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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
Measuring LIGHTNING.

A German astronomer has been en-
deavoring to measure the width Of q
streak Of lightning, and he assures
us that the particular fash that al
lowed itself to be measured proved
to be about five millimeters-that is,
one-ffth of an inch-across.
To obtain such a direct result the
calculator was forced to depend upon
a photograph which, curiously enough.
included both building and the fash
that struck the building at the mo-
ment the lens YVES uncovered. The
picture was taken from window o
the Hamburg Observatory, and as tn
distance of the building struck, to
.gether with the focal length of tbs
lens. was known 1t was not difficult
matter to arrive at the result given.
It is not the first time this exper
ment has been tried under much the
same conditions and with SINH
result. The German astronon
makes the assertion that nghtn
streak may be considerably widen
by being acted upon laterally by.
strong wind,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
POOR ARE WELL CARED FOR
All Charitable Organizations in the
City Look After the Welfare of the
Sick and Christmas Trading
Breaks all Records

a
Kenosha had an old fashioned white
Christmas this year for the celebration
over Sunday and Monday. The small
boys and girls had chance to try out
their new sleds and while the sleighing
was not particularly good many parties
took advantage of the opportunity Civ
en- to enjoy sleigh ride about the city
on the paved streets. Christmas day
was ushered in by midnight services in
many of the churches on Saturday
night and notwithstanding the cold
weather all of the services were well
attended. At all of the Roman Cath
Ollie churches early morning masses
were held and the churches crowded
with worshipers. 1t was a great day
for the poor of the city and all of their
wants were well looked after. All of
the charitable organizations of the city
started in delivering their Christmas
baskets early Saturday morning and it
was late in the afternoon before some
of them got all their baskets to those
for whom they were intended. The
needs of the poor had been very care
fully canvassed by the different com
mittees in charge Of this work and it
/ is believed that no one was overlooked
and that every family in the city had
food and fuel in abundance for the two
days at least. On Sunday all of the
churches had special musical programs
i'll honor Of the day and the beautiful
Christmas music was rendered by full
choirs. There were also special ser
vices for the Sunday schools in the af-
ternoon in some of the churches but
some of these entertainments will be
given later in the week. From a bust
ness standpoint the Christmas season
was one of the best in the history of
ne city and almost without exception
the business men expressed themselves
as,very well satisfied with the trade. 1t
is probable that the retail business
done on Friday, the last day of the
big rush was greater in volume than
that done on any other day in the his
tory of Kenosha and all of the mer-
chants had their share of the trade.
Some of the merchants enjoyed much
larger trade than they had expected
and their stocks of Christmas goods
were pretty well exhausted when the
stores closed late Saturday night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
How Machinery Breathes.

An English writer on engineeri
subjects, Mervyn O'Gorman, calls 6
itention to the fact that piece of N
chinery, such as an automobile, la
aside after being used, is IN dang,
of internal rusting through a kind /.
respiration which affects cylinder
gear boxes, clutch chambers, int
spaces in ball bearings, and SO fort
Every Enclosed air space breathe
by drawing in air when a fall Of ter
perature contracts it's walls, and e
polling it when the walls expaT
through heat. The moisture int
duced with the air is deposited
the cavities, and may produce serio.
damage through rust The popul.
belief that oil will protect the ina
cessible parts of unused machine
is fallacious. since nearly all oils tab
up about three per cent. of water /
solution.-Youth's Companion
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
FIRE At COLISEUM
Big Goldberg Building on
Ashland Ave. Badly Dam
aged Sunday Morning
WATER RUINS COSTLY FLOORS

The fremen began their Christmas
celebration by two hours fight against
a stubborn blaze in the Goldberg Coli
scum on Ashland avenue. The fire had
such a good start before the alarm was
rung in at three o'clock Sunday morning
that on the arrival of the department
it looked as if the whole great building
must go but quick work by the depart
ment confined the fire to the front Of
the building and only a damage of
about $4,000 resulted. The owner of
the building and the insurance agents
were congratulating themselves this
morning that they escaped with so
small loss. The fire must have been
smoldering for hours before it was dis
covered. The Coliseum closed at ten
Saturday evening and from the head
way that it made the blaze must have
started shortly after that time. It or
iglnated in the smoking room of the
building and is supposed to have been
caused by lighted cigarette stub or a
match carelessly thrown down by some
smoker earlier in the evening. The
front of the building including the of
fees, toilet rooms, smoking room, lock-
ers, ticket Offices, ladies retiring room,
ETC., was pretty well Quilted by the fire
| and a small hole was burnt in the roof
near the front. The fire was stubborn
one and the fremen were obliged to
throw lots of water and the heaviest
damage was caused to the expensive
hard wood floor of the skating rink.
which was badly warped in places this
morning. At one time during the fire
there was a foot of water on the floor
and over four feet in the basement.
The loss was fully covered by insur-
ance and Mr.. Goldberg will put the
coliseum in operation again as soon as
possible. 1t has been leased for MANY
large dances and social events in the
near future but Mr.. Goldberg believes
that it will be possible to get the re-
pairs made in time for them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

eaten breakfast. When the first white
frost of earl autumn began turning
to drops of crystal beneath the ar
dent rays, he was searching like a
questing hound for the trail Of his
visitor Of the day before.
Morgan was good woodsman, de-
spite his college education and a boy
hood spent only il cities. He picked
up the trail easily and followed it
unerringly. An Indian could not have
done better The broken grass stalks
and misplaced twigs led him due
west
Within half mile he came to a
patch of open sand. The track led
across it, and he dropped to his
knees with cry of satisfaction.
There, before him, was the imprint
OF little moccasins A minutes study
convinced him Of several things; that
his visitor was possessed of a high
arched instep, that she was woman,
since man never possessed a foot so
small and so beautifully formed, and
that she was not a squaw, since the
tracks did not toe in.
Furthermore, the tracks were those
of city dweller accustomed to pave.
ments, since the toes did not spread
out and take hold as did the toes of
folk accustomed to the yielding sur.
face of the wilderness. With these
points fully settled in his mind, Nor
gan arose, frightened his belt another
hole, and strobe on.
i The visitor seemed to know she
would be followed, for thereafter she
tantalizingly avoided bare sand. With
considerable degree of woods lore
she made the trail as hard as posi-.
BILE. She followed a rocky ridge for 2
ile-considerably out of her way, as
1t later proved-so that no traces
would be left behind. It took four
hours of hard work and the exercise
of all his skill before the trail again
revealed itself beyond the ridge.
1t was late afternoon before he
finally reached his journeys end, a
cabin eight miles from his own camp.
The cabin had been newly repaired
and recently occupied. Now 1t was
empty. A thorough search yielded a
torn envelope addressed to John K.
Drumgoole, Lake Shore drive, Chi.
cago," and a tiny, beaded moccasinr
with high-arched fnsteD.
Dexter Morgan broke camp next
day. He had been four months in the
wilderness. The lure was a success,
ard he had plenty of material for his
pamphlets. Besides he was hunger1ng
for civilization.
There were many things to do at
Neutrality-suspicious. TO be written
and specimens to be arranged. But
at last 1t was all done, and Mogran
was off on his vacation. He took the
first fast train TO Chicago, because, as
he said to himself. he had brother
there whom he wanted to visit.
1t took time, persistence, and some
| ingenuity to meet Alice Drumgooie,
1 daughter of the Chicago lumber
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. McCready
Caught in Wreck of
Pennsylvania Limited
NOW IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL

Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. McCready, well
known to many Kenosha people were
among the injured in the wreck of the
Pennsylvania limited train at Attica,
Ohio early Saturday morning and both
had narrow escape from instant death.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCready who were
coming west to spend the holidays with
friends and relatives were in the for
ward sleeper on the train which was
telescoped with the buffet car just
ahead and ground to splinters. Two
passengers were instantly killed in this
car and number very seriously in
jured. Mr.. and Mrs. McCready were
among the lucky ones and they escaped
with injuries which though very pain
full are not considered dangerous. Mrs.
McCready who was Miss Bertha Pal
matter before her marriage and who
is a sister of Mrs. III. B. Robinson of
this city was the most seriously injured
of the two, suffering a four inch cut
on the head and being badly bruised
and cut. Mr.. McCready escaped with
an injured back and foot Friends from
Kenosha met them in Chicago on the
arrival of the hospital train which did
not reach that city until four CLOCK in
the afternoon although the accident oc-
cured at two in the morning and they
were taken to the home of a sister, Mrs.
Emery in Oak Park for Christmas day.
It was found today that their injuries
were more serious than at first supposed
and that they are both suffering severe
lily from the shock of the accident and
they were removed to st. Lukes hospital
this morning for treatment. It is be.
lieved that they will be able to leave
the hospital in a few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
KENosIIA COUNTY COURT.
Calendar Regular January Term, A. D.
1911.

Cases will be called, as follows, on
Tuesday, the 3rd day of January, as
10 o. clock a. m.
/. In the matter of the last will and
testament of Maggie B. Holmes, de-
ceased Hearing on petition for pro-
bate OF will.
.. In the matter of the last will and
testament of Anna Melvina Wjardman.
deceased. Hearing on petition for pro-
bate of will
3. In the matter of the estate of
Sarah Bradley, deceased. Hearing on
final account.
First Claim Day.
4. In the estate of Fritz Muller, de-
ceased.
5. In the estate of John A. Hartnell,
deceased.
6. In the estate of Carl Frank, de,
ceased.
z. In the estate of Frank w. Nothing,
deceased.
s. In the estate of Hattie Kristensen.
deceased.
9. In the estate of Charles G.. Balm.
deceased.
Last for Filing Claims Against the
10. Estate Of Michael B. Seivert, de-
ceased.
IL. Estate of Bessie Z. Wells, deceas-
ed.
II, Estate of Carl Raseh, deceased.
IL. Estate of William 0. Musser, de-
ceased.
IA, Estate of Martin Burk, deceased.
Second Day Claim.
10. In the estate of Henry Linstroth,
deceased.
10. In the estate of John Kerwin, de-
ceased.
II. In the estate of David Rooney,
deceased.
is. IN the estate of Mary Quigley,
deceased.
10. In the estate of Charles F. Kautz,
deceased.
20. In the estate of Franklin P.
Ward, deceased
q. In the estate Of John Fox, de-
ceased.
81 In the estate Of William Ganzlin,
deceased
23.' n the estate Of Annie Bislev,
deceased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
I. O. F, ELECTS OFFICERS.

The following officers of the indie
pendent Order of Foresters were elected
at the annual meeting.
G. r.. f.. S. Hubbard; V. G. r., Chas.,
Harris; R. S. Martha Sauer, ST.; T. S..
Marie Bosse; Treasurer, Clara Harris
Orator, George G.. Kelberger; ST.. W.,
VIM. Van Lydegraff Jr. W., Ben Bosse;
Sr. B., Frank Budewitz; Jr. B., VIM
Schurr; Court Deputy, VIM. S. Lamb;
P. G. r., Allister Gum; Court Physi-
clans, DR.. F. Z. Andre, DIR. H. Harbert
Trustees, John O'Donnell, w. S. Lamb.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

The Racine board of health will pc
tition the common council of that city
to erect two cottages near the isolation
hospital, one to be used exclusively for
scarlet fever patients and the other
for diptheria patients the board be-
heves that by building these cottages
the necessity for quarantining homes
and boarding houses where there are
many people living will be done away
with.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

City Treasurer Martin steinmetz has
returned to the city and will remain for
some time supervising the collection of
The tax roll. Mr. Steinmetz brought
samples Of grape fruit and oranges
from his Florida groves for his Ken
osha friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

G. Z. Remer, president of the M. H.
Petit Mailing company forwarded a
check for 500 to the chief of the fire
department. Monday as token of the
appreciation of the company of the
good work done at the recent fire at the
mailing plant. The check is to be add
ed to the pension fund of the depart
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

Carl Hassler of Milwaukee has been
selected for the Rhodes scholarship
from Wisconsin at Oxford Hassler
graduated from the University of Wis
consin last June and has an excellent
scholarship record. There were five
candidates under consideration for the
honor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Iver Hagen and Mrs.
Halvor Hagen from Garvin, Minnesota,
are mere Visiting Mrs. John Anderson
and other relatives. Mrs. Anderson is
sister of Mr.. Hagen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

County Clerk Russell II. Jones has
issued a license for the marrige of
Lawrence Nolan and Ferrol Louise
Grant, both of Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

A number of the Welsh people Of the
city went to Racine Monday evening to
attend the Eisteddfod given under the
auspices of the st, David society
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

Miss Clara Musselman went to Aur-
ora, ILL.,, Saturday TO spend Christmas
with her mother.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

Miss Drumgoole smiled demure'
I'D make almost any promise to =
that moccasin again." she replied
"even that" She raised her face to
his.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-19
SERMONS BY THE COURT FOOL
Being the First of Ten Preparations in the English
Language Calculated to Show How Useless
Is Righteousness in This Weary World
(AIl Rites Preserved

Golfers which We all desire to such an |
extent that We are sometimes good. !
Aud can We burden this man with folly. |
when III his wisdom he works for the |
uptuIldIng Of the human race? We
most certainly can, for the same I'm !
feeling multitude upon which he wishes
to impress the sauctity Of soberness
was born drunk, has lived drunk and
Will undoubtedly die drunk, by virtue
Of long established precedent. And is
it not folly to cast pearls Of great price
before swine?
And the wisdom OF this man not hav-
ing reached unto the point where he has
learned to avoid folly proves him an
utter fool, and consequently, alas,
equally dishonorable with our pastor
And IS the unfeeIing multitude pos
sessed of such unbounded wisdom by
the negative virtue of being foolish
that 1t may rise and sit complacently
upon our pastor and the Disinterested
| Man2 Most assuredlv not, perish the
thought, get thee behind me Satan and
| so forth. For has not the folly of this
| multitude permitted sundrv Trusts to
| corner swine to such an extent that
pearls of great price are as copper coins
/
What a shame it is, my brethren,
| that it is writ that honor is not seemly
! TO a fool, for we really can not over
ride this evidence of the folly of the
| multitude and over it goes by the
, board, reputation and all, into the sea
of dishonor where even now our pastor
and the DISTINGUISHED Man are swim
ming for dear life.
Alas. there is no escape for us We
are dlshonorabe and were condemned
| 50 at the moment when the unkind
| gods gave us words wherewith to con-
Wet ourselves. Is not the astronomer
a fool to spend his short life in at
tempting to prove that two blades of
grass grow on Mars where only one
/ blade grew this time last year? And
surely is the skeptic a fool who doubts
he existence Of any grass at all on
Mars because there are no means to
convey there the seeds from earth.
We can rot say we are wise without
proving ourselves fools for confding
it to world that won t believe us
. and we can not admit our ignorance
, again for the same reason for ouI
friends would think that we were try
ing to borrow money on our humility
Philosopher and fool alike there Is
no use for Us to try to attain to higher
things when whichever way We turn
: we find ourselves in an unsav0ry cate
; CORY Therefore, let us choose the mos
| comfortable pew in the church, my
5 brethren, and give thanks that we are
equally free from the trammels OF
) virtue and accept the odium that de
l wolves upon the wise and the unlearneC
, | to the best of our ability.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-19

.,As snow in s,,,,,rla,. and OK. ,..., IN
harvest - bnn,r !. n,+ .a..,,i,- +,r .
loaI ,,-.prororI,. of.1
-
,rl,.,r.,.. ,,..-- 1...4l..-.,. .,-., .
"e'""e0 ou1 81 our own iuous"N ana are
" thai. a dishonorabIe crowd. For
what wise man sneak, unoo matters
- :-.4..-. 81.
-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
REFUSED TO ANSWER.
Census Questions and Warrants Have
Been Issued.

Keen 3SSCeQ-
The Colunbia Record says Census
Supervisor Dupre may in a few days
cause warrants to be issued against
four persons in this district. who are
refusing to give information to enum-
orators. Three Of these live in Col
umbia. and the fourth In Orangeburs.
In all four cases. the only reason
givea FOR refusing Is that the persons
lust didn't want to bother WITH an
swe.iny questions.
Mr. DuPre has AL -rssei letter
d;rectiaz the!- attention ?" lection
% OF the cens,7 :aw. which makes
refusal TO give inioiId-'.'l mis- ie-
meapor subject % tnH OF si"O.
One Of those rei:sil. is LADY *
some prominence 'n Cc!Iu.5i1 S:e
referred the enu-lc..::.' 70 acr hos
band, who also refuses 70 give t7c
information.
The Record does ret maine The
parties for *hom warrants have been
issued not the question they Tefuse..
to answer. Nor do we whow who
the Oraagehurs party is SIT ~ will
all come out when the warrant Is
served. The government hA> sood
reasons for asking the questions it
does or It wonld not ask them. ana
all will save themselves tloIl'te r,
answering them as best they can
We hope all the cases will be a.
iuSted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
QUICK WIT SAVED THEM.
Men Climbed Cable to Avoid Shock
as Elevator Fell.

Thanks to rare presence Of mind
Otto Heroid and F. Howard. strue-
tu.al iron workers. a, Memphis.
Tenn. escaped what seemed certain
death with nothing worse than blis-
tered hands. while c. Porter. fellow
worker. who was not 80 quick to
grasp the situation. was painfully.
II not seriously. injured.
Completing their days labor near
the top Of a history building in
course Of construction. the three
started to descend on q frail eleva-
tor. All went well unit! the 18th
story was reached. Here something
happened to the engine which hois,s
the car and the elevator started
rapid plunge downward.
Howard and Eerold. grabbing the
steel cable. started climb against
the rapidly descending lift. making
such hea6way that they were severa!
feet above the car when IL reached
the ground. Porter cluns to the car
and suffered several broken ribs and
was badly bruised. while his TWO com
panions were practically unhurt-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
CONJURED By HER ENEMY.
Negro Girl Thinks She Was Made to
Eat Smoke Dust

Leila Davis. coloTed girl at Dur
ham. n. c.. has been very III under
the belief that she has been conjur-
ed by her rival. The girl and her
black beau quarrelled some time ago
and patched up a miserable peace.
Not long since the Davis girl began
to complain that internally there
wore Giving things that bit her. She
found out that her rival had con-
jured her.
Thereupon she went for Silas
Hamilton. and Ole conjure-breaker Of
Raleigh. a negro with forty years
experience His diagnosis was that
the girl had eaten snake dust which
her enemy must have powdered up
and given her In liquid form. DR..
Silas says that snake dust will invar-
iably evolve itself into live reptiles
as soon as it finds moisture in the
human economy and that unless one
gets It out quickly. he must die.
He has cured thousands. and he
thinks the Davis girl will recover.
The snake dus, is made by powder
ing the dried hide OF the serpent fine.
AS medication 1t is said to be some
thing fierce and the woman who ad-
ministered it evidently knew what
il would do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
SUMTER MAN SUICIDES.
Charles S. Poole Ends His Life by
Taking Poison

olsSiks
Anothern suicide has occurred at
Sumter. Leaving a sealed not ad-
dressed to his wife. the contents OF
which is unknown. and with no
known reason for the act. Charles S.
Poole died Monday at the Hotel
Sumter. at O'Clock. from the effects
OF large dose OF bicioride of mer-
curry. which he administered TO him
SELF. MT. Poole. who is native OF
Sumter, but who has made his home
away sor the past several years. was
in the city en- visit. To all out
ward appearances he was his nor
NAL self. and there was no reason TO
suspec: his rash act.
Sunday night he registered al the
Hotel. was assigned to a room. but
before retiring. he went Into the
writing room and there wrote let
ter. which afterwards proved 10 be
the one addressed to his wife. He
went to his room after 2 o'clock. and
shortly before three. bell boz vas
summoned to his room. He was
found in a horribly nauseated con-
iicion. and instructed the boy 70
phone for his wife. and to Inform
her that he was dying.
Mrs. Poole was summoned and a
,hysician sent for at once. every pos
sible effort being made to save him.
5ut he succomed to the terrible raw
ages Of the drug at three o'clock
Sunday afternoon, just twelve hours
after It Was administered. Poole was
twenty-seven YEARS old.