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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Prepared For CONTINGENCIES.

1--WE have lots of curious last re-
quests from patients who are about
to have operations performed" said
a nurse in the women's surgical ward
of one of the New York hospitals, ''but
I thought about the last word had been
said on this subject one day last week
when one of my patients before going
to the operating room called me to her
and asked me to write two postal
cards to her husband so that she might
sign them before the operation. One
was to read, My dear husband, the
operation was at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and 1 am getting along fine The
other one was: My dear husband, the
operation was at 10 O'clock this morn
ing, and l am sorry to say died.
From your loving wife New York
Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
SNOWFALL Showers.

More than one explorer in cold eli
mates has noted the curious phenome-
non of SNOWFALL shower" The balls,
it is true, are not very big, the aver
age being about the size of a hens
egg, but they are true snowballs for
all that-compressed globes of snow,
not little Jumps of ice or hail. A fall
Of the kind occurred in north London
in March, 1859. and at the time it was
observed that the balls seemed five
times as dense and compressed as Ordi-
nary snow and in no way to be told
from the usual handmade missiles.
They had fallen during the night and
were strewn many layers thick over
a very large area. No cause-except a
doubtful electrical one--can be as
cribed for the strange phenomenon,
and mountaineers are apt to discredit
the stories of SNOWFALL showers told
them by the old guides till suddenly in
the midst of an ordinary storm they
find themselves assailed as though by
myriads of mischievous schoolboys.-
London Standard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Odd Contrasts IN Climate.

New York is usually thought OF as
being directly west from London. 1t
is, however, despite it's far more rigOr-
Gus climate, 900 miles nearer the equa.
tor than is the British capital. The
bleak coast of Labrador is directly
west of London. The same line passes
the southern part Of Hudson bay and
Lake Winnipeg. On the other side of
the continent it touches the southern
extremity of Alaska and continues
through the center of the isthmus of
Kamchatka and Siberia and Russia to
Homburg.
It is astonishing. too, to reflect on
the fact that Montreal, with its win
ters of extraordinary severity, is $50
miles nearer the equator than is Lon
don. Montreal, indeed, is on the same
degree of latitude as Venice.
Another illustration Of the unexpect-
ed in contrasts is found in a compari-
son of st. Johns, Newfoundland, with
Paris. Paris has winter Of compare
tive mildness, while st. Johns is a re-
gion Of bitter cold and fogs, with drift
ing icebergs along its coast. Yet st.
Johns is 100 miles nearer the equator.
New York Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
BaIlooninu Amonu the Clouds.

It has been my lot to see. in arctic
regions some hundreds of thousands
of icebergs close at hand, and / have
always believed them to be the most
beautiful objects on earth, but the
clouds of the sky, close at hand, are
almost as beautiful. If you mount
above one of these majestic things,
swiftly overlapping one by one its
folds and Wreaths, and if remembering
how high it is you look down and see
only small green patches of earth
through holes in the cloud carpet be-
low, you have a little thrill of con-
ception of how lonely man would
feel falling away down there and not
being able to see the spot where he
must alight It is safe little thrill.
however. You know that you are not
going to fall. Such dizziness as some
persons feel in standing near great
heights on the earth is almost I'M
known in ballooning White
Worse in Success Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
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Gave Him All the Lot.
$50 that is your final word ?'' said

90 that Is your uudI WOIu9 Sdlu LAC
rejected one Every well, then, Ara
bella. In your presence I will end the
life you have blighted."
He drew forth a small bottle la
beled Poison, drank off the contents
and fell senseless at her feet. Did she
sink beside him sobbing with remorse!
No. She hastily left the room and in
two minutes had returned and was
kneeling beside him. Then she forced
between his lips the following: Half a
cup Of turpentine, one pint of milk, a
cup Of warm soapsuds, a tablespoonful
Of aromatic ammonia, cup of black
coffee, a glass Of mustard and water,
a gill of vinegar, the juice Of a lemon,
the beaten whites of six eggs and one
cup of -four and water.
"Algernon, she observed coldly as
he slowly opened his eyes, 1T is evil
dent you had forgotten that | am a
graduate of a correspondence course
in first aid. My one regret is that, as
I could not on the instant ascertain
whether you had taken an acid or an
alkali, I was compelled to administer
all the antidotes had learned. LON
don Scraps,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
How Queen Bess Dined.

The setting out Of the dinner Of
Queen Elizabeth was ceremonie us
function. First came a gentleman w h
a rod, followed by gentlemal AIRY
ing a tablecloth, which, after they mad
knelt reverently three times, was
spread upon the table. Then came two
others, one with a rod the other with
a saltcellar, plate and bread. They
knelt three times. placed the things on
the table, knelt again and retired. Next
came a lady in waiting, followed by a
second The first lady, dressed in
white. after kneeling three times. APP
preached the table and solemnly rubbed
the plates with the salt Then entered
twenty-four yeomen Of the guard clad
in scarlet and each carrying dish of
gold. These dishes were placed upon
the table, while the lady faster gave to
each of the guards a taste from the
dish he had brought in for fear of pos
sible poison. These guards were Sc
lected from the tallest and StouteSt
men in all England. At the close Of
this ceremony number of unmarried
ladies appeared and with great solem-
nifty lifted the various dishes and car
ried them to the queen in her private
apartments. The queen dined and sup
ped alone. with few attendants, and it
was seldom that any one was admitted
at this time, and then only at the inter-
cession of some one in power.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
ivory jelly.

The jelly was singularly pale. 1t al
most resembled junket.
"It is ivory jelly" said the invalid.
'sMy English cousins sent me a case
of it from Sheffield"
"But why is it called ivory jelly?"
they inquired.
Precisely because it is made of ivo-
ry. A third of England's ivory goes to
Sheffield, and in the process of grind
ing and cutting it for knife handles,
and so forth, a lot OF ivory dust re-
mains, fine dust, similar to the best
-four OF this the Sheffield folk have
made jelly for many years.
''The jelly for some reason is nour-
fishing, extremely So The doctors pre-
scribe it for the anaemic. And of late
a Sheffield firm has taken to manufac-
turing 1t on large scale. Sheffield
ivory jelly is now on the market.
"Out of courtesy to my cousins /
tried 1t. To my surprise | found it
good My doctor, sampling it, found it
good too He told me to take the whole
case. Buffalo Express
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Coal Used by Romans.

1t is believed by some historians that
coal was used by the Romans on the
continent and by the Britons on the is
land before the arrival of Caesar. AS
early as 1884 Henry III. granted a Ii
Cense to dig coal near Newcastle. but
few years later the use of coal was
forbidden in London, the smoke being
deemed prejudicial to public health.
In 1906 the London gentry petitioned
the king against it's use, declaring that
in spite of his royal order certain ma
licious persons persisted in burning it.
Goals began to be brought from New
castle to London in 1881. during the
reign of Richard II. By the year 400
coal was commonly burned in London
as a fuel, though 200 years later, in
the reign of Charles T., its use was far
from being general throughout Eng
land. Anthracite coal, which, except
the diamond, is the purest form of car
bon known, was first used by Con-
necticut blacksmith named Gore in
176S and as a domestic fuel by Judge
Jesse Fell of Wilkesbarre, Pa, in 1908.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Two Great Orators.

As an orator Demosthenes was head
and shoulders above Cicero the Ro-
man. The great Athenian stands in a
class all by himself, If we are to be-
lfeve the consensus of learned opinion.
Cicero, it is said, prided himself on his
faculty of extemporizing at need. but
probably trusted little to it on great
occasions, while with Demosthenes it
was the rule never to speak without
the most careful preparation. The
speeches of both were spoken without
manuscript. They would never have
made the reputation they did if they
had been tied down to their notes.
New York American
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
A Defect.

A little girl was playing with girl
friend of her own age on the porch
of her home. An elderly gentleman,
her mothers father, and an elderly
lady, her fathers mother, were sitting
on the porch talking pleasantly with
each other. The little girl had often
wished her grandparents were of the
same name, like other children's grand
parents. Presently the little guest re-
marked, "What a nice grandmother
and grandfather you haver"
"Oh, yes" she said, with a sigh,
f'but they don't match"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
The Bolster.

The crusaders are said to have
brought home with them the bolster,
and, according to DR.. Camille, their
wives, in ignorance of the only ration
al way of using the article Ii. e.,
lengthwise as support for the back
Of person when lying on his side)
and not knowing what else to do with
1t, put the bolster where it is still
found on the beds of those who have
not learned the wisdom of discarding
1T altogether-under the pillow. Lon
don Chronicle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Her TnnnIIe

They were talking of figures of
speech.
"Have you ever noticed" said one,
chow fond people are of vegetable met
aphors when they are dealing with a
woman? Her cheeks are roses her
lips are cherry her hands are always
lily hands, her mouth is a rosebud,
her complexion is like a PEACH and
her breath is fragrant as honey
Suckle'"
you've forgotten one," said the
cynic"
.'Whats that?''
"Her tongue. 1t is a scarlet runner "
Exchange.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
An EXPLANATION.

''HOw long has this restaurant been
Open?' asked the would be diner
1.-TWO years." said the proprietor.
II am sorry I Gid not know it." said
the guest. II should be better off if
had come here them
''Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased "How is that?"
81 should probably have been served
by this time if I had,' said the guest,
and the entente cordiale vanished
Harper's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Death of Former Congressman.

New York. Oct. Former Con-
gresham Allan Langdon McDermott,
one of the foremost Democrats of New
Jersey, is dead at his home in Jersey
City, from heart trouble. Mr.. McDer-
mott was born in Boston fifty-four
years ago. While still congressman
he became receiver of the Washington.
d. c.. Railway and Electric company.
which he recognized and of which
lie became president
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Truth In a Turkish Bath.

Judge" said the colored witness,
sim hongry now. | been tellin' de
truth fer two hours!"
rs that the longest time you ever
told it,
Yes, sub, an it's had me sweatin' y
Atlanta Constitution.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
decoration Asked 70, Wright.

Paris, Oct. ia local paper ap-
peals to the government to decorate
Wilbur Wright. the aviator. with the
Legion of Honor in recognition of his
success in aerial navigation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
ALWAYS Countinu.

.fYour husband says that when he is
angry he always counts ten before he
speaks said one woman.
Yes answered the other, II wish
he'd stop it. Since he got dyspepsia
home seems nothing but a class in
arithmetic"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06
Advertise!

The speedy way to market a product
IS to give it publicity and the newspa-
per is the medium through which to
reach all the world. Waco Times Her
aid.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-06

Fortune displays our virtues and our
vices as light makes all objects appar-
ent.-La Rochefoucauld
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
With Eezema--Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thousht Amputa-
tion Was Neeessary--eelieVes
Life Saved by cutieura.

81 have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for a bad case of
eczema on my leg. They did their best.
but failed TO cure II. My doctor had
advised me TO have my leg cut OF. At
this time my leg was peeled from the
knee, my foot was like a piece OF raw
flesh. and ! had 20 walk on crutches.
! bought a set OF Cuticura Remedies.
After the first two treatments the
swelling went down. and in two
months my leg was cured and the new
skin came on. The doctor was sur
prised and said that he would use
Cuticura for his own patients. have
now been cured over seven years, and
but for the Cuticura Remedies |
might have lost my life. Mrs. J. B.
Remand, 277 Montana St, Montreal,
Que, Feb. 20, 1907"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

There have been some exports OF
gold. But so Is American wheat go
ing abroad, large shipments having
been made from New York. This IL
last years grain. aud the foreign do
mand at this season is somewhat ex-
ceptional. II shows that the old world
is in need of food supplies and that
the United States Is the place to ind
most readily what Is wanted. And
while we are shipping food to other
nations, remarks the Troy IN. "
Times, there is little danger q the
export OF gold attaining harmful pro
portions.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
The Merry Widow.

A man whose wife was extremely
Jealous planned pleasant surprise
for her in the form OF trip to New
York TO see The Merry Widow and
wrote a friend in the city TO let him
know the earliest date for which he
could secure seats, The next day
when he was away from home the
following telegram was delivered
there. addressed to him, but opened
by his wife:
Nothing doing with the widow until
the tenth viii that suit you?"
Explanations were demanded-Lip-
pinCOtts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
Reouisitlon for Fever.

Jefferson City-Gov. Folk has is.
sued a reQuisition upon the governor
OF Oklahoma for the return TO st.
Charles county, this state, OF Frank
Felter, in custody In Kingfshor. Okla.
Felter is wanted to answer TO n charge
OF disposing OF mortgaged chattels.
The governor also issued requisltion
upon the governor OF Kansas for
Bud" Sheridan. who is wanted in
Jasper county tn answer to charge
OF assault lie is In Wichita. Kas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
WHERE she HAD THE suLoE.
Telephone Girls Great Opportunity 70
Get oloriously Even.

"You know that red.headed cashier
that had the nerve to complain Of me
to the boss the other day" said the
girl at the telephone desk, to New
York Times writer. well, got even
with him, all right. He amt married.
but he's got best girl. His father
owns a shoe factory over In Jersey.
and rich--my! Well. she called him
up the other afternoon at her usual
time. is Mr.. Smith therer she asks.
in her most romantickist voice. Yes
/ answers. just as honeylike as she
IT'S hls wife wants him. isn't it, With
that Miss Girl hung up with such a
Jerk my ear hurt. Smith goes around
wondering why she does not call him
up. Every time he dares he says to
me: Has any one called me on the
phone. Miss Limit? And look as in.
nocent as a kid and shake my head
No tell you. us telephone girls
can turn Joy TO the Bride into Moth.
In Doin any time we please. Ne
for Us"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
TIE
General Demand

Of the Well,lnformed Of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly b.ne6eial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
eellcat combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is given
the preference by the well-lniormed.
To get is beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufaetured by the Cali
iOrnia Fig Syrup CO., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fity cent?
per bottle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
MISSOURI NEWS
Fllley lie Found Guilty.

Kingston--Albert Filley, who has
been on trial here for the last three
days on the charge OF triple murder,
was found guilty OF murder in the
FIRST degree and his punishment fixed
at death by the jury under the new
law. FIlley was convicted OF killing
his wife, brother and 9.year.old daugh.
ter Dollie. Filley. when the verdict
was announced. showed no emotion.
His attitude was in keeping with that
OF the entire trial, when he early ex.
pressed the hope there would be no
hung jury, The jurors disregarded the
insanity plea.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
Court sustalna Wilder.

Jefferson City-The Missouri state
supreme court sustained the conten.
ton OF Auditor Wilder that appropria-
lions made for one biennial period
can not be paid from the anticipated
revenues Of another biennial period It
did so in denying the application for
an alternative writ OF mandamus
against the auditor.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

Chillicothe-Farmers OF Livingston
county are several weeks behind on
their work on account OF wet weather
and inability to get farm hands They
had about given up hope of saving
the wheat crop. Their wives and
daughters came to their assistance and
are taking the place Of men in the
wheat fields. They are also assisting
in the long.delayed work in the corn
fields.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

OF the Sl,4OO.O0O thus far raised for
the construction OF the Liverpool ca
thedral about SS25.O00 remains unex-
pended; and probably will suffice for
the next five years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

Jefferson City--Gov. Folk has is.
sued requisitIon on the governor OF
Kansas for the extradItlon Of Logan
II. Sloan, who is wanted In Jackson
county for trial on a charge OF grand
larceny. Sloan is in custody at Wich.
tia. Kas., and will be held pending
the arrival of the Missouri officers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
Bank Examiner Reslnns.

St. Joseph-Walter Head state bank
examiner, has rendered his resIgna.
tion. He has accepted the position OF
cashier OF the German.American bank
of this city. succeeding r. r. Calkins,
who has been made vice.president.
Head was formerly cashier OF a bank
at De Kalb.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
pespondent Woman rakes Acid.

st, Louis-Mrs. LizEie Parry. aged
80 years, respondent because separat.
ed from her husband, drank carbolc
acid In her room at 1904 Chestnut
street. She was taken to the city hos.
pital in an ambulance. and physicians
there said she would die.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

A man in Arkansas mad to pay
1900 and costs for dynamiting fish.
He should confine himself to the less
expensive pastime OF dynamiting
street cars or burning tobacco barns.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
offers Reward for Lewis Hicks.

Jefferson City-Gov. Folk. being ad.
vlsed that there Is probability OF
his apprehension, issued a proclama-
ton Offering a reward OF $3.50 for the
arrest and conviction OF Louis Hicks.
charged with the murder OF Edward
Wales in New Madrid county In Feb
ruAry. 1906.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

Ne fell In line behind the band
That played RED. White. and Blue:''
He sang TO help the noise along.
Though the words he never knew.
Then TO the Celebration Grounds
He marched with gallant tread:
And listened while a wondrous Nan
The Declaration" read.
Then came the picnic dinner
Spread meath q great oak tree;
And little Billy ate His al
While the band played Liberty"
Ana all the rest the day was spent
In making fun and noise;
ahootinE lots Of fireeracksrs on
With all the girls and boys.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

Exports OF iron and steel from the
United Kingdom for the first three
months Of the current calendar year
show a decline compared with the cor
responding months OF last year OF 49,
900 tons in volume and OF S9.195,251 In
whine
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

One OF our noble policemen, says the
Chicago Daily News. has won the girl
of his choice because he proved him.
self hero. There are other men who
consider the simple act of getting
married exalted heroism.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

One Atlantic steamer noticed a wa.
ter spout that filled the air with a
school OF porpoises. II would have
been great had some OF our flying ma
chimes been there. The operators
could have thrown out hook and line
and gone fishing in the air.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
Veteran Railroad Man Stricken.

Centralia-Robert Sa1dler, aged 75
years, many years yardmaster on the
Wabash, was stricken with apoplexy
here and is In n critical condition. Mr.
Saddler has been railroad man for
IS years. and superintendent the build
ing OF the Wabash.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
Southeast Missouri Line.

BIsmarck-A party of st. Louis cap.
italists met the Business Mems club
OF Irondale at that town and complet.
ed the preliminary arrangements for
an electric railroad to extend from
Belgrade, in Washington county, TO
Perryyille in Perry county. 4 dam
across Big river. near lrondale. will
furnish the motive power.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
pies While shakIna Hands.

Chillicothe-As he was shaking
hands with a friend, John Slattery. a
farmer residing northwest OF here. re-
leased his grasp ana fell dead in
the road. He had been stricken with
apoplexy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

Speaking OF happiness in married
life, the only sure way to secure It.
no matter what the lecturers and mag
azinists say. is to fall in love and re-
main that way all the rest OF your life.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02
outllves His ssntenonr-

Jackson-City Marshal Henry Wag.
ner shot and instantly killed Clay
Kinder, a negro. here. The marshal
had trouble with Kinder earlier in the
day. and the negro said he would kill
him within Ave hours. When Wag.
ner saw the negro make n move as
II he intended to shoot, he killed him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-07-02

Perhaps what allied the young man
who lost 90 positions In five years was
that no one hired him at a generous
salary TO watch the ball games in sum
mer and take notes In winter on in.
door sports.