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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
REVIVAL OF cRoouET.
Tennis Is Being Superseded by the
Less Violent Game.

The whirligig of time has brought
as an outdoor game, and many lawns
of country homes display croquet
wickets where formerly tennis nets
have been stretched. 1t has been dis
covered that tennis is too violent a
game for the majority of women, and
when the exigencies of golf are too
fatiguing then the game of croquet is
called upon as relaxation.
The manufacturers are buster this
season, they say, than they have been
in 20 years.
In 1870 croquet became the rage in
London, through the enthusiasm of
"Cavendish'' Jones, who was instru-
mental in laying out II croquet courts
at Wimbledon, where fine pavilion
was built, as we'll as two or three
matched summer houses. In 1880 came
lawn tennis, which soon evicted GRO
quet, and everything and everybody be-
longing to it, but since 1896 the game
has been gradually creeping back to
favor.
The lawn, to be in perfect condition
for croquet, must have the grass
cropped short and kept moist and
green. On hard and dry grounds the
balls are liable to give irritating little
leaps just as they are passing the OBJ
ject hole.
The game of croquet should be
played, according to the American
custom, on grounds as nearly level as
possible - 80 by 45 feet has for years
been considered a convenient size, es-
pecially for grass courts. Where ac-
curacy is required, the dimensions
adopted by the National association
are as follows: Length, 72 feet; width,
&c feet; corner pieces, eight feet long,
inside measurements. with a line de-
noting boundary of the field 30 inches
from the inside of the border. The
surface should ne rolled dirt, lightly
sanded, to hold the, balls. While the
game is ordinarily played on turf, all
tournament games must he played on
dirt or made ground.
The wickets must not be more than
four inches in. width and eight to ten
inches above ground. They should DC
sunk into the ground six or eight
inches, or set in blocks of wood buried
under the surface to insure stability
When the ground will admit of it, the
stakes should be placed " feet apart
with the first wicket seven feet IN
front of the starting stake. Tn'
second wicket must be seven feet from
the first, the third. IA feet to the righ
of. and one foot in advance Of the sec
ond; the fourth, on line with the sec
ond. and the remaining five at thu
same relative distance. Thus, Their
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
and Where Loads Are

hicles so that the drivers have diff.
Guilty in keeping their seats
Tie horses that compose the teams
are not the valueless cattle that it
would be supposed the borax gatherers
procure for such killing work. A poor
horse could not live a day under the
burden he is called upon to bear in the
borax fields. Even with the most
sturdy horse flesh the hardships and
the terrible atmosphere play such
havoc that six months is regarded as
the average life Of a horse in this
region. They are attacked with all
manner of diseases not down on the
calendar of ordinary horse complaints,
and succumb to the slightest weakness
with an ease and suddeaness that
makes the profits of the business van
Ssh in a way that breaks the hearts OF
the teamsters.
Some day the horses will be replaced
with less delicate means of Transports
ton. Steam railroads may at some
future date penetrate to the borax
fields of Death valley aud make the
big teams thing; of the past, but at
present they hold first place as by far
the most picturesque sight in the coun.
try from which novelties and relics OF
bygone fashions are fast being driven
to return no more.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
REASONS FOR JILTING POWERS.
Instances of Femme Unreasonableness
in Affairs of the Heart.

Last summer a Birmingham lady
accepted an offer of marriage from a
young solicitor. Preliminaries were
arranged, and the fond couple only
awaited home the arrival of the
bridegroom's father from lengthy
sojourn in America to be made one.
IN due course he came, but when the
BRIDE beheld before her one who, while
he would easily qualify for fiat man
at fair. asserted that in his son he
once again beheld himself in youth,
she refused to fulfill her promise, and
now seeks a lover to whom the future
does not threaten such ample proper
tions.
Some years since lady was engaged
to a gentleman who bore the name
and was a relation of a certain gallant
soldier who, month previous to the
date appointed for the ceremony, while
on service abroad, had the misfortune
to meet with a severe reverse. No
sooner did the news come to hand than
the lady, member of whose family
had been wounded in the disastrous
action declined, unless he should
promise to change his name, to become
his wife. To this caprice the gentle
man refused to submit, so the match
fell through.
George c. thought himself born
actor; his intended thought otherwise
and begged him not TO assist actively
at some private thca-ricals TO which
the pair had been invited. Conceit,
however, outweighed her prayers. He
essayed the role of jeune premier, failed
lamentably, and had the modification
of being contumeliously dismissed by
his fiancee. not, she averred, because Of
his vanity and ineptitude, but by rea-
son of the tenuity Of his calves, which
the eighteenth century costume es-
sential to the play had unfortunately
betrayed.
All went well until Helen F. grew
romantic. She took to reading poetry,
and having assimilated certain ro-
manees wherein lovers "penned SON.
nets to their mistresses eyebrows"
thought that her lover should do the
same. But though an excellent fellow,
the latter was very matter Of fact, and
could no more have peipetrated verse
than he could have helped laughing at
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
A BRILLIANT SOUTHERN BEAUTY.
She Might Have Averted the Downfall
of Napoleon Had She Been Near.

Upon going to Europe after her di-
vorce from Jerome Bonaparte, Madame
Bonaparte was extremely delighted
with the attentions which were be-
slowed upon her in England, and Louis
XVIII, when she visited Paris, is said
to have expressed a desire to have her
presented at court" writes William
Perrine of the marriage of Betsy Pat
terson of Baltimore to brother of
Napoleon /, in the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal. "She declined by saying that as
she had received a pension from the
now exiled emperor, she could not APP
pear at the court of his successor. To
Prince Gortschakoff is attributed the
remark that had she been near the
former throne the allies would have
had more difficulty in overthrowing
Napoleon Indeed, many years after
ward. Eugene Didier suggested the
thought that IL would have been a
suitable match If the emperor himself
had had the fortune TO have married
Miss Patterson, for she might have ex.
ercised over him an influence which
Josephine was too t..Iid and Louise
too silly to attempt"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

Skilful on earth. With one hand
holding the long rope that takes the
place of reins they VIII direct the team
with as much ease as though it were
only a pair. To see two or three of
these teams driving across the desert
in line is one OF the most striking
sights to be seen in the west. Behind
each wagon is huge tank which holds
several hundred gallons of water for
the use of the outfit during it's long
trip across the desert. With the load
OF boraA he average weight of each
load is 10000 pounds. With sixty
horses to drag the load this weight is
made shcrt work of, in spite of the
fact that the road is alternately soft
sand, into which the wagon sinks al
most up to the hubs of the wheels, and
rocky distractions that shake the We
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
HOW TO SAVE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
A Step That Would Correct Runous
Cramming System In Our Schools.

I
Cramming System In Our Schools.
In the Ladies' Home Journal Edward
Box takes up the cudgel again against
the examining methods inflicted on
| school children. and uses as a step to-
ward a reform of the abuse that ev-
cry parent who has n child at school
will send a note to the teacher that,
under no circumstances whatever, viii
the father and mother permit any
home study by the child.
This may seem to be very simple
thing to do" he contends. but often
the simplest things are the most effec-
tive. If the teachers of this country
should, within the next month. receive
thousands of notes from parents to the
effect pointed out, which they could
and | can speak for hundreds of teach
ers when | say that they would gladly
do so-hand to the heads of the--
schools, it would practically mean re-
adjustment of the entire system of
study. This may be better understood
when 1t is realized that the entire sys-
tenn of study during school hours in
many of the schools is so arranged as
to allow for some of the work to be
done by the pupils at home Let this
taken-for-granted home study be
stopped, and a change would at once
have to be made. The studies at
school cannot be increased in number,
for already there are too many. The
school hours cannot be heightened be-
cause tn tide has set in to shorten
them. Hence, some studies would
have to be thrown out. il home study
were eliminated. And this is the re-
suit desired"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
What One Woman Thinks.

Women's lives are more tragic than
mems.
Love at first sight is all right, but it
is just as well to take second look
The woman who has poetical aspira-
tons always talks about the gray
monotony of life"
The man who is truly learned does
not have to use Greek phrases to let
people know It,
You can tell a great deal about
house from the manner of the servant
who opens the door.
The woman who considers herself
the most independent is not the most
perfect example of womanhood.
The girl who assumes an air OF SUI
periority over her mother does not
gain any in the estimation OF those
around her.
There are times when the men who
are always talking about women's
wearing too small shoes might ac-
knowledge the corn themselves.
When you go away In the summer
you always meet person who is relat-
ed to another person you have heard
some other person talk about.
A statistician says that in the Unit
ed States. there are over two million
more married men over twenty than
there are unmarried women.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
Valley, Famed For Its Borax,
Heavy and Drivers Expert.

and sandy and the toughest driving
road to be found anywhere, the un-
usually big teams have to be employed.
The loads carried by these borax wa
CONS are enormous. AS much as eight
thousand pounds are carted across the
desert at one time, with the long
string of horses pulling it at a gallop.
Speed is essential, for The horses can
not live in the terrible atmosphere of
the borax grounds, and the wagons
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

Queen Victoria during her lifetime
has seen the entire world transformed
On the day Of her birth, May "a, 1919
the first steamboat which ever crossed
the Atlantic or any other ocean started
from Savannah TO Liverpool. makinl
the voyage in 26 days. The same dis
lance is now made in less than six
She was 6 years of age when the frs
railway train started to carry passen
gers. She was IS years of age, ant
had just assembled the throne, wher
the Morse system Of telegraphy waf
first patented. Thirty-nine years Of
her life had passed when the first ca
bic was laid under the Atlantic. Fifty
xix years of it expired before the frs
telephone went into practical opera
lion. At the time Of her birth tn
ramp Of Bonaparte's armies had jus
leased to shake the world. and Boni
larte himself was prisoner on Bri
sh island in the South Atlantic. Sh
las seen every throne in England v
ated many times. She has seen ht
Jwn country transformed POLITICAL
from an oligarchy, in which only on.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
A POPULAR MAN.

There once was wang named Ming
te-Poo-
The kind you see on a Hong Kong
fan.
His pigtail trailed for yard or two
And the ladies all said, What a
sweet old mani"
For he had such a bow-so well-bred.
tool
And he loved little babies that say
"Ah-goo!"
When he passed pink sucking at
tired for spin
He would pause with charmingest
"Oh!" and "Ah!"
To chuck the plump morselins nnder
the chin
Till it murmured with glee; and its
proud mamma,
When she heard his 90 dee title
tweet little sing!"
Was just too enraptured for any old
thing.
Now Ning-tee-Poo had a castle of stone
With moat and a tower of porce
lain;
1t had long, grilled window-bars carved
| from bone
And deep, dark dungeons under tn,
drain.
And his neighbors whispered he,
much in view
Besides little babies that say "Ah-goo!
But the ladies said, isn't he Just to-
dear?"
And each to her lord hymned hi
praise in kind.
ITO dream there is truth in the storie
we hear!
What manner So polished-s
sweet and refined!
A ruffianly murder-a vanishing dove
So absurd! Go invite him to dinner
my love!"
Ning-tee-Poo grew rich as Truk,
While the neighbors continued t,
fail and flee
he fattened and dozed and eschewet
all work
Till he died in the odor of sanctity.
And as long as he lived the NOR
partial he grew
To the dear little babies that sa,
"Ah-goo!"
Now, when they examined the castl
they found
A chamber of horrors, a cistern o
tears
The corpse of damsels deep under tn
ground,
With respectable citizens hung b
the ears.
And in the subcelar they found on tn
list
Pretty near all the valuables any on
missed.
But the ladies'! Their sobs arose Il
gales;
They cried and cried till they tool
to their beds,
And collected several million taels
For marble topped monument
which read
ITO
Our dear, dead, delicate
Nlng-tee-Poo.
He
Loved little babies
That say
'Ah-goo!'"
Post Wheeler in Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
Children Should Not Study at HON,

Notify your child's teacher that nc
more study will be permitted in your
home. See TO II that your child is al
lowed to come home from school witt
the same satisfactory feeling that the
business man feels when he comes
home; that his days work is done. Il
is over. 1t is behind him. He /.
ready to give his thoughts to othel
things; to clear his mind Of the day.
work; to clam his brain for a refresh
ing nights rest, to which he finall,
goes with thoughts of other thing
than business. SO should it be witt
the child. His studies should not b,
the last thing on his mind. He shout
go to sleep after hours of play an,
fresh air. Then his sleep will be quie
and refreshing, and his mind, when h
awakens, will be clear and fresh for
new days studies.-Edward Box in III
Ladies' Home Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

the Twiggs county, 20 miles from Ma
con, that were recently discovered and
are now being worked. The chalk is
being taken out by the carload, and
used principally in the manufacture OF
paper. 1t is blasted out in large
blocks, as is stone from the quarry,
the chalk being pure white and of the
best quality.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
Chalk In Georaia.

o. B. Stevens, Georgia's Commits
sioner of Agriculture, is authority for
the statement that chalk is now being
shipped from Georgia to the manufac-
tories of the North and East. He says
there are large deposits of chalk in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

Fish are covered with Shiny coat
ing to protect them from fungus,
'orm OF plant life found in all waters.
II a FISH is uncovered by slime the
'ungus lodges there and grows until in
lime it kills the fish. The slime helps
also to increase the speed Of the fish
through the water.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

out of fifty of the population was per-
mitted to vote. into a democracy in
which the voters number one out of
six of the nhabitants.-Answers
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

have to be loaded as quickly as possible
and driven from the scene on the dead
run. The average life of the horses is
not more than six months, and it is the
commonest thing for horses to drop
dead during the trip across the desert,
or fall and be left to die by the team
sters who regard the cattle as the
cheapest thing connected with the out
fit.
The skill of the drivers of these big
teams is wonderful. 1t has puzzled
many who have seen them driving the
enormous span of cattle across the
desert, seemingly having them all in
perfect control, how it is possible to
guide such number of horses. The
drivers are in all probability the most
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18
THE LONGEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD.

Death valley, in the great American
desert can claim the distinction of be.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-18

Mosquitoes die within few hour
after gorging themselves with huma
blood.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18

Some years ago young curate, seek
ing to be licensed, was hidden by DR..
Temple. archbishop OF Canterbury, to
read few verses of the Bible in order
that his fitness for conducting public
worship might be judged.
"Not loud enough" was the criticism of
the bishop when the young man had fin
ished.
"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that, my lord" )"
replied the curate. "a lady In the church
yesterday told me l could be heard most
plainly all over"
"Ah! You are engaged?" suddenly ask
ell DIR. Temple.
"Yes, my lord"
The bishop smiled grimly and said;
"Now, listen to me, young man. While
you are engaged don't believe everything
the lady tells you; but" he added, with
a deep chuckle, after you are married
believe every word she says"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18
The Resin the World.

We believe Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is the best in the world. A few weeks
ago we suffered with severe cold and
troublesome cough, and having read their
advertisement in our own ana otner pa
pers we purchased bottle TO see II II
would effect US. IL cured us before the
hottie was more than half used. 1t is the
best medicine out for colds and coughs
The Herald. Andersonyille, Ind. For
sale by all druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18
GAMBLING ON A LINER.
An Occasion on which Captains
Thrent Hnd n satisfactory Result.

Threat Hnd n satisfactory nesuit'
81 was once passenger on an ATTAIN
tic liner whose captain squelched sharp
or in the most approved style, said Mr..
IL. s. Cureton of Newark, \. j.
1T seems that this fellow, who had n
most polished address and who clothed
himself in the height Of fashion, got sew
cral well to do business men with whom
he had scraped up an acquaintance into
a poker game. He was an accomplished
cheater and manipulated hold out to
such advantage that in the course of two
days play he was nearly $1,000 winner.
AT first his victims did not suspect the
swindle, hut in his greed to win all their
money the sharper carried the thing
trihe too far. He dealt one of his oppo-
nents, Chicago man, four kings and
himself four aces. The fourth monarch
In the hands of the Chicagoan was not
intentional, but was what is known to
wise men at poker as a drop in.
"rhe dealer only intended that his ad-
yersary should have three kings, but he
gave himself the fourth ace, to be pre-
pared for all emergencies, as, with such
a hand, he knew the westerner would bet
'em up high. 1t was table stakes, aud,
sure enough, the Chicago man tapped
himself on the hand, and it took Mr..
Sharper in the neighborhood of 500 to
call after several raises had been made
back and forth.
"When the hands were shown down,
there was general howl, because by
this time the whole company had grown
distrustful of the man who had never
failed to play the winning hand in big
pots. There was intense stiffness, how
ever, when the Chicagoan, in the coolest
sort of way, but with tirmness in his
tone that showed he meant business, re-
marked:
"Mr -, | am decidedly of the opin-
ion that you are working hold out ma
chine on this company. | may be mis-
taken. but, if SO, you can easily clear
yourself. IL you will take off your coat
and let us inspect your shirt sleeves a
minute, we can easily see whether my
suspicion does you wrong or not In the
event ii does l will make the fullest apol-
ogy.'
"The sharper's face was study. lie
turned red and white and clustered out
that he had never been accused of such Il
charge before and that he wouldn't sub
nit to the indignity of search. Mean
while somebody had gone to the captain
and told him OF the occurrence. Straight
way the captain walked to where the
card players were still debating the ques-
ton of search. He was man of few
words, but listened till all the facts were
before him. Then he said to the sharper;
You have won so much money from
these gentlemen and not Il dollar of il
fairly. Give back every cent or I'll lock
you up till we get to New York
"From this decision there was no ap'
peal. Whether the fellow had hold out
or not do not know, but it didn't mat
ter, for in less than five minutes he was
disbursing cash to his late victims y
Washington Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18

w. S. Philpot, Albany, Ca, says, "De,,
Wits Little Early Risers did more good
than any pills ever took" The lannon's
little pills for constipation, billiousness
and liver and bowel troubles. Heath &
Killmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18

81 had bronchitis every winter for
years and no medicine gave me perma-
nent relief until / Degan to take One
Minute Cure. know It is the best cough
medicine made" says j. Koonst, Cory,
Pa. 1t quickly cures coughs, colds, Group,
asthma, grippe and throat and lung
troubles. 1t is the chiidren's favorite
remedy. Cures quickly. Heath q Kill
mer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18
RemarkabIe Cure of IiheumaiIsm.
Ksnna, Jackson Co., w. Va

hsnna, jackson CO., w. va
About three years ago my wife bad an
attack of rheumatism which confined her
10 her bad for over month and rendered
her unable TO walk a step without assist
ance, her limbs being swollen to double
their normal size. Mr.. s. NattOx insist
ed on my using Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. i purchased a fifty-cent bottle and
used il according TO the directions and the
next morning she walked to breakfast
without assistance in any manner, and
she has not had similar attack since. -
A. b. Parsons. For sale by all druggists.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is un-
equalled for piles, injuries aud skin dis
eases. IL is the original Witch Hazel
Salve. Beware of all counterfeits. Heath
&;Killmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18

In almost every neighborhood there is
some one whose life has been saved by
Chamberlain's Colo, Cholera and Diar-
rhota Remedy, or who has been cured Of
chronic diarrhoea by the use of that med
icne. Such persons make point of tell
ing of it whenever opportunity offers,
hoping that it may be the means of saw
ing their lives. For sale by all druggists
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18
FARMERS PRAISE
GOVERNOR STONE
General CommendatiOn of the
Food and Dairy Commis.
siOner'S Work.
CRUSADE AGAINST BoGUsBUTTBR

Many Arrests the Result of the Cow
ernor's Determination That the
Law Shall lie Faithfully and Fully
Enforced For the Protection OF
Home Industries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-18

"After doctors failed to cure me of
pneumonia l used One Minute Cough
Cure and three bottles of it cured me. 1t
is also the best remedy on earth for
whooping cough. 1t cured my grand
children the worst cases." writes John
Berry, Loganlon, Pa. 1t is the only
harmless remedy that gives immediate
results. Cures coughs, colds, Group, and
throat and lung troubles. 1t prevents
consumption. Children always like it.
Mothers endorse il. Heath q Killlner.