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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
ELECTRICITY FOR BRAIN FAC.
Stanford Man Seeks to Defeat Natural
WEAKNESS

Mr.. John |. Levin, chief electrician
at Stanford university, has invented an
electric brush for the use of students
who are suffering from brain fag The
students agree that it is highly bene-
fetal as a brain invigorator. Mr..
Levin thus explains the working of
his invention: The action of cleo
trical influences on the particles that
compose the brain centers excites the
nervous action controlling the flow of
blood, in that way enabling the mind
to do more work than would be posi-
BILE for it under normal conditions.
Added to this is the fact that the atom
ic action of the brain cells is render
ed more comfortable and facile, so that
the usual exhaustion from long contin
ued brain work becomes merely men
tai recreation that neither drags nor
worries nor exhausts The invention
is a simple thing to look at-a small
box of light oak wood with two small
handles attached, one at each end, an
electric switch and arrow indicator
the whole bound, screwed and bolted
tightly together. You press button
to make alive" and throw an I'M
known quality of electricity into a
common metal brush attached to the
box by wire, brush that stings
when you brush your hair, giving you
an uncanny sensation.
To "hit the brush" became a byword.
That was some months ago. Then in
yentor Levin told what it was-this
electric machine of his--but one thing
he did not tell and that was the quality
OF the current he uses. This secret
he has patented, for in it lies all the
wonderful powers with which it is
claimed this invention is endowed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
THE WICKED PLACkET.
Nuisance Now Quite Fully
Adorned.

A Nuisance Now Quite Fully
Adorned.
For more than three centuries the
than the grasshopper to the ladies
by reason of it's innate tendency to
cape. Although supposed to be con-
cealed in the multitudinous folds and
gathers" at the waist, nevertheless,
with that total depravity common to
inanimate things, the placket was sure
to be revealed and yawn at the most
inopportune time, covering the owner
thereof with confusion. This peculiar
ity did not escape the wits of the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries, and
even the clergy directed their fulmi-
nations against it. In 1854 it was re-
corded in Hudibrastic verse:
The cleries take their snuff
And loud denounce the sinful ruff,
While pulpits quake with direful
racket
As prelates thunder 'gainst the
placket.
Therefore, the ingenuity of every
woman not inclined to dowdiness has
been exerted to circumvent this ten
dency on the part of the placket and
to conceal it from the eyes profane,
but, strange to say, it was over 800
years before she hit upon the simple
but effectual expedient of sewing it
up. Already prominent fashion mag
azine congratulates it's readers upon
this brilliant coup, and gleefully an
nounces: "The placket has gone for
good"
But woman moves in a mysterious
way. No sooner did she overcome the
obtrustiveness of the placket in one
direction than straightway she sought
to exalt and magnify it in another In
stead of allowing it to remain snugly
hidden in the waste places of feminine
attire, she now carefully outlines the
placket with buttons innumerable and
laces it with complicated cords of silk,
or she decorates it with bands of rib
bon, sometimes adorned with tiny
bows, and the same with intent to en-
snare Moreover, under the old style
the packets were scarce a span long,
whereas nowadays some of them ex-
tend half way to the heels, and not
few women put two packets in one
dress, prodigal proceeding, doubtless
due to the great prosperity prevailing
everywhere throughout the United
Tribune.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20

ground is miles distant, and the bee
takes anything but bee line. On the
contrary, it makes long Ietours, frisks
and frolics through gardens, loafs in
shady groves and has good time
generally; but it is the farest thing
in the world for it to shake off it's
shadow How the Mexican manages
to keep it in sight and 20 distinguish
it from other bees it meets en- route
have never been able 10 understand
The business seems actually to de-
velop a special faculty. When the
bee finally reaches it's destination the
tracker makes mental note of the
variety OF Hover and then returns
home. Next day he verlfies his OBJ
servation by following another honey
gatherer, and then labels the hive and
proceeds 10 the next one. When his
task is done the apiary man knows
exactly what he can depend on in the
several fiavors. The crackers are well
paid; enough to let them loaf between
seasons. New Orleans Times-Demo-
Graf.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
FISHING ON THE GRAND BANKS.
Spring Rush for Fishing Grounds by
Americans and Europeans.

Almost as keen struggle
for existence goes on among the fish
ermen as among the denizens of the
deep. Barely has ice cleared from
Newfoundland harbors, enabling the
fishermen to obtain a supply of bait,
when schooners, briggs, clumsy cat
boats, craft of nameless rigging and
big round French bateaux come driv-
ing before the wind with sail full
spread, like gulls on the wing, racing
for the best fishing ground above the
Grand banks. In one respect the
Newfoundlander has the advantage
He can get herring, squid and caplin
for cod bait from his own harbore as
soon as spring opens; and racher
than waste a month of the too short
fishing season catching bait in New
foundland bays, even IL international
law allowed that privilege, the New
foundlander's rivals from the French
island Of St. Pierre and American
coast towns buy their bait from him.
Then begins the race. Miners on
stampede for new gold diggings could
not be more eager for first choice. AS
stakes must be driven to secure min.
eral ground, so cod nets must be set
within specified time or the claim
is void; and laying cod trap is more
difficult than stalking a mineral pros
pect. Twelve men are required TO
lower the great cod seine, paying out
the cordy ENHANCEMENT with It's |
floats and sinkers to depth OF more |
than GOO feet, till 1t rests in the water
like parlor OF net, without any roof
and with large door. Rough, heavy |
seas-the aftermath OF winter gales
have not usually ceased running before
the fishermen reach the banks early in |
May, and to the confused sounds OF
friendly keels humping together, !
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
THE RED TATTOO"
COINCIDENCE RECALLED BY SEN
AToR DAVIS DEATH.
SIGNIFICANT RED MARK

1t Appeared Both on the Person of the
Dead Statesman and on That of a
North Dakota Doctor Whom He
Successfully Defended for Muir.
der.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
BEE TRACKING IN TEXAS.
Honey May Be Bought by Flavor in
That State

Honey May Be Bought by Flavor in
That State.
Talk about your queer trades said
a MAI from Texas, what do you think
of bee tracking as a means of making
a living ] know several professional
bee crackers who have never done any
thing else in their lives, and their
skill is something almost incredible
What is the work like, did you ask?
Well. I'll explain: Down in Bee
county, in my state, where some of
the greatest apiaries in the world are
located, all honey is graded and mark
ed according to the bloom from which
it was obtained. For example, you
may have your choice of cotton bios
som, wild clover, horse mint and
several other brands, each distinct in
flavor This seems very mysterious to
a stranger, because the bees range
wild over miles of countryside; but
it was discovered long ago that the
colony from each hive or cluster OF
hives always draw their sweets from
some one particular flower and re-
ligiously shun the others. At the be-
ginning of the honey-making season
the proprietor Of bee farm wants to
know, of course. how much Of each
flavor he is going to have, as basis
for calculations; so he sets the traoSer
to work. The tracker, who is always
a native Mexican, mounts his tough
litte bropcho rides over TO a row of
hives, waits until a big, healthy-look-
ing bee emerges. and when 1t flies
away on it's daily quest he gallops
along in its wake. often the feeding
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20

of his mouth dropped with disappoint-
ment and pain.
Outside a little Alaskan woman
worked in the pale dawn, shaking a
pan of dull sand patiently. Now and
then she lifted her head in its peaked
fur bonnet and gazed toward the hut.
The look in her eyes was like wife's.
He will give me love for this" she
murmured, land he will say, You are
as good as man to keep a promise |
told him would show him much gold.
Well, it is here!"
She crooned in a high, mournful key
the song of the Esquimo women,
which sounded like this:
'Mo1a ko cum seaga, mulda cumba
weaga. Etedeio-etedeio."
'Kate!" The man stood in the door
of the cabin. At his voice she sprang
up and toddled to him, a look of dog
like devotion in her eyes. But he
looked at her greasy face and strag-
Cling hair, and a memory of other,
fairer, gentler women made him
brutal.
Come and get my breakfast" he
said, "and stop spending your time
digging in these barren sands. You
lied to me when you promised to show
me gold, and The threw his arms
wide in gesture of loathing-'I mar
ried you! Oh, but | hate"-a low cry
stopped him, and the Indian crouched
at his feet holding her open hands up
in a gesture of appeal. He looked at
the small brown palms and an ex-
clamation burst from his lips when he
saw the half dozen rough nuggets of
gold in them
Il found it, she said. 81 promised
you. Now will you love me?"
A red glow burned in his cheek, his
eyes were shining, but George Cur.
mack did not look at the woman as he
answered absently:
"Oh, yes-Ill love you"
So through woman's devotion the
Klondike was discovered. But less
than month ago little fur-gar
mented squad made complaint to the
Court in Seattle.
Let me go back to my tribe" she
begged. 'The gold l found for him is
not so bright to his eyes as the hair Of
white woman"
And the law gave poor Takist
Kate her way.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
Kitchen Weights And Measure,.

Four teaspoonfuls OF liquid make
one tablespoonful.
Four tablespoonfuls of liquid. one
gill or a quarter OF cup.
A tablespoonful of liquid, half an
ounce.
A pint Of liquid weighs a pound.
A quart Of sifted -four. one pound.
Four kitchen cupfuls OF cornmeal.
one pound.
Que cup of butter. half a pound.
A solid pint Of chopped meat, one
pound.
Ten eggs. one pound.
A dash Of pepper, an eighth OF tea
spoonful.
A pint Of brown sugar, 13 ounces.N
Two cupfuls and half OF powderea
sugar, one pound.-Ladies' Home
Journal. -
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-20
NUTSHELL ROMANCE.
And How the Famed KIondike was
Discovered.

A ray of light pierced the window
of skins and traversed the dusk OF the
cabin straight to the sleeping mans
face. says the Chicago Journal. Per-
haps he saw its simmer between his
shut eyelids. for he turned suddenly
and muttered, Gold, gold!" Then, as
the movement left his face in the
shadow, he slept again. and the lines
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07
MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Regarding Politics and Affairs OF
State.

While the time is fast drawing
near when the political parties must
announce their position with regard
to public questions the Democratic
party is as far from getting one live
issue for its platform as ever.
Therefore the party managers are
taking every opportunity to find
pretexts. for getting votes, They
have tried to make the pro- Boer
meetings, held in various places,
political in their nature, and this
has become so apparent that great
many people have staid away from
those gatherings on that account.
One of the schemes most recently
concocted to win votes for Democ-
racy is to incite labor unions to
strikes and disturbances. George
w. Meyer, of Minneapolis, late
president Of the National Stonecut-
tiers union, has called public atten-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07

$1.87; Fairfax, 1.96; Franklin, $40 /;
Norton: .O5; Redwood, $2.11; Del
hi, s2.15; Belview, s2.21; Echo,
1929; Hanley Falls, 1913; Hazel
Run, 1898; Clark6eld, s2.42; Boyd,
-. 4S, .4...s
The present rate of the two COM
panies for hauling coal from Duluth
to North Redwood is $3.50 per ton.
The rate which the warehouse COM
mission is attempting to enforce is
81 IL per ton, or a difference of 80
cents per ton. This will lessen the
price of coal at North Redwood, and
in this city about 40 cents per ton,
as other companies will be forced
to meet the rate or lose the bust
ness.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07

he,so-cslled allies intended TO dis
turb the worlc this year. ! could
point to several significant acts and
utterances at Detroit to show how
this intention plainly cropped out.
''Since then my conviction has
been amply Sustained by letters
from high Federation officers, both
east and west a man of national
repute wrote me OIL y few days
ago disclosing. his fears and told me
to be on the lookout. Some day I
may publish this letter.
''The labor unions should be on
their guard against parties who
will seek to. encourage trouble and
use the unions for political pur poses
and their own selfish ends. Z -
1T seems to me that the Repub-
lican party should base its request
for an Endorsement on the prosper
lty OF the whole people to-day as
compared with the conditions
which existed four years ago.
People s memories are not SO short
but what they will remember how
they lived in 1896 Then, again,
the party should stand fatfooted for
the retention Of the Philippines.
l am convinced that the thinking
men of the working classes are in
favor Of the doctrine Of expansion.
though / notice that the anti-expan-
sionists claim all the working
people.
1.-The ants will be up to all kinds
of willy tricks, and if no other means
are available they will mislead and
attempt to mislead the laboring
|classes, not only by specious reason
ing but by every other means that
will tend their advantages That
the plot IS d deep one, is we'll laid
and is widespread, is very evident. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07
ton to this purpose of the Demoe

ton to this purpose of the Democ-
ractic party.
ut is plainly evident he says,
that the Democrats, or the Demo-
pops, or whatever the anti-Republi-
can aggregation is to called. will
not hesitate at anything which will
create distrust and dissatisfaction
among the working people, and
will egg them on to strikes and
similar disturbances. This may
seem incredible to the general
public. but the Democrats are des-
perate, more than ever, and [ am
satisfied that they will halt at moth
ing, and that the plan is already
working. When We see to what
extent they will go to keep alive
the insurrection in theiPhilippines,
it must be plain that they are cap
able of anything which will result
to their political advantage in this
country.
The more strife and restlessness
they can stir up among the laboring
people, the more distrust against
the sincerity Of Mckinley they be-
ieve they can incite, the more mis-
chit they can make generally, the
more the present administration
will be discredited and doubted, ).
and the easier will they gain re-
cruits to the conglomerate party.
They will distort the conditions in.
the Philippines to discredit McKin-
ley S policy in the east and they will
magnify and misrepresent condi-
tions in this country to try to prove
that the Republican administration
has been detrimental to the cause Of
labor. 1850 sss5 ia @ s3 # t
1T was made quite evident at
the late convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Detroit that
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07
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Gold Collar Button.

:. Mailed free for 5 lion heads cut from Lion
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Box Of Colored Cfayons.
Child's Drawing Book.

A collection
of nice outline
pictures bound
into book form
with sheets of
tissue paper be-
{ W ee n tn g
leaves. On these
tissue pages the
children can
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07

trace the pictures beneath, thus Attending
enjoyment, AZ well ~ instruction 10 the
hand and eye. These drawing books and
There are six different kinds, and each
drawing book requires 6 lion heads and q
2-cent stamp.
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1.-THE Lions Bride. !"

Mailed FREQ for II lion heads cut from
Lion Coffee wrappers and . 2-cent stamp.
An unusually fine picture, from the brush
of the noted German artist, Gabriel Max.
Il is founded on Chamissos poem, The
and we send with each picture hand
some folder. containing copy Of the poem
and telling all aboutit. Size, 15x26 inches.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07

Stylish Belt-Buckle.

welcomed for ''dressed-up" occasions by
the ladies who like to wear different
with anY Of them fiven for 20 lion
heads and 2-cent stamp.
The colored American., 1900-03-17
THE SOUTH CAROLINA BLACKBOARD,

The suggestion has been made that
the proper way to treat Senator Benia.
laln r. Tillman of South Carolina, is
by silence. We don't think so. A
man must be judged by the position
which he occupies in the world and by
the use he MAKES OF the opportunities
which the position gives him.
Mr.. Tillman Is a Senator in Con-
gress from one of the most historic
States in the Union, whose people
prided themselves in times past and do
SO now, for their chivalry, their high
mindedness, their courage.
We are compelled to Judge this man,
blackgnard though he has shown him.
self at every point. to be coward, by
the position which he occupies.
We are Of the opinion that we shall
best serve the cause Of citizenship and
of fair play by giving him and his
utterances all of the publicity possible,
on the theory that ''ii you give thief
rope enough ne will always break his
neck"
Senator Tillman should be upmer-
cltully hammered in order that he NAV
continue to keep himself in evidence
before the American people as terri
BILE example of .degeneracy in high
places.
We are too generous to say that
Senator Tillman embodies the intelli-
gence, honesty and manhood of South
The colored American., 1900-03-17

1t Is not generally known that the
-ace has representative at the Paris
Exposition, and that Mr.. Thomas J.
Galloway was made the Special Agent
Of the Negro Exhibit through the di'
rect efforts of MIR. Booker T. Wash
ington, 1t is safe to say there would
have been no Negro Exhibit, and that
Mr.. Galloway would not have been
appointed s1ecial Agent, if it had not
been for the efforts and influence of
Mr.. Washington. This is only one of
the numerous benefactlens which the
race enjoys through the direct infu-
enee OF this Tuskegee educator, done
in a site.t and unostentatious manner
tor the good Of the race. We would
not me, tlen this particular case if
there were not good reasons why it
should be done at this tjms. 1t should
be known what influence created the
part which the race will have at Paris
and which created the agent OF this
work.
The colored American., 1900-03-17

whit from that of the other hyphen-
ated membership of American citizen
ship.
The position that we are peculiar
people and need peculiar treatment,
and peculiar education, and all that.
is bosh.
We are not surprised that The Post
should pat Prof Miller on the should
er, and we are sure that be appreciates
the patting, because, as far as the
estimate of the mental limitations
of the race are concerned, the
editor of The Post and Prof. Kelly
Miller of Howard University eat
mud through the same quill What
we want are men whe believe in
the possibility Of the manhood Of the
Afro.American race, given a fair
chance and asking no faver.
Take the public schools of this Dis
trict; narrow it; take the High School
over which Robert 81 Terrell presides;
is there any difference in the course Of
instruction given in these schools and
those of the whites? Take the standing
of these schools differ they ln anything
in the result? Do not our splendid
corps of teachers stand on an absolute
equality in their exs limitations and in
the requirements for promotion with
the white teachers?
Prot Miller and the The Washing.
ton Post will not claim the contrary.
They dare not. The record is there to
contute and confuse them. Then why
this nonsensical catering to a diseased
and depraved sentiment, that we are
peculiar and need this and need that
that other people don't need. We are
comm on in our humanity and iu our
nature, and we came from tue same
place and we are going to the same
places Gin the wreck of matter and the
crush of worlds" Let us tote square.
As the immortal Lincoln said, "With
malice toward none, with charity for
ALL"
The colored American., 1900-03-17
,AFtI RDAH. MARCH II, 1900.
The c0L0RED NEWSPAPER.

There are lot of people who read
Afro American newspapers and don't
pay for them What are we to do
with these people? Many Of them are
the salt Of the earth, or claim 10 be,
and refuse to buy these papers on the
plea that 'there is nothing in 'em."
As matter of fact, If our people want
to know what our people are doing, if
they want a proper defense of them
selves, if they want to impress upon
mankind at / .rge that the race is alive
and in the fight for honest manhood
and wsmanhood to succeed, they must
have strong press. and they can't
have it unless they pay for it. The
Colored American is only one of many.
We have large number of papers,
scattered throughout the states, and a
fair and impartial estimate of their
value cannot but pay to them the trib-
ute of a splendid loyalty to race under
terrible disadvantages. If the race
have today bulwark of IL corruptible
integrity, standing always in its place,
fighting in season and out of season for
justice and for play, it is the Afro,
American press. During our long
years of active work in journalism,
covering almost twenty years, we have
found ne more faithful and Jealous
advocates of a just cause than the edi-
tors of our newspapers. The people
should give them mere general sup
port. Make the papers, strong and the
race will be strong. Nothing succee ds
like success"
The colored American., 1900-03-17
COL. WILLIAM A. PLsDGER
A Free Lance in the World y,
Thought, and a Leader in
National Politics.

Among the men of the old political
guard who have maintained position
of leadership in the Southern States
during the past two decades, no man
stands higher in public estimation than
Col. William A. Pledger Of Georgia.
He is a man. He has in abundance
those exuberant qualities of head and
heart which grapple men to the heart
and keep them there Withal, be
The colored American., 1900-03-17
THE coLoRED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. @.

Carolina from the white point of view.
A State that has produced Laurens,
a Hayne, Calhoun, a Wade Hamp.
ton, chivalreus men and fair in war
and in peace, cannot be adjudged to
be correctly represented by this treth-
ing, antiquated coward whs strikes
when he knows that he cannot be
struck.