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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04
STORY OF MISSING GOLD PIECE.

A gentleman travelling in Europe
had for companion and faithful
friend a most intelligent dog. Before
he left his lodgings one morning, with
the expectation of being absent until
evening, he opened his purse in his
room to see whether he had sufficient
money for the days expenses, then
wet his way having his dog behind
him.
Having dined at coffee house he
took out his purse and missed
louis dor, for which he searched dill
gently, but in vain. Returning home
late in the evening, his servant met
him with face expressive OF sorrow
and told him that the poor dog was
very i'll. and had refused to eat any
thing al day and had appeared very
strange She would not allow him to
take her food away from before her
but had been lying with her nose
close TO tho dish, without attempting
to touch it.
Upon the gentleman entering the
room the dog instantly jumped upon
him, then laid the louis dor at his
feet, after which she Immediately be
gan to devour her food ravenously.
The truth was now plain to under
stand. The man had dropped the
money in the morning when leaving
the room aid tho faithful do~. find
in~ it. had held it in her mouth all
day until his return enabled her to
restore it to his own hands; even re-
fusing her food for whole day. fear
ing TO let the coin ont of her custody
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04

What are your rates?" asked the
prospective victim of the lady fortune
teller
Il can't afford to tell you anything
but disaster for so cents" replied the
lady, but for 81 I'll agree to tell you
q good fortune with no bad luck in It,"
Columbus (Ohio) State Journal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04
som ETHING NEW.

A Snowman to the Jungle went
And caught fierce young gnu
Said he, "I'll teach him to perform
And sell him to the ZOO"
This man was very much surprised,
And quite delighted, too,
For 10, each quick and novel trick
The new gnu knew.
e. Warde Blaisdell in ST. Nicholas
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04
THE SMART HABY's SHOES.

Displays of shoes for the bellies of
babyhood are quite as fashionable as
are the exhibits of footwear destined
for the grown-ups of the family
There are tiny moccasins of white.
pink, pale blue and tan, kid ornament
ed with feather stitching and having
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04
STORY OF KING EDWARD VII.

An interesting story is told of King
Edward VII in the Peoples Friend.
1t is to the effect that his majesty,
while staying as guest at a certain
country mansion, visited the village
school Unexpectedly and began to ask
the children a few questions. Nov.
my young friends said King Edward
oheerfully, 81 dare say some of you
can tell me the names of a few of
our greatest kings and queens, eh?"
With one accord they cried out: King
Alfred and Queen Victoria, sir" Just
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04

Copenhagen is an ideal CITY for
hard working journalists. A daily
paper In the Danish capital has an
nounced 1t will suspend publication
during July, August and September.
IN order that the staff may enjoy a
long summer holiday. Its readers are
told to look for its temperance in
october with fresh pleasure and ex-
pectation.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04
AM THE CHILD OF FATE.

am the child of fate,
What need it matter me
Where | shall buried be!
Death coneth soon or late,
Whether on land or sea;
What may it matter me.
Work for the right and just,
With an intrepid trust;
Then need it matter thee
Nausht, ii thou buried he
Either on land or strand,
Either meath soil or sea.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04

Hes good friend of yours, isn't
he?"
"Oh. only medium"
What do you mean by medium?.
"Ob, he listens while I tell him ALI
of my troubles, bl he also wants me
to listen while he tells me all OF his
Chicago Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04

And you really think that the DO
ittical boss Of your party is a greater
man than Henry Clay?' well, an
swered the candidate 81 won't exact
ly say he's greater. But he has a
great deal more influence with people
with whom | am doing business at
present. Washington Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04

Mary Hann-'Ow's yer pore father
this mornin', Lizer Jane?
Lizer Jane-Oh, faver's better. 'E's
beginnir' to swear ag'in.-The King.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04
A CAT That FISHES
AND DOES NOT OBJECT TO SWIM.
MING.
A MOST UNUSUAL: FELINE

Creature is said to be a Descendant
of Ordinary Cats, but More Like.
ly an Original Form That Has
Survived Several Geological Ages
Resembles the Seal Somewhat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Gas for Fuel.
From the New York Mail and Express.

From the New York Mail and Express.
A Boston newspaper predicts that all the
gas companies within the underlined terri
tory which it calls Greater Boston" are
to be merged into one combination and will
eventually furnish gas for fuel only, cleo
tricity superseding it entirely for iluminat-
ing purposes. If this prediction should be
fulfilled for Boston, doubtless less favored
cities would be allowed to share in the
fruits of it's progress in the course of time
Perhaps here lies a partial solution Of the
coal question. Gas is now largely produced
from water, and the process has been great
ly cheapened in recent times, and water Is
an element the supply Of which is not less
ened by consumption. The general use of
gas for fuel would result in conservation
Of the coal supply, especially that of an
thracite, which is limited. 1t is only a
question of cheapness, for that mode Of
producing heat will prevail which costs
least Ingenuity will adapt appliances to
Its use, whatever it may be.
But gas must not only be made cheaper
than coal for fuel in order to take it's place,
but electricity must cost less than gas for
light if 1t Is to supersede it in the field of
illumination Possibly that revolution is I'M
der way, for certainly the limit of reduction
in cost has not yet been reached. The day
may be at hand when our houses will be
heated and our cooking done with gas as
fuel and our artificial light will come wholly
from electricity. Then coal strikes will not
come so close to our hearths and homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Hazardous Exhibitions.

II cannot truthfully be said of the law
that it provides remedy for every wrong
until inhibition shall have been placed
against public exhibitions, misnamed
'arnusements," which involve extraordinary
restrained from taking his life, no matter
what degree of WEAKNESS with the world he
may feel, SO should a man be prevented
from needlessly imperiling his life for pay.
FOR notoriety, or for the purpose Of giving
thrills and shudders to silly, gaping people.
II was not long ago that ballooning with
parachute accompaniment and with trapeze
performances at dizzy heights, was a fad, and
county fair was as incomplete without
this attraction" as 1t would be without
sleek cows or fat hogs. Many tragedies,
ptiful and horrifying, resulted. This
sport is not now the vogue.
Perhaps the latest phase of the craze for
useless personal risk is the loop the loop"
Exhibitions of this kind are advertised at
many places in the United States. The
rider ventures his life on q chance, and for
what? No good end Is served.
The man or woman who gives it out that
he or she means to swim the rapids at Nj
barrel, jump from the Brooklyn bridge or
cross the Atlantic in a bath-tub, should be
promptly restrained. Their sanity might
wisely be inquired into. Those who would
do these reckless things could be tried for a
misdeameanor which might be defined
There are number of states which provide
severe penalties for attempts at suicide.
Only few days ago the heirs Of man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
The Birth-Rate Problem.

The world will never lack problems. One,
which is now only a speck in the perspec-
tive, but which eventually may occupy the
foreground, is the decline in the birth rate
among highly civilized peoples. The cen-
sus report on vital statistics in the United
States for 1890 showed the birth rate to
be 26.9 per thousand, and the same au-
thority for 1900 gave the rate as 27.2 per
thousand, slight gain that is apt to mislead
unless the volume of immigration be cor
sidered. For the decade of 1890 1900 the
average annual increase in population due
to excess of births over deaths was only
1913 per thousand for the class born Of ma
tive white parents, while it was 36.5 per
thousand for the class born of foreign
white parents. In the New England states
the excess of births over deaths in the for
eign class was AS per thousand, while in
the native class the death rate exceeded
tho birth rate by Is per thousand. Though
the situation in New England is extreme
it is true, according to the census that
the excess of the birth rate above the death
rate is greater among the alien and natur-
allied inhabitants of the United States than
among the native born.
The birth rate in England shows de-
cline! In 1870 it was 80 per thousand and
by the last census returns 31.57. The con-
ditions in France are notorious.
1t is conceded by most authorities that
the decline in the birth rate among ultra
civilized peoples is due to psychological
and not to physiological reasons; not to
physical deterioration, but to greater eau
ton in fear of assuming the respon-
sibility of rearing children. A supplement
tai cause, it is said, may be the widening
of the extra-domestic activities of women,
such as wage earning, club life and so
ciety."
The decline in the birth rate becomes
more significant when it is recalled that
the death rate Is lessening and that the
''median age III the United States is seven
years greater than it was one hundred
wears ago,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

were crack shots. In taking the field there
fore they utilized all of their advantages.
Every man seized his rifle, with which he
was familiar sprang to his horse, on whose
back he was so much at home, and rode OF
over territory with every elevation and de-
preston of which he had an old acquain-
lance The Boer army was a cavalry force,
well mounted, well led, and feeding as it
rode
The three years of operations must have
been crowded with picturesque and thrilling
incidents. How well these have been re-
membered and are now recited by General
De Wet the book itself must snow. The au-
thor is a man Of education, has shown him
self to be a nimble fighter. and maybe, with
pen in hand and dealing with subject so
near his heart he has acquitted himself
well as a writer, not sacrificing incident to
technical explanation, nor technical expla-
nation to incident
The war which has just closed brought
out the Beers in form in which they are
not likely to reappear on the public stage.
British control Of South Africa means
rapid settlement of the country, it's devel-
opment along new lines. and the disappear
ance of the old life The Beers for their
own welfare must Join the procession. The
hard rider, the tireless hunter and the crack
shot will as time goes on give his attention
more to improved agriculture, to up-to-date
mining, and to railroading and merchandise
ing. Cities and towns will increase in num-
Der and in size and the great open spaces
become smaller and smaller. And the Dan
lei Boones feeling crowded with neighbors
nearer than hundred miles, will probably
not be numerous in that day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Lynching in Virginia.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.

In July last Charles Craven, negro, was
taken from the Leesburg jail, in Loudoun
county, Va, by a mob of $50 men and
speedily lynched. Numerous arrests fol-
lowed, and Scott Bradley, one of the ac-
cused, has just been tried and acquitted.
The trial was a notable one, and the ser
vices of eminent lawyers were enlisted on
both sides.
The defense clearly proved that the &C
cused was not near the prisoner when he
was taken from the jail, that he did not
touch the rope with which the negro was
hanged, that, in fact, he came to the scene
after the lynching was ended. On these
facts the case went to the jury and Brad
ley was acquitted.
The trials of other men are to follow,
and the prosecuting officers are searching for
evidence. The lynching is to be thoroughly
sifted, and on account of the proximity of
Loudoun county to Washington the case
attracts no small amount of attention.
Even If no conviction be secured, yet 1t
will be established in Virginia that lynch
ers must hereafter expect to answer for
lawless acts in open court The jury in
Loudoun county seems inclined to act up
to the law if evidence from substantial wit
neSses can be secured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Populism in 1904.

Is populism to be transferred from the
fields TO the factories? Is the movement
which had its origin in the west and south
few years ago. and which seems to have
spent it's force there. to be revived in the
cities of the east and of the middle states?
These inquiries grow out of the interview
with ex-senator Marion Butler of North
Carolina which appeared in The Star the
other day. Mr.. Butler rose to distinction
as a populst leader He voiced the aspira-
lions of his party during his whole term in
the Senate. He favored the fusion with
the democrats, national issues, but
charges the democracy now with repeated
and fatal laundering. For this reason he is
opposed to further fusion, and announces
that the populists will have a presidential
ticket of their own in the field IN 1904. He
predicts, too, that it will receive many dem
ocratic votes
And yet Mr.. Butler admits that the great
question raised by the popuists at the time
of the depression OF farming industries-the
money Question-has been settled The
cumulative theory has been INDICATED, he
insists. by the enormous and unexpected
gold output. The popuIists wanted an in
crease in the volume OF money of redemp-
tion-primary mOney-and urged the claims
of silver. The gold mines instead supplied
the want, and as a result. he contends
prices have advanced and prosperity
abounds.
From what sources then does Mr.. Butler
expect populistic support in 1904? Can he
safely look to the farming sections? How
can he, when the farmers are now so pros
porous and there IS an end of the question
which first drew them away from their old
political Affiliations? Government owner
ship of railroads IS an academic question
largely. Private ownership may have
pinched here and there. but nowhere to the
extent of arousing large bodies of men to
passionate resentment as low prices for
corn and wheat and farm mortgages did
few years ago.
Talk about the public ownership of public
utilities is cry largely addressed a pres
ent to urbanites, and has relation in the
main to municipal matters. The people are
advised TO take out of private and put into
public control all-street car travel, all heat
Ing and lighting arrangements. and such
things. Wa8e-earners are told that such a
change would be OF especial benefit to them,
and they are urged to support the party
standing for such policy. Can this ques-
ton be nationalized in time for 1904? And
Is that to be the new form of ropulism?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
The Beers Story.

1t is announced that there was lively bid
ding by publishers for General De Vets
history OF the Boer war, and that the sue
cessful bidder paid handsome sum for the
manuscript. The work Is shortly to appear,
and 1t will doubtless have a very large sale
We may assume that the story Will not
appeal simply to soldiers and TO students OF
war, but to everybody with a taste for
stirring adventure and bold riding. The
Beers put up remarkable fight, and on
some new and interesting lines. 1t was of
course just such fight as such men in
such a country found 70 be to their taste
and In keeping with their talents. They
NeEe hardy, as the result OF outdoor life,
&Asx were splendid horsemen, and they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Fair Coal Dealers.

From the Syracuse Post-Standard
For genuine public-spiritedness and fair
ness the policy of the coal dealers In Water
town in maintaining the price of hard coal
at $6.25-but little above the usual price
is an example which stands out strongly
in contrast with the courses of many coal
dealers in other cities.
The WATERFOWL dealers refuse to sell
coal in large quantities, reported yester-
day in the Post-St andard, but they do agree
to sell small quantities at price which is
within the reach of nearly every one who
wishes to buy.
1t is not an act of charity on the part of
the dealers, for they are making a fair
profit, but they are not disposed to take the
advantage of consumers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Hope On.


This world, it is a pleasant place.
No matter what the state
OF present Ill, we know twill change
If we will only wait.
When humid summer days distress
And nights are 'reft of ease,
We know that when the winter comes
We all may gaily freeze.
And mid our wintry griefs we know
We shall not wait in vain;
A few more months and Wen enjoy
Our sunstrokes once again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Public improvements.

"You say that the taxes are light in
Crimson Gulch?' said the stranger.
Practically nothin' at ALL" answered
Three-Finger Sam.
but what do you do for public improve
ments?'
Faro Bill tends to 'em. He did hint
that the boys ought to chip in and buy
new roulette wheel. but they stood firm on
the proposition tina. if Bill wanted any
public improvements he'd have to make 'em
himself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

who sailed from Atlantic City with his
bride to cross the ocean In little dory, ap-
piled for letters of administration on his
estate, the navigator and the luckless wo-
man never having been heard from.
Devery trying to be dignified is likely to
be funnier than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Roumanian Jews,
From the Kansas City Star.


Mr.. Hays letter Is one of the best dehni-
tons ever given of the spirit and purposes
of the United States immigration laws. 1t
should be read by every student or OBJ
server of foreign relations. 1t will go on
record as a precedent for future action.
If it is received in the spirit in which 1t is
transmitted it should readily accomplish
the ends sought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
SHOOTING STARS.
His Observation.

''Why don't you try to do something for
your country" asked the earnest citizen.
young man." answered Senator Sorgh-
um, II have read history, and L have OBJ
served that all the troubles countries ever
have are made by people who claim to be
trying to do something for them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Gas VS.. Coal.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
In connection with the coal strike 1t is
comforting to reflect that gas will be avail
able for cooking and heating next winter,
and that it's price is fixed by law and can
not be hoisted clean out Of sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Help the Militia.

From the BrOokIyn Eagle.
The attempt to assimilate the militia to-
the army would prosper If the states were
less stingy in appropriations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

Grand Duke Boris may feel called upon to
explain to his ST. Petersburg friends that
he got into that Newport crowd before he
had a chance to be warned off by Mr.. Wat
terson's editorials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

Mr.. Bryan Is now digging up old material
to print in his paper. Luckily he takes no
such chances as Herr Most did when he
ran short of copy and published back
number editorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

tSome folks" said Uncle Eben, "gits de
credit fob bein' modest an retirin' when
dey ain muffin but skeery.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

The Italian bandit who made people be-
leve that he bore a charmed life reminds
this country that 1t has no Harry Tracy
monopoly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
They Can sympathize.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
That lone democratic state senator elect
ed in Vermont may read with some under
standing the news that the republican cam
didate for governor carried one county in
Arkansas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

James Hamilton Lewis will always be
recognized as one of the oountry's bright
young men If he lives to be a hundred
years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Must Share Common Fate.

From the DETROIT Trlbune.
Senator Cockrell Is an old democratic
leader and eminentiy respectable one, but
he may as well prepare to take his place on
Mr.. Bryan's Judas Iscariot list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

Europe no longer regards this country
with mild patronizing interest. Any re-
maj ks it has to offer are listened to with
eager attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

A number of people feel it necessary to
elucidate Mr., Hendersons position in spite
of the fact that he accompanied his action
with an explanation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

The coal interests feel that they may con-
suit their own convenience, but the frost
arrives schedule time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

President Roosevelt is compelled to reluc-
family admit that trusts are not as easily
disposed OF as mountain lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

New York has developed something of a
novelty in the way of a homicide sensa
ton which Is not a mystery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

If the Sultan of Suiu ever realizes how
extensively he Is being used for farce
comedy purposes he will probably revolt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

There Is decided disposition in some
quarters to use more oil and less vinegar
and pepper in dishing up the trust question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

Judge Pennypacker is regarded by some
people as a good man who has picked up
some remarkable friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Dinnn1edi

From the Chicago News.
George Fred Williams will have to get his
star OF destiny polished up,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

with some surprise that the trust question
is not yet settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
The Difference.

The statesman talks unto the world
And shows US how to walk;
The politician takes his ease
And lets his money talk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

j. Pierpont Morgan takes the. position
that nothing is his business, unless he
chooses to make it such.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
Indefensible Newport.
From the Chicago Post

Yes, but If the colonel is right about New
port what's the use of spending Uncle
Sans money on more forts? We can't de-
fend such place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22

Arctic explorers do not succeed In finding
much except one anothers remains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-22
His Idea Of a Good Time.

''What kind of a time did you have at the
reception.
"Fine," answered Mr.. Cumrox. my
wife didn't discover thing wrong with the
way I was dressed, and nobody tried to
get me into a converse ton"