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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-01-23

Legal expenses advertising,
printing and stationery. 32,949. 90
Postage, telegraph, telephone,
express, furniture and fix
lures Observation-Disclosures. 14,452 16
All other disbursements. $50. 51,3S1 "a
Total disbursements. 50, 006, 500 IA
LEDGER ASSETS.
Book value of bonds. SO, 231, 759. SO
Cash on hand and in bank 74.S61 SO
Bills receivable. ........... II, 209 80
Other ledger assets. ...... 14,375. so
Total ledger assets SO, 1888 FOG ~
NON LEDGER ASSETS.
Interest accrued. .......... $3S,933 95
Gross premiums in course of
collection ..... 3O1,290. 06
Gross assets. SD. 673.4 3O IL
DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED.
Bills receivable. 2,209.3S
Gross premiums in
course of collec-
ton ......... 2S,694.44
Book va ue of
bonds over mar
ket value. ... 2,73624
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-01-23

Total admitted assets So, 300, 100. 07
LIABILITIES.
Net amount of unpaid losses. $500. 453 Al
Total unearned premiums 1,O46 5S3. 95
Commission and BROKERAGE. 6S,731 %
Salaries. rents, bills. etc 49, $4,000 90
Advance premiums 1865 90
Other liabilities .....,. 100000. 90
Total liabilities O53, 453 Al
BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS.
Total premium received during
the year .............. $171,122 AZ
wear 54.06S. SO
OSCAR KING, Genl Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of January. 1908.
e. A. Rabener, Notary Public
(Seal)
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-01-23
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the Pennsylvania
Casualty Co., of Scranton. Penna., on the
31st day of December, 1907, made to the
Insurance Superintendent of the State Of
Illinois, pursuant to law.
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TIME TABLE OF THE
SPRINGFIELD CONSOLIDATED
RAILWAY co.

Cars leave Fifth and Monroe streets
as follows:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05

The intensely cold nights of Siberia.
says a writer produce curious phe-
nomenon. Occasionally the silence is
broken by loud report resembling the
boom Of cannon The noise is caused
by the bursting of an ice bubble on
river. The streams coming from the
hills are incased I'm fee six to nine
inches thick, and as the water de-
scends faster than it escapes through
the river the result is heavy hydro
static pressure. This first causes the
ice upon the river to rise in mounds
often six to eight feet high. For a
time they seem to yield elastically to
the pressure. but finally can with
stand no more and burst with an ex-
plosive report. The water rushes out,
soon freezing, however, and causing
further explosions. The writer asserts
that he has seen scores Of these ice
hillocks within few miles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Oriain Of the Oath.

Among the different nations the
mode of administering the oath varies.
Formerly the custom was in this coun-
try by kissing the Bible. At the pres
emit time the more general manner is
by raising the right hand.
Among the many things for which
the world is indebted to the Jew is the
mode Of administering the oath. 1t
dates back to the days Of Abram, the
patriarch, who when offered by the
king Of Sodom to take the goods to
himself made answer, II have lift up
mine hand unto the Lord, the most
high God, the possessor of heaven and
earth, that will not take from a
thread even to shoe latchet and that
will not take anything that Is thine
lest thou shouldst say, I have made
Abram rich" Detroit News-Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
No APOLOGIES.

Uncle Jerry PEBBLES, who had taken
a seat. in the smoking car, had filled
his pipe and was about to hunt in his
coat pocket for a match when a large
man of much equatorial diameter sat
down in the vacant seat by his side,
coinplacently crushing him against the
side Of the car and almost Obliterating
him.
Uncle Jerry said nothing and pro-
ceeded In his search for match. 1t
was hard work to get his hand down
between himself and the large man,
but he found the pocket at last and
took out three or four matches, all of
which went out as he struck them, one
after the other, except the last.
you're welcome" said the portly
man, glancing down at him over his
shoulder.
"Was that your pocket had my
hand in?'
''It was
"Well," said Uncle Jerry as he light
ed his pipe, "all I've puff) got to say
(puff, puff is that you buy burned poor
matches. Chicago Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
LAWYERS on Strike.


In 1889 John Scott, earl of Clon-
nell, who was lord chief justice OF
ireland. made some insulting remarks
from the bench to Mr.. Hacket, mem
Der of the bar, who was conducting
an argument before him. A general
meeting of the bar was called, Sc
we're condemnation Of his lordship's
conduct voted with only one dis
sentient and an unprecedented resolu-
ton passed that until his lordship pub
licly apologized no barrister would Ell
Their take brief, appear in the kings
bench or sign any pleadings for the
court. This strike experiment was
actually made. The Judges sat, but
no counsel appeared, no cause was
prepared, the attorneys all vanished,
and their lordships had the court all
to themselves. There was no alterna-
tive, and next day Lord ClonmeH pub
lished very ample apology by adver-
tisement in the newspapers and made
it appear as If written on the evening
of the offense and therefore volun-
tary.-London Law Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
A PRAYING Mar.

When men begin their prayers with
20 thou omnipotent, omniscient, omni-
present, all seeing, ever living, bless
ed potentate, Lord God Jehovah"
should think they would take breath.
Think Of man In his family, hurried
for his breakfast praying In such a
strain! He has a note coming due, and
it is going to be paid today. and he
feels buoyant. and he goes down on
his knees like a cricket on the hearth
and piles up these majestically NOV
ing phrases about God. Then he goes
on to say that he is sinner; he Is
proud to say that he is sinner. Then
he asks for his daily bread. He has
It. and he can always ask for it when
he has it. Then he jumps up and goes
over to the city. He comes back at
night and goes through similar
wordy form Of evening prayer" and
he is called ga praying man." A pray
ing man? I might as well call myself
an ornithologist because eat chick
en- once in awhile for dinner.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
The indian Experimental.

A missionary In charge Of a small
church on the Indian reservation at
Onondaga held evening services for his
people at which subjects upon which
he lectured were not strictly religious.
One evening when the little building
was well filed with braves and their
squaws he described the solar system
and told them that the earth revolved
about the sun and also turned over
once in every twenty-four hours.
Early the next morning the priest
was awakened by a knock. He opened
the door to find big Indian wrapped
in blanket standing on the porch. -
"Why, Obaga:" he exclaimed. us
anything the matter?"
missionary lied" grunted the In
dian.
81 lied? What do you mean?"
missionary say world turn over ev-
cry night. Injun go home, set up stick.
put apple on stick. If world turn over.
apple fall off, This morning apple on
stick. Missionary lied. HUH And
with this parting grunt he STROBE
down the path. unheeding the priests
calls.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
kent His Word.

A young fellow In Havana who oc--
cupied the position Of reporter fell
in love with a girl, the daughter of h
wealthy planter. He applied to her
father in the orthodox way for his
consent to the marrac
"Presumptuous!.' the father.
with eyes flashing -eu. a poverty
stricken journalist, and my daughter!
Sir, get out of my presenter
The journalist was very angry. 1t
brought forth heated declaration of
pride:
"Your daughter is too good for me,
you say? will marry princess be-
fore | die And. with head erect. he
left the irate father
The journalist went to Spain. He
wrote poems. The poems were read
by the Princess Josephine. There was
a meeting The two fell in love with
each other 1t Is said the journalist
was so sincere in his affection that
probably he forgot his declaration to
the Havana planter. They were both
royalty happy. eloped, married in VAL
ladolid and were eventually pardoned
by Queen Isabella, the one time jour
nalist being received with all the re-
spect due to his new and high rank.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05

The rack is gait of the horse be-
tween a trot and gallop or canter, in
which the fore feet move as in slow
gallop, while the hind feet move as in
a trot or pace. It is usually an arti-
fetal gait, but is sometimes hereditary
or natural There Is much confusion
Of terms In respect to this gait, due
to the fact that the gait itself is some
what varied, according as the racker
carries the one or the other fore foot
foremost in the galloping motion Of
the fore feet; that many confound the
rack with the pace, the words often
being used anonymously, and that
many have mistaken the use Of the
words space" and Gamble" There ts
abundant evidence that the American
pace Of today Is the amble Of Eu-
ropeans of the last century and earlier.
The motion Of the hind feet is the
same In the trot, the pace and the
rack. In the trot the diagonal hind
and fore feet move nearly simulta-
neously. In the pace or amble the
hind and fore feet Of the same side
move nearly simuitaneously.-Dosto
Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
CUE EXPERTS IN MATCH
Youthful Crack and Man Without
Hands Play In Milwaukee Tonight.

Hands Play In Milwaukee Tonight.
Milwaukee, Wis.,, Feb. 27.-One of
the most interesting of billiard match
es will be the one played at the Mil
waukee Athletic club tonight. between
Calvin Demarest, the former amateur
champion of the United States, and
George H. Sutton, "the handless won
der" The game will be played at
1872 balk line, in which both contest
ants are adopts.
Demarest is frequently nailed as the
coming champion of the world. He is
only twenty-five years of age and won
the amateur championship twice be-
fore entering the professional ranks.
Sutton is one of the best billiard play
ers in America, despite the handicap
of the loss of his hands in a buzzsaw
accident,
He holds his cue close to his body
with the stump of the right arm, guild
ing it with the stump of the left, the
right moving the cue when he Is ready
to shoot. He makes frequent use of
the bridge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
When Ladies Wore Masks.

In the seventeenth century ladies
wore masks in public, and great was
the variety of face screens that were
seen. Ladies who had ''coralline" lips
preferred short masks, as was natural
For others who wished to hide the
lower part Of the face the mask was
completed by a chin piece Of linen,
which afterward passed under the
chin and over the ears. In 1882 a new
mask called the mimi, from the Ital-
ian mimics, was all the rage and
threatened to usurp the place OF the
black one. 1t was even the cause Of
violent quarrels between the ladies
who held to the latter and those who
preferred the latest novelty. Some
years later it became the fashion to
trim the upper part Of the mask with
a ruche of lace, to lengthen it with
beard Of the same material and even
to cover it more or less with lace to
the borders of the eyeholes. Young
ladies'. of this period, however, fire.
quently contented themselves with COW
ering the face simply with piece Of
black Grape for coquetry's sake and to
appear the fairer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Msnsfield's Likeness"

Richard Mansfield once asked Frank
A. Nankiyell to make picture Of him.
The actor explained that he wanted
an imitation of an old Roman coin
with his own profile shown instead Of
Caesars
do you want an absolute likeness
or shall idealize it bit?' asked Nan
kivell.
II want an absolute likeness" re
piled Mr. Mansfield stiff1y. and the
artist made a sketch of his patron.
When the completed picture--a splen-
did piece of work that looks as If it
were embossed-was shown to Mr..
Mansfield he was not pleased
''It looks like prizefghter." said
Mr. Mansfield.
''That is not my fault" said Nanki-
veil. ''You know that you said you
wanted likeness"
There was a further exchange of
courtesies. and then Mansfield sug-
gested that the artist try again. Eek
cuse me-" said MAXWELL. "Once will
do me-"
"well, change this picture little, I"
said the actor. Perhaps you can fix
it up"
"Not q AK said the artist as he
rolled up the picture and prepared to
go with a parting shot. "You don't
want an artist to draw your picture;
you want photographer. Good day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
More Exciting Than the Play.

a countryman on one Of his rare Wis.
it's to London, after completing his
business, visited the local theater and
patronized that part OF the house
known as '.the GODS" obtaining seat
in the front row. He had provided
himself with refreshments before en-
tering in the form of bag of cakes
and bottle of mineral water.
AS the performance progressed he
consumed these and, becoming alb
sorbed In a thrilling passage. was alb
sently toying with the empty bottle on
the ledge in front Of him when he ac-
cidentally allowed it to fall over.
Horror stricken. he instantly looked
down and was just in time to see the
bottle drop heavily on to the bald head
Of a man below, who, not noticing
whence the attack came, jumped to
the conclusion that his neighbor was
the aggressor. He seized the bottle
and hit the other man smartly across
the head with It.
Our friend above had now seen
enough and hastily but quickly quilted
the place, observing when he reached
the exit two angry. struggling men
being ejected.-London Ttt-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Muskrat and Perfumery.

The question is asked us whether
the musk of the common muskrat Is
not used to make cheap perfumery.
We have never heard of such use OF
muskrat musk, nor can we find any
thing definite on the subject in the
books. Application to a large manu-
facturer of perfumery, however, brings
out the information that some years
ago musk from the muskrat was tried
out for perfumery purposes, but was
not found available for this use. Not
single instance of its being used now Is
known. The musk OF commerce comes
chiefly from the musk deer.-Forest
and Stream.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
BOY OWES LIFE
TO PRINCIPAL
School Head ReScueS a Ten
Year=Old from Death.
DROWNING IN OPEN SEWER

Without Hesitation Principal Jones,
of the Humboldt Park School in Mil
waukee, PIunges into the Muddy
Water and After Considerable Effort
Gets the Little Fellow on Safe
Ground-Boy, with Others, Was
Playing on Raft.
Milwaukee, March 1.-William Kres-
her, a ten-year-old schoolboy, was
saved from death by drowning in an
open. sewer by the prompt action OF
Principal Louis A. Jones, Humboldt
Park school, Howell avenue.
The sewer is open, about twenty-five
feet long, IL feet wide and sloping
from the edges to depth of ten feet.
Young Kresher and two other boys
were playing with an Impoverished raft
made of the boards of an old sidewalk.
1t floated out into the middle of the
sewer and as it approached the deep
est place two of the boys became
frightened and jumped. With this
shock the raft broke to pieces and
left Kresher standing on but one or
two boards, which turned over and he
sank into the muddy water.
Principal Jones came along at this
time and at once Owed into the water.
Not, however, until the rad had gone
down four times was he able to grasp
him and put him on safe ground.
Resuscitation was necessary, the boy
being exhausted when taken from the
water. Young Kresher displayed great
presence of mind, clapping his hand
over his mouth as he went down and
removing it for breath when he came
up.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
An Elephant Bridge.

In ancient times in India famous
general used elephants to bridge
stream, He possessed battalion OF
over 500 elephants, and, approaching a
river where the stream was too rapid
for his troops to cross, he ordered the
elephants in and had them placed side
by side. facing up and down the
stream. Then planks were brought
and laid from the back Of one elephant
to that Of another, and over them the
troops passed in safety, the only trou-
BILE experienced being the showers or
water which the elephants kept up by
sucking up the refreshing liquid In
their trunks and tossing it over their
bodies.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
His Cole Limitation.

"Do you know what I'd laik to beT'
asked Rastus of the commercial trav-
eler who was stopping at the wayside
hotel.
'sNo," said the commercial traveller.
'What? A millionaire"
''No, sah," said Rastus.
"a lawyer?'
"Oh, no, sab; not dat"
"A doctor?'
"No, sah."
"What then? asked the commercial.
traveller.
"I'd laik to be preacher. sah," Ras-
tus said.
'Well, then, why don't you?" asked
the commercial traveller.
ST can't, sah," replied Rastus, be
cause 1 amt got no frock coat. "-New
York Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Girl Accuses Aged Man.

Milwaukee, Feb. 27.-John A. Chit
terling, eighty years old, flagman at
the Holton street crossing of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road,
was arrested, charged with having at.
tackled Irene Dobbratz, aged sixteen
years, in his little shanty on Feb. II.
The girl is said to be an inmate of the
Lutheran Home for the Feeble Minded
and Epileptics, 1885 Humboldt avenue.
Detectives Seehawer and O'Gorman
took Chittering to jail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
sardou,s Opinion of Women.

I have, said Sardou, the highest opin-
ion of the fair sex. I consider women
superior to men in almost everything.
They possess the intuitive faculty to
an extraordinary degree and may al
most always be trusted to do the right
thing in the right place. They are full
Of noble instincts and, though heavily
handicapped by fate, come well out Of
every ordeal. You have but to turn to
history to realize the truth Of what
say.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
OLDEST ENGINEER Is KILLED
Frank Dunn Meets Death When Train
Leaves Track.

Lacrosse. Wis, Feb. 27.-After pilot
ing engines steadily for forty seven
years without receiving scratch,
Frank Dunn, aged seventy-three years,
the oldest engineer on the River d.
vision, if not on the entire Milwaukee
road system, both in point of years
and service, was killed at Kellogg, a
small station between here and Mime
apolis when fast mail No. 81 struck a
broken rail, left the track and crashed
into row of freight cars on an ad-
joining track.
No. 81 is the fastest train on the
road, being solid mail train carrying
no passengers and was running sixty
five miles an hour at the time of the
accident.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED
Measure Carries Appropriations Of
About $780, 1900.

Washington, March 2.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was passed by
the senate with amendments carrying
$4,000 for remodeling the White
House office building to give addition
al room for the president and $25, 900
for travelling expenses for the presi.
dent.
Mr.. Hale explained the latter pro-
vision by saying that should the pres
ident's salary be raised this amount
for travelling expenses will be stricken
from the bill in conference.
The bill carries appropriations OF
about $139, 100000 and covers wide
variety of subjects:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Hurt When Car Strikes BRIDGE

Sparta. Wis, Feb. 27-When a pas
senger train on the Viroqua branch of
the Omaha road struck a bridge, tear
ing off the rear trucks, the following
sustained injuries: H. w. Johnson,
Madisoa, hand injured; C. c.. Rock
stad, Lacrosse, Mont, neck and back
injured; w. J. Kyle, Fort Atkinson, leg
bruised; A. J. Rosenfield, Portage, in
juries to limbs and shoulders.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
All She Wanted.

The Debutante-The man | marry
must be rich, handsome. good. gener-
Gus, Intellectual
The Man About Town - My dear
young lady. you will have to have him
made to order
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
pretty Quick.

Officer-You say the chauffeur sound
ed his horn just as the machine struck
the man? Witness-Yes, sir. Officer
Was the victim killed Instantly! Wit
ness-So instantly, sir, that he must
have heard the echo of that horn In
the next world
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Mot to His Taste.

Proud Mother Ito admiring visitor)--
Yes. we think that little Harry has
urettier hair than any of the other
children. Five-year-old Bobby (con-
temptuously)-Umphl They showed
me that color, and wouldn't take it.
Exchange.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
JOHN De RIVERA IS DEAD
Husband of New York Club Woman
Drops Lifeiess on the Street.

New York, March John de
Rivera, husband of Mrs. Belle de
Rivera, the recently elected president
of the New York City Federation of
Women's clubs, dropped dead in Sec
Ond avenue.
Mr.. de Rivera was a native of Porto
Rico and cigar importer. His wife
is identified with the suffrage move
ment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Alton Road Pays Its Fine.

Chicago, March Ralph M. Shaw,
attorney for the Chicago and Alton
railway, paid 100000 to the clerk of
the United States district court as the
fines of the railroad he represents and
it's two officials who were found guilty
of accepting rebates.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
III. oh;eetion.

The Bachelor is a game OF
chance. The Married Man-And you
have conscientious seruples against
gambling? The Bachelor-Not exactly,
but I have against drawing a BOBBY
Philadelphia Record
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
At the Market.

Mrs. Good morning, Bridget.
hope your master and mistress have
not forgotten that they're coming to
dine with me tonight. Cook-Indade
and they've not. They've ordered
good, hearty meal at home at g o'clock.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
OCEAN RECORD AGAIN CUT
Mauretania Does Eastbound Trip in q
DAYS and 20 Hours.

Queenstown, March 1.-THE steamer
Mauretania passed Daunt's Rock at
9:47 a. M, establishing a record of
four days, twenty-four hours and two
minutes for the eastbound passage
from New York.
Her average speed for the run was
2528 nautical miles an hour.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Short pons Bite Low,

Passerby boy. your dog has
bitten me on the ankle. Dog Owner
Well, that's as high as he could reach.
You wouldn't expect little pup like
him to bite yer neck, would yer?-
London Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Overioyed,

"How did papa act when you asked
him for my hand?'
81 could see that he was trying to
control himself, but he presented all
the symptoms of man who has
drawn a straight flush" = Houston
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
Gave the Snap Away.

The How is it, my young
friend, that your mother always does
the carving when you have company
10 dinner? Freddie,Cause dad al
WAYS SAYS things while he's doing it.
Puck
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-05
BIG SNOWFALL IN EUROPE
Railway, Telegraph and Telephone
Business Is interfered With.

Berlin, March 2.-Snow has been
falling almost without interruption
since Sunday over central Europe and
it still is coming down.
Railroad, Geographic and telephone
communication is disturbed in the
eastern provinces of Prussia and the
snow generally is from six inches to
two feet deep.