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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
EVER SYMBOLS OF RELIGION
Before the Days of Christianity
Leaves of the Glover Plant Were
Used as illustrations.

Even in Druidic worship, in pre-
Christian times, the trefoil leaves Of
the clover plant were symbols of re-
,ngion, setting forth the three grades
of Druids, Bards and Neophites. In
Christian mythology its leaf is fire.
quently held to symbolic the Trinity,
and some Irish authorities insist that
1t is the true and original shamrock
which ST. Patrick used to illustrate
how three separate objects, such as
leaves, could be one.
The four-leaf clover is freak
growth, and the causes that produce
it are heredity and nutrition. After
q moist season clover plants with from
four to seven leaves, and some hav-
ing only two leaves, are found. Some
plants are abnormal by heredity, and
reproduce themselves with the same
characteristics in successive years
when their environment remains the
same external influences merely modi-
flying the size of the leaves.
The four-leaf clover is everywhere
held as an omen of good luck to the
finder, partly on account of its rarity
and partly because of it's crossl1ke
form. In Germany it is believed
four-leaf clover will overcome witch
cry, win love, guard one from danger
when travelling, and secure safe re-
turn, and if plucked on st. Johns eve
will enable the finder to work won
ders in magic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Shortening the Twilight.

Although no son Of romantic Erin
would be expected to deprive the
world of twilight J. G. Sullivan has
contributed to the Canadian En-
gineer strong mathematical arguments
that lengthen night at the expense Of
the lovers hour.
AS the result of personal observa-
lions Mr. Sullivan would correct the
standard statement of encyclopedias
that twilight continues until the sun
has fallen at least Is degrees below
the horizon. It will be near the
truth, he thinks, to say that twilight
ends when the suns decline is about
10 degrees.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in ''run down" con-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are
in good health. This fact proves that
while Catarrh is local disease, it is
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions. HALLS CATARRH MEDI-
CINE is Tonic and Blood Purifier, and
acts through the blood upon the mucous
surfaces of the body, thus reducing the
inflammation and restoring normal con-
ditions.
All druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Oct. Adv.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
ON
LYCEUM COURSE
ARE ANNOUNCED
Talent Has Been Especially Well
Selected.
SURE TO PLEASE EVERYONE
Lyceum Course Part Of Modern
Community Life-Ticket Sale
Should Be Large.

The attractions for this seasons
Lyceum course have been definitely
announced. The course is an especial
ly excellent one and the sale of season
tickets should be large.
The attractions on the course are
all to be furnished by the Redpath
Bureau, and this means that they are
sure to please everyone.
Lyceum courses, with their informa-
tive, inspirational lectures and good,
clean amusement, are an integral part
of modern community life, and there
is no question but that the local
course will be sDlendidlv received.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
"haIcyon pays.U

The seven days preceding and the
seven days following the winter sol
stice, which falls on Dec. 81 or %, were
the halcyon days of the old world. In
modern dictionary halcyon has come
to be synonym for idyllic, peaceful
or happy, but among the ancients 1t
was the name of bird now called
the kingfsher, and the Ii days nearest
the winter solstice were called halcyon
days because 1t was at that period that
the bird deposited her eggs on the
rocks by the margin of the sea, or in
floating nest in the midst of the
waters. Out of consideration for the
halcyon bird, which was supposed to
be favored by the gods, it was ex-
pected that the sea would remain calm,
that the eggs might not suffer injury.
The superstition persisted in spite of
the storms that often prevailed at that
period, some of the ancient writer's at
tributing to the kingfsher the power
Of arresting the violence of the waves.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Former Soldier browns.

Kenosha, Oct. 12.-While his father
stood helpless on the bank unable to
reach him, Harry Beck, twenty-five
years old. a meat dealer in the village
of Wilmot, drowned in the mill stream
dam near that village. With a COM
panion, John Hasselman, he was lead
ing a boat across the dam when it
dragged him into the middle of the
stream. Hasselman almost reached
him once, but his boat tipped, and he
was almost drowned. Beck was a
former soldier. His body has not yet
been recovered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Not So Wrong.

Don't you think, dear, that 1t
would be a good plan to let me select
the stocks for you to buy and sell?''
his wife suggested.
He withdrew his attention from a
vast complication of calculations long
enough to snort disdainfully.
"Why, you don't know anything
about the stock market" he said.
'sNo,' she responded sweetiy; ''but
it's poor rule that won't work both
ways-and I've observed that it is
those who know all about 1t that gen.
orally lose"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14

Many a woman's idea OF economy
Is to discover that her husband doesn't
need any new clothes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Wife of Doctor Dies.

Ashland, Oct .12.-Mrs. j. G. Smiles,
wife Of Doctor Smiles. died following
an operation performed several days
ago. Mrs. Smiles was one of the most
prominent women of Ashland. She
was one of the trustees of the 4 shland
General hospital for several years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
slxty-Five Face Court in Rum Drive.

Slxty-Five Face Court in Rum Drive.
Kenosha, Oct. 12.-The trial of IS
KenOsha county residents, alleged to
have been implicated in the vice and
liquor rings here, opened before Judge
e. B. Belden of Racine in Circuit
court. Former District Attorney Peter
Fischer, Jr and former Police Chief
Owen O'Hara were slated to face trial
first. Both men were indicted on
bribery charges. A mixed jury has
been impaneled to try the cases.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Menomonee Falls Fair October p

Menomonee Falls, Oct 1.-THE
MenOmonee Falls Advancement asso-
citation is making plans for the inter
community fair to be held here Octo-
Der q. A special committee has
charge of furthering the interests OF
the fair, which will greatly exceed
that of last year. Schools from sur
rounding districts will participate
The fair will be held in the auditor.
ium of the high school.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Concrete Road Ready

Neenah, Oct 12.-With the perma-
nent opening of the new Oshkosh
Neenah concrete highway set for this
week. an unbroken stretch of paved
roadway between, Fond du Lac and
Green Bay, distance of approximate
~ 20 miles, will be afforded.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Pardoned After "a Years in Prison.

Madison, Oct. 12.-Leroy Howe of
Walworth county, serving a life term
for murder, was pardoned by Gov
ernor Blaine after having spent "a
years in the state prison at Waupa.
The governor said that he had been
convicted on circumstantial evidence.
Howe had been charged with killing
his brother in 1897.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14

Striking novelty characterizes the
programs of this splendid entertain
ment company which presents a wide
variety of vocal and instrumental Sc
lections together with well-chosen
readings.
One of the many novelty features
consists Of the singing Of especially
arranged numbers with autoharp ac-
compartment, the autoharp being an
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14

improved form of the either an
capable, in volume and tone, of musi
hitherto played on the Italian harp.
Mercedes McGinnis, reader, mezZ
and manager, is favorite with he
audiences. Fer repertoire includes
cuttings from the best Of current plays
and miscellaneous readings. The char
acter sketches are given in special
costume.
The music presented by the Mer
cedes Quartet includes both the elias
steal and more popular numbers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
Football Player Dies of Injuries.

Milwaukee, Oct. II. = Football
claimed its first victim this season
when William O'COnnell, twenty-five
years old, star halfback of the Mccoy
Nolan team, died at st. Joseph's hos
pital. O'Connell was injured in the
game Sunday at Maple Leaf park, be-
tween the McCoy-N'oland and Maple
Leaf elevens. At the hospital it was
found that his skull was fractured.
The game was the first of the season.
None of his teammates knows just
how O'Connell came by the injury
which proved fatal. At 522 Murray
avenue, where O'COnnell's home was,
his young bride mourns his death.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-14
WISCONSIN NEWS
STATED IN BRIEF
Geographic Chronicle of State
Happenings.
FIXES BLAME FOR CRISIS
Secretary Wallace, in Address, Says
Reduced Purchasing Power of
Farmer Is Reason for Present
Depression in Agriculture.

Madison, Oct. 12.-Fhe reduced pur-
chasing power of the farmer was
called the reason for the present wide
spread depression i'll agriculture by
Secretary of Agriculture Henry q.
Wallace, in an address at Madison.
'When you remember that 40 per cent
of the people have had their purchas-
ing power reduced 30 per cent below
pre-War Standards" the secretary told
his hearers. you have the reason
or part of tile reasonably so many
industries are in the dumps. Until
we get back to that price level Of the
years before the war, we are going to
experience d period Of industrial as
well as agricultural depression" Sec
rotary Wallace put the blame for the
agricultural situation upon the great
stimulation of production to meet the
needs of the war, the breaking down
of foreign markets, and reduced con-
sumption at home. CharacteriZing the
depression as the most severe in all
the nations history, the secretary
said: "YOu don't realize it so much in
Wisconsin, where you have a highly
diversified system of agriculture and
especially dairy industry that pro-
duces profits every month or So" Both
government control of industry and
government price fixing were assailed
by Secretary Wallace, who declared
that such experiments left matters
worse than ever. cit is natural in
such a PERIOD" he said, ito have all
sorts of quack doctors rushing for
ward with all sorts of cures. Prosper
ity cannot be brought about by legis-
lative enactment, administrative die
tum, or any artificial means. 1t de-
ponds upon the individual and the CO.
operation Of individuals and groups"
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01
In a Class by Himself

IN IRISH arm sergeant was instrrctins
"A some recruits 1, the mysteries Il march
ing movements, and found great difbculty
In settins . couptrymss Of his to halt when
the command was Fiven.
After explaining and illustrating sew
ersl times, he approached the recruit. sissS
him up silently for q couple Of minutes
and then demsnded his name.
Casey, sir" was the reply.
"well, Casey, did ye liver drive q nulsf~
"Yis, sor."
what did ye say when you wanted hin
to stopr'
"whos."
The sergeant turned away and inns-
distely put his squad in motion. After they
had advanced q dozen yards or 20 be bsvied
out at the top Of his lung: 'seuaa.
halt! Whoa, Casey"
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01
The Marriage That Was Arranged
By BERTA RUCK

and unexpected and unexplained thing: cot
Of his eyes there glanced for . second the
deep down subconscious personality Of the
young man. seeing ahead. E.
II wss the essential Arthur signaling to
the sweetheart Of his sudden choice Don't
you know me! This is to be our last meet.
ing. is 1t! After I've seen you? I'll
never leave you now. -
1t was the essential sybI that signaIed
back in a look. why should let you Eo!''
Then every day took command Of them
again and 1t was a. II that instructive fash
had never been. The conventional Mr.. Wye
explained, II We let this 20 on for. say =
fortnight Miss Ashton d'you think
you could stand IT. ofnciaHy, Of course:
then. when you-er-jilt me, it won't be such
q shock or seem a. II one OF US had treated
the other badly. A girl could quite
decently change her mind in that time
couldn't sheT
Quite" said the conventional Miss Ash
ton.
Then that's understood. But IL really
can't 20 until that's explained to your aunt
II you don't mind-r
Miss Ashton the younger found Miss Ash
ton the elder sobbing her heart out into her
eiderdovn.
"Auntie. don't It's quite alright Don't.
DON'T Here, take this nice clean hsadker.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01

incorrigibly romantic spinster. turning 70
the beVildered guest, and 50 like sybf-"
Like met" her niece protested in a small
scream.
Dearest, I couldn't help being reminded Of
you. Not the Californian part. But really.
some nice girls at home here do seem to see
no more young men than II they were buried
alive in apples on fruit farms somewhere.
No, do let me finish. dear! There are girls
who have no brothers and no sort Of begin.
ming to get men to come to the house! Pretty
girls, too! was one myself such
pretty browny-gold hair . all gray
now q. and no romance at all. except
out Of . Of library catalogues &.
think It's horrible but o Sybfl.
u does rs~ ~ Js~asesi"
-Auntie--
." Just let me finish" hurried on the mis-.
chief maker. tremulousiy. II thought II /
could only only stop that in timel
II could turn It, somehow
Even IL 1t were all contradicted tomorrow
the idea would have been brought into this
house"
She turned from the girl-a monument Of
embarrassment now-to the young man with
unreadable emotion behind his honest eyes
She nuttered on. TIT looked 80 dread.
ful in print, though. This morning. I.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01

TIE fact II that thsrs q something hrs-
sistibly comic about any class or set Of men
who take themselves very seriously and pre-
tend to be superior to the rest OF us. we
laughed at doctors when they walked about
with gold headed canes. talked bastard Latin
and tried to persuade US that there was
something occult about castor oil. We liked
the lawyer joke 50 long as lawyers prefer dsd
that there was q mystical virtue In the jar
ron OF their professional documents. and
tried to friehten US with their absurd ritual
Of wigs and robes. We still laugh ut the
mother-in law because, having managed
hou,e Of her own and reared at least one
hshy. she tries TO come the wise woman
over the next generation, which in its turn
has taken up the job Of running houses and
rearing babies. We laugh at drunken man
because he is q perfect figure Of portentous
.olemnity with utter imbecility behind II.
Mother,-in-l and drunken men slways
..eu, IN have behaved in this way, % the
,ok,s associated with them are immortal.
rhs doctors, priests and lawyers have more
or Iess got over their bad habits, have oc-
cssionally laughed at themselves, and %
the world has stopped laughing at them.
Perhsps some day our politicians win sivs
mn pretending that they regulate human
snsirs, Will admit candidly that nothing
they say or do makes the slishtest differences
Ia our lives and that they are Just men earn
ins their bread and butter like the rest Of
us. Then we shall stop laughing at thep.
and the politician joke, like the doctor toks
and many othsrs, win quietly diA
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01

1905. ! was wondering IL ned come in
time TO let me back TO give her the
bridge, when heard the knock on tue
door there. / opened ii. and, after twen-
ty-seyen years. John benedict came
back into my house.
He stood there. in front of the win
dow. You know how big he was In
the light from the candles around LiIy's
comm he doomed like a great shadow. he
looked gray as he stared at me- Then
she's deadr he said, and his voice was no
more than whisper. She's dead I told
him. but her heart died on the day you
sent her away
Tive meant to do right by her, Tom
he said. I've always meant IL. I've
made out my will. leaving every cent to
her.
what gOOd'n it do herr" 1 asked
him.
She wouldn't take money from me-
he said. Can I look at herr
mo told him.
He edged nearer to me. Tom he.
said. you know I'm rich There are
plenty Of women I could have married
II didn't marry any one of them IL
was because Of Lily. Won't you let me
look at herr
No. ! said.
He fung back his head at that 7
never begged anything Of any man. he
said. and he started to the door. Tn
not through with you told him, and
stepped in front of him. You're going
to listen to me-
lie listened. / told him how Lily had
come back to me. broken and beaten by
life and him. / showed him how she'd
come creeping up in the night from the
town below the Bend because she couldn't
face the crowd at the station. ! told
him how she'd sobbed and cIung to me.
told him how she'd turned to me, and
hated him. j told him how I'D planned
to 60 down to Denver and kill him. but
how she'd held me because she was afraid
OF life without me. That's what you'd
done to her. said to him, to the girl
who had never feared anything in this
world or the next before you took her.
That's why didn't go after you twenty
seven years ago. i had to wait till Lily
died. And now
He'd been listening to me with queer
look in his eyes while l talked of her. a
look Of pain and remorse. II changed
when / moved toward him. You're not
not going to kill meT he asked me.
Not while she lies there.
Because she lies there told him
"we're old men. Tom he said.
Not too old to pay the price Of our
youth / cried.
He moved back toward the window,
slipped of his overcoat. then made q
lunge at me. I'm agile and he wasn't.
and l slipped under his arm. Around
and around the room we want. with no
lights but the tapers over Lilys CONN.
over there. by the little nower stand I'd
. made for her geraniums. he slipped. /
sprsng on him and killed him. II was
queer, it was so easy. He died easier
than Lily had.
The clock in the kitchen struck 10.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01

an excellent form. The mother In law joke
Is not 30 old, but It goes back to classical
times. We find It in Plutarch. "a man
once threw a stone at a dog and hit his
mother in law. Not such bad shot, after
all, he said" That Is Plutarch's version Of
tho Joke. 1t Is 50 neat and epigrammatic
that think the joke itself must been old in
his time. He could scarcely have achieved
such perfect form unless he had been working
on ng-familiar idea. But ancient as
these jokes are, they have lost none Of their
freshness for us. Time, it appears, cannot
stale their infinite variety. We may fairly
suppose that they will last as long as our
race does. America may 20 dry, but the
great comic tradition of the drunken man
will survive even In Texas. The Bolshevists
may abolish marriage, but men will always
remember what marriage was because they
will always laugh when any one says
"mother-in law" We may picture to our
selves the last survivors Of our race shiver.
ing In icy caves while the sum smolders to
extinction. They win no doubt cheer the
desperate hardship Of their winter By in
venting fresh quips shout drunken men and
mothers in law.
No other joke seems to possess this quality
Of endurance. Indeed the path Of mans prog
ress through the ages Is strewn with the
corpses Of dead jokes which once were vital
enough, but somehow missed Immortality.
There is the doctor" JOKE, for instance. The
ancients knew It. Physician, heal thyself. :"
Is proverbial form Of 1t. The story Of the
medical man who went out hunting is another
version Of It. To-day ct least" said .
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01
By MARY SYNON

"a forgotten TO stop Il when LILY died.
/ remembered the sunset Trail. due AZ
the bridge at 1895. ! had TO 30 20 the
tower, but couldn't leave him. dead
though he was. and dead though she was.
In the room here with Lily. And 90
carried him out
Il dragged him. step by step. 20 the
tracks. I'd thought I'd take him to the
river 80 that they wouldn't hnd him for
a day or two, not until she was buried,
but ] hadn't the time. The limited had
left the terminal and would be at the
bridge in two minutes more. had TO
let him lie on the roadbed while ] went
UP in the tower. Burgess was whistling
for the targets when ] got there. set
the green and let him through.
I'd thought I'd 60 down and take
Benedict OF the tracks when ! saw a
man come OF the platform and 20 to
where he lay. Then ! knew ! couldn't
70 back. Then q woman came. Z
watched them. then remembered TO shift
back the targets to red. Then came
back to the house here, got Benedict's
overcost, and took Il out with me when
] went to signal the local. There isn't
another train for two hours then ] came
back here, and all night between the
u
felt that Lily knew and understood
Z told them today I was leaving the
tower and to send another man An soon
as he came I meant TO tell the polios Do
you want me to 20 with you novT
looked at winnerly for an answer.
but il was Justin who spoke. II you
want to get away. Forsn." he said in .
strangely husky voice. you'd better 20
now"
What about your winnerly asked,
'"Tm take my chances" he said.
winnerly stood up. You can't do that.
my boy" he said. and there's no need i
know a lawyer who can make him tell
that story again so that no jury will send
him down. And IL he doesn't take it
but. by God. I'll make him. His square
jaws snapped will you be willing to
come with mer- he asked Forsn. 7 think
/ can save you, confession and all"
1T doesn't matter" Tom Foran said.
I've always planned to pay the price"
He turned to me, IL seeing me for the
first time. IF anything happens to me,
miss" he said. will you put some ger
aniums in the spring on Lily's grsve7'
Justin and I stood in the darkness OF
Dosne street while Forsn locked the door
OF the little shack. was struggling to
keep down my sobs when Justin spoke
to me. after ALL he said. the love
that holds through the dark 10 the only
one. Isn't it?" l felt the clasp OF his
hand on mine. %. my dear ! said. we
can't"
Not now" he said. but some cay
Perhaps" / told him. as we followed
winnerly and old Tom Foran down the
street. Beneath the rays Of light from
the windows of the Benedict plant the
old man strode on. not fesrfully. as II
he were going to trial. but trustfully. as
IL he knew the end OF, the road were set
ting forth upon his right Of way.
CCopyrtght: 1919: BY Mary synonD
The Washington herald., 1921-05-01

Ashton-this aunt-why. she ought to be In
some home!
But she had still enough wits about her to
guess his thought
I'm not mad" she announced. with .
queer tremulous dignity holding her, own.
It sounds mad. But IN explain. Do sit
down, Mr.. Wye. shall have to tell you all
about it now. OF course, 1t all began with
that-that-" she cleared her throat, that
young man on the fruit farm"
sybfl Ashton demanded blankly, what
fruit farm?-
In some place where there were no nice
girls for the young men to get to know, you
know" the spinster went on tremuIousiy.
I" So one day when he was packing up apples
from a cargo to England he scratched his
name and address with a needle on the rosy
peel of the apple and put underneath.
Please write!'"
But, auntie--
The rosy checked English girl who un.
packed that apple began a correspondence,
sybf. And-and it ended in her going right
out to California or wherever it was and
getting married and living happ-"
-Auntie," coldly. "I fail TO see what that
has got to do with this; story you read in
q book?"
1T was 50 pretty and pathetic" trsm the