the sinner had served his term Jowett
and others helped him, and he obtained
a colonial editorship where his past
was unknown. He did well; was a
new man. One day a tornado swept
off the roof of his Office. Under the
roof was discovered a batch Of old
English papers which had been placed
there and forgotten after the mail had
brought them. He set members of his
staff to work to get out Of the derelicts
anything which might be interesting
enough to print. The first thing that
they found was a full report of the
trial and conviction of the man him.
self, their editor, at Liverpool all those
years before.-St James Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Pants and Trousers.

Everybody talks we'll when he talks
in the way he likes, the way he can't
help, the way he never thinks of. The
rest is effort and pretense. The man
who says trousers" because he likes
to say it and the man who says pants
because he likes to say it are both
good fellows with whom frank soul
could fraternize but the man who says
trousers" when he wants to say
'.pants" is a craven and trucker,
equally hateful to honest culture and
wholesome ignorance. He belongs in
the same sordid category with the man
who wears tight shoes and high col
lars that are torment to the flesh,
who eats olives that he doesn't relish
and drinks uncongenial clarets in imi-
tation of his genteel neighbor In the
brownstone front.-Atlantic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
NEW FIGHT ON
TUBERCULOSIS
Wisconsin Fraternal Bodies Raise a
Fund TO Combat the
Dread Disease.

Kenosha, Wis, May 1S.--A state
fight against the spread of tuberculosis
has been started by fraternal or
CARNATIONS, whose losses from the
malady have been great. The Equita-
bic Fraternal Union led the movement
when it levied per capitax tax of 5
cents member TO provide fund for
use in this city.
Other fraternal organizations in
Kenosha have agreed to follow suit
and letters are being sent out to the
chapters of the organizations in all
parts of the state. Wisconsin has a
membership in fraternaI organizations
of over 100000 and the plan, if car
ried out, will furnish an annual fund
of $4,000 for the fight against the dis
ease.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
How He Did 1t.

"When was connected with GER
tain western railway" says promi-
nent official of an eastern line, I'VE
had in our employ brakeman who,
for special service rendered to the
road, was granted a months vacation.
He decided to spend his time in a
trip over the Rockies. We furnished
him with passes.
He went to Denver and there met
number of his friends at work on one
Of the Colorado roads They gave him
a good time and when he went away
made him a present of mountain
goat.
Evidently our brakeman was at a
loss to get the animal home with him,
as the express charges were very
heavy at that time. Finally. however,
hitting upon happy eXpedient, he
made out shipping tag and tied it to
the horns of the goat Then he pre-
scented the beast to the Office of the
stock car line.
well, that tag created no end Of
amusement, but it served to accom-
plish the end of the brakeman. 1t was
inscribed as follows:
please pass the butter. Thomas j.
Meechin, brakeman, S. S. and I. Ry.' "
-Harper's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
A Madman,s Strange Belief.

An unfortunate maniac was confined
in one Of the Scottish lunatic asyiums,
his particular infirmity being an un-
shakable belief that every day was
Christmas day and that he was din
ing sumptuously on turkey or roast
beef and a good slice of plum pud-
ding. His real diet, however, was of
the plainest, he being served twice
daily with a dish of oatmeal porridge.
After daily describing to his attendants
the pleasures he had tasted in his cut
of turkey or what not he as regularly
added, "Yet, somehow or other, every
thing that l eat tastes of porridge."
This story it was which gave rise to
the saying, Gas palatable as the mad
mans porridge."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Happenings in Wisconsin Which
Are of Interest to Our
Own People.
IN CLASH OVER A HIGH SCHOOL
Residents of Waterford Divided Over
Question of Borrowing Money.
Matter Promises to Throw the Inhab1-
tants into a Dispute of Consid-
cradle Magnitude In
junction Issued.

Racine, Wis, May 1S.-Waterford
residents are divided on the advisa.
bility of borrowing money to erect a
high school building. 1t promises to
throw the people into dispute of con-
siderable magnitude, indicated by a
suit for injunction filed by Osborne
Greeley, and directed toward William
Sanders and other members of the
school board of the joint high school
district. According to the bill of COM
plant filed by Greeley, a pretended
election was held on April Z, at which
the town of Waterford voted to bor-
row $1,000 for the erection of new
high school building, while the village
of Waterford voted to borrow $4,000
for the same purpose.
At the election there was cast 700
votes, 357 in favor of borrowing the
money and 343 against. Mr.. Greeley
AYERS that the election was illegal, and
prayS for an injunction restraining the
school board from borrowing the
money He claims that it is illegal
because the question of the erection
of a school house was never submitted
to a vote of the people, which should
have been done before voting on the
question of borrowing the money. A
temporary, injunction has been granted
by Court Commissioner George Waller,
and a further opinion will be render
ed by Judge Belden.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Some Famous Salt Lakes.

The Dead sea is forty miles long and
nine miles wide. The Great Salt lake
is seventy miles long and eighty miles
wide, the largest body of brine in the
world. There is evidence to show that
once the Great Salt lake was at least
$50 miles in length and $50 in width,
nine times it's present area. The Dead
sea contains about "a per cent of sol
ids, one-third of which is pure salt,
while of the % per cent Of solid mat
ter in the waters of Great Salt lake
nearly all is salt.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Book Evolution.

Books have progressed from the
days when they were only wooden rods
or bits of bark. For the derivation
which connects ''book" directly with
beech" both having been "boc" in
Anglo-Saxon, is the favorite one.
"Buchstaben," the German word for
letters of the alphabet, means literally
"beech slaves" Many book words go
back to such vegetable origin. The
Latin ''liber," a book, whence comes
our library" was properly the inner
bark or rind of tree, especially Of
papyrus The Greek "biblon," whence
"Bible" and "bibliophile," meant much
the same thing. A "codex" was a
block of wood, and "leaf'' is obvious
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Jumpers Jump on Y. M. G. A.

Waukesha, Wis, May 1S.-The cur.
rent issue of the Burning Bush, the
official publication of the "Holy Jump
ers" will occupy the Fountain house.
makes a bitter attack on the Y. M. G.
A. The front page has cartoon rep
resenting the Y. M. G. A. building as
a trap with young men going in the
front door and out of the rear door di-
rectly into hell. The article accuses
the association of " enticing'' young
men by means of pool, billiards and
other games and charges that it has
taken on the Ii ,me Christ unworthily.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
First publication May Is, 1908. ]
Notice OF Hearing.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN,,
~ County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special
term of the County Court to be held in
and for said County at the Court House, in the
City of GAINESVILLE, in said County, on the third
Tuesday, being the 18th day of June, 1908,
at 9 O'Clock a. NJ, the following matter will
be heard and considered:
The application of II. G. Schmeling for the
adjustment and allowance of his account as
administrator with the will annexed of Otto
Schmeling, late of the City of Edgerton, in
said County, deceased, and for the assignment
persons as are by law and the will of said de-
ceased entitled thereto.
Dated May IL, 1908.
BY the Court
j. w. SALE, County Judge.
J. p. ToWne, Atty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
A Poor Remedy.

Speaking of certain measure under
discussion in the senate, well known
congressman said: st does not meet
the situation at all and will not RENE
dy conditions. 1t reminds me of the
wife of a young blacksmith of Wash
ington. Did you sew that button on
my coatT this blacksmith asked his
wife one morning. No. dear the wife
answered. 4 couldn't find the button,
but sewed up the buttonhole, SO It's
all right"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Tragedy in a Roadhouse.

Ashland, Wis, May 1S.-Bert Erni,
proprietor of a roadhouse near Ash
land, was shot through the head, dying
six hours later. His wife, who is I'M
der arrest, alleges that he shot him.
self. Two other women, Hattie Fer
ry and Lou Conley, held as witnesses,
allege that Mrs. Erni began shooting
up the house, and they were driven up
stairs. When they came down they
found Erni mortally wounded.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Canada's Ban on Immigrants.

Superior, Wis, May 15.-Head Of
the lakes lines that operate between
here and Canada points have received
notice from the Canadian immigration
department to take no passengers emf
grating for Canada unless they are
provided with $50 in cash. This is an
old order revived because of the pres
ent cheapness of labor in Canada.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
First publication May 8, 1908
Notice 40 Creditors,
CTATE OF WISCONSIN,

CTATE OF WISCONSIN,
~ County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House, in the City of
GAINESVILLE, in said County. on the first Tuesday
of December. A. D. 1908, being December 1st,
1908. at o'clock a. M, the following matter
will be heard, considered and adjusted:
All claims against Milo Bliven, late OF the
All claims must be presented for allowance
to said Court, at the Court House, in the City
9Th day of November, A D. 1908, or be barred.
Dated May 5th, 1908
BY the Court,
j. w. SALE, County Judge.
j. P. TOwNE, Attorney.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Death Wins a Brave Fight.

Beloit, Wis, May 16.-After living
in tent for the last two winters and
making a brave fight for five years
against the white plague, tuberculo-
sis, John Jacobson died. Mr.. Jacob
son was twenty-three years of age
and was adopted when a child by Mr..
and Mrs. Cliff after his parents died,
Mrs. Cliff being his aunt.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
oTATE OF WISCONSIN

NTATE OF WISCONSIN,
- County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County at the Court House, in the City of
GAINESVILLE, in said County, on the first Tues
day, being the End day of June, 1908, at nine
O'Clock a. M, the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application of Mary E. Brown, admin
iStratriX of estate of Wallace S. Brown, for
the adjustment and allowance of her final &C
count as administrators of the estate of Wal;
lace S. Brown late of the city of Edgerton, in
said county. deceased and for the assignment
of the residue of said estate to such other per-
sons as are by law entitled thereto.
Dated May 1st, 1908
BY the Court,
T. w SALE County Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
A Compromise.

A private soldier was taken to the
guardroom for being intoxicated. He
became excited. Sergeant, am |
drunk?' he asked of the "noncom" in
charge.
'Yes-take off your boots.' was the
reply.
"But excuse me, sergeant" the de-
linquent continued, 81 am only half
drunk"
Every well, then-take one boot Off,
said his superior. London Scraps.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Not = Question Of Grammar.

The green reporter turned to Editor
McKelway. (Which should | say" he
asked hesitatingly, My boy Henry
laid an egg on the tableY"
'sWell," said Editor McKelway i'm
patiently, eff you want something to
crow over, and he's that kind of hem
merry, let him lay it on the table If he
can. Otherwise have him put it there"
Judge
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22

Superior, Wis, May 1S.-Although
the regular ore shipping season is not
scheduled to open for about three
weeks, the steel corporations fleet IS
now being put in shape for inspection
and crews are being hired. The men
are all taken on the open shop plan,
the unions being disregarded in the
dealings.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
First publication May s, 190S.l
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
" Rock County.-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
county at the court house, in the city of James
vile, in said county, on the first Tuesday of
December A. D. 1908, being December LIST, 1908,
at O'Clock a. M, the following matters will
be heard considered and adjusted:
All claims against Emergene Stillman, late
of the City of Edgerton in said county, de-
ceased
All claims must be presented for allowance
to said Court, at the court house, in the city of
GAINESVILLE, in said county on or before the 5th
day of November, A. D. 1908. or be barred.
Dated May 5th 1908.
BY the Court,
j. w. SALE. County Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
His Distinction.

A solemn funeral procession, slowly
vending its way up the slope from the
church to the grave, was intercepted
by the old verger, who, pulling his
forelock in the usual rustic style, adj
dressed the clergyman, whispering in
a confidential manner:
please, sir, corpse's brother wishes
to speak to yerr'-London Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
Noted Attnrney Dead.

Ashland. Wis, May 19.-W. M.
Tonkins, sixty-three years old. the
dean of the bar of northern Wiscon-
sin, died here from cancer of the
stomach, Mr.. Tomkins was consid-
cred to be the most learned attorney
in northern Wisconsin and was one of
the best equipped tax experts in the
state.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22
PecuL.rfIv Of Madness.

Who can tell why it is that in mad
houses the idea Of subordination is
very seldom to be found? Bedlam is
inhabited only by kings, poets and
philosophers Medora Messenger
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-22

Human deeds and human lives are
never understood until they are finish
ed. You can no more tell in advance
how manhood will turn out than how
young child will grow up.