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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
In Forbidden Places.

A very large mastiff at one end Of a
leash and very small girl at the other
end formed a combination which at
tracted the attention of casual pedes-
trian in a quiet side street.
The little girl doubtless thought that
she was taking the dog out for an air
ing, but the big animal himself appear
ed to have the impression that he was
the leader of the expedition, and. be-
yond question, the balance of power
was entirely on his side. He dragged
the girl along despite her scolding and
expostulations at pace which kept
her GREATNESS.
Suddenly, either from a whim of his
own or because somebody had been in
the habit of taking him there, he dart
ed through the swinging doors of a
corner saloon. The girl looked horri-
fed; but, clinging determinedly to her
end of the LEASH she followed her
charge, and as the doors swung shut
behind her the casual pedestrian heard
this exasperated remonstrance:
"Oh, darnfound it! Don't you know
ladies don't go there? It's only place
for men, philadelphia Ledger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Queer FEEDING.

"Come and watch me feed my star
fish,"
The curator Of the aquarium led the
reporter to tank where a half dozen
starfish tripped over the sandy bottom
on slim brown fingers.
"Grub time, boys" he said, and he
dropped into the tank six mussels.
The fish ran to the mussels. Each ap-
piled his stomach to the hinge at the
back of the SHE'LL Silence and immo-
bility ensued.
1.-THE gastric juice Of the starfish,"
said the curator, els now, melting the
hinges of flesh that hold the mussel
shells together. All, look, there's one
melted now. There's another. It's the
most powerful gastric juice in the
world"
One by one, their hinges destroyed,
the mussel shells opened, and into the
openings the starfish thrust their stom-
achs. More silence, more immobility.
Then, little plumper at the heart,
the starfish went tripping daintily off,
but the mussel shells lay open and
empty on the sand.-Cincinnati En-
Ouirer
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
un,vise Combination.

To the mind of Mrs. Abigail Jen-
nlngs there was sort of disloyalty In
admitting to any outsider that native
of Willowby could be really eccentric.
As for anything beyond eccentricity,
Mrs. Jennings would never have adj
mitted it. even in the case of Miss
Rachel Gregg. who was frankly called
crazy by the summer visitors.
Now, Mrs. Jennings" said one of
the boarders, do you really mean that
you've never known Miss Gregg to do
anything that you'd call crazy?"
No. haven't" said Mrs Jennings.
with firm and unyielding expression
about her prominent chin.
Why. what do you think Of her
sending that bag of eggs over to the
Corners to Mrs. Cole right in the box
with her laundry work and never tell
Ing the stage driver and letting him
throw the box right off," inquired the
summer boarder. Mrs. Cole says
there's one shirt waist she'll never be
able to wear again"
WELL" said Mrs. Jennings calmly,
Il should say about that as l have
about number of little things Rachel
does and has done She may lack in
wisdom and forethought now and
again. But. then, who doesn't, I'd like
to know?'-Youth's Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Old lime Drunkenness.

In reviewing "The Early Married
Life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stanley"
the London Spectator comments on the
light in which drunkenness was re-
garded at the beginning Of the nine
teenth century. There was christen-
ing Of twins and rejoicing among the
neighbors, tenants and laborers. cali
the guests" says Maria, were as
drunk as / ever had the pleasure Of
seeing any one." Among the laborers,
however, "that extent of intoxication
was not reached which causes men to
be swine"
Lady Sheffield, who received this &C
count of the festivities, replies: II
would have given great deal to be
present. There is nothing love so
much as such sort Of festivities, where
one has the satisfaction of knowing
that one makes ones friends happy as
we'll as drunk" In London, she de-
clares, when you give ball you af-
front many people, please few, make
many drunk and yourself miserable"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
NINE ON THE DEATH ROLL
Two Fast Trains Collide on the Mis-
souri, Pacific-One Man Missing,
Probably Dead.

The fast California special train
from st. Louis on the Missouri Pa
cific railroad collided with the equally
fast st. Louis train from Kansas City
two miles east Of KnObnoster, Mo.
Nine persons were killed, all on the
train from Kansas City, and at leasr
fifty were injured.
The dead are Michael J. Burk, line
man for the Western Union Telegraph
company, Poplar Bluff, Mo-; S. r. Ing
lish, lumberman, Olean, Mo-; Fred
Story, lineman, Western Union Tele-
graph company, Franklin, KY; w. J.
Frisbie, ST. Louis; John Hood, Hurley,
Mo-, lineman; w. II. Harding, negro
mail clerk, st. Louis; Baggageman
Campbell, of Jefferson City, and two
assistants.
Portions of human bodies and large
pieces of flesh can be seen in the smok-
ing car, which is half telescoped. Only
one person, w. G. Welsh, an express
messenger of st. Louis, is known posi-
lively to be missing, and it is supposed
that his body will be found among the
wreckage of the telescoped cars.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Showing Our Monkey Blood.

The batsman, congratulated on his
home run. slapped himself proudly on
the chest and began to boast of still
finer home runs that he had made in
the past
did you see that gesture. the strick-
en- breast?' said an ethnologist of Har-
ward. Whenever we make that ges-
ture in our vanity we prove the OAR
winian theory up to the hilt.
'You know the gorilla. Kipling and
Du Chaillu describe him-an enor-
nous ape that in his indomitable bra
vado beats his breast with a sound like
the rolling of the muff1ed drums of
Memorial day.
AS big as BULL as swift as cat,
as powerful as an elephant the gorilla
believes himself unconquerable, and in
the vain glory of that belief he initiates
his lungs and beats his swollen breast
till the jungle rings like a gong.
1--WE in our moments Of foolish and
excessive vanity initiate our lungs and
slap our swollen breasts.
Thus, alas, we show the monkey
blood in us."-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
LATE NEWS BY WIRE |
MILWAUKEE, DIVES
OUT OF BUSHES SIS
Seventy Nine Blacklisted Saloons on
the "Great White Way" Have
Been Closed Down.

Milwaukee, July AT midnight
darkness settled over the Great Whltc
Way" and for the first time in TWEEN
ty-seven years East Water street was
dark. Lights that have beckoned in
sistentIy for nearly q quarter # cen,
tury to the rouEder, the de- imonde
and the bon vivant went 90 as by
magic when twelve booming strokes
of the city hall clock sounded le death
knelI of the tenderloin.
For the first time in its history Mil
waukee is "closed." Seventy-nine
blacklisted saloon keepers are out OF
business. Like a clamp the city S
mandate shut down on the tenderloin
1t snuffed out the lights that have
fiared in the past; it choked the life Of
the underworld. Softly the last strains
Of the waltz died away; and the under
world was turned out into the night;
the Great White Way had died.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
JOYS of the inferno.

eff you could see some of the vicious
home treatment applied to CUTS" the
young inferno at Bellevue said. you'd
wonder at the. comparatively few cases
Of tetanus. If playful mongrel pup
snaps at you. the east side knows that
the only thing to do is to put some of
the hair of the dog that did the biting
the hair must be from that particular
dog-into the cut They come with in
cisions reeking with all the filth mag
inable-the dirtiest cobwebs from the
garnet. for instance, which are even
more popular as poultice than those
made of chew of tobacco. Two boys
came in recently the same day with
cuts to which cigar butts had been
bound down because, they explained,
they don't chew tobacco. You can't
convince the east side that it's wrong
Don't waste time, but clean the wound
scientifically. pray for good luck and
yell 'Nextv New York Cor. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
FLOOD rs COSTLY IN LIFE
Five Known To Be Dead and Two Miss
ing at LincoIn-Great Destruc-
ton of Property.

Lincoln, Neb., experienced the worst
flood in its history, causing the known
loss of five lives, and possibly two 9TH
ers; minor injuries to several; property
loss which cannot yet be even esti-
mated; an almost total suspension of
railroad traffic to and from the city,
and misery to hundreds of families
who have been driven from their
homesa and are sheltered in public build
ings and private residences.
The known dead are: John Nelson,
drowned while trying to rescue stock;
three children of Henry AIMED, boy
aged nine, girl aged thirteen and a
girl aged eleven; Mrs. Schwester, who
died from fright and exposure after
being taken from her flooded home.
A young man named Gillard Nichol-
as was caught in the flood while return
ing home from town. He climbed a tel
ephone pole, and persons say they saw
him, after clinging for hours, fall into
the water. No trace of him has since
been secured. A child of a Russian FAM
lily, name unknown, was reported
drowned, but the report has not been
verified.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Anna Gould Is Again a Bride.

London, July Z. = Madam Anna
Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan were
married at registry office in Henriet.
ia street, off Ccvent Garden. A subse.
quent ceremony was conducted at the
French Protestant church OH Soho
square.
There was absolutely no secrecy
about the wedding. Prince Helie had
announced the previous night to rep
resentatives of the American AMI
French newspapers that all difficulties
having been overcome and arrange
ments having been completed, the mar
riage ceremony would occur immedi-
ately upon the opening of the registry
office in Henrietta street in the morn
ing. see
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Iudamsnt Was Confirmed.

A certain old time justice Of the
peace. wishing TO bring suit against
citizen. consulted the statutes and
found that suits of such a character
might be brought before any justice
of the peace.
well. them thought he. ell Just
try the case myself"
Straightway he made out a writ
against his adversary and signed it.
On the day set for trial the defendant
appeared with counsel. Both gentle
men not unnaturally objected to the
constitution of the court.
why" demanded the justice. do
you deny that am justice of the
peace?"
The lawyer would not contest this
point. but argued that such construc-
ton OF the law was against all sense
and reason.
A vigorous alteration ensued, and
then the judge remarked that not for
the world would he have two gentle
men suppose him governed by any per
Isonal considerations. II will there
fore" he added gracefully, render
judgment against myself and then
appeal to the supreme court"
''But the mischief Of it was" said
the justice, relating the story after
ward. ''that when my Judgment got to
the supreme court it was unanimously
reaff1rmed."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Abe Ruef Gives S1,56o, 900 Bail.

San Francisco, July abraham
Ruef has been released from the coun-
ty Jail on bonds aggregating $780,
900, the largest amount ever given in a
criminal case in this state. This sum
is the aggregate bail upon seventy
eight indictments returned by the Oil
yer grand jury charging Ruef with
bribing the former board of super.
visors in connection with the granting
of franchises to public corporations
and upon which he was taken in GUS
tody March s. 1907.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10

81 like churches to provide fine mu-
sic at all times" said prominent
clergyman, ''but there are cases on
record where the music has been given
too prominent a place.
IAN eloquent brother divine from
South Carolina once told me that going
to preach at strange church he was
taken aside by deacon. who whis-
pered:
"sBeg pardon, sir, but I must ask
you not to preach longer than ten or
twelve minutes. It's the music that
the people come here for
THAT was wrong. But worse still
was the case of supply preacher in a
church famous for it's anthems and
choruses. The stranger, not noticing
the scraping and tuning of fiddles,
rose and began to preach, when the
choir leader jumped up and shouted
angrily to him from the choir loft at
the other end Of the church:
"'Sit down, man! When it's your
turn We'll tell you"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Revolution in Paraguay.

Buenos Ayres, July Although
there is a total absence Of official adj
vices. here regarding the situation in
Paraguay, private advices from what
is considered an authoritative source
report that street fighting in Asunc'on
has been going on necessarily for fifty
six hours. 1t is stated also that the
revolutionists are receiving recruit
from all parts of the country. These
advices further report that more than
1900 persons have been killed and
wounded and that the government is
expected to fall at any moment owing
to the decentralization of its forces
through heavy losses.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10

Exciting Experience of the Balloons
That Left Chicago on Long
Distance Race.


Nine balloons starte d from the
city of Chicago last Saturday even
ing on a distance race. They be-
gan moving at 5:44 p. ~. two hours
behind time, and the last eft at 7:3O
p. M, and all went northeast Their
names We're: Fielding, King Edward,
Vile de Dieppe, United States, Gin
cinnati, America, Columbia, Illinois,
and Chicago. They got away in the
order as named.
The contest was marked by several
thrilling escapes from drownings. The
Vile de Dippe dropped into Lake
Michigan soon after the start and for
an hour or more Colonel a. E. Muller
and George Schoeneck, its pilots, We're
swept across the surface, finally arts
ing with their craft to height of 1908
feet, from which they descended to
Benton Harbor, Mich. A similar ex-
perience fell to the lot of C. Ell. Perrigo
and J. D. Case, crew of the Illinois.
While endeavoring to effect landing
near Lake Ontario their balloon fell
into the bay OF Quinte. The aeronauts
had donned life preservers, and manag
ed to keep afoat until yacht put off
from Glen Island and rescued them.
Both the King Edward and the III no 5
descended rapidly soon after the start,
the former touching the water while
the occupants of the Illinois were fore
cd to throw out ballast at rapid rate
to keep away from the waves.
The landing places of the nine bal
looms were as follows: Fielding. West
Shefford, Que; America, Carsonville,
Mich; King Edward, Port Huron.
Mich; Chicago, Atwood, Ont; United
States, PinkertOn Station, Ont; Co.
lumbia, Clinton. Ont; Cincinnati, Co
vert, Mich; Illinois, Glen Island, Ont.
Vile de Dippe, Benton Harbor, Mich.
The Fielding probably wins for dis
lance, having made about 500 miles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
CANS TIME FINALLY COMES
Ring and Bat Nelson Is the
IightWeight ChamniOn

Lightweight Champion.
At San Francisco Saturday Battling
Nelson won the title of lightweight
pugilist of the world from the man who
defeated him at Goldfield, New, almost
two years ago. He knocked out Joe
Cans in the seventeenth round, after a
fight as desperate as any that had been
seen here in years. Fighting from the
beginning to the end of every round,
moving ceaselessly forward and never
giving ground, Nelson, with his bulldog
tenacity and wonderful stamina. slowly
battered the veteran colored champion
into submission.
The end was not sudden, and there
was few who watched the progress of
the battle and saw Cans grow weaker
and weaker from round to round but
had made up their minds as to the re-
suit long before the count was given
that made the Illinois lad champion.
Three times Cans was sent to the floor
in the final round, each time taking all
the time allowed. A blow from Nelson's
left glove to the pit of the stomach end
ed the fight. Cans admits that 1.-The
best man won" and says that it is the
old story Of one fight too many and
that age will tell. He felt himself firing
after the third round.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Rarman Wins the Prize.

Paris, July Henry Farman has
won the prize of $1,000 offered by NJ
Armengaud for the first aeroplanist
who remained in the air for fifteen
minutes. Farman succeeded in remain.
ing in the air for twenty minutes.
twenty seconds, covering 4 distance of
eighteen kilometres in that time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
ENGLISH as SUNG.

l live opposite to school where mu-
sic is carefully and constantly taught
The children have acquired the diff
cult art of dropping semitone a min
ute. But the accent employed is even
more interesting than the tone system
Here is favorite school song:
Flahrs. luvly dahrs, in a garden yeh my
see,
The rowses there with their reuby lip.
Perks the 'unny by loves teh SIP
Teulips, teulips, gy as a butterfy's wing,
Merrygolds rich as the crahn of a king,
Rich as the GRAIN of a king,
But none sch fair teh me.
None sch fair teh me,
AS these wildwood flahrs,
Sweet wild fairs.
London Academy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Needed a Bio Dose.

The president of the Walters club of
New York in recent argument on tip
ping said to his opponent sharply:
''Your reply is altogether beside the
point and irrelevant It reminds me Of
a woman's reply in a German court.
This woman was accused of poisoning
her husband. The prosecuting attor-
ney said to her:
"sYou have heard the evidence. The
body contained enough arsenic to kill
ten persons. What have you to sayY
"'My husband the woman answer
ed. was big eater"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Insurance Men to Cell.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July IL. q.
Barnes, president of the insolvent
Minnesota Title Insurance Company.
was brought up in court and SEN
fenced to two years in the peni-
Tertiary. He was convicted of larceny
in loaning the company's funds to
himself. A motion for a new trial is
pending before the Supreme Court and
until decision is handed down the
defendant will be at liberty on bail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
German Teachers in Session.

Milwaukee. July 3.-Dr. A. Hoelper,
of New York, was the principal speak
er at the thirty-sixth national German
American teachers convention. which
opened it's business sessions at the Ger
man English academy in this city DR..
Hoelper talked on reforms in high
schools.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Husband and Wife Fatally Hurt.

Cleveland, July Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Kay were both fatally injured
in a fire in their home. Mrs. Kay was
burned when she sought TO escape
through hallway that was ab.a1e
Her husband received a fractured skull
when he leaped from a second-story
window. other escape being cut off.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Firebugs Burn Warehouses.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, July A.
George Brewster's tobacco warehouses
were destroyed by fire, of an incendiary
origin, it is believed, and the state fire
marshal has been asked to investigate.
The company carrying insurance on
Brewster's warehouses cancelled his
policy the previous day and he had
them insured with another company,
but the agent did not know whether
it would assume risk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Burial of Joel Chandler Harris.

Atlanta, Ca, July T. During a
heavy rainstOrm the body of Joel
Chandler Harris. author and journal
list, was buried in West View cemetery
on the outskirts of this city. Previous
to the interment, brief psalm services
were held at Mr.. Harris late resi-
dence followed by the obsequies at
St Anthony chapel, where Father
Jackson officiated.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
THE Tin Terror.

"Give me a penny. sir. for something
to eat
''But you've got sixpence in your
hand now What's that for?'
''Oh, that's to tip the waiter, sir
London Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Brothers Drowned While Bathing.

Racine, Wis, July IA double
drowning took place in the river when
John SEVERN, aged Is years, and his
brother Herman, aged Is years. went
beyond their depth while bathing A
younger brother was rescued after
having gone to the bottom twice.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Funeral of Mnrat Halstead.

Cincinnati. July Among the pail
bearers at the funeral of Murat Hal
stead, the editor and author, We're
Judge Alexander l.. Huston and Steph-
en- Gerard, who ofticiated fifty-onc
years ago as best man and groomS-
man ut his wedding. among the other
pail learers being Henry Watterson.
the Louisville editor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Reezlumbots Bad as Dialect.

Southern people have much to bear
the articles in the magazines, for ex-
ample. in which northern contributors
try to put out negro dialect! It's enough
to give one the beezlumbots. Calves
ton News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
/. Wealthy Man WEEDS Secretly.

Lacrosse, Wis, July At has just
developed that former Mayor William
Torrance, wealthy foundry man, was
secretly married June 9 at Flaudeau.
S. D., to Miss Sarah McKown, daugh-
ter of c. S. McKown, an early resident
Of West Salem. They are now on a
honeymoon on the Pacific coast.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
The Maroon Monster.

Friend suppose you run down a
great many people? Motorist-Well,
sometimes / run them up. Friend
Run them up? Motorist-Yes; last
night ran two men up tree.-Chi-
cago News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Trouble Ahead.

Parke-Old man, we've known each
other for years, and it does seem
strange that our wives have never
met Don't you think it would be a
good idea to bring this about?
Lane-Seems to me that's rather a
hard way of doing it.
"Doing what?"
"Getting rid of each other."-Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
well.Known LAWYER Dead.

Racine, Wis, July 3.-Samuel
Richie, seventy-nine years old, former
city attorney and one of the best-known
lawyers in Wisconsin, is dead at the
home of his daughter at Rockford, Ill.
of kidney trouble
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Remains Scattered Along Track.

Brillion, Wis, July Emil Krr7c-
ger, twenty-six years old. was struck
by train and Instantly killed. his
arm and both legs We're cut of -
his remains were scattered along the
track for three rods.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10

There is none made so great but he
may both need help and service and
stand in fear of the power and un-
kindness even of the meanest of NOR
tails.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
Throw a Brick on 1t First.

Arctic Explorers Wife =. Goodby,
John, dear Arctic Explorer-Farewell,
my love. Arctic Explorers Wife-And,
John, be sure that the ice is perfectly
safe.-Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
A Chance.

Mrs. Larkin-I want a little money
today, Fred. Mr.. LIN very glad Of
that. Mrs. L. (surprised)-Why are
you glad? Mr.. because generally
you want a good deal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10
A QucaI Estate.

The park in which Chatsworth
stands is o dozen miles in circumfer-
ence. The facade of the house is a
length Of 1,5OO feet.-Pall Mall Ga
zette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-10

Whether riches really have wings or
not, they certainly are hard to overtake
on foot.-Dallas News