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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-25
Disease Is So Deadly That VIC
Tins Die Fifteen Minutes
After Attack.
PANIC REIGNs AT THE CAPITAL
Imperial Family Said to Have Been
Exposed to Plague
authorities Forced to Close All Sa.
looms in Order to Put an End
to Scenes That Are Most
Revolving.

Cholera which is sweeping Russia,
killing scores daily, has turned the
capital into place of death and. it is
now reported, threatens the imperial
family. According to advices from
Finland, near where the royal party is
cruising they have been exposed to
the disease,
st. Petersburg is in an appalling
condition and the government has
threatened to apply martial law. The
cholera has already exceeded in sever
ity and numbers the visitation of 1893.
1t is so deadly THAT persons attacked
are killed in fifteen minutes. The death
list for the day was 2S2.
The dead lie unburied in heaps
around the overcrowded dead houses.
Seek Solace in Liquor.
Disinfectants are nearly exhausted
in the city and the panic-stricken peo-
pie have turned lottery vodka in hopes
of warding off the disease. 1t is a
common sight in the streets for
crowd of drunken jewellers to follow
the "death wagons making their
ghatstly rounds. Their jeers are
mingled with prayers for the dying.
To stop these shocking scenes and
because the liquor was proven to be
an aid to the disease, General Drasheff-
sky, project of st. Petersburg, has pro-
hibited the sale of liquor throughout
the city This includes the govern
ment vodka shops.
Hospital space has been practically
exhausted and the authorities of the
city, through the aldermanic council,
voted for an appropriation of $250,OOO
get additional hospital facilities This
was done after the government threat
ened martial law.
Infection May Follow.
Practically nothing has been done
up to the present to put the city's mar
ket places in a sanitary condition: they
are places of indescribable filth with
the atmosphere reeking with foul
odors. One hundred carloads of fruit
have been auctioned off and forwarded
to Warsaw, Wilma and other towns
which the cholera has not invaded, and
the possibility of infection from this
source is very great.
Several plague ships have drifted by
the royal yacht now cruising in the
Finnish archipelago waters, it has
been learned. This entire vicinity is
now under the strictest quarantine
No news is given out regarding the
Gar of all Russia and his royal con-
sort
sDead' Drivers May Strike.
70 add to the other horrors of tie
situation in ST Petersburg, the drivers
of the 'dead wagons" whose nightly
cry of Bring out your dead,' is
familiar echo, have threatened to
strike They declare that unless they
are allowed higher wages and shorter
hours they will quit.
These men are employed by the mu-
nicipal authorities, and so revolving is
their task that it would be next to i'm
possible to fill their places. If the
strike is called it is believed that pris-
oners chosen from the Siberian squads
will be given the choice of driving the
wagons which collect the dead from
the plague stricken houses or going to
the mines.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-25
THINGS to Remember.

He who would pass his declining
years with honor and comfort should
when young remember that he may
one day become old and remember
when he is old that he has been once
young.-AddisOn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-25
For Moody Bible Institute.

The will of John " Farwell, the late
Chicago merchant, gives $4,000 for a
fund to maintain the Moody Bible In
stitute. His estate aggregated $1,000
600.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-25
Monnett Offered q Bride.

Former Attorney General Monnett,
of Ohio, says he was offered a bride
If $5OO,OOO to stop suits against the
standard Oil company.
The sun., 1908-11-08

Do not use the frothy scum or the sediment
from it, Add the melted butter to the
mixture and beat out all the humps OF
-four. Beat the whites to a froth and add
last. Add milk as desired.
To turn this into a chocolate waffle
crate or scrape and melt two ounces of
sweet chocolate. stir 1t into the mixture
and favor with two teaspoons OF vanilla.
II pillowy fat wGfies are wanted do
not thin the mixture so much. II crisp.
tender things are wanted thin the battor
enough 10 pour easily.
This quantity to cook Of "pillowy-
nature will provide Eve waffles OF the
most common round or square form. but
when thinned enough to beke crisp with
deep holes III win make six or seven.
II the waffles. are to be served In tho
chicken and wGffie combination the
sugar Is left out. Halt the secret Of fine
wafiies IL in the cooking.
When q new wefie iron Is to be broken
in wash II couple Of hours before 1t Ia
time to use 1t and place Il over q hot
fame. Keep h there for an hour or two,
reducing the heat after Il is thoroughly
hot; but stiII keep IL good and not for
ninety minutes or tive hCurA -.
The sun., 1908-11-08

When time to cook the waffies get Il
hotter. Dip a brush In some fat not
containing salt and apply It lightly to the
interior OF the iron. A vegetable cooking
oil Is always desirable for this work, and
nothing browns 80 prettily without
scorohing the fat as olive oil. but OF course
II seems expensive. A mixture Of olive
oil and lard 10 very good. Lard makes
en- ecrid smoke after q few moments that
soon separates the cook from her
appetite for while.
The first fet put on the new iron is in
stentiy absorbed by the metal, which
must continue TO be fed quickly until 1t
no longer dries the fat OH. The iron must
be very hot when the batter ID put In.
II is at this point much Of the success
in cooking both sides slike Is secured.
Be sure TO have the very hot side Of the
iron rTaised. That which receives the
batter will heat while being filed and that
side should be cooked about a quarter
of q minute before turning the iron.
A waffle viii make very desirable
substitute for q griddle cake and is far
more wholesome for the children II
properly mGde and cooked. IL can be
used for breakfast, tea. supper. family
or special informal dinners, and a pity
tbs the wafile hasn't yet taken lie proper
place IN the Northern household. = X
The sun., 1908-11-08

gravy and waffies will make grateful
substitute for the eternal Sunday fri
casseed chicken or roast chicken. while
Southern fried or Northern broiled
chicken is equally attractive with waffies.
For afternoon tea crisp wafae we'll but
tered and busted with sugar Is a tidbit.
The very newest dainty in this line-it's
very popular with girls--is the chocolate
waffle, the holes being filled with orange
or vanilla butter and the whole literally
sprinlled with sugar.
In the South rice and sweet potato
wafi3es are used, but neither OF these Is
easily crisped. Buttermilk wafiies are
common both in the South and In Penn
sylvania, especially in the sections Of the
latter State tinctured but not dominated
wholly by the Pennsylvania German
cookery. The easiest and safest waffle
for the novice Is made In this fashion
for tea or sweet service use:
1.-TWO cups Of -four with two teaspoons
OF baking powder, one tablespoon Of
sugar and one half teaspoon OF salt
Separate the yolks and whites OF two eggs.
Beat the yolks slightly and add to them one
cup OF milk. Stir this into the -four.
Melt one beaping tablespoon Of butter.
The sun., 1908-11-08
BURKE IN TWO MOODS
ONE SHESCHATTED, IN THE
sllseOTHEBt SHE WOULDN'T.

4eIltnppb OF the Ihgenuo in Her Dressing
H6Ohi ut the Theatre and the Sudden
interruption or an lnterview--saH''
sons Latest Feat Of Destruction.
The helnterview With pretty little Billie
as her admirers coll her, would have gene
ai0ng oil right rSghtas rain. as they say in
Random but for, SamSoh. r '',
eamson. called william Gillette for
iesR- --oh, a. long time-is bitterly opposed
o. lntepviews. and some untowand fate
z ii him to the door Of Miss Burke's dress
M room. which as every one knows who
Enows anything about the location OF stage
entrances IA situated very near the Cri-
feFion. where nightly Sdmson pulls down
fha pillars OF, O rotten social system re-
cantly imported from Paris.
Before Samson arrived on the fateful
niaht OF the interview Miss Burke had
como breezily- in. She had apologized
for being late. oh, she is 80 sorry; but
Mf.aE can you do when you live In Yonkers
assA 20 In and out In an automobile and
haye a dinner engagement besides with
some dear friends at the Hotel Knicker-
seeker? ..t
Not that she dimes as other people do;
81 dear Sno; not really dining ven. EAow;
1fib Just has o few oysters. q bit OF celery.
maybe. or f!uloat q snack pf, somet thing
NE that hsfs eslAns soysters TAXA time.
ron know. and fidS in takes time, you
know, nearly an hour. ~ Y ~
But she just cam undsystand why any
beay lives In New.York who can live in
tie country, .Yonhera. II the dsarest
rI9ee when you know it'Meil. as she does.
4kery bit OF it. and there are perfectly
lt4ely walks and drives. Oh, yes, indeed,
besaf people get NIT there. aud they all
Ie4e Il. Iti6rssllyci ciaEIaing,. ..,..s;sssi!
tiinE i1nfite was TINS fitting herself
into the Interview very deftly. So far
ana had not said anything that would
make the immortal william turn in his
erase' reproachfully or lead Bernard
shaw 20 3oiaf another diatribe against
chs ingenue as an Incident In the feld Of
epigram, but she was holding her own
ii the preliminary bout.
She leaves the subject of Yonkers for
. while with visible regret. You feel that
II u rather cruel to drag her away from
Z fopic faught with such interest and ex-
oitainent, but 1t must be done; yes, it
mi'st be-, Life is hard and one only de-
Nflcps by suffering. and you hate. simply
hate. 70 be, the ono to infiict suffering,
especially on an ingenue. a real ingenue.
who lives in Yonkers. But you do it,
l5Nering your voice and leaning forward
and she waits to answer
you while she nods approval at the white
mu1lin gown the maid is preparing for
ii5r hfst act.
The gown is .spick and span. and on
The sun., 1908-11-08

she answers your question dreamily with
a slight lisp.
OF course she was dreadfully fright
ened when she first came over here TO
play. Naturally she wanted to play in
America, but she didn't want to play
until she could come in something worth
while, certainly not in musical comedy,
where she made her first hit.
Didn't you hear about IL? She was In
sThe Belle of Mayfair and afterward
had the part of Edna May In -The School
Girl Her song "The Little Canoe simply
took London by storm, you know. OF
course, she realizes perfectly that when
you are singing night after night to tu-
multuous London audiences song like
that you really are not getting down into
the real depths OF life. which every one
knows exist. knows only too well. but
that instead Of sounding those chasms
you are rather drifting drifting on the
surface; but it Is a pleasant surface and
II you are not striking rocks you are at
least escaping shipwreck.
And musical comedy is great school.
You learn g great deal in IL. No training
could be better, for of course you know
she was never taught to play; she never
went to any school as some actresses do.
nor did she have any teacher. What Is
in you. you know. must eventually make
itself felt That is thelaw Of life.
She looks at you for approval. She
certainly has done well and you smile
engagingly with a smile which you hope
will lead her to other entertaining and i'm
portant disclosures.
II does. One has not trained smile
for nothing.
Louis Parker, the author OF Rosemary,
saw me in The School Girl and he said
The sun., 1908-11-08
LoBsTERs 4s CENTS A DOZEN.
That's the PriceNm Yeu Tourney Far
Enough Away From broadway.

that's the Price ttf Y0u Journey Far
Enough Away From broadway. =
.I've been reading in, the papers that
Holsters are soon TO be plentiful and
Cheap said the man who fancies himself
an epicure. But even out In half OF the
price wouldn't be doing as well as did
q few months ago on n trip which took
me much further east than Maine.
Il got Holsters for s5 oents dozen.
Yes, sir. that was the price. Big fat Holsters
they were too, much better eating than
any you can get in this town except In
places where lobsters are speciality,
sThis remarkable, deal was up on the
Nova Scotia shore Of the Bay OF Fundy.
II wasn't n chance bargain. but the
regular price. and at that you could get
the Holsters cooked and served for the
same price, Not. cooked fancy, mind
mind is one Of the best ways to make
lobster ready for eating.
why. the hotels In Yarmouth and
Digby and other Nova Scotia towns rive
you lobster for breakfast, dinner and
supper, cooked any way you like, just
for the asking They're as common a.
eggs and as cheap.
sfhis was early In the fall. Later in
the season. khey told me, when the Maine
supply runS hort, and New York, Boston
and other 1T centres Of lobster con-
sumption insl1tsntly cail for more, the
prices 20 up and up. Not very much higher
for home consumption, OF course, but
for export, These Blueuoss fishermen
aten't misglng any chances and they
demand and get New York prices
The sun., 1908-11-08

II is learned in this indirect way, which
Ike most indirect ways lgets there just
the same. that Washington d; c.. has
the honor Of being the birthplace Of Miss
Burke, but that they have lived mostly
abroad; also that French critic has
said recently that there isn't an ingenue
on the French stage who can touch Miss
Burke, and that her singing teacher is
very anxious that she shall try TO de-
velop her voice along grand opera lines,
but that Miss Burke herself win not think
Of II because one has TO be at least 30
before one can sing at all. and Of course
none would want to wait till that age
to make ones reputation. Thirty. think
OF Ill f}. t@ ~
Z 1t is at this moment that the ingenue
returns. Her vivacity is gone. her flow
of speech, like the maple sirup when the
janitor has forgotten to turn on the heat.
You attempt to be diplomatic.
"Mr. Gillette does not care for inter
views you suggest. as One who has
discovered the Flatiron Building.
Care for themi' Miss Burke shrugs
her beautiful shoulders. now covered
with a blue silk negligee. Her golden
hair is falling down her face and she looks
piquant and adorable. "Care for theml
I should think he didn't. Can you blame
himl He has been go misrepresented.
80 misunderstood and misquoted.'
Impossible you suggest. mot mis-
quotedl''
aYes. misquoted. lots Of times.'
You realize now that your worst fear
has como true. Samsor has pulled down
the pillars Of the interview.
You attempt weak. o very weak
defence.
Don't you think that where q man
The sun., 1908-11-08

second sight vou notice that 1t is not the
'sraditional white muslin Of the story book
lng6nue. but dream of white chiffon and
eatiR with Parislan hallmark. and you
note further that the ingenue seems TO
be- more interested in the gown than in
the -interyiew. But that may be merely
i morbid conclusion, just as morbid as
thar other conclusion that forces itself
into your mind that Yonkers may be
1ffer all only part OF the general stage
aetting. symbolic state of mind rather
Ih1nan actual locality.
The maid and the gown disappear and
The sun., 1908-11-08

depends upon the public for his clientele.
II that public wants TO know
'0h. we'll. IL you look at itin that way.
but he doesn't"
Dimly you hear the mother talking.
She is saying that Billie is really Miss
Burke's given name. They had deter
mined on having a boy. and when she
came they called her William just the
same.
To do Miss Burke fun justice there
is one moment when she is her own.
sweet young self again. It is when you
rise to go. She rises too. effusively.
She shakes hands frantically. Hopes
you win como again. She has enjoyed It
all 30 much and shs does hope you will
like the play.
You do-principaliy because Samson
isn't there.
The sun., 1908-11-08
BANK NOTES MA DUST BIN
How They We're Curivusly Iyiscevered
and Returned to Their Owner.

~ From the London Ckronieie.
Ten 1000 franc bank notes. representing
the savings Of woman who lived at Nam
terre, near Paris. were hidden by her in
an old envelope. which was placed In a
drawer. Ints moment OF forgetfuiness
the eenvelope found lts way into dust bin.
In the morning the raRpickers turned
out the bin. but tossed aside the tattered
envelope. without inspection. Some carters
happened TO pass that way. They picked
Up the now mud splashed piece OF paper
one remarlting to the others Perhaps
there Is n fortune insidei" They drew
out the notes. This In some fool pleas,
antry." they ssid: so by way of revengine
themselves, on the unknown Joker and not
believing the botes were genuine they
tore them TO pieces and threw them aside.
Two market women came along shortly
ef.esward. With the shrewdness Of their
class they recognized the scattered pieces
OF paper and gathered them up and took
them to the Commiseary Of Police.
There they were piece9 together and
II was found that none wRs missing. Two
hours later,the notes 30 ourtoualy discovered
vfre restored 10 their ewnsr. - x
The sun., 1908-11-08
IvaFFLEs FOR AFTERNOON TEA.
i>ne secret OF the PhIladeiphia Kind In
lSe treatment or the Iron,


& Ig you want something really nice for
ie4 these coolish afternoons Just remember
that the best waffle eating time is at hand.
vance are much neglected, little under
ttq6u things in the North. Pennsylvanians
4eening to be the only Northerners who
apptscjate waffle at its full value.
q While chicken. catfish and waffics have
added 70 Philadelphia culinary fame.
that combination is inclined to he rather
'lthal, for all the rest Of the North. is a
aif6nger' 10 chioken-oltfish. But oil over
the treet Of Pennsylvania waffles are
16tpipd effectively with chicken. Just
bl1icken, oftener ancient hen, and some
q Tire country churches are SO famous for
fheiTl chicken and waffle suppers that a
bnkfly ride OF twelve or fifteen miles Ia
. snsail price for people to pay for their
snioy1nsnt. Not only that, but during
the summer the mountain and river re-
kofas draw 'crowds with their chicken
ard WafEle dinners. just as Rhode Islanders
douith their clambakes.
4 Nftoastbed chicken with plenty Of
The sun., 1908-11-08

that he would dispose OF his new play.
Mr.. George, on condition that should get
the leading part. Nice Of him. wasn't
it? Mr.. George who was really girl.
you know, was legitimate comedy and it
was in that made my first appearance.
oh. yes. well. of course they seemed to
like it,
You smile again and wish you had a
better memory. Supposing you should
misquote her'- You pay even stricter
attention. If that were possible.
Then had six months with Mr.. Haw-
trey and that. was splendid training.
The sun., 1908-11-08
A sixty Pound Catnsh.
From Ne Franllforf Ne,ss

- FTOW NC FT0hF1Oft NeHe. u
+ The biggest catfish caught In the Ken
tucky River for long tims Nas caught
hast nisht by sanford Carter at Polsgrove o
LANDING. It weighed sixty pounds, and
osStsI Ss e sa, 'GSsha ne tss srcpSd M
lhis morning and had L on exkj billon.
Several yoera agQ Q oatfigh WetRhlng IFS
POUNDS was CAUGHT lust bsiQr the lock.
Iseerd Cor Tvcsnt hshlng. II. 81 =.
The sun., 1908-11-08

aAs for clothea l havent had to buy
many since I've been here. Ladies give
me garments from time to time. Though
they may be worn or sometimes a little
soilsd they are better than would be
able TO buy. and having time IN the even
inRs oan mend them up very we'll The
hotel furnishes us with aprons and caps.
90 that about ell we have TO buy Ia work
ing dresses and pair OF easy shoes now
and then l,l'Et5
soK. ves. [ have heard a lot about
people ,fookiug down on ciannbcrmaids
and dontestic workers. They may look
down on mo. Of course none OF us can tell
whafsis In the back Of another persons
head. but know ret pretty, good treat
ment here from the guests and the house
keeper. ] i,sven't iisd as many Eharp
ma i've had In a week from the factory
boases under whom I've worked from
tirte tn tire.
sAs for the guests In the hotel, q .hev
look down on me they rover let me know
Il. The REGULAR people always speak 20
me pleasantly. and II the transients notice
pleasant reu,ark about the weather or
to ask for Information.
. Il am ten pounds heavier than / was
ever before and feel ten wears younger
Than have at any time within the last
five wears. 20 around to church and to
ceptine one IN two weeks feel freer than
z ever have felt since I vas o little girl
before went out TO work
II am not thinking Of going back 30
the factory, and Il would have 70 be
pretty good wages that would ever tempt
me 20 seave domestic work, II not onlv
don't. have 20 work as hard as I did in
the factory. but thore IN q much greater
variety In the work. v. ich mskee Il more
eniovabls. II there 10 any chamber
maids' union never heard OF Il and ]
don't want TO. don't want TO get
mixed up With any sort OF society again
that keeps you ioafing half your time and
ruins your reputation with snplcyess
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-04

Lee Smith, Jos w. Smith. David l..
Smith, A. J. Snellson, Geo H. stagner,
Frank Stevens. II @. Stettmund. J. E.
Stlvers, w. b. Stone. Edward Swim
gell. VIM. Tabor. ]. r Tandy. J. A.
1illottson, M Turner. Harvey Utter
hack, J. Vandeveer. A. r. Yandeven-
ter. Thos b. Workman. Eugene War
russ, Geo. G Whitehurst. Thomas G.
Whitsnn, J. Roy Williams, Ben r.
Williams. Ben Il. Wilson
House Officers: Chas. H. Pittman,
Roy ID. McManus, Guy A. Crossett,
Noble a. Gordon. Sidney 70. Clnte,
May Humphreys, Jeanneite Collar,
Laura h. Taylor. Lillian Basford, John
". Hamilton,
Senate ed Brazell, 206 North
Broad; H. S. Blair. South Broad /;
Clarence Davis. 6l2 East &ansur; M
r. Eggermah, sos East Cleveland S.
A. Cordell, 6O9 East Cleveland; X. S.
Curd, 410 Pact Oklahoma avenue; Jes.
Sc Hatchett, Elk's hotel; h NJ Laad-
rum 206 East Warner; T. r. Mem
minger lone hotel: j. s Moais, Cor