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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
BLESSING THE DANUBE.
A Ceremony That is Observed in Rou-
mania at Christmas.

a. SfiTtStf1dSs
From time immemorial it has been
the custom in Roumania, at Christ
mas, to bless the Danube.
Formerly a scaffolding was erected
on the frozen river. and ON this was a
large cross of ice; but. owing to the
extraordinary number of people who
presented themselves, the ice fire.
quently gave way and many were
drowned. The ceremony now takes
place on the bank of the Danube.
The people. in recognition of the oc-
casion, wear turbans of colored paper
and carry long white wands. These
people, who are dressed to represent
Pontius PLATE, Herod, and other re-
'ligious characters, go from place to
place singing hymns, which are al
most similar to our own Christmas
carols.
At the appointed hour of the cere-
mony the notabiliteis arrive in pro-
cessional order, accompanied by the
priests. The service lasts half an
hour, at the close of which the ice IS
broken and a small wooden cross is
thrown into the water. Hundreds of
people rush after it. and the person
who is successful in recovering it is
considered very lucky. Sometimes
the struggle to possess these crosses
is attended with several fatalities, ow-
ing to disputes arising as to the
ownership of the cross. In the scuffle
which ensues it is said knives are
sometimes drawn and used without
scruple.-London Express.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
Over My Tea Cup.

This homely can of painted tin
Is casket precious in my eyes;
It's withered fragrant leaves within,
Beyond all costly gems prize.
For in those crumpled leaves of tea
The sunbeams of long summer
days,
The song of bird, the hum of bee,
The cricket's evening hymn Of
praise,
The gorgeous colors of sunrise,
The joy that greets each newborn
day,
The glowing tints of sunsets skies,
The calm that comes with evening
gray,
The chatter of contested toll,
The merry laugh of childish glee,
The tonic virtues Of the soil,
were caught and gathered with the
tea;
Lifeless those withered leaves may
seem,
Locked fast in slumber deep as
death,
But soon the kettles boiling stream.
May rouse to life their fragrant
breath.
With sight of deep content we breathe
The sweet mists rising lazily,
With eager, parted lips receive
The first ambrosial taste of tea.
For light and warmth and mood of
men,
Whate'er the plant hath heard or
seen
Or felt, while fixed in field or fen.
And stored within its depths serene.
Are now transmitted into thrills
Or sense or feeling, echoes faint
From peaceful perfumed tea-clad hills,
From placid Orientals quaint.
And fancies born in other lands
Which dormant lie in magic tea,
Dream-castles fair, not made with
hands,
BY some mysterious alchemy
Emerge from cloudland into sight,
transform the sombre working
world
The gloomy hours of day or night
From leaden hue to tint of gold.
Bring rest to wearied heart and
brain,
Kind natures soul to us reveal.
Enlarge the realm of Fancy's reign.
Renew the power to see and feel
The radiance of the rising sun,
The sunsets glow, the moons pale
light,
The promise of day begun,
The rest from toll that comes with
night.
And as | sip my cup Of tea,
Though not friend may be in
sight,
! know that brave company
is taking tea with me this night.
Charles ]. Everett in Tea Leaves.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
WHOLESALE COMMONWEALTH.
Russia Does the Largest Business in
the World.

"The Russian state is by far the
the globe" To ninety-nine readers
out of hundred, this statement will
doubtless be startling. 1t certainly
was to me, when / first met with it,
yet the facts to justify it are not far
to seek. The Russian State draws an
annual net profit of 45,000,000 roubles
from its forests, mines, and argicul-
tu,al property. 1t receives annually
80,000000 roubles from its COM
munities of ex-serfs for the use of
land it ceded to or purchased for
them. 1t is building by far the long
est and most costly railway in the
world, and it owns and works over
10000 miles of railways, the net rev.
enue on which is equal to one
seventh of the net revenue of all the
railways of the United States.
In 1898 it received G1S0,000,000
into its Golfers, nearly one-half of
which sum was not produced by tax
alton. It's budget is greater than that
of France by more that 100000, 900.
In 1890, when one of the banks of
London was unable to meet it's OBJ
legations, the Russian Government
had with it on current account bal
ance of so many millions of pounds
that when the Bank of England came
to the rescue a request was imme-
diately made to Russia not to dispose
of her balance before a certain date,
since to do so would be to precipitate
a financial crisis of the utmost grav-
ity. Finally, besides being a capital
list and banker of this magnitude,
The Russian State is also a metal.
lurgist and spirit-merchant. In a
word, the proud claim is made for it
that it is the greatest landowner, the
greatest capitalist, the greatest con-
structor of railways, and carries on
the largest business in the world
Henry Norman in Scribner's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

When it comes to the matter of
ventilation .he woman theorist shines.
III, indeed, she has thought about 1t
enough to have theory at all land
many have) she does nothing short of
scintillating. AS a consequence more
persons die every year from too much
fresh air than the record from
vitiated atmosphere can show. Not
one person in a hundred can sleep
in the winter-time-with an open
window in their room without bad
consequences, or at least without run
ming dangerous risks. Many more
cases of pneumonia may reasonably
be said to De due to ventilation" than
20 ali other causes combined. / recall
the death OF trained nurse. while on
duty in the home of a neighbor, from
pneumonia, contracted from sleeping
near an open window. AS graduate
OF one of the leading training-schools
she had thoroughly studied the sub
Ject of ventilation under supposedly
intelligent professors. Yet she died
in her youth from downright ignor-
ance of the subject.-Ella Morris
hretsehmar in the womans Home
Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
GREATNESS OF A NATION.
Is Neither Cunning, Bravery, Numbers,
Territory, Art Nor EccIesiasticism.

10 NeitHeT SuHnin9, bravery, NUMBERS,
Territory, Art Nor EccIesiasticism.
Why should not the great Russian,
who has already shown himself pos
sessed of SO many splendid qualities,
finally dominate the world? What is
1t that insures national greatness? Is
1t cunning? The Indians, probably the
most crafty race ever seen on the
planet, havenow well-nigh disappeared.
Is it bravery? The Tekke Turko-
mans, whom the Russian campaign in
Asia almost exterminated, are adj
mitted by Skobeliev to be people full
of honor and courage" they fought
like demons" and, until special meas
ures of defense could be devised, were
irresistible. Is it quick-firing guns
and the newest appliances of war?
The failure of these, even when aided
by determination not much inferior
to that of the Anglo-Saxon, has been
one of the conspicuous results of the
struggle in the Transvaal. Is it an
enormous population from which to
draw combatants? What of the he
roic and successful resistance made by
the gallant 400 within the crumbling
walls of the Enclosure at Picking to
the attack made on them by an over
whelming force in the name of AGO..
900 900 Chinese?
Perhaps it is immense territory?
We still read our Gibbon and the
answer is there. Turn then to the in
stitutional bases of ethnic supremacy.
Does the military spirit, proficiency in
the polite arts of life, make a first
class modern power? The position
now conceded to France is full of sug-
gestion. Is national pre-eminence
given to the land of glorious traditions
in art and literature? Let Italy, with
her diminishing Importance of world
events, give the reply. Do even demo
cratic forms of government, in the
absence of an ordered and consecu-
tive race experience, make great ma
tons? Consider the South African
republics. Does ecclesiasticism fit |
people for enduring rank in planetary
affairs? The story of Spain and of
her recent collapse is eloquent. At
lantic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
Sure Signs of Old Age in Woman.

1. When letters to girl friends are
mostly addressed Mrs"
2. When she begins to care a great
deal about the supper at an enter
tainment.
3. When she feels sudden inter-
est in church and charity work.
4. When she is attractive to very
young men.
5. When she realizes the folly of
dressing in sober colors.
6. When she compares the new way
of wearing the hair with that when
she first put hers up.
z. When-most fatal of all-the
gravity of youth gradually gives way
TO incipient kittenishness.-New
York Evening Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

GODS Big Country raises men
with hearts almos' as big agen
As mos these fellers that YOU meet
Upon tn janglin' city street.
Fer why? You ask tn reason why?
Well, jes. because they know tn sky.
IN pralrles wide, tn blue-black hills,
An, all tn music-makin' rills.
An Jes' because they take their fare
Out in tn 'open-in tn air.
Out where tn flower-studded sod
Jes' shows tn handy work of God.
SIGH are tn reasons western men
Have hearts aimos' as big agen
AS mos these fellers that you meet
Upon tn janglin' city street.
B'cause out there it seems as tho
IN heart has got chance to grow.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
MR.. eLlDDEN's BIG TIP.
Successful Career of a Messenger
Boy-Chance for Somebody.


A stout, fine-looking, well-groomed
man stood at the entrance of the
Western Union Building on Broad
way during the high wind one day last
week and intently examined hand
full of cards and memoranda that he
had pulled out of his overcoat pocket;
cab was waiting for him by tie
curb; the wind caught one of TIE
cards and was fast hustling it out of
sight, when messenger boy slammed
his foot onto it and then handed it
back to the Misunderstanding stranger,
who promptly presented him with a
crisp 81 bill-apparently the handiest
change he could well get at at the
moment.
That was pretty-good-sized tip,
wasn't it?" remarked law clerk, just
emerging from a basement office,
but don't wonder at it. He's got
plenty of the stuff, and then, too, he
has fondness for messenger boys
used to be one himself, you know"
The man was Charles j. Glidden,
president and manager of the Erie
Telegraph and Telephone company,
and prominently slated as the prob
able successor of the late President
Hudson of the American Bel Tele-
phone company.
He is "a good one" too. and likely
to land" they say. Although 43 years
old last August, he looks hardly more
than 35 or Whereabouts - a clean-cut
man, weighing about 200, slightly
above medium height, with large head,
full face, complexion remarkably
clear, black hair and small dark
mustache, high forehead and sharp,
piercing eyes. When the clerk men
toned his name a good-sized crowd in
stantly gathered about him, many of
them messenger boys. looking for
more currency, apparently. But the
telephone magnate jumped into his
cab and was gone in half minute.
President Glidden was born in
Lowell, Mass, and twenty-eight years
ago was a telegraph messenger run.
ming about the streets there; now he
is president of the Traders National
Bank of Lowell, in addition to all his
other important business interests.
His first executive service was with
the old Atlantic and Pacific company,
managing it's Manchester, n. H.,
branch from 1873 to 1S76-before lie
was 20 years old; in 1877 he became
secretary and treasurer of the subsid-
larry companies composing the New
England Telephone and Telegraph
company; then he was appointed Sec
rotary of the larger corporation, and in
1883 began service with the Erie com
pany as its secretary and treasurer,
becoming its vice president in 1896,
and its president in the spring of
1898. Today that system controls
100000 miles of wire and has about
100000 paying subscribers.
President Glidden has out a stand
ing offer that will make anybody rich
who may comply with its terms. IF
some one" he says, will invent
telephone repeater corresponding to
the telegraph repeater) or telephone
qdddruplex lcorresponG--s, 20 the tele-
graph quadruplex) it would revolu-
tionize the business and cut the
charges in two for long-distance SER
vice. Copper wires would not be ne
cessary then, and the reduction in the
cost of maintaining the lines would
thus be enormous. will give $1,000
900 for either one of these inyen-
tons. New York Commercial.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

ment so commonly made about the
last days of great mer who dissent
from the popular theology. 1t is the
rule to represent them as conforming
before they die to the doctrine ana
discipline which in their prime they
had rejected. Still, we do not contra
dict this definite affirmation of what
may be fact. Justice Story was an
ardent Unitarian, one of the first
presidents of the American Unitarian
association, and carried with him to
Washington the atmosphere to which
the Advance refers. Adams. Calhoun,
Marshall, Story, and jefferson shared
the opinions concerning the Trinity
which are now becoming the common
places of modern thought.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

the other day lady, after making
a purchase at the Army and Nav
stores absent-mindedly walked out
Oh the department with another custo-
mer's umbrella. The customer bur.
ried after her, and the lady. with
apologies returned the umbrella
Ihis reminded her that she wanted
new umbrellas for herself and her
daughter. After buying them she
entered an omnibus, and on sitting
down found herself opposite the
owner OF the first umbrella. The
iatter stared at the two new umbrellas.
ana then, with the iciest of smiles.
leaned forward and said, Il see you've
nad a successful morning. london
News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

will get the best of the argument,
and there is not the slightest proba-
bility that Christianity is to suffer any
permanent harm at his hands. He is
becoming great favorite upon the
platform. Let him talk. Will the dis
ciples of Jesus Christ ever be free
from the hysterical fear that some
body is about to overthrow Christian
ity?--Zion's Herald.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
True Sympathy.

Hawk Bard's little gal died last
night, annouced Jim Reynolds of the
/ outfit to the crowd in Perky's
store. Met him this mornin' goin'
INTO town fer tn coffin. tn man
We're that bad broke up he could
scarcely speak. Jim, she's dead
was all he said, an jes' reached over
an shook his hand. Couldn't think
Oh anything right to say, so | jes'
shook his hand an rode on"
Ihere was great deal of sus-.
picious coughing around the stove.
and 1t was generally conceded that
TINS late fall o. snow was mighty
hard on tn eyes,"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

An exchange solemnly asserts that
j. Ogden Armour, who is now head
OF the Armour business interests. was
connected with the late P. ID. Armour
eleven years"
Only eleven years? This is indeed
news and naturally suggests the
query: With whom was he connected
during the other twenty-six years OF
his life?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
Prairie Wolves.

Up where the white bluffs
Fringe the plain,
When heavens lights
Are on the wane;
They sing their songs
AS demons might
Shrek wild chorus
To the night.
Gaunt, gray brutes
With dripping fangs,
With eyes afiame
With hunger pangs.
And lips curled back
In snarls of hate,
They wall a curse
Against their fate.
Robert ". Carr.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

One of the latest means of pioneer
evangelism in the west is the chapel
car" A writer in the Chicago Tribune
thus pictures these churches on
wheels: They are made after me pat
tern of an ordinary railroad-car. only
on a larger scale, and are provided
with sufficient space to seat 100 people
comfortably, and to give room for the
church organ and pulpit, besides pro-
viding for living quarters for the
missionary and his family. They
travel from town to town, staying five
or six weeks In each place. 1t is rare
that they are not the forerunners of a
permanent church home and the basis
OF the religious and social sentiment
OF the places visited by them. There
are now eight of the railroad chapel
cars travelling in the western states
and in the pineries and woods OF
northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.
They are all made of the best material
and workmanship. They are so feet
long from end to end. having 7O-foot
body. This space is divided into a So
foot chapel, with seats provided for
100 people. At one end 20 feet OF The
length of the car is set apart for the
use OF the evangelist and his family.
They are never allowed to get out OF
repair. but are sent to the shor 10
receive a coat OF paint and varnish
whenever needed. They are fitted
with six-wheel trucks and air-brakes.
The cost of the cars is $1,000 each.
The railroad companies have become
interested in the movement. and the
cars are hauled from place to place
free of charge. The first car that
was built was given the name OF
Evangel Other names that have been
provided are Glad Tidings. Messenger
OF Peace, or they have been named in
the order CT their erection. as chapel
car No. 3. The mining-camps of Colo
RADIO the logging-camps of Wisconsin
and Minnesota, and the frontier towns
OF nearly all of the western states
nave received visits from the chapel
car. They usually occur before any
enort has been made looking toward
the organization Of church. The
visit OF the car frequently creates as
much interest as the coming of a cir
Gus Besides doing pioneer
work, some Of the cars do consider.
able special work among the employees
IN the railroad Yards through which
they pass.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

unitarians, says the Christian Re.
gister, have commonly regarded Chief
Justice Marshall as one of their num.
Der But others have sometimes with
heat denied this claim. Concerning
1t the Advance makes a statement
which may come near being the truth
We quote; "Religiously, Marshall was
an Episcopalian, and faithfully MT.
tended the services of the church.
but the air around him was saturated
with liberalism, and he adopted the
Unitarian view of the person Of Christ
For this reason he thought that IL
would not be honest to unite with the
church. But during the last year of
his life he was led TO new investiga.
ton of the subject. and became con.
vinced of the Saviours divinity. He
at once expressed desire TO make a
public confession OF his faith; but
sickness interviewed. death came. and
he passed from his high seat OF judg.
ment to the great judgment beyond"
We always look with suspicion. com.
ments the Register. upon the state
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
Congratulations.

Young doctor-Congratulate me,
I've Just been called to attend my first
PATIENT
foung lawyer-Glad to hear II,
But hadn't you better take me aIong?-
Perhaps he'd better make his WIN,
Der Floh.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

Rev. DR.. Addison Ballard writes in
the New York Evangelist: Some oil
the most fruitful Sunday-school work
anywhere done / have seen done In
log-cabin settlements in the distant
west. Now, with our luxuriously ap'
pointed churches, chapel and Sunday
school rooms, well filled libraries,
"1esson-helps" without number and
fine vocal and instrumental music,
why are such meager spiritual results
SO much debated and deplored? More
than a place to work in, tools to work
with and materials to work up, is the
workman himself The place may be
a poor one, the tools scanty and rude,
the materials unpromising. ye ia
workman whose heart is thoroughly
in his work may have more to show
for 1t in the end than another, al
though in every respect better
equipped, but who having no clear and
earnest aim is satisfied with simply
going through the prescribed motions.
Said a Sunday-school teacher to me
once 81 believe that all the girls in
my class are now Christians-all but
one and she is very thoughtful and,
! think, near conversion. have been
working for this all the year past.
Besides the school hour | have had
the girls at my home once every week
for prayer and personal instruction"
The most devoted and conscientious
teachers are the ones who most fully
realize and who most dread the dan
ger of professionalism in their work
the danger in other words of being sa-
tisfed with simply going through the
motions. So much easier is Journalism
than spiritual fidelity, that with those
not thus heartily and prayerfully de-
voted to their work the mistake most
likely to be made is that of devising
and organizing some new motions to
be gone through with.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14

Here is what one Chinaman says in
the North China Daily News about
Corsets Against Small Shoes:
What is the use OF binding the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
DRIFT AND DISCUSSION ABOUT
MANY MATTERS.
CABIN SUNDAY SCHOOLS

Effective Work Done in Them--A
Church on Wheels New Wrinkle
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon and Mrs.
Nation the Joint smasher-other
Notes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
Western Men.

Robert ". Carr.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-28
STORIES Of Shooting
BY STRIKERS DENIED.
NO TRUTH IN REPORTS THAT
UNITED STATES MARsHALS
WE'RE FIRED UPON.
REASON FOR THE STRIKE.
MINERS WILL GIVE UP COMPANY
HOT SES--RECEIvING $1,000 A
WEEK FROM UNION.

THACKER, w. Va, June 27.-Mar-
shall A. c. Hufford and Sheriff Green
way Hatfield. who arrived here to-day.
stated positively that the reports OF
their being fired upon from ambush and
that the railroad station here was rid
dled with bullets while the officers were
waiting for a train recently were incor-
rect. Not shot was fred at the deputy
while serving notices of the injunction
on the strikers or at any time.
c. w. Burke. leader OF the strikers,
who has temporary headquarters here,
said the strike came about from the OPP
position of Superintendent Lambert 10
the mineps' union. The shooting OF lasL
week was done, he declared, by Ken
tuckians and not strikers. When asked
If the ejectment tenants would be met
with resistance, Mr.. Burke replied:
NO; the union will follow out its
policy of abiding by the law and make
no resistance. We ar getting $1,000 a
week from the United Mine Workers of
America and all the men are in fairly
good shape to stand a long period Of
idleness if necessary. If we have to
camp on the mountains for several
years there can be no compromise in
this affair.""