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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
MY DOG.

Beneath this turf, that formerly he
pressed
With agile feet, Dog is laid to rest.
Him, as he sleeps, no well-known
sound shall stir,
The rabbits patter or the pheasant's
whirr;
The keepers "Over!"-far, but well de-
fined,
That speeds the startled partridge
down the wind;
The whistled warning as the winged
ones rise
Large and more large upon our strain
ing eyes,
Till with a swoop, while every nerve is
tense,
rne chattering covey hurtles DER the
fence;
The double crack of every lifted gun;
The dinting thud of birds whose course
is done,
These sounds, that to his listening ear
were dear,
He heeds no longer, for he cannot hear
None stancher, till the drive was done
defied
Temptation, rooted to his masters side
None swifter, when his master gave
the word,
Leapt forth to track the wounded run
ming bird,
And bore it back-ah, many a time and
off,
His nose as faultless as his mouth was
soft.
How consciously, how proudly, uncon-
cerned
Straight to his masters side he then
returned,
Wagged glad tail and deemed himself
repaid,
AS in that masters hand the bird he
laIu.
II, while word of praise was duly
said,
The hand should stroke his smooth and
honest head.
Through spring and summer, in the
sportless days,
Cheerful he lived life of simpler
ways;
Chose, since official dogs at times un-
bend,
The household cat for confidant and
FRIEND
With children, friendly but untaught
to fawn,
Romped through the walks and roll
licked on the lawn;
Rejoiced, if one the frequent ball
should throw,
To fetch it, scampering gayly to and
fro,
Content through every change of spor-
tive mood
If one dear voice, one only, called him
good.
Such was my Dog, who now without
my aid
Hunts through the shadowland himself
a shade;
Or, couched intent before some ghostly
gate,
Waits for my step, as here he used to
wait. Punch.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
THE ANALOGOUS KITTEN.

"Hnrrah!" cried the kitten, "hurrah!'
As he merrily sets the sails;
Il sail DER the ocean today,
To look at the Prince of Wales!"
20 kitten! o kitten!" l cried.
why tempt the angry gales?"
I'm going" the kitten replied,
ITO look at the Prince of Wales!"
Il know what it is to get wet,
I've tumbled full oft in pals,
And nearly been drowned-and yet
must look at the Prince of Wales!"
20 kitten!" cried, the Deep
Is deeper than many pails!"
Said the kitten, Il shall not sleep
Till I've looked at the Prince OF
Wales!"
20 kitten! pause at the brink,
And think of the sea-sad tales"
"Ah, yes" said the kitten, but think,
oh, think of the Prince of Wales!"
But, kitten" | cried. dismayed,
IF you live through the angry gales,
You know you will be afraid
To look at the Prince of Wales"
Said the kitten. mo such thing.
Why should he make me vince?
II a cat may look at king
A kitten may look at prince"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

citation of the people for the work, and
predicting that it would revolutionize
the commerce of that section. T. S.
Garnett, counsel for the canal, replied
in happy terms. Practically the whole
population turned out to meet the Wis
itors, and there was general rejoicing
when they learned how successful had
been the passage through the canal
luncheon was served and a special
train took the party back to Norfolk
The influence Of canals on transpor-
tation was generally discussed among
the inspection party.
Alexander Brown expressed the opin-
ion of the best posted in saying that
canals, as long as they were kept out
of politics and out of the hands OF COM
peting railroad interests, were impor-
tant factors and, properly located Of
fered good opportunities as strictly
business enterprises.
George F. Miles, president OF the
Florida Coast Line Canal company,
agreed with Mr.. Brown. Mr.. Miles
company is now building a canal that
will connect up and open to continuous
navigation $50 miles of inland water
ways on the east coast of Florida, ex-
tending from Jacksonville to Key
West. The waters to be thus united
are the st. Johns Mantanzas, Halifax
and Indian rivers, Lake Worth, Hills
boro and New rivers and Biscayne bay
A grant has been made to his COM
pany of 3,840 acres of land to the mile
so strong Is the popular belief in the
influence of canals as developing agen-
Giles. The company has completed GO
miles of its construction, and there re-
mains but II miles more to be built.
There is now an open passage by an
inland water route from Jacksonville
north to Charleston, s. G. Some easily
constructed links would carry the route
to the Dismal Swamp canal. Through
this canal to the Chesapeake bay Bal
timore is reached, via the Delaware
and Chesapeake canal is Philadelphia,
and the Delaware and Tartan canal
thence affords an inland protected
waterway to New York Through
Long Island sound the route is ex-
tended farther north.
The passage Of the torpedo boat
through the Dismal Swamp canal at
tracted attention to the stragetic i'm
portance Of inland waterways to the
national government. With an inland
route from New England to the Florida
coast the terrors of blockade in case
of war with a foreign power would be
greatly diminished. Such a waterway
would give passage by water for a
class of fighting craft such as torpedo
boats to engage any fleet that might
blockade an Atlantic port. 1t would also
offer means foB transporting NUM-
lions of war and troops, as well as
general supplies, which might be en-
dangered should the outside route be
taken.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
MINING IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Plan to Go AS Deep AS the Heat VIII
Permit.

England has been charged with 6
pushing what it claims in the Trans
vaal. In view of this, the subject Of
mining, which in the Transvaal is the
great industry of wealth, may be OF
interest to many readers. Mining is
carried on in the Transvaal to a depth
that far exceeds our diggings and II
is just this particular point that has
recently engrossed the attention OF
scientific heads in South Africa.
In July last paper was read by Mr.
John Yates before the South African
Association of Engineers, at Johannes
burg, that outlined a plan to develop
further the mines Of the Witwaters-
rand, in the Transvaal, by sinking the
shafts to depth of twelve thousand
feet, and working the rich alriferous
beds. In the plan outlined by Mr.
Yates, it is proposed to go much be-
yond the five thousand foot level, down
to the point where the temperature of
the earth is such that the work can no
longer be carried on. He proposes to
go below this level by a system of in
clines reaching down to the reef. He
believes that it will be impossible to go
to greater depth than twelve thou
sand feet, because the heat will pre-
vent men from doing effective work.
The Engineering and Mining Journal
believes that the mines in this partic-
ular neighborhood may be carried down
to an even greater depth than twelve
thousand feet, and suggests fifteen
thousand as possible limit. With the
opening of the workings, this paper
declares, the temperature would be ma
terially lowered, and the feasibility of
forcing an abundant air supply to that
depth and circulating it freely seems
to be settled
should the banket beds of the Wit
watersrand maintain their richness
over the extent which biologists and
mining engineers new attribute to
them" says the journal referred to,
I'VE think 1t is altogether possible that
In due time they may be worked to
n depth of fifteen thousand feet or
more. the determining element being
the possibility of conducting work at
profit, and 1t may safely be assumed
that the reductions in cost through
improvements in mining, handling and
transporting ore, will exceed the neces-
sary increase in cost due to depth, and
that, consequently, it will cost less TO
mine at ten thousand to fifteen thou
sand feet in depth when we get there.
than IL did at a depth of one thousand
OF fifteen hundred feet"
But instead of a series of inclines.
either one long. unbroken, vertical lift
or a series OF vertical shafts with land
ing stages may be feasible. With the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
ADMONISHING CHILDREN.

THE universal frailty of our human
nature which dislikes to be told of
faults must be taken into consideration
when we converse with our grown-up
children" writes Kate Epson Clark in
Woman's Home Companion. After
they pass the age of fourteen or fifteen
they usually betray greater sensitive
ness than before to even reasonable
fault-fnding. By the time they reach
eighteen or twenty this tendency has
become marked trait They have
then become substantially like the rest
of us. Even from the lips of loving
fathers or mothers and in strict priv
acy they want nothing but the same
sort of honey on which our own souls
love to feed. They wish no allusion
made to the facts that they are acquir-
ing nasal tones; that their gait is awk-
ward; that their taste in dress is I'M
formed and even bad; that they have
not good judgment in choosing asso-
ciates, and so on. Private discourses
upon the wiles of the world and the
weakness Of youth and its proneness to
wander they wish none of. Whatever
medicine Of that sort is to be given
must be administered in small doses,
interjected with skill into conversa-
tions upon ordinary matters, and
sugar-coated, If possible, with artful
compliment, though it should be all
ways deserved. Even the best and
dearest Of our earefully-brought-up
young people are likely to have their
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
HER DRESS.

There are some wives who actually
begin to bother their husbands about
sealskin sacques in July.-New York
Press.
The contest among the women at
present seems to be as to which shall
wear the largest plaids in her skirts
Berlin (Md.) Herald.
The trouble with most women is that
they dress too old when they are
young and too young when they are
Philadelphia Times
1t doesn't much matter to a woman
whether clouds have silver Innings or
not, if only her frocks have silken
ones.-Philadelphi Times.
When woman goes out riding with
her husband, she is so much better
dressed than he that strangers get the
impression that he is the coachman.-
Atchison Globe.
When you see a girl with her hair all
mussed up, you mustn't think she
hasn't combed it. 1t takes her many
weary moments to fix it in that tangled
fashion.-Glasgow Echo.
"A woman writer asserts That pretty
hat can be made for 60 cents and
neat dress for SO. 1t is also true that
man can live on mush and molasses
absorbed regularly thrice a day
Philadelphia Bulletin.
This is the season when the girl
who can sew can make a pretty dress
that will not cost more than rs cents.
That is the tradition. We have never
seen such girl, and don't believe in
fairies anyway.-New York World.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
HER KISSES.

If kisses convey microbes then the
microbes are onto the advantages of
rapid transit.-Central Illinois Demo-
crat.
Don't kiss and tell. If you do your
friends may fancy the experiment is
so unique that you cans keep it to
yourself.-Berlin MD Herald.
He-"I knew you would make a fuss
If l tried to kiss you" She-"How did
you know?" He-''J had been warned. F"
Detroit Free Press.
Were you scared when he kissed
your" mo; but l was just before it,
How SOP" Il was afraid he wasn't
going to. "-Philadelphia Record.
Aunt Mabel, are you en-
gagged to that young man who kissed
you in the entry last EVENING"" Mabel
WELL aunty. he and l were engaged
just at the moment" Boston Tran
script.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

year or more of obstinacy and pig
headedness, or their permanent
streaks of unreasonableness and con-
tumacy. Therefore, they would better
receive most of the telling strokes that
mold into shape before they reach the
age of fourteen. From that time IN to
the age of what is called discretion
which does not arrive with most OF us
before twenty-five (if them, the youth,
in judgment and sense, is really not
much superior to what he was at from
seven to fifteen, but he has no sus-
picion of the fact"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
AN EXCELLENT SAVORY DISH

Such dishes as beef or veal olives are
attractive and palatable. Sufficient
meat for them may be purchased for
a single meal; in fact, this is true of all
stews; but broils and roasts are not
good when small. Beef olives are
strips of thin round steaA with a small
piece OF suet or bacon rolled and tied
within. They are first Drowned in a.
little suet, and then stewed slowly un-
til tender-about one hour-in a brown
sauce made by adding two tablespoon
fuls of flour to the fat in which they
were Drowned. After mixing. add a
pint of hot WAFER and a seasoning of
onion, bay leaf, salt and pepper
Ladies' Home Journal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
ANOTHER SWORD FOR SCHLEY.

Col Wharton J. Green favors pre-
senting Rear-Admiral Schley with a
sword, saying that the hero of Santiago
deserves as well of the country as
Dewey deserves. Every whit as much,
for beyond all cavil or doubt Santiago
was as great an achievement as Manila
We believed it surpassed it.-Wilming-
ton IN. CO. Messenger.
The mining of the natives of the
Philippines has been confined to the
alluvial deposits of the rivers, for there
is not stream rising in the mountains
of Luzon and the other islands which
has not its gold-bearing sands and de-
posits, from which for centuries the
larger portion Of the precious metal
has been obtained.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
THE EARNINGS OF PLAYwRIGHTs.
More Than One Drama has Coined it's
Author Over 100000.

Dramatists of established reputation
write plays only upon order. Their
ordinary proponents are five hundred
dollars upon the delivery of a scenario,
and five hundred dollars more upon
the completion of a play. IF the fin
ished work does not realize expecta-
lions" writes Franklin Fyles, of The
Theatre and It's People, in the Ladies'
Home Journal, cor If the manager for
any other reason does not desire to put
1t on the stage, the money paid is
forfeited after certain lapse of time,
and the ownership reverts to the
author. But If the manager decides to
produce the piece the author receives a
percentage of the gross receipts, us
ually five per cent, payable weekly,
after the amount previously advanced
has been deducted. Ordinarily 1t in
creases with the amount of money
taken in. More than one native
drama has earned one hundred thous-
and dollars for it's author. A dozen
have yielded fifty thousand dollars
each; three times as many, twenty
five thousand dollars, and a goodly
number, ten thousand dollars"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
COUNTED THE DAY LOST.

AT Lausanne, Switzerland, after two
and half years of consideration the
Anglo Colombian inter arbitration
court gave its award in the dispute
between the government of Colombia
and Punchard, McTaggart, Lowther &
Co., engineers and contractors for pub
lie works. respecting the Medellin-
Magdalena river railway. Colombia's
claim Of 100000 francs was dismissed.
and the firm, London concern. was
awarded upwards of a million francs.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
A GREAT APPLE MARKET.

Leavenworth, Kan, it is claimed
stands at the head of American cities
in the shipment of apples. Indeed.
more apples are shipped from Leaven-
worth than from any other point on
either side of the Atlantic ocean. N
addition to the large number of local
packers engaged in the business at that
place, hundreds of packers flock to
Leavenworth annually from other
parts of the country for the purpose Of
shipping away. fruit. There are two
immense cold storage plants in Leaven-
worth, one of which is built to accom-
modate $4,000 bushels of apples.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

Friend-Well. it's a good thing TO
have the people interested in the issues
of the campaign.
Politician-Oh, yes! II would never
do If everybody was just looking for
Job
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

Mrs. Bargane: Haven't you got a
toothache, John " Mr.. Bargane: No,
my dear; Why Mrs Bargane: 20.
I am so sorry you have not. bought
new toothache cure today at bar
gain. and wanted you to try it,
Jewish Comment.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23
IN DISMAL SWAMP
INTERESTING TRIP OF A BALrI-
MORE INSPECTION PARTY.
MARSHY WATERWAY

Extensive Work That Has Been Ac-
complished in the Last Three Years
Unique Canal-Healthy-L Looking
Natives Who Inhabit the Country
Roundabout.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-23

The remains of Emil Veith were
brought from Denver to Marshall. Mr..
veith. who died of consumption, had
recently gone west for his health.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09

last, and that their vision was not dis
torted by the results of celebrating the
Fourth. A. M. Cowiey, son of a pioneer
minister, says In the Spokesman-Review
of Friday:
'It was between 8 and 9 o'clock and the
gathering darkness made 1t difficult to dis
tinguish It, I should judge that the flying
machine or whatever 1t was, was about
six or seven miles away and about half
a mile up in the air. 1t was moving west
ward rapidly and was lost to view about
three minutes after 1 fist saw 1t.
at seemed to be cigar-shaped and from
1t hung a fin-shaped affair. 1t was too far
away to distinguish whether there were
any wings. 1t was not balloon-shaped. 1t
flew steadily and swiftly, and seemed to
maintain the same distance above the
earth. If 1t was not flying machine IL
looked much like one.
''The object did not have the appear
ance Of balloon nor of a kite nor bird
There appeared to be four projections
something like Greek cross, with the
projections round-pointed. Its flight was
very rapid. and 1t evidently could not have
been an object driven by the wind.
In this connection 1t may be mentioned
that the Chicago Times Herald of June Is
gives detailed account of the ANAL sue
cessful completion by Professor Langley
OF the Smithsonian Institute Of a flying
machine that will carry six men and tray
ell 100 miles an hour. The public will await
developments with lively interest"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
ANACONDA news.
VEGETABLES l( HIS RUIN
How Con Dineen Was Tempted
by Load Of Garden Truck.
NOW He IS IN PRISON
Peddled Pat Duane's Load OF Produce
" and Got Loaded With tho Pro-
ceeds- Duane Did Not
See the Joke.

There is a tide in the affairs of man,
which. taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune" sang the poet. Con Dineen
being of a poetical temperament, espec-
tally when loaded, believed in the doc
trine so succinctly laid down, and when
he saw Pat Duane's vegetable wagon
standing idle Friday afternoon he be-
lieved his tide had come.
But he read the signs wrong. Instead
of being flood that would land him
high on the shores of fortune, 1T was
an ebb and it floated him off into the
.boogy house, where he now sits, revil-
ing the poets and philosophers Of all
ages.
The vegetable wagon was the undoing
OF Con Dineen. 1t looked so tempting
and rich with its load of golden carrots.
fresh, crisp lettuce, rudy radishes and
wealth of garden truck" It seemed
verltable fortune in itself as 1T stood
there. Con looked at 1t long and earn
estiy' he contrasted Pat Duane's lot
with ms own. Duane was prosperous
CON was not. Duane had a comfortab BILE
1arm, a. wagon, horses and, so Con
unused. perhaps a neat little pig suuint-
ing and squealing in his pen in the door
yard' Con owned nothing. The dreams
OF his youth had faded. The wealth re
mad intended to make had never mater
laHzed. His had been a hard life. Who
knows. so he thought, whether it had
been pure luck or legitimate hard work
that had landed Duane so much higher
IN the social and financial scale. What
would wagon load of truck matter to
duane, who had SO much? To Con it
meant fortune, for it would buy the
Wherewithal for a big, big load Of
whiskey, and who, with whiskey in him,
is not rich?
so Con Dineen argued in his own
mind as he eyed that load of vegetables.
Perhaps he thought of days in his far
distant youth when he had accompan-
led his father on vegetable selling ex-
petitions about the city near his birth
place in the green little isle across the
seas. Anyhow, the wagon tempted him.
and into 1T he climbed. Then. the spirit
of the thing being on him. he started
Tor the residence part of town. From
house to house he peddled the contents
OF the wagon. giving rare bargains to
thrifty housewives here and there
Presently the wagon was empty. Con
was also and concluded to get full. Ten
dollars in his pockets furnished the
means. = Z
Con got full. He got gloriously, hilar-
1ously, POLITICALLY full With the $40 he
painted up the city as he had not paint
ed IT, in months ....s IS.
Then Duane learned of the loss Of
the vegetables. He did not take the
abstraction of his property in the spirit
in which Dineen had anticipated He
was wroth and he searched out the civil
authorities and had a warrant issued
for the arrest of the poetical Mr. Di-
neen. The arrest has been made and at
10 o'clock Monday morning Dineen will
tell the court how it happened.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
RAIN IS WHAT IS NEEDED
Commissioner Shovlin Says It
Would Be Welcome.
REPAIRING THE STREETS
Eight Men Are Now Employed and
Work Is Being Rushed-The Appro-
priation Is Not Sufficient Says
Commissioner Shovlin.

Street Commissioner Dennis Shovlin
is worrying greatly these days. The
cause Of his worry is the lack of rain.
This may not appear as being a suffi-
cient cause for a man to worry, but
then 1t 10 different in the case of Mr..
Shovlin, for weeks Of heavy rain would
mean quite change in tho condition
of the streets. and this would make
Mr.. Shovlin feel happy.
The street commissioner has had a
large staff of men at work since the
time of his appointment. The result is
vast improvement in the condition of
the streets. The most important streets
in the city have been thoroughly re-
paired and several days Of heavy rain
would make them the best streets in
the state. 1t would pack the material
and make them so that they could stand
the heavy traffic. Commissioner SHOW
lin said yesterday:
Rain is what we want and until we
get 1T the streets will not be in a good
condition. 1 have had as many as Is
men working, cleaning the streets, and
now have eight men, not including
the transfers. I have four teamsters
working daily. My men have removed
enough filth to kill every man, woman
and child in Anaconda.
When was appointed I Immediately
set the men to work repairing the main
streets, such as Park avenue. Main
street and Commercial avenue. We are
about through now with the grading of
Park avenue. The foundation is of de-
composed rock covered with Sheep
gulch gravel, and this with plenty Of
rain, would make it a great street.
After we get through with the three
streets 1 have mentioned, I will give
my attention to the other streets in
the city. If you have remarked, every
Saturday my men go around cleaning
Main street. The reason for this Is
that all of the visitors to the city who
come in on Saturday evening pass ny
Main street and the cleaning makes a
good impression on a stranger. The
bicyclists may not take kindly to the
condition of the streets at present, but
then it will be all the better for them
after a while.
THE appropriation for repairing the
streets is $4,000 a year, or SO, 600 for the
two years of my appointment. The
amount should be double that, or So, 900
for one year. But, then, you have got
to take what you can get.
"A city water sprinkler, heavy rain
and an appropriation of $4,000 year,
and then I would be the happiest man
in Anaconda"