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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Attractions at the Lyric

A Mutual Star feature "The Fight
ing Gentleman" with William Rus
sell will be the attraction at the
Lyric tonite Thursday '"The Fight
ing Gentleman" is a play of old plan
tation days in which Mr.. Russell
fights his way to happiness. This is
no war picture.
Anita Stewart and Charles Rich
mond are co-starred in "The More
Excellent Way" which will be shown
on Saturday. Miss Stewart plays
the part of the girl who marries her
guardian from a sense of duty while
imagining herself to be in love with
a younger man.
"The Crimson Dove" the Brady
picture for Monday with Carlyle
Blackwell and June Elridge in very
unusual roles. This picture is cram
med with interesting Incidents and
has plenty of pep.
"Back of the Man" a Triangle fea-
ture for Wednesday with Dorothy
Dalton and Charles Ray.
Coming January 18th, Beware of
Strangers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
CELIBATES IN LARGE NUMBER
Seventeen Millions of Glass in United
States, Many Being Inferior to
Married People.

"There are 100000 celibates in the
United States, according to a state
ment which has been going the rounds
of the press, after originating in
magazine article ON the sex question"
SAYS the Journal of Heredity. "Exam-
nation of the census schedules for
1910 indicates that this figure includes
all males over twenty and all females
over fifteen.
"a calculation based on such age
limits is misleading, but the actual
facts are quite striking enough. Per-
sons thirty-five years of age Or over
are relatively unlikely to marry, and
it seems fair to base computations on
that age. They show, then, that there
are nearly 100000 unmarried men in
the population, and about 1,25O,0OO I'M
married women. There are about l.
100000 unmarried women between the
ages of twenty-five and thirty-four,
and considerable part OF these are
certain never to marry.
''The celibacy of these millions is,
from a eugenic point of view, not
wholly to be deplored. While the num-
Der includes many potential fathers
and mothers Of desirable character,
it is probable that, on the whole, these
lifelong celibates are eugenically infe-
rior to the married population
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
ACCOUNTS FOR GHOST COL0RS
Eye Is Especially Sensitive to Two
Kinds of Perceptions, Light and
Color Predominating.

In. reply to an inquiry why are
ghosts always seen clothed in white, a
scientist states:
This is easily accounted for. AS
there have been no ghosts during his
torical times, we must assume that in
all cases where ghosts have been act
ually seen we have to do with mere
Authorizations caused by fever or some
other disorders of the observer, where,
therefore, the organ of sense, and par
ticularly the eyes, registered impress
sions of objects that had no CORE
spending external existence. Accord
ing to the minute descriptions of such
apparitions given by patients to their
physicians, the ghosts. with rare ex-
ceptions, were "clad in white" Now,
our eye is sensitive to two kinds Of
perceptions, viz, light and color. In
this case, where no definite color was
perceived, the hallucination, in which
only the organs Of the eye sensitive
to light are affected is declared to be
white.
Still. there are also colored appari-
lions of ghosts nay we can introduce
into the body substances calculated to
impair our sense of color. Thus, the
immoderate use of hashish produces
violent visions; of alcohol, blue ones;
of atropin and skopolamin, red ones.
Ouinine and too much tobacco like
wise produce red visions. while sail
cylic acid, digitalin and phenacetin
cause light yellow sensations. The In
halation of carbonic oxide, and snake
bite, too, are said to be followed by
light yellow sensations of sight.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Real Estate Bargains.

have for sale first real estate mort
gage of $1,000 on 100 acres of land,
bearing per cent. See me for partic-
ulars.
Also farm so acres, probably the best
farm of its size in the town of Albion.
Every foot pillow land, and fine set of
buildings. Will be sold at reasonable
price and nearly all the money can be
left on the farm at per cent.
Also 40 acres town of Porter. One
of the very finest forties that lies out
of doors, with new house, barn and to-
bacco shed. Price So, 200. See me for
particulars.
would like to place on first farm
mortgage $500; also $500.
ID. w. North.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Price. One Bottle.

The movie, or cinema" as it is
called there, has become an extraordi-
nary social influence in England. In
the villages which have grown up
around the "coal-pits," in which many
of the houses consist of only one
room, and lack all the evidences of
civilization, one can always be sure
Of finding public house and a seine
ma" Some of the proprietors of these
cinemas 40 not charge coin for ad-
mission in the case of children. In
stead of money. the child presents a
bottle, which is sold to the manufac-
turer Of liquor, and afterward returned
to the public house Of the same village,
to begin again Its round to the parent
of the child, to the movie, to the dis
tillery and back to the saloon.-Chris-
itian Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
LEGAL Witticisms.

Stories from the law courts are apt
to be good, legal wit being noted for
it's dryness. But this story claims no
particular merit, except as showing
the usefulness of ready wit, observes
the Christian Science Monitor. The
counsel for the plaintiff was delivering
an impassioned address. He was
somewhat weighty In person, and hap
pened to be leaning on a very old
chair. In the middle of the torrent of
eloquence, the chair gave way and the
barrister lay on the floor in the midst
of the wreckage. He got up and, I'M
perturbed, pointing to the broken chair,
said: "That proves the strength of
my argument" The court smiled
broadly, but laughed outright when the
opposing counsel promptly replied:
"The learned counsel's argument may
be all that he claims for it, but it fell
to the ground"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11

The year 1917 was an unusually busy
one at the capitol and the various in
situations scattered throughout the
state. The new work incident to war
conditions and difficulty in securing en-
ployes to replace those called to the
colors or to more lucrative private en-
ployment have given rise to many in
teresting problems The records of the
civil service commission show that since
January, 1917, 2075 permanent and 1850
temporary appointments have been
made in the classified service of the
state The University alone, for in
stance, has made ATS permanent and
$50 temporary appointments during this
period. The demand for extra en-
ployes has been largely met by the eli
gible lists of the civil service commits
sion, which are established as result
of competitive examinations. These
lists have also been requisitioped by
the federal government and large
number of young men and women have
been selected to serve in Washington,
Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and else
where. Extra examinations have been
necessary to keep these lists from ex-
haustion. In the tests which will be
held on January 49, at county seats,
for more than Is different types of en-
ployment, the commission is seeking to
induce large number Of competitors
through holding the examinations, SO
far as practicable, in the afternoon.
This will make it unnecessary for those
who have Saturday afternoons off to
secure special leave from their employ
ers. If any of the readers of this
paper are DESTROYS of helping the state
meet its problems in the present crisis,
we suggest that they call the attention
of the Wisconsin Civil Service Commits
sion, Madison, to their availability for
service.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11

THE statement is made on good au-
thority that the cost of this war viii
fall heaviest on the United States be-
cause of the most serious misleading
of the people at the early stage by
Bryan and other Pacifsts who set the
country back two years in preparing
for the war which was an inevitable
fact. It is hard to exercise patience
with these people because of the cruel
results they are directly responsible
for. We will never know how many
lives they have sacrificed all needless
ly, nor the millions upon millions of
treasure they have cost. But every
man ought to take to heart this one
big lesson that when your country is
attacked there is no middle ground to
occupy. Either you are defender or
a betrayer. FIT. Atkinson Union.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
HOW ONE SHOULD USE MONEY
Worth of Pennies, Nickels and Dimes
First Value a Wise Man Can
Place on Wealth.

"Any man, In order to achieve real
about money. If he hasn't the right
ideas about money, he is not solid in
character, observes writer in the
American Magazine. A man may easily
be happy, successful and highly re-
garded on 81 800 dollars or less year !;
but, If he is, it is because he knows
how to handle those $500, and real
ICES the power that is in each of those
1900, and keeps in sight the fact that
1t takes 100 cents or 20 nickels, or 10
dimes, to make each one of those ST.
800
con the other hand, man may
have an annual income of $4,000 and
be neither successful nor happy nor
highly regarded. If this Is true Of him,
it is because he has not the right ideas
about money.
Here is the thing that applies to my
experience and to every mans: Money
is the symbol of worth and power, If
your money is handled correctly. If
you TeSdIu luOiSSY do CoHoti uSIASC
thing, something to be used beneficial
ly for yourself, your family and your
community, something with which to
build up and produce Improvements,
you are on solid ground; nothing can
shake you, nothing, outside of earth
quakes and fires, can ruin you finan-
cially Let me put it this way: The
use a man makes of his money after
he has got his hands on it is the meas
ure of his worth"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Milk for Babies,

Jersey and Guernsey cows give rich
fat-producing milk, and for that reason
their milk has been regarded as too
rich for infants. 1t is still true that
the milk of the Ayrshire and the Hol-
stein is better suited to infants than
the Jersey and Guernsey milk, but the
cause is not the fat, as has been
thought. The fact is that the casein
Of the Ayrshire and Holstein milk is
decidedly more f1occulated and not so
readily curdled in the stomach, so that
it is the most easily digested by chill
dren.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11

THE war in Europe and the Mexican
campaign have cost the state of Wis
consin, in money paid out of the state
treasury, the sum of $798, 314.02, ac-
cording to a statement compiled in the
office of the state board of public af-
fairs on Jan. l, 1918. This includes the
expenditures of all departments contri-
buting to the expense of the war. The
statement, besides showing how the
state is helping to bear the financial
burden of the war, throws an interest
ing light upon the condition of the
state treasury, recently discussed in
reports of the state treasurer. The
general fund, out of which all war ex-
penditures come. had balance of
SAL ,022 so on January /, 1913, as COM
pared with $7O9, 747.47 on January l,
1917. The fund has been increased
since the last report, however, by the
payment Of automobile taxes. Other
taxes are due in February, so that
there will be ample funds to meet the
needs of all departments. So all this
talk Of an empty treasury is fully ex-
planned. After Uncle Sam pays the
advances made by the state for mill
tary equipment of the national guards
there will be good healthy balance in
the treasury. And even without this
payment the state is able to meet all
demands as they become due.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
The State Trunk Highway System.

The legislative State Trunk Highway
committee and the Wisconsin Highway
Commission have completed their lab
Ors after weeks spent in hearings
throughout the state, and in confer
ences have finally determined the
routes of the state trunk highways,
and the official maps have been filed
with each county clerk.
Heretofore Wisconsin has been oper-
ating in the location of highways on
the town and county units. The town
boards laid out and built the town
roads, the county boards laid out the
county roads under the state aid SyS-
TEN, and either the county or the towns
determined where construction should
be done. The state trunk highway act
means the entrance of a new road unit
of highway planning, construction,
maintenance and road marking the
state.
The work of laying out the system is
complete. The total mileage of road is
1889. SO. The system as required under
the law inter connects every county
seat and city of 5000 population.
Next year the state will take over
the maintenance of the entire system.
There will be new type of mainten-
ance, common in Europe for years and
more recently In our eastern states.
The 5000 miles of road will be divided
into patrols of from six to eight miles,
with patrolman in charge. His duty
will be to drag the road, see that the
drainage is kept open, remove stones,
see that all chuck holes are filled and
ruts smoothed out, etc. This will mean
a revolution in highway maintenances
in this state In the past we have
built roads and let them deteriorate to
a point where partial reconstruction
was necessary. In the future we will
attempt to keep our roads from de-
teriorating, and keep them in as ade-
quate shape as their present condition
permits.
There is available for maintenance of
the trunk highways $3.50, 900 a year, or
about $3.50 per mile. Next year por-
ton of the construction fund available
may be used for maintenance, bringing
this fund to almost 81 200, 900 or $500
per mile, and bringing immediate re-
suits to all parts of the state.
The next feature that will be appar-
ent is road making. The state will
adopt standard road sign, erect these
signs on the state highways, number
the roads and number the signs accord
ingly. The state will also issue a map
of the system to be sold to the public
at a cost not exceeding ten cents per
copy.
The final feature is construct ton.
Under the terms of the federal fund
act, Wisconsin will receive in 1888
20 approximately $2,000,0 900 for high
way construction. The state is requir-
ed to make available an equal amount.
Under the trunk highway act, the
counties are required to appropriate an
amount equal to the state, which means
$6,000,000 in all for construction in
the three-year period under the trunk
highway act In addition, by an amend
ment of the state aid law, one-half OF
the money available under that act
must be spent on the trunk highways
for construction, which will mean about
100000 year more, or So, 600, DOC
for construction.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Don't Betray Confidence.

Snow you mustn't repeat this, for
promised not to tell anybody" When
Il girl prefaces a breach Of confidence
in this fashion, she will not deceive
herself into thinking that she has
made things all right, not at least if
she stops to think, says writer. For
to pass a secret on to one, is as much
q violation as 10 tell ALL and moreover,
if she herself IS SO little bound by q
pledge, why should she expect another
to abide by it. II you are given to be-
traying condolences, do not pretend
that you make it all right by assuming
that your confidante is more honor
able than you are.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Notice as to Payment of Taxes.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed town treasurer of the town of
Porter that the tax roll for said town,
for the year 1917, is in my hands for
collection, and that the taxes charged
therein are subject to payment at my
office, at any time prior to or upon the
31st day of January, 1913. Two per
| will hold my office as follows, viz.
Every Tuesday anG Thursday at home.
At the Grange Bank. Evansville, every
Saturday. At the Tobacco Exchange
Bank, Edgerton, Jan. 9th and 23rd. At
the First National Bank, Edgerton,
Jan. 10th and Both.
Dated this 18th day of December,
1917.
James Norum, Town Treasurer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
CLUB NOTES
Strangers.

The Philomathian Study Club met
at the home Of Mrs. HI. Ash Monday
evening. Roll call was responded to
by current events.
After a short business meeting
Mrs. D. Clark gave interesting des-
criptions of histories and literary
landmarks in Cambridge. Club adj
journed to meet with Mrs. w. A.
Borgnis January 14th.
q
The Monday Club met at the Lii
brary with IA members present.
The program for the next year
was discussed and the program COM
mittee appointed as follows; Mrs.
Pearson, Mrs. McInnes, Mrs. Farman
AS this was a business meeting there
was no program.
Club adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Holt on January 18th.
The Marquette Club resumed its
regular meetings Monday evening
January 7th at the home of Mrs. j.
B. Miller.
The study of United States his
tory was taken up with Mrs. Mar
garet Mooney as leader assisted by
Mrs. Miller, afterwhich a. current
event was given by each member.
Mrs. Mooney read an article on
James Irwin.
The question box filled the remain
der of the evening. The meeting
adjourned to meet next Monday
evening with Miss Lucy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Unclaimed Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
P. o. at Edgerton for the week ending
Jan. 10, 1913:
Mr.. Frank Dupee
Mr.. A. j. Hardy
Mrs. Anna Nacen
Mrs. Belle Olson
Mr.. Walter Parnum
Mrs. James Potter
Persons calling for any of the above
named letters please say advertised. "
C. A. HoEN, 2. III.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Found Answer in His Sleep.

Mathematical students will be inter
ested in the experience of the Mar
guess de Cordorcet, who published
volume on the integral calculus at the
age of twenty-five. A problem had
been submitted to. him which, try as
he might, he could not solve. To use
q colloquialism, he 'went to sleep on
IT." and successfully obtained the an
swer, which he remembered on waking.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11

IT HAS been pointed out as evidence
of how strongly the duty of saving had
been impressed upon the English peo-
pie by the war saving campaign in that
country that in the year 1916, although
purchasing billions of dollars of war
bonds, the small savings bank depos-
itors in England increased their depos-
its in savings banks over $50, 900, 900,
this in face OF the fact that the Eng
lish have been noted as spending
rather than q saving people. 1t seems
that a similar process has taken place
in America. Two great Liberty Loans
were floated in the year just closing,
and nearly $4,000, 900, 600 of Liberty
Loan Bonds were purchased by the peo-
pie. Yet instead of being depleted the
savings banks deposits Of the country
have been increased The president of
one of the large New York savings
banks is quoted as saying on Dec. 20,
1917: Zone of the most remarkable
things about the Liberty Loan cam
paigns is the small effect they have had
on the savings banks accounts, which
show an increase This we lay to the
appeals made to the American people
to purchase the bonds out of their
earnings, paying for them from week
to week or from month to month. The
people appear to be doing as they have
been urged, purchasing the bonds from
current savings
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Easy Money.

Near Otis Hill, IL bingham, Mass,
where once stood, a target and rifle
range, the highway road excavator has
scooped from the billy ground several
hundred pounds of lead from bullets
fred there, and one young man is cred
tied with having obtained enough lead
to fill an ash sitter, his first hours
work netting him S1.5O.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET
Continued From Page ~

Connecticut growers must consult the
Connecticut State Council of Defense
if any increase in acreage is contem-
plated. The Council recently sent to
tobacco growers inquiries relative to
1918 acreage and replies, it is known,
indicated an increase which would re-
quire additional labor, especially at
harvest time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11

REPORTS coming from southern camps
show the vaudeville shows, running in
tents, are crowding seating capacities.
With the 16 government theaters at
the cantonments completed, the Com
mission on Training Camp Activities
will soon start several high grade the
atrical companies on the rounds of the
camps. Each company will be out
about Is weeks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Fulton Taxes.

The tax roll of the town of Fulton is
now in my hands for collection. will
receive taxes at First National Bank
in Edgerton Jan. 8, Tobacco Exchange
Bank Jan. Is, at Murwin's store, Full
ton, Jan. %, at Bert Cox's, Indian
Ford, Jan. %, and balance of time at
home. Two per cent penalty after
Feb. l, 1918.
VIM. Willie, Treasurer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11

House for rent. Inquire of Mrs.
j. III. Downey. Phone 118. 5tf
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-18
COUNTY COURT

Proceedings of County Court con-
tinued from last week:
Settlement of John Elser, super
visor of expenditures for improve
ment of Oelson-Arnoldi road, ap-
proved.
Mrs. Belle Pittman ordered adj
mitted to State Hospital upon exam
nation by Drs. Braning and Weber.
DR.. T. l.. Haney appointed County
Health Physician and salary fixed at
500 per month.
Additional Warrants
VIM. Ryan, two loads of wood for
Jail, SIS; Mode Coffman, auto hire, $4;
Pennington Mercantile Co., supplies,
r$109.76; Drs. tBraning and Weber, eX-
animation of Mrs. Belle Pittman, So;
j. H. Jones, six months support of
Mrs. Belle Pittman at State Hospital
No. a, $78; C. |. Garrett, four days
services and mileage, Splits; w. A.
Mitchell, four days services and
mileage, $2070; F. M. Matkin, four
days services and mileage, $20.70;
Chas. Fl. Adams, four days attendance
on court and trip to State Hospital,
$40.