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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
TRIALS OF coPY-READERs.
Authors Blame Them for Errors They
Do Not Commit.

Most authors are furious at the
bare suggestion of editing their man
uscripts," said man who used to be
a reader in big publishing house.
but you would be surprised at the
ludicrous blunders made by the best
of them. When a writer is Access
sible the usual plan is to mark the
bad breaks on the proof slips and
send them to him, with discreet
note requesting correction. But
when a house is getting out book In
a hurry. or when the author is abroad,
this is often impossible, and then the
situation becomes very ticklish !
remember. for instance, was once
reading the proofs of a novel by one
of our best known and crankiest wo
men writers. She was away on u
visit to Mexico, and had left stric t
orders to follow copy to the letter
In one of her early chapters the hero
was shaving himself after long hun.
ting trip, and was exactly half through
when interrupted by the sudden ar
rival of the villain. A stormy scene fol
lowed, and eventually all hands al.
iourned to a fashionable ball. Th
authoress evidently forgot that the
man was still half shaved, and | took
the liberty of finishing the job. Whom
she saw the book she was as mad as
blazes because had interpolat&d
eight or nine words, and | swore never
again to play the barber to save any.
body's reputation.
Another writer for whom we got
out story made one of his characters
empty his revolver at a retreating
burglar, and moment later sent two
bullets crashing through window
to show a rival how quick he was on
the trigger. | called, his attention to
the inexhaustible pistol, and he never
spoke to me afterward. In an ear.
lier novel by the same gentleman you
will find reference to the hero's dark,
smooth-shaven face and on the very
next page he is twirling his nous
tache.' noticed it in the proof. but
remembered my experience with the
lady, and let it go. 1t is common
thing for writer's to locate well known
streets. parks, art galleries and monu-
ments in the wrong cities. and thny
make the sun rise and set at all points
of the compass. We had to delay
book for whole season once because
the author located the Windward
islands off the coast of South Carroll
ma. and then went away to Japan be-
fore anybody discovered the mistake.
To make the correction involved
changing the twhole action of the
story, which, OF course, nobody dared
to do."-New York Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

danced on the deck of a fiatboat or
took the helm while her father took a
shot at the Indians" now appeared
short and swarthy and fat. Before
her arrival at the white house, in 1924,
the political opponents of the general
had set afloat hundred stories of her
rough looks and ways. A caricature
of the day represented her standing
on table, the fashionable danes of
Washington engaged in dressing her
appropriately, with Mrs. Edward Liv-
ingston lacing her stays. But before
long death interposed to remove the
good lady from the scene, and Mrs.
Donelson, wife of Jacksons nephew
and secretary. took her place as pre-
siding genius of the white house.
Harriet Lane and Others.
Mrs. Van Buren,, daughter-in-law of
the president, preceded the charming
bevy of gentlewomen composing the
household of President Tyler, whose
marriage, to the beautiful Julia Gar
diner of Gardeners island. ~ Y, oc-
Cured at the white house.
Mrs. Polk, lovely, well bred and win
ming, was considered a trifle austere
in her views of religious observance
as applied to the life of every day.
Mrs. Fillmore and her attractive
daughter were followed by Mrs. Pierce.
whose delicate health made her rather
shadowy image in the white house
galaxy.
Miss Harriet Lane, the fair and
stately niece of President Buchanan.
who had presided over her uncle's
household while he was minister to
England, had the manners and bearing
of the great world, and bore her part
in the executive pageant like one to
whom the right to wear ermine was a
natural inheritance.
The other ladies of the shining list
Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Johnson, and her
daughter, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Grant.
Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Nc
Elroy, sister of President Arthur: Miss
Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs.
Harrison and Mrs. belong
to contemporaneous history.
To look back upon these august
danes in line, after Mrs. Washington.
from the day of the first occupation of
the white house, is to see projected
into the foreground of the canvas Mrs.
Adams, Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Monroe
and Mrs. Polk among the bygones;
Miss Lane and Mrs. Cleveland in the
array of moderns, each supremely pos
sessed of the personal distinction.
social faculty and grace of the typical
American woman called to the fore
front of conspicuous position in her ma
| tive land.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

Method by Which Americans Have
Won It.

A very great proportion of the
present general prosperity, especially
in the iron and steel trades, machine
tool trades, and Woodworking in
dustries generally, is due to success
in securing orders in foreign coun-
tries. Gains in this direction are won
in international competition largely
by high adaptations of mechanical
equipment and works, organization,
and by the adoption OF policies which
secure the fullest possible accord and
cooperation between employers and
workmen in advancing economy of
production. The land which is to
gain or to maintain Industrial SUI
premacy most perfect Methods of deal
ing between manufacturers and work
men as she perfects her methods OF
building bridges and locomotives.
The operation of her factories and
workshops must proceed as smoothly
and continuously, with as little fric-
ton or heating or clashing, as do the
sewing machines, the planners, the
looms, or the engines with which
she supplies the four quarters of the
globe. She must hold to and extend
the resort to reason, Justice, and
common sense in the settlement of
trade difficulties, SO happily exem-
plified in the agreement reached last
May in the United States between the
National Metal Trades association
and the International Association of
Machinists. She must send the lock.
out and the strike to the scrap-heap.
along with the thousands of other in
efficient and obsolete devices she has
thrown out OF her shops. Their
wastefulness is intolerable, and
should be Observation-Disclosures Buxton
Going in Engineering Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
GOING FAST.
Very Good Reasons for Hieh-Speed
Railway Travel.

Turn and twist the problem round
and round about to ever so great an
extent, it will unavoidably resolve it.
no fixed rate of speed that is in itself
an ideal; that the paying rate de-
ponds, and must needs always depend,
upon the particular circumstances and
requirements of each line, and that
no hard and fast rule can be laid down
on the subject that will be applicable
to every case. The one rule which #
pay to run on any line at any speed
that attracts or retains or improves
profitable traffic. II this should in
involve augmented consumption OF
fuel and larger working expenses un-
der other heads, what matter, il the
outlay yield profitable return? Is it
conceivable that the Atlantic city
flyers would be timed year by year at
their unprecedented booked speed,
unless experience had shown that such
exceptional speed paid, or had the
probable potentially of paying? Is it
a mere coincidence that the fastest
railway in Europe, the Northern of
France, pays to its fortunate share
holders dividends of Is to 171a per
cent, or that the two slowest rail-
ways in Britain have drifted into such
CHASTITY mess that their position and
methods are constantly characterized
in the public press as The Great Rail-
way Scandal? | cannot think so. My
experience convinces me that where
you find consistently high speed, there
also you find, as a rule, better per-
manent-way, better rolling-stock,
higher efficiency, and--their con-
comitants-less proportionate cost of
repairs and less liability for compen-
sation on account of delays and acct.
dents due to inefIiciency.-C. Rous-
Marten in Engineering Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
A CAR FOR "DRUNkS."
A New Feature of Suburban Railroads
in Stockholm.

I'VE fear that the Gothenburg is no
more preventative than the Maine
system of prohibition" remarks the
New York Sun in commenting on the
dispatch from Stockholm, announcing
that the administration of the state
railways had ordered a special car for
intoxicated persons on every suburban
train at night. Other words uncom.
pllmentary to the system are uttered
IN the same paragraph. 1t is quite a
mistake to assume that there is any
thing in common between the Gothen.
burg system or any of it's variations
and the prohibition laws of the vari.
Gus states in America, say the Scandi-
navlan systems advocates. The prin-
ciples involved in the two general
systems are vastly different, they add
reasoning thus:
Whereas the subject of the one sys.
tenn is to prevent the sale of intoxi-
cants, the other is intended only to
regulate the saloon or barroom. It's
ain is to abolish the gilded dens of
vice with their many alurements in
the form of music, bright decorations
games of chance, free lunches, wine
rooms and the thousand and one other
devices to attract patrons. It's pur-
pose is also to abolish the low dives,
where crimes are fostered and the
vicious find their haunts.
Not everyone willing to live and
grow rich on The miseries and weak.
ness of his fellow men can become a
liquor dealer in Norwayror Sweden un.
der the so-called Gothenburg system.
The ma" ger of liquor place is on a
salary am has no personal interest in
the business. He is simply there in
semi-official capacity to enforce the
rigorous liquor laws. Moreover a con.
siderable share of the earnings of the
business is devoted to various public
charities and enterprises.
The institution on the Scandinavian
peninsula corresponding to the Brit
ish taproom and the American saloon
by comparison is so different as to be
scarcely recognizable. 1t has not
abolished drunkenness, but it has re-
duced the per capita consumption of
intoxicating beverages to a very
marked degree. To such an extent
nave some communities been liberated
from the thraldom of the liquor evil
that they have closed even their
Gothenburg saloons" This is es-
pecially true of several Norwegian
cities Thus while the primary idea
of the system was not preventative,
the practical results tend in that direc-
ton.
1t is quite unjust, say the Gothen-
burg systems friends, to consider the
recent order of the state railway adj
ministration as a reflection on the
efficacy of the Gothenburg system. II
it shows anything. they say, it reveals
humane consideration for drunken
persons who in the past have been
promptly elected from the trains at
the first station, sometimes with the
Thermometer far below zero. While the
drunk" car is a boon to the victims
of the liquor habit it is a much great.
er one TO the general public to which
an intoxicated individual is always
nuisance. a separate compartment
for the class would be appreciated on
almost any railway.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
Of Maryland Lineage.

Mrs. John Quincy Adams, daughter
of Joshua Johnson, Maryland squire
and statesman, was born in London
and lived abroad for years, her mar.
riage with Mr.. Adams occurring while
he was minister resident at The
Hague, a position he afterward ex.
changed for st. Petersburg and Lon
don. Her life in Washington during
the eight years that Mr.. Adams was
secretary of state had given high evil
dence of her grace and ability as an
entertainer, but while in the white
house she was overshadowed by i'll
health, Withdrawing from all but those
formal appearances in public which
she could not officially avoid.
A letter penned by long-gone hand
concerning domestic life at the white
house in Mrs. Jacksons time supplies
the following:
The large parlor was scantily fur
nished; there was light from the chan
delier and a blazing fire in the crate,
four or five ladies sewing around it,;
Mrs. Donelson, Mrs. Andrew Jackson,
Mrs. Edward Livingston, ct cetera.
Five or six children were playing
about regardless Of documents or
work-baskets. At the farther end of
the room sat the president in his arm
chair, wearing long. loose coat and
smoking long reed pipe, with bowl of
red clay. combining the dignity of the
patriarch, monarch and Indian chief"
The "bonny brown wife" Of that
soldier.president, the 1.-THE, dark
Rachael Donelson, who in her youth
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

The arrangements for the British
and German south polar expeditions.
which sail from Europe in August,
1901, are nearly completed. 1t is OK
pected that the English boat, the Dis
covery, will be launched in March al
Dundee. She is a good, strong boat,
built on different lines from the Fran,
for the latter was planned to resist,
or rather escape, tremendous ice
pressure, while the Discovery was
modelled to withstand the attacks of
boisterous sea. The German boat,
building at Kiel, is smaller and lighter
than the Discovery and follows some
what the lines of the Fran. The two
ships sail for Europe together. When
they reach the far south they will
separate with a carefully arranged
plan of work for each. The Antarctic
regions have been divided into four
quadrants-irst, the Victoria quad
rants, which extends from 80 degrees
east to $50 degrees, and includes
Victoria Land; second, the Ross quad
rant, from $50 degrees to 80 degrees
west, south of the Pacific ocean;
third, the Weddell quadrant, from so
degrees west to 0 degrees Green
witch meridian. the Weddell sea; and
fourth, the Enderby quadrant, from
0 degrees to 80 degrees each, which
includes Enderby Land. Two quad
rants have been assigned for ex-
ploration and research to each ex-
petition, the British taking the
Victoria and Ross and the German
the Weddell and Enderby. Both ex-
petitions hope to be able to spend
three years in the work. Captain
Drygalski, the famed explorer of
Greenland, leads the German party,
while Captain Scott, of the British
navy, young, hardy and level-headed,
directs the English.-Nationa Geo
graphic Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
She Signed the Bill.

or all Victoria's ministers she liked
Disraeli most and Gladstone least.
Disraeli made her empress of India
and she made him earl of Beacons.
neld. He battered, Gladstone die.
tated. II is said that once Victoria OBJ
jected to signing a bill.
But you must, madam" urged the
grand old man."
Must, sir? Yor forget, / am the
queen of England"
You are, madam" returned Glad.
stone, and am the people of Eng.
land"
She signed the bin. But that is one
OF the reasons why she had no love
Ior the foremost of the democrats of
England.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
PUT A "MAsHER" TO FLIGHT.
Simple Method Of Girl to Rid Herself
of Obnoxious Attentions.

1t happened on a Sixth avenue sur.
face car shortly after O'Clock last
evening. A young woman, well known
in muscial circles Of this city, was the
heroine. When she seated herself she
did not at first notice hashily
dressed young man who was directly
opposite. But she was soon made
aware of his presence through his
impudent stare and smirk whenever
she happened to look his way. At
first she was simply annoyed, but
subsequently became positively en-
barrassed
People in the car began to notice
his attempt at Irritation, and, al.
though she kept her eyes in an d..
rection other than that which would
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

OF the power developed at Niaraga
about 10000 horsepower is trans
mitted to Buffalo, distance OF about
rs miles. We speak easily OF large
amounts Of power, but how few of us
realize what is meant by the ex.
preston 10000 horsepower. An
army Of 100000 men, performing the
hardest kind of physical labor, could
not maintain a rate of working
equivalent to 10000 horsepower for a
single day. The power which is
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

transmitted silently and invisibly
along six conductors less than one
inch in diameter would easily break
six steel cables of equal diameter,
moving at rate of 10 miles an hour.
This is accomplished by the now very
moderate potential of 1900 volts,
and when this potential is doubled,
as it soon will be, the power trans
mitted will, of course, be doubled.
Electrical Review.
The closing year of the nineteenth
century gave to the world an inven-
ton which, in the minds of those most
capable of judging, solved the
problem of ocean telephony and per-
mits the spoken words to be trans
mitted over land telephone lines Of
any length. 1t is the invention of DR..
M. l.. Pupin, of Columbia College,
New York.
DIR. Pupin last week sold his in
vention TO the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company (Bell inter
ests). The figure paid was 100000
cash and salary of $500 per annum
during the II years of the life of the
patent.-The Electrical Review.
1t will be somewhat startling news
to most people in this country to
know that Bengal pig iron is being
sold on equal terms with Middles-
borough iron in Sydney and in Mel
bourne, in Hongkong and in Shanghai.
says the Iron and Coal Trades Re-
view, of London. Yet such is the
case, and it is said that the Bengal
iron is much liked and has come to
stay. To the Bengal Iron and Steel
Company, Limited, belongs the credit
of such enterprise. The company is
of English origin.-The Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Maximite, q high explosive invented
by Mr.. Hudson Maxim, was tested at
Sandy Hook last week. According to
accounts, 1,000-pound 12-inch shell
was filled with 20 pounds of Maximite
and fired through a seven-inch plate
without explosion, thus making it
equal to wet compressed gun-cotton in
this respect. BY exploding the Maxi
mite a 12-inch shell was broken into
about 10000 fragments, as at least
1000 pieces were recovered.-En-
gineering News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

Modern knowledge and appliance
have reduced the business of butcher
ing to an exact science. Every part
of the animal is put to the best pos
sible use and nothing is wasted. Be-
sides the different cuts and cures of
tallow, stearine and lard, every other
portion of the different animals has
it's use. Horns and hoofs are made
into tortoise shell combs, buttons and
other ornaments. From the bones of
the feet, neatsfoot oil is extracted
Hair and the finer bristles are worked
into upholstering materials and the
different kinds of telling. This is an
extensive line of manufacture which
comprises many interesting and COM
plicated processes in making the
different grades which range from
saddle and harness pads to the finer
and more expensive grades. Car
tilaginous substances are made into
gelatine and the bones are steamed to
extract the glue, after which process
they are ground into meal for chicken
foods and fertilizing purposes. Blood
is used in a variety of ways, but is
principally valuable for it's albumen,
which is extracted, and the residue
made into different kinds of animal
foods. The offal is dried in furnaces
especially constructed for the purpose.
1t is then mixed with certain mineral
constituents and ground into
powder which is used for fertilizing
purposes, the composition depending
upon the kind of soil on which it is
intended to be used. Bristles are
made into every variety OF brush
known to the trade, from the finest
hat brush to the coarse heavy polish
ing brushes used for smoothing and
cleaning rough surfaces.-Baltimore
Trade.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28
FIELD OF SCIENCE
LINES OF PROGRESS IN MODERN
THOUGHT AND INVENTION.
RECENT DISCOVERIES

British and German South Polar
Expeditions-Maximte, a New Ex.
plosive of High Power, Is Tested
Business Of Rutchering Now An
Exact Science.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

Aluminium is, at the present price,
the cheapest metal i'm the market,
with the exception of iron, zinc and
lead, says the London Electrical Re-
view This metal is now extensively
used in the place of copper, brass, tin,
and in some cases even iron, es-
pecially when the reduction of dead
weight is question of great impor-
lance. Aluminium is also beginning
TO be very largely used in connection
with electricity, as electrical con-
ductors Of this metal, giving the same
condUctance as copper, weigh only
half as much and cost less. 1t is inn
possible to foresee the ultimate ex-
tent of the use to which this metal
can be put, but the progress made IN
aluminium during late years justifies
the most sanguine expectations
Twenty years ago the total output
in the world did not exceed four or
five tons. and it's price was about
$4,000 per ton; 10 years ago It's
price was reduced to about $4,000
per ton, and the output increased TO
about 80 tons per annum; now the
price is from about G130 to R14O per
ton, and the output during the last -
months is reckoned at 5000 tons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28
Corporation Notices.
KAHUkU PLANTATION CO., Ltd.

NO TRANSFERS. OF SHARES
will be made on the books of this com
pany on the two last days of this
month.
G. BOLTE.
Treasurer K. 2. Co.
Honolulu. August %, 1901. 5947
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28

SAD P|L|K|A
HisAdventureWith
Some Alleged
Editors.
ALSO WITH AN
UNDERTAKEN ct AL.
A Sensitive Stranger Thrown Into
Nervous Excitement by Some
Queer Happenings.

y DWARF OSBORNE, an English
man lately arrived in these ISL
- ands and a guest at the Waikiki
Inn, visited this -o.'ice night before last
and wished To know why he had been
called up by seven editors in this city,
in tones Of Grass arrogance" and asked
to explain an occurrence at the Inn
beach? He said that the editors of the
Advertiser. Gazette, Star, Bulletin, Re
publican, Volcano and Friend had in
turn peremptorily demanded the facts
about the finding of a dead body near
the Inn for publication the next morn
ing, and that, at later hour, an un-
dertaker had telephoned him the prices
of collins and a marble cutter the rates
on tombstones. The Advertiser dis
claimed any knowledge of the matter
and suggested that Mr.. Osborne see
Chester Doyle. Last night the follow
ing communication was had from Mr..
Osborne which gives further particu-
10,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28

take on trust as gentlemen. and who
seem to imagine 1 came here simply
to be pestered with their nonsense, and
because / am in the Waikiki Inn, have
any amount of time to waste at their
disposal, being kept out late at night,
utterly done up with nervous prostra-
ton and modification next morning.
and losing a most important and very
heavy mail, are details I suppose 1
ought to be ashamed TO mention. No
business man would think anything of
it, would he?
l know 1t is awfully mean not to
see the fun in all this, and I ann we'll
aware the person and feelings IL the
practical joker are inviolate against
the mere suggestion of retaliation. bur
l hope sir, you will make allowance
for my remarkable idiosyncracies, and
enquire through the columns of your
paper, for the general good, whether
the higher police officials OF whatever
capacity are supposed to practice the
sleuth arts at their leisure on law
abiding strangers, and make utter
fools of them in public for their own
and general entertainment, and I shall
be, yours gratefully
EDWARD OSBORNE