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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Calve, the Woman.

Calve, the woman. is a topic not a
whit less fascinating than her career
as prima donna. Each summer is
spent at her chateau at Cavriere. near
Aveyron, France, There is a pretty
romance connected with this country
seat. When as girl she used to
walk this place each day her most
daring dream was TO some time he
rich enough to purchase Il. After
success came the dream was realized.
Today she spends as much time as
possible there in company with her
parents and brothers and sisters. To
the village folks Calve is an ideal
Lady Bountiful. She visits the pooc,
takes the sick all sorts of tempting
delicacies, interests herself in secur.
ing positions for the unemployed.
The village children fairly worship
her Calve loves children. She will
sit for hours on the lawn under the bis
trees surrounded by group of ad.
miring children, telling them strange
tales of what she has seen and heard
in foreign lands, or relating legends OF
long ago.-George T. b. Davis in W ,
mans Home Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

Victor l. O'Brien, in Ainslee's,
speaking of the great western sugar
king. says: CLAUS Spreckeis went
with his family to Europe, and there
entered into an exhaustive study of
sugar that has since made him the
undisputed master of the business in
America. He evn became a workman
again, serving as an ordinary en-
ploye at Magdeburg. By 1867 ne was
again in the refinery business in Cali
fornia, operating, in connection with
his brother, the institution which still
exists to his honor, the California sug-
ar refinery. For this institution he
personally directed in New York the
building of the machinery, and after
ward participated in the training of
every employe, as well as in the erect
ing of the buildings and the manage
ment of the finances. He began with
wooden structure, rather small,
adapted strictly to the extent of the
current operations; but within three
years the building was enlarged four
times, and at the end of four years an
immense brick building was put up,
which, with capacity to turn out
800 tons of sugar per day, still stands
on the south bay shore of San Fran
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
His Troubles.

He never bet on politics,
He never rocked boat;
He never walked on hands and knees
Before William goat;
He never aimed an empty gun
At any persons head;
He hardly ever said thing
He wished he hadn't said.
He never signed his. name to things
That might bring future shame,
He never put up money on
Another fellows game;
He never ran to catch car
And lost his peace of mind
And got all fiustered-when the next
Was just block behind.
But through the night he often tossed
Upon a sleepless bed,
And in his aching head was doubt
And in his heart was dread:
He worried as he thought about
Old Jonah and the whale,
And wondered If one might be saved
Who disbelieved the tale.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

cisco-one of the most conspicuous
manufactures on the Pacific coast.
The men who had driven Mr..
Spreckels from the Bay Sugar COM
pany soon found they had created q
Tartar. The doughty German applied
his great foresight and his close judg-
ment to every phase of the sugar bus
mess. He not only operated upon
more scientific manufacturing prin-
ciples, but he reached out into the
general field of competition and
brought that within his control. At
one time he shrewdly cornered all the
sugar aiioat and almost shut up the
doors of his rivals by cutting off the
raw supplies, all of which had always
to be imported. He invented new pro-
cesses which reduced the time of max
ing of hard sugar from three weeks
to twenty-four hours, and introduced
into the American market the cube
and crushed sugars of today. His
competitors were helpless against his
ability and his cunning, and they
eventually had no alternative but to
surrender.
The fight, however, went on for a
long time-in fact, until, by another OF
the master-strokes which had given
him such ascendency as he had gained
up to that time, Mr.. Spreckels went
to the Hawaiian islands and made
himself the virtual owner OF the
sugar-cane growing of the Pacific
ocean. This was in 1876, just after
the completion of the first reciprocity
treaty between Kalakaua and the
United States. admitting Hawaiian
sugar free of duty.
" L went to the islands for self-pro
lection says Mr. Spreckels, and soon
became the largest sugar raiser there.
He went over the local situation sci
entifically with an engineer before en-
tering into operations. But when he
began work it was upon large scale,
forming the Hawaiian Commercial
company. with paid-up capital of
81. O0O, 900.
The report of the committee on for
eign relations of the United States. in
speaking Of the advent of Spreckels'
70 the Hawaiian islands, says:
After a refusal on the part OF the
Hawaiian cabinet to grant request of
Mr.. Spreckels for water privileges. he
held conference in the evening with
King halakaua and another gentle
man with the result that the next
morning the king requested thu reslg.
nation of each member of the cabinet,
and the following day a new cabinet
was appointed. which granted Mr..
Spreckels his desires.
Gradually the competitors IN the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

ates could have intended. Competi.
ton was at once inaugurated. The
trust attempted to coerce Mr.. Spreck-
els. But it did not know him so well
then as it does now.
For while Mr.. Spreckels was at a
decided disadvantage because of the
enormous profits made by the trust on
It's business il the east and the con-
sequent possibility of selling in Cali
fornia at a loss. But the disadvantage
was quickly met. With his usual re-
sourcefulness, Mr.. Spreckels con-
ceived the idea of carrying the war
into the enemys own territory.
Against the strenuous advice and OBJ
Jections of his friends, who predicted
disaster If he attempted to fight the
trust single-handed, he erected an
enormous refinery at Philadelphia,
which is the largest and most COM
plete in the world, at a cost of $5,O00.-
600. Mr.. Spreckels then fixes prices il.
all the eastern markets of the trust,
and so soon became such a thorn in
its side that the trust made overtures
for peace, and the terms finally agreed
upon involved the purchase OF the
Philadelphia refinery by the trust and
uninterrupted operation of the Califor
mia sugar refinery in San Francisco.
After a career of such broad activ-
ity and such stress, Claus Spreckels is
now going toward his fourth score of
years, seemingly almost untouched by
the unhappy consequences that usu-
ally ensue from so strenuous a life.
He stands straight. broad-shouldered
and strong-a bit leonine in his rug
gedness, yet softened and kind as he
was in his boyhood. His has been an
iron constitution from the outset.
Without the sheer capacity for phys
zeal endurance, and without the boiler
power of good many ordinary men
combined, he could never have stood
know fatigue. He has worked inces-
sanity and at all hours, frequently
laboring until one and two o'clock in
the morning upon his affairs. He has
always risen early-at six or six-thirty
o'clock-and. as he says himself, has
always wanted TO be at work and do
ing something. His deep chest and
his full, round trunk carry large
head. firmly set. with a mouth that
speaks resolution; open. blue eyes
that look straight at one and betoken
warmth and constancy that have al
ways prevailed in his home life, as
they prevailed in the home life of his
parents.
The first impression that a person
gains upon meeting Mr. Spreckels is
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

~ 2 W ~ NN~sN ~. M 49, lN%SSs..tts<4
local neld gave way, and by 1883 Mr..
Spreckels was the unquestioned sugar
king of the Pacific coast But the tri.
umphs in his own field served only to
bring against his single hand the
colossal power of the the American
Sugar Refineries company, which has
since become known as the sugar
trust. This company viewed his busi-
ness jealously and sought to absorb
it. They offered Mr.. Spreckels mil
lion dollars for his interests. But Mr..
Spreckels did not prove the man to be
bought out of his independence for the
sake of amalgamation with an institu-
tion even of such enormous wealth as
the sugar trust, nor to be neglectful of
the local welfare that was more or less
dependent upon his personality. He
said that so long as he had dollar in
the world he would keep his refinery
running, and would never consent to
turn into the street men who had
faithfully served him, many of them
for twenty and twenty-five years.
This was sentiment, and it prob
ably did not seem to be good business
to the managers of the trust. But IT
turned out to be better business for
California than the trust of it's associ.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

THAT tired feeling" may be COM
bated by proper exercise, wholesome
food, pure air, pure water, pure
thoughts; then will the temple of the
soul be fit dwelling-place. Learn to
economic your vitality. Snatch
few moments here and there for rest,
either by full relaxation or change of
occupation. The man in the story
who hired out to the farmer never got
tired, never got hungry. But the first
day, long before the noon hour, he was
seen sitting upon the pillow in the
shade of tree eating slice of bread
and butter. He rested before getting
tired, ate before he was hungry.
While have not followed his example,
| cannot remember when was tired,
although l am never idle and not infre-
quently average seventeen hours
work day.-Edward B. Warman in
Ladies' Home Journal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
NOT DUKE ENOUGH FOR ALL.
HusbandIess American Women Barred
From Queen Maraherita's Court.

The king of Saxony, lately, when
the American minister to Italy was
presented to him. broke forth vehem-
emily: "Ach. Himmel: Mein Herr! Half
American wifes no husbands at all?
They come in dotzens to mein court.
Efery one must be presented; efery
one must be asked to a state dinner.
Fiery one must go in to dinner NIT a
duke. hat not dukes enough to go
around! What kind of wifes are
they? | would like to know" So
fragrant is the scandal of our swarm
ing mateless women in Europe that
even Queen Margherita, most good
humored of sovereigns, has been
forced to draw in the lax lines of her
court. No married American woman
can be presented now at the Quirinal
unless accompanied by her husband.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
STORY OF JOHN MoRRIssEY.
Senator Henry L. Dawes Used to Tell
of Meeting the Old Gladiator.


Henry l.. Dawes of Pittsfield, Mass,
successor of Charles Summer in the
senate, told the following story:
when l was judge in Pittsfeld,
Morrissey and Yankee Sullivan fought
a prize fight at neigr boring place
called Boston Corners. Sullivan was
arrested and fined $1,000. He handed
over the money and went his way. A
day or two later, while / was sitting
on the bench, a fine looh ing man en-
tered the courtroom and sent letter
up to me. 1t was from friend of
mine, introducing John Morrissey.
He, too, was fined $1,000, and said to
me that he would send ne his check
on his return to New Yo,k
well, | didn't know what might
happen if he was let go on that under
standing, but l said to Morrissey that
any arrangement for settlement which
he made with the sheriff would be
satisfactory. The sheriff, feeling as
did, insisted upon having the fine paid
in cash, and since Morrissey didn't
happen to have that much cash with
him the sheriff locked him up until
the amount was sent in from New
York.
Il fancied Mr.. Morrissey felt he
owed me grudge because of this in
cident. Years afterwards, in Wash
ington, number of new congressman
were brought up to be introduced TO
me. Among them was Morrissey.
When he came forward he smiled and
said: Mr.. Dawes, I believe we have
met before
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Boston Diction.

Teacher (of English Michael,
when have finished you may repeat
what l have read in your own words.
See the COW. Isn't she pretty COW?
Can the cow run? Yes, the COW can
run. Can she run as fast as the horse?
No, she cannot run as fast as the
horse"
Future mayor (of Boston)-Git on to
de COW. Amt she beaut? Kin de
COW get gait en- her? Sure. Kin de
cow hump it wild de horse? Nit-de
cow amt in it wild de horse.-Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
MISS HARRADEN'S FIRST.
II Was Returned With a Letter of En-.
couraQement.


While recently visiting a Chicago
friend, Miss Beatrice Harraden, the
English novelist, gave this account of
her first experience as an author:
From the start, my aim was high
When only II | made my first serious
literary attempt. 1t was a short
story called The Voice of the Violin
and summoned the bravery to send it
TO the Blackwood's magazine, wherein
George Eliot and many other great
British authors had made their fame.
oh, how eagerly did | watch the post
for something from the celebrated edi-
torial Office which should make known
the fate of my first effort. Finally
the token came. The bulky envelop
told me the story of rejection and dis.
appointment With the impulsive.
ness Of an irritated school girl threw
the packet unopened into my trunk
and turned my thoughts in other direc-
tons. Weeks later in obedience to
another impulse OF the moment, |
went to my chamber. took the envelop
from the trunk and tore il open.
There was the Inflated story. TO be
sure, but with something which was
destined to exercise a strong influence
upon the bent of my life II was a
long and kind autograph letter from
William Blackwood himself, in which
he said that. though the first little
story could not be given place in the
pages Of the magazine. he saw in it
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
WITH CLEAN HANDS.
No Political Jobbery in Boston's Great
Reservoir.

Reservoir.
"a brief study of the great enter
prise by which greater Boston VIII
have the largest reservoir in the
world, is refreshing in these days Of
municipal corruption. With New YORK
stirred and agitated by an alleged at
tempt to foster upon her what has
been openly characterized as the
greatest steal of the century, and
other towns both here and abroad find
ing trouble with municipal questions,
1t is certainly to Boston's credit that
she has been able to inaugurate and
partially to complete such a gigantic
enterprise as the new Boston water
works system, without one breath of
scandal.
ut is interesting to epitomize the
inception and progress of the work.
When In the fullness Of time, it became
apparent that the city's water supply
was running short, there was no great
TODD, no scare-head articles in the
press, no fuss and feathers, but sim
ply action on the part of those i'm
mediately responsible, and the taking
OF steps leading to better supply.
1.-THE question, Where shall we get
more water? was answered in practi-
cal way-simply by looking through
the state. After a thorough investiga.
ton and search 1t was found that the
so-called Clinton watershed afforded
greater advantages and purer water
and 1t was selected.
"a reservoir was necessary, and a
reservoir was therefore planned. There
was no bombastic civic glorifcation,
calling for the greatest reservoir in
the world, but people with pencils and
brains commenced to figure, and
found that 1t would be to the benefit
of Boston and adjacent cities il res
ervoir providing for half century's
growth could be constructed.
'In the life of a city like Boston,
whose foundation rests upon the bed.
rock of American history, a half cen
fury of time is brief span, but in
the providing of such vital necessity
as public water, looking forward even
fifty years is an achievement not to
be over-estimated. Nor is it simple
matter. III. II. Lewis in Ainsiees.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Senate and House Army Bills.

There are some important differ
ences," says the Springfield Republi-
can, between the army bill passed
by the house and the bill which the
senate committee on military affairs
has just reported. and the effect must
be to defer until well into January the
hnal enactment into law of the new
legislation for army reorganization and
increase. This postponement is a dis
appointment to the war department,
which Will have a very short time in
which to bring home the volunteer
regiments now in the Philippines and
replace them with newly enlisted
men,"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Joe Blackburn on Grip,

The prevalence of grip recalls to
mind the lrishman's definition of it,"
said Senator Joe Blackburn at Cham.
beriins the other evening. HE said
II was the worst disease on earth. 1t
enjoyed this distinction because the
victim was sick six months after he
got we'll"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
TRANSPORTATION.

AS one who looks out to the West
when shadow-time's begun,
And sees in splendor on the hills the
pageant of the sun,
so we will look at life, maybe, when
life is all but done:
And find old aims, vain dreams, mad
hopes touched with kindlier
light,
Flash with a glory all unguessed upon
the straining sight,
Aye, and he glad to know there waits
the long reward of night"
Arthur Ketchum in Ainslee's
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Between Shores.

How that wind shakes the sashes.
dear" said Mrs. Shadyside, nervously,
to her husband, while the gale was
high.
Eyes, the windows are having a rat
Ting good time assented Mr.. Shady
side, who thereupon went off to sleep
again. Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Lace Trimmings for Summer Gowns.

Lace Trimming VIII be much used OF
summer gowns, the heavy Renais-
Isance and the handsome applique or
floss-worked nets being given the
preference. The heavy piece laces
and insertings are of very deep and
pale cream shades rather than white.
They came in heavy designs Connected
by delicate threads. Heavy lace is
used on fine wooden and silk materials,
and the lighter Mechlin, Valenciennes
and black Chantilly insertings will be
used on cottons. Black lace will be
worn in black and white Swisses.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
His Usual Threat.

Hetty-"I think Tom loves me with
all his heart. Why, he actually threat
ened to shoot himself if did not look
upon him with favor"
Bertha-"How like Tom! That's
what he always says. Funny, isn't
it?--boston Transcript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

Church, see by the paper that
thirty-nine doctors arrived home re.
Gently from Europe on one steamer.
Gotham-Yes; you see, the football
season has opened in this country
Yonkers Statesman.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10
Wide Awake.

Briggs-That medium doesn't know
thing when she is in trance.
Griggs-Oh, yes she does.
Briggs-What makes you think so?
Griggs-Because the other day I
tried to steal away in the middle of
one-without paying.-Detroit Free
Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

The transport Warren has sailed
carrying 500 sick soldiers and thirty
seven other passengers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-10
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Baltimore.


Flour-Baltimore Best Patent. Aga
High Grade Extra ..............4.25 asa
Cornmeal per 100 pounds. II IoaI 20
Hominy, per Dbl. q ooa2 70
Hominy Grits, per Dbl. 49,. q .ooa2 70
Wheat.-No. red, 78Hc; steamer
No. red, 7Sc: sample lots, 72a8o1zc.
Western opened frmer; May 1910.
port elevator 5oa6oc on track uptown.
Oats.-White, No. 2, 33a33Hc; white
No. 3, 32a32Hc; white, No. a, .3Ia31Rc;
white, ungraded, 3Ia33Hc; mixed, NO.
2, 3Ia3IHc. ;,
Rye.-No rye, in car lots, Sc; NO.
rye, 55c; No. Western rye, SOC; e>-
port elevator and 5oa6oc on track up
town.
Mill Feed.-$2o.oo per ton; medium,
Hay.DNo timothy, $3.50; No. 4
mixed, 35oaI45o; No. clover,
mixed, SIS. 5oaI6.oo; No. 2 clover, mix
ed, ST.. 5oaI45o; No. clover $I3.5oa
r4oo: No. clover, $I2ooaI3.oo.
Green Fruits and Vegetables.-On-
ions, per bushel, $I.4o. Cabbage, Dan
ish, per ton, SIS. ooaI6oo; do, new Flor
ida, per crate, $2.25a2.5o; do, Charles
ton, per crate, $7.35a2.65. Celery, Flor
ida, per crate. $I.5oa2.oo. Apples, per
Dbl. ST 5oa37s. Oranges, So. 5oa3.5o
Potatoes. White, Maryland and
Pennsylvania primes, per bushel, 48a
zoe: do, New York, primes, per bushel,
5oa52c; do, Michigan and Ohio, per
bushel 48a5oc; do, new, Bermuda, per
Dbl, No. 1, $5.ooa6oo; do, do, No: 2,
So .ooa5 500; do, New Florida. per Dbl,
No. I, $6.ooa7.oo; No. 2, $4.ooa5 CO.
Sweets. Eastern Shore Virginia, kiln
dried, per Dbl, $I.75a2oo. -,
Live Poultry. - Hens, IoHc; old
BOOSTERS, each, 2oa3oc; young chickens,
IIaI2c; winter do, 2 lbs and under, I7a
&c; spring, to ~ lbs, 24a32c. Ducks
3aIoc. Geese, apiece, 5oao5c.
Dressed Poultry. - Capons, choice
large, I4aI8c. g.,
Butter. THE market is steady. We
quote: Creamery separator, 22a22Nc;
Creamery Gathered Cream, l8aIoc;
Creamery Imitation, I7aISc.
Eggs.-Fresh laid eggs, 1916.
Dressed Hogs.-Choice Western
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania light
weights, per Id, 7a7Ac; Southern Mary
and and Virginia, per Id, oMc.
Calves.-Strictly nice veal, per 10,
5a5Rc. c ,..
:hoice, saoc penb; poor, small stock, SC
per ID.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-10
Shoe Industry Booming.

Boston, Mass.-Thc boom in New
England industries continues and re-
ports from the factory centres tell one
tale Of universal business activity. NO
line seems to be in more prosperous
state than it the shoe industry. From
Brockton comes especially encourag ng
reports w. L. Douglas is going to IN
crease the capacity OF his factory 20
6ooo pairs of shoes per day.
The addition win be made in the form
OF wing running out from the front
OF the factory 100 feet deep. 40 feet WIDE
and four stories high. This will add
10000 square feet OF space toi manu-
featuring purposes. -,
About $4,000 more per week Will De
paid out to shoemakers, which Will go
to increase the prosperity OF the COM
munty at large.
The statesmen on the road are selling
twenty-five per cent. more goods than
last season, and to take care OF this IN
creased business the erection OF the
addition is made necessary. The IN
creased sale is the direct result OF ex-
tensive advertising, the expenditure ior
which is now larger than at any other
period, and is to be still further in
creased.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-10
Bridget's Grievance.

The wife OF clever detective is said
to have powers nearly equal to those
possessed by her husband Not long
ago she began to notice that dimes and
quarters were daily disappearing as if
by magic from the change purse" in
in which she kept silver for small pur-
chases. She was inclined to suspect one
OF her two maids, sullen Irish girl,
but was unwilling to accuse her Alter
some thought she wrote on slip OF pa
per: Neither Bridget nor Celia must
take any money from this purse" This
slip she put into the purse with some
silver and awaited Developments.
Two days later Bridget came to her
and gave warning"
What is the natter? asked her mis-
tress, innocently.
I'll be going to another place" said
Bridget vindictively, and it's yourself
that knows the rayson. I'll not stay in
a house where I'm accused OF stealing
money OF little ould purse that's nivver
had more than two dollars in it since |
took service here!"