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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
WANTED THAT LITTLE FRocK.
Daughter of a Highland Soldier Was
Pleased With the kits.

The wife of Gordon Highlander re-
ceived some time ago an invitation to
visit him at the barracks in Scotland.
She did so, taking with her their g.
year-old girl. When they arrived, as
it happened. the husband was engaged
on sentry duty and so they could not
approach him.
The child eyed her daddy" with a
rather sorrowful but amazed express
sion as he paced up and down the
square, shouldering his rife and wear
ing kilt. She had never before be-
held him thus arrayed and for few
minutes the spectacle seemed to be
quite beyond her, but for no longer
could she keep silent.
Mamma" she sad. in Voice that
bC trayed a trace Of childish covetous.
ness, 'if daddy finds the man that
stole 'ees trousers will he gimme dat
little frock pitt Bits.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
WILEs OF THE POSTMASTER.
Department Seeks to Prevent Forced
Sale of Postage Stamps.

First Assistant Postmaster Genera,
Johnson has issued an order designed
to prevent clerks in postoffices and
superintendent in charge and clerks
in branch stations from encouraging
the purchase of postage stamps and
postal cards by outside persons
writes a correspondent of the New
York Sun. The penalty for violation
of the order is removal from Office.
The abuse is somewhat prevalent in
the vicinity of every large city, but
particularly in New York city. and the
sale of stamps to business firms within
the territory of the city Offices by
agents of postoffices in small places
it is estimated has grown to an as.
gregate annual sale of $250,000 worth
of stamps. The advantage gained by
the forced sale of stamps is increased
salaries for the postmasters and N
largely increased allowances for clerks
and other expenses. For instance. a
postmaster at a fourth-class office
might easily increase his salary from
1920 to $1,000 year by selling a
single order of $4,000 worth of
stamps. In order to obtain pur-
chasers such postmasters are believed
to offer their stamps at discount.
BY selling $4,000 worth of stamps for
S1,750-a sufficient inducement 70
procure purchaser, under almost any
circumstances-the postmaster would
still clear a profit of 1920. On this
principle it is accepted that most Of
the stamp sales indicated have been
made.
A phase of this same abuse of the
postal regulations is not covered by
the changes in the regulations just
ordered. Large manufacturing firms,
particularly such as do an extensive
advertising, solicit the establishment
of fourth-class Office near their works,
have one of the proprietors appointed
postmaster, detail clerk to perform
the duties and credit the salary as 80
much postage obtained free.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
How Gallant Irish Regiment Took an
After-Battle ScoIdinq.

The leading regiment of our column
was the SD, commanded that day by
Maj. Payn afterward Gen. Sir William
Payn, K. G. b., very fine regiment,
who, being mostly Irishmen, were
eager to meet their enemy. Mean.
while l received orders to cross the
river by ford and get round the
enemy's right flank. and had gone for
this purpose. and was crossing about
quarter of mile lower down, when
suddenly heard loud cheering and a
heavy musketry fire, and then | saw
our troops CALAMITY advancing across
the bridge to the assault. IL turn I'd
out to be the SD, who tired Of the
delay under fire. and. It was
whispered, hearing that Sir Colin had
sent for his pet Highlanders to take
the bridge, took their bits between
their teeth and without any further
orders determined to rush the bridge
themselves-which they accordingly
did, and with great success. The
enemy, once forced out Of their
position, showed but a poor desultory
fight, and, as at Cawnpur, fell an easy
prey to the cavalry, who, having
crossed, some by the bridge, and
others, including myself, by the ford
fell on them and pursued them with
such success that we captured every
gun they had.
The SD were well pleased with
themselves and the result Of the fight
they had so suddenly initiated. But
we heard that Sir Colin was greatly
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
THE AMERICAN BOY PRAISED.
Gallant Engishman Says He Beats
His English Cousins.

Is the English boy, upon whom the
commercial future of the Empire de
ponds, being beaten at the outset OF
the battle of life by the young Ameri
can?
Sir Thomas Upton. who for very
very capable judge of the two pro
ducts, unhesitatingly pronounces in
favor of the American boy from the
purely commercial standpoint, and his
reasons for holding this view were ex.
planned by him to a Daily Mail repre-
sentative recently.
81 think the American boy is ahead
of our own" said Sir Thomas, land I'll
tell you why. In America boys are
turned out to shift for themselves at
an earlier age than is the case in Eng
land, and / hold that the result Of
that sysem is to make the lads more
Independent and self-reliant than those
who are kept under close parental
control until later in life.
THE English boy is, think, kept at
home or at his studies too long;
mind, / am speaking now of the boy
who is intended for business career.
We coddlaeour boys too much, instead
of turning them out to mingle with
older people and harden themselves
for the battle of life.
zone result of the American plan is
that you find more young men in con-
troll in the United States than you do
in England, which means that they
have been longer out in the world than
youths of their own age in England.
What said as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of sending every English boy to
America when he is II years OF age
must not be taken too literally. But |
do think that few years experience
in American business methods would
do the average English boy a very
great deal of good"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
THE WEARY WOODEN SOLDIER

My wooden head is cracked across,
I've lost my youthful charms,
I've lost, alack, one wooden leg,
And both my wooden arms.
Full many fight have been in
'Twixt Fred and brother Hugh;
I've been officer and private
pve been ammunition, tool
I've been rced 10 poke the fire with;
I've dipped into the ink;
And I've made perilous journey,
Adown the kitchen sink. NJ.
I've been drowned and I've been mar
ried;
I've been buried and dug up,
I've been worried" round the garden
BY that seven months old pup.sf
In short, this mortal life is such
That, though I'm truly brave,
/ long, with all my wooden heart,
For Just a quiet grave.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
8 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.


What d3 the robins whisper about
from their homes in the elms and
birehes?
I've tried to study the riddle out;
But still in my mind is many a Doubt
In spite Of deep researches.
\ Whlie over the world is silence deep,
In the twilight of early dawning. ,
They begin to chirp and twitter and
peep,
AS II they were talking in their sleep
At three o'clock in the morning.
Perhaps the little ones stir and com.
plain
Thapitis time to be up and doing;
And the nother-bird sings drowsy
strain
To coax them back to their dreams
again,
Though distant cocks are Growing.
Or do they tell secrets that should not
be heard
BY mortals listening and prying?
Perhaps we might learn from some
whispering word
The best gay to bring UP a bird
Or the wonderful art of flying.
1t may be they speak of an autumn
day
When with many feathered
- roamer,
Under tire clouds so cold and gray,
Over the hill they take their way
In search of the vanished summer.
It may ne they gossip from nest 70
nest,
Hidden and leaf-enfolded;
For do we not often hear it confessed
When long-kept secret at last is
guessed,
That "a little bird has told it?"
Perhaps; but the question is wrapped
in doubt
They give me no hint or warning.
Listen, and tell me if you find out
What do the robins talk about
At three o'clock in the morning?
r. s. Palfrey, in Every Other
Sunday"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
Good Flowers for Masses of Color.

Nowadays a brilliant show of color
in fiower-beds is popular. Many Of our
most beautiful flowers are unsatis-
factory for massing for this purpose.
One of the best is the California
Poppy. This is Of an extremely rich
shade of yellow, and masses of it pro
duce a most dazzling effect. Another
good plant for massing is PhloS
Drummondii To secure the most
satisfactory results with it SOW each
color by itself or in such a manner as
to secure color contrast without the
bizarre effects resulting from the use
of mixed seed. The white, rose and
pale yellow sorts are very fine. The
Petunia is a most SNOWY flower ant
blooms profusely through the greater
part of the season. Calliopsis is fin'
for massing. So is Candytuft in white
and red-Ladies' Home Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
WOMEN NEED A SIMPLE LIFE.
Are Nervous and Restless Beyond Any
Former Race of Women.


In writing of the boosted progress
of the last century An American
Mother asks in the Ladies Home
Journal: What has the nineteenth
century done to the woman herself?
Are her school-training her colleges
and her work in art and literature
making her more womanly woman,
more fit to be wife and mother? II
not, they are losses to her, not gains.
The chief change which the last
century made in the American woman
was that it tempted her to give up for
the new occupations of art. reform and
money-making. her own real work az
a home-maker wife and mother. The
nineteenth century has dragged our
women from their natural base. II
has given them noble surroundings for
their lives: literature. art. social
power. But they are not content.
They are nervous and restless beyond
any former race Of woman. TIE food
given them is too light. They look
out on the world with starved eyes.
The wiser among them are finding out
that what they want is not show and
public work and applause, but n
simple life, repose, and the homely
affections Of home"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
DISAPPOINTED.

DISAPPOINTED.
There are songs enough for the hero
Who dwells on the heights of fame;
| sing for the disappointed,
For those who missed their aim.
sing with a fearful cadence
For one who stands in the dark,
And knows that his last best arrow
Has bounded back from the mark.
I sing for the breathless runner,
The eager, anxious soul,
Who falls with his strength exhaust
ed,
Almost in sight of the goal;
For the hearts that break in silence,
With sorrow all unknown,
For those who need companions,
Yet walk their ways alone.
There are songs enough for the lovers,
Who share loves tender pain.
sing for the one whose passion
Is given all in vain.
For those whose spirit comrades
Have missed them on the way,
| sing. with a heart o'erfowing,
This minor strain today
And | know the solar system
Must somewhere keep in space
A prize for that spent runner
Who barely lost the race.
For the plan would be imperfect
Unless it held some sphere
That paid for the toll and talent
And love that are wasted here.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01
TIE TSANG-Po.
In Several Ways the Most Remarkable
River in the World.


The TsangPo is in several respects
the most remarkable river in the
world. 1t is the highest of all
navigable streams, flowing for nearly a
thousand miles at an elevation of
from 1900 to $4,000 feet. During
the greater part of its course it's cur
rent is sluggish, but for a hundred
miles or more the mighty river in its
descent to the coast plain runs with
the speed of mountain torrent.
Though one of the largest OF Central
Asian streams, 1t Has never been
followed from its source to it's mouth,
and until recently it was doubtful of
the two well-known rivers it was the
head waters. The attempts to solve
its mysteries have been attended with
almost unparalleled heroism, endur-
ance, steadfastness and self-sacrice,
for the principal explorers Of the
Tsang-Po have been animated, not as
those who sought the fountain spring
of the Nile, by the hope of the worlds
applause at their success-that was
denied them-but for a simple daily
wage and the consciousness of loyalty
to duty.
The physical history of the Tsang-Po
is briefly this; 1t raises in the extreme
southwestern corner of Tibet close TO
the source of the Gauges, the Indus
and it's great atfluent, the Sutlej, at a
height of nearly $4,000 feet. Re
ceiving the drainage of the slopes Of
the Himalayas and of a little known
Tibetan range running parallel with
these mountains. it soon becomes q
stream wide and deep enough to De
navigable. There is considerable
boat traffic upon it at an elevation bu
| little below the summit of Mont Blanc
1t flows due east for matter of eigh
hundred miles. receiving numerous
| large tributaries from both south anC
north, and when near Lassa it is a.
low water nearly third of mil,
wide and twenty feet deep; in floot
two miles wide and of unknown depth
In longitude "a degrees east 1t makes
sharp bend to the south and passes
through the Himalayas in a course
known only to the savages who dwell
upon its precipitous banks.
When last seen by an explorer, it Is
at height of from 5000 to II 900 feet
but when it emerges in Assam it IS
only 400 feet above the sea level
From this point it pursues its sluggish
way for another 500 miles as the
Brahmaputra to the Ganges and the
bay of Bengal. There has been lone
controversy, into the details of which
it is not necessary to enter, as t.
whether the Irawadi or the Brahma'
putra is the continuation of the Tsaug
Pc. Though there has been as yet no
distinct evidence, the last expedient
of throwing in marked logs in Tibet
having failed, the general consensus If
scientific opinion is in favor of the
Brahmaputre, and the latest English
gazeatteer describes it under this
name.
ut is hardly to be expected that
pure science will be much benefited
by the lifting of the veil which hangs
over this part of the rivers course.
But there can be little doubt that t
hides scenes of magnificent beauty
and grandeur which will thrill the
expectant world and give it new and
nobler conceptions of the sublimity OF
nature.-National Geographic Maya
zine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01

annoyed with them. and after the
action rated them soundly for their
INSTRUMENTATION. But little did these
wild Irishmen care; they had had their
fight, and real good one, so far az
they We're concerned. and as Sir Colin
concluded his speech of rebuke they
gave him three cheers. and giving
three cheers more for Gen. Mansfield,
Sir Collins chief of staff (who had
formerly commanded their regiment,,
they quite upset the chiefs equa-
nimity, but at the same time cleared
away his wrath.-From "Old Memo
ries."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01

Cheaper you renting a
cottage at the seashore this summer?
Todd-Nol I couldn't afford It,.
Pm buying one.-Brooklyn Life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01

At Peoria machinists Of three agri-
cultural implement factories declared
the strike off.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
A TRAIN HELD UP.


Memphis, Tenn, April 23.-The fast
express of the Choctaw, Oklahoma a
Gulf railroad, which left Memphis at
1l:40 o'clock last night, was held up
by three masked bandits at Bridge
junction, Ark, about midnight. 1t ID
not known what booty the robbera
secured, but a dispatch received at
police headquarters stated that the
express messenger and porter of the
train were shot and seriously wound
ed after resisting the bandits. The
scene Of the hold-up is a lonely rail-
road crossing about four miles from
the river. The engine and mail and
express car were cut off from the
train and run to a point half q mile
west of the place where the train was
stopped. The engine was then de-
tached and run a short distance nm
the track, two men remaining guard
over the trainmen. The third used
dynamite on the express car and
blew open the door. It is reported
that everything of value in the en-
press car was taken and 1t is believed
the bandits haul is large, as this was
q heavy run. Bloodhounds from the
convict camp at Hubert, three miles
from the scene, are now on the ban
dts trail.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
New Law for Needy Soldiers,

Topeka, Kan, April 22.-The G. A.
X. department of Kansas has sent a
printed copy of senate bill No. 444 to
each g. A. r. post in the state, with
the instructions that 1t be read at the
next meeting of the post and then
be posted in a conspicuous place so
that all old soldiers can read 1t and
become acquainted with its provisions.
1t is the bill which provides that no
soldier of the civil war or Spanish
war, his wife, widow or children, shall
be sent to poor house. A heavy pen
atty is attached for the violation Of
the law by poor commissioner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
THE GOOD ROADS TRAIN.


New Orleans, April 23.-The Ma
tional Good Roads association train
arrived here at $40 yesterday even
ing. Early this morning the work Of
unloading the machinery commenced
The section of roadway to be con-
structed is located in the vicinity OF
the city park and is about one-half
mile in length. The work will BE-
done under the direction of W. II.
Irwin, of Ottawa, ILL.,, road expert OF
the association, assisted by Charles T.
Harrison, special road agent of the
department of agriculture, and a
corps of operatives sent out by the
machinery manufacturers. The run
from Chicago was made on 2O-mils
per hour schedule. Half-hour stops
were made in Mississippi at jackson,
Brookhaven, Crystal Springs and Ma
comb City. At each Of these points
the mayor and number of the bust
ness men met the train and intro
duced themselves to the members Of
the good roads party, They exhibited
much interest in the work to be done
by the association. In response to
proclamation issued by the governor
of Louisiana it is expected that many
delegates from parishes in this state
will attend the convention to be held
upon the completion of the road
building.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
' Mrs. Nation Ignored Her Bonds.

Wichita, KAN, April 22.-Except for
the intercession of the county attor-
ney, Mr.. Conley, and the desire to
save her bondsmen, Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton would Saturday be a fugitive
from justice. She failed to appear
in the district court in the afternoon
for the purpose of having her sure
ties renewed. The county attorney,
Mr.. Conley, also requested the court
to postpone the hearing which, after
some consideration, Judge Dale con-
sented to do, setting the time for
next Wednesday. Mrs. Nation is now
at her home in Medicine Lodge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
SCHEME TO BEAT SETTLERS


DSnison, Tex, April 22.-Indian In.
spector II. L. Vaughan has just
dropped on to another scheme to pro.
cure lands in the Indian reservation.
The Indians in the Kiowa and Co
manche country are being employed
at this time by interruptions persons
to assist in perpetrating great fraud
when the country is thrown open for
settlement. Nearly 5000 Indian al
lotlnents are to be made and thou
sands of acres reserved for pastures,
schools, etc. Naturally, a home
seeker seeing an Indian tepee upon q
tract Of land would conclude that an
Indian is upon some Of these lands,
and the plan is to hire Indians to put
their tepees upon homesteads and re-
main there until the man who en-
ployed them appears on the day of the
opening, he then pays the Indian the
stipulated sum OF $50 or 500, the In
dian vacates, and the schemer settles
upon choice tract of land which
other settlers have passed by in the
belief that it belonged to the Indian.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
WILL LEAVE CHINA.
Ten Thousand French Soldiers to
Quit In Nay.
FEARS OF WHAT NAY HAPPEN AFTER


Pekin, April 23.-Gen. voyran, the
commander of the French troops in
China, has informed Gen. Chaffee that
10000 French soldiers will leave China
next May.
Ii Hung Chang believes that the
Chinese troops under Gen. Liu will
be withdrawn over the boundary
marking the territory defined by Field
Marshal Won Waldersee as the sphere
OF operations for the allies, as the
governor Of Shan 81 province received
Geographic instructions nearly a
week ago ordering their withdrawal.
Hsi-Liang, formerly governor Of the
province Of Shan 81, has been appoint
ed governor Of the province of HUI
Pei. The foreign consuls at Hankow
have protested against this appoint
ment to Chang Chi Tung, viceroy of
Hankow, and have sent him a tele-
gram advising him to delay proceed
ing in the matter of Hsi-Liang's APP
pointment. The numerous appoint
ments Of Cinnamon with pronounced
anti-foreign tendencies is causing
comment at Pekin. Even the foreign
ministers admit that so many ap-
pointments of this character are i'll
advised, while the missionaries and
other civilians are alarmed for the
future.
1t is the opinion of Mr.. Rockhill,
the American special commissioner,
that the foreign troops may now COM
mence leaving China with perfect
safety; on the other hand the an
nouncement that 10000 French troops
are to leave in May causes fear among
the French residents and this fear is
greater among the French native con-
verts to Christianity, who inform the
priests that they are daily threatened
with what will happen to them when
the foreigners leave.
An informant says that the court
advisers are not in accord. Lu Chuan
Lin, notorious reactionary and
president of the board Of trade, argues
in favor OF subduing the barbarians,
while others advise delay in return
ing to Pekin. Only Weng-Weng-Shao
and Sun CHA Maj urge immediate ac-
ceptapce of the terms offered pri-
vately. Two of the foreign powers
have separately agreed to extend to
the court the full protection. should
necessity arise, of every soldier they
have.
At a recent meeting Of the council
both the emperor and the empress
wept frequently. The dowager en-
press said that each day Of absence
was day when she could neither eat
nor sleep in peace. The emperor said
that Pekin was the home Of his an.
cestors and that he could not bear to
abandon It.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-04-25
TO MURDER THE KAISER.
The Berlin Police Issue IN Order to Arrest
Anarchist Romagnoli- Emperor will
liam Advised Of situation.

Berlin, April 23.-With reference
to the statements cabled from the
United States Of . plot said to have
been concocted against Emperor Will
liam and other European rulers by
anarchists in Argentina and New
Jersey extreme reticence Is observed
in official circles In Berlin. After
careful investigation, however, a rep
resentative Of the Associated press
ascertained in reliable quarter that
the Berlin police presidency issued
IN order April 9 for the arrest, when
ever or wherever caught, Of the ale
legged anarchist Rodolfo Romagnoli.
The information received by the Der.
lin authorities was that Romagnoli
had been fromally chosen by the al
legged nest of conspirators in Pater-
son, N. j., to murder Emperor VIII
liam. They were furthermore in.
formed that he left Buenos Ayres
March ~ on the North German Lloyd
steamer Halle for Bremen. Whether
this information is correct they have
no means Of knowing, but since o
portion Of it came officially they are
inclined to give It credence. Emperor
William has been advised Of the stu.
alton and has issued strict orders to
the president OF the Berlin police,
Baron Won Windheim, to keep him
informed as to all similar news, but
that under no condition is the mat
ter to be brought to the attention Of
the empress.