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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-22
Card of Thanks.

For the kindly acts of neighbors and
the death of my wife. for the beautiful
floral offerings, for the sweet music
rendered by the choir, and for the
words of coincidence and consolation
spoken by the pastor at the funeral, |
hereby offer my sincere thanks.
c. A. FRITZKE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-22

THE tragedy that has followed in the
wake of the bank failure at Mineral
Point goes to show what widespread
disaster comes when trusted official
violates the confidence placed in him,
wrecking large financial institutions.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-22

IT'LooKS as though preparations were
under way to establish branch Of the
Ananias club in Esquimo land. Mil
waukee Sentinel.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-22

The worlds greatest scourge is that
awful cough, catarrh sore throat and la
grippe. But w. H. Barker's Cough
Remedy made in Sparta will knock it
every time. Nothing like it.-W. G. At
we'll
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-22

"A seven-room house with barn for
rent. Apply to Casper Scharfenberg.
Vacant rooms over Shumway's bar
Der shop for rent. Apply oJames Pol
lard
The bee., 1909-06-17
FIRE WIPES OUT VILLAGE
Flaming Forest Burns Entire Settle
ment--cItizens Are Rescued BY
a Special Train.

Symrna Mills, Maine, June H.
The flaming forest Of Northern Aroos-
took overwhelmed the little village
OF Hillman, a new hamlet on the Ash
land branch of the Bangor & Aroos-
took railroad, seven miles north of
Smyrna Mills, and destroyed every
building in the settlement. The
population, consisting Of fifty persons,
was saved from death by the timely
arrival of a special train. In all twelve
buildings were destroyed but the
financial loss will not exceed $40, 600.
For several days flames have ex-
tended for twenty miles in Northern
Aroostook. The width of the fire zone
is about five miles and the main con
Migration was divided into several
sections.
The hamlet was almost entirely own
ed by the Dean Lumber company. The
flames are still raging furiously.
The bee., 1909-06-17
waEE WAS GARDEN or EDEN7
Learned Men plMsr Widely IN the
location Of the First Dwsllisa
Place on Record.

Students Of Biblical lore and geog-
raphers have located the Garden OF
Eden in many places on the earth In
the last few hundred years So eK-
cellent an authority on oriental his
tory as Prof. Robert w. Rogers Of the
Drew Theological seminary has deh-
nitely placed It in the circumscribed
region lying between the Tigris and
Euphrates. He says he does so with
the full authority of the Bible.
In the course of his oriental re-
search Prof Rogers found that the
Biblical references to the Garden Of
Eden seemed to indicate that 1t must
have been in the region between the
two rivers mentioned. He points to
the fact that in the Biblical story OF
Eden appears the statement that &
river watering the garden was divided
and became four heads, the last Of the
four being Euphrates. The Euphratee
rises in the Armenian mountains, and.
uniting with the Tigris, flows into the
Persian gulf.
Christopher Columbus thought that
Eden was in Venezuela, and SO in.
formed the spaniards. One or two
other explorers Of years gone by con
tended that the garden was on the
island Of Ceylon, the reason being
simply that they found there a noun
tain called Adams Peak.
The search for the Holy Grail occu.
pied the time of the middle ages in
great part, but with the final abandon
ment OF that quest the hunt for the
Garden Of Eden became a popular
pastime. In the early stages of this
It was located in many different
places, among them being Armenia,
Utopia, Atslantis, and a prehistoric
continent somewhere. One savant
placed II close to the African equator.
The bee., 1909-06-17

Miss Ethel Barrymore described at
a luncheon in Boston the way she hood
winked the reporters over her we'd
ding.
For one reporter, a pretty girl, I
was sorry" said Miss Barrymore
she told me she was horribly fooled
she lost q two-coiunn story-some
ten dollars. .tr-s
"She said she was almost as disas-
trously fooled as she had once been
at home in her girlhood They were
playing, she said, blindman's bun and
she was the blind man. she9crept
about bic, caught hold OF some one,
explored q little with her hands, and
cried an triumph:
AHA, know who this is This IL
Uncle Jabez Carpenter. can feel his
funny mustache and his wiry old whis-
kers.
'But. the girl explained, It wasn't
her Uncle Jabez Carpenter at all. It
was her rich old Aunt Annie Plummer,
who cut her forthwith from her will"
The bee., 1909-06-17

Eminent Professor Has Upset Some
Beliefs That Have Hitherto
Been Strongly Held.

Little red bird in the tree, sing q
song to Clinton @. Abbott OF your
fears, your peacefulness, your OBJ
stinacy, indignation, realization, antici-
pations and other emotions. Prof. Alb
bolt, the ornihologist, believes that
with HIS large collection Of photo
graphs and incidental studies, he has
proved the possession of emotions by
the birds.
The raising or depressing of the
BIRDS feathers, the poise Of her body,
the opening or closing OF her bill, and
the expression of her wonderful eyes
are emotional significators to which
the professor attaches Importance. He
enjoins any owner OF canary bird to
test his ideas for himself by approach
ing the cage with whistled encourage
ment and sympathy.
"The little fellow will doubtless cock
his head on one side, raise his cre7'
and gaze in a quizzical and friend
manner at his visitor" the investiga 4
says. But utter some unaccustof ID
sound or run the finger tip across he
bars, and he will dash from per(d to
perch with a look Of unmistakable ter
TOR in his eye and feathers tightly de-
pressed and body slim" The goose
which in tame late is called the
stupidest Of all p oltry, Prof. Abbott
ands on its nesting grounds in the far
north OF Scotland to be possessed OF
an intelligent and crafty nature such
as has seldom come under his obser-
walton eithef by direct contact with
nature or from study Of the work of
others. lATfNy
The bee., 1909-06-17
WHISTLE HEARD MANY MILES
Especially on still Night In
the Country.

Have you ever wondered what
sounds travel the farthest? II you live
in a great city you are constantly en-
veloped in such a multitude of noises
that 1t Is very seldom that any partic-
ular one attracts the attention unless
it be unusually sharp or strident, and
although piercing, such a sound is
not likely to carry any great distance.
The higher notes are exceedingly pen
etrating for q short radius, and I'M
questionably more startling than the
lower ones, but the latter are much
more far-reaching.
The ability of a sound to carry de-
ponds upon its vibrations, and any one
who has listened to the deep notes of
q pipe organ in q church Will admit
that he could almost feel the air VI
brate. But probably q steamboat
whistle, such as are common On the
Ohio and Mississippi packets, can be
heard a. far as any sound that may
ordinarily DO met with. The deep
resonance of its tones, floating stead
lily out into the air, seem to stretch
away indefinitely into space, especial
~ in the stiffness Of a night in the
country. 1t Is a sound that cannot be
mistaken for any other, and when
once its acquaintance has been made
you win never forget it.-Harper's
Weekly.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Trees That whIstls and weep.

In Nubia there is a curiosity in tree
life. 1t is called the Solar or Wits
fling tree. When the soft winds blow
through its branches il gives forth de-
lightful melodies after the manner Of
the old-time Aeolian harp. For hours
at a time this strange. weird musiS
stretches out across the wilderness,
thrilling the listener with a mad
fantasy of pleasure. The Nubians
claim that 1t is the spirits OF the dead
singing TO those who are about to Join
them. Scientists say that the music
is caused by millions Of small holes
bored by an insect in the spines OF the
leaves. Another tree that interests
botanists is the Weeping tree OF the
Canary islands. This tree, during the
driest weather, will rain down regular
showers from its leaves. The natives
during a drought gather under the
branches and I'LL their buckets. The
water is clear aud pure.
The bee., 1909-06-17
via HE wAMrEp.

But" said the manager Of the mu
steal comedy company, addressing the
young man who had been called in to
brighten up the place a BIT 1T ought
to be easy enough for you to throw
in a Joke here and there and add a
little comedy to the songs can't
see why you should want much for IT,
you see, it's going to be a good
deal of a task. Jokes and comedy
can't be tossed of without serious
thought. One has to work up new
situations. n It we're possible to Use
mother-in-law jokes and those old
gage about the Chicago girls feet It
would be easy enough. Those things
are, however, So"
"Therel You've struck lead al
ready, you see. That's just the kind
Of stun want. Go ahead. You can
finish up the job in an evening"
81 thought you wanted real humor.
well, amt that real humor? It's
what makes all the musical comedies
go, all right. Get busy, and II you do
a good Job I'll give you S15."-S. e.
Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The bee., 1909-06-17
is USEFUL ALLY OF FARMERS
PIoVer Destroys Various Insects That
Damage Crops, IL Assertion Of
English Publication.

OF all our birds the ploVer is Rhso-
lutely the most useful on the land,
and we have the authority a. the
board Of agriculture for saying that
"the multiplication Of insects injurious
to crops" is the direct consequence
Of the fashion for plovers' eggs
The bird destroys snails, wireworms.
beetles and all sorts OF noxious In
sects that damage crops. AS 1t feeds
largely at night it destroys many In
sects that other birds do not touch,
and IT has also a peculiar virtue in
killing a water snail which indirectly
is the cause of liver rot, deadly dis
ease in sheep.
Plover have been more than usually
numerous this year, and no doubt II
their eggs we're protected, as in Scot
land, they would multiply yet more
and save many thousands OF pounds
that are now spent on the fattening
Of the wireworm. II is becoming also
q more popular practice to keep lovers
az a garden pet They do incalcuiable
good and are very interesting to
watch. especially at this season.-Lon-
don Daily Mail.
The bee., 1909-06-17
VALUABLE AS HONEY FINDER
Bee cuoIcoo Of Africa Of Great Service
to the Natives and Protected
by Them.

One Of the most sagacious Of birds
is certainly the bee cuckoo. or moroc.
q little bird very like the English
sparrow.
1t is found In various parts Of Afri-
ca where wild bees abound, and. being
unable to help itself TO the honey.
which is its favor1te food. 1t resorts
to human aid.
Having discovered a swarm Of bees,
# flies to the nearesS hAbitatiSs. ana
attracts by it's cries Of ''Cherr, Cherrs
cherr," the attention Of some OF the
natives. 1t then mas on in the direc-
ton Of the nest, uttefing its CRY ana
waiting for its followers to svertak0
It. Should they be tardy 1t returHA
TO meet them, and seems as II tryinG,
to urge them on to greater speed. the
natives answering II with low whis'
tie.
Arrived at its destination, Il Il VI
lent, waiting patiently on the bough
Of a AalghboTing tree while ~ Au-
man friends dig out the nest . gooo
share Of the honey on Ne coma eun-
tanning the bee magxuAs, being lest hX
them for their featheBeA guide.
The natives never iA1ure this bird
and always prevSnt travellers from
shooting II.
The bee., 1909-06-17

We'll, nr," remarked the some.
what garrulous landlord Of the Puxics
tavern. "Throgmorton, the constable,
arrested a Teller, day before yester-
day, for walking down Main street
here, in the middle Of the AFTERNOON In
his stockin' feet He's in Jail new,
and"
"But-great Scott" calculated the
washing-machine agent, 1T Is not a
crime, IL II, for a person to walk In
HIS stocking feet Why, my dear sir.
personal liberty"
Jaw, personal liberty IL proper
enough a. long as II don't interfere
with the rights OF other people. Any
thing that tends TO add TO the silence
OF our promisin' little city is an eff
Tense against the general veal. We're
public-spirited here, even II we amt
exactly metropolitan. Puck.
The bee., 1909-06-17
THE LIVING BEFORE THE DEAD
Common Sense Opinion Clothed IN
Poetic Language Delivered
from the Bench.

One might say that John Driscolrs
ears burned while Judge Marean read
his decision b court the other day.
except that such a statement might
be open to mfsconstTuction. For John
has been dead for two years. Just the
same, whatever may be the feelings
Of the deceased about the matter.
Judge Marean's common sense ought
to come in for a BIT of reward.
Driscoll left his estate Of a few
thousand dollars TO the church he at
tended at Far Rockaway on condition.
literally, that his grave be kept green.
In his will he commented with a cer-l
tain austerity upon the common prao-
tice of neglecting the green tents bel
meath which the greater part Of man-
kinds army ia bivouacked, and de-
vised his thousands with an eye to
making John Driscoll's grave a thing
Of beauty to the end Of time.
But John DriscoIi had some coIlat-
eral relatives, poor and ill-cIad and
on the verge Of starvation. Maybe
they never did anything for John Dris-
coll during bis life. Maybe John Dris-
coll e,~~ hated them. But neverthe-
less they are m and in need, and that
money John DrisOoll gave to the grave
might keep them In comfort for their
few remaining years. No hint through
the documents a. to their previous re.
lation to john Drlscoll.
But Judge Msrean held that IT is
better that the hungry ~ fed and the
ill-clad be clothed ana the fatherIess
be comfortsd than that . mound Of
earth be lowered and gardened. The
revolving seasons may we'll care for
John Driscoh's grave. the winter
may cover It with a glittering mantle
and the spring adorn It with budding
flowers, and the summer weave above
1t a thick green coverlid, which In its
turn the fan may grant a russell hue.
Let the law be as rnerciful to the liv-
ing as God IL to the dead."-Cincin-
natl Times-gtar.
The bee., 1909-06-17

Ag0NUN0 gNON ~ G&SN tNeAfsa
II have the man who came for my
trunk to thank for one thing" said a
woman; hereafter / think closing my
TRUNK win have less terror for me. You
see, always seem to have 1t so
crowded that It requires the combined
weight Of several members OF the
household to close that cover Well,
the other day, when IL was time to
take my trunk to the station. there we
we're, three Of us, trying to get that
trunk closed and locked Finally, In
sheer despair. i looked at the man
who was patiently waiting. and In a
most appealing way. invited him to sit
down upon that trunk to see II
he could close IL. Did he do as 1 Eug-
gested? No-something better. He
calmly lifted up the top Of the trunk,
took out the top tray and fitted il In
the top of the cover; presto, that
cover, with the top tray inside, went
down as nicely as could be. am not
trying to explain why 1t did. but /
know that it did. And. like a mission
AIRY, / am passing the idea along"
The bee., 1909-06-17
Pneumatic Knee CAPS.

LET me sell you pair OF new pat
emit pneumatic knee caps. madam. !"
the salesman said. They save scrub
women from housemaid's knee"
The knee caps were Of rubber.
They fitted on the knee with straps
and buckles. They were the size OF q
mans hand, and they cost $3.50. The
kind-hearted visitor bought a pair 10
give to an aged pensioner.
These testimonials 90 with them,
madam" the clerk said. Eight doc
tors testify here that the pneumatic
knee cap besides preventing the nasty
disease called housemaid's knee
changes scrubbing from q torturing
70 = bearable occupation. such a.
even you or might try"
The bee., 1909-06-17
No Pirate Gold.

Johnny McDermott, the 14-year-old
son OF Long Island farmer. had been
hearing Of Capt. Kids buried gold
ever since he could remember. In
digging a woodchuck out Of his hole
a few days ago he came across an
iron-bound boz. He thought he had
found a golden treasure for sure. but
after Juggling II home ana breaking Il
open the contents turned out to be
rusty knives. forks and spoons that
some robber had buried. All were
too badly eaten with rust to be OF any
good.
The bee., 1909-06-17
The eIue RimL

When nature made the blue bird BhO
wished to propitate both tho sky ana
the earth, so abe gave him the colon
of one on his back and he hne ~ tha
other on his breast. and ordained that
his appearance In spring should Do
note that the strife ana war between
these two elements was ~ an cad. He
IL the peace harblngor; In him the CO
Iestial and the t0EreStral strike hands,
and are fast friends. He means thO
furroW and he means the warmth; he
means all the soft, waving influences
Of the spring on the one hand. and the
retreating footsteps Of winter on the
other. After you have seen the blue
bird you will 500 no more cold, no
more snow, no moro winter. He brings
soft skies and the ruddy brown OF the
nelds. II is sure to be a bright March
morning when You first hear his note.
and II is as II the milder influences up
above had found a voice and let a
word fall upon the ear, so tender is
It and so prophetic hope tinged with
q regret-John Burroughs.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Enrce Of Aahlt.

THE trouble with the American PEG
pie is that they are too restless. They
are never satisfied unless they are get
ting on the cars to go somewhere"
Il know 1t. My wife has become so
used to travelling about that when she
goes 60 bed at night she always calls
in the chambermaid and assures her
that she win not be able to sleep a
wink unless she can have a lower
berth, 10 Chicago Record HERALD
The bee., 1909-06-17
Younq Lies greatest Trasedy.

Let a sensitive child enter his teens,
and then have his parents break up
their home, and the wrong which Ia
done him is more cruel, the ruin which
is wrought in his life 10 more devastat-
ing than almost anything else which
could come TO him. Divorce IL a Mes
sina cataclysm, shaking his earth and
rendins his sky. Il skaters the real
tiles Of his life, breaks up his scheme
OF things, tears his ideals iRto tatters
and renders pitiful and abject one or
both OF the persons who haa been 20
him the symbols OF more than earth
~ beneVolence and goodness.-NsW
York Mail.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Telephone Deafness.

She was telling how grun and ter
rible his voice sounded over the tele-
phone. How different from his usual
speaking voice. How she was dis
tressed after every telephone message
to him, his voice was so gruff and
unusual.
1T Is be- 4 am telephone deaf"
he said y. am not at all deaf e1.
eept over the telephone; but, being
deaf, Il Affects my voice. You know
that deaf people have a very different
voice from other people. They don't
know just how they are talking, in
fact, because thSy can't hear them
selves talk"
The bee., 1909-06-17
Combination.

Complaining Customer-Say, this
ny-paper is full OF holes.
The Groceries, madam; know II
b. It Is the new combination" ny
paper, and is made with the holes 80
That It can be used for porous plasters
Rfter the fiy season is over.
The bee., 1909-06-17
RsSIum and Vaccine.

An Italian physician who exposed
fresh vaccine virus TO the carnations
Of radium for varying periods and then
made use OF 1t In Vaccinating children
found that there was no eject on the
action OF the virus produced by the
exposure to the rays. but that the pus-
ties produced by the virus were en-
lirsly free from any septic suDpura-
ton; there was no infiammatory area
and no fever, He nnds that this 10
an smdsAt method Of purifying vac
cine BOT On account Of the Ak
pense Of sum NOE one that caa ~
commonly followed
The bee., 1909-06-17

Campbellton, N. b., June H.
Driven from their homes by a forest
fire. ninety refugees arrived here des-
titute, footsore and half famished.
They made up the entire population
OF a village on the line Of the Inter
national railway known as Couillard
& Guimonts Lumber mills. Few Of the
party OF men, women and children
saved anything except the clothes they
wore.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Lloht on ECONOMY.

You always want to try to do all
your reading in the daytime" said the
stern teacher Of physiology, addressing
the class. Sunlight is much better
than any artificial light Can any one
Of you tell me why?"
Yes, ma'am, said Edwin. TITS a
good deal cheaper. Judge.
The bee., 1909-06-17

: You say" observed Muggins, there
is nearly always something broke
about your motor?"
Yes" answered Chuggins, nerv-
ously.
What is it, as a ruler 80"
Me"
The bee., 1909-06-17

Yes. sir, once lost over 100000 Ia
less than two weeks"
''Whew! That was going some. How
ga you do 1T"
by not buying about 10000 shares
~ certain stock that went up eight
Dollars a share without a single set,
back. Chicago Record-Herald.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Easily ARRANGED.

The calcium was out Of order.
Il can't do my best without a glare"
averred the star.
Il can manage that" responded the
impresario. I'm station aae OF the
other prima donkas In the wings"
The bee., 1909-06-17
Mans opinion.

IF we had women for judges" said
ne lady with the square jaw, few d.
Yorces would be granted"
Yes" replied the horrid man.
They'd be so eager TO hear the scan
oalous details that II would never be
possible to get all the evidence In"
The bee., 1909-06-17
CONSIDER SMITH PARDON
Governor oeneen and State Board Of
Pardons Take Up Former Bank
Presidents Case.

Springfield, ILL.,. June 12.-Governor
Deneen and the state board OF pardons
today took up IN case OF Judge Abner
Smith, formerly president OF the
wrecked Bank Of America. Of Chicago,
and under sentence 10 the state peni-
tentiary for conspiracy to defraud the
stockholders Of the bank.
The bee., 1909-06-17
un 10 Date.

She-What's that curious looking
charm you are wearing on your watch
chain?
He-That is our new coat-ofarms-
chauffeur rampant, policeman couch
ant, justice of the peace expectant.
The bee., 1909-06-17
An Exception,

Foreman (pointing to alHrge placard,
mo smoking, as It Interferes with In
suranoe" )-Hey, Mulliganl Don't you
pee the simf
kuIligNn between puRs) --Rest
Aisy, sort Dim too ould to be exam
lned for loife insurance, inywsy.-
Judge.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Rivalry.

First Her-She is receiving atten-
.tions from a young solicitor, and also
from a young doctor.
Second Her-Which is ahead?
First Her-They're both somewhat
backward. The solicitor asks merely
Hypothetical questions, and the doctor
only seems to hold her hand to take
her pulse.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Cherries outIok,

The daughter-What objection have
you TO my marrying him, mamma?
The Mother-Because, dear, ]
blink you can do better.
"But can't always do betterr'--
LIFE.
The bee., 1909-06-17
The Simple Life.

Passer-by-Look here, you are the
man who struck me for a sixpence
three days ago!
Beggar-Yes, sir; but do me best, l
can't keep me expenses any lower
than twopence a day.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Cnmmon caae.

"You need a man to show you how
30 make money"
i've got one. My boss shows me
how it's done, but he won't let me
do it."-Cleveland Leader
The bee., 1909-06-17
HE WItnss., objection.

Judge-Swear that witness!
Witness--Now, judge. came down
here to do my duty IN a peaceable
manner, and don't want TO be cussed
by anybody Judge.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Practically NeIssIsss.

Gladys--Does that noisy Archie
Feathertop stili come 70 see your
Msybello-Yes. Ne atm cOmss; but
~ Aaaar made . neiss iiks = prODOS-
sl'yOl
The bee., 1909-06-17
A samenesa NotlceabIe.

Patience see it is said that the
United States has the greatest yari-
ETY. OF postage stamps.
Patrice-And yet they all seem to
taste the same.-Yonkers Statesman.
The bee., 1909-06-17
ReveIation.

The truth that figures never lie''
I never dared assert,
Until 1 saw Babette go by
Clad in her new sheath skirt.
But now know, must confess,
MY feeling can't be hid,
That when II comes to women's dress
'Twere better II they did.
Judge
The bee., 1909-06-17

Yeast-Did your wife get time on
that new hat she's just bought7
Crimsonbeak-No; bat It looks a. II
she'd got about everything else on I'll
-Yonkers Statesman.
The bee., 1909-06-17
Back 10 the Hod.

A young darby quit hustling mortar,
And engaged as = Pullman car porter.
He was sort OF a shirk,
So he threw up the work,
Because they would give him no quarter
Judge.