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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
The Milk In the Cocoanut.

A correspondent of the New York
Sun, referring to an inquiry respecting
the origin and meaning of the saying,
This accounts for the milk in the CO.
coanut," says that an answer may be
found in the practice remarked by
Captain Marryat in one of his novels
on the occasion of ships visiting the
West Indies. as follows:
On the ships arrival the bumboat
women would flock to it's side. plenti-
fully supplied with cocoanuts, which
were eagerly sought by the sailors, and
on the occasion described by the author
one of the ships officers had selected a
cocoanut, and the bumboat woman
eagerly interfered to prevent his re
ceiving the one he had selected, saying,
"That not for officer; that for sailor"
The officers curiosity being aroused,
be asked for a cocoanut for officer"
and at the same time insisted upon get
ting the one originally selected by him.
On opening the two the one flor Off.
GER was found to be in it's natura.
state, containing the SO called milk,
whereas the one "for sailor" was found
to have had it's milk removed and the
place thereof supplied by rum. Further
examination disclosed that all of the
cocoanuts 'sfor sailor" had thus been
treated
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
He Was Posted.

A six-year-old boy was taken to the
zoo by his forty-year-old father. They
saw the elephant. they saw the mon
keys, they saw the OK. Finally they
got to the pathological collection. The
kid noticed an interesting bird in the
eagle cage. and he asked:
Papa. what's that bird?'
Papa looked at the label and replied
''That is an Austrian eagle
"Gwan." said the boy. 1T amt no
such thing"
Yes it is. 1t says so in the cata-
logue."
Il don't care what it says in tn cata-
logue. 1 got eyes. This here bird amt
got but one head The Austrian eagle
has two heads, an l know. fer I've
saw a pitcher of it on flags! '--Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
WRATH CAME IN VERY HANDY
So Mad After Spat With Sweetheart
That He Whipped
Bandit.

Sam Jones was mad clear through.
He had just had a quarrel with his
sweetheart, and although he had con-
cealed his anger until he left her
home he was now boiling over with
rage. As usual, Sam had got the
worst of the little spat, for in spite of
his 6 feet and his great strength
his diminutive lady love had wound
him around her finger like so much
ribbon.
AS Sam alighted from the elevated
train at his home station his cheeks
were still flushed with helpless anger
and he was just spelling" for a fight
or almost any kind of a chance to
even up matters on some one. His
wish was destined to be granted
sooner than he knew, for when he
descended the elevated steps to the
street a figure blocked his path, a re-
volver was held a few inches below
bis nose, and a gruff voice command
ed, "Come on! Shell out, jack"
Without a seconds hesitation Sam
smashed the would-be robber full in
the face with his brawny fist and sent
him Keeling several PAGES backward
and stunned him so that he dropped
his weapon. Both Sam and the thief
were SO surprised that they merely
stared at each other for a few sec
onds, then the latter remembered that
he possessed a good pair of legs and
started to run at express speed
Here's good one" Sam laughed
grimly as he set out in hot pursuit
of his assailant "This fellow intend
ed to hold me up and now I'm going
to hold him up just to balance things
trife." Sam was soon forced to
give up the chase, however for he
was burdened with a heavy ulster.
while the holdup man wore light
sweater.
"Gee," chuckled Sam, eff I hadn't
been as hot under the collar as was,
as a result of that little fuss with
Alice, I'll bet I'd have shel1ed out like
little lamb when he presented the
invitation. I'll go up there tomorrow
night with a big box Of chocolates
and square things up"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE HEN
Science Is Gradually Learning About
Egg Producers, According to a
Writer in Life.

The truth about hens-why some
are helpful, others hopeless-perhaps
will be the next notable achievement
of science. How any fact can escape
this time is hard to imagine. Kansas,
from the one side, has surrounded Hen
Truth to make it surrender important
psychological information; Missouri,
from the other, has begun to study the
subject physiologically and has ar
ranged an egglaying contest at the
Mountain Grove poultry experiment
station, which began on the first of
last September and which is to run a
year. The investigator in Kansas is a
junior in the state university, taking
work in the psychological laboratory.
He reports these interesting discover
les:
/. Chickens do not care for crowd,
yet abhor being alone.
2. Intelligent chickens have both
mind and memory.
8. They also have an ability to dis
tinguish color grades.
That's the way with these collegiate
scientists! They leave us with princi-
pies barren of practical value What
we most long to know is what color to
paint the border of the flower beds to
cause the aesthetic eye of intelligent
hens to turn to other fields and re-
member ours with aversion.-Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Eagles Clearing Away Pests.

The wild boars and foxes of Santa
Rosa Island, CAL, are being extermi-
mated rapidly and in novel manner.
The American eagle is doing the work.
The eagles that have their habitat in
the rocky eminences of the island
grow to immense size, the smallest
mature bird measuring about four feet
from tip to tip and the largest being
seven feet or more in sweep with
wings extended. They can carry thir-
ty or forty pounds dead weight for
miles with apparent ease. The eagle
swoops down upon its prey and rises
to a height of fifty feet or more with
the struggling animal clutched in its
talons. If the pig shows too much
fight it is dropped, the fall killing the
animal Then the eagle descends and
carries off the carcass to the distant
aerie. Foxes also are the prey of the
eagles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
ROMAN ROADS IN ENGLAND
Project of Putting Old Highways in
Useful Condition Is Being
Revived.

British motorists are showing some
interest in project which is being re-
viyed Of reopening and putting In
disable condition the old Roman roads
that led out from London to the sur
rounding cities and that connected up
the outlying places. The ancient high
ways, built by the Roman generals for
military purposes, were well con-
structed and their routes were exceed
ingly straight, but they have apparent
ly in many instance been practically
abandoned.
Few except students of the subject
are aware of the great network Of
highways which were driven across
England Wales and Scotland by the
Roman generals. The straightness Of
these roads probably is explained by
the fact that the cities and towns
they linked up were founded subse-
quent to the road making. The roads
were constructed for military purposes
the subjugation and control of the
turbulent Britons-and had no set OBJ
jective. Camps grew into cities and
towns founded at points of military
vantage. These naturally lost their
Importance in many instances when
the conquerors withdrew, and their
very sites are forgotten.--Feld.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Copyright. 1919. by Associated Literary Pressl

She was at it again.
Serrano stood back in the center
of his own room, out of sight and
watched her.
Between them lay two yards, high
fenced, uninhabited by humans. Never
during his two weeks residence at 306
had he seen any person down in those
barren little oblongs of earth. But in
the house opposite she lived in room
on the same floor as his own.
"I have been in New York one
month";" Serrano had written back
home to Panama. 'It is most enter
tanning, but very, very lonely. make
no friends. 1t is wise, yes. l am but
a poor Spanish student, madre milo,
not that which is called here a spend
err One may not be a spender on
dreams, yes? A mere student, l,
translator day times in coffee estab-
lishment. By night student in these
most excellent United States colleges.
So does one become proficient in the
ambition, the hope, the heart dream OF
success. In two years | shall be at
hume once again. rear HUI lOI uuS.
forget never that have the honor to
be your most affectionate and faithful
son, JOSE"
Every day a similar letter went
south to Sonora Serrano, widow Of
the great civil engineer who had
been killed by a fall in the canal
works, one fatal backward step, and a
plunge to death over the towering
lock.
Money was left, certainly, but Jose
had sworn he would touch only what
was necessary for his education in
these student days. He would be like
his father, a civil engineer. He would
sail to New York, the city Of gold, and
study there, work, fight his own way.
There would be then plenty for his
mother to maintain the two great es-
tates where so many American off,
Gals had known Serrano hospitality.
Yet, after two weeks, even with the
highest ideals, and fortified by preju-
dices and resolutions both, Jose
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
"Senorita, Pardon"

watched every day, once, twice, morn
ing and evening, for the figure in
pink negligee in the house opposite.
She was tall and slender, and divine
ly young. Also she had splendor OF
dark hair. He had watched it fall in
ripping beauty over her shoulders
several times. Also she believed in
much fresh air. Her windows were
wide open to the Manhattan ozone
from morning till night. Never did
she appear even to glance at those OPP
posite. Jose knew why. She was in
some great, mysterious trouble. She
brooded. She was miserable.
But today she was suffering more
than usual. He stared, fascinated by
her actions. She paced the floor, not
swiftly, but with steady, slow, rhyth-
mic step like some Gagged leopardess.
Sometimes she would pause before the
mirror, stare at the sad strained face
reflected there, raise her hands above
her as if in supplication, sink on her
knees and sob, then presently back
to the steady pacing. Her lips moved
constantly as if in prayer.
Jose felt he should go mad If 1t
continued. Every nerve in his body
was tense with the desire to save her
from whatever it was she feared. His
imagination pictured ten thousand
prosecutions. Finally, as she dropped
again to her knees, her shoulders
shaking in perfect agony of emotion,
he seized his hat and rushed from his
room.
The door slammed behind hihn.
Down the steps, two. three at jump.
he sped down the street, around the
corner, and up the next street. Her
number would be 80, he judged.
There was ivy clinging to 1t.
He traced it easily, and ran up the
steps in a fever of Impotence. Come
what may, he would assist her, save
her. He could at least offer his aid,
let her know that in all that vast city
there was one who would esteem it a
blessed privilege to be allowed to help
her.
The door opened. Chilled water
seemed to course down his spine as
he sought to explain his madness to
placid old Mrs. Gilligan, tho landlady.
81 greatly wish to speak with the
young lady on the third floor. in the
back of the residence" he stammered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
ACKNOWLEDGE 1T.
Edgerton Has to Bow to the Inev-
liable Scores of Eadorse-
ments Prove It.

After reading the public statement OF
this fellow-sufferer given below, you
must come to this conclusion: A rem
edy which cured years ago, which has
kept the kidneys in good health since,
can be relied upon to perform the same
work in other cases. Read this:
IS. S. Jones, 304 Maple street, Fort
Atkinson, Wis, says: For number
OF years | was afflicted with lumbago
and the misery became almost unbear-
able. had severe pains in my back
and limbs and my hips were also affect
ed. | was treated by physicians, but
their medicine brought no relief. Fl
nally | got supply of Doan's Kidney
Pills and began using them. They gave
me prompt relief and thus convinced
me of their curative powers. (State-
ment given in July, 1867
REIMBURSEMENT.
On September %, 1890, Mr.. Jones
said: Il have no reason to change my
high opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills.
This preparation has done so much fol
me that | have been thoroughly con-
WINGED of it's merits
For sale by all dealers. Price so cts.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan s. anc
take no other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
The MarseiiIaise.

There is a certain irony in the fact
that the town which produced the
''Marseillaise' is now German terri
tory. The song dates from April "a,
1892, when Rouget de Lisle, then quar-
tered at Strasburg as captain of en-
gineers, composed it in response to the
mayor of Strasburg's request for a
patriotic song.
At Strasburg the song was printed
under the title, Chant de Guerre
pour PArmee du Rhine" It owes its
present title to the volunteers from
Marseilles, who sang it as they march
ed on Paris.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Eor East Shooting.

TIE rife for rapid firing should have
shotgun weight, shotgun balance. shot
gun trigger pull. shotgun fit. and the
sights must be such as can be caught
instantly without effort in alignment.
The hands grasp the piece firmly, not
with the rideman's loose grip. but
the left arm pushes forward while the
right draws back. and the trigger is
pulled by transferring the drawing
back force to the trigger finger anc
not by any conscious crooking OF that
finger. The moment the bead covers
the mark the bullet must be under
way, be the aim good or bad.-Outing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12

An increasing number of people re-
port regularly of the satisfactory re-
suits from taking Foley Kidney Pills
and commend their healing and cura-
tive qualities. Foley Kidney Pills are
carefully prepared medicine, guaran-
teed to contain no harmful or habit
forming drugs. They can have only a
beneficial effect when used for kidney
and bladder troubles, for backache,
rheumatism, weak back or lumbago. -
w. G. Atwell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Headstrond.

Mrs. Homer-Don't you thing your
husband is rather headstrong for an in
valid? Mrs. Neighbor-Y and the
doctor is to blame for it too. Mrs.
Homer-Indeed. And why, pray? Mrs.
Neighbor-He won't allow him to take
any nourishment but goats milk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
She Quotes an Authority

Elsie When grow up, mamma I'm
going to be extravagant like you.
Mamma What makes you think I'm
extravaganza? Elsie-Well. I'm sure
I've heard papa say so lots of times
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
On Lies Journey.

We are not made to be good in this
world, but to try to be, and fail and
keep on trying; and when we get a
cake to say, Thank God!' and when
we get a buffet to say, "Just so; well
hit!"-Robert Louis stevenson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12

N. j. Gorham, cashier Bank of Wood
vile, Woodville, Ca, had very severe
tie of Foley Kidney Pills from our
druggist and they entirely relieved me,
l have more benefit from them than
any other medicine. w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
The Diaunosis.

"Beulah says. she has such a lot Of
callers, they make her tired"
81 wouldn't wonder. You may not
know that she is a telephone opera
tor"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Dolly In plsmay.

Dorothy-Mother, when / get mar
ried shall have a husband like papa?
Mother-Certainly, my dear.
Dorothy-And If stay single shall
I be an old maid like Aunt Anna?
Mother think you will
Dorothy with deep sigh) We'll I
am in a fix
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Sure enough.

Mrs. Chinn-You know my husband
just won't listen to good common
sense talk?
Mrs. Frank-How do you known
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
How She Cauuht Him.

"What would you do if you caught
your husband f1irting?"
why, my dear, that's just the way
/ did catch bimw
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12

Between two evils choose neither.
Between two goods choose both.-Ed-
wards
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12

Seems Immune to Earthquakes.
Earthquakes occur with consider
able frequency in New Zealand, but
no damage has so far been noticed In
the case of reinforced concrete.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Marsh. Of New
port. r. l.. have sent out cards for the
marriage Of their daughter. Miss Alva
Leigh. to Ensign Frederick Baltzly. of
the U. S. S. Delaware, of the Atlantic
fleet. at Charming Memorial Church. Sat-
urday evening. October 5. reception
will follow at the residence Of the bride 8
parents.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26

The first secretary Of the japanese
Embassy, X. Shidehara, who succeeds
Mr.. Hanihara, has arrived in Washing
ton. and Is stopping at the embassy in
X Street for a few days before taking
possession of the apartment In the
Highlands which he has taken for the
winter.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
OFFICIALS TO GO
TO SANTO DOMINGO
Brig. Gen. Mcintyre and W. T. S.
Doyle Sail with $50 Marines
To-day to Chastise Haiti.

Brig. Gen. Frank Mcintyre and W. T
S. Doyle, Chief of the Latin-Americar
Division of the State Department. will
leave Washington to-day for Philadel-
phia. where they will board the U. s.
s Prairie, to go with $50 marines to
Santo Domingo City. There they will
confer with United States Minister Rus
sell and Receiver General of Customs
Pulliam as to the best course to be pur-
sued in re-establishing the customs
houses on the Haitian frontier seized by
rebels
While the Dominican government is the
one chiefly concerned in the matter, II
is also understood that the expedition
is also 70 the purpose of showing the
Haitian government that its conduct is
not to be tolerated by the United States.
The Haitians have lent considerable aid
to the rebels on the Dominican side of
the border line. and have permitted the
Dominican rebels 10 use Haitian terri
tory as a base of operations. II Is be-
Heved here that were it not for the sup
port of the Dominican revolution by the
Haitians, the situation would never have
become so serious.
The expectation is that the whole sit
uation will be adjusted without the use
of force. 1t is likely that the Haitian
government will be brought to adopt a
strictly neutral policy toward the Do
minican trouble and that the Dominican
government will be made to see the folly
and the danger of some of its courses.
A system of petty graft, 1t is understood
here, has made the present Dominican
government intensely unpopular at home
The personnel Of the revolutionists. how
ever, offers no material considered COM
petent to have control of the government
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. DeForest, of
New Haven, Conn, have announced the
engagement Of their daughter. Miss An
toinette DeForest. to Assistant Paymas-
ter Josiah Gillespie Venter, L. S. n,
Paymaster Venter is a graduate of the
Naval Academy. class 1872 and has been
stationed in WASHINGTON for some time.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26

Mrs. Charles W. Russell. wife Of the
United States Minister to Persia, and
their daughter. Miss Lucy Russell, left
Jenna Saturday for Teheran. having
Spent FIVE months visiting the chief
points of interest in Europe.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
Inspect Money Laundrx

Director Ralph. Of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing. to-day will order a
special demonstration of the money
washing machines in use in his bureau
for the inspection of NJ. Offenbach and
Heinrich Woolheim, representatives OF
the Imperial German government EN-
peror William has sent these represen-
tatives here with view to purcha sing
similar machines for the German gov
ernment If their work is satisfactory.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
Entitled to Free Tuition.

Opinion was rendered yesterday by
Corporation Counsel F. H. Stephens that
the children of a member of the National
Guard of the District, although residing
outside the city and paying no taxes in
the District, are entitled to free tuition
in the Washington public schools. The
decision was given in the case of Clar-
ence V. Sayer. Of Kensington. Md, a
major in the District National Guard
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26

Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Miss Rather
inc Elkins, and Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Elkins. who have been abroad ali sum-
mer. are on the ocean en- route TO this
country,
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN WORK.
League Sends Out Circular Letter,
Soliciting Membership,

Circular letters have been sent out
from the headquarters Of the Woman s
National Democratic League in this city
soliciting membership in the league. the
fees Of which will be devoted TO the cam
paign of Woodrow Wilson. This league
was organized last June and has now
large membership throughout the
country.
The members o. the club contribute 81
each to the Democratic national CAM
paign FUND and agree to work in such
ways as they are able to influence vot-
ers to cast their ballots for the Demo-
cratic ticket. The club has branches in
other cities and towns. and is rapidly
spreading over the country.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
WOMAN IS HONoRED.
Mrs. Edie NJ. Record Guest at Re-
ception of War yeteran..

Mrs. Efie NJ. Record. recently elected
to her second term as president general
OF the National Ladies' Auxiliary Of the
United Spanish War Veterans, and her
husband. Ounce Record. past camp COM
mander OF Denver (Colo) Camp were
given a reception by the United spanish
war Veterans and the Ladies' Auxiliary
or the Department OF the District of Co.
lumbia last night in the banquet room
at Queens Cafe. Seventh and G Streets
Mr.. and Mrs. Record were on their way
through Washington TO their home In
Denves
More than 2oo hundred veterans at
tended the reception. Camp Hardin at
tended in body. Camps Miles, Lawton,
Petite, and Dewey were also well repre-
sented.
Department Commander Jere Costello
was the master of ceremonies. and Past
Department Adjutant Lyon King made
the address of welcome
Several songs were sung by Miss Ethel
johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. Record will leave
for Pittsburg this morning at s:l5.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF
WITH sANTO DOMINGO

New York, Sept. 25.-Cable communi-
cation with Santo Domingo is cut off,
according to a statement from the
cable company to-day. Dispatches
will be carried by boat TO the nearest
point in the republic free from dis
order until the $50 marines ordered
there by President Taft restore order.
Ccuriers have been used for the last
week, cut after one had been killed
and several others maltreated by reb-
els. natives refused to act as messen-
gers.
Great disorder prevails on the Hal
tien frontier.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
Epidemic Among stock.

The epidemic of spinal meningitis
which caused the death of 5000 horses
and cattle in Kansas, and Nebraska dur
ing the past six weeks has spread to
South Dakota. according to the Bureau
of Animal Industry of the Department
of Agriculture. The government veteri-
naries have checked the disease in Kan
sas and Nebraska but 1t is gaining
headway in South Dakota
The Washington herald., 1912-09-26
PLANS TO TAP RIVER.
Patuxent May Be Drawn on for
District Water supply.

Plans to increase the Districts water
supply by tapping the Patuxent River
have been submitted to Gen. Bixby.
Chief OF the Engineer Corps, by Col
Langfitt.
The plans include the construction of
"a masonry dam 20 to 50 feet
high and 800 feet long. The conduit
leading from the reservoir to the fltra-
ton plant near Soldiers Home would be
ABOUT twenty-five miles long A tunnel
three miles long would be a feature of
the proposed conduit. The cost of the
Improvement would be between 900. 900
and $S.0c0,ooo. which. the engineers claim,
is about what it would cost to build an
other conduit from Great Falls