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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23

Ring WOrm-No Cure. No Pay.
Your druggist will refund your money Il
Pazo Ointment fails to cure you. so cts
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23
q shaker.

Doctor: Did you shake we'll before
usingy'
Larry (who has had ch1lls): "Phoy. doch-
tor, OF TUX tn midicine to kape from
shakin'."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23

driven by c. II. Flanagan Of No. 3if7 Pine
street and occupied by Its owner and V w.
Hudson. The latter was quite severely IN
fured being thrown from the vehicle and
having both arms broken. Flanagan was
also thrown from the buggy. but was not
so badly hurt.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23
nn far MALARIA

The Hest Prescription for Malaria
ChiiIs and Fever 4 bottle Of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tcnic. II is simply iron and 9uinine In
tasteless form No cuTe-no pay. Price soc.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23

Ida: "Have you been eating fish. dear7
May: mo. 1 guess IL must be Choily's
herring bone coat.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23
FORMER CONSUL AT
TIEN-TSIN TALKS.
Sheridan ?. Read Describes the
City and Foreign Con
cessions.
HAS A MILLION INHABITANTS.

United States Consulate, Reported
Destroyed, Was Situated on
British TerritOry-Six Banks,
None of Them American.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23

Thrown From His buggy.
Car No IS of the Tower Grove line, while
eastbound yesterday. under the charge of
Conductor j. W. Louchin and E. h. Claves.
coIlided at Brannon avenue with a buggy
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-23
Low Rate Excursions

To Colorado, Utah. Wyoming and South
Dakota via the Missouri Pacific Railway.
Call on or address city ticket office for par
ticularS.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
WHEN JOHNNY COMES HOME.

The agony a mother suffers sending
her son to war, says Harper's Bazaar,
is the measure of her hope in the
thought of welcoming him back. Boys
in blue are returning from the Phil
ippines. And this is how they come:
The army transport Grant, lately ar
rived from iIanila, brought II insane
soldiers: 125 soldiers in irons, prison.
ers; 1913 sick soldiers. The bodies of
three others, i'll at the start, had been
cast into the sea. What of the despair
in women's hearts when Johnny
comes marching homer" The irony
of war appears in the wrecked man
hood that survives. And the drain
upon American manhood is to con-
tinue. General Otis has stated to the
president that the United States cam
not safely reduce its forces in the
Philippines for long time to come.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
A NEW PUNcTURE PROOF TIRE.

A German scientist has patented
what he ASSERTS to be a puncture- proof
tire-flling. "If successful" says
Popular Science, "it will prove boon
to bicycle fiders, as well as to owners
of rubber-ti tired vehicles of all kinds,
and air-ssddles and cushions. The
filing is a jelly made of glue. Glyc-
crime is added to prevent hardening.
and an antiseptic preparation that
keeps ii from fermenting. The mix
ture IS first heated until it liquefies,
and * then beaten to a stiff foam,
Whn5 in this frothy condition it is in
trodsited into the tire or saddle, and
allowfd to cool and partly solldify.
The rlsult is light, spongy material,
OF cellular formation, exceedingly
light h weight, and proof against
lacks balls, glass and all puncturing
objects.t
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
AGAINST lEACHERs TENURE.

The School Bulletin, an educational
journal in New York state, edited by
c.. w. Bardeen is taking the ground
that the civil-service tenure or merit
system as applied to the government
service is not beneficial when applied
to the public schools. Editor Bardeen.
in an address before the New York
School Masters Club, argued this posi-
ton. with considerable force. He
said he had been told again and again
by teachers who had become govern
ment clerks in Washington that the
influence of the life there is deaden-
ing in the extreme. Often they nad
taken such positions as a means of
studying for a profession, but once in
the stream of Incidence prevailing there
they fell into the current of doing the
least that was required during the
hours of service and nothing at all
outside. While the civil service sys-
TEN is admitted to be some improve
ment over the spoils system, Mr.. Bar
deem says that when you come to the
professions it's application appears
positively ridiculous. To explain his
position he says: Suppose when you
had once employed a physician you
could not change to another except
upon formal charges. Suppose If you
were dissatisfied with your lawyer you
could not employ different one until
you had got the first disbarred. | hope
that | have made it clear that tenure
of office under civil service regulations,
by which the occupant of place can
be removed only upon legal charges,
in other words continuous contract, Is
appropriate and desirable in inverse
proportion to the rank and RESPONSE
bility of'the occupation"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
GAUGE OF COED SCHOLARSHIP.

Miss Mary e. Woolley, the new
president of Mt. Holyoke college, is
the daughter of Congregational min
ister. She was graduated at Wheaton
seminary Norton, Mass. In 1891 Miss
Woolley went to DR.. Z. A. Andrews,
the president of Brown university, and
asked permission to enter that institu-
ton as special student in history.
This permission was granted. During
her first year in Brown, Miss Woolley
was marked figure on the campus
and in the library, where she usually
could be found in the afternoon porting
over some old Latin book or hunting
out some buried historical fact, Her
quiet, steady manner of work was an
inspiration to the men, and many of
them did more faithful work because
of her presence in the classroom.
Great things were prophesied of her.
DR.. Andrews predicted that some day
Miss Woolley would be at the head of
some of the large women's colleges.
She was not only interested in the
studies, but in everything else pertain
ing to college life, and was thoroughly
up on the victories of the Brown bah
nine. She was asked what she found
to be the difference between the men
and the women in the college. The re-
ply was Enthusiastically frank: "rhe
girls study harder; the men think
more. Saturday Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16

ranged to advance the price of tea.
and that an increase in its cost of 20
per cent. may be looked for. The
Ledger adds:
The preliminary rise in the prices
is attributed more to a shortage in the
first Japan crop than to the unsettled
condition in China. The first Japan
crop was several million pounds short
OF the average, and the second crop,
which has not yet been gathered, also
threatens to show a deficiency of
100000 pounds. Both in Japan and
China, it is reported, the war cloud
has unsettled trade to such an extent
that bankers refuse to advance money
to gather the crops The fact that
congress is not in session and that
there can be no immediate disturb
ance on the duties on tea was also
given as a reason for the upward ten
dency in prices. The importers know
exactly what tea they have in bond
and what the demand is likely to be.
They can, therefore, regulate prices
to suit themselves, regardless of any
erect the Chinese troubles will have
on the future supply. But the i'm
porters all profess to be confident
that whatever stage the war troubles
advance to, short of putting the entire
chinese empire under the sea, there
Will be no lack Of supply. They say
that the boxers are a long way off
from the tea districts, and that so
Ions as The Chinese are able to raise
their crops they Will find a way to
get them to the export cities in the
SOUTH
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
President Diaz Entering Upon His
Sixth Term.

The Springfield Republican argues
that if the mixed and illiterate poppla-
ton of Mexico can govern themselves
the people of Luzon can do so also. Ii
say.
Presidential electors previously
chosen by popular vote met in the
various states of the republic of Mexico
Monday and cast their ballots for a
president to be chosen to serve for a
term of four years. 1t appears, as had
been expected, that the great majority
of the electoral votes cast are for Gen.
Porfirio DiaZ, who is now serving out
his fifth term in this Office and who will
accordingly be sworn in for a sixth
term on DeceSNber l next if he lives.
The present elections have been order
ly. The republic enjoys peace within
and in its external relations. 1t is eX-
periencing great industrial and finan-
cial prosperity and material progress
which is not exceeded by that of any
other country. The stability of its
government is unquestioned. 1t APP
proaches the beginning of new CEN
fury under the most promising au-
spices.
Nevertheless, the Mexican census
recently taken, whose results are Just
| coming out, shows a population of H.
491, 573, over two-thirds of whom can
| not read or write. Over so per cent. OF
the population is of mixed and Indian
races. Sixty-three languages are
spoken among the people. The Indian
tribes or races make up more than 80
per cent. of the population and are
divided into 81 languages. Very few
of the people of mixed and Indian
blood can be regarded as civilized. The
comparatively small element of whites
in the country is of nationality sup
posed to be the least fitted of all the
white races of the world for self-gov-
eminent or popular government. But
as a matter of fact, strong, stable
popularity elected government is main.
tanned and has been for years. The
American people have heard much
from their wouldbe imperialist lead
ers of the impossible conditions il
LuZon and adjacent Tagalog islands ol
the Philippine group for any scheme Of
self-government and independence
But can it be said that conditions there
are worse than in Mexico?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16

The saying, 'let sleeping dogs lie,"
may now be significantly changed into
let eating dogs lie"
Woe to the irrepressible small boy,
who, in the course of his search for
mischief, comes across dog quietly
munching bone and is tempted to
quietly withdraw the bone from the
animal, for under the protection now
afforded by the courts the dog may be
persuaded to take an equal portion
out of the calf of the boys leg, and
the victim will be unable to recover
damages from the owner of the dog.
So says the Kentucky court of ap-
peals. In recent decision that court
took occasion to say: 1T is a matter
OF common knowledge that dogs. and
indeed all wild animals, are especially
irritable when eating, and that any in
reference with them at this time is
attended with more or less danger of
retaliation on their part, and to have
attempted to take away from the dog
the meat which he was eating, or to
nave otherwise leased or annoyed him,
at that time, is such evidence of con-
tributory negligence as authorized the
submission of this question to the
jury. New York Herald.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
MRS, r. II. DAVIS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.

AS the newspapers have pretty thor
oughly explained, the women who went
to Cape Town with their husbands,
their brothers. or their cousins, or
even without any OF these excuses.
proved a tremendous bother TO every
one concerned with the serious BUSH
ness OF carrying on the war. They
wanted to inspect everything, critlcise
everything. and have an amateur hand
in everything. and the result was that
the authorities did their level best to
pack their fair visitors off to England
again. In somewhat humorous con-
trast Is the occupation chosen by Mrs.
h.~hard Harding Davis when she came
to Cape Town. Her husband was at
the front and every one ABOUT her was
in a state of hysterical and feverish
excitement over the war. Meanwhile
Mrs. Davis, with a placidity for which
the American woman is not always
given credit. was going every day 10 q
school OF art and taking lessons In
painting and drawing.
Yet when the time came that II was
possible, though dangerous, for her TO
accompany her husband TO Pretoria,
Mrs. Davis made the journey with
equal coolness.- Saturday Evening
Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
oYsrERES A FOOT LONG.
Something Entirely New in the Culin-
AIRY Line.


If reports are to be believed, we are
soon to have something entirely new
in the culinary line. The Yezo oysters
of Japan, which have as much OF a
in Japan as blue points
have on this side of the globe, are to
DO trAnsplanted to America. These
oysters grow to foot in length, and
they will work revolution in the
culinary departments of American
households. For some time, good
coks have been in the condition OF the
small prince who, having everything
that mortal could possibly need, had
only one wish-something to cry for.
That is the way it has been with the
housekeeper who has rung the changes
on familiar dishes until there seemed
nothing new. Though it sounds some
what impossible, the serving of twelve
inch oysters on the half shell-yet it
is probable that the japanese them
selves eat them raw, fo- they eat a
great deal of their fish in that way.
1t is not long step from raw oysters
to fish, and but for the prejudice
other people might agree with them.
But we are not to get the big oysters
in this part of the country 50 soon
that we need speculate upon what we
will do with them. They are to be
planted in the tldewaters Of Washing
ton and Oregon, and II will be some
+fr,,a hafora We shall have Yezo oysters
shipped with our California fruits.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
DEADLY ToADsTooL SEASON.
It's Now Here Hence Epicures Need
to Be Careful

The deadly toadstool season is upon
us, said well-known botanist yester-
day, land it might not be out of place
to repeat warning about the gathering
and eating of poisonous varieties of
fungi in mistake for the edible ones.
A case is reported from Illinois of three
persons killed and four made dan
gerously sick by eating toadstools
which were mistaken for mushrooms.
This recalls the case in Baltimore
early last October, when two children
died after eating deadly toadstools.
The remainder of their meal was
thrown out and the dog and hen
died after eating of the dish of food
In that case the supposed mushrooms
were gathered without any idea as to
the marks which distinguish edible
ones from the poisonous varieties. An
investigation showed that actually
they were the deadliest variety of all,
the amanita phalloides, or dead cur
The old saying is true that the
proof of the pudding is in the eating
and so the proof OF mushrooms is III
the eating. If the eater survives they
were mushrooms; If he dies, they were
toadstools. But we do not want to
make that dangerous test. 1t is best
to have an expert go along to point
out the different species by practical
lessons in the field. BY committing to
memory the distinguishing marks of
few edible species and sticking alb
| solutely to them the mushroom picker
| may be safe in his selection. Some OF
the deadliest of the poisonous varieties
are almost exact duplicates of the
edible ones, only an expert being able
to tell them apart. A common test is
to boil silver spoon with the mush-
room. If it turns black, indicating the
presence of sulphur, the mushrooms
ara supposed to be bad. However
fresh egg will turn silver spoon black
with its sulphur, so that test does not
hold good. AS for the peeling test, the
edible ones are supposed to hold. to-
gether, while the poisonous ones are
brittle when the skin is pulled off, but
this does not always hold good.
THE common mushroom of COM
merce, known as the meadow mush-
room, is pink-gIIed (under surface OF
cap) when young, changing to a
brownish purple, and il almost never
found in the woods, being most plenti-
full In grassy pastures. It has per-
fectly smooth base, which appears to
come directly out of the ground, and is
free from any suggestion OF a cup or
wrapper, or even bulb-lilke enlarge
men,.
THE death cup variety, has a cap
often of shiny white, but may vary
from dull yellow to olive, and when
wet is more Shiny than the meadow
mushroom. The gills and stalks are
white, the stalk being hollow or filled
with cottonous thread The base OF q
the stalk is bulbinous and wrapped
with a sack-lke membrane called VIOLA,
which at the upper part is frequently
reduced to membranous ring. As
tho death cup Is underground and
hence may easily escape the notice by
careless gatherers, this variety should
be especially guarded against"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16

The watermelon season may now be
said to be fully on, and ere long the
TRANSPORTATION of the small boy will
be complete. He may soon be in his
glory, with his face hidden in the
luscious works" of a mammoth
melon. They are coming now in car
load lots, and as every car holds about
a thousand melons some idea may be
gained of the quantity consumed in the
city.
Melon growing on. the warm, sandy
SOIL of the sunny south is an important
industry One may there see melon
ilelds OF five, ten, twenty and even
forty acres in extent, with fruit of the
largest size, ranging in weight from
forty to sixty pounds each, and grow
ing so close together that one can al
most walk across the field stepping
from melon to melon. The melon
fields of Dixie are a sight indeed at
this season of the year, quite unlike
the melon patch one occasionally meets
with in some out of the way corner
y
melon yield in the south will give
about carload to the acre. and If the
season has been good and the crop
comes on early the grower may realize
as much as 5000 or $3.50 per car for
his product, If his crop is late he may
get half or less than half that amount.
Watermelons, until few years ago,
were exclusively an American product.
France and Germany now raise a few.
but to most people in the old coun-
tries the watermelon taste is an ac-
quired one, and they try them much
as we first did the banana either to
relish or detest them. Although re-
garded as an American fruit, the mel
ons originally came from the wild
tropics of Africa. Perhaps that is the
reason why negroes love them so, and
come naturally by their appetite for
"wat'rmapn" since it is their native
fruit. 1t is too early in the season
for the price of melons to be in the
reach of many of the colored folk, but
that does not stop them from asking
Wv much" which is some consolation
to them.
The dealers know, when they see a
darkey rivet his eyes on a melon,
show his white teeth, smack his lips
and jingle some pennies in his pocket.
that he is dreaming Of the time a few
weeks hence when they will be a
"ninkaI q fIIinuv That 400. "a 49,
the son Of the sunny south from Civ
ing his private opinion of it. He
would net wrestle about the price IL
he had enough coin.
Muscatine, Iowa, is noted for its
melon growth, as Kalamazoo. Michi-
gan, Is for celery, and Riverside, Call
fornia, for oranges This section of
Iowa produces the largest and most de-
licious specimens of this fruit. The
dry, sandy soil is peculiarly suited to
their production. The melon harvest
in Iowa does not begin until late In
the summer, and northerners are now
eating the Texas and Georgia crops.
The harvest in the extreme south is
already almost completed and we will
soon have to look to Missouri and Ten
nessee for them, though the melons
rom those states have not such de-
licious flavor. The white ones are not
freaks of nature as many persons be-
lieve. They are equally as good as the
red ones, but far from being as sale
able, for sight has much to do
the palate's enjoyment, and purchasers
want the beautiful red color.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
ANERGY IN PLANTS.

Accepting to an article recently pub
lished concerning energy in plants, 1t
is shoRn that live plants are plants
with their particles in motion building
up thd plants structure and known In
botany as vital energy. The material
out of which plant structure is formed
is kndwn as protoplasm. The forms OF
fiowerA result from varying degrees
and directions OF vital energy-but
what stArts the motion Of protoDlasm;
and 50 directs the energy that little
cell may tlevelop in one instance 10 an
oak, or ID another to a buttercup, has
not been demonstrated.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
STRENUOUS LIFE on A SENATOR.

A day in the life Of lsenator at the
close OF a session certainly approaches
the strenuous" | was tsshe home OF
a prominent senator at 1880 a. nn,anJs,
there were over 30 call PRS ahead OF me.
At his committee ROOM were more call
ers, and mass OF matters to be acted
upon at IL a. m. de had a speech 10
make that day. important bills to
watch, running debabe to attend to; he
was called out to the marble room to
greet and listen pensively to over a
score OF persons. After an hour for
dinner at z pf m, callers again
streamed upon ham until 1880 p. m.
and then ne ea4led his secretary to
answer a LARGE accumulation Of corre-
spondence. HOY long he sleeps no one
knows. -Nationel Magazine,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
DOGS MAY LEGALLY BITE.
That Is. II They Are Disturbed While
Eating.

Digs all over the country wear
habDy expression on their faces these
dags. Their rightsto eat their meals
without interference has at last been
recognized by the courts, and the dogs
are feeling happy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
PRICE OF TEA GOES UP.

An article in the Philadelphia Led
ger of July II said that the situation
in China threatened tie purse Of al
most every family m the United
States, because importers -
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY.

Herbert-She refused me, although i
asked her to marry me the second time.
Harry-Perhaps she doesn't believe
in divorce-Philadelphia Bulletin
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
HAsTENfAE RELIEF
ADMINISTRATION SAYS ONE
THING IS IMPERATIVE.
PRESS FORWARD TO PEKIN

Conger Dispatch Justifies This Safety
of Besieged Allows no Other Course
Government Will Not Urge Min
lister to Leave Pekin-Evident Chi
nese Double-Dealing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16

For finger nail to reach its f11
length, IN average OF seven-twelfths
an inch, from 121 TO 1873 days OF crowd
are necessary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
FORTS Fagr OF SAND.

1t is supposed that the average depth
OF sand in the deserts in Africa is
from thirty to forty feet.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
FOR THE SAKE OF KILLING.

Competent judges have estlm ~
the number of deer slain by sportsi
in Maine in one season to be 10000.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16

Soil was brought up from depth OF
S2s feet FROM coal mine In Belgium,
and from itlsprouted weeds Of a species
unknown Ia botanists.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16

Mexico's purchases of lumber. In
SeptembeSr}Eere over sIOO, 000-three
tlmenG hey we're in September,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-16
WATERMELON
NOW ON AND FRUIT WILL SOON
BE PLENTIFUL.
GREAT SOUTHERN CROP

Grows to Perfection in Warm, Sandy
Soil of Gulf States-Large Ship
ments Also Come From Tennessee,
Missouri and Iowa-Fruit Originally
Came From Central Africa.