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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-05

Misses Myrtle and Lilly Brewington
left Friday on a several weeks visit to
friends in Baltimore.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Doubtful Praise.

Mr.. Faxon was the oldest patron of
the "select boarding house" in WHICH
he lived, and his landlady sometimes
referred people to him for a recon-
mendation of her table. His wish was
to praise the food highly, as he could
conscientiously do, but one day he
overstepped his mark.
'I'm dyspeptic, SIR" said man who
had gone to Mr.. Faxon to make in
quiries about the boarding house, land
my food has to be simple and we'll
cooked-no high seasoning. no indigest-
ible compounds"
Mr. Faxon looked at him with a
bland and reassuring smile.
'sMy dear SIR" he said in his most
impressive manner, ''you need have no
fears. All | have eaten in the ten
years have been under Mrs. Browns
roof would not interfere with the oil
gestion of the most delicate baby, sir,
in the land
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
BURSTING Balloons.

The greatest danger of high ascent
in balloon is concerned with the
changing density Of the atmosphere.
On the ground the atmosphere presses
on the balloon with a weight of about
fifteen pounds for every square inch
Of it's surface. AS the balloon rises.
however, the air grows thinner and
it's pressure becomes in consequence
less and less AS the pressure of the
outside atmosphere decreases the bal
loon expands. and if the ascension is
made too rapidly or without sufficient
care the gas inside the silk envelope
will expand until the balloon bursts.
But the bursting of balloon in mid
air is by no means necessarily fatal
catastrophe. Every balloon is provid-
ed with ripping cord" which. when
pulled, cuts a long rent in the. envelope
out of which the gas speedily escapes.
The silk bag is then carried by the air
into the upper portion of the netting.
where in the majority of cases it
forms a parachute and brings every
thing safely to earth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Left Handed vituperatiyes.

Most counties in England have their
idiomatic expressions to denote left
handedness. and they are often pre-
fixed to the unfortunate left handed
child's name In London the term is
kack handed, the word being also
equivalent to awkward. In Lanca-
shire it is k-pawed, in Yorkshire gal
lock or gawk handed. an expression
dating back to at least the seventeenth
century In Derbyshire are used the
terms key handed. cork handed and
corky handed. while in the Teesdale
district cuddy handed is common and
in Nottinghamshire wallet handed.
In the south of England special
terms to denote left handedneSS are
also found In Dorset it is scrame
handed and in Devonshire coochy
handed. In Scotland we find gawk
handed and in the west cawry handed.
In Ireland left handed man is called
a kithogue. Tim Healy used this word
in a speech ut East Wicklow. in which
he said that Mr.. O'Kelly could fight
with his left hand and had already
given his opponent some ''kithogues"
that would spoil his political beauty
during the contest.-London Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
The Monkey and the Pie.

An Indian faker had a monkey that
he had brought UP from babyhood.
says an English writer. The pair were
fast friends. the monkey being faith
full attendant on his master and as
good as a watchdog. One day the
faker made a pie for dinner and left
it 20 cook on charcoal fire while he
went for a walk. AS the cooking pro-
ceeded the savory smell was too much
for the monkey. 1t raised the crust
and tasted the chicken. Finding the
food very tasty. it ate more and more
until nothing but the crust remained.
Then it remembered its master. who
would shortly return hungry and ready
to enjoy his meal. What was to be
done? The sharp eyes of the monkey
detected some crows not far away. SO
without loss of time it lay down on
the ground as if dead. BY and by a
crow came along and pecked at the
monkey. which seized the bird in a
twinkling strangled it. stripped off the
feathers. placed it in pieces in the
dish, covered it over with the crust
and then contentedly awaited the re-
turn of the faker, to whom the whole
incident was related by an eyewitness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Nearby News.

When Casper H. Storck entered his
barn at Blooming Grove at o'clock on
Thursday morning, he caught strang
er in toe act Of stealing an overcoat.
He took the man into custody and tele-
phoned to Sheriff Halbach. At the Jail
the fellow gave his name as William
Gerdeck. Gerdeck pleaded guilty to
burglary in the municipal court.
Peter L. Myers, owner of the Myers
theater and the Myers hotel in James
vile, and Miss Louise Newman, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank New
man, of Cooksville, We're quietly we'd
ded at the Episcopal parsonage in
Waukesha, Tuesday morning, Nov. 8.
Not until Thursday, when he brought
his wife home for a Thanksgiving din
ner, was it known even to his most IN
innate friends that Mr.. Myers had con-
tracted another marriage this being
his third. Mrs. Myers is graduate of
the Evansville seminary, and taught
school for four years before taking up
the avocation of trained nurse.
Mazomanie was thrown into a great
excitement Friday when George Ben
ton, Is years old, entered the Peoples
bank there on the pretext of having a
bill changed and tried to hold up the
assistant cashier, Miss Smith. AS the
girl was taking the bill the bandit
pushed a revolver through the grill and
ordered her to hold up her hands. Miss
Smiths wild screams caused a crowd
of men and boys to rush toward the
bank. Benton, losing his nerve, dashed
for the front door, firing as he went.
He was pursued by Marshal Roche and
posse of citizens for about half a
mile. He fired wildly twice at the mar
shall, and was finally captured just out
side the village.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Poison In the Middle Ages.

In the middle ages SO little was
known OF toxicology that all sudden
and mysterious deaths were attribut-
ed to poison. but in the light of mod
ern knowledge many of these. says the
British Medical Journal, are now cas-
lily explained by such diseases as ap-
pendicitis and gastric ulcer Even the
Borgias can be absolved from many
of the poisonings laid to their charge
Nevertheless from early times in Italy
poison was a favorite means of re
moving" an enemy. In England,
France and Germany cruder methods
of vengeance prevailed. and it was not
until the sixteenth century that the
Medici introduced poisoning into
France. The fashion spread with ter
rible rapidity. and poison was employ
ed in every rank of society to get rid
of inconvenient persons. The art in
troduced into France by Catherine de-
Medici and her followers took root so
deeply as TO blossom later into the
black magic of Louis XIV.'s reign.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Cambridge

N Neupert delivered 1860 pounds of
poultry to Waterloo parties last week.
All of the poultry was purchased from
farmers in this vicinity.
Articles of incorporation of the State
Bank of Deerfeld, with capital stock
of $40, 900, have been approved by the
commissioner of banking. The incor-
porators are Nels Holman, G o Berg
land and N G Larson.
Harry VAIL, who enlisted as must
clan in the U army last summer and
has been stationed at st Louis, Mo, and
Des Moines, Iowa, since his enlistment,
orders his News sent to Manila, T l.
He has been assigned to the Second
Cavalry band and is now on his way to
join the organization in Manila. Harry,
no doubt, will see large portion of
the country while in the service of On
Gle Sam.
Nicholas Neupert, a butcher at Cam
bridge, seeks to prevent Nicolai An
derson for engaging in the same bust
ness for period of ten years through
an injunctional order from the circuit
court In his complaint, which was
filed on Saturday, he alleges that when
he purchased from the defendant a
meat market and slaughter house on
April 10, 1909, Anderson agreed that he
would not re-engage in the same bust
ness or accept employment as butcher
within the village for a period of ten
years. He further complains that An
derson, in violation of the contract,
opened a meat market in the village on
June 5, 1909, and has continued in the
business ever since. Neupert claims
that his business has suffered as the
result of Anderson's competition, and
he prays: That Anderson be enjoined
from engaging in the butcher business
or accepting employment as butcher
within the village for a. period of ten
years, dated from April 10, 1909. That
he recover $500 damages. That he re-
cover the costs Of the action.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
DRYS LOSE ALABAMA FIGHT
Issue Falls by 2o,000-Women Serve
Coffee and Food at Polls.

Birmingham Ala, Nov. 30.-The pee
pie of Alabama declined to amend the
constitution so as to include prohibit
ton therein, defeating the proposition
by about 10000 majority.
Only six or seven of the sixty-seven
counties of Alabama returned major;-
ties in favor of the amendment, and
these in each instance were small.
There was intense interest in the
election. Women worked around the
polls in the cities, serving coffee and
sandwiches. Police and deputies main
tanned order.
The clear weather brought out big
vote throughout the state.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
When Lovers Watched the Corpse

Most curious of the old time super
stitions of New England was the Gus
tom of requiring lovers to watch the
corpse. 1t associated the hopes of
marriage with the silent vigil. was
poetic and has only disappeared from
the oldest towns within generation.
No obligation of the social conscience
was more scrupulously regarded than
that dead body should never be left
alone at night. In the earliest days
the solemn watchers were old men and
women. deacons. selectmen, but as the
colonies grew honest lovers with plight
ed troths were frequently selected for
these long vigils.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
MANY DIE IN A SHIPWRECK
Japanese Vessel Founders During a
Terrific Storm.

Tokyo, Nov. 30.-A fierce storni
swept over the vicinity of Shimonoseki.
The Kisagata Maru, Japanese ves-
sci of 1878 tons, foundered, and it IS
feared that all on board were lost
Twenty-Five bodies have been washed
ashore Many fishing boats are also
believed to have been wrecked
The piers and entertainments at
Shimonoseki have been badly damaged
by the high seas.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
GUARD KEEPS OFF LYNCHERS
Aurora, ILL., Authorities Take Precad-
*icns Against Violence.

Aurora, Ill, Nov 30.-The possibility
of a lynching confronted officials 0t
Aurora, ard extraordinary measures
were taken to guard from attack Al
bert Marc1ay, farmer, accused of nay-
ing made q murderous assault ON his
mother, Mrs Elizabth Marclay, fifty
eight yaarS old.
Through the night police guard
was maintained about the city jail, and
under orders of Mayor Fauth members
of the city fire department were held
in reserve to assist the police in the
event of trouble.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
SUICIDE ENDS
DAY OF CRIME
Criminal on Parole Does Ter
ribIe Work in Ohio.
SHOOTS MOTHER IN HEART

Bullet Was Intended for Sheriff Who
Was Attempting to Arrest Him
Murderer Then Wounds Deputy and
Fiees to the Home of Neighbor,
Where He Shoots Man and Wife
and Then Ends His Own Life with
the Last Bullet.
Greenvilie, O., Nov. 3O.-After killing
his mother, Mrs. Isaac Weaver, depn-
ty sheriff, William HI. Farra, and prob
ably. fatally wounding Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Minnich. while taking possession
of their home in an effort to hold off
a pursuing posse, Clyde Weaver, thirty
four years old, committed suicide in
the Minnich home. His body, with a
bullethole in the temple, was found IN.
der q bed in the Minnich home when
policemen entered. He has used his
last cartridge to end day of carnage
in Franklin township.
Weaver, released on parole from the
Dayton workhouse on condition that
he stay outside of Ohio, returned from
Illinois and threatened the lives of the
family of James Hapner, neighbor.
Sheriff Haber and his deputy arrived
to arrest Weaver. He asked permits
sion TO change his clothes and then,
from his upstairs room defied the
sheriff
Mrs. Weaver, while pleading with
the sheriff, was killed by bullet
through the heart, fired at the sheriff.
While the sheriff was organizing a
posse, Farra was felled by a bullet
from Viewers revolver and the latter
fed in the sheriffs buggy.
The pursuit led to the Minnich hons
where Weaver, crying "give me shell
ter" fired a bullet, breaking Mrs. Min
nich's arm, and another penetrating,
Minnich's irtestines. Both probably
will die.
Barricading himself in the houss,
Weaver held off the posse till only Oh &
cartridge remained, and then killed
himself
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03

The Reporter will give you the home
news. The SINH Weekly State Journal
consists of the regular Monday and
Thursday issue of the daily, together
with a summary of all the news for the
rest of the week, and will give you
Madison, county, state and world news.
Perhaps you can't afford to take a
daily paper. The Semi-W eekly State
Journal is really a chance for you to
get daily paper twice a week.
The above offer is cash in advance.
Send in your subscriptions to the Re-
porter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
The Way Ii Seemed.

1.-THE longest days of the year are IN
June pa, but when are the shortest?'
Sometimes in July and sometimes IN
August. depending upon when your
mother takes her vacation. New
York Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Safer.

your political antagonist is calling
you every name he can think Of said
the agitated friend.
Don't interrupt him. answered
Senator Sorghum. 1T is better to have
man searching the dictionary for
epithets than going after your record
for facts Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03

Foresight is very wise. but foresor-
row is very foolish, and castles are at
any rate better than dungeons in the
air.-Sir John Lubbock.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
BISHOP HENDRICKS Is DEAD
Dies at Cebu, Philippine Islands,
Victim of Cholera.

Manila, Nov. 30.-Bishop T. A Hen
bricks, diocese of Cebu, died of cholera.
A brother came from New York re-
Gently in the hope that he would be
able to take the sick man home There
have been a number of cases of cholers
at Cebu.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
WoIusst Gets the Decision,

San Francisco, Nov. 30.--Ad Wolgast
secured the decision over Lew Powell
at the end of the twentieth round Of
their fight in this city.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
See the Exhibit Car of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway.

While in Omaha for the National
Corn Show, call any time between De-
cember and Is at the Exhibit car of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway 18th and Jones Streets, Oma-
has) and see the samples of farm pro-
ducts, etc., from the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington along the
new Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound Railway. F. A. Miller, General
Passenger agent, c. M. & ST. P. Ry.,
Chicago. 52t2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Nature makes the cures

Nature makes the cures
after all.
Now and then she gets
into a tight place and
needs helping out.
Things get started in
the wrong direction.
Something is needed to
check disease and start
the system in the right
direction toward health.
SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil with hypo-
phosphites can do just
this.
1t strengthens the
nerves, feeds famished It's
sues, and makes rich
blood.
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Each bank contains u Good Luck Penny
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
HEROIC FIREMAN MAY DIE

Falls from Fourth Story After Holding
Woman Until She Is Saved.
Cincinnati. Nov. 30.-In a tenement
house fire, Captain James F. Boyle was
probably fatally injured while making
a heroic rescue of a woman
Captain Boyle hung by one arm from
fourth story window, supporting the
woman until she was saved. He then
fell, suffering injuries from which he
is near death
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03

Two or three furnished rooms for
light housekeeping wanteds Address
L. E. ", care this Office.
Foley's Orino Laxative is best for
women and children. It's mild action
and pleasant taste make it preferable
to violent purgatives, such as pills, tab
lets, etc. Cures constipation. G.
Atwell.
Take hint, do your own mixing.
Rough on Rats, being all poison, one
15c box will spread or make so to 100
little cakes that will XIII 500 rats and
mice. It's the unbeatable extermina-
tor. Don't die in the house. Beware
of limitations, substitutes and catch
penny, ready -for-,sse devices. 52w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
Combination of Good Papers.

The Reporter and Daily State Jour
nal offered in special combination.
The regular price for
The Reporter per year -. $1.25
Daily State Journal, year. 400
Total. 5.25
You can have both for . SD. SO
This is chance for you to get your
home paper together with the leading
daily paper in this vicinity at a speci-
ally low price. The two papers will
give you just the news that you are
most interested in.
- Or here is another offer:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03
For Rent.

The Mrs. Short residence on Blaine
street for rent. Inquire at w. H. Gift
ford's. 48tf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-03

N Neupert delivered 1860 pounds of
poultry to Waterloo parties last week.
All of the poultry was purchased from
farmers in this vicinity.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-15

less on cotton this year, but they can
buy all the cotton needed for their pur-
poses at Is cents pound and still de-
clare reasonable profits. I confidently
assert that the cloth market will follow
the cotton market with sufficient fidel-
ity to bear out these statements.
Your cotton is worth a higher price
than it Is now bringing. The welfare of
yourselves, your wives and your chill
dren, the commercial interests general
ly OF the south, dictate that you resist
any impulse to put more cotton on the
market. In so doing you are simply
playing into the hads of the speculative
element, the professional price-depres-
sors, against whom we have been at war
for many years.
by exercising business foresight ct
this time, you simply reap additional
money to yourselves, additional mil
lions to the south. Your duty is clear,
your duty as well as your self-interest.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-15
New Telephone Directory.

The new directory of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
has been delivered to the subscribers in
Marietta by Manager H. r McC latchey
This directory contains all the changes
and corrections that have been made
since the last directory was printed.
In looking over the directory, we
are glad to note so many rural line sta
tions, which brings them in close touch
with the activities of city life. The
Southern Belt Telephone and Telegraph
Company has a plan whereby farmer
can secure a telephone on n very eco.
nomical basis A number OF Cobb coun-
ty farmers have agailed themselves OF
this opportunity, and we predict a
steady growth of this class OF business.
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company has a modern plant
installed here, and is giving the people
good service.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-15
"HOLD YOUR COTTON,"
SAYS PRES. BARRETT

President Barrett of the Farmers
Union has issued the following state
ment:
ITO the Members of the Farmers
Union: The south is producing this
year probably the shortest crop, in pro-
portion to demand, since this section
began to raise cotton. As we advance
in the season all interests are more
thoroughly convinced of this fact. At
the final accounting, the crop may be
shown to be much shorter than even
the present estimates of the extreme
pessimists.
"You have sold sufficient cotton, in
the majority of instances, to meet your
pressing debts. l call upon you now
in behalf of your own interests and the
interests of the south-at-large, to hold
the remainder of your cotton until
present prices range higher.
Your ability to hold is stronger be-
cause you have been raising your food
stuffs at home. You no longer have to
buy Of the necessities of life as heavily
as in former years. Next year | look
te see this advance materially further
ed. To that end, I call on you to put
yet more in practice the doctrines of
diversification and raising of home sup
plies.
1.-THE laws of supply and demand, so
glibly quoted to us in the past, are
such that cotton is worth more than ir
is now bringing. The world needs our
product. The mills in the United
States and in Europe need it. They are
able to pay higher price than is now
being offered. They will pay it if we
exhibit the ordinary business sagacity
to hold our staple until they become
convinced Of our intention to secure q
fair price.
"Do not be alarmed by the humorous
bluff to the effect that mills in this
country and Europe are threatening to
curtail production because of present
prices. They cannot afford to do SO.
About the most expensive piece Of ma
chinery to lie idle is a modern cotton
mill. And the ones in America and
Europe are not going to lie idle so long
as the demand for cotton cloth and
weaves 10 as steady and as difficult to
satisfy as it lie today.
I'm past years the mills have made
enormous and swollen dividends on
low-priced cotton. They may make
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-15
WOMEN'S WOES.
Marietta Women Are Finding
Relief at Last.

1t does seem that women have more
than a fair share of the aches and
pains that affiict humanity; they must
keep up" must attend to duties in
spite of constantly aching backs, or
headache, dizzy spells, bearingdown
pains; they must stOOp over, when to
stoop means torture. They must
walk and bend and work with racking
pains and many aches from kidney
ills. Kidneys cause more suffering
than any other organ of the body.
Keep the kidneys we'll and health is
easily maintained. Read of remedy
for kidneys only that helps and cures
the kidneys and is endorsed by peo-
pie in this locality.
Mrs. w H Bette, 246 E Fair Street,
Atlanta, Ca, says: 81 heartily en-
dorse Doan's Kidney Pills and l be-
lieve that | could not say too much in
praise of them. | became so run
down as the result of kidney trouble
that | could not attend to my house.
work. | consulted several physicians
but none of them was able to help me.
While suffering in this way, DOan's
Kidney Pills were recommended to
me and concluding to give them a
trial, procured a box. | improved
steadily under their use and in a short
time | was so free from kidney COM
plant that l could go about my
household duties without the slight
est inconvenience"
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