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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
CroQuet.

Croquet, which as we have noted,
was played by King Edward in 1852,
had been a popular game in Ireland
many years before this. When the
subject was discussed some time back
Mr.. Dixon, an ivory turner of Grace
church street, London, came forward
with the information that his firm had
made a set of croquet implements
for Ireland in 1887. And it was an
Irish lady, Miss McNaughton, who in
troduced the game to Lord Lonsdale's
lawn in the fifties. But no one has
ever been able to settle whether GRO
quet was brought over to Ireland by
some of tse Irish soldiers of fortune
who fought for France, or whether it
was an adaptation of the "paille-mail-
le'' from which that street of many
clubs-Pall Malls said to have ia
ken it's name.-London Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
The Doctors Dilemma.

The question which seems likely to
remain a purely academic one Of
whether it would be justifiable for a
physician to hasten the death of per-
son apparently doomed to perish in
horrible agony without the doctors
aid, has come to the front again. The
case supposed is generally that of an
engineer pinned under a wrecked
train with fire rapidly approaching.
and 1t is asked: Is the physician justi-
fed In administering lethal dose of
morphine hypodermically? We see
no harm in going a little further into
this dilemma. Given the engineer
and his parlous position, but suppose
the physician to have lost his syringe
In the train wreck. Our question is:
Is the physician justified in banging
the engineer over the head with a
coupling pin?-New York Medical
Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

The saving of over eleven million
dollars in the cost of operation of the
postoffice department during the past
year is a noticeable tribute to the bust
ness management of the present adj
ministration. In fact, nearly the en-
tire decrease has been saved through
the introduction of more business-like
methods in the great department, and
indicates it's establishment on paying
basis in the near future. The fact that
this result has been attained without a
change in the second-class postage law,
through which alone an annual deficit
of sixty million dollars was incurred,
shows the great possibilities of our
postoffice department as money-mak-
ing institution. When all the contem-
plated reforms are introduced, one cent
postage may easily be within the bounds
of probability.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
The Progressiyes Win.

The result Of the state wide primary
on Tuesday leaves no doubt that SEN
ator La Toilette was the overwhelming
choice'of the people over Samuel Cook
for senator and that he has carried
with him the state ticket headed by +.
E. McGovern and the balance of the
progressive state officers even to Frank
Tucker who suicided last week. All the
present congressman have won out ex-
cept Stafford who is succeeded by
Henry Cochems. The La Toilette Sc
lections for members of the legislature
have been generally successful.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

THE very hard-headed editor of the
Ohio State Journal believes that when
the people get through with the tariff,
railroad and currency questions, they
are going to take hold of the extrava-
giant and aristocratic tendencies of the
government, as respects the personnel
and the official eclat. The great sal
aries and the great official expenses
will be the theme of discussion. The
automobiles, the vacations, the jun
kets, the official glory, the social clat-
ter, the aristocratic expense, all of
which the people have to pay for, will
get into the center of political cam
paigns in the near future. And not
only on account of the financial burden,
but because of their influence upon the
people. There is touch of corruption
in public extravaganza. Everybody
knows that. They are getting mad
about it, and it is well that they are.
The next great political issue will be
economy. The government was made
for man and not man for the govern
ment. We have been getting too far
away from that doctrine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

HEALTH authorities have become
alarmed by the havoc wrought by the
common house fly as distributor of
disease germs. The fly goes every
where, breeds by millions in filth piles
and grows up loaded with disease germs
which abound in these places. 1t is said
that few typhoid germs washed from
a fly into milk will in a few hours de-
velop into millions of them, and that
when flies come into contact with milk,
there the greatest danger to the con-
sumner begins. Nothing that is used for
food should be touched by fly, and
active measurs are being taken to pre-
vent such contact by informing the
public how to protect food supplies and
how to destroy the flies. Where there
is no filth in sight flies are scarce, but
filth spots draw them and then they
light on vegetables and all other food
material they can reach.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

THAT tidal wave Of unrest and in
surgency has swept over the middle
west is plainly evident in the result of
the recent primary elections. Wiscon-
sin spoke on Tuesday and Senator La
Toilette has received an endorsement
far beyond his expectations. He will
have the legislature too, made of men
to do his bidding and to make or I'M
make any laws an absolute dictator
NAV wish. But let it not be fogotten
that success brings some serious re-
sponsibilities. The people who have
contributed to this result will expect
some constructive legislation. Let us
hope they will not be disappointed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

UNCLE SANS import trade under the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law during the
past year was a record breaker, ac-
cording to the governments statistical
experts. Under this law during the
twelve months ending June 81 last, i'm
ports aggregating ST, 562, 600, 900 came
into the United States. Of this total
1874, 600, 900 worth was listed as duti-
able, while $768, 600, 600 was entered
free. Although it was the first year of
the Payne-Aldrich law, it eclipsed all
former records under the Dingley, Will
son and Mckinley laws. Until the
Payne-Aldrich law became effective
Aug. l, 1909, the banner year of the
eighteen previous years had been 1907,
when under the Dingley act, an aggre-
gate of ST, 456, 500, 900 in imports was
recorded. Customs receipts during the
past year amounted to 1927, 900, 900,
which was more than 1900, 900 in ex-
cess of previous years under the Ding
ley act. Customs receipts during each
of the eighteen years preceding 1910
showed much less encouraging rec
ord, except in 1902 and 1907, when the
customs receipts exceeded last years
total.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
Especially the Police.

Female Mendicant-I'm a poor wild
ow woman with eight small children.
Can't you give us some clothes? Lady
The only clothing have to give
away is one OF my husbands coats.
Female Mendicant-Givei it to me, good
lady. might marry again. There are
several gentlemen as have their eye On
me.-New York Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

Gov. DAVIDSON has appointed Judge
A. J. Vinje of Superior to the vacancy
on the supreme bench caused by the
resignation of Justice Dodge, and the
selection seems to meet with quite gen.
eral approval. The selection is also
recognition OF the Norwegian national
ity that forms an important part of the
population of this state.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
Card. of Thanks.

To the many friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted us during the
long illness of our mother, to the choir
for sweet music at the funeral and to
the donors of flowers, we hereby tender
our heartfelt thanks.
LESTER CARPENTER AND FAMILY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

Buy Gold Bond coffee, 25c, at
Conn's. 1t will please you.
Those new fall goods are now on
display at Brown & Pringle's.
Try some home grown melons at
Conn's.
"A 80 barrel cypress water tank for
sale cheap. Inquire of Frank Pearson.
Just like home made-that bread
at Conn's.
Golden Heart celery direct from
Michigan at Conn's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
Blank Verse.

Poet-You published poem of mine
last week. You pay according to the
kind of verse. don't you? Editor-Yes.
George. give the gentleman a blank
check.-Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

( sMILwAUKEE did itself proud in the
entertainment of Theodore Roosevelt
Wednesday. There was such an enor-
nous pressure for seats in the big au-
ditorium to listen to his address that
an overflow meeting was arranged and
even then thousands were turned away
unable to hear a man who seems to
have lost none of his popularity.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
Band Concert Program.
Saturday evening, Sept.

Saturday evening, sept. IT,
Old Folkes' Concert
1. Jiggereel March
g Southern Memories-Medley of Southern
Melodies.
g. Cocoanut Dance (Char.)
4. The Trumpter on Guard-Song Solo for
Comets
5. Old Kentucky HOme-Fantasle.
6. Sweet Remembrance Waltz.
Z. War Songs of the Boys in Blue.
s. Turkey in the Straw.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
Cure Coughs and Sore Throat.

H. w. Barker's Cough Remedy made
at Sparta, Wis. Write for valuable in
formation. For sale by w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

- COUNTY OF ROCK,
I, Andrew Jensen, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the fore
going statement is true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief.
ANDREW JENSON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of Sept, 1910.
L. J. DICKINSON,
Notary Public.
Correct. Attest:
ALEX WHITE, Directors
VIM. BUSSEY,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
Opening of Public Schools.

The public schools will open next
Monday, Sept. IL, and thus ends those
pleasant vacation days. The teachers
engaged for the ensuing year are:
High School e. L. Roethe, principal;
Ada Goldsmith, Agnes Levedahl,
Louise Brimmer, Marjorie Gregory,
Phil Coon, assistants.
9Th Grade Norma Hargraves.
7th g Jeanette Park.
9th Sc Lorraine Billings.
Della Hebel.
5th 90 Iva Mason.
Elizabeth Cleland.
18th Mae A. Pyre.
Frances Gardiner.
3rd Zoe Painter.
Ethelen Hayes.
End g Marian Stone.
Isabella McIntose.
1st Emily Sewell.
Anna Hoen.
Kindergarten-Bertha Volkman.
Theodore North.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1910.

Entered as Second-class Mail Matter at the
Postofficein Edgerton Wisconsin
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

-Four brands of the best flour at
Conn's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09

Observation-Disclosures Volkman.
Theodore North.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28


ward Pitts career in public Is closely
followed, many important letters bear
ing on his course of acton being In
troduced. Among these, says Lord
Rosebery, is the memorable missive
penned by Pitt to Newcastle on March
"A, 1851, supposed to he lost, but now
discovered in the Newcastle papers,
the greatest that Pitt ever wrote, full
of scornful humility and pointed n
situations" he being. excluded and
prescribed from the government. In
mentioning Pitts marriage. at the age
of forty-six. to Lady Hester Grenville,
Lord J ,sebery says: pitts love let
tiers, alas! survive. They are as
wretched in their way as the letters of
Burns to Clarinda, and shall not pc
quoted here
Pitts parliamentary career is after
wards followed UP to the final break
down of the Kings veto on Pitts ac-
cession to office. These circumstances
are given. as Lord Rosebery says,
partly because some of the docu-
ments are new and partly because 1t
is curious picture of character and
intrigue" And then, in conclusion,
the biographer believes that What
ever Pitts failings his countrymen
have refused, and rightly refused to
see anything but the supreme orator,
the triumphant minister of 1757-1761,
the champion of liberty in later years
at home and in the West. With Pitt,
as with Nelson. his country VIII not
count flaws. What do they matter?
How are they visible in the sunlight
of achievement? A country must
cherish and guard Its heroes"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
WELLBORN WOMAN
SAVED FROM DEATH
Mrs. Scott Tells About Her Ezper-
fence, and Expresses Thanks
in a Few Well.chosen
Words.

Wellborn, Tex Words cannot de-
scribe my gratitude" says Mrs. M. J..
Scott, of this place, for Cardui. It's the
finest medicine eyer discovered. | SUI
fered with womanly pains more than any
one ever could. was fully convinced
that | would die and | had almost given
up to hopeless despair. At last took
Cardui according to directions, and the
lump in my side has entirely disappeared,
after several physicians had said could
never recover without surgical opera
ton. am now we'll woman and do all
nv own work. Cardui saved my life,
and can't say enough in its favor. 1t is
the finest medicine ever discovered. will
praise it as long as | live
Do you suffer from any form OF womanly
weakness or irregularity3 Try Cardui.
1t helps nature to perform cure in nat
ural, easy manner. 1t builds up the wo-
manly constitution and restores lost ner-
vous energy.
For more than so years Cardui has been
helping sick women back to health. 1t
will mean a great deal for you if it cures
you. Why not test it for YOURSELF
N. B.-Wyite to Ladies Advisory Dept,
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn, for Special Instructions and 64-page
book, Home Treatment for Women, y
sent in plain wrapper on request.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
Social and
P ersona]

"A n ISIS HELEN BAKER of the Wo-
IN mans College faculty enter
tanned charmlngly Friday even
ing at n banquet given at Coles in
honor OF the Thanksgiving victory of
the Woman's College basketball team
over the girls team OF Richmond Col
lege.
Decorations were In Woman's Col
lego cclors-green and white-and the
ball which was used In the game fig
ured as a centrepiece. Place cards
were appropriate. and covers were laid
for thirty nine.
Miss Baker made witty and de-
lishtful toastmistress. The toasts were
as follows:
Tho Wearers OF the Monogram. .
Miss Marion Forbes. OF the faculty;
Our Opponents" Miss Kent Pryor,
captain OF the winning team; college
Grinds,' Miss Edith Miller; "spinster-
hood" Miss Ruby Goode; The tIus-
band Hunter" Miss Loris Simon; odd
Virginia" Miss Lurlinc Taylor.
sorority Reception.
on Friday evening the members of
the M ri Sigma sorority gave a
charming reception to the members OF
the Phi Mu Sigma Fraternity at the
home OF Miss Irene stiff in Gintcr
Park.
The parlors were tastefully dec
Grated In chrysanthemums. autumn
leaves and the remnants of the two So
cieties Those present were: Miss
Lillian Noble, with Cary Johnson
MISS Ethel Smith. with Mathew Por-
ter Miss Mary Porter, with william
Hammond. Miss Norma Woodward,
with Charles Throckmorton: Miss
ysouisc Kellogg. with Arthur Wilson.
Miss Annie Graham. with Frank
sterret: Miss Margaret Waikup, With
Frank Stiff: Miss Niomi Walkup. with
Gordon Hammond. Miss Laura Hud-
gins OF Portsmouth. with Lewis Por-
ter: Miss Ruth Scott, with Walter
street; Miss Louise Baldwin. with
Iacquelin Fisher; Miss Louise McCraw.
with Archie Wilson; Miss Elizabeth
Noble, with Robert Baldwin; Miss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
Among the Books
Lord Chatham; His Early Life and

Connections"
BY Lord Rosebery. Harper e. Bros,
of New York. $500 net.
In the preface to Lord Rosebery's
illuminating book of biography the
author says: Not merely Is the COM
plete life OF Chatham difficult to write,
but impossible. OF his conversations.
of his private life, nothing, or little
more than nothing, remains. Except
on the one genial occasion when Burke
saw him tooling a jim whiskey down
to Stowe, we scarcely see a human
touch. He wrote an ordinary note as
Rogers wrote an ordinary couplet.
Even his love letters are incurably
stilted There is no ease, no frank
ness no self-revelation in anything he
wrote after he embarked in politics.
The rough notes of his speeches pre-
served by Horace Walpole reveal. how
ever a flash of the man, and Pitt per-
mits little else.
Lives of Chatham will always be
written, but they must always be i'm
perfect. It Is, OF course. easy to record
his course as a statesman. his speeches,
his triumphs, his achievements But
we also want to know what Chatham
was In his hours of ease, what he was
| without his wig and bag and sword
in. his dressing gown and slippers
| with friend, novel and pipe. This
is half or three parts of a man. and
it is certain we shall never know this
aspect of Chatham, Indeed, by his
careful disguise, Chatham has made
| himself prehistoric or rather pre-
| Biographical figure, man of the tif-
teenth century or earlier"
Lord Rosepery does not enter ey-
! haustively into the ancestral records
of the Pitt family. He prefers to ex
plain traits in William Pitts character
by dealing with his especial branch.
He brings forward Pitts grandfather,
| Thomas, better known as Governor
Pitt, and associated In history with
| the famous Pitt diamond, In tracing
| the source of the energy, self-reliance
| and haughtiness which descended from
grandfather to grandson. The Cover
nor left behind him three sons-Rob-
ert, Thomas and John, and two daugh-
born in the Parish of st. James, Lon
don, November Is, 170s. was the second
son of Robert Pitt. the Governors
eldest son, and his wife, Harriet
| villiers, who was descended from a
I brother of the first Villiers, Duke OF
Buckingham
Pitt received from his grandfather
i
an annuity of FOO year, which was
his sole patrimony. AS a schoolboy at
Elton, Pitts contemporaries We're
Henry Fox, George Lyttelton, Charles
Pratt, Hamburg Williams and Fielding.
Lord Rosebery points out that no
doubt rests on Pitts school reputation.
for 1t survived to the time OF Shell
burne, who speaks Of him as being
distinguished at Elton. He says. more
over. that at Elton Pitt In all prob
ability laid the foundations of char
acter and Intellect on which his fame
was to be reared.
Williams only public achievement
at Oxford, says his biographer. was a
copy of Latin verses published on the
death Of George I, They are artificial
and nncandid, and have been Justly
ridiculed by Lord Macaulay, Several
letters, written by Pitt While at OK
ford, are quoted by Lord Rosebery.
They contain accounts of preliminary
axpenses' incurred. and include others
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addressed to his mother at Bath after
his fathers death in May OF l727.
In 1928 Pitt went to Utrecht. Ioin-
ing a student circle there composed of
Lord yilliers, Lord Buchan and Henry
and Thomas Erskine. Letters intro
duced by his biographer from this
point are tp his mother, denoting re-
luctance att returning to England for
a family Visit, interceding for his
friends. villiers and Lyttelton, and al
luding 10 the latter's passion for his
sister Harriet. In 1888 Pitt began a
foreign tour, visiting Paris and Geneva
Marseilles and Montpelier, and passing
the winter at Luneville.
At this period, writes Lord Rose
berry. 1T liz beyond measure refreshing
to see Pitt 1.-The participator of revels
IL not n reveler himself. For after
ward no one saw him behind the
scenes. no one was admitted to his
presence until every feature had been
composed and his wig ana his vesture
dramatically arranged" In order that
pitts personal and private life may
be more fully comprehended, the au-
thor describes his i've sisters-the
beautiful Harriet, the commonplace
Katherine, the witty and talented
Anne, the .otorious Betty and the
scoIorless spinstcr, Mary. Several de.
lightful letters from William to Anne
cover period of seven years, the
first being dated in 1880 Those written
during his foreign tour are specially
Interesting in their illusions. Anne,
saws Lord Rosebery, was Pitts ia
,vorite sister. 1.-TWO persons Of highly
charged temperament of natures too
much akin, who understood each other
respected each other and perhaps Sc
cretly enjoyed each others ebullitions.
such were Anne and William after
they separated In l146.
Lord Rosebery dates the beginning
of Pitts public career from the year
of his election to Parliament in i735.
He was comparatively unknown in
that body until 1886, when he support
ed an address of congratulation to the
crown on the marriage of the Prince
of Wales. and lost his commission in
the army for doing so. Then began
the struggle between Pitt and the
crown, in which his biographer de-
clares he appealed from the court to
the people. In order that Pitts course
may be the better understood, Lord
Rosebery considers the character of
George H., whom he classes as the
best of the Georges, and gives
succinct sketch of contemporary Euro
pean events which inspired Pitts de-
bates.
The character of these debates and
pitts relations with the court and its
party up to 1T4e, when Pitt was APP
pointed Paymaster-Gen was shown.
Lord Rosebery says the King shed tears
when Pitt knelt before him After
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

tSpecial to The mes-Dispatch.l
Chatham, va. November 27.-1n
Pittsylvania county Circuit Court last
week Roy Crane, charged with nom
support of his wife, was given twenty
days In jail. Guy Clark and Clarence
Smith confessed to housebrealsing. and
were sent to the state reformator
Both are about fourteen years old.
They We're charged with entering the
Company. Arthur Donaldson, charged
with criminal assault, was given nine
years in the penfentiary. Thomas
Gunnell, charged with maliciously cut.
ting r. w. Cakes, was fined S25 and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
"rhe Winter Queen"

"lne SlutcE aueCA'
BY Marie Hay. Houghton, Miflin &
Co.. of Boston.
Marie Hay. which is the pen name OF
Baroness Hindenburg, author of a
German Pompadour'' and .Diane de
Poitiers," has just published. through
Houghton. Miflin & Co., THE Winter
Queen" in which she tells the ro-
mantle history of Elizabeth Stuart,
daughter of King James of England,
and wife of the Inflated Elector Pala-
tine. How she happened to write
about this unhappy Queen of Bohemia
she tells as follows: Wandering
through Bohemia. curious to see and
perchance to learn. we came to prague
late at night and weary. The next
morning l awoke with a sentence
ringing in my ears: The Winter
oueen-a sorry history-but so brave
the Winter Queen!" I marveled. for
Prague had held no message for me
before, yet l had always felt needs
must Journey back to the CZechlsh
city; and now this sentence, The Win
ter queen, haunted me and seemed
command to me, VINO, then, Knew
little of Elizabeth Stuart. Perhaps
her spirit. lowering over Bohemia, had
come to order me to tell of her sad
life Had some vestige of her charm
fingered in Prague? know not; yet
right humbly l set myself to learn the
history of NV well beloved, sweet un-
daunted lady, learned 1t with new
thought of the bravery OF cheerfulness
through failure and sorrow And
here i have written of what l found
in many pilgrimages through Germany,
Bohemia, Holland and our own dear
England"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

Miss cara steed, of Norfolk, is Wis
itlng Miss Sutherland. on Hanover Ave-
nue., for Thanksgiving week. Miss
Steed is well known in Richmond
through previous visits TO friends here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

Miss Gertrude G. Flournoy is the
guest OF Miss Norheet. at 2o7 East
Cary Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

Misses Mildred and Maud Pamplin
and Miss shuler, of East Radford
speet Thanksgiving in Richmond as
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Todd.