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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
All BREAK oE DAY.

At break of day the birds will sing,
And soar on low or lofty wing
To try the ambient air.
IT'S then the timid birds are tame,
IT'S then their feathers are aflame,
IT'S then they have no care.
At break of day each vine and tree
Is fringed with frost-like filigree,
And flowers open fair;
The rainbow ON the grass is seen,
And never was there any queen
So rich in diamonds rare.
At break of day towards Orient
Is many wistful vision bent
To see the prospect change.
1t is as If foreign land
Came floating in on every hand,
So wonderful and strange.
We see at early dawn of day
Things all too glorious to stay
They vanish from our sight.
Life's early morn lamp shines low
AS higher up life's sun doth go,
Till comes the darkening night.
Louis Ostenson
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

To give an idea of the widespread
appreciation of Spotless Town as resi-
dence. we repeat one days list. From
Kansas City came a minister: from
Brooklyn new married couples anu
some tradesmen; from Chicago more
ministers, drummers, a milkman. sil-
ver-plater and bugleT who was ac'
companied by his cat; 81. Louis. Mid
dletown, Ohio. and Louisville increased
the population by druggists and law
yers; a town crier and a sheriff came
from Toleio in company: drug c.erk
and street cleaner, the latter not dis
posed TO work, came from Minneapolis:
judge and priest. the latter sent by
Rabbi. came from Richmond. and the
Borough Of Bronx sent a cobbler and a
painter; an alderman and a golfing
crank came respectively from Nashville
and Pittsburg. and Cincinnati contrib
uted n poet.
The Golf Expert of Spotless Town
Is always up" and never Down"
His Drives are long. bis Puts are true,
ii did the eighteenth hole in two.
He tees a ball that's white as snow,
And cleans il with SAPOLIO.
Indeed. it would be difficult to ind a
corner of the United States from which
people did not flock to spOtless Town.
The most beautiful parts Of the South
and the forbidding North alike furnish
ed citizens.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

of course. as is the case with settlers
in strange land, there was at first
more or less trouble. There were in
vaslons of evilly disposed persons from
Smoky Range, but militia was soon
formed, drills instituted. and the In
vaders repulsed.
This Captain bold. from Spotiess Town,
Is now with laurels weighted down.
lie headed men so strangely bright,
That dazzled foes sought instant flight
This brilliant charge you've guessed,
know.
Was due TO old SApOLfO.
In the course of few months Spot
less Town has passed from the condi-
tons of boom town TO a thoroughly
settled municipality, one in which hap
piness thrives for all and domestic trou.
hles are minimized
This Husband lives in Spotless Town;
Come Spring, Come Fail. he wears no
frown.
BY charwoman ne'er put to flight
His home is clean. his smiles are bright;
housekeeping terrors stand no show
Where housewives use SAPOL1O.
The servant question is unknown,
Homework is delight.
Down on our knees we merrily go,
We maids of Spotless Town,
To scrub the boards that long ago
Gave our good town renown.
Tables and floors are as white as snow,
And the magic all lies in SAPOLlO.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Arts and sciences have followed,
pleasures of various types are enjoyed,
and good stock company has been or
ganiZed.
These are the actors of Spotless Town,
Whose plays are the cleanest that can
he found.
They're "all the rage" for both acting
and plot +
Are bright and sparkling. without blot.
A stranger once wanted to see "Sapho,"
But they cleaned s.mind with
SAP0LIO.
OF course we have our own troubles
notoriety seekers cannot always be
kept away. 1t once happened that
A western woman Of great renown,
One day did come to Spotless Town.
With glistening axe she'd clean and clear
The town of liquor, wine and beer.
They promptly told her. You are slow;
Don't use an axe. but SAPOIIO."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
COST OF GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
New Jersey the Banner State in Road
Building.

New Jersey the Banner State in Road
Building.
The initial cost of a road depends
upon the cost of materials, labor,
machinery, the width and depth to
which the material is to be spread
on, and the method of construction.
All these things vary SO much in the
different states that it Is impossible
TO name the exact amount for which
a mile of a certain kind of road can be
built. The introduction in recent years
of improved road-building machinery
has enabled the authorities in some of
the states to build improved stone and
gravel roads quite cheaply. First
class single-track stone roads, nine
feet wide, have been built near Can
andaigua, N. Y, for 5000 to $1,000 per
mile. Many excellent gravel roads
have been built in New Jersey for
81 900 to $1,000 per mile. The ma
terial of which they were constructed
was placed on in two layers, each be-
ing raked and thoroughly rolled, and
the whole mass consolidated to a
thickness Of eight inches. In the same
state macadam roads have been built
for $4,000 TO $4,000 per mile, varying
in width from TO 20 feet, and in
thickness Of material from to IL
inches. Telford roads IA feet wide
and 10 to u inches thick have been
built in New Jersey for $4,000 to
81, 900 per mile Macadam roads have
been built at Bridgeport and Fairfield,
CT, IS to 20 feet wide, for $4,000 to
$4,000 per mile. A telford road 16 feet
wide and ~ inches thick was built at
Fanwood. ". j., for $4,000 per mile.
Macadam roads have been built in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Near Brilliant Hill city's found.
Where Washing River meets Scrubbins
Sound.
And Cleaning Falls sing loud and late,
In Sparkling County. Shining State.
They call it Spotless Town. you know,
And guide-posts cad SAPOllO.
OF course SO bright a place could not
long escape public notice, and as the
advantage of SpotleSs Town became
known, it awned upon the whole
country at once that. for so attractive
a town. the population was decidedly
slim, ana with one accord men, women
and children sent in by every mail APP
plications for citizenship.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
TO A TORTOISE.

Paludal, glum, with misdirected' legs,
You hide your history as you do your
eggs,
And offer us. an osseous nut to crack
Much harder than the shell upon your
back, A&88#Ft&
NO evolutionist has, ever guessed
Why your cold shoulder is within yorr
chest -
Why you We're disconnected with a
plan
The vertebrates accept, from fish to
man
For what environment did you provide
BY pushing your internal frame out
side?
How came your ribs in this abnormal
place? .ss #faS 81
inside your rubber neck you hide your
face
And answer not. To science your a
sphinx
A structural epitome of missing links
And when decapitated, still you swell
And kick and claw and scramble just
as well.
But I'll not plague thee. Even here
l find
A touch of fellowship that makes me
kind.
Sometimes a poet who has lost his
head
VIII keep on scratching when he
should be dead.
-Chauncey Hickok in Lippincott's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26


Rhode Island, 16 to 20 feet wide. for
$4,000 to $4,000 per mile,
MASSACHUSETTS roads, are costing all
the way from $4,000 to s25,0o0 per
mile. A mil, of broken stone road. 10
feet wide, costs in the state OF Mass
achusetts about $500, while a mile of
the same width and kind of road costs
in the state of New Jersey only $4,000.
This is due partially to the fact
that the topography of Massachusetts
is somewhat rougher than that
of New Jersey, necessitating
the reduction of many steep
grades and the building of expensive
retaining walls and bridges, and part
ly to the difference in methods of con.
struction and the difference in prices
of materials, labor, etc.
Doubtless the state of New Jersey
is building more roads and better
roads for less money per mile than
any other state in the union. Their
roads are now costing from 20 to 20
cents per square yard Where the tel
ford construction is used, they some
times cost as much as IS cents per
square yard. The average cost of all
classes of the roads of that state dur
ing the last season was about so
cents per square yard. The stone was,
as rule, spread on to depth of nine
inches. which, after rolling gave
a depth of about eight inches.
At this rate single-track
road eight feet wide costs about
$2,945 per mile, while a double-track
road, IA feet wide. costs about s4,106
per mile and one Is feet wide costs
about $3.50 per mile. Where the
road material is spread on so as to
consolidate to a four-inch layer, the
eight-foot road will cost about $1,173
per mile, the 14-foot road about
$2,053 per mile, while the one is feet
wide will cost about $2,640 per mile.
The total cost of maintaining roads
in good order ranges, on account OF
varying conditions, between as wide
limits almost as the initial cost of con-
struction. Suffice it to say that all
money spent on repairing earth roads
becomes each year total loss, with
out materially improving their condi-
ton. They are, as rule, the most
expensive roads that can be used,
while, on the other hand, stone roads,
if properly constructed of good ma
terial, and kept in perfect condition,
are the most satisfactory, the cheap
est and most economical roads that
can be constructed.
The road that will best suit the
farmer, in the first place, must not be
too costly; and, in the second place,
must be of the very best kind, for
farmers should be able to do their
heavy hauling over them when their
fields are too wet to work and their
teams would otherwise be idle.-Good
Roads Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Some time ago the cat uf the st.
Paul postoffice made a record by slay-
ing 125 rats and mice in one month.
in recognition of her abilities the post
master wrote to Washington, asking
an increase in her salary, and she now
receives 5000 year. Soon after she
showed her gratitude by presenting
the government with five kittens,
each of which entered the United
States service as soon as it was old
enough to tackle rat.-September
Ladies' Home journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
l 2 8 PAINT

When YOU paint you want
it, | to last; ? look well; 9
protect your house. Some
paint does i, not ? or 3;
some does ? awhile, not l or
3; lead and oil does 2 well, 2
fairly, l badly.
Better have it all; l ? 3
paint; Devoe ready paint;
the best isn't too good.
Get Devoe of your dealer; take moth
ing less. Pamphlet on painting sent
free if you mention this paper.
GOOD-PAINT DEvOE, CHICAGO.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
AFTER pEArH IN ARABIA.

He who died at AEON sends
This to comfort all his friends:
Faithful friends! it lies, | know,
Pale and white and cold as snow,
And We say, Abdallah's dead,
Weeping at the feet and head.
= can see your falling tears,
can hear your signs and prayers,
Yet smile and whisper this
Il am not the thing We kiss;
Cease your tears, and let it lie,
1t was mine, it is not 10
Sweet friends. What the women lave
For the last bed of the grave,
Is tent which l am quitting,
Is garment no more fitting,
Is a cage from which, at last,
Like hawk my soul hath passed.
Love the inmate, not the room
The wearer, not the garb-the plume
OF the falcon, not the bars
Which kept him from these splendid
stars.
Loving friends, be wise and dry
Straightway every weeping eye;
What We lift upon the bier
Is not worth wistful tear;
IT'S an empty seashell-one
Out of which the pearl is gone;
And the shell is broken, it lies there
The pearl, the soul, the all, is here.
Ills an earthen jar whose lid
Allah sealed the while it hid
That treasure of his treasury,
"A mind that loved him; let it lie,
Let the shard be earth's once more,
Since the gold shines in his store!
Allah glorious. Allah good.
Now thy word is understood;
Now the long, long wonder ends;
Yet We weep, my erring friends,
While the man whom We call dead.
In unspoken bliss instead
Lives and loves YOU lost, tbs true,
BY such light as shines for you;
But in light We cannot see
Of unfulfilled felicity,
In enlarging Paradise,
Lives life that never dies.
Farewell, friends! Yet not farewell.
Where | am, We, too, shall dwell;
am gone before your face,
A moments time, a little space.
When we come where l have stepped
Ye will wonder why We wept;
Ye will know, by wise love taught,
That here is all, and there is naught!
Weep awhile. if we are fam
Sunshine still must follow rain;
Only not at death-for death,
Now l know, is that first breath
Which our soul when we enter
Life which is of all life center.
Be We certain all seems love,
Viewed from Allah's throne above;
Be We stout of heart, and come
Bravely onward to your home!
La Allah lila Allah Yea!
Thou love divine! Thou love Away
He that died at Azan gave
This to those who made his grave.
Edwin Arnold
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

immigration, of course, does not
cease. but is less commented upon than
before; people are too busy being happy
to pay much attention to the unloading
of furniture trucks. The babies as
much as any one benefit by the con-
ditions, and are freed from the restric-
tons usually inseparable from city life.
Here are the babies of Spotless Town,
OF the purest white is each tiny gown.
They can play in the streets without soil
or hurt.
For this wonderful town is quite free
from dirt.
With gleesome laughter and prattle slow,
They shout Murray for SAPOLlO!'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

The duke and duchess of Cornwall
made their formal entry into the
Dominion of Canada at Quebec and
were given a royal welcome.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

An earthquake shock which lasted
Tor three seconds was felt at Aber-
deem, Inverness and other districts in
the northern part of Scotland. Build
ings were damaged and clocks stop
-nd
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
The Shape of II.

Il wonder il the foolkiller ever do IS
come 'round?"
Certainly. II invariably comes
round, or rather cylindrical, to be ex-
act"
What are you talking about?"
"The cigarette. '-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

am sure piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago Mrs. fHos
RoBBINs, Maple Street, Norwich, ~ Y,
Feb. IL, 1900
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
5000 TO $500 A YEAR

We want intelligent Men and Women as
Travelling Representatives or Local Managers;
salary 5000 to $500 year and all expenses.
according TO experience and ability. We also
want local representatives; salary 50 TO SIS q
week and com mission, depending upon the time
devoted. Send stamp for full particulars and
state position preferred. Address, Dept. A.
THE BELL COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pa.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Mrs. Austh's Pan cake Flour makes
lovely pan cakes, mullins and gems. So
good you always ask for more.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Help yonr wife to get breakfast easy.
Take home Mrs. Austin's Pan Cake Flour.
Your grocer waits TO supply you,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYE colors either Silk, Wool or
Cotton perfectly at one boiling.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

The Colombian insurgents are re-
ported to have been defeated at
Bocas del Toro.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
Snow in New Hampshire,

Mount Washington, n H., Sept. 81.
Two inches of snow fell last night on
the mountain.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Six men were killed by gas explo-
sion in the Spring Gulch mine, Col
orado.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

President Shaffer says he will make
no public statement regarding the
settlement of the steel strike.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 10 cents.

Aguinaldo sent a message to Cover
nor Taft expressing his sorrow for the
presidents death.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Nebraska democrats and populists
united upon fusion state ticket.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

Mrs. WtnsiOw's SOOTHING SsauP for children
teethng softens the gums, reduces Inflammation
hIays pain, cures wind colo 25c q bottle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

The car and czarina of Russia ar
rived at Dunkirk. where they were re-
ceived by President Loubet.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-26

ia Valenti, suspected anarchist,
was arrested in Montreal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-02
Annual Coon Supper.

The big coon supper at the home
of James Hays, IN annual recurrence
that is always looked forward to with
bright anticipation by those who are
fortunate enough to feast at the board,
took place Monday evening and to say
thatit was an evento great enjoyment
is putting it mildly. The spread was a
magnificent n with baked cOon as
the dish dfStfRgHe. High five was an
enjoyable feature of the evenings
entertainment and some entertaining
vocal selections were rendered by the
Sunilower quartette, composed Of
Messrs. John Taubmau, Harry st.
Clair, Dow Hix and Lawton Gordon.
The supper was %distinctively for
men, the only ladies present having
been those who looked after the
table. They were Mrs. James Hays,
Miss Lucy Hays and Miss Annie
HootOn.
Those 10 attendance we're: Jno.
Morrison, Geo. Venable, Dow Xix.
Jno. Taubman, Harry st. Clair, Law
ton Gordon, DR.. W. r. Eckle, DR.. G.
T. Ryland, Prof. G. A. Phillips, Sam
Williams, Frank Lauchner, A. j.
Lauchner, D. O. Heathman, E. c.
Hays, James Hays, e. NJ. Morseman,
the latter Of Sedalia.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-02
Lexington had some distinguished

Lexington had some distinguished
visitors Sunday forenoon but they
did not tarry long here. The party
was that of George Gould and family
and a lot of capitalists who we're
looking over the new river route.
The party of course travelled in
Gould's special ar. The Gould train
spent Saturday night at Lake City in
order to get an early start and a day
light view of work along the new line.
Corning, Ohio, Nov. 9th, 1900.
Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, Ill.
While visiting IN Taylorville, ILL.,,
came across YOUR DR.. CALDWELL Syrup
Pepsin. Have used two and on--haii
bottles and 1T has done me mure good
than all the medicine l have used for two
years. Please let me know IL you will
send me three or four bottles aud what it
will cost to send 1t to Corning, Perry
county, Onlo, ana Oolge,
MRS SARAH A. MoCRAoKEN.
Sold by Leroy Farmer. 11-2m2
Prof. Joe Kuehls, our popular
county school commissioner, and
principal of the Concordia public
schools, made a run in a "beauty
contest" at the Concordia street fair
last Saturday and was voted the
ugliest man in Concordia by a large
majority. Well, Joe may not be the
prettiest man on earth but he cares
less about it than any one else living
and he usually gets there just the
same.-Jetfersonian. =
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-02

Miss Title Giede, of Denver. has
gone for "a visit with friends in We'll
lington, after a visit with the family
of L. Rostagno.
A marriage license was issued late
Saturday afternoon to Henry Swan.
son and Beda Caroline Anderson,
both of Lexington.
Mrs. e. F. Nicholson, who spent
last week as the guest of her son,
William, at Kansas City, returned
home Sunday night.
Max Wallace, who was called to
Lexington by the death of his father,
the Hon. Henry G. Wallace, returned
to Kansas City Saturday evening.
S. W. Smith, of the firm of Wit
tenburg & Gratz, was called TO
Kansas City Tuesday morning on
account OF the sickness CT his wife.
Lilburn Wallace, who was called to
Lexington by the death of his uncle,
the late Henry G. Wallace, left Sun
day morning for his home at Chicago.
COAL MINERS WANTED in Colorado,
Steady work, good wages, fine climate,
No labor trouble. Address: The Colorado
Fuel q Iron Co., Denver, Colo. 11-2t2
Mrs. Luther Nickel and two chill
dren, of Fulton, are guests of Mrs,
NJ. L. Nickel at the Nickel home.
Mr.. Nickel also spent Sunday with
his mother.
Clarence Kinney announces to his
friends in the county that in addition
TO the transfer business he conductsa
tirst.class feed stable. Lowest rates
and best service. tt
Mrs. Geo. Cooper, who was called
to Lexington by the death Of her
father, the Hon. Ii. c. Wallace, re-
turned to her home at Kansas City
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Catherine Duling on Friday
afternoon sold to the Lexington Coal
company her place containing about
fifty acres of land, lying three miles
south Of Lexington. Consideration,
$6, 900.
Herblne sweetens the breath, brightens
tn eye and clears the complexion with
out the slightest Ill effects whatever, aud
en- ,ures the natural bloom OF health.
Price, so cents. For sale by Crenshaw d
Young. ll'zml
Sheriff James c. Crowley, of Ray
county. gave a backbone" dinner TO
the grand jury at the Richmond jail
last week. The verdict was highly
complimentary to the wife Of the
sheriff.
Leslie Slusher, in the mercantile
business at Hobart, Oklahoma, arrived
Sunday evening for IA visit in Lex
ington. The INTELLIGENCER is glad
to note that Mr., Slusher is prospecting
in his new home.
Work on the Third ward school
building is progressing nicely and it
will soon be completed. 1t is a good
substantial building and in archi-
tectural design and construction Is
an honor to the city.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-02

Charles RoYle came down FRI N
Kansas City Saturday evening aud
spent Sunday with the home folks.
Mrs. E. Meng and daughter, Miss
Lee, left for their future home in Lex
ington Thursday Dover Tribune.
Mrs. w. F. Kerdolff and son, George,
returned Monday from a visit with
relatives and friends at Fayette, Mo.
W. T. Bell on Friday purchased of
Robert T. BledSoe a house and lot on
college street. Consideration, 81, 800.
Mrs. l. G. Neale and Miss Georgia
Gilkeson returned from a visit with
relatives neal Aullville Monday after
noon.
Mrs. B. r. Ireland returned from
Fulton Saturday afternoon. She was
at the Galloway capital on religious
duties.
Putnam Fadeless Dye produces the
fastest aud brightest colors OF any
known dye stuff, Sold by ChaS. w.
Looms,
The transfer company keeps a call book
at the Mammoth livery stable, and on at
the Grand Central hotel. Leave orders al
these places.
Miss Daisie Thornton and Miss
Lizzie Slusher went to Higginsville
Sunday night for IA visit with Mrs. D..
T. Boyle.
S. n. Wilson, who was looking
after business interests at Little
Rock, Ark, returned home Saturday
morning.
In referring to the foot ball team
OF the state university the Holden
Globe avows that "the tigers are
Kittens"
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ramey came IN
from Chicago Saturday morning and
will in the future reside on his farm
near Lexington.