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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
The Sacred Goose.

In Egypt the goose was the emblem
Of Sch. father to Osiris. A precious
figure of 1t is extant inscribed 1.-THE
Good Goose Greatly Beloved" 1t was
the national flag of Burma and of
Randy, Ceylon. Wherever Buddhism
rules the goose is venerated. There
fore it is leading motif Ia the art of
Japan and a symbol Of peace and hap
piness in China. Figures of geese are
as Indispensable at Chinese wedding
as is bride cake with us. In both
countries, as also in Burma and Siam,
weights are made in the shape of
goose as token of good faith. though
the connection is not obvious. But in
ancient Egypt the same custom ruled,
and Layard found goose weights
among his first discoveries at Nineveh.
A row of gigantic geese surrounds the
great Buddhist temple at Anajapoora.
The devout cherish a fond fancy that
all geese perform an aerial pilgrimage
to the hottest of lakes in the Hima-
layas every year, transporting the sins
of the neighborhood, returning with a
new stock of inspiration for the en-
couragement of local piety.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Traced by a HluebottIe Fly.

The great objection to the use Of
poison for rats is that they retire to
their homes and die there. TO become
nuisance and a menace to health
Friends of the writer were compelled
to have the floor and wainscoting Of
their dining room removed for this
reason A wiser man, knowing that a
pair of poisoned rats had got under his
floor, summoned not carpenter. but
naturalist, to his aid They knew that
the rats were under the floor. but the
difficulty was to fix the spot. There
seemed to the owner of the house no
alternative to the removal of the
whole floor; hence his appeal to the
nature detective The latter would
not hear of the floor coming up. He
cried out for a bluebottle fly. One was
captured unhurt and turned loose in
the room After a little preliminary
hawking the bluebottle darted to the
floor and remained on one spot, like
a pointer which has found game.
''Your rats are under there" said
the naturalist. They cut down through
that board, and there were the rats
New York Mail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
When the Play Fails.

Patiently. morning, noon, night.
sometimes far into the dawn, the re-
hearsals go on. first the steps, then
the music. then the words, then the
situations with principals and stars In
rehearsal and always the business.
the exacting command. the sharp re-
buke, the tireless round.
How would you like to rehearse
day and night, seven weeks, without
pay, and find yourself out of a Job
after the first night?
wouldn't you rather read of a glo-
rious triumph and see the managers
and authors and composers rake In
the shekels the golden, glittering
shekels, even though they grew fat on
them, for the sake of the people who
had rehearsed seven weeks without
pay? ST.
''The. tragedy Of failure is back In
the land of make believe, down in the
crowded dressing room, down where
the girls huddle together and tremble,
down where one weeps silently and
dries her eyes on the skirt of a use
less costume Smiths Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
The First Pantomime.

John Rich has the credit Of produc
ing the first pantomime ever seen in
England This was performed on
Dec. &c, 1717, at the theater in Lin
coins Inn Fields Rich had found him
self unable to compete with the legiti-
mate drama at Drury Lane, so he be-
thought himself of the comic Mosques
occasionally performed in London and
combined with their scenic and me-
chanical effects the maneuvers of the
pantomime ballet. The result was
Harlequin Executed" which the adj
vertisement of that day described as
"a rev italian mimic scene, between
a scaramouch, harlequin, a country
farmer. his wife and Others" There
was all the business with which we
were familiar from childhood, huts
turned into palaces, shops into gar
dens, houses into trees. OF course the
earnest student of the drama" pro-
tested against this innovation, but
Harlequin, Columbine & Co. have
maintained their hold on public favor
until the present year Of grace.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
LEMP DIVORCE CASE
Wealthy ST. Louis Brewer and Wife
Accuse Each Other.


The divorce suits at ST. Louis
which Mrs. William Lemp, Jr., and her
husband, the wealthy brewer, filed
against each other came to trial in the
st. Louis circuit court before Judge
Hitchcock.
The suit for divorce, for alimony
and for the custody of William j..
Lemp ILL., was filed by Mrs. Lemp, but
Immediately thereafter Mr.. Lemp filed
a cross bill, also asking for divorce
and the custody of the child.
Because of her mode Of dress Mrs.
Lemp is widely known as the laven-
der lady"
In his cross-bill Lemp says his
wife dressed in such loud, conspicu
Gus fashion that she attracted atten-
ton and ridicule, causing him great
embarrassment.
In January, 1905, he charges, he
found a letter written by his wife to
a man unknown to him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
POWERS SIGN
MOROCCO PACT
France and Germany Thus &C.
ment Friendship.
EUROPEAN PEACE GUARANTEED

New Agreement Signed in Berlin by
M. cambon,~ti1e French Ambassador,
and by Foreign Secretary Won
schoen-it Guarantees the Integrity
of Morocco and Assures Perfect Al
legiance to the AIgeciras Act-coin-
cidence in the Signing of Pact.
Paris, Feb. g.. France and Ger
many signed a tar-reaching agreement
concerning Morocco.
OF still greater Importance, perhaps,
than the actual settlement of pending
difficulties and the harmonizing of
views concerning Morocco is the moral
effect of establishing a broad basis of
friendly relations between two nations
which have been separated since the
war of 1870.
The agreement guarantees the in
tegrity of Morocco and insures perfect
allegiance to the terms of the Al
geciras act. France recognizes Ger
many's economic interests in Morocco,
while Germany recognizes the special
political interest of France there.
The agreement points out that the
signatories are animated by mutual
desire to facilitate the operations Of
the Algeciras act, with the view of
avoiding all cause of misunderstand-
ing between them in the future"
A striking coincidence is that this
agreement was signed at the moment
of the arrival in Berlin of King Ed
ward, especially as there is strong
inclination in diplomatic quarters to
consider the Improvement of Franco
German relations as one of the OBJ
jects of his visit.
The agreement was signed in Ber-
lin by M. Cambon, the French ambas-
sador, and by Foreign Secretary Won
Schoen. The cabinet has sent vote
of thanks to M. Cambon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
An Awful Rebuke.

Once upon time certain commu-
nifty planned to give a dinner to
Judge there. When the judge came to
scan the list of those invited he raised
vigorous protest against one name,
that of a man who had been the most
brilliant lawyer in town, but who was
now the town drunkard. They finally
overcame his opposition, but the town
drunkard had heard of it. He was the
last speaker called upon. He arose
and said Mr. Toastmaster-F Fifteen
years ago l had practice in this town
that amounted to $4,000 a year. l
had a wife and family whom | sup
ported in comfort. I had my own
horse and carriage. At that time the
guest of the evening was on his way
west In an emigrant wagon. He land
ed in this town and started in to make
his living. Since then, Mr. Toastmas-
ter" he cried, with pathetic break in
his voice since that time l have been
going steadily down, down, down, and
our guest has been going up, up, up,
until now we are just about on
level"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Guarding a Nail.

A gentleman in Jerusalem told me-
that he found a Turkish soldier on
guard in some part of the Church of
the Holy Sepulcher, where it was not
usual for sentry to be, and inquired
of him why he was there.
He pointed to a nail in the wall and
replied, 1T is my duty to watch that
nail"
Asked why, he explained that the
Latins or the Creeks forget which
had driven the nail with the view of
hanging a picture; that rival sect
had furiously objected, saying that it
was an interference with their prop
erty and wanted to pull out the nail:
that thereupon the Turkish govern
ment had interviewed and set him to
watch the nail and see that no picture
was hung upon it and that it was not
pulled out.
To allow the picture to be hung
would have been to admit the claims
of those who drove in the nail To al
low it TO be pulled out would have
beenFto admit the claims of those who
objected to the driving in of the nail
Therefore the nail must be preserved
and the picture must not be hung, and
to see that this was so an armed SER
try must watch day and night For
aught | know he may be watching
still.-Rider Haggard's "a Winter Pill
orimage"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Poor Richards Almanac.

DR.. Franklin himself in one of the
last numbers of the almanac gathered
together all the best sayings Of Poor
Richard, which for twenty-five years
had amused and edited the country.
These sayings are in constant use at
this day. For example, EARLY to bed
and early to rise makes man healthy
wealthy and wise;'' 'sDrive thy bust
ness-let it not drive thee Help
hands, for l have no lands;'' mo gains
without palms. Constant dropping
wears away stones;' Three removes
are ais bad as fire." ''He that by the
pillow would thrive must himself ell
Their hold or drive;" "A fat kitchen
makes a lean will Experience keeps
dear school, but fools will learn in
no other" 1t was such homely max
inns as these inserted In all the little
gaps of the almanac that made it so
popular. Franklin said he sometimes
sold 10000 copies in yehr, wonder
full sale for that day. The first number
of Poor Richards Almanac appeared
In 1882.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
PERKINS MAKES REPLY
Not Seeking to Thwart Progress of the
Navy, He SAYS.

Not SEEKING 10 tnWdrt Progress OF the
Navy, He Says.
Senator Perkins, of California, com
mented on the attack made on him in
a telegram sent by President Roose-
welt to Governor Gillett of California,
in which the president said:
j 81 am astonished at Perkins con.
duct. He has for the last seven years
done whatever he could to hamper us
jim the upbuilding of the navy and has
acted against the real advocates of the
navy. Yet now he advises a policy of
wanton insult"
Senator Perkins denied that he was
seeking to thwart the progress of the
navy and declared that he would rely
on his record in support of this con.
tention. He intimated that the only
basis for the presidents criticism was
his vote against the four battleship
program urged by the president.
Relative to the position he has TAX
en- on the Japanese question, Senator
Perkins said that in the face of any
treaty with foreign power, in his
opinion the right of state to have its
own policing power was beyI d ques
ton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
President Transmits Report of coun-
try Life Commission.

4
In a special message sent to con-
gress by President Roosevelt trans
hitting the report Of the country life
commission. appointed by him to in
vestigate the conditions of life on the
farms of the country and to make re-
commentators of ways and means
whereby farm life may be made more
remunerative and attractive, the presi-
dent lays stress upon the fact that the
farmers and their families are the
stay and strength of the country and
that whatever tends to make their
lives less bardensome or unattractive
is necessary to the interests of the ma
ton.
He praises the work of the mem
bers of the commission, who, as he
says, have labored without pay and
do not now ask compensation for their
work. The only recommendation in
the message is the request for an ap-
preparation of $4,000 to enable the
commission to digest the material it
has collected and put it in such shape
that it will be available for the nation
In an appendix to the message, pre-
ceding the report of the commission
the president comments on the replies
made by a Missouri farmer to the
questions ASKED by the commission.
ITO the question. is the supply OF farm
labor in your neighborhood satisfac-
tory? the answer is, No, because the
people have gone out of the baby bust
ness and when asked as to the remedy
he answers, Give a pension to every
mother who gives birth to seven liv-
ing boys on American soil
The report of the country life COM
mission shows the general condition
of farming life in the open country
and points out its larger problems. : 1t
indicates ways in which the govern
ment, national. and state. may show
the people how to solve some of these
problems, and it suggests continu-
ance of the work which the commits
sion began.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12

The navy department once received
from the commander in chief of the
feet an official communication relative
to certain changes recommended by
him to be made in the uniform shirt OF
the enlisted men. In accordance with
custom this letter was forwarded to
various officials for comment or ex-
preston of opinion, the remarks OF
each officer being appended on an in
dorsement slip. Each Endorsement in
PRODUCES the subject matter of the let
ter in brief, and one of them thus
tersely explained the contents: Com
mander in chief desires to change
shirt. "-Lippincott
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
MISGUIDED MEN,
!! SAYS PRESIDENT
His Idea Of Authors Of Anti
| japanese Bills.
MAXIMUM OF INSULT"

Wires Speaker of California Assembly
That Policy of Administration is to
Achieve Object People of the Coast
Have at Heart With a Minimum Of
Fraction and Trouble - Reterates
His Assertion That Pending Meas
ure Is Unnecessary
President Roosevelt in 2 long tele
gram to Speaker Stanton of the Cali
fornia assembly sets forth his view of
the anti-Japanese school legislation.
He says: THE policy of the adj
ministration is TO combine the maxi
mum of efficiency in achieving the
real object which the people of the
Pacific slope have at heart. with the
minimum of friction and trouble, while
the misguided men who advocate such
action as this against which protest
are following policy which combines
the very minimum of efficiency with
the maximum of insult and which,
while totally falling to achieve any
real result for good, yet might accom-
plish an intinity of HARM
He closes his dispatch with these
words:
81 am sure that the sound judgment
of the people of California will sup
port you, Mr.. Speaker, in your efforts.
Let me repeat that at present we are
actually doing the very thing which
the people of California wish to be
done, and to upset the arrangement
under which this is being done can
not do good and may do great harm.
eff in the next year or two the fig
ures of immigration prove that the az
rangement which has worked so sue
cessfully during the last six months is
no longer working successfully, then
there would be ground for grievance,
and for the reversal by the national
government of its present policy"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
DO IT NOW
Edgerton People should Not Wait Until 1t
Is Too Late

is Too Late.
The appalling death-rate from kidney
disease is due in most cases to the fact
that the little kidney troubles are usu
ally neglected until they becomeserious.
The slight symptoms give place to chron-
ic disorders and the sufferer goes gradu-
ally into the grasp of diabetes, dropsy.
Bright's disease, gravel or some other
serious form OF kidney complaint.
III you suffer from backache, head
aches, dizzy spells; if the kidney secre-
tions are irregular OF passage and unnat-
ural in appearance, do not delay. Help
the kidneys at once.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for
kidney disorders they cure where 9th
ers fail. Over one hundred thousand
people have recommended them. Here
is case at home:
j. M. Ogden, E. Fulton ST., Edgerton,
Wis.,, says: II suffered from severe
pains in the small of my back for more
than year, before began using poans
Kidney Pills. The pains would come on
suddenly. last for hours, disappear and
not return again for weeks. / was also
bothered by severe headaches, the pains
being confined to the top and back part
of my head. My kidneys did not do
their work properly, the secretions be-
ing unnatural in appearance and gener-
ally containing a sediment. Doan's Kid
ney Pills were finally brought TO my at
tention. procured box at w G At
wells drug store, and began their use
The results were so satisfactory that /
continued with the remedy until cured.
have had no return of the trouble
since and give Doan's Kidney Pills the
credit for effecting this change in my
condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
I. Remember the name-Doan's - and
take no other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
BARS JAPS FROM SCHOOLS
California Legislature Passes Radical
Measure.

Measure.
With the defeat in the lower house
of the legislature of two of the anti
Japanese measures, followed by the
unexpected passage of third bill Sc
gregating Japanese school children in
separate schools along with Chinese,
Koreans and other Asiatics, regarded
as the most offensive measure of all,
President Roosevelt again took hand
in the anti-Japanese legislation that
for the last week has drawn inter
national attention to California.
Governor Gillett of California re-
ceived the following telegram from
President Roosevelt:
Your kind letter just received.
What is the rumor that the Cali
fornia legislature has passed bill
excluding the Japanese children
from the public schools? This is
the most offensive bill of all and,
in my judgment, is clearly un-
constitutional and we shall at once
have to test it i'll the courts. Can
it be stopped in the legislature or
by veto?
:! Governor Gillett Immediately wired
a reply and asked for an answer at
once. He refused to discuss the ma
ture of the message to Washington.
The bill passed. which was one of
three anti-Japanese measures intro
duced by Assemblyman Grove L. JOIN,
son, places the Japanese in the san e
classification with other Asiatics a. d
inserts the word Japanese" in Il 2
present state statute providing for tie
segregation in separate schools of
Monaghan children.
By this action the lower house has
taken the step which the board of edu-
cation of San Francisco intended to
take two years ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Not Well to Butt In.

"After the crash" impaired the first
hospital surgeon to the second, II ran
over to where it lay on the pavement,
and when I raised 1t up saw at once
that it's ribs were smashed, while a
gaping hole was torn in its
pardon me, DOCTOR" broke in the
medical student, who had caught these
words as he was about to pass by into
the consumptive ward, 'but If you
have no objections I'd like to take a
few notes on that accident case" He
pulled his notebook from his pocket.
s'Was the case child?'
mo" the surgeon informed him to
his embarrassment II was speaking
of my umbrella. Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Mammoth Reets of New Mexico.

From Mora comes story of sugar
beets more than two. feet long and
weighing only trif1e less than IL
pounds. There are said to be two OF
these monster tubers there and it is
claimed they were grown on the farm
of native who lives several miles up
the valley from the town of Mora. 1t
is the intention of the Mora county
grange to send these monster beets
to the irrigation congress.-Las Vegas
Optic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
LIFE BEGINS AT BIRTH
Judge So Rules in Denying Damages
for Babes Death.

for Babes Death.
Judge Williams of the circuit court
at ST. Louis in a decision holds that
a child's life begins at birth and not
before.
In sustaining a demurrer of street
car company to the suit of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius H. Buel for damages
for the death of their four-month-old
son, who, it was alleged. died as re-
suit of an accident before he was born,
Judge Williams based his ruling on a
part of the Scriptures: He quoted
Genesis 81.
The demurrer averred that the
child, in the meaning OF the law, was
not a person at the time Mrs. Buel
was injured, five months before the
baby would have been born.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
GEORGE SAMPSON IS DEAD
Brother Of Late Rear Admiral Found
Lifeless in His Bed.

Rochester, N. Y, Feb. George
Sampson, father of Harry Sampson,
whose widow was. arraigned at Lyons,
n. Y, charged with the murder of her
husband, was found dead in bed at his
home at Palmyra.
He was a brother of the late Rear
Admiral Sampson, and was an import
ant witness for the prosecution of his
daughter-in-law. Death is believed to
have resulted from natural causes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
What Country DweIIers Need.

A third of our population is urban;
the rest is more or less rural. What
the country dwellers need to make
them happy are religion, education
and material prosperity. The farms
cannot employ as many laborers per
acre as they did before the coming of
agricultural machinery. Therefore
they must either raise fewer children
or export some of their population to
the cities.-Harper's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
Women In French Factories.

Women work in many of the manu-
facturies in France, about 40 being
employed in the De Dion works at
Draper Iathes 1t is the first time
that women have been intrusted with
high-grade machines in that country.
One woman was found who had
worked at a Gleason gear-cutter for
four years steadily, with the exception
of a few weeks when she was injured.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
BaIdheads as Immunes.

1t has been said that there are no
bald-headed men in the asylums for
the insane We suspect this is true;
at least, save for rare and unimpor-
tant exceptions. This is an impor-
tant. thing for the anti-baldheads TO
speculate upon; it may we'll furnish
them food for serious and earnest
thought
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
UNDERWOOD HIT BY AUTO
Owner of Stores in Three States Has
Mishap in New York.

New York, Feb. 9.-Suffering from
concussion of the brain and lacerated
scalp as result of being run down by
an automobile in Broadway, John f..
Underwood, of Racine, Wis.,, who owns
a string of stores in Wisconsin, Ne
braska and Illinois, was taken to the
New York hospital unconscious.
Mr. Underwood was starting out for
walk before breakfast when the au.
tomobile struck him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air
passages, stops the irritation 10 the
throat, soothes the inflamed membranes
and the most obstinate cough disap-
pears. Sore and inhamed lungs are
healed and strengthened, and the cold is
expelled from the system. Refuse any
but the genuine in the yellow package.
W. g. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
FOUR KILLED IN A MINE

Smothered by Rush of CuIm in a
Pennsylvania Washery.
Pottsville, Pa, Feb. 9.-Four men
were smothered by rush of cuIm at
the st. Nicholas washery of the Phil
adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company.
They were digging at the bottom Of
the bank when the rush occurred.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-12
PHIPPS MAY BE REUNITED

Reconciliation.
Denver, Feb. 8. - 1t has been
learned here that Lawrence Phipps
contemplates yachting trip on which
also will be Mrs. Phipps, his divorced
wife.
1t is believed that this interesting
bit of social gossip foreshadows re-
Cancellation.