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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-26
New England.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, July 16, 1912.
The drought which threatened seri-
ously to the 1912 New England crop was
broken by a heavy rain Sunday. Last
weeks high temperatures were tenn
pered in many Connecticut valley towns
by local showers. In some towns hail
accompanied the showers, but in no
case was the loss heavy. The wind
blew a gale in Glastonbury, Conn.,, but
tobacco escaped Minor hail damage is
reported in Poquonock and East Wind
sor, Conn. The Poquonock crops dam
aged carried hail insurance and settle
ment was made by the insurance COM
panies day or two after the storm.
Tobacco under cloth will be able to
pull through with very little rain from
now on, but sun-grown crops are less
fortunately situated and in many in
stances the drought damage is irrepar-
able Bottom leaves have turned yel-
low in the drvest fields and plants are
beginning to top out prematurely. On
the east side of the Connecticut river
some crops are reported to be in such a
hopeless condition that they will be
plowed under.
Some idea of the drought may be
gained from the fact that In June, in
which the normal rainfall exceeds three
inches, only thirty-six hundredths of an
inch fell this year. In July the normal
rainfall is three inches and in the first
ten days six one-hundredths of an inch
fell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-26
NEW YORK, July II, 1912.

While the market has been decidedly
dull, SO far as domestic cigar leaf to-
bacco is concerned, prices are not drop
ping, and the leaf merchants are not at
all discouraged by the outlook. Re-
ports are coming in Of considerable
activity in cigar factories throughout
the entire country, and the leaf men
argue that this cannot continue with
out sooner or later making market
for the raw material; and they fortify
their optimism by the belief that the
stocks of leaf tobacco in manufacture
ers' hands are very small. The demand
at present is for Wisconsin binders and
Connecticut tobaccos, both of which
are to all intents and purposes out of
the market. Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-26
New York.
NEW YORK, July 20,

NEW YORK, July 20, 1912.
The dullness of the dog days seems
to have caught on in the leaf market
too. Very little business transpired
during the week, although Sumatra is
reported to have had some call. The
torrid weather was luckily broken by
heavy showers, which relieved the
anxiety of the market as to the i'll eff
fects of an enduring drought on the
cigar leaf crops.
Regular midsummer dullness pre-
vailed throughout the manufacturing
end Of the tobacco business this week.
THE large uptown factories are work
ing full time but report orders coming
in very slowly Considerable complaint
is heard as to the quality of the new
Havana crop, samples of which are
commencing to appear in the market.
1t is said that the Havana leaf espec-
tally has not dried out we'll, and is very
dark and notified in appearance. Jour
nal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-26
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, July 26, 1912.

EDGERION, WIS, July 70, 1917.
With the soil thoroughly saturated
by recent heavy rainfalls and return
of hot days the growing tobacco crop
has been making phenomenal develop
ment during the week The early fields
are sure to reach a remarkably large
growth and an early harvest unless all
signs fail, while the later set tobacco
is coming on so rapidly that it seems
likely to make up for delays in trans
planting. Topping of the early set is
not SO far away now.
A few remnants have been moved
out of first hands of late and it is pos
sible every lot in the country will be
gathered in before the new crop is
raised.
Quite revival of trade in cured leaf
is developing and several of the most
important transactions in months have
been put through of late, giving color
to the oft repeated assertion of short
age in the binder market. G. w.
Spitzner of New York is credited with
having purchased nearly 5000 cases
while in the state, including about all
the unsold northern grown leaf. The
Fred Eckhart packing at Viroqua of
some 1900 cases of II and the Richard
Holton packing at Whitehall of $50
cases were bought by him. John Soul
man of GAINESVILLE is reported to have
sold $50 cases of northern packed goods
to manufacturer. N. Gillen of York,
Pa, has also added to his holdings of
Wisconsin leaf.
The shipments out of storage reach
300 cases from this market to all points
during the week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-26
PENNSYLVANIA.
LANCASTER. PA. July II, 10.

LANCASTER, Pa, July II, 1912.
The new crop hasn't made enough
progress yet to justify representations.
June was half over before the bulk of
the crop had been set out, and lot did
not 90 into the field until the month
had almost ended. Conditions were
favorable at the start and while we
have had plenty of warm weather the
rain was lacking. It takes moisture to
bring along the plants, and we have
had SO little of it that the plants not
only would not grow, but they appeared
to shrivel up under the fierce rays of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

sations must have resembled those
OF an habitual user. He was sure
that he could see the flowers, huge,
colorous, many-hued clusters of them,
the most magnificent collection of
orchids in the world, cleaning entic-
lngly through the jungle trees; and
then he, himself, collapsed. When
he regained consciousness they were
back at the camp where they had left
the rest of the porters. Two of the
men who had accompanied him were
dead; another was mad. He and the
rest, who had brought him off. were
horribly SICK
With the madness of despair, he
begged his men to try again with
him. But they refused The con-
tinued effect of the scent was almost
intoxicating, so they turned back.
Their way thither had been fraught
with perils. 1t was a Sunday excur-
sion compared with the march home
ward The baleful influence of the
flowers followed close at their heels.
1t was always with them, like human
vengeance They were prosecuted bv
fever; jaguars and serpents took their
toll; the blow-glns of the Indians.
the stunted people of the woods, slew
with poisoned arrows. In the end,
handful staggered out on the banks of
the Orinoco and sought their way to-
ward the frontier of civilization. Gray
son was sick for months after he
reached Caracas. He was still sick
when he reached New York.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

That was enough for Carriere.
He left the house in broad daylight,
trusting entirely to luck; and on
his way out of the city he met de-
tachment of troops marching to sur
round his hiding place. They halted
him, but Bulgarian girl, friend of
his future wife, who was standing near
by, claimed him as her brother, and
he was allowed to go on
In Bulgaria he married the Russian
girl who had been his principal help
er and incentive, and cast about for
some new task.
Young Ford was as different from
Carriere or the others as a man well
could be- l have known Ford for some
years, and I think he is, without ex-
ception. the checklist man l have ever
encountered. For one thing, he is
newspaper man-When he is anything.
that is Ford never works unless he
has to, and he always makes sure that
any position he accepts does not en-
tail undue effort, mental or physical
1t was several years ago that Ford
came to me and said he was going
to South America By means unknown
he had got together about $4,000, and
he fancied that he could make at least
as much as lie spent by doing special
descriptive articles of his travels.
His one mistake was in electing to
go by way of Europe, more especially.
by way of Paris. | knew the hold
Paris had on Ford, SO was not sur
prised at the outcome-although | did
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
ERUPTION LIKE PiMPLES

Wathena, Kan.-"My child's scalp
trouble became so bad that | was
ashamed to have anyone see him. His
head had solid scab on it. He also
had terrible breaking out on his face
which was gradually growing worse.
The eruption was like pimples which
developed into sores when he scratch
ed, which he did almost constantly.
Baby would almost scratch himself
raw.
Il had used several different kinds
Of salve, none Of them helping in the
least bit, when I saw the Cuticura ad-
vertisement in the paper and it made
me think Of the good results my sister
had when she used it for her children.
I had only used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about two weeks before I
noticed that the sores were almost en-
t1rely gone, and it must have been a
month or six weeks he was troubled
before I began the treatment He
would get easy when / would put the
Cuticura Ointment on him. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment completely cured
him and he has a clear complexion
now" (Signed) Mrs. w. H. Hughes,
Dec. 81, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
Unfaillnd StimuIant,

Men have tried many things, but
still they ask for stimulant-the slim
ulant in use but requires the use of
more. Men try to drown the floating
dead of their own souls in the wine
cup, but the corpses will rise. We see
their faces in the bubbles. The in
toxication of drink sets the world
whirling again, and the pulses playing
music. and the thoughts galloping, but
the fast clock runs down sooner, and
the unnatural stimulation only leaves
the house It fills with revelry-1nore
dead. There is only one stimulant
that never fails, and yet never intox-
icates-Duty. Duty puts a blue sky
over every man-up in his heart lLay-
be-into which the skylark, happiness,
always goes sfnging-George D. Prem
tee.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

as. In cafe in Caracas, however, he
heard a tale which caused him to
change all his plans
This tale, or, rather. legend, had
filtered into the city through the me-
dunn OF up-country planters, and had
been impaired to them by tame In
dams, who In turn, had heard 1t from
their wild brethren of the jungle. 1t
had to do with a mysterious place
known as Ell Lugar de los Flores
Venenosos" (The Place of the Poison
Gus Flowers), a great clump of weirdly
beautiful flowers, exhaling deadly
perfume, which was said to be located
in the dense wilderness that lies about
the headwaters Of the Orinoco. This
perfume was noticeable two days off;
within days march it was sickening;
and by the time man was within
sight Of the flowers, he was overcome
by the intense smell.
With the instinct of the orchid-hunt-
er, Grayson OWNED that the legend
implied the presence of his quarry.
He secuted the melodramatic features
of the tale, setting them down to the
imagination of the countless untutored
individuals through whom it had
passed, and without more ado he set
to work organizing an expedition
Strange to say, he preferred to be the
only white man, although he took with
him an old halfbreed who had been
his companion on several other ex-
petitions, and large train of Indian
porters.
One morning there was a percepti-
BILE odor Of flowers in the air; by noon
it had increased considerably. When
they camped that night, the Jungle
smells had been entirely supplanted.
Their nostrils were filed with the
cloying scent. A number of the In
dams refused to go any farther, but
Grayson, the half-breed and a half
dozen Of the stanchest porters pushed
on in the morning The perfume grew
heavier and heavier as they advanced.
Finally, one of the porters collapsed
In his tracks. Another went down,
and another Grayson could feel his
senses leaving him, although he strug-
gled on. He said he had never smoked
opium, but he imagined that his sem
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
West No Place for consumptives.


Physicians In all of the eastern
states will be asked by the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis to stop send
ing consumptives in the last stages of
tuberculosis and without sufficient
funds to the southwestern part of the
United States in search of health.
While it is impossible to tell accu-
rately how many consumptives there
are at present living in the states of
Colorado. New Mexico, Arizona, south
ern California, and western Texas, 1t
is probable that no less than ten per
cent of the 100000 people in this
or have come to the west because
some members of their family have
had 1t. Every year, the health authori-
ties estimate. not less than 10000
consumptives, hopelessly diseased,
come west to die. For these cases,
try can do nothing, and they are COM
PEELED to die in strange surroundings
and thousands of miles from home
and friends. The National Associa-
ton points out further that from so
to so per cent. of these advanced
cases are too poor to provide the
proper necessaries of life, and they
are either starved to death, or COM
PEELED to accept the meager charity
which this part of the country af-
fords.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

Another one of the six was Car
riere. He was big and quiet with
deceptive placidity-not at all the
sort Of man you expected to meet if
you had ever heard of him.
Like many other adventuTers, Car
riere ran away at sea. Like all who
have ever done SO, he paid for his
fun IN sweat and agony. He was
sailor before the mast for several
years, On coasting vessels, tramp
steamers, trading schooners In the Far
East. He was in the Philippines
when the war broke out, and he was
captured by the insurgents and held
prisoner for several months He was
engaged in vague, Informed revolu-
tionary plots; he joined secret soci-
cites that have for their aim the
emancipation of British India; and he
did many other things in many other
places that took him down into the
deeps of life
Finally. he drifted TO the Balkans,
about the time Macedonia was in the
throes of the terrible revolt against
Turkish rule. Carriere became In
tensely interested in this blind strug-
gle of Christian PEOPLE for free
dom, and he determined to let the
world know some of the inside details
of prevailing conditions. He believed,
too that he could be of help to the
revolutionary chiefs in perfecting their
organization in the villages and towns
of the five vilayets.
In the course of nearly two years
work he had carried out his entire
plan of organization, except In Salon
ika and some of the territory around
that city. He left that to the last, be-
cause il was the most difficult task,
and he thought that, with the pres
tige of what he had accomplished, sue
cess would be more easy. The chief
of the local committee in SalOnika had
rather a sinister reputation. 1t had
never been proved against him. but
there were rumors of blackmail
For several weeks, Carriere lay in
hiding in one of the suburbs of the
city, receiving promin ent members of
the committee and talking over the
new schemes he advocated. He had
no suspicious at first, although he did
not like the local voivode, and it came
as wholly unexpected shock when
his secretary was shot down on the
streets at night, after he had ventured
out for a brief walk The local com
mittee claimed that a Greek had done
it, but Carriere was suspicious.
Two nights passed, and then the
old woman in whose house he was hid
ing came to him with scared look
on her face. She had heard two men
talking in her garden about askares
and the approaches to the house. One
Of these laen was the local voivode
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
ChiId's Popularity Explained.

A winning lottery ticket of $780,
600. in connection with the Mobiles
Bank, was recently presented for
payment at the State Bank in St
Petersburg, and it now transpires
that the owner is an eight-year-old
orphan, and inmate of the orphanage
at Pskoff. The lottery ticket was her
sole possession. Her relatives have
hitherto done nothing for the child.
but when the news of her good for
tune became known they were one
and all eager to adopt her. The au-
thorities have placed her in the
charge Of an arch-priest, distant con-
nection of her father
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

"One of the ice cutters up there
who saws the ice up for the ice
houses discovered the hat frozen in,
so he cut the cake Of ice up without
letting the hat get out Then the
Teller who owns this store bought the
cake of ice with the hat In it and put
1t outside the store here"
'Tll tell you one thing" said the
first newsie, only | have to hustle
around and sell my papers, I'd wait
here until the ice melted and then
I'd make sure that the hat inside Was
the real thing"-New York Times.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
Best Books for Children.

Eugene Field, asked for the best
ten books for young people under six
teen years OF age, is said to have
given this list: Pilgrims Progress"
Robinson Crusoe," Andersen's Fairy
Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Scottish
Chiefs" Black Beauty" The Ara
bian Nights" Swiss Family Robin
son." Little Lord Fauntleroy." TON
Browns School Days" for boys, or for
girls, Little Women"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

o. the hat store outside of which the
cake of ice was placed.
Il wonder if the hat grew there ?"
asked little newsboy who had been
gazing at the hat in the ice for five
minutes.
Nav" replied another neWsie, T
tell yer how it got In there. Last
summer when some Teller was going
up the Hudson his hat blew off and
floated around. When the winter
came and the river froze the hat
froze In the ice
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
HAT IN REAL COLD STORAGE

themselves what was attracting atten.
ton
The curious ones who succeeded in
elbowing and forcing their way
through the crowd to the front rank
were surprised to see that placed
in the very center of the cake of ice
was a new straw hat of the latest
model. 1t was very clever adyertis-
ing scheme on the part of the owner
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
Clever Advertising Scheme That Had
the Newsboys Wondering How
Ii Happened.

On a hot day last week a crowd
gathered around a cake of ice that
was left standing on the curb outside
of hat store on Nassau street. The
crowd was augmented every minute
with new arrivals anxious to see for
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
His Weapon,

did you see where an escaping ma
MAC somewhere struck down his pur-
suer with a cake of soap?"
Then | suppose he made a clean
getaway"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

Nothing keep a man so busy as the
attempt to idle away his time
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

It's well enough to hope, but don't
loaf on the job while doing it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

Some people boast in order to keep
others from doing so.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
IRRIGATION in Australia.

Australia is irrigating more than
two million acres of grazing lands
with artesian wells.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

Cuba Market for Canada Stone.
Cuba imports most Of it's stone from
Canada.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

Grouch's Vacation.
'Is your husband enjoying his vaca-
tion?''
mot so much as l am
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13

YOU CAN CURE CATARRH
By using Coles Carbolisalve. 1t is most
effective remedy. All druggists. % and SOC.
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y
HAVE often wished
that / could bring
those six men to-
getber, and yet, on
the face OF 1t, the
wish is impossible
of fulfllment. They
are scattered TO the
corners of the earth.
Some / have heard
from through round
about channels, but
most have passed be-
yOnd nv ken. All
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
VAGABONDS OF THE EARTH
ARTHUR D. HOW0EN SMITH
ARTHUR d. HOWDEN SMITH


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