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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Some Of our city officials do not seem
to understand that contract made by
the city is just as binding as one made
between individuals, but some kind
friend should impress that fact upon
them without delay before they get the
city into trouble by refusing to carry
out agreements already entered into by
the city These officials may have their
own opinion as to the wisdom Of MAX
ing these contracts, but they are made
and there nothing to do but to carry
them out. The contracts were regularly
made and the bonds Of the contractors
were approved in the regular way and
unless there is something behind the let
ting of these contracts that does not
appear upon their face the contractors
would have no difficulty whatever in
recovering the face of their contracts
in any court. The city is as yet a
perfectly solvent corporation and is LA
bic not only for the face Of the con
tracts, but for any damages sustained
by the contractors by reason of any
obstacles that may be put in their way
by the city officials that may interfere
with the carrying out of the contracts.
The contractors would have all the best
Of any argument in court. They en-
tered into these agreements in good
faith and if the city has made bad
bargain there is nothing to do but
stick to it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Wednesday a soldier at the rife range
at Camp Logan was struck by bullet
and seriously injured although he was
concealed in pit ten feet below the
target and supposedly in perfectly
safe position. This only goes to show
what extreme care should be used by
the rifemen in their practice shooting
on the beach south of the city in order
to avoid any chances of an accident. A
ball from one of the modern high pow
cred rifles could easily be DETECTED by
striking one Of the stones on the beach
and wound anybody within half a mile
of the target.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16
ERECTING wA1TrNG STATIONS

The Milwaukee Electric Railway
and Light company is putting up wait
ing stations at many of the rural sta
tions. Two have been built recently at
road crossings on the Waukesha line,
and President John l. Beggs says that
more will be put in.place on all Of the
routes, including the Racine Kenosha
line, as rapidly as the business at the
individual places warrants There are
several along the Mulwonago line.
Mn. Beggs is also quoted as saying
that the street railway company has
been considering for months the plan
Of putting colored lights on cars in
way that approaching cars of
the different lines may be distinguished
at a distance at night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

What is the objection to putting a
few of the telephone wires underground
at this time? We should think that
enough people had been killed and in
jured in this city by wires to make
everybody want to have all the wires
put underground as soon as possible
and that all the companies would be
encouraged in every possible way to
undertake this work. Every stretch of
conduits laid now will be just SO much
gained when the time comes to order
all the wires in the city put under
ground,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

The average American looks with
contempt upon the elaborate menu of
the French housewife, with its
courses OIL eggs and vegetables and
occasional scanty piczings of meat,
with seldom good, honest joint. The
French housewife would think our
great masses Of meat not only wasteful,
but barbarous. She has learned to
make much Of little, to put variety
and delicacy of flavor above mere guam
tity, to bring taste to the service of
the slender purse. This is not wholly
from choice; it is partly from necessity,
because beef and mutton are not as
cheap in France as they have been with
us. We need not lose our advantages,
but some part at least Of the remedy
for high prices it is we'll to seek in
the direction in which they have been
found in other countries. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

The contractor who has the contract
with the city for the resurfacing of
Durkee avenue does not appear to be
very much disturbed over the threat Of
the mayor to chase him off the job and
so far he has all the best Of the argu-
ment It does not make a particle of
difference to him whether or not it
was a wise move for the city to enter
into this contract and at present it
surely looks as if he would have a
valid claim against the city if he is
interfered with in any way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

President Roosevelt has his faults,
but keeping quiet under fire is not one
of them and neither is he much of a
sticker for precedents when his personal
honor is questioned and the convention
orator who took occasion to assail him
may yet live to be pointed out as the
man who made the greatest mistake
Of the campaign. There are no votes
to be made for Mr.. Bryan or any other
candidate by abusing President Roose-
velt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

The city is overrun with peddlers and
a good share Of the time of householders
is taken up with answering the calls OF
persistent gentlement who have some
thing to sell. 1t is to be hoped that
the city is getting all the license money
that is coming from these gentry for
they ought to pay something for the
trouble they cause and there are enough
of them to pay in quite a respectable
amount.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16
WORK IS STOPPED

New Complications Arise in Connection
With the Completion Of the Road
Reports from Milwaukee today state
that work has been stopped again on
the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
lines between Racine and Milwaukee
and it is very probable that the line
will not be completed into Milwaukee
by the first of September as had been
planned The men have been sent
south to Chicago and it is understood
that the court will demand that the re-
ceivers raise more money before the
work on the road proceeds. In a re-
cent report issued by the receivers it
was declared that there was plenty of
money in sight for the completion Of the
line, but it seems that something has
come up to delay the work again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Senator Stephenson has been in poll
tics too long to be thin skinned, but
it must give him rather poor opinion
of human nature to reflect that much
of the abuse that is being heaped upon
him now comes from some of the men
who have benefited most by his gen
erousity in the past.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

One of the requisites for delegates to
national conventions hereafter will be
good lung power This thing Of the
delegates being required to beat all pre-
vious records for demonstrations =
when the name of the convention fav-
orite is mentioned is getting rather
strenuous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

According to the decision of the in
ternal revenue officials it will be long
time yet before the whisky drinker
can look on the bottle and know what
ingredients make up his favorite CON
coction. The pure food law is held not
to apply to goods bottled prior to June
80.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

The checks from the receivers OF the
Traders Insurance company were an I'M
pleasant reminder of the San Francisco
fire, but they serve also to call atten-
ton. to the hundreds of other insurance
companies which have since honorably
paid every dollar Of their losses in that
disaster.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Milwaukee is agitating for homo
coming. celebration next year. What is
the matter with the state fair9 Every
body who ever lived in Milwaukee is
expected to be back in fair week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Kenosha Democrats seem to be entire
" satisned with the nomination of
Bryan and they are anxiously await
ing the naming Of his running mate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

1T appears from the records of the
Denver convention that the steam roll
.er in use at Chicago was but a feeble
imitation Of the real thing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

W. E. Wood, who was reported as
missing from the city under mysterious
circumstances, has been located at the
home of relatives in Rogers Park.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

It is not that Zion City is having an
epidemic Of crime-any city may have
that at any time-but it is the kind of
crimes that are particularly shocking
and which are rapidly giving the city
such an unenviable reputation. The
recent outrages have been in almost
every instance directed against women
and children and are of an atrocious
nature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Denver has made good it's claim to
being one of the banner convention
cities Of the country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16

Want ads 25 cents a week.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
RUSSIAN HOSPITALITY.
American sailors Find II 10 a Su-
perIRtive Degree in siberia.

From Three Years Behnd t5s Guns" in st.
Nicholas
The word south" always stands for
hospitality. therefore we are surprised 10
ind it 10 such a superiative degree in
Russian Siberia. where icebergs were
basking in Mays sunshine. We ara the
first maH-of-war 90 have visited VIad-
vostok since the Marion. and that is so
long ago no one has been able to tell me
when We We're there by special invita-
ton 20 witnesses the celebrating Of the
Cars coronation.
There is nothing inviting in tie barren,
unfertiie landscape with its unattractive
square buildings, nor pleasing 10 a people
as coarsaly dressed as their soldiers.
whose uniforms are made from a material
tn3t resembles the lining OF a saddle pad.
They arc all Of "a duh color and all seem
20 De cut % III one man. Ii is "a barracks
town, so we saw little besides the army
and navy. and their hospitality Not
man cf them spoke English. nor could We
"iusky." still. we were made 20 under
stand that the town was thrown open %
us. We walked into their houses and rode
IN their carriages. Not a penny could We
spend for anything
tnsightly as the picture is by day. the
night of the celebration unveiled one
never 10 De forgotten. The harbor where
all of Russias shipping lay az anchor.
was Illuminated in @ manner that prob
ably surpassed all the water carrivaIs
heretofore known Every craft iu the
bay. battle snip or fishing smack from
its truck 20 IT'S rail, was outlined iu vari-
colore3 electric lights or hung with gaudy
lanterns Throughout the evening bands
played from their decks and from the
shore. and when IL grew late a Cars
salute was fired from aH the war ships
tour owasguus Joining. and then as dark
ness stole over the waters We esuiad OH
the barren cliffs line after line like glow
worms crawling. faint lights that grew
and grew. until. 10 the delight OF the be-
holder, Russia's great doubIa-eagle blazad
out in electric lights and dominated the
scene Although many miles away, 70
was fitting tribute 90 the new Gar.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
STAN UP OAR, BRUDDERs. AN SING

written for The Washington Hraldl
Use gwiRe ter stop beiH' mole huHtiu foh de
vuu-
stan up dsr bruddeFs an sing.
Lak-Wise give up i0okn f0d dat sicbly old Flm-
stan mp dar brudders an sing;
I'se gBine To step lively an liahah up my jints-
Stan up d8F brudders. an sing;
Gaze while de man appints dc good Land dis
appints-
Stan mp dar, brldders, an sing.
Sc gEine 10 stan straight lax Do big pine tree
stan up dar, mudders an sing;
I'se gUine to light my caudle-so y0u al kin SEQ
stan up dar huddeTs an sing;
Ise gWine % be LAX Lijah. an I'm de good meat
stan up dar. bndceTs. an sing
You all nat de Juhah-and Ahn keep moTin' my
stan up dar. brudders. an sing.
Use gWine to sprinkle bonedust on dis ole shell Of
mine
Stan mp dar bFIdders. an sing:
SGsen grow 90 b. de meiUn-inst1de Cf De rine-
Stan up dar. sou all an sing;
I'se gwins 70 see de stahs a-sbinin' fro de fog
stan mp dsT, you all. an sing;
Gone on, my bruddeFs, Jine me in de good ole jog
Stan up dsf. bnddeFs. am sing;
Doan' sit douu By de fab an think y0u-aH doiu
Stan up dar. bruddsrs, an sing.
To keep dat fab buruin you-au. mus tote de wood
Stan mp dar. hrudders. an sing:
Jis git new main spring in de watch q life
stan mp daT. bruddgrs. an sing:
Ji' be nntin foh dc ioy-an' play De fiddle an de
Stan no dar. brrdders. an sing;
Cum ont frJm de shade of dat ole trubble tree
stan up dar you-all gray heads an sing
De sun am a-shinin fob you an foh me
Stan up dar. trUdders. an sing;
Doan' break doun de dGah-caze de key won't fit
Stan j.u dar hrldders an sing
De good Land viii make de d0ah an key hit
Stan VIZ dar. budders. an sing:
You-al wont git sennebed Il you hole tight to de
stan up dar. brudders. an sing:
Doan, stan in de ditch an FIJI yuah soul full of
dope
Stan ap dar. brudders. an sing:
Jes' keep de blood abounding fro you-alrs veins
Stan up dar, brudders. an sing;
Stir up de foam Of love an you-all foTgit yoah
Stan up dar. bruaders. an sing;
Wake up dar, you-alI gray heads-des listen to my
talk
Stan up dar. brudders. an sing:
Jes youall git young an hungry an st8ht de big
cakewalk-
stan up dar. brudders. an sing;
les take mp de oil can and foah out-loves BAN
Stan up dar brudders. an sing;
ShoV' of de wolf skin, turn into de lam
Stan up dar brudders. an sing.
Stop totem roun' dat tUbble foah de good lan's
sake
Stan up dar brudders. an sing;
Jes toss it away-wid de big love rake
Stan up dar brudders. an sing;
If you-an see de staum-a-Doaclin' from de skies
Jes yOu-all stan mp an sing
Aftah dat staums OFah. de sun am b0un' to rise
Stan up dar bruddeTs. an sing;
fouaH doan hsb 10 listen 70 hesh de raven croak-
Stan up dar br1dders an sing;
Niistah Adam iineum tole us that youall mokes-
Stan up dar, brudders an sing;
Tune up dar ehoiahl Give mp long Metah-slow-
stan UP. you-aH- an sing.
Praise de good Ladd from whar ali blessin's dun
flow
Stan Up dsr, brldders. an sing
ALLIE SHARP BALCH.
January 2, 1908
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02

FoIger McKinsey, the talented "Bentz-
town Bard Of the Baltimore Sun. has
gathered number Of his poems into
little volume which he calls a Rose OF
the Old Regime - that being the title OF
the first and perhaps the best poem IN
the volume. But they are all good. This
writer is doing fine. tender work.
His themes are not pretenti0us He
writes Of the hills and rivers and valleys
Of Maryland, of home life, of childhood,
Of the things we all know and love. The
Country Doctor Pitching QuOits.
Gingerbread Man"-these are homeIy
subjects. and Mr. McKinsey treats them
in homely. simple way. the best way.
There is no bombast; 10 frills.
If you like fine, tender, beautiful poems,
YOU ought 10 read this volume Of Folger
McKiusey's
"A Rose of the Old Regime" and "Other
Poems of Home Love and Childhood" by
Folger McKinsey. DOxey Book Shop
Company Baltimore and London)
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
United stntes Ahead as TsunI.

An American travelling abroad was
continually boring every one he met,
talking about the superiority of the Unit
ed States and everything in it to Europe,
says the New York Times.
He finally reached Rome, and some
English friends who were tired of hear
ing him extol the United States planned
for dinner at which they had hopes Of
squelching his enthusiasm.
The evening came, the dinner was per-
feet After the American had dined and
wined much too well. and was quite
oblivious to his surroundings. they took
him to the Catacombs, where so many
skulls and skeletons are to be found and
dropped him gently in the midst of the
debris, hoping when he sObered up he
would be sufficiently frightened to prom
ise never to do so again
The Englishmen waited around, and
finally they heard him stir; after few
moments he awoke. Strengthened himself
up, looked around very much puzzled.
rubbed him eyes, reached out and struck
a skull-then an idea struck INN, and
said he:
'HOOray, This must be resurrection
day. I am the first man alive Hoorayl
United States ahead!'
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
POWER OF RADIUM.
Force of the Substance Described in
Vivid Way.

Vivid Way.
Prof Sir William Ramsay. I'm London
the other day. delivered a deeply inter
esting lecture-illustrated by many beau
tiful experiments-at meeting OF the
Society Of Arts, on "A Radioactive
Gas. The lecture was necessarily high
ly technical, but there was one passage
in which Sir William gave some forcible
Illustrations of power of the wonderful
substance called radum. Twelve grains
of radium, he said, emitted enough heat
TO evaporate pound Of water every hour.
ton would boil away 200 pounds Of
water every hour, and would serve as
efficient fuel to warm q house. do all the
cooking, ana afford plenty Of hot baths
for large family not only during their
OWN lives. but would continue to per
form these useful functions for about
twenty generations without falling of.
cone grain OF radium," he said, "emlts
each hour enough heat 10 raise "A grain
.of water through 100 degrees. and one
grain of emanation enough 10 melt a
grain Of ice, Radium cmaunton
changes into helum and something
comp0ses the water into oxygen and
hydrogen. On removing the oxygen and
hydrogen there Is left neon, another Of
the inactive atmospheric gases, which Sir
William Ramsay and DT. TTavers diseov-
cred. Similarly. radium I'm the presence
Of copper produced Iithium. potassium,
and sodium. Sir William, therefore. sug-
gested that it seemed we were IN the
presence OF the transmutation of copper
into lower element than itself. IT is
probable though not proved" he said.
that the element sodium is also a trans
mutation product Of copper because the
residue obtained by evaporating the cop
Per solution, deprived of copper. which
had been treated with emanation. Is more
than twice as heavy as that obtained
from untreated copper sulphate" 1t was
too early, however. he added. 10 PROFOUND
any satisfactory theory "as to the rela-
tOnship which undoubtedly exists be-
tween the properties Of the atomic
weights Of the bodies which we have
been accustomed 70 term elements"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
Destructive Music.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
4 member Of the board Of directors OF
the Metropolitan Opera House tells a
story that he had from one of the musi-
clans attached to the orchestra there.
1t appears that a friend Of the wife OF
the musician had during call on the
latter, inquired as 10 the husbands taste
in musical matters. Among other things
she wanted to know what operas the mu-
sician liked best TO play.
7 don't know much about dot" said
the better half who was at the time
busiIy engaged in darning an old shirt,
"but l do know something's. Voteffer he
likes I like not dos Wagner operas Dey
sounds veil enough but dose clothes
ach. He neffer yet comes home from dot
Wagner opera dot he hat not torn
place in his poor old shirts. brefer the
italian OpeTas"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
BURBANK CALLS A HALT.
"Plant wizard" Objects TO Public
TreSpassing on HIS Property.


Luther Burbank. "the plant wizard. ="
is so interesting a subject 70 the general
public that his personal friends have had
to take active measures TO save him from
his admirers. Not only do people food
him with questions by mail. but a large
proportion of the visitors To the Pacific
Coast do not think their duty done with
out stopping of at Santa Rosa to have
chat with the originator Of the spineless
cactus AS result Mr.. Burbank is no
longer ''at home" 10 the public and his
approaches are guarded rather more ef-
fectually. if anything. than those 10 the
President Of the United States. From
recent circular signed BY the Friends
and Relatives OF Luther Burbank APP
proved by Luther Burbank" the follow
ing vigorous remarks are quoted.
over 5000 visitors were received on his
grounds during the year 1904. All the im-
poTtant experimental work was delayed
beyond recall. grounds overTun with
crowds from daylight &c 10 o'clock ut
night. no rest even on Sundays or h0H-
days. Business destroyed, rare plants
died from want of care. Attention con-
stantIy drawn from legitimate matters.
q.
Meals taken standing, sleep disturbed,
health at the point of destruction. visitors
calling at all hours witl6ut regard to Mr.
Burbank's convenience. each one being
under the fixed impression that he or she
was the one particular one who should be
admitted
THE question arose. Should he continue
his valuable researches undisturbed. OF
should he be murdered piecemeal as a
Snowman?
This notice will now be found at every
gate:
: POSITIVELY 40 VISITORS ALLOWED
WARNTNGi (:
Any person entering or trGspassiug these /.
grounds will be prosecuted.
"The public has no moral legal or
other right to invade his grounds his
home. his private office, or his lab0ra-
tories"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
OUR BOOK FRIENDS.
Incidentally, They Are the Most Ter-
FibIe of TattIers.


We all possess books we value One
or two shelves, as a rule. contain treas
ures as precious to US as our jewelry. It
is true We drift away from them. JUST
as occasionally we drift away from our
friends. There is indeed a certain re-
semblance between the two
In the course Of our mental develop
ment we all go through phrases. each
OF which is usually punctuated with a
book and friend. A wOman's library
Is not only the key to her mind. il is
also the index to her emotions.
Each volume represents an epoch in
her life, an epoch usually determined by
her sentimental experiences. Shelley
and Byron, Omar Khayyam and Maeter-
linck. Browning and Pater. and all the
other poets and philosophers whose
books adorn the bedside bookshelf of
every woman, are each I'm their wav
symbolic of the varying experiences Of
romance and disillusiOnment hopeful
less, and pessimism through which We
mass
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
4 Cure for Love.

From the Philadelphia Record.
w. E Grange. author of the History
of Primitive Love" referred, in the
course Of "a lecture in Boston, says the
Herald. to the modern cynical view OF
love that prevails.
I remember once" said Prof. Grange,
hearing two very ordinary men, a brick
layer and a plumber, discuss love in a
smoking car.
I hold. said the bricklayer. that Il
YOU are terribly in love. the way TO cure
yourself is 10 run away.
'The plumber shook his head and
sneered:
That Will cure you he said, pro-
vided you run away with the girl"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
WIRELESS FROM BALLOONS.

The Italian government Is carrying
out experiments by means of wireless
telegraph Instruments in war balloons
The weight OF the receiving and trans
mitting apparatus is just under one and
a half hundredweight. and allows me
sages TO be sent sixty miles.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-02

are ito fully believe" (Southey), ito en-
tirely subside" (Coleridge), 'to not un-
frequently make excursions Words
WORTH. TO clean wipe me OUT Lamb,
in letter., 'to often furnish" de
Quincey). 'to actually mention" (ArnoldD,
ITO justly estimate" (Spencer) No in
stances are cited from Shakespeare or
Milton: It would be interesting to know
whether any can be found. In many
cases there is an ovious gain from split
ting the infnitiye. 1t often avoids am
biguity. When we say To occasionally
err is human We mean something which
is less clearly expressed by Occasionally
10 err is human" or ITO err occasionally
is human" These latter expressions may
b0th mean. 1T is sometimes human TO
err, and sometimes il is not The de-
sired sense, IL Is ovious. can be placed
beyond doubt only by adopting the con-
trOVersial form