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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Irishmen at the Front.

ST. Patricks day this year being the
most popular one ever celebrated,
thanks to her majesty's recognition of
the deeds of her brave Irish sol
diers," it will be interesting to give
the names of the various Irish regi-
ments now at Tor proceeding to- the
front, as obtained by a Daily Chronicle
representative yesterday. They are
as follows:
First Royal Munster fusileers.
First Royal Irish rifles.
First Royal Irish fusileers.
Second Royal Irish fusileers.
First Royal Inniskilling fusileers.
First Connaught rangers.
First Royal Dublin fusileers.
Second Royal Dublin fusileers.
Fifth Royal Dublin fusileers (mil-
itia).
Fifth Royal Munster fusileers (mili-
tia, on the way OUT.
Third Leinster regiment militia, on
the way OUT.
Third Leinster regiment (militia, on
the way OUT.
Fifth lancers (Royal Irish).
Sixth dragons Qnniskillings).
Eighth hussars (Kings Royal Irish) g.
With the exception of the cavalry
regiments, the above are mainly com
posed of men of Irish birth and par
entage, but, for some reason or other
the cavalry regiments contain far
smaller percentage.
Although not necessarily belonging
to the Irish regiments, many of our
notable generals at the front are irish
men, They include:
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, ". c
Maj-Gen. French.
Gen. Sir George White, v. G.
Lieut-Gen. Sir G. f. Clery, X. G. b.
Lieut-Gen. Kelly-Kenny.
Mai Gen. Lord Kitchener.
The last named, although not of
pure Irish blood. was born in Ireland.
London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Louisiana's Prairie Parishes.

One night the wife of a northern
farmer lately come south heard a pit.
eous bleating from the rice marsh.
She supposed that a lamb was lost
there She took lantern and went TO
the pond in the marsh to see If lamo
had got fast in the mire and to rescue
it, When she got to the pond she
found a little green frog. II was
bleating like lamb. 1t is commonly
known in Louisiana as the lamb
frog" or sheep frog" Often after a
rain one may walk through the yellow
pine woods and hear the bleatings of
thousands of these tiny frogs. They
give one the impression that a vast
flock of sheep is roaming in the forest
The sensitive plant is found in the
north in poetry only. Here the woods
are carpeted with 1t. The plant grows
wild as long trailing vine, lying oil
the ground. II you touch one of its
stems all the narrow-pointed leaves on
the stem slowly fold up; and then in
turn all the leaves on the vine, which
may be 20 or 30 feet long.
In the north the prickly pear leads a
dangerous life in hothouses. and
yields no fruit. Here it fourishes out
Of doors from Christmas to Christmas,
and bears a wholesome fruit with q
pleasant flavor. The juice of this
fruit is deep purple, and is used to
color frostings on cake. The farmers
wives make preserves Of the fruit and
favor them with lemon.
The French inhabitants hold the
prickly pear in much esteem as medi.
cine. They peel the leaves, take the
pulp from them and place It in bowl
Of water. The patient drinks the wa.
ter and in a short time It breaks an
ordinary fever. The northern settlers
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
What One Woman Thinks.

Broken engagements are a bad case
of heart failure.
The care OF valuable jewels is almost
equal to that of baby.
A lifetime's devotion could not fully
repay the love aid self-sacrifice of a
good mother.
Tact is the faculty Of doing the
right thing at the right time and in
the right way.
AT picnic there are always a few
people who do all the work, while the
rest sit st;ll and look on.
1t is reversal of the proprieties
when a mother dresses her daughter
more extensively than herself.
When we are sick the things that
are injurious for us are always the
things we know would Taste the best.
When his wife goes away on vaca-
tion a man has chance to put into
execution all his pet theories regard
ing housekeeping.
A man can never understand the
glow OF satisfaction a woman feels in
buying six articles for 80 cents each
and having six cents to be extravagant
with.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08

bone in that reporters body if he ever
caught him. At first his ferocity was
so Intense that few of them dared
brave him, out finally one of them
asked him in the most diplomatic way
possible what was the matter, and he
said:
Matter? Matter did you say?
Well, matter enough! Do look like
drunkard? Do you think that my
children are going to starve to death
because drink up all make? Am /
sot, topper, an outcast, bum?"
What do you mean" put in three
or four at the same time.
Il mean this; That scamp went up
to the high school which my daughter
attends and spread the report that
saw serpent in fit of the tremens.
Bah! I'll kill him, I'll kill him, l
Will" and uttering maledictions he
stormed out to cool himself, bit he
never told that sea serpent story
again to a green reporter
Leader.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Remorse.

One day trod upon q heart
Set heel upon it where it lay.
My shoe was purple, and my art
Gould wash the stain away.
1t shed perfume like a rose
Crushed between breasts of lover,
pale,
Or like the bruised wistaria does
Beneath summer hail.
l washed my shoe within a brook
And dried 1t on the FURNISHED grass;
The water laughed up at my look,
But the bent sky was brass!
| passed again along the way
When the rich, fallow evening
swooned.
saw the same heart where it lay;
1t never showed wound.
But as / walked my nostrils filed
Full of that rose scent, overfair,
Like fine Persian altar spilled
Far faint on the heavy air.
flung away the purple shoe
And naked footed took the sod,
But every footprint, we'll | knew,
Smelt guiltily to God.
Post Wheeler.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Cost Of a Trip to sout!, Africa.

In spite OF the large American inter
ests in the Transvaal and other parts
OF South Africa, no direct lines of
passenger communication between the
United States and that country have
ever been established. All passenger
traffic for the scene OF the present war
between the Boer and the Briton must
be by way of Europe From there one
may have the choice of several lines.
The steamships OF the German East
African line touch at Amsterdam
twice a month on their way to Delagoa
bay and Durham. Steamers of the
Union and Castle lines sail each Satur-
day from Southampton, Eng, for
South African ports, but first go to
Holland to pick up passengers and
freight. The British and colonial
steamships sail every fortnight direct
from London to Cape Town. They
are of light draught, especially de-
signed to cross the bar at Fast London
and Natal, but carry only first-class
passengers. Rates of passage from
London to Cape Town -ange from
S66.43, third class, up to s199.2S, first
class. The distance from London is
5,951 miles, and the average time of
the voyage by royal mail steamers is
II days and by other lines about 81
days. From New York one must add,
Of course, to these figures from six to
nine days OF the time, and from $50
to 800 for fare. In brief, traveller
from New York to Cape Town, by way
OF England might reasonably hope to
make the voyage in something less
than 80 days, and possibly in 25, at an
expense for steamer fare of from
S1S6.43 to about $500. according to
he accommodations desired. Most of
the English lines sell through tickets
to johannesburg by way of Cape
Town. the first class :are being
S225.13, ard the additional time from
Cape Town by rail about two days.
It is hardly necessary to add that
during the reigning unpleasantness
there is no railway communication be-
tween Cape Town and Johannesburg,
nor is there likely to be until the way
is forced open by the British army
with bayonet and cannon.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
A Biq Compromise.

A compromise of one of the most
complicated lawsuits in the civil
records of Mississippi was effected
last week. The action was styled the
board of levee commissioners of the
Mississippi delta VS.. the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad company
and involved the title to 10000 acres OF
land owned by the board in the delta
country under title from the liquidat
ing levee board, and on which levee
taxes afterward accrued and the land
was disposed of at public cutlery. BY
the terms of the compromise the levee
receives $125,0G0 from the railroad
company, and the title of the latter is
forever quieted. The levee board also
has large number of suits against
individuals based on the same grounds,
and it is expected that these will be
shortly compromised. The terms Of
the compromise with the railroad were
authorized by a bill passed at the
recent session of the legislature TO
which both of the concerns at interest
had previously agreed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
REPORTER GOT lvEN.
Mariner Told His Sea ccrpent Yarr
Once Too Often.

OnCe- 90 OILSfis
IN the hauats OF the marine men are
a number OF both real and would-De
practical jokers. They usually vent
til cir surplus energy on The newest
Newspaper man, or the youDg fellow
who is just trying to learn the lntrica-
c.cs of the marine business. A few
stories that are usually told these new
reporters are so cid that the old
t1aers can spy them outswhol they
see the headlines over then. They
are told to every new man Ia the bust
ess and sometimes get into print.
One of them is about pha-scm ship
that in years past made its appearance
every spring. Another is Of a
schooner which never existed thar
comes from some unheard-of and
equally mythical island, with a
strange. cargo. The third is a sea SER
peat story, the latter probably having
been worked the hardest.
There is one old seaman who will
probably never tell the snake story
again. He told it to reporter for an
afternoon paper some years ago, and
the next morning he went into the
tug office in high glee with a copy OF
the paper in his hand The reporter
had written up narrowing ex-
perience that this man YVES supposed
to have had with the sea serpent, and
entered into details as 10 what the
beast or reptile or fish looked like
All had a good laugh over it and the
company separated. That afternoon
the old tar made his appearance in the
tug Office, but this time he was white
with rage and swearing variegated
oaths. He swore he would annihilate
that reporter on sight, and as some Of
them took him seriously they tele
phoned the scribe to favor that ofic'
with his absence that afternoon.
The tar formed apsi fretted and
swore FOR the better part Of two hours
and said he would not leave a whole
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08

have borrowed this novel fever Queller
from the French and use it success
fully.
At this season one may .ook ABROAD
at night and see OF 10 prairie fires at
once. They are burning at every
point of the compass. and make a
great but broken circle OF fire. The
farmers light them to burn off the dry
grass, which is from three to five feeS
high, to permit the tender green herb
age to come up for the great herds of
cattle to craze on. These fres may
easily be seen 10 miles away The
farmers select still nights for them,
when the winds are laid. and the dews
are so heavy that the flames make only
gradual progress. They burn all
night.
Sometimes these prairie fires be-
come dangerous, threatening houses,
barns and crops. Under ordinary cir
cumstances they move slowly. They
dc not travel as fast as a man walks.
But when the grass is dry and the
wind is strong the prairie fire gallops
through the field Then the farmers
pillow burrows and blackburn to make a
barrier against the flames and finally
fight them with wetted rice Sacks
Louisiana Letter in New York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08

The Madison Audubon society, by
special arrangement with the educa-
tional department of our state and
that of New York, has recently pur-
chased seventy colored bird slides
from the American Museum of Natural
History of New York city. 1t is the
desire of the society to make such use
of the slides as will arouse an interest
in the study of birds among the school
children throughout the state. Other
sets of slides are being made from
photographs of living birds in the VI
cinity of Madison and elsewhere and
these will be used for the same pur-
pose. All money which the society re-
ceives over and above expenses will be
expended in the preparation Of these
additional slides. 1t is hoped that in
this way the children of the state can
be made familiar with most of our ma
tive birds and an interest be thus
aroused which will prove an efficient
means of defending them from wanton
destruction. Bird study, as method
of interesting both old and young in
nature work, can thus be popularized.
The society earnestly solicits the aid
of all bird lovers in this work. 1t is
the ultimate purpose of the society TO
have made number of sets of slides
covering the whole range of the ami
NAL world. All amateur photog-
raphers who have negatives of living
animals are asked to aid the society oy
the loan or gift of such negatives rs
are available for the making of slides.
In order that the various schools in
the state may have convenient access
to these slides, the following rules are
deemed advisable.
1. The payment of SIS entities any
school, public or private, to the use of
the slides for period of time not ex-
ceeding three days, from the receipt OF
the slides to their return shipment.
Any society or other organization may
have the same privilege of using the
slides, provided that the schools shall
have the preference as to dates.
2. An additional fee of - entities
any school to further use of the same
slides Tor OF any others which the so
ciety may purchase) during the cur
tent school year on the same condi-
lions as before.
8. In order to secure the Audubon
society from all loss by accident or
otherwise, the school, society, or other
organization to which the slides are
sent shall furnish a guarantee signed
by three responsible citizens that the
slides will be returned in good condi
ton.
4. The following additional ex
penses must be paid for the use of the
slides: ID Express charges both
ways. (2.) In case a lecturer is sup
piled by the society his expresses must
be paid. (2.) If lantern is required
to be sent with the slides, T." expenses
viii vary with the kind of lantern de
sired and whether an operator is fur
nished by the society.
Prompt application to Prof. w. S
Marshall, president of the Audubon
society, will assure preferred dates
The slides will be sent out to the
schools from Dec to June Is of the
current school year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
For Woman's Eve,

A person with a mathematical mind
recently announced that in a pro-
gramme of twenty waltzes, four pokas
and two quadrilles dancer covers
nearly twelve miles. Young women
should make note of this, so that
when old fogy parents advise sweeping
as an exercise they can triumphantly
quote the mathematician to prove that
dancing excels it by far.
That children tall for their ages are
generany born in the summer is a
novel theory. AS far as boys alone
are concerned, those who first see
light during autumn and winter are
not so tall as those born in spring and
summer. Those born in November
are the shortest, in July the tallest.
Averages for girls show that those
born in winter and spring have less
length of body than those born In
summer and autumn. The tallest girls
are born IA August.
Servant girls in Boston who read
Homer, Goethe and Schiller are spoken
of in the labor bulletins Of Massa-
chusetts just issued. Boston kitchens
showed that while cook books of
various makes are the most common
good books of other kinds we're not at
all unusual. In two or three cases
history, either of the United States ~
England, seemed to be preferred. IL
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Early DAYS in Old Cheyenne,


rushing, restless human tide from
every state in these domains,
Drawn by the ever-magic power of god
across the spreading plains,
Eyes set in every face aglow with fond
anticipation's light,
The great back Hills the only theme
of conversation day and night,
Rough-shirted men in canvas garb,
men dressed in finest of attire,
Men seeking victims for their games,
men hot with speculative fire,
The man of leisure, man of wealth, the
pauper, and the mining man
Touched elbows in the gold-mad throng
in early days in old Cheyenne.
The bullwhips popped as pop the guns
in battle on the busy street,
The toiling oxen lolled their tongues
and painted from the summer heat,
The dusty drivers swung the lash and
swore as "whackers" only swear,
The jolting wagons lent their noise to
swell the tumult in the air.
The reckless riders of the range, In
leather chaps and wealth of hat,
Upon the backs of bucking bronks at
ease within the saddle sat,
And rough, unshaven faces Drowned by
Rocky mountain weather tan
Predominated in the crowds upon The
streets of old Cheyenne.
The breath of liquor vile as sin cast
poison on the western air
The glasses clinked in sun-browned
hands in many an alcoholic lair,
Unceasing clicked the faro chips and
danced the balr upon the wheel,
Untuned pianos beat the time for those
who tripped the toe and heel,
Hand-painted creatures of the sex their
J reckless, wasted lives disgraced
Danced in the arms of drunken men,
their forms in shameful garb en-
cased,
And bold Righteousness as tide of hell
inspired fever ran,
In that mad revelry of sin in early
days in old Cheyenne.
Those scenes are but memory now In
that fair city of the plains;
Morality stepped in and from outlawry
snatched the guiding reins;
Determined men and ready ropes from
her escutcheon wiped disgrace
And wrote the telling word Reform"
in golden letters in its place.
A hint of those exciting days is seldom
heard, excepting when
The few surviving pioneers, brave,
sturdy old gray-headed men,
Meet in reunion as a gay and jolly
reminiscent clan
And in IneirI yearnings resurrect those
early days in old Cheyenne
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Life in the PHILIPPINES.

The Philadelphia Medical Journal of
April is particularly interesting
and valuable number, containing
series of practical articles on The
Soldiers in the Tropics, The Sanitary
Condition of the Far East as 1t Affects
the United States. Bubonic Plague,
Cuban Malaria, Control of Leprosy in
the Hawaiian Islands, Notes on the
Philippines, etc. The aforementioned
article, by surgeon of our army.
shows that the Philippines can hardly
become the home of Americans.
MANY of our older officers" it is
stated, have undergone process of
rapid aging here without any definite
ailment to account for their condition.
They simply grow thinner day by day,
running down gradually in physical
strength as emaciation goes on, until
finally the general takes pity and
sends them home. 1t is not country
for American ladies, particularly those
who are married. 1t is all very nice
as long as one is well, but those who
get sick don't easily recover here"
! Under the head of Effects of Cam
paigning" the writer's, after mention
ing the unsanitary situation due to the
swampy character of the country, ex-
posture to the sun and rain while
marching and fighting and the con
slant strain on the nervous system
from being under the nightly fire OF
the Filipino sharpshooters, says that
in his brigade of $500 men after the
first San Fernando campaign there
were 1904 sick or wounded. AS to the
2,S07 on the firing line, the brigade
commander estimated that not i0O
could march five miles under existing
conditions. In one of the regiments
upon a careful medical examination
of the $40 not reported sick only &C
were found in normal condition, 179
had pulse rate of IS to 100 and 1911
ranged from 100 to $780," The com.
| plant of the men was that latter
moderate exertion they breathed very
rapidly and that any sudden noise up
set their nervous belance." II is made
clear that the nerves suffer, while
vigor diminishes, so that we are oot
SUI piioSN at tue liTSc proportion OF
our soldiers who become insane. The
diseases that prevail are dysentery
obstinate diarrhoea, typhoid fever
rheumatism, malaria. "Washerman's
Itch" it is added, exists in an ag
gravated form, making marching i'm
possible, while boils and ulcers affect
the limbs from the irritation caused by
soaking in mud and water. Boils and
other suppurative diseases are prev.
alent and ultimate. Tuberculosis
proceeds rapidly to fatal issue
Heat exhaustion is daily seen and re.
covery is long delayed. The climate
is not pernicious for those who car
avoid exposure. but for those who ar
broken down by hardship or incidenta
disease complete recovery is doubt
full" Upon the whole, the Philippine
are a sort of climate inferno 10
American soldiers who have to cam
paign under conditions almost sure Il
be fatal in their results.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Inheritance of Self Control.

Among the minor virtues probably
the habit of self-control in speech
holds the most important place in the
life of woman. The requirement Of
this habit must begin early or it will
never be attained save with great diff
Guilty. 1t must be formed in girlhood
If 1t is not well started in childhood.
/ have seen the happiness of many a
fair life ruined by the want of power
to suppress the word of bitterness,
contempt and anger, even under what
might be called reasonable proyoca-
ton" There are times when ones
only duty is to keep from talking.
There are times when keeping still is
wisdom, love, Christianity.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
America as a Coal Simmer.

Having found the market for their
Goals, 1t is but reasonable to expect
that American capital and enterprise
will soon provide the ships to carry
them in, and we shall expect to see
many a selftrimmer flying the Stars
and Stripes in the near future. Nor
can we, after a careful review of the
coal resources of the United States, Of
the exceptional ease and cheapness
with which they can be mined, and OF
the readiness with which the very best
coal in the States can he brought 10
the sea-board, but admit that America
will, in the near future, be England's
most active competitor in the coal
trade OF the world, and, next 10 the
England, the largest owners of ocean
colliers.-F. Seaton Snowdon 10 En-
cheering Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08
Double Plumber of a Corporation.

New York has Just witnessed one OF
the most outrageous proceedings IN
connection with public franchise that
the world has ever known. Those re-
sponsible for the management of the
Third Avenue railroad company sue
ceeded in running up a road debt OF
S24 ,917, in utterly running its credit
so that it could not borrow money
enough to keep it from bankruptcy,
and in forcing the price of stock from
$243 share down to SAT. BY the next
step they effected an arrangement
with rival company. and the price of
stock rose to SIP last week. One Of
the officers through whose mismanage-
ment the road was wrecked is said to
have made more than million dollars
out of the operation. Wall street calls
this brilliant speculation, and society
applauds the lucky investor by whose
manipulation the property of the
many was transferred to a few II
was all done under the protection ofthe
laws which seem to be framed with these
ends in view. It is in strict accord
| ance with code Of business ethics
that is disgrace to Christian civiliza-
ton; but, stripped of all its DISCUSSES
it is only another form of highway
robbery. 1t is true that men of large
wealth were caught in the net, but il
such men are unable to find redress
what hope is there for the small n
weston in the stock of any public fran
chise. Lawlessness is bad. but the
laws that protect men in deliberately
robbing are infinitely worse.-Zion'!
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