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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

eight of these bags in the apparatus
at Woods Hole this year.
Another season we will probably
hatch the eggs as well as develop the
fry in these round bags equipped
with the wooden stirrers. In the
Matching jars now used the fry gets
an awful mauling at the very start"
The cost of a series of scrim bags
equipped with the revolving blades is
insignificant. Any man, thinks Pro
.fessor Sherwood, who wants to adopt
the method of the Fish Commission
and rear Holsters as a commercial en-
terprise and have a pond to grow
them in until they are marketable, is
more likely to make money than to
lose 1t.
HOLSTERS are supposed to breed
every second year. The average num-
Der of eggs produced each season by
the female is 10000. The known max
imum is 97,440,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
A NEW ENGLAND IpYl.

It's not the girl with dreamy eyes,
It's not the one who softly signs
That man will ever highly prize:
1t is the one who gives him pies.
Though many beauties may arise
And novel pleasures aye devise,
The heart of man forever lies
At feet of her who gives his pies.
AS straight as ever eagle flies,
When sailing swiftly through th
skies,
To manly heart there quickly HES
The luscious favor of good-pies.
4 fig for those a housewife buys;
4. woman true will soon surmise
They never can assume the guise
OF flaky crusted home made pies.
oh, most discerning and most wise
Is she to whom this song applies
Viz, any woman who describes
The real heart value of good pies.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

49,
lwip-soon find it necessary TO rs
I,fhe greater part of his time tref :
Mrs. Smith win remain in ST. Louis
and finish her husbands worx
The. work We are doing here nssw. !"
said Mrs. Smith the other day, is &
mere ffiiie compared with WHAT l1nDe
to do a little later. fully expecE to
get the contract for the excayating Tor.
the liberal arts building. which viii in
volve the handling of about 100,bssa
cubic yards of earth. That is pia63
of work large enough to be iRkArest-
ing, and is also of sufficient magnitude
60 be worth getting have abeen a
student OF such work for some twenty
five years, and am perfectly willing
to pit my Judgment and experience
against any of the contractors with
whom may have to compete | shall
maintains the camp here which Mr..
Smith has established, and il he finds
it necessary to his work in Arkansas
to reduce the force here any SHAH
gradually restore the number of work
men and teams to their present num-
Der. In all probability shall estab-
lish a larger camp than we have had
heretofore. | suppose | may have to
get the contract in my husbands
name, as the exposition officials may
be afraid of intrusting so large a task
to woman. But they will never know
the difference when get my forces to
work. | shall have good horse so.
that l can'keep an eye on the progress
of the work from day to day. / have
some excellent foremen, but there is
nothing like seeing every step OF the
work for yourself, Then you have no
body to blame IL things go wrong"
Mrs. Smith is comparatively
young woman, but has been intimately
acquainted with camp life and the
construction of railroads from her
childhood. Since her marriage she has
been constant assistant to her hus-
band, in addition to raising a good
sized family. She declares that the
sound of the first scraper in the spring
is more stirring to her than the strains
of a brass band, and that If she we're
not involved in some large contract at
euch time she would be entirely
miserable. Mr.. Smith says he has no
hesstancy in turning his interests
here over to his wife, his only doubt
being that he may not be able to con-
duct his work in Arkansas so success
fully without her.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
PINGPoNG AILMENT NAMED.
Victims of the Game Learn They
Have Tenosynovitis.

"Pinpong tenosynovitis" has \, been
medically catalogued. The devotees
of the game have said they WIRE
tired" and ''sore," and some of them
have had to nurse swoolen joints and
weary muscles, but now there Is a
name for these Affections.
American Medicine for May IL an
nounces: "As in every instance when
people unused to much musclar
activity take up an unaccustomed
form of exercise enthusiastically, pain
ful conditions of joints, especially In
the ankles and wrists, have been de-
veloped in those devoted to the game
The pingpong ankle is quite fashion
Sble in London at the present time and
ready here. At times, besides the
painful condition, there is actual swell
ing, due to the fact that the unusual
exercis causes irritation and low
grade Inflammation in the bursas of
the tendons around the ankle.
Rest is the best form of treatment
for the new pingpong tenosynovitis-
medical term that is sure to %
popular because it is so sphinx-like
and mouth-filling. For tie prophylaxis
of the affection it is especially i'm.
portant that the ankles should be sup
ported by reasonably firm, snug, we'll.
fitting high shoes. High-heeled house
slippers and low cut slippers predis-
pose to the occurrence of this kind OF
strain.
THE new affection is an interesting
type of certain subpathological con-
ditions, most of them related more or
less closely to good old-fashioned tired
ness that fads of fashion have been
bringing to physicians for treatment
in recent years
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
BIRDS CARRY THE MAIL.
Postoffices Supplied by Pigeons Are to
be Established in Germany.

DC EStdpiiSned IN Germany.
The military authorities of Germany
have been greatly encouraged of late
by the excellent results of expert
ments with pigeons as letter-carriers
The suggestion first came to them
during the siege of Paris, and since
then they have devoted much atten-
ton to the care and development of
the carrier" or homing pigeon. All
owners OF homing pigeons are com
PEELED by law to put their birds at the
government disposal in time Of
war.
Military pigeon post stations are
maintained at Strassburg, Mayence,
Cologne, Kiel and other fortresses.
At Spandau new one has just been
established, which is to be the head
quarters or general postoffice for the
whole service. Each floor of the
large 4our-story building contains
hundreds of dovecotes and the
southern front is inclosed by an in.-
mense netting, in which the birds may
take air and exercise.
There IS also Photographic es.
adjustment, for micro-photography Is
impressed into the pigeon post sery.
ice. A message of several pages Is
photographed on a bit of thin col.
lodion film as big as a nickel, which
is slipped into quill and tied to b
tail feather of the messenger.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
cHILDREN's PRINcELY INCOME
Musical Prodigies Receive Sums RI
for Great Business Men.

ST. Louis Republic.-The concert
stage has proved a gold mine e.
several musical prodigies, among tn :
latest of whom is Pepito Rodriguez,
the marvellous boy pianist. Five Yeas
ago he first saw the light of Ferroi,
IT. Spain, and at the age of three he
could play any air from memory whi.,h
he had heard He has received very
little regular musical education, yet
last season he was being paid at tn ,
rate of $50 to $1,000 a night for his
recitals in Paris, and has just con-
tracted to give series of fifty per-
formances in the United States al
$500 apiece. so that it may be safely
argued that by the time he is old
enough to go to school he will have
made a fortune that would turn
many wealthy city merchant green
with envy.
At the age of 10 josef Hoffman, was
earning $4,000 year, He studied
under Rubinstein and toured through
Europe, giving concerts in all the
principal cities; but, signing for a
large income, he crossed the 'herrins
pond" and gave fifty-two recitais.
which brought him in a profit OIL
100000, and quite lately he retired TO
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
THE ARMY MULE.

There's a true and faithful comrade
To every soldier dear,
Though on the army payroll
His name does not appear;
He's ignorant of tactics,
And never went to school:
He's born to bear the burdens
The good old army mule.
His hair is coarse and scrubby.
His ears are long and wise,
And in snow for beauty
He wouldn't take a prize.
The kicks and cuffs intended
For others as a rule
Are vented ON the person
OF the patient army mule.
On many field of glory
His shattered bones are laid.
An unrecorded hero
OF charge and cannonade.
The hard and tiresome marches,
The rest beside the pool,
Still find him overloaded
The weary army mule.
But if he gets no credit
On this terrestrial ball,
Tie Power supreme, all-seeing,
That notes the sparrow's fall,
And measures beast and driver
BY one celestial rule,
Be sure will not forget him
TIE poor old army mule.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
TAKES UP HUSBANDS WORK.
ST. Louis Woman Assumes Construc-
ton of Worlds Fair River Channel

Some time ago George G. Smith, a
contractor residing in st. Louis, en-
tered into an agreement with the
worlds fair managers to dig q chan
mel for an artificial river to run
through the exposition grounds and
to do other work of like nature. He
had business engagements which
called him elsewhere before the work
had made much progress, but his con-
tracts have been assumed by his wife.
and will be fulfilled to the letter. The
stream, which is now tortuous creek
in Forest park known as the River
Des Peres, has to be Strengthened for
distance In order to prevent the
overflow Of water which will come
through the channelway through the
site. Mr.. Smith secured this contract
some time ago, after finishing a great
deal of excayating at different points
on the site, and has been pushing the
task until it is nearly completed.
There is not now sufficient work to
warrant him In ceDtering all his forces
here, and he has just closed 1000
contract in Arkansas, where he will
construct railroad bridge across the
White river above Batesville. This
work took him south recently, and he
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
FILIPINO PRINTERS STICK.
Sent From Philippines to the Late
Amos j. Cummings.

Brooklyn Eagle.-Mail is still com.
ing to the house of representatives II
Washington for the late Amos j.
Cummings. A letter and accompany
ing package, which he would have
greatly priced, has just arrived from
Manila 1t is from Frede Ick Power,
who voyaged thither as a printer, and
who expresses thanks for some kind.
nesses that Cummings had done to
him.
Power forwarded a native printers
stick which belonged to Aguinaldo's
printing Office, and which was
captured when the little Filipino
chieftain was driven out of Tarlace
province 1t is a small stick of woo
some ten inches long, having space
of about six inches in length hollowea
out and roughly lined with brass.
Therein the native printers set their
type. The stick holds but line
because the native printers will Sc.
but line at time.
The interesting trophy will be for
warded the big Six" Typographical
union in New York, of which Mr..
Cummings was member for forty
years.
Up to the time of his death he
always carried card of this organiza-
ton in his pocket.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
Next Reform.

The horseless carriage, the wire
less telegram, and the smoke,ess
powder are all well enough in their
way" remarked the dame, with the
trailing skirt, "but what The world
really needs is spitless chewing to-
bacco."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

To protect the yolk of an egg so that
1t can be used two or three days after
it has been separated from the white,
drop it into bowl of water, and its
freshness viii remain a surprising
length Of time, and it can be used for
mayonnaise dressing or the sauce for
cold slaw, or any other purpose re
quiring yolks alone.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
Merely Stole the Chickens.

Washington ost.-Representativ
Williams of Mississippi has a new
negro story.
NO, boss" was the reply. Il amt
done nothing to be called names like
that. Use got lawyer here who
does the defensing."
Then who are your"
Use the gentleman what stole the
chickens"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

Judge Hagner of Washington ap-
pointed four receivers to take charge
of the affairs Of the Standard Bufterine
company at Langdon, a suburb Of
Washington. The company has $780,
900 preferred stock and the same
amount of common, beside $3.50 900
notes and $500, 900 bonds.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
Amenities of the Game.

Mr.. Middleton (at the "amaLenr
athletes" exhibitioD--I say, Bixby.
we'd better put a natural fool on flrss
base. He might accidentally catch the
ball sometimes.
Mr. Bixby (amiably)-Oh, very
well. I'll exchange places with you,
sir.--Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
AT THE RAcles

Same old racetra 81.
Same old ground =
Same old horses
Running round.
Same old grand stand
Same old crowd,
Same old Betting
Not Allowed"
Same old judges,
Same old wire,
Same old starters
Under fire:
Same old paddocks,
Same old jocks,
Same old kicking,
Same old knocks;
Same old "easies,"
Same old scouts
Same old talent.
Same old touts;
Same old wise ones
Same old tips,
Same old "sure things"
Same old slips;
Same old homestretch,
Same old luck,
Same old favorite
In the ruck;
Same old lather,
Same old foam,
Same old way of
Walking home.
William j, .amptc
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

When loaves are baked IN too hot
an oven and the outside crust gets too
brown do not attempt to cut it of. but
as soon as the bread is cold rub .e
over with coarse tin Crater and ra.
move all the dark brown ernst
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
SeasonabIe Declaration.

Now is the time when we expect to
meet
The rufiled shirtwaist man upon the
street;
But, tho he is befrilled and loudly
trufIled,
Our feelings, more than his shirt
waist, are rufied.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
Wanted to Know. You Know.

You may be thankful for your ex-
cellent constitution. 1t has pulled you
through many spell of sickness?''
But, doctor, IL have such a
blamed strong constitution why am |
always getting sick?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
Something Like u.

There's no meat trust In England
But, as you've learned at school.
They have a sort of substitute
That's known as Liverpool
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

Truth was invented to make
enemies for the man who tells Il
New York Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-30
SHALL WE GROW wHEAT2
A Situation which Careful Farm
Bookkeeping Shows.

n SITUATION winch CaTe1ul EATm
Bookkeeping Shows.
The farmers in central New York
have received such an impressive les
son this season in the growing of
wheat that profit and loss in the bust
ness Is now for the first time subject
of serious consideration. Whether to
continue the buying Of costly fertiliz-
ers and trying to raise crop of wheat
in competition with the great and
growing west and the Hessian fly or
adopt some other system of farming,
and, If so, what, is a question of seri-
Gus, special and immediate interest to
the farmers in at least twenty counties
of central and western New York.
Aided by farmers institutes, expert
mental stations and the practical pres
entation of farming methods by ac-
knowledged standard publications, the
agricultural people all over our coun-
try and especially in the Empire State
are beginning to keep books" and in
the account book of one of our prac-
teal farmers is found, for the season
of 1901, the following estimated cost
Of growing one acre of wheat: PlOw-
ing, So; narrowing, rolling, drilling,
So; seed, $1.50; phosphate, So; thrash
ing, 81; total cost, $1O.5O The product
of the field was an average of twenty
bushels, which is probably a liberal
average in central and western New
York, and the charge for thrashing
does not include the feeding of horses
or a dinner for hungry men. The
credit side had twenty bushels Of
wheat at 70 cents a bushel, or bal
ance for one acre of $3.50. Deduct
from this the interest on the land at
$50 an acre, which is $3.50, and we
have 81 left for taxes, insurance and
new point for the pillow.
The continued low price for wheat in
all of this section, taken in connection
with losses by the chinch bug, the spar
row and the Hessian fly, has com
PEELED our farmers to consider whether
there may not be some product substi-
tuted in the place of wheat in at least
a part of farm management.
The discussion has not yet become
general, but up to this time the FREEDOM
mating opinion is for the raising Of cat
tie for the dairy or beef OF for both,
and the inducement for this change is
the belief that beef, in average price
will never be lower and that wheat will
never be higher; that the ranges on the
vast plains of the middle west are fast
decreasing as pastures and are being
taken up as farms for the growing OF
wheat and corn.
A discussion of the subject is not in
tended in this article, but simply and
very briefly to call attention to a mat
ter of increasing interest in this state
concludes a Rural New Yorker writer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-30
Portrait of Cocker.

Edward Cocker, who lived in the
reign of Charles IL, is chiefly known
to the present generation by the say
ing in common use, According to
Cocker" which means in accordance
with arithmetical rules. / saw the 9TH
er day amid the treasures of a private
collector a copy of the first edition Of
Cookers immortal work on arithmetic,
published by L. Passenger at the
Three Bibles on London bridge Only
two, or at most three, perfect copies
are known to the book collector. One
is in the British museum. This par
ticular copy, it's brown morocco pitt
fully faded, bears on it's title page the
inscription, Cookers Arithmetick,
Perused and Published by John Haw-
kins by the Authors Correct Copy"
1t contains what purports to be a
portrait of ingenious Cocker" Ex-
perts, however, shake their heads over
the authenticity of this work of art.
There are many engraved portraits of
the epoch, but there was only one
Cocker. The British museum copy has
no portrait, and there is too much rea-
son to fear that this establishment
was added by some ingenious owner
of an earlier century. Cocker died in
1915. This rare relic of the past bears
date 167S-ScotSman
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-30
How to Cure Duck Feathers

Your reader wanting to know how to
cure duck feathers may find the follow
ing of value:
If they are for home use, the usual
way to cure duck feathers is to hang
them up in coarse bags that are not too
full in the sun each day until they are
thoroughly dry and all chance of any
decomposition is gone. Care should be
taken that they are never wet by sud-
den shower or otherwise and should be
stirred up occasionally.
If the feathers are intended for mar
ket, the quickest way is to spread them
on an upper floor under tight roof,
guarding against their being wet from
rain. At least once in two days they
should be well stirred with stick to
prevent their heating.
Each new lot should be kept separate
until partly dry. This may be done by
making a small pen in one corner of
the floor and keeping them there for a
week at least. These are thrown with
the general lot when fresh are brought
to take their place. At no time should
there be more than a foot of feathers
on the floor
If there are windows. as there should
be, they can be covered with wire net
ting, allowing them to be opened for
ventilation without the feathers being
blown out.
1t will take a month for the feathers
to be dry enough to sell, when they can
be packed tightly in light muslin bags
for shipment
White feathers always bring the top
price. Colored or soiled feathers should
be kept separate. These latter are sala-
BILE as lower grade, but if mixed with
white the lot will be classed as inferior.
Hen and goose feathers are treated
in the same way, each kind by itself al
ways.
1t is usually reckoned that this other
wise waste product will pay for half
the picking except in the case of scald-
ed hens, when it does not pay to bother
with the feathers. Dry picked hens
bring only 10 cents at the highest and
generally not more than cents.
All feathers find a ready sale to job
bers and pillow manufacturers.
1t is well to send samples to different
concerns when you have them for sale,
and they will make the price according
to quality as they see it. Oftentimes
one firm will give more than another
for the same goods.-Thomas FL. Tay-
lor in Farm Poultry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-30
CATALPA POSTS.

Durable, Light, Take Nails Easily
and Hold Them Well.
There is something in the soil in this
locality that destroys a fencepost in a
very short time. / have seen good
white oak posts eaten off in five years;
in fact, they seem to last little if any,
longer than elm or cottonwood. Today
I took up Catalpa speciosa post five
inches in diameter which had been set
seven years and found that about half
an inch of the outside had been eaten
away, but the rest of it was as sound
as when it was set. The post had sea-
soned about year before it was set,
and to look at it one would suppose
that it would not last more than year,
but today it looks as if it might stand
twice seven more years.
Six years ago | cut down tree and
used it for a post in cheap shed with
out seasoning it, and in five years it
rotted about an inch deep all around.
At the same tine 1 cut another about
the same size, six inches through, and
used it as a dividing pole between two
stalls something over year, then as
temporary post something over a
year, and it has lain on the ground
exposed to the weather ever since, and
it is perfectly sound yet.
Catalpa, when seasoned, is light and
almost as soft as seasoned cottonwood,
and to look at it one would think it of
very little value, especially for fence
posts, but experience and observation
have satisfied me that it is worth for
this purpose about four times as much
as white oak 1t is strong, and when
seasoned nails can be driven into it as
easily as into CEDAR and they will stay
in. I have never seen it tested with
Usage orange, but 1 am satisfied it will
last about as long when used for posts,
while it has a decided advantage over
Usage in the fact that nails can easily
be driven into it when seasoned, while
Usage will turn anything but a short,
thick, pointed stub and will very often
split where the nail is driven in. / feel
sure that it will pay any farmer to
plant Catalpa speciosa for posts, poles
and all such. purposes. 1t does not
grow any faster at the start than
Usage, but it soon outstrips the latter.
In planting catalpa one must plant
intelligently or he is sure to be disap-
pointed. When set singly, it grows
crooked and almost scraggy. and it
will be years before it will make even
short posts. To make a good, upright
growth it must be planted in groves
and rather thickly. l have seen it
planted four feet apart in rows six
feet apart, and the growth was up
right and rapid while the trees were
young, and when properly thinned out
when they reached pole size those left
standing made a satisfactory growth
afterward, writes Fred Grundy in
Farm and Fireside.