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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1909.
CORRESPONDENCE
Cambridge

Martin Jarlsberg and T G Thompson
have arrived home from their visit to
Norway and report an enjoyable trip.
Quite number from here attended
the ] Case pillow exhibition at Rock
dale last Tuesday. They did just as
advertised = one man pulled a sulky
pillow, cutting and turning full furrow.
Hester Walrath, who is a guest at
Cedar Lodge, accomplished remark
able feat last week for girl only IL
years of age. She swan from o H
Hanson's pier to the pier at Cedar
Lodge, distance of about mile.
The Kittelson Brothers, former resi-
dents of Christiana township, have pur-
chased ranch near Selah, Wash, and
have remembered their old home in
Wisconsin by naming it F'The Utica
Ranch" Washington in this part of
the state has some very fine fruit lands.
1t has very little rain but the orchards
get most of their moisture by irrigat-
ing bitches. Land in this part of the
state is selling all the way from $3.50 to
$1,000 an acre. 1t has fine climate,
although the summer days average
from 85 to 100 degrees the nights are
always nice and cool. Washington has
some fine natural scenery. The Kittle-
son ranch is entirely surrounded by a
range of mountains, the Cascades, and
the two famous mountains, Mt Adams
and Mt Rainer, can also be seen.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Fort Atkinson.

Mrs Huldah Ann Royce-Jones, wife
of Silas S Jones of this city, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs Belle Rich
ards, on Maple street, Tuesday, aged
78 years.
The Fort Atkinson Gas Co has about
half a mile of pipe already laid and is
proceeding rapidly. The contractor ex-
poets to have gas going through the
mains to customers by Christmas.
Great care is used in laying the mains
to allow for proper drainage. No mat
ter how dry the gas is made it appears
that h9avy freeze will develop frost
crystals on the inside of the mains and
if there is a sag in the main anywhere
it is likely to be choked up after time
with water and oil.
Mr. William d James and Miss Flor
ence S Wescott, both of this city, were
quietly married in Chicago, Thursday,
Aug 5th, Rev John Jones officiating.
Mr. and Mrs Jones enjoyed few days
trip through Illinois, returning to the
city Saturday. They will make their
home in the George Swartz residence,
101 West Milwaukee Ave, recently pur-
chased by the groom. Mr. James is
superintendent of the Kent Manufact-
uring Co plant and also secretary of
the corporation. The bride is the beau
tiful and accomplished daughter of Mrs
William Wescott of this city.
The stockholders of the newly organ
lied Fort Atkinson Savings bank have
elected these directors: E w Wilcox,
o w Donkle, C ] Ward, d c. Converse,
Ole Wigdale, w Kyle, G w Kindlin,
C F A Trieloff and j G Galloway. The
officers are: President, E w Wilcox;
Pice-president, E ] Ward; Cashier, O
w Donkle. The new bank has purchas-
ed the LIE Doux building on South Main
street and will erect new $4,000
building.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
FIiuInt of the Spirit.

A case recorded by Plutarch would
seem to support the theory that during
periods of proIracted insensibility the
spirit of the sleeper freed from the
body, wanders away to realms and
scenes not conceivable by the ordinary
senses. A man named Thespius. he
tells US, fell from great height and
was picked up to all appearances dead
There We're no external wounds about
him, but the physicians We're satisfied
of the fact of the decease Arrange
ments were made for his burial. but
on the third day after his fall he re-
vived much to the CONSERVATION of his
friends. In short time it became
quite evident that the whole tenor of
the mans life had changed. Previous
~ his character was that of repro
bate and q vicious man, but after his
insensibility he ever followed after
virtue. On being asked the reason of
the change. Thespius related that dur
ing his long sleep his spirit had been
liberated from his body and had soar
ed away to strange land. where it
had Joined a whole company of other
spirits. His past life was disclosed to
him in all its hideousness. and the
glorious capabilities which were be-
fore him were revealed in such man
ner as to Liake him ambitious of at
tanning them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Animals With Pockets.

Did you ever think what curious
thing it is that some animals have
pockets-great roomy. fur lined vest
pockets. big enough to carry family
of little ones about in? Many of the
animals native to Australia and Tas-
mania have these convenient pockets,
and SO has the possum, common
animal in our southern states. The
kangaroo is the largest of this species.
Full grown kangaroos go sixteen feet
at jump. and so when going on a
long journey or running from hunters
think what comfort it must be to
Mother Kangaroo to know that her
babies are snug and safe in her peck
et!-Exchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20

Mr. and Mrs Will Earle of WATERFOWL
have been visiting Mrs Earle's parents,
Mr. and Mrs John Arnold, the past
week.
ia Heritage, wife and daughter of
Madison have been visiting his sister,
Mrs Nelson Clarke. Mr. Heritage re-
sided here many years ago.
The dairy herd of G Carr and Fred
Wright on the formers farm was test
ed last Friday for tuberculosis and five
of the herd of As cows were condemned.
The condemned stock was appraised on
Monday at $208.9 81. The appraisers
were Richard Barnes, j d Clarke and
Henry Williams.
The train upon which Miss Nellie
Killam was travelling to the home of
her parents at Bovina, Texas, collided
headon with another train about four
teen miles from Bovina. The passen-
gers were thrown from their seats and
all of them more or less injured, al
though there were no fatalities. Miss
Killam was slightly injured.
Bert Button has received from the
northern part of the state real In
dian canoe. 1t is an old timer, hewed
placed it in his yard and its tiny hold,
in which doubtless many a dusky Lo in
years gone by has padded the graceful
craft through romantic waters, will be
used hereafter to grow flowers in, be-
meath the shadow of the Spanish can
non.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Stou9hton

H E Roberts left with his household
goods Tuesday for Cogswell, N Oak,
where he has decided to locate. Mrs
Roberts and young daughter Florence
will leave on Saturday.
G Lane yesterday put into use on the
lake the large passenger launch that he
recently purchased in Chicago. The
new boat is 81 feet long and of seven
or eight foot beam. 1t is equipped with
Is engine and is lighted with cleo
trio lights, making very nice and
roomy passenger launch.
Miss Ruby Severson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Louis Severson, is the pos
SCISSOR of handsome little pearl which
was lucky enough to find in the water
outside of her fathers cottage at Camp
Dewey A large number of CLANS had
been taken out of the bay by various
ones, without pearl being found, until
Miss Ruby, for the fun Of it, decided
to try her luck, and picked a shell from
the bottom with the result as before
stated.
Charles Clarke, who has been ap
pointed special game warden to see to
it that the state laws are complied with
in seining carp at Kegonso, informs us
that Mr. Converse will be ready to make
his first haul Monday Tanks are to be
built and the net must be put into good
condition, it having been found to be
in need of repairs. The camp of the
seiners is located on a narrow strip of
land between the lake and the railroad
track, north of the station.
Suicide by man 80 years old was
the startling occurrence that came to
light on Friday afternoon when the
dead body of John Smith, an inmate of
the Old Folks Home, was found in the
river at Scolen's bridge in such posi-
ton as to leave little or no doubt that
the old man met his death by jumping
into the water with the intention of
ending his life. Yesterday morning at
8 o'clock the old man, who was known
as being eccentric, started for town,
but as the inmates are not supposed to
leave the Home without obtaining per-
mission, the matron, Miss Lesa Nord-
basel, intercepted him and attempted
to turn him back, but was thrust aside,
and the only thing she could do was to
have the superintendent young son
heep an eye on him. The lad saw him
turn from the road to town into the
road leading to Scolen's bridge, and
that was the last seen of him until Sam
Erickson, in driving across the bridge
shortly after dinner, discovered what
he thought was buggy cushion lying
In the river just south of the bridge
and at the outer end of the rushes lin
ing the east shore. Upon investiga-
ton the object proved to be the body
of the old man, his legs stuck into the
mud of the river bottom, and his head
and arms submerged, so that only his
back was visible.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
The Hearts of Sam Houston.

In the memoirs of a Senate Page
Christian r. Eckloff recalls the years
just prior to the outbreak of the civil
war, when Sumner, Wade, Douglas,
Hamlin. Houston, John P. Hale, Breck-
inridge, Thomas and Jefferson Davis
were debating the great questions upon
which the north and south were at
variance. They were an imposing body
of men, mostly clad in black broad
cloth and wearing high silk hats.
But there was one senator who re-
fused to be dignified-Senator Hous-
ton of Texas. DAY after day. says
Mr. Eckloff, during spare moments
he sat there in his seat carving hearts
out of soft pine wood. They were
pieces about the size of the hand.
When he had completed one of these
works of art he would summon page
and, pointing toward some fair spec
tator in the gallery, would say. Give
this to that lady up there with Gen
eral Sam Houstons compliments.
Mr.. Eckloff remembers Houston as
one of the gentlest and kindest of men,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
The Eternal Feminine.

Ii would seem that the six year-nld
daughter of Washington official is III
times harasse,l With doubts touching
his own future conduct of life
Father. said she. I'D like to have
your advice about something"
Well daughter" answered the fa
Their. with the solemn air and speech
he affects at such times. upon what
point am TO BIZ taken into your con
Use that shall give it my earnest con-
sheraton"
Its this" said the child when |
get through school, what would you
advise me to do while I'm waiting to
get married ?'-St. Louis Republic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
c.red Hav Fever and summer Cold

A. S. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana,
writes: Last year ] suffered for three
months with a summer cold so distress
ing that it interfered with my business.
I had many OF the symptoms of hay few
er. and doctors prescription did not
reach my case, and took several medi-
cines which seemed only to aggravate it.
Fortunately / insisted on having Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t quickly cured me.
My wife has since used Foley's Honey
and Tar with the same success. w. G..
AtWell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Sock and Buskin.

In the early ages theatrical perform
ers disguised their faces with wine lees
or rude pigment Aeschylus. the ia
nous tragic poet. introduced masks.
which were of various kinds. express
ing every age, country, condition and
complexion. All were constructed
with the greatest nicely and precision.
The dresses were also adapted to the
characters assumed by the actors.
What was known as the buskin was
hunting boot. Those worn by ira
gedians had soles three inches thick.
composed of layers of cork, and were
laced up in front as high as the calf.
Sandals were also worn, and many of
these had thick cork soles. The col
ors of the foot coverings were various.
red being the favorite hue for war
riors and purple for other characters
Slaves wore low shoe bearing the
name of sock. which was also the ordi-
nary footwear of comedians. From
this circumstance arose the well
known phrase of ''sock and buskin,"
so generally associated with the drama.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
rhe Crime of Idleness

Idleness means trouble for any one,
It's the same with a lazy liver. 1t causes
constipation. headache, iaundice, sallow
complexion, pimples, blotches. loss OF
appetite, nausea, but DIR. Kings New
life Pills soon Danish liver troubles and
build up your health. 25c at w. G.. At
we'll.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20

II you are all run down Foley's Kid
ney Remedy will help you. 1t strength
ems the kidneys so they will eliminate
the impurities from the blood that de-
press the nerves and cause exhaustion.
hackache, rheumatism, and urinary ir-
at once.-W. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
How,s This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligation made by their firm.
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimon-
ials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Soon becomes f1ardened.

"But sometimes it's right to tell .
white lie, isn't it?'' Perhaps. But
notice that when man gets that idea
once it isn't long till be becomes
color-blind. "--- Cleveland Leader.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20

People with chronic bronchitis, asth-
ma and lung trouble will find great re-
lief and comfort liz Foley's Honey and
Tar, and can avoid suffering by COM
mencing to take it at once. w. 6. At
well.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
AS it Seems.

A chauffeur claims that one woman
can scatter in as many directions as
six.-Kansas City Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
Head and Heart.

1t takes very great intellect TO
equal the pleasures of a very simple
heart.-Beatrice Mantle in "Gret.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20
For Sale.

A limited number of brood sows with
pigs. w. J. SMART,
37t2 Cooksville, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-20

Martin Jarlsberg and T G Thompson
have arrived home from their visit to
Norway and report an enjoyable trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

used space in popular magazines and similar class publications, and a limited amount of such space was used again this year by both the great political par ties The republicans confined their an of the candidates. while the democrats undertook to solicit campanign1 contrlbu- tions in this way. The democrats in- jected some real humor into the political arena by the wording of their advertise ments-in large type the reader was told that for 12 years under republican rule his cost of living had been increasing much faster than his wages, and then, after he was duly impressed with his poverty, he was invited to cut off the coupon on the lower right hand corner and mail it, together with $5, to the treasurer of the national democratic, committee. It Is doubtful, therefore, if this plan of advertising met the expecta- ton that it could be made to pay it's own way Involving, as it would. very large outlay, l consider the matter of political advertising one of the serious problems of the new campaigning yet to be solved
 The financing of our Presidential cam paigns is being completely metamor- phosed No law governing campaign con tributions requiring publicity or limiting their amount has yet been enacted, so far as national campaign funds are con cerned, but the court of public opinion has registered several verdicts which are proving just as effective as law in cur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
FINANCING A CAMPAIGN.
New Methods Make for Honesty in
 National Elections.

Victor Rosewater, in the Independent.
 The literary output in politicai con test for national supremacy figures up to the colossal Editions of speeches ana pamphlets are turned out by the millions and they are printed in nearly every spoken language The party papers are enlisted and organized for a cooperative onslaught on the political enemy. They are freely supplied with editorial sheets, political news, cartoons, campaign poet ", ready-to-print plates, and ready-to- circulate supplements The billboard pos ters, the window Autographs, the but tons, the songs and the various campaign novelties are all elements of campaign publicity. The question of political ad- vertising presents a big problem imHe- diately in front of the campaign mana gers Four years ago the republicans
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tailing the abuses toward which former methods were heading. The time has passed when great sume of money sub scribed by the officers of few big cor porations, may be depended on to supply the sinews of political warfare. Practl- caly all the funds employed in national campaigns used to be collected in New York, Chicago Philadelphia, and Boston, and it was an almost unheard-of thing for contributions to come from any part of the country outside of these money centers unless by some one already in official life or hoping to be-
 This year the democratic campaign fund was collected in large part by di- rect appeals to individuals through news paper subscription lists It was an- nounced that not over s10000 would be accepted from any one contributor, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
Bomb Hidden In a Book.

Calcutta correspondence London Times.
 Some time ago the Calcutta police re- ceived information that a bomb con- cealed in a book was sent to MT. Kings ford, then the chief presidency magis- trate. The package looked like law book and MT. Kingsford, supposing it to be a book which he had lent to friend, did not open it. It accompanied him to Muzaffarpur and was afterward found among his books.
 When the package was brought to Cal cutta it was found to contain a tin case of picric acid concealed in law book of 1900 pages, 500 of which had been scooped out to accommodate 1t.
 Springs were set in such a manner that when the string with which the parcel was tied was out the cover would fly open and a detonator of illuminate og mercury would be struck by nail. The springs had rusted, but the explosive was intact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

while this limit was evaded in at least one tnstance. there was no general rush to override it, and the subscriptions in excess of Sl0O0 were very few, indeed. On the republican side, while there were no stipulated dead lines, the large subscrip- tions which would have exceeded, the democratic limit could be counted on the fingers, and the total number of contri- buttons not only went into the thousands for the first time, but were distributed geographically over all the states and territories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
Exasperating.
the Chicago Daily News.

From the Chicago Daily News.
 From the dark kitchen there emanated series of thumps and angry exclama- tions Jones was looking for the cat.
 Pal" called the son from the stairway. "Go to bed and let me alone," blurted Jones' '1've just parked my shins."
 iPaW insisted Tommy after a mo- ment's silence. keep quiet?"
 ..I-I didn't hear your shins bark"
 And the next moment Tommy was be- ing pursued by an angry sire with hard hairbrush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
nIcoRp,S VITAL M RESTOR RAT1vE

Restores Men's Vitality. Price s1. At all druEgists. Always on hand at Collier Drug Co.,, 109 North goth street. Mall orders solicited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Did you ever work?" asks Studs. hopin' to get the tramp to tell us the story of his life.
 "Work?" he chrps, work has been my
 lifelong friend, an it saved me from a fearful death" He brushed his eyes with
 his sleeve an pushed a quarter in the
 pot without lookin' what he wuz doin' an
 we knew We had him goin'.
 How wuz that?" asks Studs, drawin' him on.
 Gents, it was like this. When I wuz young l started to learn hattin', that bein' better than any other trade, because there wuz twice as much money when you wuz workin' an twice as much time when you wuz loafn'. When I wuE 20 l wuz blockn'. Say, gents, did you ever block hats in a hatshop? No? Well, when you work at it a coupls of months yer hands feel like a bushel of oyster shells an look like the Rock of Gibraltar after a heavy rain. Most blockers put their hands on a grindstone every month or so to keep them soft, but I didn't; l let them go, an when I'd been worldn' three years my hands got so hard l used to amuse myself by drfvin' nails with em.
 "One night I wuz thrown out of a box car by a couple of burley freight fractur- CTS, an landed plumb on my hands, an started to slide before I could turn right side up. Say gents, did yer ever fall out of balloon? No? Well, that's like goin' down in a freight elevator compared with slidn' down an s0-foot bank on yer hands. Honest. l went so blamed fast my hands began to sizzle an smell like a tannery on a wet night. If I'd ever landed on my feet they'd been worn off. "I finally landed at the bottom, all in, with my head jun1pin' like a midnight local on the Third Avenue L. Dark? Gents, I've been in places where it wuz so dark the only way you could see any thing wuz to to close your eyes. But that i wuz blindin sunlight alongside of this. I 1 struck a match ter get my bearin's. and | then I'll be darned If. I didn't have to | light another to gee if it wuz burnin'. So l gave it up an went to sleep.
 | "The next morning I walked down the 1 track a half mile CT so; pryin' rocks out of my hands with railroad spike that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Birmingham Special for New York 9::30 am. The handsomest train in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
From Puck.

From Puck
 We WIZ sittin' down in Pete McMug- gins saloon playin' friendly game of ten-cent limit when he came in. An he sure wuz a bird; a regular South-in-the- winter-truek-ridin bird.
 Pete WIZ dealin', an when he starts to get up the tramp says, in voice that sounds like a coon sweepin' off a rag carpet, kinda swishy-like: Any chance fer a game, gents?'
 We wuz some surprised, not to say amused, and Studs Ruff says kinda sar- castle: %We're playin' cards, mister, an fer money; real money
 You don't say so?' says the tramp, looking amazed "I thought maybe you wuz mal1in' kimonos for the Eskimos; but if yer only playing cards I'm in right. Gents, l wuz playin solitaire with the spots on the wall paper in me nursery be- fore I wuz three weeks old. An got money, too; real Uncle Sam Signed money" And he takes out dirty two dollar bill.
 Beer money" whispers Pete, winkin', an we let him sit down.
 There wuz four of us when the Boe came in; me. an Pete who owns the place; Studs Ruff. called Studs because he won't drink nothin' but beer; an Spender Mueller because he don't We wuz all good poker players, an with four of us against him the tramp didn't have a chance.
 Pete asks him to have a drink. Pete is one of them generous cusses that always gives a feller a drink before he cleans him out.