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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-21
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iaris, Ss.i. .a'.-I'iIc council Of min
's1eFs deci,ltti to-day to pardon DF.y-
9as IN pEincipls, liir pardon will tax.
'si-ri Ia II lew days. pr-yfus has ~.
ithlnisiie'i lis apla'ai for II reversal OF
Ia" Iuisiirnt al Iii- suurg martial.
ia pEtnr!pl, is mn lllom sometimes
Used la FstIi-1liicial announcements OF
';oEthcOiiiHa actions II fcstns To have
bnI slight bearing on the matter. .S-
c-l'i. perhaps, that il implies tile fui-
hlltn-nt oi various IortnaIiIis-s b.for.
10" pardon II actually ISSUED, thereby
qualifying III" announcement of the
pardon with slight t.nInIiy-n"ss.
Thu decision Of the cabinet Io pardon
pn'yIus cnat"i lrss lntrTrst in Paris
than w"uid the N-suIJ Ut his horse
Tac''. la fact, II may H. said To- have
caused nD "Sciirmvni whatever. There
was nn Finiins 1n III" lsoni-Vnr,is- In
front 1r Ill" oili.,S oI the i.ibFc Parole.
wh"Ec u crowd usually asS-mbi-s In
ihc evening I" EaEr upon the hns" coi'
Ord iEHnSpawnci-S uuisii" the win.
'l"w'S oI the leading anti 'S-init- orsan.
ihcv wus not the slightest gathering:
or the fnInt-si sign or ''''nionsiFn tioii
either Tor ar against bpryfus.
one would think ilint the tir- of the
br-yfus agitation ltad burned itself
out. The Rn'i'pn'yfnsar'i evening Ia
i'-rs Tried To infuss' interest," into the
governments action 10y n ruhii attack
upon President i.nn,s-I. buI their cf.
forts w"r. futile. The peaceful crowds
that :iii.ti the tables In front "f the
cafes. sipIin. their after dinner coffee.
looked Mt the n.wsiSSs VIII" displayed
! the front pages of these sheets with
their vioi-n, headlines. hut utterly re-
fused to get excited. TiIr majority >
did not even disctiss the matter. or only
na'i. the passing rrmnrk TINT the '-,
cision was lust ns Ind iccn expected
and predicted by every farisian news.
paper sinr- the R"nncs court martial
| delivered It's verdict.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-21
CONFERENCE FOR s,pLE STUDY.
Programme as the Third Annual M-eiias
About to lts Held.


Denver. Sept. :n.-rh- third annual
mcctin: OF the Colorado Conference
for Bible study nnd crnncclisiic work
viii convene In this city Oh Tuesday
night. September 18th. AMI continue
until Friday night. III" :spih. II VIII
NEE, ai III. City Temple. i5:i Cham
i,n street. Tirsc meetings per day
will be held. beginning at 1880 n. IN.
and 30 and 1:.Io y. ~. \ large num-
bcr Of both ministers nni iaym-n from
different part. OF the state viii bc
present and participate In the program.
The following are among the most
prominent subjects TO h. cnnsidcrcd:
The authenticity and inspiration OF
the Holy Scriptures"
'rhc office and work OF the Holy
Spirit during the Gospel age"
"iioiy Living"
Prayer FOR n general revival OF RI.
iigion throughout; the Church"
"DispCnsntional truth:
81. The return OF Jesus Christ To
this world.
"o. The Jew In the plan OF God.
80. The signs OF the times"
"world.widc cvangCliZaiiOn."
"Thc Gospel for the times"
A cordial invitation X extended To all
who love the study OF the Word or
God to attend these meetings. On ac-
count OF tho Carnival cheap rates can
he procured from all parts In the state.
Board and room can he secured from
one dollar per day up.
ADDISON BLANCHARD.
Chairman.
A. C. PECK. Secretary.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-21
Courtcslcs for Dcnver's Visitors.

Denver Sept. 19.-1'he preparations
hring made by the Christian young
ueoulc of Denver To receive and well
come visitors during the Carnival days
are progressing. Many new nttrnc-
tious are being added to their rooms to
make them more and more attractive
nrI comfortable. The committee of
rrcrp.ion will be found in their booth
irs. outside Of the depot grounds.
;rnrv urge Ill TO come to their head
runrrcrs at Sixteenth and Glcnarm
g reefs for the addresses of reliable
md reasonable boarding houses and
).hCr .nfUrnn Ion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
TRAINS ROBBED SINCE 1890.

More than twenty times a year rail
way trains in the United States are
held up and robbed. The criminals
who follow this dangerous pursuit are
fearless, and it is said that there is but
one possible measure that will go to
check their vicious careers. Few tray
elers know that since me year 1890
there have been 230 holdups in this
country, with more than eighty per-
sons killed outright and nearly as
many wounded. rhe desperadoes usu-
ally work in gangs, and are difficult to
run down. After committing a robbery
they terrorize the country for miles
about, and do not hesitate at killing a
man who may be a witness against
them. In consequence their atrocities
are seldom punished, and the wretches
who have slain women and stolen prop
erty live and flourish, waiting for a
fresh opportunity for crime. AS it is
always express cars that suffer from
robbers congress was not long ago petit
toned to grant federal protection to
the express companies. Mail cars are
it is alleged, rarely attacked by rob-
bers, for the reason that such robberies
are crimes against the United States
and are promptly brought up in the
federal courts, where the culprits re-
ceive severe sentences and no mercy
On the other hand, the robbers who at
tack express trains commit crime moi
against the nation but against corpo-
ration. Their conviction, therefore
has to be looked after by the state, and
when a crime is committed so near the
border of one state that the criminals
can escape by running into the next
long legal complications are likely tc
ensue, which often end in the robbers
going free. At all events, unless some
thing is done by congress the present
danger will continue to threaten every
train that runs.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
HIS NEW BROTHER.

4
Yes, I've got little brother,
Never asked for him from mother,
But he's here;
But s'pose they went and bought him
For last week the doctor brought him
Amt it queer?
When | heard the news from Molly,
Why, thought at first twas jolly;
Cause, you see,
just imagined l could get him,
And our dear mamma would let him
Play with me.
But when once had looked at him
j cried out, "Oh, dear! Is that him?
sJust that mite?"
They said: Yes, and you may kis:
him!"
Well, I'm sure I'd never miss him.
He's a fright
He's so small, it's just amazing,
And you'd think that he was blazing,
He's so red;
And his nose is like berry,
And he's bald as Uncle Jerry
On his head.
He's no kind of good whatever,
And he cries as if he'd never,
never stop;
Won't sit up-you can't arrange him,
At the shop?
Now we've got to dress and feed him
And we really didn't need him,
Little frog!
And l cannot think why father
Should have bought him, when II
rather
Have dog!
London Mail.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
CHIPS AND CLIPS.

The importation of wood pulp into
Italy is greatly on the increase.
A Vancouver timber merchant has
just madesthe first Importation of Aus
trialian hardwood into British Column
bia.
One and quarter million square
milesds the estimate of the. timber
area of Canada, as given by the U. S.
consul general at Montreal.
One of the most valuable timber
trees in the great northwest, the Red
Cedar, grows to maximum heightg0f
500 feet and a diameter of IA feet.
Norway supplied Great Britain with
twice as much groundswo pulp last
year as the United States, Canada,
sweden and Holland combined.
Immense spruce forests will be open
ed to commercial development by the
extension of the Atlantic & Lake Su-
perior railway to Gaspe Basin, Quebec.
Paper shingles have been introduced
into Japan by an enterprising Tokyo
firm as substitutes for the wooden
article. The new idea is slab Of
thick-tarred pasteboard, more easily
managed than ordinary shingles and
costing only half as much.
Some historical trees have lately
come into the New York lumber mar
ket from the Wilderness battlefield of
the civil war. The bills of lading
showed that the trees had been felled
and the lumber sawed there. In some
of the planks the mimic balls can be
seen plainly, the wood directly ad-
jacent to the bullets being discolored
or rotten, but not enough to DANCE
the lumber.
While the display of forest pro-
ducts which Canada will send to the
Paris Exposition of 1900 will include
everything from the tree to the semi
finished product, it is the intention of
the special commissioner to give atten-
ton also to recent exports of wood
manufactures.
The possibilities of lucrative ex-
port trade in tamarack between Canada
and Great Britain received something
of setback in this reply from the I'm
perial Institute of London in answer
to inquiries from the dominion:
Gum of any kind is practically I'M
known in England, gum-chewers being
confined to Canada and the United
States" But there is said to be a good
demand for tamarack for medicinal
purposes, so that some samples will GO
abroad at any rate.
The portion of the state of Wash
ington west of the summit of the Cas-
cade range is covered with the heavi-
est continuous belt of forest growth in
the United States. This extends over
the slopes of the Cascade and Coast
ranges, and occupies the entire drift
plain surrounding the waters of Puget
sound. Excepting the highest noun
tain peaks and the sand dunes of the
coast, which are treeless, the valleys OF
the CowlitZ and Chehalis rivers, which
are dotted with small oaks and other
deciduous trees, and the stunted vel
low pines occupying with open growth
the barren Steilacoom plain, all Of
! western Washington is covered with q
MAGNIFICENT forest,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

months ago the postoffice was robbed.
Mr.. Pinson found the burglar and
has just secured his conviction in the
United States court. He says. how
ever, that his mind is now easy on the
subject of burglars, and he is not even
particular about locking mis- store door
at night. Bulldogs may be silenced or
poisoned, but his guards are ever faith
full.
Soon after the last robbery Mr.. Pin
son procured four snakes of the dead.
lest kind. He keeps them in d box in
his store, inviting all his customers,
particularly the negroes, to examine
them. He remarks that they are great
rat catchers, and tells how he fastens
strings about the necks Of the snakes
and turns them out in the store al
night before closing up.
Mr.. Pinson says his plan has many
advantages. In the first place, the rats
are cleaned out; then he is not dis
turbed after hours. by persons wanting
their mail. 1t is understood that the
store is used only in daylight. Again,
he can rest in absolute peace without
the least dread of burglars. A negro
cannot be got within 100 feet of the
building after dark.
If any attempt is made to rob the
store and postofice. Mr.. Pinson is
confident it will be the work of tramps
or travelling cracksmen who are not &C
quainted with the facts. In that case
the county will have to bear funeral
expenses, but it will be rid of bad char
acters. Snakes as guards, he says,
beat dogs all to pieces. They draw
customers in the daytime and deter
them at night.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
WHAT PRUDENCE AND ECONOMY
DO.

Whether the following is the rule CT
the exception each can judge for him
self, but the News learned today of a
very encouraging condition of affairs
in one part of the county at least.
A well known farmer, who has a
number of renters in Mecklenburg and
Union counties, makes the candid
statement that his renters are in a bet
ter condition financially than they
were last year, and that their debts are
more largely cancelled, while some OF
them still have surplus cotton on hand.
I his gentleman attributes these condi-
tons in part to the increased economy
of the renters in view of the shortage
in the cotton crop, but one thing re-
mains certain, and that is it is fact
that some At lesst in this county nav
Deen able 70 more than counteract the
shortage in their crop by the practice
of economy and common sense
The merchants also state that their
trade this fall is very little less in bulk
than it was last year and the unfavor-
able conditions existing do not seem
to have materially affected their trade.
These facts would make it appear
that even such adverse conditions as
have existed this fall may be more
than overcome Ly the practice Of 9ru
denee and economy.-Charlotte IN. c.
News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
SNAKES AS WATCHDOGS.

4 dispatch to the New York Tribune
from Columbia, s. c., says: The best
burglar alarm in the country is the
burr-r-r in the warning Of a deadly
rattlesnake. That is the opinion of
Postmaster ]. A. Pinson, Of Thicketty,
Cherokee county, and he has had ex-
perience with both burglars and the
burglar cure The postoffice OF Thick
city occupies a corner in Mr.. Pinson's
store, in which he sells and buys ev-
erything used and produced in the
country roundabout. He has been
troubled with burglars, and several
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
KRUGER AS A SHARP TRADER
How the Transvaal President Got
Something for Nothing.

An exceedingly curious and interest
ing story about President Kruger has
just been related for the first time by
a well-known resident of Toronto,
Ont, who has spent a number of years
in south Africa.
In 1884 Paul Kruger, Jorrissen and
two other delegates from the Trans
vaal were in London negotiating with
Lord Derby the famous London con-
vention which has been so assiduous-
ly canvassed and quoted of late. No
one has ever accused the burghers of
the Transvaal of being an especially
docile set, and during the absence of
Kruger and his fellow leaders one of
the not infrequent civic connections
took place at home. Not particularly
important in itself, it had the disagree
able effect of stopping supplies for the
country's quartet of diplomats in Lon
don, and Kruger and his colleagues,
found themselves broke" They could
not pay their board bill, and their cir
cumstances were awkward in every
way.
! At this junction the Englishman who
now relates the story appeared on the
scene. He was staying in London, was
familiar with south Africa and it's pub
lie men, and knew the Transvaal dele
gates well. He became aware of the
financial straits in which they were
and as an acute business man
thought he saw a golden opportunity
1t was before the days of the Witwaters-
raad, and the Transvaal government
was eking out its insufficient income by
grants of monopolies and concessions
The Englishman had an uncle, a
facturer. Enlisting his uncle's aid he
made proposition to Mr.. Kruger.
The two Englishmen would r0-- the
hotel bill and would supplement it with
cash gift of $1,000. In return they
asked for the monopoly of the wool
manufacturing and the wool washing
of the Transvaal, in which large fiocks
of sheep are kept by the beers. Mr..
Kruger thought it over and accepted.
The hotel bill was wiped out and the
G 900 check found it's resting place.
Thus provided with the sinews of war,
Kruger and his friends continued the
negotiations and the London conven-
tion was signed.
The Englishmen went ahead with
their plans. They intended to erect a
mill to manufacture certain wooden
goods that would find a local market
and to control the export of the surplus
wool. They were to get certain tract
of land seventy-five acres in extent
The city of johannesburg today stands
on that tract They bought their ma
chinery and were ready to ship it.
Just then they mentioned their good
bargain to a friend, who was an Of
fetal in the colonial office. He advised
them not to proceed any farther until
the concession had been ratified by the
volksraad, and the Englishmen waited
The voolksraad met and President
Kruger submitted the proposed conces
sion to them, exhibiting no warmth II
It's advocacy. The volksraad threw
it out summarily. Then the English
men preached to President Kruger thu
question of the 900 and the hote
bill. The president was suave and ex
planned that those sums we're TO BIZ
charged against the republic. The Eng
lishmen, however, are still minus theil
little investment-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
HER SHOES.

If it's a woman, and the shoe pinches,
she buys it.-Saybrook Gazette.
What we are looking for is a girl
whose shoes are not mile too large
Atchison Globe.
Muggins-"Do you believe woman
can stand more pain than MANI"
Buggins-"C You ought to see
the shoes my wife wears. New Or
leans es-Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
GOSSIP FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

According to recent report issued
by the French bureau of agriculture.
Spain and not Italy should have the
adjective sunny placed before 1t.
On the average, it is said, Spain enjoys
about 5000 hours OF sunshine a year,
while Italy has 1900. France has al
most as much sunshine as Italy, her
figures being 1900. Germany has at
her disposal no more than 1,700 hours,
while England, the land of fogs, has to
get along with 1,400, less than half of
SPANS amount. The average fall OF
rain in England is, however, greater
than that of any European country.
One more expedition has been sent
out to recover the gold lost in the ship
General Grant, which met a strange
and terrible fate in May, 1866. The
ship was on her way from Melbourne
to London with a number of miners re-
turning from the Ballarat diggings
and, being becalmed off the Auckland
islands, heavy swell drove her on to
the shore and into rift which led into
the cave. Here she sank and of eighty
persons on board not a dozen were
saved.
The German reichstag and the Prus-
sian diet are very much exercised over
that modern method of retailing
known as the department store. They
appear to look upon these stores, as
they do in France, with suspicion, and
are endeavoring to handicap mem by
making them pay special taxes, based
on the number of departments and
number of employees. AS yet no defin-
lite action has been taken, but the gem
eral tenor of public opinion appears to
be in favor of restraining their
growth. The Partisan department
stores are subject to very heavy special
| taxes.
+ The first interment in the new dog
cemetery recently opened in Paris has
just taken place, to the delight and
financial betterment of all the space
writer's on the Paris papers. The
corpse was laid out on a sofa in a coffin
at the house of its mistress ana all it's
living comrades gathered around It..
The mourning was opened somewhat
suddenly by little terrier which set
up doleful howl in which the remain
Ing pets Joined. Then the line of
march was taken up to the cemetery.
The Russian government has
adopted somewhat drastic measure in
order to suppress drunkenness in st.
Petersburg. 1t has taken away from
$4,000 shops the right to sell alcoholic
liquors and has replaced these by 5000
establishments placed under Lne con-
troll OF the state ana located at equal
distances apart. These establishments
are directed by young women. The
liquor is delivered in bottles, to which
is affixed a government mark. The
consumer can obtain only one bottle in
each shop, and If, when he visits an
other establishment, he shows the least
sign OF intoxication no liquor will be
served him.
The Parisians are nightly amused
over an action pending in Brussels. A
gentleman took stall, program and
a book Of the words for some opera.
Directly the curtain went up the lights
were lowered. He accordingly claims
damages on the ground that 1t was i'm
possible to read the book he had paid
for and that the artists were SO COM
pletely incoherent that it was impossi.
BILE to hear word. He also claims fol-
waste Of time.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

Manila, Nov. 1.-THE United States
cruiser Charleston which has been pa
trolling the northern coast of Luzon
was wrecked on the reef northwest OF
the coast Nov. Z. All on board were
saved. The Charleston, which was
built in San Francisco in 1888, had a
displacement of $3.50 tons, was 312 feet,
inches in length, 46 feet, 2 inches IN
beam, and q feet, inches in draught.
She was of steel, having two propellors,
one funnel and two masts with military
tops. She had the following arma-
ment: Two three-inch guns, six six
inch guns, a six-pounder, three
Founders, 6 one-pounders, two ma
chine-guns, one light gun, with four
torpedo tubes. She had a complement
of 306 men.
Washington, Nov. 14.-The Charles
ton had been in Asiatic waters more
than a year. She was one of the first
vessels to be sent to Manila after the
destruction of the Spanish fleet by Ad-
miral Dewey, the navy department
ing ammunition and other supplies for
the Asiastic station. Just previous to
her assignment to that duty she had
undergone overhauling at the Mare
Island nevy yard, San Francisco, and
therefore was in prime coruition. She
was one of the vessels of more recent
construction and belonged % that class
new navy" Her commander was Cap
tain William II. Whiting, her lieuten-
ant Gottfred Blockinger.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
HER WILEs.

The most successful way a woman
knows of deceiving her husband is
pretending to tell him everything she
does.-New York Press.
He: you women do not know your
own minds" She: Maybe; but we
can read the minds OF you men pretty
we'll "-Indianapolls Journal.
Professionals always beat amateurs.
That's why widows invariably distance
young girls in matrimonial races
Washington Democrat.
II wicked women could only add to
their arts the mysterious charm OF in.
nocence every man in the world would
go to the devil.-New York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
FUNSTON RETURNS TO MANILA

Topeka, Nov. 16.-Gen. Fredericl
Funston Wednesday started for Sal
Francisco accompanied by his wife
Mrs. Funston will remain at her par
ent's home in Oakland, Cal Gen
Funston will sail on the first transpor
leaving for Manila.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

solution of formalin or per cent. So
luton of carbolic acid, applied by
paper, cloth or brush or spray to the
transmitter, inside and out, at all pub
lie telephone stations by the person in
charge after each use of The instru-
ment.-Chicago Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

Senator Hayward Of Nebraska is at
the point OF death In Omaha, from
brain trouble.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
CRUISER WRECKED
THE CHARLESTON STRIKES A
REEF ON THE LUzON COAST.
ALL ON BOARD ARE SAVED

Vessel Was Built at San Francisco in
1SSS-Carried Powerful Armament
and Had Complement of 300 Men
Belonged to the Glass Known as
New Navy"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

The steamer Polarstjernen, which
was disabled at sea, has arrived at st.
Michales, Azores, in tow.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

Jacob Immel and Miss Amelis
Brandt Of Forestville were married.