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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
BITS OF INFORMATION.

Enterprising Long Island farmers
manufacture 'possum ears for bounty
purposes. One ordinarily fat 'possum s
hide will make several dozens of ears,
and at $3.50 pair these limitations are
a good deal more valuable than seal
skin.
BY the last census there were 20,612,
SOC communicates in all the churches
of the United States. OF these 6,257.-
81 were Catholics, 4,5S9,2S4 Metho-
dists, 3,712. 46S Baptists, 1878 1872 Pres
byterians. 1.231,O72 Lutherans and 540,-
5O9 Episcopalians.
South American newspapers allege
that emissaries of the United States are
buying large tracts of land in Brain
Chile and Peru with a view of getting
hand in local politics il theinterest
OF ultimate annexation.
Senator Tillman and Representative
Brosius are the loudest speakers in
congress. Mr.. Brosius speakes with a
long, deep roar while, Senator Tillman.
when fairly wrought up to the subject,
speaks with spasmodic shrieks.
Colonel Girard of Neufchatel. Switz-
erland, celebrated on one and the same
day his eightieth birthday. his golden
wedding, the silver wedding of his
daughter and the marriage of grand
daughter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
FRANCONIA SWALLOWS.

One other bright circumstances am
bound in honor to speak of, says Brad
ford Torrey in the Atlantic: the abun-
dance of swallows; a state of affairs
greatly unlike anything to be met with
in my part of Massachusetts: cliff
swallows and barn swallows in crowds,
and sand martins and tree swallows
by no means uncommon. But for the
absence OF black marins,-a famous
colonuy OF which the tourist may see at
Concord, while the train waits,-here
would have been a second quintette
worthy to rank with the thrushes; the
flight Of one set being as beautiful, not
to say as musical, as the songs of the
other. AS it was, the universal
presence of these aerial birds was a
continual delight to any man with eyes
to notice it. The glorifed the open
valley as the thrushes glOrfied the
woods. We shall never again see the
like OF this, | fear, in our prosier Bos-
ton neighborhood. Within my time,
within twenty years, indeed, barn
swallows summered freely on Beacon
Hill, plastering their nests against the
walls of the State House and the
Athenaeum. and even under the busy
portico of the fremont House. l have
remembrance, too, of a pair that
dwelt, for one season at least, above the
door Of the old Ticknor mansion, at the
head of Park Street. Those days are
gone. Now, alas, even in the suburban
districts, we may almost say that one
swallow makes summer. An evil
change it is, for which not even the
warblings of English sparrows will
ever quite console me. Yet the pre-
sent state Of things, the reoccupation
of Boston by the British, if you please
to call it so, is not without its grain of
compensation. 1t makes me fonder of
odd Francony. Skeptic or man of
faith, naturalist or supernaturalist,
who does not like to feel that there Is
somewhere better country" than the
one he lives in?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
DECORATION DAY.

Flowers for the dead.
The nations head bows low;
Over their graves let pretty blossoms
grow.
Plant them to hide the tokens of mans
hate
And deck anew the path made desolate.
Flowers for the dead.
But still we hear resound
The firing of volley over some new
mound;
The beaten anvil of the armory;
The drum and bugle mingling mock
ingly.
Flowers for the dead
Each simple headstone wreathe;
Over each one a saddened blessing
wreathe;
Still duty calls and long as flags shall
Towers will bloom above the soldiers
grave.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
CHARGE OF THE FOUR HUNDRED.


1t is not worth that makes the man;
It's Wealth-deny it they who can!
IT'S love for it's alchemic ray
That leads Society astray.
1t can't afford to snub a man
Built on the million-dollar plan!
1t only waits until it learns
What you have not, before it spurns.
No wretch, If he has wealth galore,
Is kept long waiting at its door.
It's Wealth that gilds and Furnishes;
It's Wealth that scandal furnishes;
It's Wealth that causes all our woes;
1t buys us friends and bus us foes.
We pay fee when we are born,
And when from earthly life we're torn,
When freed from wearing care and toll,
We pay for just six feel OF soil
IN which to lay in peace away
The still, cold form of crumbling clay.
Crime walks with Riches in the street,
And all whom they may chance to
meet
Fair maids in costly gowns and furs,
Each wishing all you have were hers;
And women, weary grown and old,
Who know their world is harsh and
cold;
Stern men who outwardly condemn
On courtier's knees bow low to themi
Not one will dare to snub a man
Built on the million-dollar plan.
Then your, o Riches, be the field!
For to you all the virtues yield.
When men despair your smiles to win
They call you, goddess, root CT sin, ,
Yet IL you but glance bestow,
How quickly all their maxims go!
Twas envy of your power alone
That seated Virtue on a throne,
Where she is viciously abused,
And where her scepter lies unused!
Society-the funny thing!-
Claims a most brilliant following!
1t talks of intellect and brain
For neither one it cares a grain!
1t cultivates the Kipling fad
Those trivial rhymes are "Greati
Egadl"
1t never raves DER Edison,
For science is a medicine
Which, if by accident they'd drink,
Might make the fragile dorlings think!
And who prefers the flow of SOUL
To pleasures of the flowing bowl?"
The only varnish that conceals
The ravages that Time reveals
Is Riches, the great primal cause
OF misery and broken laws.
And none can tell if Virtue'lI yield
Till Riches first have had the field.
Was ever heart too hard aud cold
To thaw beneath the beams OF gold?
Society's funny thing:
One it will kiss, another sting;
So tbs not strange that women who
Give Gossip heavy work to do
Divorce their husbands, drink high
balls,
And take dozen leaps and falls;
Who, in a nutshell, go the pace,
May yet retain their leaders place.
They demonstrate their own DEGREES
To do exactly what they please.
Smart Set
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
TWO SUITS OF A KIND.

Hang these jokes about bachelors
getting married solely because they
want some woman to sew on buttons!"
exclaimed the bachelor tailor.
What was the trouble?" asked the
bookkeeper.
Trouble enough" came the growl.
Il advertised for woman who could
do that work and an old maid an
swered the ad. She thought it was
matrimonial advertisement, and
threatens to sue me for breach of
promise"
That's the second suit against
you," chirped the clerk "You remem-
Der that fat fellow who had the suit
made last week, don't you? You
made him promise that the clothes
would not rip for year. Well, he
was here today while you were out.
There was big rip in the trousers,
and also breach in the coat, and, of
course, that makes it"
"A breach of promise suitl" inter-
rupted the bookkeeper, as he lodged
a paper weight the merchant hurled
in his on.-Indianapolis Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
THE UTILITY OF DREAMING.

Aid. Frank Maltby of Syracuse, N. Y,
is the first to demonstrate the utility
of dreams in getting a man out of a
tight corner. This functionary an
nounced to the reporters the other day
that the grand jury, then in session,
had indicted certain other persons in
a local cause celebre. This was dis
closing the secrets OF the grand Jury
room, and the alderman was hauled to
court to tell where he got his informa-
ton. Realizing that he was up against
Ito use the slang of the day-and
that the favorite device of the states
men in saying that the reporters lied
might not work, he ingeniously con-
fessed to the court that he had simply
mad dream and was so impressed by
1t that he gave it out as a fact. The
learned court with some effort. swal-
lowed the explanation and dismissed
the witness without even a warning
against pipe drea~ The success of
the plea seems llAe.y & make it popu-
lar. A man can not b. punished for
dreaming thin2s.-Pitt- 1urg DISPATCH.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
THE HOME OF BAYARD TAYLOR
Mrs. Stoddard TELLS of Visit With the
Poet Many Years Ago.

Mrs. Elizabeth Stoddard writes en-
tertainingly about the literary figures
of a half century ago, in The Saturday
Evening Post Of Bayard Taylor's lee
ture tour she sCys: ION his way TO
Canada he attempted an ode to the
river st. Lawrence, but catching a ter
rible cold he got no further than
20 ST. Lawrence.
Ihou'rt my adherence"
He lost his voice and could not write
plainly. and ended his letter with:
Give my kide rebebadces to O'Bried
whed you see nib ad believe me your
sideere Fred The O'Bried he referred
to was Fitz James O'Brien.
II think K was in September of that
year that AIr. Taylor. who in the in
terval of leeturing was at work on the
Tribune took a Saturday and Sunday
TO so with us to visit his family at the
farm. mile or so beyond the old village
of kennett SQUARE. This visit was as
great a novelty to me as if had landed
in Liverpool and started for London.
Everything was different from the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT.

In solid, stationary structur s. the
Chinaman can supply his own needs
unaided; but the field for pyclucing
those aggregations of engineering and
mechanical skill based on the theory
or application of movement. especially
of economical movement. lies I'M
broken and the soil is rich. The idea
of economy in movement is absolutely
lacking in the Chinese singular
circumstance, as there is no other ma
tionality so strongly economical. even
to the point of parsimony, as the
Chinese. This trait is shown in his
dwellings, in his clothes, and in all his
details OF living, except in those where
movement is the main theme. The de-
velopment that is to come will be,
therefore, along this line, and will
show itself primarily in methods OF
moving, people and goods-namely, in
means of transportation; secondly, in
the methods of moving the grea. un-
touched mineral wealth from its ex-
lsting subterranean hiding places 10
the surface, that is, in mining: and
sA..1ly, in al matters Of construction
whose paris are moving-namely
machines.
If, therefore, / were asked to enum-
crate the relative Importance Of en-
cheering development, l should reply
means of transportation; hydraulic
machinery; mining; and then, those
machines which can compete against
very low-priced manual labor, and
which can, If possible, enter a field Of
work not now undertaken. such as
electric 'ighting.-Wm. Barclay Par
sons, in Engineering Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
CONGRESSIONAL NIGGARDLINEss

The clerical force of the State De-
partment, like that of others, needs re /.
organization say George F. Parker in
the Atlantic. 1t is now impossible to
command in these places a fair pro-
portion of men with intelligence united
to wholesome ambition. founded upon
ability to do something really well.
And yet, without staff so constituted,
IL Is unreasonable to expect that any
head, whether of department or bureau,
with intricate and responsible duties.
shall be able to them. 1t is the
equality of the commonplace that rules
in such body. The pay and recognl-
ton or the purely mechanical are
practically the same as the pay and
recognition given to those who might
rise out of the ranks and show them
selves capable Of responsibility. A
reward, common to both the inefficient
and the useful, the contented and the
ambitious, tends. here as everywhere.
to produce a common minimum OF
work, and aspirations after a uniform
pettiness. A mere clerk, however use
full he may be in his own narrow
groove, is probably worth no more than
the $1,000 to $500 paid him each year,
because. for the same pay, it would be
possible to get a quarter OF a million
like him, by the thirty days search:
but the rare clerk, the one in a thous-
and fit to become head of the bureau.
cannot be found and kept for the pre-
posterous second-claSs bookkeeper's
pay of 5000 year. When such a
place is taken, it is either temporary
expedient on the part OF a worthy man.
or by on content TO be dependent.
without proper pride or possible
efficiency. rhis applies not to the
state department alone, but TO that
vast overloaded, ill-digested public
service concentrated all along the line
in Washington. Without supervision
with nothing to aft II out Of the ruts.
every executive department bids fair to
remain, what 1t has become. a refuge
for mediocrity, through which dry rot
spreads like contaglon.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

voice or that calm, sweet solemnity
one attains in best moments. It reali-
yes peace and deep solemn joy that
only the finest souls may know. A few
nights ago / assembled a mountain to
see the world by moonlight, and when
near the summit the hermit com
menced his evening hymn. Listening
to this strain on the lone mountain.
with the full moon just rounded from
the horizon, the pomp of your cities
and the pride of your civilization
seemed trivial and cheap. / have sell
dom known two of these birds to be
singing at the same time in the saroe
locality"
The desire Of the hermit thrush to
be alone Is as strong in Louisiana as in
its northern home, but when the mock
ing-bird is engaged in mastering it,
song it is not permitted to be alone
1t must either sing while another
singer is outpouring its soul or it must
OF this is that the listener is often
furnished by double hermit song, one
by the hermit and one by the imitator
but there is no ear so fine that it can
detect the difference IL it happen thai
the mocker has progressed to the last
stage of his memorization. In fact
the wood thrush, the cat bird, the
wood very and the wood sparrow
often find themselves merrily answer
ing a supposed brother hidden, where
as they are affording material to the
nocke:.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
THE soUIRRsLs's ARITHMETIC

High on the branch of walnut tree
A bright-eyed squirrel sat;
What was he thinking so earn estly?
And what was he looking at?
He was doing a problem DER and Ger;
Busily thinking was he
How many nuts for his winters store
Could he hide in the hollow tree,
He sat so still in the swaying bough
You might have thought him asleep;
Oh, no; he was trying to reckon now
The nuts the babies could eat.
Then suddenly he frisked about,
And down the tree he ran;
"The best way to do, without a doubt.
Is to gather all l can
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
LITERARY NOTE.

In the May Atlantic, George F. Par
ker follows up his April discussion of
the present weaknesses of our consular
service with many pertinent and
valuable suggestions for its reorgani-
zation. He touches the needs for new
methodes of appointment. for classifi-
cation, for fixed tenure of service, for
proper pay and the adjustment of
consular fees and certificates, for due
training both before and during the
service. These and other suggestions
made from his position as an ex-
perienced discover appeal. sharply to the
common sence of all as well as to the
necessities of the case.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
ELEPHANTS THAT SUCKED THE
BOTTLE.

| owned some young elephants which
l had lent to a Snowman on the
Bowery. On going to see them one
day. | noticed a man holding his finger
to the mouth of one OF the smaller
ones. | placed my finger in the mouth
of another and found that the creatures
seemed to derive pleasure from the
action of sucking. Immediately sent
out for an ordinary infants nursing
bottle. The young elephant drained
the bottle as If Ito the manner born. >
1t was passed from one to another of
the infant class. Finally they fought
in the most indescribably comical
manner for possession of the bottle.
Then l fitted large glass jar, holding
a gallon, with rubber tubes, so that all
could use it at the same time. Invaria-
bly, they would empty this bottle before
loosening their hold on the nipples.
They had doubtless been taken from
their mother when too young, or per-
haps she had been killed at the time
the young were captured. So
effectively did they appeal to public
interest and sentiment that by dint of
skillful advertising, the celebrated
sucking baby elephants" made quite
a fortune in a single season. They
would be led into the ring, where they
would take their nourishment like
humane babies, ,.eir overgrown size
making this infantile operation very
comical and absurd. The sight cap
tivated the heart of every woman who
attended the shown. C. Coup in
Saturday Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
ACKNOwLEDGED IT.

MeJigger-Remember that argument
Brown and | had as to which OF us
had the biggest and clumsiest feet?
Thinumbob-Yes.
MeJigger@Well, l made him admit
last night that he had. stumbled
over them in the street car
Thingumbob-I should think he
might Just as well have urged that
as an argument against ycu.
McIigger-oh. no. He Acknowledges
the corn.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
BIRDS IN WINTER
NORTHERN soNGsTERs IN The
LOUISIANA WOODS.
EVE OF SPRING FLIGHT

In March They Note and Soon Are on
the Wing For Their PARKWAY
Home at the North-Food and
Other Interesting Facts About
Them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
TRUE FRIENDS.

First Dear Girl-Say, Maudei
Second Dear Girl-weli. dear?
First Dear Girls my compie
on straight?-Chicago News ~
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-26
THE ALASKAN
ARMY POSTS.

Special Correspondence.
Washington May q, i9OO-The
conferees who are arranging the
final draft OF the bin for the support
OF ,he army have quite a problem on
their hands IN the matter Of tele-
graph line IN Alaska. The House APP
proprlated $4,000 Tor this telegraph
line to connect the various military
posts OF the big Territory. but no pro-
vision was made by which Il could con-
meet with the United States, although
bills Tor cables have been introduced
and art now pending. The Senate
changed this provision materially and
left Il for the couferees 20 determine
whether any appropriation should be
made. Coincident with the action Of
the Senate was the appearance here Of
Mr. Roche, o member OF the British
parliament. who is the manager Of
big telegraph concern which Is build
Ing an overland line from Dawson City
10 Vancouver and thence 10 Seattle.
lie proposes without any subsidy 10
extend bis telegraph line over the very
same routes practically over which the
government proposes 10 build, but this
be cannot DO II the government is
building line In competition with him.
He has secured some interesting in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-26

political party With which he IN many
respects differed The two qovernH.ss
often meet, and there Is usually "A ilt,is
quiet fun between them when tbo,
come together Both men have the giG
OF saying sharp things. Not long oge
the New York States newspaner mon
gave banquet az stanwix Hail IN AZ
bany ana among the guests of honor
were the two governors. Colonel Roose.
welt came first. He wore an evening
suit ana his famous brown sombrsr6
made famous by the Rough Riders n
was a combination costume an once
original and picturesque. Among The
last Of the guests 10 arrive was Mr.
HUI, who was conyenilonany attlred
even 10 his silk hat
All" exclaimed Colonel Roosevelt I'm
his peculiar staccato manner. as Ne
grasped Mr.. Hill's hand, "now we have
with us zeal Albany swell Governor
Hi - the only man here tonight with
q silk hat"
i've got a SLOUGH hat myself" re-.
turned Mr.. Hill softly. but J left II al
home. I've given up wearing It since I
went out OF the advertising business"
Then dinner was announced and the
remainder OF the evening passed pleas
enthusiastically Evening Post.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-26

bic that there win be a change In
regard 10 drugs and such articles,
but the delegations which have APP
peared here In strong array demand
ing q repeal OF the war revenue law
are the brewers and those representing
stock exchanges. Il IS doubtful wheth-
er there would be any material reduc-
ton OF the present tax on beer or on
the stock exchange sales even II there
should be a general reduction Of the
war revenue tax.
GOES on A TRAMP.
Mr.. Edward O. Graves. president OF
the Seattle chamber Of commerce, pass
ed through Washington short time
ago Te had been travelling about the
country considerable before he reached
here and was but then just started on
the long trip he has arranged. Nine
teen hundred Is my year he said IN
speaking OF his journey. II left Seattle
some little time ago, after selling
great deal of my property, and have
determined 20 take long and, II posi-
bic. delightful rest ] feel that 1 have
earned H. / have been through south
ern California, taking IN that beautiful
country, and expect 70 san for scot
land In a short time. When | land,
shall start on a walking tour all over
the country, seeing the principal towns
and historic spots ! dearly long TO get
back TO that old country. When I have
been an over Scotland. / shall tramp
down into England and visit the prin-
clpal towns there and VIII. of course,
run over on 10 the continent for a short
while and wind uD, as will all Ameri-
can travellers this year, with a visit to
the Paris Exposition" Mr. Graves has
a novel vacation before him.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-26
THE FARMER A BUsIEEss MAN.

The farmer Is. or to succeed, must
be a business man. This Is especially
the case with the dairy farmer. In the
broader sense his business includes the
production OF the raw material, the
manufacture OF IL into butter or cheese
and the sale OF same when ready for
market. And ahead Of the production,
manufacture and sale comes the
establishment OF the plant His entire
plant includes the farm. the COWS ana
the apparatus used for working up the
milk. Surely II any profession calls for
brains and affords employment for that
commodity II is the farmers. And even
with brains the price Of success Is eter-
nal vigilance. A successful farmer VIII
conquer his surroundngs,w whatever they
are, or in some way change them for
his good 49,
Present and prospective conditions are
favorable to the farmer as a man OF
business. The writer In making this
statement has IN mind the tendency TO
improve country roads, the telephone
and free rural delivery Of the mails.
Each OF these Is an important factor,
and when combined and farming COM
munity is given the benefit OF all Of
them Il will result In benefit TO such
community 70 an extent that we can
now hardly realize and appreciate.
There has been so much written and
printed about the benefit Of good
roads that not a great deal need now
be brought forward. However II win
not be amls 10 emphasize the fact that
good roads are a very important factor
in the development Of the farmer as
a business man-if not the most lmpor-
tant one.
The telephone. while not bringing to
the farmer as much real and immediate
profit as good roads, Is a good Invest
ment for any farming community and
every individual farmer IN such COM
munity as may adopt t. The third fac
tor referred TO above rural delivery OF
mails. This IN addition to being an inn
portant business factor has, like the
telephone. a social side 60 it-one OF
really great Importance.
AS before stated three factors, good
roads, telephone and rural delivery.
when combined viii be powerful in
matters Of business and they Will
In social way be equally so.
There Is another factor that occurs
10 the writer should be considered at
this time. viz the bicycle, Farmers
living at a reasonable distance from a
village or city will find. as will their
children and hired help, the bicycle
many times very useful as well as
pleasurable. provided there are good
roads 70 set them on--F. w. Moseley in
Successful Farmer.