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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
Funeral of Robert Attlessey.

The funeral of Robert Attlesey
Thursday afternoon was very largely
attended, the business places of town
being closed as a mark of respect dur
ing the hour of services. The Congre-
gational church proved much too small
to hold those who desired to pay their
tribute to the departed pioneer. In a
brief sermon Rev. Schoenfeld spoke of
the deceased's interest in church and
society work and comforting message
to the relatives. The music for the
occasion was furnished by quartette
consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman
Lyon, L. J. Dickinson and Mrs. 7. A.
Clarke, the selections being favorite
hymns of the deceased. The floral Of
ferings were also very profuse. Mem
bers of the Masonic order from James
vile, Stoughton, Milton Junction and
Fort Atkinson were present to take
part in the funeral. Grand Secretary
w. w. Perry of Milwaukee conducted
the Masonic burial. Relatives present
from distance were Joseph Attlesey,
Austin, Mimi; George Attlesey, HUI
ron, Wis; Mrs. George Roe, Mrs. Jen
ME Roe, George Roe and Ogden Roe,
Lima.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
Married in Chicago.

City Engineer j. T. Hurd did not
wait until next week to take a vaca-
ton, but stole march on his friends
by going to Madison Tuesday evening,
and from there to Chicago on Wednes-
day mornings train. At Edgerton he
was joined by his fancee, Miss Char
lotte Skinner, and their marriage took
place in Chicago Wednesday afternoon.
They will spend the next several days
on wedding trip that will include a
visit with the groom's brother, George,
and wife at Portage, and upon their ar
rival here next Monday will go to
housekeeping in the upper fiat of Mrs.
JAS. Richardson's residence at the cor
ner of Main and Monroe streets.
The bride is we'll and favorably known
in her home community of Edgerton,
where for number of years she has
been employed as stenographer in the
office of Henry Johnson, the insurance
man. Mr.. Hurd is the eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. j. M Hurd of this city,
and was graduated as civil engineer
from the u of w. with the class of
1901. For two or three years he has
been city engineer. -Stoughton Cour-
ier-Hub.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17

wind, no serious damage was sustained
There was tremendous downpour of
rain with intense electrical displays
which put out of use a number of tele-
phones in town and some of the coun-
try lines were down. A few poles on
the MELVILLE line were also broken off
by the force of the storm. Word comes
from Wheeler Prairie that several to-
bacco sheds wers swept down in the
storm.
Will Bitter of Dunkirk lost shed
with its hanging tobacco. From that
point the wind passed northeastward
and four bents of shed went down for
George Holtan, and Jacob Reopen suf-
fered on the Albert Asleson farm.
Hans Vieum lost IL bents of tobacco
shed with contents in mass of dam
aged tobacco. Peter Nelson of Dun
kirk is also mourning the loss If his
last years tobacco crop, which was
ruined by the storm.
Up to Wednesday afternoon over
$500 had been subscribed to the relief
fund started by The Gazette for the,
tornado sufferers. A committee nameCI
by the county board to handle the
funds is composed of M. Gleason, town
of Lima; John Paul, town of Milton;
Frank Roach, town of Harmony; H. S.
Stevens, town of Plymouth; w. B.
Maxon, Milton village; j. L. Bear, city
of Evansville; Simon Smith, city of Be
lott. The money, as fast as received,
is being deposited in the Merchants
and Savings bank, over $1,000 having
been thus far deposited. 1t is placed
to the credit of the County Relief COM
mittee and will be checked out by their
treasurer and later report published
in the county papers of how it was dis
posed of. All persons desiring to add
their contributions to the fund can do
so.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
Tobacco Notes

Mr.. G. w. Spitzner returned to New
York Monday evening.
L. P. Suffer of Chicago was visitor
in the local market the latter part of
the week.
Mr.. J. B. Killebrew, statistical agent
for the agricultural department, paid a
visit to our sta tie this week.
Henry Sach, with H. Neuberger, to-
bacco exporter of New York, is spend
ing the week in the state.
c. H. Eimerbrink Of Philadelphia,
factory superintendent for Otto Eisen-
lohr & Bro, came Monday evening
for short stay in the state.
Mr. R. L. Henry of New York, in
charge Of the leaf department of the
American Tobacco Co., spent few
days of the week in the state.
A large new tobacco shed on the farm
of Geo. D. Charlton near GAINESVILLE was
destroyed by fire Monday evening. The
building was vacant but the loss is
about $500.
C. C. Hamilton died in New York
City on the 4th inst, aged rs years.
He was head cf the firm of c.. C. Ham
ilton & Co., and was probably the old
est tobacco inspector. Mr.. Hamilton
was widely known in the tobacco trade
and had done business with nearly all
the prominent leaf tobacco houses.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
Neck Broken by Fall from Wagon.

Peter Mackeprang was found in the
field on his farm in Rutland township
Monday afternoon in dying condition.
The team he had been driving came
home and the family instituted search.
He had apparently fallen from the
wagon in such manner that his neck
was broken. Mr.. Mackeprang passed
away about four hours after the acct
dent happened. Deceased formerly
lived on the east side in Stoughton and
was employed as moulder in the foun-
dry of the Stoughton Wagon company
for number of years. Last season
he took possession of the farm of his
brother but the family remained in
Stoughton. A wife and three children
survive.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas. 1t has pleased our all wise Creator
to remove from our midst Bro Robert Attic
sey be it
Resolved. That we as brother Odd Fellows
and friends deplore his loss: that we shall
miss his regular attendance his pleasing and
genial presence, his sensible and kindly coun
sci at our meetings. And that we extend to
his family and friends our sincere sympathy
Further that copies of this resolution be given
his family, to the city papers for publication,
and that it be spread upon the minutes OF our
lodge. Signed:
W. II. CLARKE,
A. p. NICHOLSON,
c. a. PRATT.
Committee.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
Very Prosy.

Prof. Brander Matthews of Colum.
bia. In one Of his brilliant addresses
at Columbia on the drama. said of an
un~imaginative and prosaic dram&tist:
He 1t was. l am sure. who in his
youth. on being asked in examina-
ton what Shakespeare meant by the
phrase sermons In stones, wrote In
reply;
When passing by a. tombstone.
you may learn the nam and the
dates OF birth int death OF the de-
parted one. and also. from the in.
scription a valuable moral lesson
from his or her life. Walking
along a road. you may see from the
milestones the number Of miles to
the nearest towns, and thus acquire
geographical information. Heaps Of
stones by the roadside indicate that
repairs are to take place. and so
inculcate a lesson In ~neatness.'"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25

North America has counted as a
gold producing continent only since
the late forties. But 1t might well
have lone so for nearly two hundred
years. According to the history
searchers. in the voyage round the
world which began In 1919. the pri.
Sateet. Captain Shell ocke. found in
certain California valleys "a rich black
mold which, as YOU turn 1t fresh IN
&c the sun. appears as If intcrmingled
With gold dust" Though we were n
'itt'e %prejudic,d," he adds. against
he thought that it could be possible
thtt this metal should be so promis
c~uously and universally mingled with
-ommon earth. yet We cudeavored 70
'cnnse and wash the earth from some
u ~, and the more we did the more
10 appeared like gold In order to be
u,thef satisfied | brought away some
Of IL. which we lost In our confusion
"a China
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
DlsraeH a. q Greek Pirate.

Mr.. C%hurchills holiday adventures
In the near east have not been quite
80 picturesque as those of another
British parliamentarian who went
yachting and touring there 80 years
ago. You should see me- wrote Dis
raeli from his friend. James Clay's
yacht, in the costume of a Greek pi
rate-a blood-red shirt with silver
studs as big as shilliEgs. an immense
scarf for girdle. full OF pistols and
daggers. red cap. red slippers. broad
blue-striped jacket and trousers" The
party visited an Albanian hey; he
could not understand their language
nor they his. but his wine and their
brandy put them on terms. THE hey
drank all the brandy; the room turned
round; the wild attendants who sat
at our feet seemed dancing in strange
and fantastic whlrls. The hey shook
hands with me: he shouted English, l
Greek. Very good he had caught up
from us. 'Kalo. kalo.' was my re-
joinder. He roared; | smacked him
on the back. | remember no more."-
London Chronicle.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
OLD SLAVE CITY IN AFRICA
nr pstera Flnds First Actual Ancient
Inscription Found In South
Africa.

DR.. Carl Peters, the German explor'
err, tells of strange finds In South Ar
RIGA: II was fortunate enough to 1is-
cover a tablet which, SO far as | Know
contains the first actual ancient In
scription found In South Africa. For
merly discoveries have not been OF
proved actusl Inscriptions. but OF
stones bearing marks strongly resem-
bling ancient Semitic writings. The
tablet in question was found by one
of my men In a slave pit to the south
of ~Inyanga, north of Umtali. The dis
trict contains hundreds of these pits.
from twenty to twenty-five feet deep,
in which the ancients kept their slaves.
The tablet was evidently made Of ce-
ment and had been cut In two. clearly
while 1t was soft, the letters o. . be-
ing In no way damaged. The characters
look to me like Greek letters. but other
experts say they are Graeco-Phoeni-
clan. | take 1t to be the half OF an
ancient passport, one portion of which
was retained by the master and the
other handed to the messenger.
Il also discovered neal Zimbabwe a
brass figure of Pan, six and a half
inches In length. very similar to the
figures found at Pompeii, thus proving
Greek influence In South Africa appar-
emily at a later period than the tablet
| have mentioned. These and other
discoveries are to my mind further
proof that in South Africa thare has
been a continuation Of different civilt
cations.
1T has also been shown that daring
all these periods gold mining has been
carried on. Apparently this was be-
gun by natives of the soil, probably
bushmen. and 1t seems likely that the
first Semitic people who appeared OF
the scene were only traders In the
precious metal"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
Value Of Employment.

The beginning Of all true reforma.
ton among the criminal classes de.
ponds on the establishment of institu.
lions for their active employment
while their criminality Is still unripe
and their feelings of s~elf-respect, ca.
pacities of affection and sense Of jus.
tice not altogether quenched. That
those who are DESTROYS of employment
should always be able to find 1t will
hardly. at the present day, be dis.
puted. but that those who are unde-
sirous of employment should, of all
persons. be the most strictly com
PEELED to 1t. the public Is hardly yet
convinced. and they must be con.
WINGED.
II the danger of the principal thor.
o%ughfares In their capital city, and
the multiplication of crimes more
CHASTITY than e yet disgraced a
nominal civilization are not enough.
they will not have to wait long be-
fore they receive sterner lessons. For
our neglect of the lower orders has
reached a point at which 1t begins to
bear its necessary fruit. and every
day makes our fields not whittier, but
more sable, to harvest.-Ruskin.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
KNOWS FAMILY As IT IS
r.k.. Servant Girl to be Really IN
Innate With Members Of
Household.

Sometimes | feel as II no other folKs
on earth had quite as good a cnance
to know all the kinds Of people on II
as servant girls. Maybe policemen 40
they're always going into unexpect-
ed places, an seem folks In what
Miss Lena, which was the fourth from
the last place 1 lived. called dishabil.
It means not fixed up to receive com
pany. with the parlor busted. an the
lamps filed, an h~igh-heeled slippers
an silk stockings on, an hair waved,
but Just bein' caught In your old shirt
waist with NO collar. an your
down at the heel, an quarrelin' with
your mother about something. But, OF
course, you'd know what dishaDir
meant without my tellin' you.
Not even a policeman, though. sees
the d~ishabilled people the way we
servants do. He comes when there's
trouble an everything Is excitement
an he can't tell whether they skimp
on family dinners so as to have a ca
terer for company ones. or whether
their underclothes are the cheapest
things from the bargain counters so
as they can spend more money on the
outside ones. 1t takes a ervan girl
to be really intimate with all the little
ways of a family. an sometimes it's
80 interestin'. ma'am, that you're half
inclined to think you'll stay a servant
girl all your life, just for the free en-
tertainment you get. an then again.
you feel 30 tired of it that you'd jump
off the pier II you thought you'd have
to spend many more days in other peo-
pies kitchens.-Smith's Magazine.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
Two OF a Kind.

The old farmer stopped his scythe
and unbent. Then he hailed his wife
Il thought Manda was goin' to help
you with tn cookin' today ?" he cried
Manda's gone over to sailie Rease
b's, was the reply. They're havin
u garden fete for Priscilla Hinckley's
friend from Tewksbury." She paused
and looked around. Wasn't Henry
goin' to help you with tn mowings"
"Henry's gone over to Tom Pitkin's
to play golf with tn new minister"
They looked at each other.
Two silly old FOOLS" muttered the
farmer.
Yes. AbiJah." the woman meekiy
agreed.
And he ven on with his lonely
moving and she returned I o the quiet
house with her basket Of eggs.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25

Among the passengers on a Penn
s~ylvania train leaving Newark about
four o'clock a day or SO ago for New
York was a group of four, father.
mother. n boy about Ave years old
and a girl about three years
Nearly all the way to Jersey Cts the
head of the family was trying to con.
vince his wife that there was no dan.
ger In going by the tube. but the
woman seemed nervous and kent re.
p%eating, Let's take the boat. At
Jersey City the father guided them
to the elevator. and they entered the
car In waiting. No sooner had n
started than the woman gave slynso If
Mysteries. but the man. alive to tho
situation. pinched tho baby. II
soualled Justify. diverting the mothers
attention from imaginary danger. A
humble OF passengers witnessed the
performance. one of whom when the
short trip was over asked the man.
why didn't you pinch the ?"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
rRInuTE TO SENATOR BoRAH.

Tho Washington Tribune has the
folio wing to say regarding Idaho's
senator which II true. places him
to the front in standing at the ma
tional capitol
MEN around the capitol are ask
Ing one another whether the mantle
OF senate leadership is not fast de-
scending upon a far western republi-
can. New attention has been fixed
upon the matter by the recent tri-
umph OF Senator William e. Boarh,
OF Idaho, In getting his much OPP
posed resolution for popular elee-
ton OF senator's voted up as the SEN
ate's unfinished business.
THAT achievement. won against
the protest and OF several
Older senators. including Mr.. Hale,
OF Maine. would by no means be-
token leadership. But Mr.. Borah
has been growing steadily In the
estimation of the senate. He has
no. forced himself unduly into en-
ate procedure. an Senator Cummins,
Of Iowa. another %aspirant for repub-
iicsn leadership. has done. He has
hardly ever taken the floor for a
speech without enhancing his re-
putation.
Apparently. no uncompromising
regular can be accepted republican
leader at that end OF the capitol
during the tumultuous times ahead
for the mex two years, Neither can
any Incorporating insurgent be.
Senator Borah has not allied himself
In any hard and fast n with
either faction. He has often voted
with the regulars. but is known to
entertain advanced views. or late
IL has seemed that he was siding
more with the insurgents.
"He would be a Young man to
exercise senate leadership, for he
In hardly 40 years old. Ever since
he came to the senate in 1907 he
has demonstrated the possession OF
II good. level head. He has an agree
able personality and Is aclose studen
He In not the most profound lawyer
In the senate but he ranks close and
able to hold his own In legal dis
cussions.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
The Situation.

One day a farmer drove into town
with a load Of produce and spent the
rest of the day and part Of the night
with convivial companions. On his
way home he fell asleep. and his
came In contact with a tree
by the roadside. startling the horses
into a burst of speed. They broke
away and went %clattering down the
road. The farmer slept on. He was
thus found next morning at daylight
by a stranger on horseback.
"Hello!" called out the .horseman.
Who are you and what are you doing
here?"
The farmer peered up and down
the road in a dazed way. WELL" he
said, my name Is Rogers and I've
lost a blamed fine span of horses"
Then he got down from his seat
and inspected the vehicle. And If
amt Rogers" he added. i've found
q blamed fine wagon"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
because Of that inert and spineiess

because OF that inert and spineiess
law
'sThesc arguments had their ef-
feet on Hawley, especially AZ they
came from Nugnet. who practically
Insisted upon the governor SELLING
this great opportunity, and the dem
ocratic delegation. which had sue
ceedec In convincing the governor
that the bill would be passed 9
his veto IL the democrats could ac-
complish II In any way X he failed
to sign 1t, all went away feeling sure
tina, he would either sign the bill or
allow II to become n law without his
signature. which 1t would have done
II he had failed to take action the
following day which was the last day
he had to sign the bill. IL was
submitted to him Monday shortly
after 2 o'clock, and he had five days
In which to sign or veto IT.
Section eight of that law Is the
most drastic of the measure and is
OF a nature that 1t gives the right
to any prosecuting attorney. sheriff
or peace officer who has cause to
believe that Intoxicating liquors are
being sold or given away In nv
place within their jurisdiction. to
secure from a magistrate a search
war rant commanding the officer to
search the apartments and seize
all liquors found together with n
aprurtences used in the conducting
of the business. A complaint shall
then be filed against those parties
n.sI kkJa ..und NC nutdanna nf tho yinI
tion OF the liquor law. Another
section gives officers the right to
eubpoena persons supposed to poss-
ess information against persons vio-
lating the law.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
Culture.

Thus there is a climbing scale OF
culture, from the first agreeable sen
sation which a sparkling gem or q
scarlet stain affords the eyes, up
through fair outlines and details OF
the landscape, features of the human
face and form, signs and tokens OF
thought and character in manners, up
to the ineffable mysteries of the intel
lect.
Wherever we begin thither our
steps tend; an ascent from the Joy Of
a horse and his trappings, up to the
perception Of Newton, that the globe
on which we ride is only a larger ap-
pie falling from a larger tree; up to
the perception Of Plato, that globe
and universe are rude and early ex-
pressions of an all-dissolving unity
the first stair on the scale to the tenn
pie of the mind.-Emerson.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
NEW USE FOR PANS
RED MEN FIND A SOURCE or
AMUSEMENT.
indian Agent Wonders at sudden De
nan for Frying P~ans-Finds
Earthen Totoogan Slide on
Mountain Side.

Tho Indian. however averse he may
slow to avail himself of a new source
Of amusement. This was shown soma
years ago, when anon tho supplies
sent by the government to a certain
agency In the west were several hun
dred large frying pans with long han
dies.
These the Indian agent found in
stock when he tool possession. and at
the end Of the year the number had
not been diminished. Thinking that
perhaps he had not discharged his
whole duty In the matter of supplying
Uncle Sans wards with these culinary
utensils. the agent began making spe-
cial efforts to induce the red men to
use them.
At first. says Harper's Weekly. 1t
was hard work, but by the time he
had given out about two dozen there
came a sudden change. Not a day
passed In which the agent did not
have applications for at least a dozen
and some days he disposed Of twice
that number.
When the supply vas nearly e
hausted he noticed among the appli-
cants some to whom he had previously
given pans. and naturally enough he
became q trifle curious to know what
use they were making OF them. He
purpose. but at length a young buck
more communicative than the rest
gave him to understand that II he
would visit a certain part of the res
ervation nc. far away he would find
his inquiry answered.
The next day. therefore, the agent
rode out In the direction indicated.
About two miles from the agency he
noticed on the crest of a narrow spur
Of the mountain three or four indians
who suddenly disappeared on the op-
posite side of the ridge. At the same
time he heard family the cry of many
voices.
saw a crowd Of several hundred In
dams who were shouting as II greatly
excited. He noticed also several OBJ
jects. which he at first supposed to be
boulders. descending the side Of the
mountain toward them with tremen-
dous rapidit-.
Instead Of fleeing from these moving
objects, the Indians simply app1auded
and shouted. Soon he saw other OBJ
jects like the first descending and In
a short time the whole situation was
plain to him.
Having elected a long, smooth slope
of the mountain where there we're nc
stones. the Indians had converted It
into a sort of earthen toboggan slide
and we're utilizing the frying pans ~
toboggans.
Seating themselves in the pans they
grasped the handles with both hands;
then crossing their legs over their
arms they wen spinning down the
slide with great rapidity. The agent
let them have the few pans that re-
manned In the storehouse. but did not
order a new supply.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-25
A Wonderful Oco.

A government Official In Rayada
connected with the forestry depart
ment has a wonderful dog, which Il y
clever at climbing trees as a cat. n NJ
master fastens a handkerchief IN 4
the tree-tops the animal will clambm|
I'D after it in the nimblest way. an
never fails to bring 1t down. He vaa
taught by his mother, who was famow
as a tree climber. The clever animal
has won several medals by his extra)
ordinary talent, and takes particulr
delight in climbing silver birchee-|
not the easiest tree in the world ~
scale. for the trunk is particularh]
smooth and slippery.-Wide World.