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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
SIXTY DOLLARS AN HOUR.
That's What 1t Cost Boston, at Least,
to Look at Two Rat Holes.

This is story of rat and two
holes in the ground. The holes were
very small holes, just big enough to
let two rats into the cellar of the Old
South Westinghouse, and probably
more than big enough to let them,
wiser and leaner rats, out again.
These two holes, with the inter.
mittent assistance of the rat, enter
tanned the good citizens of Boston at
the rate OF 1000 an hour for an in.
definite period in the middle of one
day last week. 1t is easy enough to
reckon. During the show there were
from thirty to thirty-five people stand
ing in choice positions along the MilR
and Washington street ratings of the
fence about the tiny yard of the Old
South meeting house-a constantly
changing crowd that renewed itself
every minute.
Now in this crowd were all kinds of
persons, from the office boy at SO q
week to the broker at $500. Every
one watched his minute before he
went about his business. For some the
momentary loss was only the fraction
of cent; for others it mounted up in
the dollars. A low and conservative
estimate of the monetary value OF
these people is 20 cents an hour
Thirty people standing for one minute
are equal to one person standing for
half an hour. But the entertainment
extended over many minutes. An
hour of it for 1000 people was paid
for by Boston employers in $50 worth.
of time.
What did the $50 crowd of 1000
persons see for it's money? Most of
the people two holes in the ground;
some of them the bright, beady eyes
and the whiskered nose of rat. The
poor fellow was probable trying to get
away to some less hallowed but more
fruitful surroundings, when the first
observing eye saw him and by looking
collected the audience.
He lay low for many long minutes,
so long that the whole crowd about
the fence was in utter ignorance of
what it was watching; but still the
crowd hung on, looking at the holes,
or gazing up at the sparrows which
twittered in and out of their nests in
the close ivy growth on the wall.
Every time the rat looked out one or
two saw him, and then everybody de-
voted his attention to the holes again.
And neither rat nor holes could have
known how much they were costing
the employers all over Boston.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
Unfailing Sign of Prosperity.

There is one sure barometer of
financial conditions In Kansas. When.
ever the people feel rich they get up
schemes TO bore in the ground after
oil or gas or other valuable produc-
tions. This propensity has given Kan.
sas some very valuable coal. gas. oil
and salt fields, and IL is to be encour.
aged, not deplorad. Today something
like so towns are boring holes IL. the
ground. At one place out in Western
Kansas they are down close to 1000
feet, and still are cheerfully chugging
away. AT Abilene $4,000 has Just been
raised by popular subscription for the
purpose of boring and the work is to
be started at once. In Hutchinson a
new salt well is going down at the
rate OF 200 feet a. day. and 1t is to have
around 1t the biggest salt plant in
the state. In southern Kansas der
ricks are as thick as haystacks and
they are finding things, too.-Kansas
City Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
MINES SHOULD SHARE ccsT7
Must Help Britain to Pay for the War
AGAINST the Beers.

Commenting on Sir Michael Hicks
Beachs pessimistic statements in pre-
senting the budget in the house OF
commons, the London Chronicle says:
s"The only hopeful statement in his
speech was that the end of the war
might come sooner than other mem
bers expected, and he himself in
hypothesis put it at distance OF three
or four months. AS to the possibility
of making South Africa bear some OF
the enormous financial burden which
we have incurred on its behalf he
practically gave up the prospect in de-
spair. The Orange Colony, he said,
could pay us nothing, the Transvaal
could pay nothing apart from the
mines, and the mines, even when they
began working again, would show a
deficit for at least two years after the
end of the war.
1--WE do not deny that it is serious.
but as we have to face the situation 1T
Z is no good making it out blacker than
it really is. AS Sir Alfred Miner
saws, the events of the last six or
|. seven months will involve longer
Seriod of recuperation, especially for
agriculture, than anyone could have
anticipated when the war began.
still, he goes on, the economic con-
sequences of the war, though grave
do not appear by any means appalling
The loss of crops and stock is the
fcost serious matter, and either by
gift or loan the loss will have to be
made good Defore any revival of farm
life becomes possible. We certainly
cannot look for revenue from farm
ers for very long time to come.
But Sir Alfred says that both RAM
and Kimberly are unchanged, anc
when the mines are once set goinl
again it will not take long to get then
into working order. That is, there
fore, a point on which both of the
chief speakers last night were undull
hopeless. Whatever Mr.. ]. B. Robin
son may say, the country must see Z
IL that the mines bear large share D
the wars burden. Within the II
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27

years before the outbreak of the war
the value of the production oil the
Rand alone had risen from nearly
s5,000,000 in 1888 to $SO,OO0,0 900 in
1898, aud even in the disturbed nine
months of 1899. before the war actual.
ly began, the output was $40 900. 900,
We take the figures from carefully
written article in this months
Quarterly Review on the settlement of
South Africa.
IF Sir Alfred Miner is right in
asserting that the mines could be re-
opened with very little delay, are we
to suppose that this immense income
is to escape scot free? In the two
years before the war it increased by
three millions and five millions year,
and if it could do this under the
Kruger government in time of great
unrest, what might we expect under
an equitable government? 1t would
probably double itself.
Besides the mines, which ought
certainly to be forced to yield a large
revenue for the expenses of state,
there remain the immense riches of
the "bewaarplaatsen," which become
practically the governments own
property, and at moderate estimate
are ve,ued at $2O0OOO,000 If that
sum Were realized or if the ground
was retained in government hands and
rented On fair terms the proceeds
would go some way toward cheering
up the ;nost Respondent of Chancellors
of Excluquer. These are points of
light in the financial prospect of
which, it appears to us, both Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach and Sir William
Harcourt have taken too little ac-
count"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
GOOD CLERKS ARE SCARCE.
Experience of London Merchant in
Search of an Employe.

A merchant requiring clerk
recently inserted the following adver-
tisement in leading newspaper:
CLERK, smart, wanted. Good
chance for a man who understands
his work thoroughly. Shorthand
recommendation. State salary ex-
pected, qualifications, ETC., to"
The advertisement was published
every day for a week in the same
journal, and the number of replies
was 103. An analysis of the applica-
tions for the position revealed many
interesting things. Out of the 1913
applications ten were absolutely I'M
decipherable, and the writer's of these
would without doubt call themselves
clerks. Another half dozen of the
replies were so smeared with bolts
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
TENEMENT TRAGEDY
FOURTEEN PEOPLE KILLED AT
PATTERSON FIRE.
EXPLOSION or FIREWORKS
Women With Clothes on Fire Leap
TroTa Burning Windows, While
Others Hang From stills Until
RescueG-captain and Firemen
Buried Under Blazing Debris.

Patterson, n. j.. June 22.-Four-
teen people are believed to have been
killed and number injured yester-
day as the result of fire following
an explosion among quantity of fire.
works in the store of Abraham NJ. Rit-
tenberg. The store was on the ground
floor of the tenement building. The
cause of the explosion is not known
and the property loss will not ex-
coed $4,000.
The dead are: Mrs. Lucinda Adam
son, Mrs. Charles Williams, Charles
Williams, Harold Ritenberg, Henry
Elsasser, baby. Missing and almost
certainly dead are: Mrs. Bert Bam-
berg, Charles Bamberg, baby Mrs. An
drew Elvin, Mrs. Mary Elsasser,
Joseph Elvin, baby, Mrs. Burns, Clar-
ence Burns, Mrs. Ann Fentemann, Mrs.
Annie Lannigan and two newphews of
Mrs. Lannigan. The injured are: j.
Jessup, Mrs. J. Jessup, l.. Bamberger,
Geo. Sodei, Nicholas Hillman, Fireman
Lingland, Mr.. and Mrs. John McGlone.
A number of others received minor In
Jurles, but were sent to their homes.
The explosion occurred shortly after
noon when many occupants of the
building were out at dinner
The building was frame tenement
four stories high with stores on the
ground floor The middle store was
occupied by Rittenberg. Ten families
occupied flats in the building. So
great was the force of the explosion
that boy playing in the street half a
block away was lifted from his feet
and hurled against an iron fence. One
of his legs was broken. A trolley car
was directly in front of the building
when the explosion occurred. The
burst of flame scorched the sides OF
the car and singed the hair of the pas
sengers.
A number of persons on the upper
floors of the building when the ex-
plosion occurred were either stunned
and then burned to death or found es-
cape cut off and were suffocated.
after the first explosion there was a
succession of smaller ones and then
came another big explosion prob
IEOM Lu6 ilfCis "AhoOW
seemed to be emitting flame within
minute after the first explosion. A
woman, her clothing on fire, leaped
from an upper window and fell to the
yard below. When the dead body was
dragged out of reach of the flames the
flesh dropped off from the bones. She
later proved to be Mrs. Williams,
whose husband is a cripple. He was
found burned to crisp on the bed and
it is supposed that the woman persisted
in attempting his rescue.
Some occupants dropped from win
dows and were bruised. Others hung
from windows until iremen came;
twenty persons were taken down in
this way while others dropped into life
nets. While the rescues were going on
and firemen fighting the flames, Cap
tain Aliens men had hardly taken po-
sitions facing the build 'ng when, with
out warning, the whole upper part OF
the building sagged outward and fell.
The captain and two men were buried
under blazing debris, one man being
badly hurt.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
Could Use Him.

Facetious Assistant-"Aren't you
afraid to take a man on the STAFF with
a head as red as his?"
Editor (of New York Yeller, frown-
ingly)-" cap use him, sir, in getting
up my red headlines"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-27
An ImpossibiIity.

Mike Ito chemist)-"The docthor
said take wan ov these pills three
tonnes day. | took wan av thin
wanst, but the man doesn't live thot
kin take wan av thin three toimes!"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

erai labor trouDles q certaln raliroau
got no less than Eve reports from Its
confidential men informing them that
a employee who was severalsdegrees
higher In the secret service OF the road
than any Of them, had they but known
it, had been making incendiary speech
es. s .%.@& e 4 S k5 #s
."Tlis was true. Matters had so
shaped themselves that the man ac-
cused had to appear as a radical In or
der to gain admittance3 to inner coun
ellis where the important questions
would be finally decided. To- cha
grin Of the authorities they were oblig--
ed to transfer him: Had they not$done
so the suspicious Of the men who make
the reports would have been aroused.
That spoilers should know each other
as such is held to be highly undesira-
BILE. There is always the chance that
they might work in conjunction instead
VT acting as checks on each other"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

The public health committee has de-
cided to report back the medical bill
with an amendment of the title and the
repeating clause stricken out. The
committee held a meeting last night and
heard the arguments of the Christian
Scientists, who fear the bill may affect
their rights. The bill as amended will
be referred back to the senate, and with
a complete understanding of its provis-
ions the senate will take another whir]
at the matter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15
in THE MATTER OF CRYING.
While Weeping Is quite Natural, 1t
May Be @tsCured" In Children. 8

While Weeping Is Quite Natural, 1t
May Be %"Cured" In Children.
It comes natural to every woman to
pity child when it hurts itself. Be
the misadyenture big or little, the
mother Immediately takes the little one
in her arms. and in her most sympa-tf
thetic, plying tones tries to solace 1t.
And of course the child concludes
something terrible has happened to it
and cries vigorously. A little baby if
pitied can soon be brought to q weep
ing state when nothing whatever is the
matter with it. Just call up your most
tender, sympathetic tone; ask him that
time honored question, Did they booss
the baby?" and the little lips win begin
to culver, the. mouth to droop, and soon
a wall breaks forth that is meant to In
dictate that sthey''' did.
Of course children will cry some
times. Crying is an Institution that
cannot be done away with. Crying,
more or less, is expected with the advent
Of the little. stranger, but the more or
less depends largely on the parents. A
child can be laughed int0%a good hui
NOR. Instead Of plying him at the nu-
merous little hurts he gets, those that
are really of no Importance, treat
them as a good joke. Laugh at them,
and the baby will quickly laugh with
you. It doesn't take long to chase the
tears away. Besides doing away with
a lot of unnecessary crying it teaches
him not to mind little hurts and devel-
ops a brave, manly little fellow. This
does not apply to serious mishaps, but
to those numerous little bumps which
youngsters are continually getting and
which a little pity quickly magnif1es
into something of Importance in child
ish eyes. e #
Never giving a child anything he
cries for is another excellent way to
nip in the bud the crying habit. If 1t is
proper for him to have, promise 1t to
him when he stops crying. Reward his
good behavior, not his. bad. OF course
If bad habits In this direction are form
ed, it is hard to correct them. But such
discipline observed from the beginning
will make crying an ~infrequent per
Torrance in the home where the youth
full monarch Observation-Disclosures Tele.
graph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

It is a little humiliating for old line
republicans to recognize the necessity Or
ACCESSIBILITY of a bill making it a INSIDE
meanor for state officers to hold out" a
certain per cent of a clerk or deputy's
salary. Certainly no one would suspect
such a thing from the present officials
it wasn't expected of former administra-
tions. The emergency clause of the bill
ought to recite the specific reasons for
its passage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15
The Flight OF Time.

As masked man confronted me with q
pistol in a lonely spot on the dark road.
Cough up your chronometer,ohe dc,
manded grufiy.
fumbled for my I8 carat timepiece,,
thinking that my last hour was q
hand. When I dared to look do, be
had vanished with bis plunder.
Even then, such fl the incongruity 81
tshe human mind, though rejoiced thai
my time had not vet come, regretted
iii my heart thatsit had gone-NeN
York Sun. s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15
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effects of the well known remedy.
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CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co, illustrate
the value Of obtaining the liquid Slaxa-
tive principles of plants known Il be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. Its
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tive, cleansing the system effectually,
adispelling colds, headaches and feVers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habituaI constipation per-
manent1y. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
D irritating them, make il the ideal
laxative. ssz gs#
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are used, as they are pleasant to the
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other aromatic plants, BY d method;
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

The flood of petitions to pass an anti
cigarette bill is coming in fast but it is
too late. Petitions do very little good
anyhow because all intelligent members
of the legislature know how they are
usually obtained.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

after his long and honorable life! OPP
timistic, loving children as he loved all
else that is beautiful, how sweet to his
ears the whisper of the prattling child
who, on being told Of the beauties Of
Gods home in heaven, replied, Then
death is only Gods Sleep"
And so the Joys and sorrows of life are
blended with the mysteries Of death in
close embrace. Lucretius, the ancient
philosopher and poet, tells US that
Things seem to die, but die not; the spring
showers
Melt on the bosom of Mother Earth, .
But rise again in fruits and leaves and flowers,
And every death is nothing but a birth.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15
E&s-s%sh I. ~ a. -s F5.5 srE- el.. EE".S EEaF - y T.
THE TITLE REILLY o O
He Made Himself as Big a Man as the
~ t%;~ Best of Them. ~

He Made Himself as Big a Man as the
Best of Them.
"When you mention the name of
John Reilly, you touch reminiscent
chord in the hearts of hundreds of the
older: residents of Baltimore remark
ed a well known gentleman.
"On one occasion Reilly had to jour
ney to Philadelphia on business. . 1t
was In the time Of the old ~stagecoaehes,
and he made his way leisurely along
Upon arriving there he registered at
one of the leading hotels. That leads up
to my story. Atthattime it was custom:
airy for men to add to their signatures
such titles or evidences OF dignity as
they possessed. When Reilly looked
over the hotel register, he saw some
thing like this: John Jones, LIZ. d.;
William Smith, a. NJ, a. B.; Samuel
johnson, 3D. Selling a pen, he In
scribed the following: John Reilly, It.
r.. s., Then heSwent about his bust.
ness and spent q pleasant and proita-
bic afternoon
Returning to the hotel at night he
was met by d committee OF leading and
learned citizens. They greeted him
with greatdeferencea ndexpressed their,
qualification that such a distinguished.
man should be in their midst. He was
urgently requested to deliver q lecture
before some scientific body during his
stay. You SEE, they judged from the.
mystic letters on the hotel register that
he was q fellow OF the Royal society.
Reilly was a man OF imposing per-
sonai appearance. Hemade himself
very agreeable to the committee, but
could not name date for the lecture.
When they left him, a friend asked the
reason of the demonstration.
HtWhat do you mean by writing the
letters r 3. s. after yoursname, any.
way? ES S#
aS.a They mean afried, raw and stew
ed and ! serve the best 10 Balti-
more Baltimore Sun.
Il EEEEb &&E 4-AAS IEI [s-~ HHEE -Ff s NEE N@tN Wy -hI
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

With the pigs in Bismarck opening up
again and the ~police-under instructions
of the mayor-protecting them, another
manifesto from the attorney general will
probably be forthcoming.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

Senator Murphy should amend his oil
inspection bill 50 as to provide for better
gasoline and push the bill through. The
gasoline now sent to North Dakota will
not stand the proper test.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

s..a0h, no; shessSnot III all what yoll
would call really feminine woman.
SHE affects masculine Waysy
BE oW e. slsS
wv A, Tor instance yesterday 4 sew
her give d street car conductor Il nickel
when she had i've pennies Iii her
prlrse.-Chicago Post.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15
The 8ismarek Trihnne,
by M. III. JEWELL.

Having discovered no means of resur-
recting the anti-cigarette bill Miss
Preston will now devote her energies to
raise the age of consent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-15

Like bad dollars, all counterfeits OF
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are worth
less. The original quickly cures piles
sores, and I'LL skin diseases 6.
Beardsley
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-03-01
Norton.

A public meeting was held in the
Stetson House Hall last week Thursday
evening in the interests of the Modern
Woodmen of America. Fred +. Currier
presided Music was furnished by a
quartette. The speaker of the evening
was District Deputy II. 5. Sidelingcr Of
st Johnsbury, whose subject was era
ternity," with special reference to Wood
craft The name chosen for the pro-
posed society was Frontier Camp"
Deputy FEE. Currier is at the Stetson
House and will fully explain.
Frankie McManus has the grip.
Mrs. r. Hill is quite i'll with pneu-
monia.
Mrs. F. Woodland and family have re-
turned from Coebrook where they have
been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Baldwin has returned from a
visit to her parents in Capelton, Que.
Mr.. Mclean is able to be ont again.
Miss Edith Akhurst of Coaticook,
Que, is visiting at Mrs. Nelson's.
Miss Edith Grant has returned to
Newcastle, Me.
The Rev. Mr., Thompson of Hatley,
who is now holding series Of meetings
at Dixville, will preach at the Episcopal
Church here on Sunday ueN, at o'clock.
There was a socia! gathering at l.y-
man Marsh's last Saturday evening
Mrs. Ed. Ellis aud her sister Miss N.Y..
tie Ames of Island Pond, both sisters OF
Mrs. Marsh, celebrated the annivrI >ary
of their birthdays. Refreshments were
served and a most enjoyable evening VAS
spent by all
a reception was held at the Stetson
House on Monday night in honor OF DR..
A. +. Parlin and bride, at which forty
five were present. Hearty congratula-
tons were showered upon the bride and
groom, which assured them that they
were to go forth in their new relations
in life with the appreciation and high
esteem of the entire company. Re-
freshments were served.
Their home beyond life's ocean wide
Seems now distant land;
But when ont on the rolling tide
They'll find it's just at hand.
We wish you joy dear loving friends
Be to each other true;
And when life's journey ends.
May Heaven welcome you.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-03-01

There is every reason TO believe that
Westchester county, y. Y, will shortly
have 60 miles of macadamized boule
wards extending through the entire
length of the county.
The new roads will be greatly used
by coaching parties and automobiles,
and many Weslchester millionaires are
behind the good roads movement. As
soon as the legislature is in session the
good roads committee aud Il large dele
cation of taxpayers will 90 To Albany
and urge the passage OF a general good
highways throughout the state.