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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
IN BED WITH RATTLESNAKES.
DIR. Schumann's Experience Gathering
Specimens in Mexico.

when l was collecting specimens
of plans and animals in Zacatecas.
said the noted DR.. Macmillan Schu-
mann, Il had an experience with rat
tlesnakes which came near being the
death of me-
The doctor Is the Belgian explorer
and naturalist who went through
Africa, and in telling Of his adventures,
he said:
II had gone a days journey on
horseback from the city of Zacatecas
to the southeast to examine some old
Toltec ruins there. These are known
as the Quemada ruins. They are very
extensive. / got there late at night
had shot a couple of doe on the way
and had thrown them across my pack
animal
ION my arrival within the ruins I
lit fire to get my supper, after 1
lit a fire to get my supper, after which
i spread my blanket and lay down. In
the morning when | woke up | threw
my hand outside of the blanket and 1t
almost touched big poisonous rattle
snake. / escaped by the merest
chance, Looking toward my feet what
was my establishment to see rattle
snakes all over the blankets. There
were no less than six of them besides
the one that missed my hand
THE reptiles were not the Crotalus
horridus, or diamond crotalus milarius,
found in the hot regions. They are
very poisonous. When / had lit my
fire in the evening / could not see the
snakes, which | presume, had crept
along the walls.
"The altitude of Zacatecas and the
old ruins Is between 1000 and 5000
feet, and it gets quite cold at night.
My fire was what undoubtedly attract
ed them. When they got out toward 1t
they found my bed, and, discerning
the warm blankets, crawled up on
them and went to sleep. | have al
ways thought 1t was almost miracul-
GUS that / escaped being bitten. AS
did not want the snakes, having al
ready all | wanted, killed them and
nailed them all to the adobe wall with
my card on each.
''The lizards and other reptiles which
got there | sailed away in casks and
forwarded to Europe. 1t is q general
belief among the Indians. notably
among the Creeks Cherokees and
ChoctawS in the Indian Territory,
where | was for time, that IL one is
bitten by rattlesnake all he has to do
to prevent fatality is to eat the snake.
But / never discovered any virtue in
this. The best remedy is to immedi-
ately bind a thong above the wound,
so that the poison cannot circulate
higher. Then cut an incislon below
the wound and squeeze out as much
blood as possible. Then IL to the
wound is made an application OF pot
ash or any alkali there Is almost no
danger.
II got the best collection of reptiles
from Mexico and forwarded them to
Europe that has ever been seen there.
The rattlesnakes were so plentiful that
they could be seen by thousands and
thousands. San Francisco Call.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
TEA AND COFFEE DRINKING.
AS Popularity of One Goes up Impor-
tations of Other Go Down.

Nearly 9OO,OOO,OOO pounds of coffee
were imported into the United States
during the fiscal year ending July l.,
1898, an increase over the year preced-
ing of more than 1O0,O0O,000 pounds.
During the same period tea to the
amount of 100000 pounds was i'm
ported into the United States,
against 115,000,000 pounds of tea in
the year preceding. These facts. to-
gether with the steadily increasing
popularity of coffee as a drink in the
United States, and the steadily declin-
ing popularity of tea, have led to some
revival of the controversy as to the
relative merits of the two and the SUI
perior popularity of the former here.
The Partially for tea or coffee shown
by the people of various countries can
not be traced to any particular cause.
The English, the Russians and the
Canadians come generally under the
heading of tea drinkers. The Dutch, the
Scandinavians, the Germans and the
Belgians are coffee drinkers, but why
this distinction shuold exist has never
heretofore been made clear, and the
position Of the United States has been
an indefinite one in the matter, coffee
being preferred by some and tea by
others, with this essential difference.
that, while the average consumption
per capita Of tea has remained sta
tionary for twenty-five years, the popu-
larity of coffee as a drink has been
steadily increasing. The coffee i'm
ported into the United States comes
chiefly from Brazil, which furnished
last year 665,0O0,O00 of the $40, 900 600
puonds received. From other South
American states 90,00O,000 pounds
were imported into this country, from
Mexico and Central America 5000 900.
and from the West Indies, chiefly Cuba
and Porto Rico, G,50o,00 Porto Rico
is great coffee-producing island. and
its commerce with the United States
must be largely increased under the
newly established conditions. Nearly
100000 pounds of coffee were import
ed into the United States from Asia
and Oceanica last year, chiefly from
Hawaii, and the trade with Hawaii in
coffee seems certain to be increased in
the future, too. Thus all economic
conditions appear 10 be favorable TO
the growing popularity OF coffee as a
drink. and no like conditions favor the
more extended popularity OF tea. Not
only was the consumption OF coffee in
the United States larger last year than
ever previously in the history of the
country, but it was larger per capita
than ever before, and was exceeded by
two countries only-Holland and Den.
mark, the per capita consumption OF
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
ABOUT FLIES.
How Fast They Multiply and the
Different Kind.

How fast do flies multiply An
ordinary house fly will lay 100 eggs
during its existence, and 80 per cent.
of them will be Matched out During
the ordinary summer IL or 10 genera
tions of flies will be produced, so you
can make the calculation yourself.
There are four or five kinds of house
flies. The most common known to
entomologists is the "musca domes-
tica," a medium-sized grayish fly with
its mouth spread out for sucking up
liquid substances. IL can not bite.
There is another fly called the
"stomozys clacitrans," which resem-
bles it closely, but differs in having
an important appendage that is built
to pierce the skin. 1t is second In
abundance. There are several other
kinds of flies, but these two are the
most common, and to them we owe
the nuisance from which housewives
suffer. The eggs are Matched into
larvae within "a hours after they are
laid They remain in the larvai state
from five to seven days, aud in the
pupal state similar time. The aver
age life OF fly is from 10 to IA days.
We are accustomed to think of flies
simply as nuisance; but they are un-
doubtedly the carriers of contagion, as
was abundantly proved during the war
of the rebellion, and also in the camps
OF our army last summer. It is the
Judgment OF the highest authorities
that a considerable part Of the typhoid
fever was due to the flies In the camp.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
THE BEAUTY OF RACE.
How the Standards OF International
Comparison Have Changed

The international comparison of
beauty ought to be revised some three
times in century; and all who have
looked upon men and women, to see
how they differed by race in one gen.
Grafton, would do well to look again
with like intention as another gen.
Grafton comes to it's full growth
Otherwise they may be taking old
phrases for The sentences of judgment
upon present things.
Thus when the Punch cartoons were
much occupied with the American fig
ure, it was doubtless true that the
American was, as represented in those
simple allegories an exceedingly mar
row nIan-narrow from shoulder to
shoulder and especially narrow in
face But the American face today
has a peculiar breadth. 1t shows
those straight horizontal lines of level
features that the first Napoleon wears
in the legendary portraits; broad
brows. eyebrows that have room to
lay their plume straight from end to
end without the regular arch of the
capriciOus curve which a smaller fore
head must wear perforce. Accord
ingly, the eyes of young Americans
are set wide apart-with that width
between that was once the distinction
Of the Indian, but the young Ameri-
cans eyes are framed in a larger or
bit. and in them lodge the shadows
OF the intellectual hollows that are
IN no wise Italian.
The narrowest faces at this close
of the century seem to be, by some
chance of association on this single
point. the Arab and the English; but
the English is. needless to say, mere
" prevalent and hardly a general mar
rowness, contradicted by every third
head or so in the concourse on the
streets, according to the law Of that
variety which gathers nearly every
mind within 3 race so rich in prepar-
alton.
AID who. asked at random what is
the most general sign Of a French
woman's face. will reply to the pres
ent purpose? However 1t may have
been In the past. there is one form
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
SALT ON RoADBEDs.

The application OF salt to roadbeds
VIII be tried this winter in New York.
1t Is believed that salt will prevent
the top soil from freezing. thus obviat-
ing the muf which invariably comes
with the thaw. Professor Burr of CO.
luribia university says OF the proDosed
experiment that the effect Of galt
would be to lower the temperature at
which the surface soil would freeze,
and II would also take up the moisture.
and so, perhaps, do away with the mud.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
SAYS MAN is 100000 YEARS OLD.
Calaveras Skull Declared Genuine Be
yond Question by Prof. Morse.

Professor Edward >. Morse says the
human race is unquestionably 100000
years old, and may be older.
He was asked If he believed In the
antiquity of the Calaveras skull, con.
corning which doubt has recently been
revived
Consequently IL is a genuine pre.
historic skull" he said. 81 have seen
IL, and while it does not differ so much
from skulls Of men TO-DAY, chemical
analysis shows that it has been EN-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01

envelopes, as well as ink bottles and
the usual writing paraphernalia. A
tall rosewood screen is another OBJ
ject of merit likely to afford an artis-
tic shelter from a draughty door or
open window, for the one claiming
special attention has panels of tinted
glass in the upper part of the screen,
which only tend to mellow the light
and not exclude It,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
A FIRESIDE NOOK.

This is a cleverly devised writing
table, which is easily moved from
place to place. 1t will be quite
a boon to those who wish to write let
ters and secure temporary coign of
vantage by the fire. The table has
many good points. 1t shuts up in a
comparatively small space, for it
contains ample pockets for paper and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
WILL GET HIS SECOND WIND.

OF course the European nations
would like to see the British Empire
go TO pieces, and they are even willing
TO help 1t along in that direction. But
it Is more than probable that John
Bull is just getting his second wind.
Baltimore Herald.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01
lAWTON'S HUMANITY
"REMINISCENCES OF HIS CAM
PAIGNS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
EFFORTS TO SECURE PEACE

The Filipinos, 1t Seems, Had Begun to
Regard Him as friend Rather
Than An Enemy-A Handsome
Tribute Him by a Returned Vir-
ginian Volunteer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-05
what DO the Voters vvsnti
IFrom the Randolph Herald

The Barre Times makes a suggestion
that strikes us as good one, and we would
like TO see it put into effect. 1t is that
for the purpose of determining conclusive
ly what is the sense of the Republican
voters Of Vermont as to the respective Sen
atorlal canvasses, the primary system be
adopted. This means a series of caucuses
Of Republicans in every town in the state
on a certain date, at which they vote di-
rectly on the issue Of who shall be the
candidate, and the majority in the state
rules, the legislature, when 1t meets, sim
ply carrying out the wishes of the voters so
expressed This is virtually an election
by popular vote, such as seven-eighths Of
the people believe in. This system is used
with general satisfaction in a number of
Southern states. 1t is right in line with
Gen. CIRCUITS caucus plan for allowing
patrons 10 choose their postmasters, and he
might be expected to favor it. Nor would
the other candidates be likely 10 object
A mutual agreement between them ought
to warrant the state committee in naming
the date and making the arrangements.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-05
FATALITIES.

Owen Doyle, employed in the Rutland
railroad in Bellows Falls, disappeared Feb.
~, body found in the canal March ~. He
probably fell off the railroad bridge and
was drowned. Walter, 3, son of Geo.
Phelps of East Putney, fell into pail of
boiling water March 20, receiving burns
which caused his death April 20. Chas.
F. Thomas, 81, of Brattleboro, a brake
man, was killed June 81 by striking his
head against a staging over the railroad
near Yantic, Conn.
Warren Hescock fell from the rafters in
Luther Dustin's barn in West Dummerston
Aug. 80, and received injuries which re-
suited in his death. Edward Fitzgerald of
Walpole. N. H., was killed in Bellows Falls
Sept 81, falling beneath the wheels while
attempting to board a moving train. Har-
ry Buffum of South Londonderry acct
dentally discharged a gun while returning
from North Windham Oct 10, blowing off
one side of his head. Geo. I. Douglas of
East Wallingford, was run over whiIe
asleep on the Rutland railroad in Bellows
Falls Nov. IS. James Tobin of Bellows
Falls disappeared Nov. 81, and it is suppos
ed that he fell into the Connecticut river
and was drowned.
Eli Jillson of Nottingham committed
suicide March ~, by stabbing himself with
jack-knife. A. j. BIodgett of Cambridge
port hanged himself March %. James
Blair of Somerset tied a stone about his
neck in May, and then jumped into the
west branch of the Deerfeld river and was
drowned. James Christensen, Dane,
hung himself in j. o. Frost's barn in Yer
non Nov. A. George Dorset of Rawson-
vile shot himself Dec, IL. David G. Hill
of Houghtonville cut his throat with a
razor Dec 10
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-05
GRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

Arthur Williams, Frank Pratt and Mil
bred Smith of Shutesbury, Mass, stole a
horse and sleigh from H. r. Brown Jan.
and were caught in Readsboro two days
later. Daniel O'Conald, logman, passed
a forged check for S48 upon M. G.
Williams of Putney Jan. % and escaped to
Canada. Thomas Manning pleaded guilty
Feb to selling liquor to boy, was sent
to the House of Correction for 525 days,
but was afterwards pardoned by the COVER
nor. There have been numerous other
prosecutions in the county for liquor sell
ing.
Manley Rawson, 80, and Alice Stark, 49,
of Jamaica eloped March 10, but were
caught in Greenfield, Mass, the following
night. Rawson was sentenced in Green
field in July to one years imprisonment
A boy from state institution in Massa-
chusetts stole 500 from DR.. c. B. Doane
of Jamaica, with whom he lived, March
%, was caught in South Londonderry and
was returned to the institution Stephen
Crossman broke out of the Brattleboro
lookup May r. He was under sentence
of 240 days in the House of Correction for
liquor selling. A bicycle was stolen from
Walter Herrck of Brattleboro June 10.
Henry Gould of Bellows Falls confessed
June II to robbing the United States mail,
and he was held for the United States
grand jury. Elroy Kent of Putney, who
was shot in the back June 20 while burg
larizing a store in Milton, was sentenced to
three years in the state prison in Windsor.
Four masked robbers entered the engine
house in Wilmington July 20, bound and
gagged f. e. Ray, the night Waterman,
blew open the safe in the railroad station,
and secured $19. Jerry Downs was arrest
ed in Dummerston July 81 for stealing
horse owned by E. II. Miller.
l.. G. Harris of Somerset shot his step
son, Charles n. Burnap in the arm August
81, and was sentenced to from 20 to 80
months at hard labor in the House of Cor
rectioD. Arthur Williams and Frank
Pratt under sentence of two to three years
in the House of Correction for horse steal
ing, Jerry Downs, under sentence of three
to four years in the state prison for the
same offence, and Albert Baybrook of
Jamaica, under sentence of two years in
the House of Correction for burglarizing
the post-office at West Wardsboro, sawed
off the bars in the jail at Newfane Sept. %,
and escaped Downs and Baybrook were
recaptured. Fraudulent husking checks to
the value of 500 were used in Westmins-
ter in September to swindle Baxter Broth
ers, proprietors of the canning factory at
that place.
Henry Moore of Esteyville, Brattleboro,
made three attempts at suicide Nov. 3 by
stabbing himself in the abdomen, cutting
his wrist and jumping from a second story
window. Goods valued at $3.50 were
stolen from j. B. Divolls store in Rock
| ingham Nov. 6. Jews stole horse from
f. w. Brown of Bellows Falls Nov. IL.
Two masked robbers entered the house of
George and Mary Miles of Dummerston
| Nov. % and after knocking down Miss
Miles robbed the house of $13. Geo. l..
| Sillaman of Rutland maniac, attempted
suicide in Brattleboro Dec. 19 by jumping
into the Connecticut river.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-05
DISTINCTION WON.

George w. Pierce was elected president
81 the Vermont Dairymen's association at
81. Johnsbury Jan. D. John Henry Wat
son, a native of Jamaica, was appointed a
member of the supreme court of Vermont
BIZ Gov 4. @. Smith in January. During
he week following the burning OF the >.
A. Smith & Co. factories the citizens of
Brattleboro had the honor to encourage the
company to rebuild by subscribing for S4O,
DOC worth of stock in the new concern. Il.
%, French won the third and fourth prizes
in a rifle competition in February, in which
30 marksmen from all over the country
participated. Marshall A. Howe of New
fame was appointed curator of the herba-
rum of Columbia university in February.
King Oscar of Sweden bestowed upon Mrs.
Mary Howe-Lavin in May the honor of an
extended audience after her performance
of the Barber of Seville" G. F. Thomp-
son was elected president of the Congrega-
tional convention of Vermont at Barre in
June.
Col Kittredge Haskins was elected presi-
dent of the Order of High Priesthood at
the session of the Grand Lodge of Masons
in Burlington in June. Col. George W.
Hooker was elected in August chairman
and chief marshal of the Admiral Dewey
celebration which was held in Montpelier
Oct. 12 j. Gray Estey was elected colo
mel of the First regiment, V. n. c., at
Montpelier, Sept. IA.
Brattleboro has furnished six young men
to fight for the honor of this country in the
Philippine Islands. They are Lieut.. ]. Les
lie Elmer, Corporal Arthur V. D. Piper,
Daniel O'Neil, Michael Sherry, Clarence A,
Tenney, George w. Merrill and Ernest r..
Longuil
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-05

for those suffering with catarrh. 1 DO
not hesitate TO recommend it. Before
had used one bottle I noticed q great
change in myself, and four bottles cured
me entirely. 1 would not be without
Pe-ru-na for any consideration.
The reason so many people get chron-
ic catarrh is, the disease gets firmly es-
tablished before it is recognized. They
fool themselves by calling it some other
name than its proper one-catarrh.
When people get acute catarrh they
call it cold. If they have acute nasal
catarrh it is called coryza. Endemic
catarrh they call influenza, and cpl
demic catarrh they name la grippe.
When the catarrh reaches the throat
it is called tonsilitis, or laryngitis.
Catarrh of the bronchial tubes is called
bronchitis; catarrh Of the lungs con-
sumption. Any internal remedy that
will cure catarrh in one location will
cure it in any other location. This is
why Pe-ru-na has become so Justly fam
Gus in the cure of catarrhal diseases. 1t
cures catarrh wherever located. Its
cures remain. Pe-ru-na does not pal
late; it cures.
Mr.. W. 2. Steffy, Glouster, O., writes:
Il was afflicted with hereditary catarrh,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-05
FIRES.

The fire loss in the county reaches the
unusual total of $175, 000 The factories of
S. A Smith & Co. of Brattleboro, nine
buildings in all, we're burned Feb. ], caus-
ing a loss of about 100000. This was the
most disastrous fire in Brattleboro since
1869. January the boarding house in
Stratton, owned by Grout Brothers and
occupied by o. F. Prentiss, was burned.
The house on the Elliot johnson place in
Marlboro was burned Jan. 81. The house
and contents and barns on the farm in Will
mington owned by Celia and Mary Heather
were destroyed Feb. 10; loss, Sl5, 1000. B,
b. Rawsons barn in Jamaica was burned
Feb 10. G. B. Lamson's two-story house
was burned April 10.
Fire destroyed Towns hotel in Bellows
Falls April 81 loss $35, 600. Jonathan
Eddy's farm house and barn were burned
in Newfane, May II. All Cobb's farm
buildings in Jamaica were burned May Z.
Lightning struck and destroyed the Uni
versalist church building In Vernon June
10, causing a $4,000 loss. Michael Lillis's
house was damaged June "a
Lightning destroyed barn in Guilford,
owned by Archie Mellen, June 20. The
house and barn of w. g. Townsend, the
house and barn of Mrs. Lucy Carpenter
and the ice house of Martin Fairbrother
were burned in Grafton, June q. A
Fourth -of-July celebration in Rockingham
was responsible for the burning of William
Pratt's farm buildings and contents. The
unoccupied buildings on the Bemis farm in
Brookline were destroyed by lightning July
IL, and on the following day spark from
a chimney caused the destruction of Jerry
Dodge's farm buildings in Dummerston.
Lightning destroyed the bu! dings on the
Currier farm in Townshend July IL. @.
S. Wilkins's house in Guilford was burned
July 2S; Charles Porter's house in Bellows
Falls Aug. 8; Gilbert Boutelle's farm build
ings in Townshend, Aug. 10; the Mansfield
house in Putney, owned by A. w. j. Will
kins and w. B. Eddy burned Aug. 26; a
two-story boarding house owned by the
Deer6eld River company in Wilmington
Sept. 10. A $4,000 loss was caused in
Nottingham Oct. 2 by the burning of the
building of the Martin & Fits lime kiln.
The barn and contents owned by Will
liam II. Hastings in Guilford were burned
Nov. z. Perry Brothers piggery and Sc
hogs were burned in West Brattleboro
Nov. IA by the explosion of a lantern. A
$1,000 loss occurred in South Wardsborc
Nov. II when fire destroyed B. w. Beers''
steam saw mill.