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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-16
Jineles.


A late dress reform association
favored boomers. This raises
question. If they were to be worn
| generally. how could a mouse bent on
a soaring expedition discriminate?
why are sailors often called old
sea dogs?"
From their natural association
with barks."
"Quite an idea, that wedding party
taking their wedding trip on the
trolleys."
"And yet what was it but going into
the tied or rather currentT
Mother is here"
What! Why didn't she write as
usual to let us know she was coming?"
she said she wanted to be sure
of catching you for once at home"
The new opera had fallen fiat.
you don't take it much to heart
said friend of the composer.
why should ~"
Just so. None of the music was
yours
did you ever notice how deliber-
ately policemen take a stand on The
corners?"
I've not seen them take the stand,
but their taking bananas and peanuts
is quite common"
He always called a spade a spade
OF his bluntness he made a show
Yet he never mentioned shovel
When the pavement was covered
with snow.
Politics are getting cleaner"
What makes you think so?"
the late senatorial contest big
check was put in one legislators
hand, but he shut down on it,"
"The idea OF spots $4,000 miles in
size of the face of the sum"
"Wel?"
"And yet ordinary freckles worry
the daughter"
If a young fellow has an oppor-
tunity and a pretty girl which should
he embrace first?
He only married her on account of
her money"
You're unreasonable. You
wouldn't have him refuse to marry ner
on account of her money!"
So let the snail keep up his best;
The onion do none wrong
For the race is not always to The
swift,
Nor the battle to the strong.
What time is it?" asked his wife
suspiciously as he came in.
about one"
| Just then the clock struck three.
Gracious! When did the clock
commence to stutter?" he said with a
feeble attempt at justification and a
joke.
Don't you think Minerals last
picture shows all the commanding
force of her character?"
1t certainly does. She looks like a
cook"
That idea of different kinds Of mud
as specifies for disease is no gool.p
How do you know?"
'Tramps have been using them for
years and they don't work."
He had held an office all his life.
Are you resigned ?" asked the at
tendant minister.
With his last vital spark the
moribund proudly cried
i may die, but will never resign"
such instances Of devotion to
principle are nor rare in politics.
4 cut his acquaintance" she re-
marked, because he paid such Door
compliment to my taste and iudg-
ment."
What did he do?"
lie wanted me TO marry him."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-16

Aunt Chloe, following the suggestion
of al educated friend, had named the
previous pickaninny Appendix, think.
ing there would be no more.
But another one had come.
Dis" said AuBt Chloe, SIS my cul-
lud supplement"
And she folded II in her arms.--Chi-
cago Tribune.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-16

Even after all that's happened THU,
nation should have a kindly feeIino
for Spain" e
For what reason?"
~ was the first OF the European
countries TO actually discover what a
great country this is"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-16

highest praise and commentator He
said ne was proud of the fact, even
though she was an American by birth.
--Leslie's Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-16

I've a crick in my back;
shall | have it tomorrow?
! came down such a whack
When ! fell on my back,
That I heard the ice crack,
To my very great sorrow.
I've a crick in my back
Shall | have 1t tomorrow?
Caroline Due
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

planned that she would have to go to the
well, long distance off, and it would
take ten minutes but the girl-or rather
the apparent boy-persuaded the woman
to go for the water.
During her absence the girl went to the
box bed-there was the mail messenger
asleep-a ''sWack' fellow-wth his mail
bag under his head, using it for a pill
low. On the table were his pistols, and
very nervously the girl withdrew the
charges. No sooner was this done than
the hostess returned with the water The
girl finished her meal went on the road,
made a circuit and met the mail mes
senger and they rode together a bit.
After short chat she drew little nearer
and said: my friend, 1 have a fancy
for this mailfbsg g." IF it is joke said
the messenger sit is pretty poor one
She took out a little pistol and presented
It, The messenger pulled out his pis-
tolls, and snapl-the first missed fire. He
threw it away and drew the other-snap!
He had to hand over the mailbag, and she
rode into an adjoining wood
She opened the bag, drew out an Of
fetal letter and rode with it to her nurse s
house, where it was found to contain the
death warrant of her father. 1t was put
into the fire She resumed her girl S
clothes and rode quietly to Edinburgh.
That caused so much delay that they
managed to get a repr:eve and her
father was saved. He (the speaker) had
a personal interest in that incident, as he
understood Grisel Cocnrane was a d.
rect ancestor Of Lady Aberdeen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
MIRACES IN DESERT
WONDERFUL PICTURES TO BE SEEN
IN ARTZONA's ARID
WASTES
CITIES AND LAKES REFLECTED
Travellers Find Il Hard to Believe
That the Objects at which They
Are Looking Are
Unreal

As the mirage is so infrequent in the
populous palt of our country and as so
little is SAID about it, 1t is probable THAI
the majority of Americans know Of 1t
only by name, though they may have
read descriptions of the mirage of tho
Sahara desert or the Fata Morgana Of
Sicily and southern Italy, says the De-
troit Free Press. Cccas. onally it may be
seen across Lake Ontario and New York
state may look upon a Canadian town
pictured upon The Sky. This happens bit
once in many years.
But the mirage Of the southwest be-
comes a friend, a sort Of tIaCeling COM
panion. 1t is not so frequent nor so
picturesque ia New Mexico as in Ari-
IONA and southeastern Cal fOrnia TIE
mirage in this section is said to be
much more wonderful and charming than
on the Sahara or the Fata Morgana at
the straits OF Mcssina. 1t combines the
beauty Of these and adds something to
both.
AS the traveller passes through Ari-
coma on the train, he sees the lakes COM
ing and going ali the time and W n
ders il it Is not a mistake to Gall it a
desert. Occasionally e will lie aston
ishGd TO see wild animals come so near
the train, but when he sees some great
beast larger than the elephant be bogus
to ask questions ana is likely to feel
s6eptical when tod that it is all a fancy
and due to the mirage Our party was
growing so used to phantoms that we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

ed forms. Not living creature Of any
klnd lnhablts the valley, which IS only
IS MY miles or so in length and probably
nall as wide. So far as we could tell
wren IN our right senses, not plant
or living thing of any nature inhabited
TINS TINS valley Yet, we saw many lakes
water FOWL which vanished as we pro-
ceeded and formed again beyond. We
saw strange beasts coming toward us in
all directions, which made us restless
and the ladies Of our party almost hVs.
teIlcal: Inc ladies' We're all correspond
ems OF eastern and Southern papers, and
were prepared for the worst
Beyond we saw Indians in their canoes
ana thought to reach them, but they too
vanished. In their stead, we saw a noun.
tain rise in lake of silver. Great birds
or dlfterent hues seemed to hover over
Inc lakes; beautiful trees, with fantastic
forms, hung over the water The noun
tain seemed to move, and as it moved its
summit was crowned by q general ball of
plue 1ue which was surrounded by q
halo OF light. We were aStonished to see
the mountain nearing us. OF course, we
knew 1t was an illusion, but when the
mountain top appeared to break off and
TO De railing upon US, our nerves were
quite unStrung The ladies were almost
Frustrated. We knew that a storm was
brewing, so we FASTENED back. The storm
broke before We reached Dead Man s
Pass, the lightning flashed on all sides OF
us, forming in crosses, stars, haloS and
ether fantastic forms. The thunder
crashed from wall to will and seemed to
tear the mountains and the very atmos
phere.
Upon our leaving the valley a feeling OF
relief came to us, and we all agreed that
If it had not been named we certainly
would call it the Jim Jam Valley We
all had one feeling, and that was that We
would never care to go to the valley
again And yet, there is q fascination
about the desert, and those who have
lived there always want to return. Tt Is
only fair to say that the same kind Of
land, known as the desert, is now growing
the orange, the lemon, and other tropical
fruits in both California and Arizona. 1t
is man that changes the face of nature.
When we take into account what has
been done in this great American desert.
and wonder what VIII ever become of If
all, we are reminded of the phrase of all
the Indians OF the West when asked a
question they did not care to answer,
''quion sabe''-who knows?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
DOORS WERE CLOSED
GYPsIEs THROW NEW ENGLAND
VILLAGE INTO STATE OF
EXCITEMENT
REGARDED WITH SUSPICION
PIaintovvn Could Not Understand
Why People Prefer Nomadic
Life. to Settling
Down.

Why people should wander over the
earth's surface selling goods instead OF
settling down and running a country
store Pladntown does not understand. It
looks with suspicion on travelling tin
kers; peddlers of all sorts it discourages;
even the Armenian woman with a
church members certificate who comes
yearly to sell laces is looked on askance,
says the New York Commercial Adj
Vertiser; but when certain dark-haired
women, dressed in red shawls and gay
striped skirts, wandered through the
town offering to tell fortunes it felt that
public safety was menaced.
The gypsies have come" said Plain
town, and promptly unclaimed its dogs
and chained up its hens. Moreover, the
town had a "frightful scare" for Mrs.
Grey telephoned Mrs. Arthur Tilley
that the gypsies had just passed the
house and that little Marshall could not
be found
That the Fields tapped the wire was
certain. for they instantly called up all
their friends to spread the news. News
paper extras are superfiuous in a village
where every one mas q telephone.
Marshall shortly emerged from beneath
the dining room table where he had
hidden to insure safety against all kid
naping gypsy people, and his mother
spent the rest of the day at the tele-
phone telling the anxious countryside
that Marshall had been found.
When we, VINO were not of Piaintown,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

and and showed clean blankets and sheets.
PllioW shams, even, with lace edges,
We're folded on chair. On the walls
hung br1ght-colored prints, in gilt frames.
EVERY hitting was as well adapted to It's
ends as the fittings of a yachts cabin
From under the berths the woman drag
ged out some woven baskets that looked
susplcIously machine made. But she RAJ
tied or neat speech telling US how they
We're made, and the man smiled on us
benehcently, and we bought baskets at
church bazaar rates.
Around us swarmed the children, too
sure OF themselves and too natural to be
wished to talk to them.
There's two families of us explained
the man. Mine and my brothers. He's
got seven and I've got six, and then
| there's the boys that come with us" He
pointed to group of men. "They help
US with the horses. That's our business,
and we got sixteen besides" he said,
in Lancaster"
Now here was a shock; Lancaster is
one of the largest manufacturing towns
in that part of the country
Wnen her and married" he con-
t41nued we came over here, We're
settle down. My brother came, too He
didn't stay off the highway two years. I
did till a few years back, then the old
thought I'd go trading a little and leave
her behind. But she was sick to come,
too. It's only Bess don't like it," point.
ing to the defant-looking girl
mo, don't like it." she said. They
come and look us over as If we was a
show. 1 don't mean you" she added
But there's some O. them come mlncing
and looking through eyeglasses on a
handle an sayin', How picturesque! L
know We're like a show, but we ain q
exhibition. We're living like this and
it's our affair. The way they act you'd
think we were saVages, We bake our
bread in an oven like anybody We
live nice on the road. We've got lots o.
things people in this slow town amt
got. Dad-he amt close-fsted like these
farmers are with their girls. Look at
EN-, ple-faced and homely; an you
ought to seen the way they looked at
ma an me! Mer She stood before US
her eyes flashing as If she wished to
hold US responsible for the sins Of our
kind.
American prosperity had invaded 70.
nance, and If they still travelled on the
high road these gypstes must have cart
with all modern iprovements." And
yet the strain held true, as did the wan,
dering instinct The old world and the
new mingle oddly at times 1t is hard
| to reconcile ones self to school going
gypsies.
Yet the little New England children
that we met on the street coming home
from school seemed wan and colorless
| in comparison with the darl1-eyed chill.
| dren we had left behind us helping Bess
around her cherished iron cook stove
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

clines straight toawrd the earth instead
of obliquely with a tendency 10 turn
back toward the denser atmosphere
This angle of light causes rehectlon.
The objects on lle earth are shadoWed
in the lower strata and reflected from
that upon the higher. And yet, this was
not a satisfactory explanation to US, FOR
the mirage astonished and amused US
after the sun had gone.
One evening we were sitting on the
steps of a ranch cabin, when, looking
toward the south, we saw magnincent
monastery. We were surprised that we
had not seen it before 1t was then
growing dark and we could see it until
to.al darkness closed. In the morning it
was gone. The next morning we
were aroused before daylight, in order
that we might see the train at The
Needles, about eighty miles south. We
would see the cars plainly, as well as
the men. The whole scene seemed but
few hundred yards away. ais, we were
told, may be observed almost any morn
ing in the year.
The next surprise the mirage gave US
was near the Pagago Indian reservation
One morning we We're presented with
the picture Of a lively city. The horses
and the markets were plain and the in
habitants wearing their serapeS and SOM
bT6roS. Many We're going to church, the
water carriers were hurrying about, men
and there was no mistaking the fact that
it was real city. We learned after-
ward that it was the town of Magdalena,
Mex a hundred miles or more south.
But the most wonderful of all the
scenes Is that of the Jim Jam valley, in
the San Bernardo mountains, over the
Arizona line in southern California. From
Yuma to the mountains we passed many
scenes, the most interesting being the
mud VOLCANOES" The mud is thrown
up from many openings, some springs
srouting several feet in height. There
IS a continual making and destruction OF
mud pies. These se-calied volcanoes are
sometimes below sea level and generally
Both are accompanied by a rUmb'lrg
noise. One sees the skeletons of many
birds that, in their search for water,
have persisted by the fumes of the "vol.
canoes" We saw the remains of hooking
birds, golden eagles and the Mexican
snowbird.
When we entered the Jim Jam valley,
through Dead Mans Pass. the sun was
shining brilliantly We had not gone
far when we witnessed strange things.
The walls of the cliffs are frightfulIy
scared and the peaks twisted into tort'.r-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

we're confident we could not be mis- aiken
again. Nevertheless We were.
We had left the Moqui reservation and
were travelling toward the Chitiquo nv
er, when he beheld city chiseled out OF
marble, with cathedraIs and towers with
pillars capped with Grecian gods and
Christian saints with streets OF marble
and a river winding its way through the
city. We believed it a real city, and
thought it was built of marble because
It was so plentiful here. 1t was a City Of
splendOr, but a child of the sun, which
gave life and beauty to the sand-barrcn
desert; and lOi when we look again the
magic city, with It's wonderful towers and
pillars and rivers, has vanished like a
shooting star, ana a feeling of loneliness
comes over us as we see once more the
saddened desolaion of the desert
Two days later Ninety miles from
where we had seen the phantom city, we
viewed the Painted Desert as it is
called. It's cOlored rocks take on all
the forms of life, with castles,
cathedrals, fruit and flower gardens,
rivers, lakes, landscapes and animals Of
all descriptions. we knew then that
this was the magic city. Between this
point and the Colorado river the desert
seemed in the distance to be full of life.
The palo-verde, which is an evergreen
tree was plentiful, as well as the mes
quite and the cactus. The cactus
blooms, in yellow, and here and there
We meet with the peoples, all in red.
From the prickly-pear cactus the In
dams gather a fruit which is very
wholesome.
Along the Colorado river the mirage is
frequent. Sometimes the objects are re-
versed and appear to be upside down,
sometimes, Yertical-that is, standing
one above another The scientists say
that these mirages are caused by the
heating of the sand. the atmosphere be-
Ing OF much higher temperature near
the surface, where it expands rapidly
but leaves the greater volume of air
above dense; that the sun striking the
air obliquely forms an angle Of ligat be-
cause it passes uniformly through the
dense air, but when reaching the DIFF
fused air, it pierces more readily and in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
Natural Advantages.

Chicago Tribune
Taking into consideration the things
Sharp has had to contend against, think
his success as lawyer has been remark
able
''Why, what did he ever have to con-
tend against?'
Everything. He came of wealthy
family. He didn't have to work his way
through college. He never studied by the
light Of a pine torch, never had to drive
dray never walked six miles to school,
and wasn't compelled to borrow his
books. He had every possible facility and
yet he has done well from the start
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
A ROMANCE OF oLDEN TIME.

London Daily telegram.
The Earl of Aber leen. speaking at a
dinner Of the United kingdom Postal
and Telegraph Service BENEVOLENT So
ciety at Aberdeen, said they had to go
back to the old mail coach days to get
a picturesque aspect IF the postal serv-
ice, and to illustrate this he narrated
romantic incident which occurred in
the reign Of James II.-more than 200
years ago. Sir John Cochrane, son of a
hne old nobleman, Lord Dundonald, was
one or those who thought the liberties
ana interests of tbs country were in
danger ewing to the policy of the gov
erIpnent of the day and resisted it. Sir
John was betrayed into the hands of
the enemy and was lodged in Edinburgh
jail. One night the door of the prison
opened, and he heard the voice of his
daughter Grisel, who was allowed to
nave many talks with him.
Meanwhile the news came that his
condemnation had been settled by the
council, and that the mail would come
next week with his death warrant Miss
STflsel CocErane told her father that she
Lad to go away for a few days He
SAID: Il hope you will do nothing rash, "
and she replied that she would do moth
ing very rash. She rode from Edinburgh
to Berwick, where her old nurse lived
ana there she changed her clothes for
the clothes of a boy Then she rode to
place between Berwick and Bedford,
Where she made inquiries regarding the
kings mail messengers, and where they
used to put up.
Arriving at small inn about four miles
south OF Berwick, she asked for some
thing to eat The hostess tod her not
to make a noise because in the box-bed
the kings mail passenger was asleep.
do be quiet, she said, with your kniI q
and fork" She began her meal "Can
yoE get me some water?" The hostess
said: why, a Draw lad like you should
sup ale" Have you no cold, fresh wa
ter? II you give me water I will pay you
the same as for ale" The hostess ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
why We SAY "saloon .

St. Louis Republic
Frenchman-Why is it that you Ameri-
cans call the drinking places about town
saloons?
American-In your language saloon
means drawing room; does it NOT?
Frenchman-It does
American-In drinking place thew
draw beer Isn't that so?
Frenchman-It is.
Observation-Disclosures, a drinking place
is a drawing room.
F'renchman-Certainly.
for the two words drawing and room
the word saloon. which Is in common
use.
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Backs.
Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal
,. "optIe2 Why at the hunt, she rode
What! not in evening attire?"
Stupid! The horses back, not her
ownl' exclaimed my wife, regarding me
disdainfully.
I laughed at myself little, for was
not as yet thoroughly under this woman 3
domination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
New Hutchinson Train
va "The Mil,vaukee

passenger train viii be put on via c.. M
& st. p. Railway between the Twin
Cities and Hutchinson daily except
Sunday.
New train leaves Hutchinson 7:30 s. NJ.
Glencoe a. m, Plato 500 q. M. Nor
wood SIS a m, Cologne $3.50 a. m, and
arrives Minneapolis 9:45 a. M, ST. Paul
1920 a. m
Returning, leaves st. Paul D. M.
minneapolis 4:40 p. M. and arrives Glen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
Attracted.

Washington Star
You seem to take a great interest in
that literary young woman's conYersa-
ton"
YES" answered the young man who
has a very massive neck and lots If
stripes in his clothing.
81 didn't know you cared for poetry
and romance"
81 didn't, either. But some of the
words she uses would make fine names
for a string of horses"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
He srarveIsd mt 1t.

Baltimore American.
Yes, said Mr.. Henry Peck. 'I like 70
go to the circus. One sees SO many dar-
ing deeds. For instance, did YOU ever. SEQ s,s.
anything more reckless than the way in
which the ringmaster cracks his Whin
at the ladies who ride the horses p
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
"COLDs"

Railways Ready Relief cures and pre-
vents Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Inhu-
enza. Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Swelling Of
R 1ae S9hss Naurafiga lnf HeadadRe
TQothache, Asthma, Difficult Breathing.
Railways Ready Relief is q sure cure
for every Pain, Sprain, Bruises, Pains In
the Back, Chest or Limbs 1t was the
first and is the only Pain Remedy that
instantly stops the most excruclating
pains allays Inflammation and cures con-
gestions, whether of the lungs stomach.
bowels or other glands or organs, By one
application.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

1t has very fashionable and dis
You buy this hat in the rough, just as
1t comes in from South America, and the
dealer notes down the shape you like
best, and finishes 1t for you accordingly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sunday School Teacher-What do we
learn from the story of Samson?
Tommy (mournfully smoothing his rag
ged locks)-That it doesn't pay ter have
women folks cut q feller's hair.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Sleeper tor 1910 p. m. train can BIS occupied II
any time after .. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
EASTERN MINNESOTA RAILWAY.

t9;55s m .Du,utb and w., er,.r,,. t6:25om
"ll:lOpm '''Du.u'H ana west Superior. 800 %6.4Os11