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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07
DENMARK's DESERTED FARMS.
Being Reclaimed in Manner inter
estinq in New ENGLAND.

| esting in New England.
The Howard association has pub
/ lished an interesting letflet entitled
Back to the Land-Denmark's Ex-
ample. In that country there is an
exodus of the population of the towns
back to the land Partly by state
aid, and partly by private enterprise,
1000 squire miles of waste land have
been reclaimed, and five-eights Of the
national territory is possessed by
small freeholders and peasants. Above
hundred peoples high schools have
been established, where peasantry and
working classes of ages from IS to
25 get board and education for 10
shillings per week.
The Danish farmers have formed
cooperative societies for the col.
lection, sale and export of their pro-
duce. Danish university and col
lege students have instituted through
out the rural districts free lectures,
evening lessons and committees for
promoting popular amusements. In
almost every village where the high
school has obtained influence, neither
drinking, gambling nor gross breaches
of morals are met with; yet the vii.
layers are fond of games, dancing,
sports and other recreations.
| And what is the result? Denmark
has become the second country in the
world in regard to average wealth per
head, although there are very few
rich men. She annually supplies the
British market with more than 1,000.,
600 hundredweight of butter and the
same amount of bacon, about 200, 000,-
900 eggs and scores of thousands OF
pigs, cattle and horses.
Surely we might take example by
this. This produce might equally well
be brought into existence in England.
But it never will be so long as our
wretched system of education pre-
walls in villages, so long as villagers
are divorced from all property In land,
and so long as village life remains the
dull, dreary thing it is. Let anyone
only consider what might have been
done for the rural population with the
e1O0,O00,O00 that has been spent in
relieving the oppressed millionaires
in the Transvaal.-London Truth.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

you didn't argue two years ago as
you did now" interrupted an i'm.
patient man in the audience. what
has happened to change your mind?"
Il am coming to that after awhile"
the orator said 81 shall take my
own time to answer the question"
you won't take any more of my
time, anyhow" reioined the impatient
auditor. looking at his watch, putting
on his hat, and starting for the door.
II can use 1t better"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07
The Way 70 Keen Cider

Cider will keep If It is boiled, re.
duced at least one-third, and then
bottled. A raisen, or a few mustard
seeds, may be put in the bottle
previous TO pouring in the cider. The
corks must be fastened with wires
and the bottles be placed in n dar,,
cool closet.-Ladies' Home Journal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

fancy for making masks for corpse
and deaths heads of incrusted work.
Representations of snakes and mon
keys are numerous.
Like the Chinese, the Mayas had
wonderfully elaborate calendar sys-
tenn, which embodied so many ele-
ments of accurate chronology that it
amazes European scholars today
New York Herald.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07
An Act OF M.rcv

On do tell me- gurgled the Vas
sar girl did you ever kill MANI"
mo, can't say that I have" an.
swered the westerner, lest you count
tnat teller that come out here ana
tried to put up what he called golf
INKS on my ranch. which was more an
act OF human kindness than a real
KILN" ied'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

1t is said that woman was once
taken to the abode of the siren by a
whale and there presented to the au-
gust sovereign, who had given orders
for her capture. The siren was ex-
tremely affable, telling the prisoner
she had nothing to fear because of her
well-known kindness and virtues.
Although the water queen treated her
like a friend and sister the prisoner
was anxious to see her family and
implored the siren to let her depart.
Permission was given on condition
that the woman return at specified
time. Failing in this she was threat
ened with death by drowning. The
prisoner promised, but did not come
back. All her life she refused to battle
in river or sea lest she, should meet
the death decreed, but she was
drowned while bathing in a wooden
trough. Sometimes the siren appears
in religious professions, walking be-
hind the car of the Virgin. Her de-
meanor always is grave and she
moves with majestic tread, with her
eyes fixed on the ground.
Every time the siren leaves the
river the water divides into two walls,
leaving a dry path between. An her
supernatural power lies in her tresses,
and the person who can pull out one
hair will receive her powers of en-
chantment. With her hair, which is
like a metallic net, she envelopes her
victims when dragging them away.
At one time when her depredations
were more frequent than usual, for in
Ilocos everyone who is drowned has
been carried off by the siren, a num-
Der of young men bravely decided 10
capture her. Approaching the river
at break of day they were Mortified TO
see her waiting for them. They ad.
vanced with chattering teeth and
made her q prisoner. Instead OF the
queen of the waters she proved to be
young girl who was awaiting her
lover.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

Inc Dominion line steamer New
england which sails for Boston from
liverpool will take another party on
iacemakers bound for Zion CITY. III.
Ihey are understood to be going out
under the auspices of John Alexander
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

which contained so small quantity
of water that not even fly could have
persisted in it. This goes to show how
easy it is to die for love.
Both the Ilocanos and the Tagalos
have in their mythology goddess of
love and beauty whom they evoke in
their love letters-a Venus whom
they call "Sahat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

The Ilocano youth frequently wooes
the muses.. Following are some lines
sent by her fiance to young girl on
her birthday and which were trans
lated from the native language into
the Spanish:
Pure and smiling fair Aurora
Is today with beauty cleaning
Happy. and with splendor beaming
Is the kingdom sweet Of Flora
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

In Virgan they point out the very
spot where the siren queen of the
waters lives in her beautiful gold
palace beneath the river, with fishes
to wait on her. She was formerly a
pretty maiden who lived with her
mother in cottage so near the river
that its waters touched the doorstep.
One day when the mother and daugh-
ter sat sewing the latter dropped her
needle and stopped to look for It. Her
mother chided her and told her she
must not look for the lost object lest
the water god should carry her away.
Notwithstanding this admoniGon the
girl, seeing the needle in the bottom
of the crystal water, decided to get it.
No sooner had she put her little foot
into the water than she was dragged
below by the water god, leaving
nothing behind her but a lot of large
bubbles. She remained in the water
from that time forth, being endowed
with the power of enchantment and
dwelling in submarine palace.
This siren is a being greatly to be
feared, and the natives are afraid to
mention her name lest she should take
it into her head to come forth and slay
them. In the form of a beautiful wo-
man whose hair touches the ground
she comes forth to hunt for human
victims. With fiattery and cajolery
she lures them to the waters edge
and suddenly disappears with them.
If they have ever spoken i'll of her she
kills them with her long nails, but if
they have not maligned her she treats
them with great affection, telling them
the story of her life and delighting
theme with exquisite present.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07
FILIPINO FOLKLORE
MANY MYTHS AND SUPERsTi.
TloNS CURRENT.
SUPERNATURAL CHARMS

A Sirent Queen of the Waters Who
Lives in Golden Palace With
Fairies to Wait on Her-Youth of
the Land Occasionally Fall into
Poetry.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-07

Certain objects have supernatural
charms. A heron's egg will lender it
possessor invisible. In the heart or
embryo fruit of the plantain there is
a stone which has the power, if he has
the good luck to find it, to turn the
weakest man into a Samson. To get
it he must wait all night for the flow-
ers to bloom, and he must be brave.
for he will have fierce conflict with
the demons to obtain it. But when he
has once secured the seed and has put
it into, his mouth he has no need to
fear either man or demon, for he is
then absolutely invincible. The lemon
also has miraculous seed, one which
will cause its happy owner to be
adored by women. This wonderful
seed is small and round, having a
black spot in the middle like the eye
of small fish. Somewhere on the in
side of certain bean there is a stone
which will protect it's owner from all
peril and which will move at the ap-
proach of danger.
He who finds the flower of a plant
called pako will become immensely
wealthy and will be "frantically loved
by the women" The only drawback
to this enterprise is that the plant is
not foriferous. Other plants are said
to do marvellous things, but it is al
ways found that to accomplish desired
results the flower of one species must
grow on the tree of another or Nature
must be expected to do something just
as absurd
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
tMETIAN IRON WARE.
uo seth II Il New nsn.s.st,vsS
~ New Yssk-A GROWING
FaA.

9rst sight there does noA. seem
- selation between the gloom and
9f1 OF Pittsburgh and ths artistic
- and house lanterna Of to-day,
- Ae connection came when II.
Tee1 lvania forErs ssaccerded in pro-
duet ductile iron and soft steel n
ssT AApe Vt very cheap prices. Hs-l
foresAhat time. says the New York
IossRh the speciinena Of that beau
thu fhool of art known as Venetian
iroa nsk were imported from ItsIy,
PaF39 I'D Sheffield. but to-day nine
Ae~tA4 it u made in the United
btaA I'D = very goodly portion
riehe ~ In the city. You can t,uy
The j And steel in. any quantity.
~ - use. II your tastes rsn
t0Sgd smail objects. you can eet
r'hhs1lnd wires delicnte enough for
. doll nhse, and. on the other hand,
you ce Necure rods and straps thick
Aed ~ b enough to make the gstes
OF . "A deposit company.
A fsNt1mple tools are all that are
requtre tpf the work. and for those
who ha ayttle or no originality hun
dreds o. sesen thousands of designs
are mean printed upon sheets Of pa.
pr for 18th student and artisan. The
work u Tad with many people. who
turn oNE products Of commendable
beauty - utility. 1InlI lanterns.
chahng f1sh frames. picture holders.
lamp ssaNds. chandeliers. electrolier..
gas brackets and transom screens are
the favoftte. objects. Beyond these
are hundreds which and ready sale
In the market or constitute highly
appreciated presents a. the holiday
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
MISUSE Their JEwHIRY.
Treat T1eip nta0s aoA
watahes,

Women, q certain jeweler declares,
ill-treat their rings to about the same
extent thar they do their watches. and
are, therefore,. really At TO possess
neither. -
OF course, It doesn't injure = ring to
put II on cold marble slab At night.
nor to drop II occasionally 10 the brick
pavement. but II does ruin the settings
Of the Jewels, he says. to have tight
glove pulled on over them. Yet there
is hardly member'of the sex, unless
she wears NO many. finger ornaments
that it's impossible 10 get glove over
them, who does not sahject them to
such sesapss.Are1fment. aaA wondsrs
and mouths when she loses stone she
values. :.
One young woman sIways ties hes
rings up In the corner of her handker.
chief when sheputs on her glovs1, and
then tucks her handkerchief mp her
sleeve, and she considered 4 his a very
good way until she. lost the mouchoir
with its contents Of four tho other day,
when she began TO believe she'd bees
little thoughtless with her tressurtA.
says the Kansas City journal.
1t is said by the portcrs Of sleeping
cars and the matrons Of the various
public places, however. that fewer
rings are left now on washstands than
was the case . few years ago, and this
is probably because large proportion
Of womankind seems to have made It =
rule to keep such ornaments in their
mouths while they bathe their hands.
A woman with mouthfui of Jewels
isn't beautiful sight. but she's an IT,
lustration of certain sort Of care, and
1t is very refreshing one. when one
considers the number who are forever
having to advertise some valuable mis-
laid through their own carelessness.
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
DEAD TO HER FAMILY.


A young Hindoo girl, . convert to
Methodism. has been on visit TO Dos-
ton during the past few weeks. Her
name is Sooboonagam Animal. which Il
shortened to Sooboo for purposes OF
friendly conversation. says an eastern
contemporary.
Sooboo is particularly interesting
from the fact that she belongs to
highcaste family caste eealned su-
perior in India,to ordinary mortal as
sociation. The girl hesFd the misdian
preachers at first with contempt. but
she ended by running away from her
aristocratic home to the mission and
said she had become . Christian. In
leaving her gods behind her she left
also her jewels.
First the angry and desperate father
came to the mission and threatened TO
put Sooboo's new friends in Jail for kid
napiag. The girl wss produced and
elected 10 stay where she wss. The
father went away uttsrin9 the final
word. ''Outcast!" which 10 sentence
Of death"
But soon the broken-hearted mot her,
who never goes forth and whose visit
TO the mission was contamination.
came and pleaded with Sooboo to re-
turn TO the home Of those who had
reared her and had loved her. The girl
declared her love for her mother, but
refused to 60 back. Then came fu-
neral services. a. Of one dead. The
mother. called "sccurssd" because Of
her visit to the mission, could not be
present. but walked 1.o00 miles to the
river Ganges and held mourning serv-
ice there. Then she came home and
walled up the door. Of 8ooboo's room.
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09

wAsn Lsa1e tifatea.,. the. rsse.s,y
wss sir ,Rss Z -. .sssa..es "a - .e essI
erai sad tosy IL "a Is, ,he isis q
Wight. he used to ing pretty regularly
In the surpliced choir Of Kensington
parish chuse en- Ose Of his cons stituents
who did not know him by sight,
thought he would like to see his me m.
ber in this fun common position for a
great lawyer. 30, when next in Lon
don. he attended morning service one
Sunday and asked . verger which of
&he choir WAS Sir Richard Webster
SWELL" replied the Official. "that's the
vicar, those are the curates and I'm the
verger. and so long ~ the choir gives
satisfaction it il not my business to
inquire into the sntscedents of any of
them, man or boy"
On one occasion, ~ . semipolitical
meeting Sir Richard, who is reason
ably proud Of his good tenor voice. Of
fered to sing to the audience At the
conclusion Of the evening. His solo
. sacred one-waA heard with even
0orr attention than his speech. When
hehad finished . eaunt spinster arose
from the audience and said: with
your face and your voice, Sir Richard.
you ought to be teaching gospel truth
TO the poor heathens instead Of telling
honest folks how to be polemical!"
She probably meant to say political.
But this weird Mrs. Malnp.op SO the
story goes, efsectually prevented the
great lawyer from accepting the en-
core which the rest Of bis audience de-
usnded.
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
UNIQUE SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
water Company Asksl Z, pax ps-
sasss II CssIA Net Dxsaa-
6oish rise. -tt

A lawsuit, unique In the jurispru-
dence Of the state Of California, 10
now on trial at Ukfah. The city Of
Ukiah, says San Francisco exchange.
has sued the local waterworks com
psny for loss Of ss7o.7s by reason Of
. are which could not be extinguished
because there was no water in the
hydrants. The waterworks systerd
OF the place consists Of pumping
plant on the bank OF the Russian
river. by which the water il raised 10
. reservoir on the side OF the noun
tain, from which Il 10 Distributed by
natural pressure. Fire hydrantA are
located st all the prominent corners.
On the night Of the Are in question
the agent>of the water company had
shut OH the water in order to stop
the practice Of irrigating private
lawns in the night time. BY reason
Of this q man had to run . half mile
to the reservoir to turn on the water.
The delay was fatal, As the block In
which the fire originated was almost
completely destroyed. Then the city
made q demand upon the company
for the loss sustained by the city
property. The demand was refused
ON the ground that the water COM
pany is not an insurer against fire.
The prosecution holds, however. that
under the terms OF its franchise the
water company is bound to maintain
at oil times sufficient pressure Of wa
ter for oil purposes. of oourse includ-
ing the extinguishmcnt of confagra-
tions: Should the city win the case
all the other losers by the same Ore
will have cause Of action.
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
Pnsunonia Can be Prevented.

This disease aiways results from y
cold q an attack Of the grip and may
be prevented by the timely use Of Cham.
berlainb Cough Remedy. That remedy
was extensively used during the cpl
demica Of Ia grippe of the past few
Year,, and not single case has ever
bcen reported that did not recover or
that resulted in pneumonia. which
shows It To be a certain preventive of
that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's
Cd9Sd Remedy has gained world wide
reputattou for Its cures Of colds and
krtp. For sale BY Styehike b Giveus.
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09

VI Sos vslse of Fish.
. very high food value: in
wry nearly a. nutritious 10
II UFturkey.
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09

ssake ~ 2 nat Catcher.
One Of the men employed q tbs
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
MEEKER, COLO. Saturn FEBRUARY o. 1901.

A gardens in New York has
snake that has the run Of HE
y has the reputation Of being
pat catcher in the entire
wh Of the Bronx. II 10 also .
The Meeker herald., 1901-02-09
6. 0. 1,yl., whI.tI.., nothing pun ., ..sss

$4,000 to loan on good ranches At low
rate Of interest. Also short loans from
Si00 to $4,000 made on best security.
Call on Hay & Waloridge. Real Estate
Loan and Insurance agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-19
RAILROAD NEWS.
Mexico Central Officials Sore at
the Santa Fe
Because 1t Won't Ship Wheat
to Mexico.
NO BLOCKADE EXISTS
Claimed That Everything Is
Open at Ell Paso.
Other Roads Join in the Santa
Fe'a BOycOtt.
o BLOCKADE EXISTS

Some weeks ago the State Journal
printed exclusively the announcement
that the Santa Fe would take no more
grain for shipment to Mexico, because
of the blockade of cars at Ell Paso, due
to the great rush of grain to the Mexican
This story greatly agitated the people
at FL Paso and hauls it south The state
at Ell Paso. haul it The state
ment that the Santa Fe insists upon keep
and does not trust them to the tender
mercies of the Mexican government, ap-
the Mexican railway OFFICIALS.
clerk OF the freight department of the
Mexican Central. the grain blockade at
Ell Paso has ceased to exist He says:
awaiting Us at n1T Ell Paso. and there viii Be
no blockade. About an equal amount OF
from california and Kansas City.
The exact amount of wheat contracted
brought in thus far has been distributed
along the line of the Central at points
Calientes and G~uadaIajara, where there
down TO the city and some OF it is beng
nation admitting the cereal duty free has
been e efT Ie c IN loWerI negct tne price, Dur
come from California points and some Of
the cars are on the way here now.
When they come we viii be ready to re-
However, in spite of Mr.. Wemple's dec
laration, the Santa Fe win not raise the
boycott On Ell sPaso grain shipments.
long haul to. Ell Paso,' said Assistant
General Freight Agent Charles Cook to-
several short hauls- We have to be very
careful of our freight cars owing to the
Other roads are following the. example
of the Santa Fe in refusing to take wheat
for shipment to Ell Paso. The FL Paso
"Railroad men in this city say that
than could be made by any other road
The Mexican Central has an order that
none of its cars shall be allowed to get
into the United States. but they, do get
there somehow Quite a number are
there now and the road is having some
been unsuccessful.
1.-The importation Of wheat into Mexico
however. in spite of the orders which
have been given and the large
through this month. T6e cutting off of
the supply from the United states is due
partly to the rise in exchaangei But this
cars in the United States is such that
many Of the roads viii not SEND their
that once it is out of their hands they
would have difficulty in promptly regain
< Mexican Central official replies to
the charges of the Santa Fe in the fol-
Il have seen cars which were simply
sent across the river at Ell Paso to be IN
loaded, seized by, the road owning the
to the north. OF course it is not right
iutely necessary to get cars and there
are none of your own on hand a man is
the cost afterward. Tricks like that are
being done daily, now, by every road IN
the United States. and for one line to
the pot calling the Kettle black"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-19
WHAT OF THE FUTUREP
Independence Thinks Santa Fe Has
Much in Store For It.

The Independence Reporter sees a
promise of great things for that town IN
the recent improvements and changes
which have beer made by the Santa Fe
in southern Kansas 1t says:
zone significant fact about these va
rious improvements is that they are 10
be continued on the Cedsrvale-Bartles-
vile branches southwest from this city,
instead of westward toward Winfield.
indicating that the future business or
the road will be over the first named
route. An idea of the extent Of the i'm
provementS contemplated can be gained
from the fact that the has de-
cided to expend 5000, 600 on the road be-
tween independence and Cedarvale IN
building steel bridges and stone arches,
easing sharp curves and Strengthening
the roadbed. 1t is also known that the
Santa Fe has made two new surveys IN
the Territories. One of these is from
Elgin, Kas., to Blackwell, and the other
from C~edarvale to Ponca City. AS Elgin
is the greatest cattle shipping point IN
the world today "a fact perhaps not
generally knOWn,) it is not likely that
the Santa Fe Is going to allow itself to
be euchred out of this immense busl-
ness by competing lines that are now
figuring on building through the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma and thus take
the cattle shipping business away from
Elgin and the Santa Fee by establish
ing the shipping point further south
These improvements being made for
the purpose IF handling greater and
heavier traffic on this division mean
something, more thar the Reporter is
able to tell. and it will leave it to its
readers to interpret the signs and in
dulge their imagination Herewith.
A to the prospect of Independence
becoming a more important division en-
the Santa Fe in the neal future, there
are one or two logical conclusions that
point hat way. One is That Independ-
ence is the only town of Importance be-
tween Chanute and Winfield that mas
water in abundance. For some time the
Santa Fe has had at CEerryvale only
a switch engine and a few monkey
wrenches. Water there is gone and the
company has been compelled to hustle
elsewhere. The greatly increasing BUSH
ness of this city to the southwest and
the of the present time
card will soon make it necessary for a
.round-house, car sheds, coal supply and
switch engine 10 be maintained here.