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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-29
l2l South Main Street. Also Entrance on Brook St

There's advertising every day,
 And each on fancy lines; There's patent cures for all diseases Except the use of wines. We know not if they tell the truth,
 But this we say to thee: For health and strength and merri-
 ment,
 Drink Fenton's Breakfast Tea, There are many imitators
 Of our business and our art, And there may be some pretenders Who may fancy they are smart. But we stand before the public
 As solid as can be, And the best produce from China Is Fenton's Oolong Tea. We are not monopolistic
 In the race for mundane gain; We'll treat you well whene'er you call At Jefferson and South Main. That is an old established house
 Where many things are free. And all our goods are up to date, Like Fenton's Ceylon Tea.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-29
HOW BEASTS ARE SHIPPED.

Captain T. Golding is a robust and ruddy English skipper who knows, as we'll as any one, how to carry wild animals on a long sea voyage. He has just delivered successfully to the New York geological garden at the Bronx q large cargo of strange beasts from the far East. Only a few of the animals with which he started on his trip of six weeks did not live to see the end of the voyage But Captain Golding has learned how to care for his wild animal companion through experience
 somebody said that man has to destroy q bushel of eyes before he be- comes q good oculist,' said Captain Golding, that's the way it is in the animal business. The first time I car ried q cargo I lost lot of them. It's no wonder; because you can't imagine more complete change for the ani- mals than to take them from their na tive wild haunts, where they have had air and freedom. and then lock them up ill little cage and chuck them on shipboard, to be carried through changing climates, fed on different food and subjected to an entirely diff ferent mode of living. 1t is always surprise to me that so many of them pull through. You've got to take bet ter care of big thick-hided rhino- ceros, for instance, than you would of little sick child
 A difficult thing to adjust for ani- mals on an ocean voyage is the matter of temperature. The rhinoceros who came over on the "Afridi' had special room built for him and heateG with q stove. During q part of the voyage the animals which were accustomed to cold weather, like the Japanese bear, the fox, and red-faced cold weather monkeys, who live in inc snow i'll Japan, rode on deck, their cages being placed i'll the open air. Most of the beasts lived on vegetables. and rice was their staple. Those which ate meat. like the Japanese fox es, martens, badgers, etc, were given small fowl. sometimes raw and some times cooked. Although the wild ani- mai in captivity has the sad fate of man in jail, the beasts have one great advantage over the human race on m ocean voyage. The animals are never seaslck.-Ieslie's Weekly.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-29
GIRLS USED AS MESSENGERS.
Post Offices and Express offices in London Find Them More Re-
 liable Than Boys.

The recent departure made by the London post offices in employing girls ns we'll as boys for the express messen- ger service is meeting with great sue cess. The girls prove more reliable than boys, and seem to be quite as able to stand the strain of the work. There Is no examination to be passed beyond the fact of knowing the locality thor oughly. All applicants must be over IS years of age, have good characters, be quick walkers, and be thoroughly healthy. They are expected to walk with any message which lies within ten minutes distance of the office to which they are attached. Beyond that radius either bus or underground railway fare is allowed, says Lon- don paper.
 The receiver of the express message has to sign paper stating at what hour it was delivered. This acts as an effectual check to all lettering. No uniform is given to the girl messenger, but her wages are at the rate of about 13 shillings week.
 This opens a useful means of liveli- hood to young women who dislike the confinement of indoor work and wish for more healthy outdoor employ ment. The competition for vacancies will doubtless be very keen befora long.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-29
THE BEST BLOOD PTRIFlER

The blood is constantly being purI. fled by the lungs, liver and kidneys Keep these organs in healthy condi. tion and the bowels regular and you will have no need of blood purifier For this purpose there is nothing equal to Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets one dose of them will do you more good than a dollar bottle of tic best blood puriheEga Price. % cents. All druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-29
Sugar Made from Apple frees.

Charles Hemming, an Ohio farmer, few days ago tapped IA sweet apple trees, and to-day had obtained seven barrels of sap that is far superior to that taken from maple trees. It is said that 1t will make more and better sugar.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Pas Awful ignorance.

Most every day when I'm at school
The teacher tells us things
About the birds and animals
And presidents and kings.
And then, at night, when asst pa
If what she says is so.
He reads his paper right along
And says: "Oh. dunno!"
One day she told US that the world
Is round, just like ball,
And that there's nothing down below
It's standin' on at all,
| asst pa If she told the truth.
He read his paper through.
And put his feet upon chair
And said: "Oh, | Dunno"
And once theNteacher said the SKY
Amt heavens for, and tried
To make us think no angels walk
Along the other side,
And so that night l asst my pa,
And all he said was: "Oh,
Don't bother me about such things
I'm husy--I dunno!'
One time bigger boy he said
The doctor didn't bring
My little baby sister in
A box-no such thing,
That night / asst my pa il what
That big boy said was so,
And pa he answered, "Oh, keep still
Confound 1t. l dunno!"
| used to kind of think somehow
That my pa knew lot
But that was wrong. or If he did
guess that he's forgot.
Since I've got started into school,
Most every day or so
hear about hundred things
Pa dosent seem 10 know
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
POLICE DOGS IN BELGIUM.
They Are Carefully Trained In Client
to Distinguish Friend and Foe.

The dogs are taught by means of
dummy figures made up as much as
possible to represent the thieves and
dangerous characters they may be like
ly to meet. How much patience is
needed by him who undertakes this
particular form of education only thoe e
who have tried to train animals will
properly appreciate. The dog must De
taught to seek, to attack, to seize and
to hold, but without hurting seriously,
The first step is to place the dummy
In such position thar 1t shall repre-
sent man endeayoilIg to conceal
himself
The dog soon understands that it is
an enemy whom he must hunt, and en-
tiers into this part of his lesson con
amore, but it is not so easy to teach
him not to injure it. The teacher low
ers the figure to the ground, and the
dog learns that. though he may no,
worry his prey, he must not allow his
fallen foe to stir so much as a finger
until the order is given After the
dummy living model is used. and
this process is obviously not entirely
without danger, the person chosen for
the model is usually he who ministers
to the pupils creature comforts, and
for whom the canine detective is sure
to entertain grateful affection. New.
ertheless he is prevented at first, by
means Of muzzle. from an exhibition
of too much zeal Afterwards the ex-
pertinent Is tried on other members Of
the force. and In four months the dogs
education as policeman is considered
complete, and he takes his place with
the rest. The animals are also taught
to swim, and to sieze their prey In the
water; to save life from drowning; 10
scale steel walls and to overcome all
obstacles; 50 that any enterprising
burglar who goes "a-burgling" in
Client has a lively time of 1t If he
meets with one Of these four-footed
, boobies
The dogs work SO well and so con-
S, cautiously that their number is to
be increased, and there Is eevry prob
abii ~ that the plan will be adopted in
othe centers. Their keep comes to
abou, three pence day, and they cost
the to IN altogether about $50 year
including their doctors and their
tailor's bills.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13

large red wig In place of bouton-
Mere. while the girl from Ohio glared
at him with an angry light in her
eyes.
Stupid" she snapped. The Col
onel was quite willing to admit It.
He noticed at the same time that the
Judge and Mrs. Bowers had quickly
turned ard We're disappearing into the
theater.
The girl from Ohio was so much
provoked that she declined to go back
to her seat The Colonel took fer
home and left her with the inward
and unexpressed wish that he might
not meet her again for another five
years.
When Mrs. Bowers finally got home
the Colonel asked her how she had
liked the show.
Very much, indeed" she said. I
don't think saw you there, did II"
And then the Colonel knew that ais
wife was indeed an angel.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Rural Delivery on a New Plan

The farmers of Fairfield, KY, says
the New York Times, are not much in
terested in the free rural postal de-
livery system Several years ago
they solved the problem of rural de
livery to their own satisfaction.
James Stanley. who keeps a general
store" at Fairfield, is the postmaster.
and delivers the farmers letters nine
miles from town. He uses the tele-
phone to do it. About five years
ago. 40 farmers, who lived on the
various turnpikes within from five to
nine miles from town, agreed to pay
for private wires for their own use.
One wire serves or 10 of them.
When they do not want to drive to
town for their mail, they call up the
postmaster; and have him read what
ever mail happens to await them. In
this way, as the farmers know when
the mail gets in, they get their news
sooner than rural delivery could
give it to them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Tight Sheds for Shade Tobacco

The desirability of building tight
sheds for the growing of tobacco un-
cdr shade was emphasized by Expert
Nj. l.. Floyd before the New England
growers association at Hartford Tues
day. He said that New England
growers should build absolutely tight
sheds. 1t was poor policy in handl-
ing so high a grade of tobacco as
either the ordinary Connecticut val
ley crop or the Sumatra grown In
the valley, TO put it in shed such as
may be suited for the purpose OF grow
ing the cheaper tobacco produced in
such states as Maryland and Virginia
Inc sheds should be as tight as
mouse, SO that in damp spell all the
molstened air could be kept outside
ana the interior dried out completely
win a few charcoal fires. In the
hanoilng of the shade-grown crop this
year the men engaged in the enter
prise mad, perhaps, sheds that were
aoo'e the average, yet they were so
loosely constructed that as fast as the
nres which were kept burning in the
sneds could dry out the air. they were
met with the importing fogs and damp
ess, winch came through these
cracks He said there was less act.
uai cost in cultivation under shade.
a. lar as Keeping the ground in shape
was concerned, than in the ordinary
way Tor if the season were very dry,
men the shed retained the moisture
anu prevented it being evaporated by
the winds and direct sun. and If the
SEASON was very wet, then the cheese
'Ien sheiter prevented the soil from
heayy direct downpour, and thus
ny, the ground in better condition to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
THE coAsT-euARp.

Do you wonder what am seeing
In the heart of the fire aglow,
Like cliffs in the golden sunset,
With summer sea below?
l see, away to eastward,
The line of storm-beat coast
And hear the tread of the hurrying
waves,
Like the tramp of mailed aost.
And up and down in the darkness.
And over the frozen sand,
/ see the men of the coastguard
Pacing along the strand,
Beaten by storm and tempest,
And drenched by the pelting ram,
From the shores of Carolina
To the wind-swept bays Of Maine.
No matter what storms are raging,
No matter how wild the night,
The CLEAN of their swinging lanterns
Shines out with friendly light.
And many a shipwrecked sailor
Thanks God, with his gasping breath
Tor the sturdy arms of the coast
guard,
That drew him away from death
And so, when the wind is walling,
And the air grows dim with sieet,
I think of the fearless watchers
Pacing along their beat
/ think of a wreck, fast breaking
In the surf Of rocky shore,
And the life-boat leaping onward
To the stroke of the bending oar.
hear the shouts of the sailor,
The boom of the frozen sail,
And the crack of the icy halyards
Straining against the gale.
-Courage!" the captain trumpets,
They are sending help from the
land!"
God bless the men of the coastguard,
And hold their lives In his hand
st Nicholas.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Wedding Anniversaries.

Opinions differ as to the order or the
various wedding anniversaries. but the
Following list seems to receive the
sanction OF the best authorities: First
year, cotton; second year, paper: third
year, leather; fifth year. wood; tenth
year. tin; fifteenth year, crystal:
twentieth year, china; tweaty-ffth
year. silver; fftieth year. golden:
seventy-hmth year. diamond. Carolyn
Wells in Woman's Home COMPANION
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13

sow. milk my cows and feed my pigs
with the help. of course, of such chill
dren as are at home. and, pad as
things are. am, at any rate. leading
healthy life and am not at the beck
and cali Of any patronizing vicar,
many years my junior, or the hired
slave of his wife.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Fiction
,Ol. JOHNS "RED HEADED
WIFE"

AOLONEL JOHN BOWERS is old
senough to know better. He does
know better now. but he only
- learned the lesson the other day.
For fifteen years the Colonel has
been happily married to a pretty
woman. II has always been his boast
that nothing could throw ever a
shadow between him and his wife
He and his wife We're friends as we'll
~ lovers and she did not look at
things from the narrow and feminine
point of view.
But-there are limits.
For ten years Colonel John mas
had a pet family joke At present
he is not using 1t as much as he did.
The joke went like this:
After dinner Colonel John would
put on his overcoat. adjust his neck
scarf about his artistic Van Dyke
beard. and pick up his fedora hat.
Where are you going tonight. my
dear?" HE wife would ask.
%. I'm just going down to call on
my red-headed Wife" Colonel John
would answer with laugh as he went
out into the night
SO the Colonel's "red-headed wife"
came in the course of years to occupy
secure place In the humorous
archives OF tho family. And she was
often useful When there were
"doings" at the club, the details Of
which were not necessarily for pub.
hcauon, the Colonel would humorous
~ head of inquiries by stating that ae
was going to call on his "red-headed
wife" and let 1t go at that.
All the friends OF the family had
heard OF the mythical girl with the
auburn hair" and they all thought II
vas extremely funny.
That was the situation when a
couple OF months ago Colonel joan.
who Is really the most devoted of hus.
bands. came home one evening and
made an important announcement.
You've never seen Irving in
Charles X. believe He PLAYS II
here on Dec. 6. III get the tickets
and wen so"
Or course. his wife was delighted
She expressed her qualification and
then as the weeks went by forgot al
about II.
But the Colonel had made a nota a
the date in his pocketbook and In due
NINE no sent down and got the seats
That evening at dinner he made an
other announcement
We so TO see Irving tomorrow
evening, remember. I've got goo,
seats"
John. I'm dreadfully sorry" sal,
his wife. and I'm ashamed. too. but
forgot all about our engagement Il,
tomorrow evening. Yesterday Judg
and Mrs. Andrews asked me to go I,
see Irving with them and | accepted
What shall | do?"
"Do3" said the Colonel who wa
perhaps n little hurt at his wife.
forgetfulness, why. so with tn
Andrewses, of course. You nsedn
eeel ashamed bit. TIN be al right
III just so and take my red.heade
wife with me"
The Coloners wife thought he tool
the disappointment nicely, and sh
really was sorry that she had 70,
gotten her husbands invitation. hu
she knew he would understand an
wouldn't lay Up grudge against he
because OF IT,
When the Colonel started dowr
town the next morning he was thinl
ing II was really thoughtless OF hi
wife to forget her engagement wit
him. and was feeling Just a bit sore ,
consequence. He so on the elevate
train in this frame OF mind and sa
down next TO a girl he had ono
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13

bIonos-He says he would rather
fight than eat.
Siobs-Pugnacous. eh7
Blobbs-No; dysnactics--ps,ls.
delphia Record
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
A MISTAKEN NOTION.

Few of us know it all" but ex-
perience helps out, and to experience
1t is sometimes possible to add bit
management. | used to think | knew
a good deal about feeding hens TO get
the greatest amount of eggs from
them; and, in truth, had some basis
for such self-assurance, for my small
flock of fowls laid splendidly. and the
egg basket was always in very
healthy condition. These fowls were
Leghorns. and have now discovered
that the same kind of feed and care
that will give good results with Leg
horns cannot be counted on to give
equally good results with Plymouth
Rocks and Brahmas-and this brings
me back to my subject. l am coming
to believe that the prevalent practice
of feeding a morning mash and whole
grain at night is radically wrong.
| find that with Brahmas, ror IN
stance. a sprinkling of wheat or
cracked corn in the litter after the
fowls have gone to roost brings them
down in the morning all ready for a
vigorous scratching, and this scratch
Ing only adds keenness to the ap-
petite, and causes more vigorous
scratching for the further handouts of
grain that I throw into the litter on
my first visit to the poultry quarters
In the morning. Have lots Of litter,
and throw in only so much grain as
will keep the fowls contented with
their scratching. Again a little more
grain is given in the litter at noon,
and the hens are thus kept busy all
day long. At night feed all the fowls
will eat, using cut clover or clover
meal largely with soft food, stirring
in little meat meal to balance the
ration properly. In this way the
fowls are kept on the edge of being
hungry all day long. and are therefore
induced to scratch. And 1t is only
the scratching hen, find, that lays.
Now feed a mash In the morning.
even stinting the hens little, and
for two or three hours at least there
after they have little desire for exer-
else.
With either plan of feeding the
fowls get enough to eat in every
twenty-four hours, but in the one case
it is fed so as to induce exercise and
in the other 1t induces laziness I'm
less hen exercises vigorously she IL
very sure to grow fat. and then. the
egg laying stops. Pm beginning to
think that for our American and
Asiatic breeds, at least, our scientific
poultry teachers have been getting
the cart before the horse. Hereafter
| shall let the hens dig out their own
breakfasts and dinners, then at night
they shall rest from their labors on
an abundant meal that will attempt to
balance up the grain that they have
been eating during the day find
that others are coming to look upon
the morning mash" question in the
same way, and are making an "even-
ing mash" of it. The argument that
fowls need crop full of whole grair
at night, TO keep them warm during
the long process OF digestion" is too
absurd for argument The process
of digestion does not produce warmth
to any such marked extent as to war
rant the use of whole grain at night
rather than some other form of ration.
D
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Loss of Butter Fat.

1t Is not possible, under even the
most favorable conditions, to recover
all the butter fat at the churn which
was in the milk or cream. With care
ful manipulation, suitable tempera-
lures and good utensils it is possible
to recover nearly all of it. but from
carelessness and other causes q con-
siderable amount may be lost Some
partisans of the Jerseys have long
claimed that, because of the larger
size Of fat globules in Jersey milk il
is possible to recover large per-
centage of the butter fat from the
churn than it is of Holstein milk
which contains much smaller fat
globules.
AS fas as "a single experiment goes,
this claim is not borne out by re-
suits obtained In the model dairy at
the pan-American exposition. Once
week a days milk from each herd
was churned, results carefully an
alyzed and made the basis of the
figures. A comparison of the breeds
lowest, in that the greatest amount OF
butter fat was lost from their milk
the Jerseys stand second, with Polled
Jerseys at the head of the list. a
comparison between the amount of
butter made and the amount which it
was calculated the fat would make
gives some thought for study, as well
as the comparison between the
amount of fat shown by analysis and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13
Fertilizers in Dry Seasons.

Among the corn raising expert
ments at the Indiana Experiment Sta
ton are a number involving the use
of fertilizers of various kinds. Com
mereial fertilizers. as well as stable
manures, are tested. A careful study
made of the records with corn from
the fortified plats the present year
show that almost invariably the yield
of grain in proportion to yield of
stalks was larger on the unfertilized
than on the fortified plats. MOI e
over. the absolute yield of grain for
this year was in many cases greater
on unfertilized than on fortified plats
OF course the question Immediately
arises. "of what value was the fer
dlizer?" Further investigation. how
ever. OF yields OF corn for some years