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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-15
DISEASES SIMILAR.

Although it is, for all practical
purposes, impossible for the average
farmer or stockman to distinguish
between blackleg, anthrax and
malignant oedema, the chances are
that as rule he has to deal with
blackleg, a disease non-communica-
BE to man, and hence out of the
question when bodily danger to
hsman beings is considered. There
u however, always chance that the
disease is something other than
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-15
IL Mafeking Relieved?

London, March l4.-In the lobbies
In the house of commons rumors that
Mafeking has been relieved were in
circulation yesterday evening, but
they still lack confirmation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-15

Cape Town, March lt.-Col. Plumer
occupied Lobatsi without opposition
on March 5. The Beers had retired
the previous day. The railway is dam
aged, but can be easily repaired.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-15

10 the i'rleska ui>urtew =. .-.---....-.
farmer, who has just returned from
a trip to Barkly West, reports that the
country is almost deserted. He COW
cred distance of Is miles. Boers are
said to be massing strong army on
the Vaal river in the neighborhood of
Kiln dam.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

so great as those of Rockingham; still,
1t is built on the banks of the River
Liffey, there more of a stream than a
waterway, and is within easy reach of
three packs of hounds. The house is
a fine and massive building, consisting
of a central block connected with two
pavilions by semi-circular wings, the
whole building being built in the Ionic
style of architecture. The entrance
hall is truly palatial, whilst the grand
staircase has mahogany balusters with
ratings of brass, and the whole house
is richly fitted up in the best style of
the last century, The demesne is fiat.
but richly wooded, and is much orna-
mented by the foS of the Liffey,
which passes along It's borders.
Howth castle, on the north coast of
County Dublin, is a house of a totally
different order 1t has for many CEN
turtles been the residence of the Lords
Howth, to whose present representa-
tive, it still belongs, though it is now
occupied by the lord chancellor of
Ireland and his family. 1t ismost beau
tifully situated under the shelter of
the hill of Howth, and sea views OF
much beauty are obtained from many
points in the grounds. Until
quito recently peculiar prac-
tiee was observed, the gate of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
IMPROVED WINE MAKING.

A new process for producing wine
from grapes, particularly red wine,
has been devised in France, with the
result that better wine, with more
color, more body and an increased per-
centage of alcohol is produced from
any grade of grapes. The process, as
described by the Scientific American,
consists in subjecting the grapes to
the action Of heat and pressure. in
stead of using them cold under very
slight pressure. BY means OF the heat
a complete solution of all the red col
oring matter Of the grape in It's own
juice is affected. The must" more
over Is sterilized, so that fermentation
is under control and quality OF wine
is obtained superior TO that OF normal
samples from the same grapes by the
old methods. Thorough experiments
were made with the vintages of 1897
and 1898, both in Tunis and France.
At seven different stations trial was
made by heating 100 tons of grapes. II
was observed that grapes when heated
lose their resistane to pressure to a
notable extent, so that the yield Of
juice is larger than when not heated
The red coloring matter is dissolved
freely and the juice has a richer color
than is obtained in the old way All
the mines thus made, without excep-
ton. have been better In all respects
than those from the same grapes un-
der traditional conditions. A negative
result Of the experiments was the APP
parent demonstration that special fer
ments have little value. Ferments Of
various kinds including some OF the
most celebrated high-grade wines.
have been introduced into the steril-
lied must" but tasters have been un-
able to detect a difference between
wines made with different lerments
from the same must In districts In
fected with the "tourne" disease the
wines made by the new process arr
the only ones that are exempt from
deterioration.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
HAD BEEN OUT A LONG TIME

The revenue cutters of the United
States, as you may know" said an
officer of one of them who likes his
little joke, "confine their services,
which are really invaluable to the gov
eminent, TO the coast. and It is a rare
thing indeed for my one OF them, ex-
cept those of the Be-ing sea pa,rol to
venture any distance out to sea. Nor
is this rule an unsatisfactory one, for,
say what you please about 1t, sea SER
vice is not as pleasant as the novelists
and other romancers would have You
believe. Indeed, the sailor who prefers
the bounding pillows, wet sheet and
a Fl. wing sea and all the rest of 1t to
calm and peaceful shore snap Is the
exception. But am getting off of my
story, which applies to the cutter
Grant, when she was doing duty in
New York bay and vicinity Some
thing had happened to call her out
down the shore somewhere and she
left the bay one afternoon, and early
the next morning, while she was howl
ing along at about seven knots an
hour. she hailed big four-master.
What ship is that?' came the cry
from the Grnat.
The Royal Bengal Tiger was the
plaintive answer. and we've been ort
all night " Washington Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
A TRIUMPH OF FASHION.

The French government has
emerged victorious from the struggle
raised by the proposal to bestow the
decoration of the Legion of Honor on
an eminent ladies' tailor Of Paris, and
thus is the eternal fitness of things vim
dictated. Certainly II the vote on the
question had been taken among the
women Of the United States they
would have been unanimous in favor
OF decorating one who had done so
much in the way OF decorating them.
That was a shrewd Frenchn1an who
remarked that all over the civilized
world no woman could wear a bonnet
that was not Of Partisan design. And
the supremacy of France In the matter
OF fashion Is something not to be over
looked by its government. The late
Herr Teufelsdrekh sagely defined man
as "a clothes-wearing animal" and
the definition applies to woman even
more distinctiyely than to man. And
certainly the genius which represents
French pre-eminence In designing the
gowns that enhance woman's beauty
at least deserves a decoration that Ia
said to be as common IN France az
the title Of colonel in Kentucky.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

house being always thrown open when
the family was at dinner. This Gus
tom originated in the sixteenth cen
fury, when the celebrated Grana Uile,
or Grace 0'Malley, we'll noted for
her piratical expeditions, arrived
at Howth on her return
from England, where she had
been paying visit to Queen
Elizabeth. She proceeded to the cas-
tie. but was Mortified to find that the
gates were shut. as the family were at
dinner. She was so outraged at this
slight, repugnant as it was to her
! Irish notions of hospitality, that she
went Immediately to the shore, and
took possession of the son and heir
who was there with a nurse. She
sailed with him to Connaught, WHERE
her castle stood, and only agreed to de-
| liver him up when she was promised
that the gates should always be thrown
open when the family were at dinner.
Again, in County Meath, Slane cas-
tie may well be termed a truly royal
residence. Some portions of the cas-
tie are extremely cid, having been
built by the Flemings, who were lords
of Slane before it came into the pos
session of the Conygham family. The
exterior of the building is in the style
termed modern Gothic, and the en-
battled parapets and aspiring turrets
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

one of the rings worn by Captain
Logan. The Blackfoot who had it had
obtained it from another Indian, who,
in a fight, had killed the Nez Perez
who wore it, and had removed 1t by
chopping off his victims finger, just
as Captain Logan's finger had been
amputated. Twenty-Five years after
the battle in which these rings were
captured a squaw at the Browning
agency attracted the attention Of
Agent Logan by ring worn on her
finger. 1t was a plain gold band, on
one side of which was a Maltese cross
in red enamel, and on the other side
the square and compass engraved. 1t
was his fathers second ring. The
squaw who wore 1t had traded some
pelts for it and knew nothing of its
history. Agent Logan traded 1t into
his own hands, and now wears the seal
ring on his third finger and the Ma
sonic ring on his watch chain. He
will not venture to try either ring on
the little finger. Recalling the rude
method adopted to get them off of two
fingers, he prefers to try one on an
other finger, just to change the pro-
gramme in case an envious person de-
sires TO obtain it without his consent.
New York Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
SOUTHERN FRUIT CROP.

Positive announcement comes from
Georgia and Florida that tie fruit crop
escaped serious damage from the Sc
we're weather Of last week. The
Macon Telegraph. which IL published
In the great peach center Of Georgia,
comedies that 1t was a narrow shave
foJ this fruit, and that a few degrees
more OF cold would have killed nearly
all the peaches in the state. As Il Is.
there Is practically no damage. and
frnit growers are beginning prepare
lions to handle what may be expected
to be the biggest fruit crop In the his
tory OF the state. Through the efforts
or the State Entomologlst Georgia
orchards have been almost entirely
freed from the San Jose scale. and. al
together, the outlook could hardly he
brighter for the Georgia fruit inter-
ests. From Florida comes the crafty
ing announcement that while there
was some damage to the early veget-
ables, the orange and other fruit have
almost entirely escaped what was
feared would be a great disaster. Al
together, the fruit growers In Georgia
ana Florida are confident In realizing
largely on the coming crops.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

seemed to vie with one another in the
plumber of the taxpayer. From the
north the south, the east, and the
west have come the same complaints
of excessive burdens. But figures are
needed to give these statments the
vividness of reality. Beginning with
national expenditures, Mr.. Roberts
says that during the decade from 1920
to 1880 they were s1.O7 per capita;
from 1851 to 1861, they were s2.06; and
for the year 1894, s60S. "In a word, .
he adds, "the per capita expense of
the national government in 1894 was
nearly six times as great as it was in
1920, and nearly three times as great
as it was in the decade before our
great civil war" The per capita ex-
penditures of the state of New York
in 1880 were $1.30, thirty years later
they were s1.S9, in 1890 they were
$215, and Sin 1897 the estimated per
capita expenditure reached the alarm
ing amount of s4.95" That is to say,
the combined expenditures of the state
anu HdllOudl save AoSN
as high as that prevailing in France
before the outbreak of the revolution.
The tendency to increase, says Mr..
Roberts, commenting on these figures
lis a persistent one. In 1881 the
amount expended by the state was
50 SIS, 214.59; in 1884, s10,479,5 17.31; in
1887, S14,3 ,102.4S; in 1890, $13,076,-
$751; in 1893, SIT 1867 1858; and in
1896. $40, 1920, Opal" Coming to mu-
nicipal expenditures, where the hand
of the prodigal has been most lavish
Mr.. Roberts says that between 1860
and 1880 the municipal debts of our
union increased from s100,000,000 to
$685., 600 900, and in fifteen cities, be-
| lieved to represent the average, the
increase in taxation was 1922 pei
cent, while the increase in taxable
valuation was but 1863 per cent, and
of population but 20 per cent. In the
year 1860 the direct taxes for state
county, town, and city purposes in
New York were $3.50 per capita, in
1850 ii was $500. and in 1896 1t haC
reached s1O.43, an increase in thirty.
six years of 213 per cent. Franklin
Smith in Appletons' Popular Science
| Monthly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

produce striking combinations at many
points of view, though 1t may be said
that the picturesque is attained at the
sacrifice of consistency. The most i'm
portant alterations were made by the
Right Hon. William Conygham in
1855, after the designs of James Watt.
The grounds are extensive. and ex-
tremely beautiful present much in
equality of surface, and are well wood
ed, The River Boyne winds through
its most attractive shores.
Killeen castle, for many centuries
the residence of Lords Killeen and
Fingall, is in the same county. The
castle was. originally built by De Lacy
in $780, but has been much altered and
enlarged since then. 1t possesses but
few traces of great antiquity, having
been in many ways rebuilt after the
designs of Francis tombstone towards
the close of the last century. The
Plunket family branched into the two
houses of Killeen and Dunsany about
1890 The two sons were married or
the same day, and it was agreed that
the boundaries of their respective
properties should be determined by the
swiftness of their wives, who had Il
start at the same moment from Killer
and Dunsany. The boundary of thu
estates was fixed at their meeting
place.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
A NEW TEXAS WONDER.
Performs Marvellous Feats With Both
Winchester and Colts.

There is perhaps no part of the
earth in which the art of marksman-
ship has reached such a height of de-
velopment as Texas.
Perhaps the cleverest marksman
ever Texas has produced is a youth
called Petmecky, who has only just
emerged from his teens, who could,
even as a schoolboy, almost perform
miracles with rife and revolver He
could put bullet through the head OF
a duck, goose or quail flying swiftly a
quarter of a mile away, and send two
or three more bullets through them
before they fell.
He could write his initials with bull
lets ON the bark of a tree while rid
ing past it at full gallop, firing with
such rapidly as almost to make the
bullets melt in the barrel He could
shoot the ash off cigar in the mouth
Of man 100 yards away, and bore a
hole through the ace OF diamonds at d
similar distance.
AEfavorite trick of young Petmecky
whose father, by the way. is a gun
smith, is to throw a brick into the
air, break it in two with one bullet
and'then break each Of the two falling
halves with two other bullets before
they touch the ground. At long range
he is equally successful, and nothing
that moves within a mile is safe fol
a moment from his bullets.
Another Texas marksman of almOs
equal skill was "Jem' Howson, {
farmer, whose rife and revolver wer'
so deadly that he was held in almos
ludicrous respect by his neighbors
Howson could hit the edge Of cart
held at a distance of fifty yards, MIN
times out Of ten, and could send bul
Jet after bullet through the same hol
IN. the card. He could shoot dolla
from between the thumb and fore
finger of a man standing one hundre
yards away; and could bore hole
through two dollars thrown into tn
air at the same time.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

Ireland has many fine old castles,
prominent among which are Howth
castle, owned by the earl of Howth,
Slane castle, owned by the marquis of
Conyngham, Killeen castle, owned by
the earl of Fingall, Rockingham
house, residence of the late Colonel
King Hartman, Muckross abbey, the
residence of Mr.. Herbert, and Castle
town house. q
Rockingham house is in County
Roscommon, in the midst of the best
sporting country in Ireland. Its archi-
lecture is Ionic and. located on the
banks of Lock Key. it commands a
beautiful view. Being situated on the
Shannon waterway and almost in the
center of Ireland, it is within ready
access of all parts of the country.
Moreover it's central location is such
that it would give the least offense TO
the many mobiles who are striving to
induce the duke of York to live in
their neighborhoods.
Castletown house is, on the other
hand, nearer to the center of govern
ment. 1t is situated in the county of
Kildare, within easy reach of Dublin
Its sporting resources are perhaps not
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
ARE GSXPosITIoNs INTERESTING?

The Electrical Review finds the
world less Interested in expositions
than 1t formerly was. The idea was
a fairly new one when a snow of in
dustries was made at the London
Crystal Palace half century ago. The
French afterward, with their genius
for spectacular effects, developed the
idea and made 1t impressive. They
carried the art of displaying methods
OF production and products to great
perfection. In point of size and In
some other respects, perhaps, we beat
the world in 1888 at Chicago. Now
the French are making a great effort
to surprise or impress the world anew
this year at Paris with an exposition
that is to sum up the achievements of
the nineteenth century. As for the
Paris exposition, sit will be" says the
Review. "of course very beautiful and
probably well-managed, but II Is
doubtful whether the American exhib-
itors who participate in 1t will be
awarded by large profits. To put It
plainly, people are tired of exposltions,
and the expositions themselves have
shown tendency of late years to de-
generate and to allow tue slde-show'
element too much prominence
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

in use. With the mining possessions
are linked the lake transportation ia
cilities, supplied by a fleet of steamers
which ply between the distant ports
with the regularity of passenger
boats The ore mines of the Carnegie
company have proven valuable fac
tor in understanding competition. it is
claimed by those in position to know
the facts, and for this'very reason, it
is added, the Carnegies refused to en-
ter the consolidation" which EN-
braces almost every other concern in
their ine.-Julius Moritzen in Re-
view of Reviews
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

tire upper part of the BODY was thus
marked The young men of the nation
also subjected themselves to the tat
tooing process by being tattooed first
on the nose, like the women, and not
until they had given evidence OF their
courage were they privileged to re-
celve tattoo marks on any other part
of the body. This testimony of their
merit as warriors was reserved for
them when they had distinguished
themselves in war by killing an enemy
in battle or by bringing with them
from the field of carnage the scalp Of
an enemy taken in the fight, When
they had thus given evidence of their
worthiness to be ranked among the
warriors they had the right to tattoo
their bodies with emblems and figures
| illustrative and commemorative of the
incident in which they had proved
their valor.
Every man and woman among the
indians yielded to the arbitrary GUS
tom of tattoolng. but the warriors.
above all, were carried away by this
| VI vanity, ana not one OF lnat
CLASS by any chance allowed his OPP
portuhlty to receive this patent OF
knighthood to pass by neglected. One
Oh the ordinary methods adopted by a
warrior to commemorate a heroic deed
In baNle, in which he possibly had
killed or in some way overcome an
enemy, was to cause a tomahawk to
be tattooed upon his right shoulder
and under it the hieroglyphic sign of
the nation to which belonged the con-
quered man.
The operation of tattooing required
considerable fortitude to be borne
without sc much as wincing. A de-
sign was first drawn on the skin, and
this design was then pricked with six
needles, firmly fastened on line In
fiat piece Of wood. After this finely
powdered charcoal was rubbed into the
punctures made by the needles, leav-
ing an lneffaceable print of the design
The operation caused much inflamma-
| tion and sometimes fever, which
brought on severe sickness in case the
patient was neglected while the SWELL
ing lasted. While the sickness re-
manned the only food given was Indian
corn, and water was the only drink.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
CAPTAIN LoGAN's RINGS.
One Found Years After His Death ol
Squaw's Finger.

Indian Agent Logan of Browning
Mont, told a night or two ago Of an
interesting experience he had while
out in the far northwest. His father,
Captain William Logan, was killed in
a fight with the Nez Perces at Big
Hole twenty-three years ago When
ais body was recovered, the little
finger on the left hand had been cut
of at the second Joint, and two rings
worn on that finger had been re-
moved. Two years afterward his son.
now the Indian agent. came across a
Blackfoot Indian who wore a seal ring.
Upon examination 1t was fouzr TO be
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
TATrooING IN OLD TIMES.
II Was a Common Custom Among the
Indians OF Louisiana.

fattooing was a universal custom
among the Indians OF old Louisiana
with both sexes. Among the men II
possessed a significance attaching q
their career as warriors. and their
tattoo marks were testimonials OF
distinction; with the women II seems
to have been merely a matter OF
adornment. From their glrlhood the
women caused themselves to be tattoo
ed on the face. Sometimes Il was a
tattoo across the top of the nose:
sometimes the line was up and down
the chin, and not infrequently the en-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
TONE OF THE MARKER.

There is Ouly one unfortunate
thing about the newspapers In their
reports Of the cotton market" To-
marked a gentleman on Change tho
other day
What is that?" asked listener.
on they haven't learned to nut IN
written form the shouts. yells, means
and groans that come from the bulls
and bears as the market goes up and
That is unfortunate"
i should say 1t is. You talk about
the tone OF the market. that's the
rear genuine tone."-Memphls Scim.
.itar. -
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03
MAGNITUDE OF CARNEGIE MINI.

II is estimated at a rough guess tia:
the Carnegie interests represent about
$500. 900 600 When II is realized that
the company owns one-fourth OF all
the ore territory in the northwest and
Lake Superior region, these figures
are certainly not too high, II high
enough. From authoritative sources
comes the information that besides the
territory that is being mined, there
are still $4,000 acres OF undeveloped
land owned by the Carnegies. The
output at the present time IS enor-
nous. The very latest appliances are