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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
Navy Champion Fighter de-
cIares that Game is not a
Paying One for Him.
HAS FOUGHT HIS LAST BOUT
Fighting does not pay.

Last week Frank Malettke-Spike
Kelly-pleaded before court that he
did not make enough out Of his ring
work to support his wife and child. A
day or SO later Billy Walters decided
to quit the ring; he too was dissatis-
fed with the returns, for he said that
he was unable to make a living for
himself and wife. All this leads up to
the old story-you can t get the money
unless you are champion, despite the
stories of fabulous offers you read
about fighters getting.
Walters story dates back several
months to the time when he was work
ing for Uncle Sam. He was enlisted
IN the navy and was stationed at North
Chicago, getting $65 month and
board. At the station he developed his
fighting ability and he began to re-
ceive offers from fight clubs. Later he
picked up manager and finally he OBJ
tanned his release from the government
and his $65 a month.
Now he would like to get his old
job back. He has had his fling at the
fighting game, has been fairly success
full, winning a majority of his mills,
but still he can It make a decent living
for himself and family. If he re-en-
tiers the navy he will have to start at
the bottom and work up, for it will
be several months before he can get
500 month from Uncle Sam.
Recently Walters called on Nate
Lewis, the Chicago fight judge man
ager, and asked for his advice. He
said he could not put his heart in
the game, knowing how small the re-
turns would be, and how his wife had
tired of his profession and battered
appearance. Under the circumstances
Lewis advised him to quit and Wal
tiers needed this, for he says he. has
fought his last bout.
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three inches of earth must be repeat
eddy worked with disk harrow, OF
some such implement, every other
day for week or two to kill the weeds
as they sprout, then if the top is
we'll mixed with a good commercial
fertilizer the grass seed may be sown
and you have lawn that will last as
long as you want it, a lawn that will
be green when others are parched
with sun, a lawn that will look vel
vety and add ten or twenty per cent
to the value of the property
This is a secret that not many
householders understand. 1t is not
the house itself that makes a home de
sirable. / have seen cheap little
houses made SO attractive that
strangers passing would stop to adj
liFe.
a young man can build house like
this for $4,000; and the money that
he would naturally pay out for rent
will pay for it in a few years time. He
can grow fruit trees and have fruit
enough for home use and some to sell
without going to much expense or
spending great deal Of time in the
garden. An hour or two at night for
a few weeks early in the season will
accomplish good deal if the work is
intelligently laid ont In building a
house like this don't forget the outside
embellishments. The lawn and the
garden will be the making Of the prop
erty, at thesame time you will be set
ting good example that is almost
sure to benefit the neighborhood.
Another very important item is the
painting. A little house sometimes
is conspicuous just because it is small
AID more attention is paid to it than
other houses In the neighborhood, es-
pecially IL it is nicely painted and neat
~ kept Always choose quiet colors
for a small house; never attempt to
make it snowy A drab with white
trimmings always looks well. You may
deyiate from this without serious in.
jury possibly, bat you cannot improve
on hight drab with white trimmings
for a small house, especially if it is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

The automobile is coming into such
general use that any advice to it's users
is of general interest. A great many
people, in craning their cars, strain
their back or drop stitch and if
this is once started it usually happens
more easily another time. Many peo-
pie, after riding for any length of
time, are tired in the back when they
get out If this is kept up, the pain
or weakness increases, until many
times the person is laid up with what
is called lumbago or rheumatism. Both
of these conditions are commonly due
to the wrong way of using the muscles
Of the back. In cranking, keep the
back straigh, like "the oarsman s
back straight like the oarsman s
the crank over by Strengthening at
knee and hip, but do not bend at the
middle, or the waistline. In sitting in
the car keep the back straight also.
Get the hips well back against the back
of the seat, and, if the upholstery make
the shoulders droop, put a robe, a
cushion, book, or anything at the
hollow of the back to prevent this.
Do not SLOUGH In the seat and do not
sit on the lower part of the spine.
This reyerses the normal curves of the
spine and must mean straining with at
times much GRIPPING.
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Fad Her Eve on Him.

A we'll known writer was present re-
Gently at dress rehearsal of com
edy played by amateurs at London
theater. The rehearsal went well. but
the hero, whom we will call B.,
seemed rather hard and cold. The
novelist sat in the stalls next to a
charming lady Of middle age. She
said, at the end Of the third act: f'It
goes beautifully, doesn't it?''
Beautifully said the gentleman.
but B. doesn't make love to that
pretty girl in as ardent a manner as |
could wish. His love-making. in fact,
strikes me as very tame and spirit
less
The lady frowned "He won't put
any more spirit in it while I've got my
eye on him, let me tell you, she said.
I'm Mrs. B."
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WILLIAM A. RADFORD, fDITOR
/ !

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
Ntlestions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
Subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer he
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address ali inquiries
10 WiIhau A. Radtord, No IT'S West
UacSson boulevard, Chicago Ill., and only
Nnciose two-cert stamp for reply.
A little house we've got, ON g. flower
powered lot, in hustling, breezy, busy
little city; it's big enough for two,
Nor our wants are very few; there's
only just myself and little Kitty.
A simple little house like this is
very much like going back to first
principles, but it furnishes accommo-
Edatton for small family, just as well
Jas more elaborate affair We all
Rave acqnaintances, especially among
our older friends who commenced life
Iginaply and who are now enjoying the
nccumulations resulting from frugal
tty and good management.
If a young couple forms the habit
of paying rent they are very likely to
pay rent as long as they live
We often hear the remark that it
Es cheaper to rent than to own your
own property. There never was a
more foolish or misleading state
rnent. The man WAC lives in a rented
house seldom gets ahead financially.
This holGs good whether he is work
ing on GALAXY or is conducting BUSH
ness ON has own account 1t would be
dificult to say why, bat it probably
us because in the majority Of cases a
Renter fails to give attention to the
advancing value Of real estate.
knew a man, clerk in lubricat-
ing oil mandatory who rented new
house On d pleasant street about 20
%eass ago. At first he paid $50 per
month. but in seven or eight years
stme the rent waB raised to $25. He
Is still living In thesSame house and is
now paying $S5srer month The house
has not improved with age, and he
ls continually looking about to better
hag condition, but can find no other
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MAKING MEAL OF ANTS
FISHERMAN HAD GOOD VIEW OF
BEARS MENU.
Animal Had Found Food He Fancied,
and Was Enjoying 1t Without
Thought He Was Being
Observed.

To watch wild animals feeding at
a time when they do not suspect an
audience is always an interesting ex-
perience, and in the case of black
bears, comparatively rare one. Mr..
Charles S. Moody writing in the
Outing Magazine, tells how he came
upon a big black bear which was in
dulging in feast with very evident
symptoms of enjoyment.
was fishing a small trout-stream
that ran through a narrow mountain
meadow, at times approaching quite
near to the timber on either side. A
friend was fishing the same stream
something like half an hour before
me | became aware of a voice dron-
ing a song. The sound kept on, but
I was very much interested in my
sport, casting my fly The sound all
the time became more distinct I
thought my friend had turned musical.
When the sound became very dis
tinct, I looked up. / was less than
35 feet from a black bear which
looked about the size of a load of
hay. His bearship did not see me,
but was busy licking ants off dead
pinetree that stood at the edge of the
forest I was so close that I could
see the insects running about in great
confusion Occasionally the bear
would cuff the tree, and out would
come the ants. He would lick them
up, rising on his hind paws to reach
those above his head. All the time
he was whining In a sing-song to him.
self, and seemed to be very much
pleased with his success.
His dinner over, he dropped down
and started through the dense skunk
cabbage toward where I stood.
yelled. He reared on ais launches,
took one look, and moved down q
wide swath of skunk-cabbage as he
plunged back into the forest.
Another time watched bear fish
ing. 1t was in August, on the upper
Lochsaw river, during the height Of
the salmon run. A forest fire had
swept over the Clearwater mountains,
and destroyed all the berries, SO the
bears were coming to the river, at
tracted by the fish that were seeking
the shallow, still water, where they
could bask in the sunshine.
/ walked up to the river one even
ing about sunset in search of a deer.
Coming round q bend, saw large
black bear perched upon fiat rock
several feet from the shore. could
not tell at first what he was doing.
He was STOPPING down with one paw
In the water, and waving 1t gently to
and fro. | watched closely, and saw,
just beyond his reach, large male
salmon, so nearly dead that he could
not swim. The bear was using his
paw to create an eddy that would
draw the fish within his grasp. Slow
~ the salmon drifted toward the
rock
It was amusing to watch how care
fully the bear moved his paw so as
not to brighten his prey. At last the
f1sh came within reach; bruin reached
over, gave it a quick slap. seized It In
bis jaws, leaped ashore, and numbered
of, to eat his evening meal in pri-
vacy.
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property that suits him SO well or that
ne can rent at a cheaper rate in pro.
portion to the advantages he now
has. He has paid enough rent to buy
the house, to pay all street improve.
rnenfs, city taxes, insurance and no,
pairs. He tells me he was offered
the property years ago for $4,000,
which he thought was too much
money. The lot. itself is worth more
than that today
This is one instance in a great many
similar ones that have come to my
notice. 1t is not always that neigh.
horhooC improves SO rapidly aad sab
stsntia1ly, but generally spea king
all properly in American towns ad
yances In value
There is another very great advan-
tage In owning a home, and that III
the comfortable feeling you have OF
being a landed proprietor and the
fact that you are moi obliged to have
your rent money ready promptly
when the month comes round. You
can plant q tree or shrub or some
d0wer bulbs without the permission of
the landlord, you can make altera-
tions in the house when it suits your
convenience, and il the house or neigh,
borhood is not to your liking, you can
rent it and borrow the money to build
another and the rent from the old one
will help pay for the new.
b little house like the one Illus.
trStel here may be made attractive
by making nice lawn and plant,
ing few trees and flowers. The
lawn 10 most essential and at the same
time the most difficult undertaking
on the average town lot The ground
often is not very good, it is mixed
with cellar earth and rubbish that is
not well calculated for a good seed
bed for grass 1t is easy to pat the
ground In proper shape, however, ii
the job is started from the bottom
The ground must be plowed deep, and
thoroughly worked to get the objec
tionable grass roots out of it. The
condition Of the soil win determine
whether to seed the first year or the
second year. If there Is no humus in
the soil it will pay to cover it thick
with coarse manure and pillow it under
This again leads to complications in
the moisture problem, but If you have
hose attachment you can easily keeZ
the ground moist. The top two OF
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
Bells Telephone Haunted Him.

DIR. Bell had strong aversion to
the ringing of the telephone bell-the
great invention for which he is re-
sponsible. occasionally went into his
room and found the bell stuffed with
paper, or wound around with towels.
Little did l think when / invented
the thing" said DR.. Bell one day,
when he had been awakened by the
jingling Of the bell, that it would rise
up to mock and annoy me" From
Aviation Book" by Glenn Curtiss.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
REALLY OLD FASHION
ToDAYs MODE COPIED FROM
THAT OF THE PAST.
Nothing New About the Much Dis
cussed Designs Which Have Found
Favor With the Present Gen
Grafton of Good Dressers.

Women that, in obedience to fash
ion, sport high standing feather on
couture or bonnet and thus are a
nuisance In public places where spec
tators behind them would like to see
the stage, are merely initiating their
English sisters of the eighteenth CEN
fury Some one wrote in the Times
of 1875: AT all elegant assemblies
there is a room set apart for the
ladies to don their feathers, as it is
impossible to wear them in any car
rage with top. The lusters are also
removed on this account, and the
doors are carried up to the ceiling.
A well dressed lady who mods with
dexterity can give friend a little
tap upon the shoulder across the room
without incommoding the dancers.
The ladies' feathers are now general
ly carried in the sword case at the
back Of the carriage.
In Berlin the number of men be-
tween seventy and eighty is 1888,
while the number of women is 25,204
In Greater Berlin the figures are 90
O49 and 1880, respectively. The
number of men between eighty and
ninety in Berlin is 2,036, and the NUM-
Der of women is 5,371. Three out of
every four nonagenarians in this city
are women.
Lady Jockeys promise to be a
regular feature of races in France,
but the woman cab driver, the femme
cocher," is disappearing from the
streets of Paris. Six years ago there
were at least 100; now there are only
six or seven, and of these all but one
will soon disappear. The survivor
says that at first men rushed for
cabs driven by women, and gave gen.
erous tips, but that was when the
woman cab driver was celebrated
in song and in the revue. Then came
neglect. This reminds us that about
half century ago Mrs Cuyler Of
London was known as the Claimants
Terror" for she knew the. distance
between any two points and handed
the exact fare. And now there is
woman in London who is accused Of
this hobby: She takes taxicabs and
compels the drivers to sue her for
their fares.
The hobby Of certain swell women
in Paris is more amiable one. They
make shoes. The Daily Chronicle
says that this a reversion to a Lon
don mania of over century ago.
Mrs. Charles Calvert wrote in her
diary on May 4, 1908: IT begin a new
science today-shoemaking. It is all
the fashion. | had a master with me
for about two hours, and I think I
shall be able to make very nice
shoes" And in the same month Lady
Sarah Spencer wrote to her brother:
Il am today In a state Of great van
lty. | have, to my eternal glory be
1t spoken, made a pair Of shoes.
There Is for you! So if all other
trades fail | shall certainly establish
myself cross-legged at the corner of
an alley and earn a livelihood in the
midst Of leather, avis, and hammers.
In the evening Harriet and I divide
our time between musick and shoe.
making, which is now the staple trade
of the family. Phillip Hale in Bos-
ton Herald
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Virginia Brooks
Author of the Little Lost Sister, "
the Great white Slave Play,
Next Sundays Attraction
at the Rhode.
at the Rhode.

The chronology of her fight against
the grafters:
November, 1910-Moved into village
of West Hammond
November, 1910-Learned of alleg-
ed graft in village.
December l, 1910-Began her crusade
by quietly working among her Polish
neighbours
December 81 1910-rirst meeting to
protest against conditions held in West
Hammond.
January 4, 1911-Second mass meet
ing held.
January 26, 19l1-Asked state's at
torney to investigate conditions
January 81, 1911-Took petition con-
tanning 700 signatures to states at
torney.
February 1, 1911-special election
held, in which it was voted to incor-
porate as a city.
February 2, 1911-Eleven saloon
keepers indicted on evidence furnish
ed by Miss Brooks
February s, 19l1-stopped prize
fight in the village.
February 5, 1911-Warned keepers
Of dives to vacate inside of 80 days,
under threat of prosecution.
February Z, 1911-Charged with libel
and also with disorderly conduct. Not
arrested.
February IS, 1911-Purchased revolt
yer with which to protect herself
February IS, 1911-First issue of her
newspaper, TThe Searchlight," is
sued.
February 20, 191l-Received threat
ening letter
March 4, 1911-Election held Feb.
l. declared to have been illegal.
March %, 1911-Led broom brigade
and stopped paving.
March 90, 1911-Arrested and thrown
into Jail.
May l911-Long fight to clean out
the dives.
January, 1912 Demanded clean
politics.
March, 1912-Started fight to make
West Hammond city with clean, hon
est officials.
January 1913-Succeeded to get re-
form mayor in office.
April, 1913 = Married Charles S.
Washburne, reporter on the Chicago
Tribune.
May, 1913--Wrote the sensational
story Little Lost Sister"
July, 1913-Wo with E, E. Rose
in staging the greatest white slave
play of the century, "Little Lost
Sister.
Oct 1913-Devoting the remainder
of her father S legacy TO publish her
remarkable story Little Lost Sister"
in book form, in English, German and
French She is working on plan to
send copy of the book as a Christ
mas present to every girl, of the under
world, names being furnished by po-
lice department, societies and co
workers. advd6
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1t is hard on the law violators who
are brought into court, but an coca
sional arrest by food and dairy in
spector gives the consumer comfort
able feeling that he is being protected
at the source of his supplies, just
where he needs it most. In this con-
nection it may be noted that the
weights and measures laws and the
dairy and food laws have been en-
forced by the state inspectors with
good judgment and common sense. No
hue end cry has been raised and e7er-
delinquent caught by the inspectors
has been treated with all the considela-
tion that &c had any right to expect.
Except IN extremely aggravated cases
first offenders have been let off with
warning and without any publicity that
would injure their business ard it is
only where offenders have shown no
disposition to abide by the rules and
regulations that the state officers have
ordered arrests.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
VIRGINIA BROOKS STORY.
Little Lost Sister, Next Mondays
Attraction at the Rhode.

Little Lost Sister, the greatest
white slave, play ever written, will
play the Rhode next Monday night.
The play was dramatized by E. Z. Rose
from the story which Virginia Brooks,
the Joan of Arc of West Hammond
made famous and which she has now
arranged to publish in book form, in
English, German and French.
Following is the chronology of the
world S greatest woman vice fighter,
Miss Virginia Brooks, who in the soil
tude of her home in Chicago is just
plain Mrs, Charles S. Washburne, wife
of Chicago newspaper reporter.
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EreeIeV a EuSv Man.

After fire that destroyed Bar
nuns museum, the proprietor consult
ed his friends as to his wisest course.
He told them he had a fortune, and
could easily retire from active bust
ness. Among his friends was Hor-
ace Greeley. What shall l do?" ask
ed Barnun. IF ] were you, replied
Greeley, II would go fishing. I've been
trying for 80 years to go fishing, and
have never been able to do it,
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Tragic Cook.

Guest (who has been invited to sup
per by an actress) -Our hostess pre-.
pared this little feast with her own
hands, she tells me- What do you
say to that?
The Other Guest (shrugging his
shoulders she. is sragedienne
in the art of cookery, also.
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True Courtesy.

Nothing is a courtesy unless 1t be
1neant for us, and that friendly and
lovingly We owe no thanks to riv-
ers, that they carry our boats, or
winds, that they be favoring, and fill
our sails; or meats that they be nour-
fishing; for these are what they are,
shade US; but they know it not.-Ben
Jonson.
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Look 10 Workmanship Health.

Because the vitiated air is bad for
the workingman, the German govern
ment has forbidden the drying of plas-
ter in new buildings by the use of
open stoves. The stoves must now be
connected by pipes with the outside.
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Valuable Secret

That Styx terry business was fne,"
said one manager.
How so?" asked another.
Its ferryman had a way of making
all the deadheads pay their way
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partly hidden among the trees and
screened with vines.
This LITTLE home illustrated Is at
tractive in outside appearance, and
the interior Is all that could be de-
SIRED In dwelling Of this size. A
glance at the door plans show the ar
rangemeut Of the rooms to be con-
venient: they are well lighted. CHEEKY
and comfortable.
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Anecdotes of Acass:z.

The son of Louis Agassiz, who has
Just written a book about his distin-
guished father. has some good stories
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Our taxicabs ere at your service day
or night. Call 56. Frank Nelson S
Livery. Adytf
Gunnison news-champion., 1913-01-31
ooov Of suoU SLIDE
VICTIM IS CLAIMED
Veeo01o q 0ah0oUo ~
~ Ooun1 oeooos
0oo 0Bgoo1 oooeo

The body Of John Henderson, one
Of the victims of the snow slide
which occurred ON Cement Creek
last week, was sent to Denver last
Saturday by Coroner } d. Walker
by the request of Undertaken Olin-
ger OF thaLcity. Olinger, in a te.e-
phone message 10 the coroner said
that friends of Henderson had re-
quested that the body be sent to
Denver for burial Up TO the time
that this message was received from
Denver, only indirect information
had been secured concerning Hen
derson. 1t was known that he had
friends in Cripple Creek where he
had worked previously to his CON-
ing to Gunnison, but nothing con-
cerning him had been received from
that place He was absolutely un-
known in this section.
The other man who was caught
in the avalanche, John Greenman,
was buried here. In a book which
was found among his effects was
an address which read "In case Of
accident notify Mrs. E. S. Blair,
1903 3rd Street, Los Angeles, Cal. "
When Mrs Blair was notified, she
wrote asking for further particulars
concerning his death but nothing
was said as to the burial of the
body. The letter from Mrs. Blair
disclosed the fact that her husband
was the general agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad.