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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
GRIP AND PNEUMONIA.
Something About the Germs That Are
Mans Winter Foes.

Grip comes in mild, damp weather
in the winter season, and pneumonia
thrives when colder weather comes,
with abrupt changes of temperature.
Both are germ diseases. Grip has
been prevalent every winter since
1889, when it made it's first appear
ance. The epidemic probably starts
each year from chronic cases of the
disease. Grip baciln get into the air
with the breath of patient and infect
persons who inhale them. One germ
soon produces colony. If grip is
neglected or fought against it is dan
gerous, especially to those who suffer
from Bright's disease, weak hearts or
enfeebled nervous systems.
When grip became known as con.
tagious disease in 1889 psychologists
at once began to search for the
bacillus that caused it, but did not find
it until 1892. 1t is much smaller than
any other disease germ. and is very
delicate, only living two and half
weeks at most. When highly mag
nified it looks like a small hyphen A
peculiar fact is that colonies of It
cannot be raised in an incubator by
means of Japanese isinglass, bouil-
Ion and blood serum, as in the case Of
other bacilli. 1t must be fed on red
blood corpuscels. In a New York
laboratory cultures of grip germs are
made in this way: Thin layers of
jelly are put in small glass dishes, and
on the jelly little blood is spread.
The patients throat is swabbed with
stirilized cotton, and this cotton 10
drawn several times over the jelly.
Four or five dishes are treated in this
way, and after they have been kept in
the incubator for the proper time
colonies of germs are found in the
jelly. The more dishes with germs In
them, the more bacilli there were in
the patients throat.
The most common pneumonia
bacilli are round and are usually
found in pairs. Occasionally grip
bacilli are found with pneumonia
germs. Pneumonia sometimes fol
| lows grip, but is not caused by it.
Little Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
The AppIe Barrel.

1t stood in the cellar low and dim,
Where the cobwebs swept and
swayed
Holding the store from bough and limb
AT the feet of autumn laid.
And oft, when the days were short
and drear
And the north wind shrieked and
roared,
We children sought in the corner.
here,
And drew on the toothsome hoard.
For thus through the long, long win
ter time
1t answered our every call
With the wine Of the golden summers
prime,
Sealed by the hand of fall,
The best there was of the earth and
air,
Of rain and sun and breeze
Changed to a pippin sweet and rare.
BY the art of the faithful trees.
A wonderful barrel was this, had we
Its message but rightly heard,
Filled with the tales of wind and bee,
Of cricket and moth and bird;
Rife with the bliss of the fragrant
June
When skies were soft and blue;
Thronged with the dreams of har-
vest moon
Ger fields drenched deep with dew.
o homely barrel! I'd fain essay
Your marvellous skill again;
Take me back to the past, pray,
AS willingly now as then
Back to the tender morns and ewes,
The noontides warm and still,
The fieecy clouds and the spangled
leaves
Of the orchard over the hill
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18

was mainly written upon the mereSt
conception of my own, suggested to
me by short paragraph. | have al
ready told you that. The manner in
which my murderer, John Saxon, was
brought to justice for his crime was
pure fiction work. Now are you sat
F.! isfied?'
mol" he replied, throwing him
self back in his chair. What you say
may be true; don't know In any
case, your story has put me under the
suspicion of the police and the people
of Rochdale. am a marked man,
don't doubt. Probably the police are
hunting me down now-now! But they
won't find the shirt"
Probably you overrate the interest
the police and people of Rochdale take
in my novels and the death of your
partner" l said. with an effort at
calmness not too easy to assume.
Possibly l dol" he replied in a
hoarse voice, with a furtive glance at
the door. But there is you to reckon
with now!"
'Me?"
yes, you." Do you think if knew
| was as safe from suspicion as
was before yoIr book was written |
could leave you after what I've said
! to you tonight?"
What do you propose to do, then ?
Give yourself over to the police, eh ?'
l asked ironically, for l was weary Of
the nervous strain.
ut is you or me, and, by my soul,
will seal your lips"
To my uttermost surprise, he made
sudden dash around the table at me,
but in the moment of his heightened
passion he forgot his revolver.
thrust out my arm and snatched it
from the table as / quickly lodged my
assailant, and stepping back, | held
the barrel in his face.
Stand back. John Saxon, or | fret"
| cried.
He staggered back and leaned
against the wall
Give me the key, John Saxon"
said sternly.
With his wild eyes fixed upon the
revolver, he took the key from his
pocket and threw it upon the table.
took it up and drew toward the door.
AS if he realized that the door only to
let him pass out to the gailows, he
made a desperate, sudden spring at
me as. with my left hand. slipped the
key into the lock-
Stand back" | cried, and pushed
the revolver into the hollow of his
ashy cheek.
Stop" he calculated hoarsely, as
with an impetuous gesture he pushed
his lank hair off his moistened brow
with both hands What are you go.
ing to do, old man: A price, price,
price, A price-my life! IL buy my
, life! A price"
I He crept toward me, shaking his
, trembling arms above his head. Sud
denly he stopped, and his eyes start
ed from their sockets. He threw his
chin forward as if trying to swallow
some lump rising in his throat Then,
as ! sprang to him. he twisted on his
heel and fell in a heap upon the floor.
A price, Nemesis had refused his
price for life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
TO USE SMALL BANANAS.
Comprehensive Scheme Of an In.
genious New Highlander.

genous New Highlander.
Il met a shrewd New England
yankee in Honduras The other day, =
said a New Orleans shipper who had
just returned from a trip to Central
America, and he unfolded a scheme
| that would have made the late Colonel
Sellers turn pea green with envy.
/ Ny idea, he said, is to use the waste
/ product of these great banana plauata-
tons. Every season, he went or
thousands upon thousands of tons of
fruit is allowed to rot on the ground
because it is slightly below the stand
! ard size. 1t doesn't pay to send it to
market, and The planters would be
glad to give it to anybody who would
take 1t away. propose to coin every
pound of that wasted fruit into
money That's corlSing good idea,
said |; how do you propose to do it?'
by three processes he replied, all
of which l have invented. The first
is : method to which the skin of the
banana is reduced to pulp for the
manufacture of all that class of goods
known commercially as fiberware"
shall use it, however, entirely in the
making of small kegs, quarter-ba els
and firkins.'
But why that restriction 1
asked.
will make it clear in moment
he replied. My second process
brings us to the fruit proper. After
ii is stripped of it's skin it is given
certain treatment, including high
pressure under steam rolls, which re-
moves all the saccharine matter in the
; shape of a delicious strip, which | am
satisfied is destined to become one or
the favorite CONNECTIONS of the day,
especially among children. Well iced.
it will take the place of soda water,
and, slightly warmed or mulled, it will
be great drink for the winter. / will
draw this product off into my banana
skin kegs and quarter-barrels and am
ready Immediately for the market.
Il was greatly impressed. How
about the third process?' inquired.
That relates to the meat of the
banana, said he, after the moisture
and saccharine matter is completely
extracted The residue is a beautiful
white, thoroughly desiccated mass,
which may be readily reduced to a
fine flour, capable of indefinite
preservation at any temperature 1t
tastes something like oatmeal and
makes delicious bread or cakes.
This flour | will pack in my fifty-pound
fiber firkins, and thus entirely dis
pose of my raw material. There will
be no by-product. Everything will be
used up as completely as a pig in 4
Chicago pork packery.'
Il asked the inventor whether he
had made any practical test, and he
admitted frankly that his experiments
thus far had not been wholly success
full. He said the fiberware had soma
how dissolved when it got wet; the
strip had fermented, and the -four had
turned moldy; but he was sanguine of
overcoming these minor difficulties.
wished him luck. II was certainly the
most comprehensive scheme | ever
heard of for grabbing fortune by the
forelock, and the fetlock at one and
the same time. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
BeaeonsfieId's Witty Suggestion.

A London correspondent writes:
Lord Salisbury, who but the other
day lost his half-brother, Lord Lionel
Cecil, has now lost his brother.in-law,
the Earl Of Galloway, peer who in
spite of the quantity of royal Scotch
blood in his veins was so famous for
his imbecility that at the time when
the government considered it neces-
sary to confer upon him, by reason of
his political influence as a great ter
ritorial magnate, the ancient Scotch
order known as the Thistle, Lord
Beaconsheld expressed the apprehen-
sion lest he should eat IT, The earl
was a most peculiar looking man and
among other oddities invariably wore
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18

white-knitted gloves. winter and sum-
mer, large blue goggles being likewise
worn throughout The hot weather
Some few years ago he became involv-
ed in a very unsavory episode up in
the north. which led to his being al
most lynched and arrested. Thanks
to timely negotiations the charges
against him We're withdrawn, while
the conduct which had got him into
trouble was explained and excused by
his family on the ground that owir 2
to an attack of sunstroke he was not
altogether right in his head He leaves
no children and the title and estates
are inherited by his naval brother,
Capt. Randolph Stewart"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
SWEDISH Air TORPEDO.
Motion of ProiectIe Caused by Igni.
ton of Gas.

ton of Gas.
An air torpedo Of construction
heretofore unknown has been pat
ented by Swedish major, Mr. Unge.
and the inventor has just received a
government subsidy for making ex-
periments with the new torpedo.
The motion of this peculiar pro-
jectile through the air, according to
the patent specifications, is caused ex.
clusively by a force which is de-
veloped in the torpedo little by little
from ignition of a gas generated from
slowly burning material. The pres
sure of the gas gradually becoming
stronger, propels the torpedo through
an arrangement by which the gas can
escape at the bottom.
Once in motion, the torpedo there
fore increases it's speed in the same
degree as the gas pressure is in
creased. The charge may consist OF
any explosive, provided the same is
ignited only by shocks or blows. The
initial velocity need be but slight, as
the torpedo is impelled by its own
force, Therefore the discharge from
the torpedo gun, constructed for the
purpose, occasions no report nor
recol and but little pressure, and
consequently is not in the least dan
gerous to those handling the gun. At
the trials made so far the torpedoes
traversed distance of 10000 feet.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18

have investigated this strange phe-
nomenon have decided that it is
caused entirely by the removal Of
water pressure. One starfish will eat
more than fifty CLANS in a week. The
fish commission experts believe that
the growing scarcity of clans is due
to the fact that menhaden are caught
in such large quantities for oil
factories. The menhaden feed almost
entirely on starfish, the deadliest
enemy of the clam.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
Varieties of Professorshlps.

Second Cousin Philenda's youngest
daughter, Mary Ella, Is married."
Farmer Hornbeak announced upon his
return from the village. Niece
Theodosia stopped me as was driyin
along an told me to let you know that
she'd just got letter from Okonk,
where Philenda's folks live, sayin'
that Mary Ella was married week be-
fore last to Professor-er-er-S
body don't exactly recall what the
name was" "A professor returned
Mrs. Hornbeak, is a pleased tone. 81
guess, then, that she's made a good
match of 1t an got a man of education
an social standin' If so be that he's
professor. I'm real glad It's So too"
"Whal. | don't know" said the old
man shrewdly. That depends good
deal, 'cordin' to my way OF thinkin'
on what variety of the species he be-
longs to, so to say. Theodosia didn't
tell me, ah forgot TO ask whether
ne is dancip' master, corn doctor,
a piano tuner a prize fighter, boss
physician ayer-on-of-hands, a
balloonatis, a seventh son of a seventh
son, sword swallower, a phrenoIo-
gist, bicycle rider, magician or
an elastic-skin man."-Leslie's Week,
ly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
WESTERN NORTH AMERICA.
A Region in Which Vast Wealth Lies.


1t is beyond the limit of any merely
human descriptive powers to do JUS
tice to the timber wealth of the Paci-
fic coast. 1t has been calculated with
reference to British Columbia alone
that at the present rate of eonsump-
ton it would take 700 years to ex-
haust the more available supplies of
timber; and as, under the husbandry
of nature, forests will renew them
selves in less time than 700 years, the
calculation is merely a way of indicat-
ing that the timber resources of the
Pacific coast are practically mex
haustible. 1t is not too much to say.
then, that for all trade and commerce
into which wood and the products of
wood enter, and for all manufactures
in which wood and the products Of
wood are consumed. the Pacific coast
possesses resources intellectually
greater than any other portion of the
globe, civilized or uncivilized.
AS regards the products of the mine,
the territory under consideration al
ready produces no ineonsiderable pro
portion of the worlds annual supply
of gold, SILVER copper, and lead 1t is
besides infinitely rich in iron, coal,
and petroleum, of which its stores are
hardly yet comprehended, much less
utilized. And what is known of all it's
mineral resources is as nothing in
comparison with what is not known
David B. Boyle in Engineering Maya
zine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
"Gas Eyes" in Fish.

Gas eyes" is the newest thing in
diseases Of fish. It invariably attacks
deep-sea fish which have been put In
an aquarium. For some years 1t has
been noticed by keepers Of aquaria
that deep-sea fish become covered
with air blisters. Usually 1t appears
first on the fins, gradually spreading
over the body, at last attacking the
eyes. A small blister filed with gas
would appear on the eyeball and swell
to such an extent that II would force
the eye from its socket. Experts who
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
To Clean Polished Wood.

To clean French-polisbed furniture
it is not necessary to use polishing
mixture. 1t can be easily done and
the furniture made to look new Il
these instructions are carefully OBJ
served:
Take some tepid water and dis
solve in it little soap. When this
is done wash the furniture. using 4
flannel cloth. Then brush carved
work with a soft brush and wash of
all the soapy water with soft cloth.
When dry the furniture can be
polished with a piece of chamoia
without effort.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
BY Your Manners You Are Juao.d

1t is vulgar to make remarks about
the food at dinner.
To talk about things which only
interest yourself.
TO contradict your friends when
they are speaking.
To grumble about your home and
relations to outsiders.
TO say clever things which may
hurt some ones feelings.
TO dress stability in the morning be.
cause no one will see you.
10 be rude to those who serve yov.
either In shops or at home.
10 think first of your own pleasure
"hen you are giving a party.
10 refuse ungraciously when some
one wishes to do you favor.
10 behave in an omnibus or train rs
IL no one else had right to be there.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18

Chicago business men say that the
country high schools provide them
with more promising class of clerks
than those graduated from the city
schools. They are smarter and more
generally available than the town
boys
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-18
An Inevitable lnfirmity.

she-Your friend seems to have &
poor memory.
Newell, no wonder. He was in
an information bureau over ten years.
Smart Set.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17

Miss Rosa Culbertson returned
to Nandalia Wednesday, after
visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. NJ. Culbertson, south of
town.
Miss Frank Lott is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. 7. A. McMurtry,
for IA few days.
Mrs. Ridgway, of Auxvassc, Wis
tied j. +. Ridgway and wife Sat
urday and Sunday
Several from here took advan.
tagc of the excursion to st. Louis
last week.
Sidney James, of Mexico, was Il
business visitor in our town Mon
day.
Mrs. +. j. Mccormack will
spend the winter with her daught-
en-, Mrs. Mary Ecton, of Benton
City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17
MartinSburg.

The beautiful rain which fell
Friday makes the people rejoice.
Mrs. Lille McGinnis has return.
ed to her home at Long Branch,
after a two weeks visit with her
brother, X. Hammett.
Misses Lille and Rancie Her
linger drove over from Mt. Car
mel last Thursday. Miss Rancie
remained, the guest of relatives
and friends here.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Huffman and daugh-
ter, Miss Bessie, took the train
here Thursday for st. Louis, re-
turning home Sunday.
Roy NARROW, of Montgomery
City, visited home folks here Sun
day.
Otis Montague, of Cuivre, was
in town Sunday.
Miss Lille Hammett is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Beulah
McGinnis, of Long Branch.
Harry Burwell visited relatives
at Wellsville Sunday.
James Grow and Rollen Ed
wards, of Cuivre, were callers in
town Sunday.
Rev. Slower filled his appoint
ments at the Methodist Church
Sunday. He will begin Il series
of meetings the fourth Sunday in
this month.
Joe Watkins and wife, of Ben
ton City, visited relatives here
Sunday.
Henry Ellis visited Wellsville
relatives Saturday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17
Santa fe.

w. o. Miller, east of town, is
building an addition to his house.
n. A. Dull made a business trip
to Mexico Thursday.
The little infant of Velton and
Marie White was buried here
Thursday,
Perry Davis attended the st,
Louis fair last week
Mrs. Chas. Crump and daughter,
Bess, were in Mexico shopping
Thursday.
Mrs. Velton Whites father and
sister visited her last week.
Charley Latham visited his sis
ter, Mrs. jeff Bates, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dawson and
Mrs. Vanlandingham, of Long
Branch, were the guests of Mrs.
Velton White Friday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17
Mt. Carmel.

We had a fine rain last Friday
night which will, in a measure,
restore the pastures. The cisterns
and ponds are replenished enough
to stop water hauling for a while
at least.
There will be quite an acreage
of wheat sown in this locality.
The ground will work all right
since the rain.
VIM. Barney sold a nice bunch
of shoats to Wellsville buyers last
week at SO per pound.
Mrs. Cora Hall and little daugh-
ter and Mrs. j. W. Harris and
son visited friends in Wellsyille
several days last week.
VIM. Doty attended preaching
at Pleasant Plains several nights
last week. There seems to be a
star attraction up there for Mr..
Doty.
w. b. Langford will dig for
living water this week.
Your correspondent was a visit
or at LaddOnia last week. Noted
several improvements about town
and Il good many strange faces.
We were surprised to see so many
well-diggers there finding an album
dance of water so close to the sur.
face, 20 to 30 feet.
Miss Myrtle Buchanan, of this
place, has been quite sick for sew
eral days.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17
Deaths.

NJ. l.. White, one of the early
citizens of Centralia, died at his
home in that city last Friday, aged
81 years.
Joseph Green, aged 81 years,
retired farmer, died at his home
in Centralia last Sunday. He came
to Missouri from Kentucky forty
years ago.
John ii. Field, east of Mexico,
aged II, accounted the wealthiest
man in the county, died Monday
morning of Bright's disease. He
had been in failing health for
some time. He leaves a wife and
six children. The funeral was
held yesterday, conducted by Revs.
w. A. Hanna and A. a. Wallace.
Mrs. Field was formerly Miss Liz
zie French, daughter of w. II.
French, of this city.
Mrs. Mollie Crawford, of this
city, i'll for a number of months
with cancer, died last Friday. She
was a member of the Presbyterian
church, an excellent woman and
devoted Christian. The funeral
was preached by Rev. A. a. Wal
lace and the remains taken to
South Fork, in Monroe county,
and laid by the side of her hus-
band, who preceded her to the
grave several years ago.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17
MOlinO.

This certainly is cold weather
for October.
The new addition to the Beam S
store adds much to its appearance
They have most of the shelves in
and the inside painted.
Oscar Martin attended the social
at Mr.. Pindall Wilhey's last Fri
day night. He says Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitley are royal entertainers.
Misses Lizzie and Eva Ross, of
New Canton, Ill.,, were guests of
Mrs. Felix Martin and Miss Anna
Baker last week.
One of p. h. Cauthorn's fine
horses died last Sunday morning;
supposed fodder disease.
We understand Mr.. f. Dorgan
will start West in a few days.
Sorry they are going to leave us,
they are good neighbors.
Mrs. Tom Heller visited her
daughter, Mrs. Blume, last Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday.
We are very sorry to hear of the
death OF Thomas NEWMAN who
died in the Philippine Islands. He
was Il model young man. 1t was
indeed sad news to his many
friends.
A good horse of 5. Il. Middle
ton is dying. They have the vet
Urinary surgeon of Mexico with it..
People should be careful in feeding
fodder to pull all the little nubbins
off.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-10-17
thompson.

Eppa Elliott visited i'll st. Louis
Thursday.
Mrs Sam Fletcher is visiting in
Carrollton.
Mrs. Hattie Franklin and son
returned to their home in Slater
Wednesday, Miss Ella Gcary ac-
companying her home.
Ed and VIII Cant did business
III Ccntralia Saturday.
Mrs. Paul Hudson returned to
her home, in Ccntralia, Saturday
after Il few days visit with the
family of =. $. Morris.
Mcsdamcs Geo. Meyers and Ros-
cnthall visited friends in Ccntralia
first of the week.
Mrs, +, $. Morris is visiting rel
ativcS in st. Louis.
Jno. McClclland aud wife, OF
Joplin, are visiting the families Of
Geo. and Jack Woolcry.
Miss Nora Whitcsidc returned
home from Mexico, Monday.
Wallace BasSford is resctting
trees lost from the recent drouth.
Geo. Meyer received n car OF
corn the first of the week.
Lee Gordon, of Mexico, visited
at +. NJ TiuSley's Sunday,
Miss Matte Pool, one of Mcxi-
co 5 popular teachers, visited her
brother, George, first Of the week
Several visited the school Friday
and report Miss Bloom progress
ing nicely with her work.
L. Hughes shipped one car o.
sheep Tuesday,
II, r. Cant shipped one ear
hogs first Of the week,
+. J Harrison and wife enter
tanned several friends Tuesday
night
Mrs. Charles Hover and child.
rem returned to their home at Car
rolllou after few days visit with
friends and relatives here.