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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-08-07

Charles Graves. supposed murderer
OF William H. Wilson. farmer Twins
near Herndon, Va, was lynched.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

free from wave motion. The tube is
open at its lower end but projecting
alright through the top Of the bulb.
and Is closed with q plate having in it
three holes, two for letting the air into
the tube and one between these for
letting the air out to work the 10-inch
locomotive whistle with which the
buoy is surmounted.
The great bulb which buoys up the
whole mas rises and falls with the
motion Of the waves carrying the tube
mp and down with It and establishing
. piston and cylinder movement. the
water IN the tube acting as an immov-
able piston, while the tube itself acts
90 ! moving cylinder. The air admitted
through the valves as the buoy rises
on the waves into that part Of the
bulb which g above water u com
pressed andfa the buoy calls with the
wave IL % further compressed and
forced throughsla pipe which ct tts apex
connects With the whistle. a
Irni the harbors. rivers and lakes the;
bell ,buoys are found. While ths5sb Biz
,whistling Fbuoys are located IN the open
seaands roadste9ds.s Hsss
The ~ SbuoySi are one ofs thsSmost
valuable aids % navigation. They no
coming Into moresgenefAl NJ Zach year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

a dozen to sixty feet long Of cedar,
pine or spruce, preferably cedar. Spar
buoys are classified by length and
thickness, and then acquired color.
but are interchangeable within these
conditions. ~
All iron buoys are made hollow,
with air-tight compartments and are
made Of three shapes. called the nun.
can and ice buoy. The nun buoy is
almost conical In form, while the can
buoy is in the shape Of the. frustum Of
"a cone nearly approaching : cylinder.
The Ice buoy closely resembles the
wooden spar buoy, Of great length.
slight thickness, and Of the51largest
diameter near the middle. h
BuoysI are exposed to the danger OF
being run down. which frequently
happens along the coast where there
81 countless number of them M
gchored.5 Having air-tisht comilpIart-
Sments the bnoys are rarely sunk b,yt'
being run down. but often they are
sso seriouslylI damaged By being ripped
. by steamers and sailing vessels
sas;tr.ikiplg. them TINT their usefulness az
ssss s#ss ss. sssSss sF s% :AA5 &
spar buoys .ars .often rendered ne
IssssIs being c6nt down by1thhspy
}psBllsr bl4des sof paseing stea1aefss. gsss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15
Certainly Explanatory.

A friend of mine, a Greek professor
who runs over here for his holidays, is
with US now. He got o~ver-excited The
other day when the kilograms came
from Athens about the shindy over
some new translations Of the evengeli-
cal books. "Your people," I said to.
him, "seem to be
Fighting like devils for reconcilia>
And hating each other for the love OF
Cod"
That launched him into a torrent OF,
explanations and I had such q Niagara
of words poured over mi for 20 min
utes that / began eagerly to watch for
a chance Of changing the subject. 1t
came at last. 1.-THE Greek language"
he said, by way Of interlude before
branching out again into theology. rs
a very exact language. We can express.
our thoughts and ideas with the most:
exact nicely" "Then tell me-" l said.
what you think Of Egypt. I'm this,
beautiful country" he answered, ''you
have an apotheosis Of nature and an
apodeikneusis Of theopratic omnipo-.
tence." I think I must relearn English
from a Greek professor. Anglo-saxoD
is played out.-Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

for the crew was capsized and lost,
together with all its contents, in the
attempt to board the lightship.
Reaching the lightships along, the
sound and on the shoals is a dificult
and hazardous undertaking even in
good weather, owing to the .myriads Of
shoals and sunken ships that stretch
far out under the sea along the coast
Ene Of the Cape.
The pcrilous task which the crow
OF the Aza1ea are often called upon to
perform In replacing bunys in position
brings forcibly to notice the vital i'm
portance Of buoys along the coast.
These b"oys are to the navigators by
day wha: the beacons scattered along
the coast are at night, and the fog sig
nails are when neither lights nor
buoys can be discerned.
These buoys tell the sailormen, by
their size, form, color, and number,
how to escape rocks and hidden shoals,
and are as a guide to the skipper who
is working his vessel in or out of q
harbor or through the most toytuous
channels.
The buoy service has shown a most
remarkable growth during the last
decade, there being about 5000 buoys
in the several districts under control
of the lighthouse board.
The buoys used in the lighthouse
service are of wood or iron. The
wooden buoys are sticks Of from about
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

Moving ice fields are the worst enc
my Of the buoys. When the ice field
starts before a strong wind it usually
carries every buoy within its grasp
with it, releasing them when the open
sea is reached and the ice begins to
break UP.
The Azalea. when q buoy is sighted
in the ice, plows her way through the
field IL it Is possible to do so and, maxi
ing fast the buoy, placed it on her deck
and is again of in search of other wan
dering guides to navigation that have
been swept adrift.
These drifting buoys have often been
passed in midocean and one buoy which
was torn from its moorings in New
York harbor found its way to the coast
of Ireland after a voyage Of about six
weeks. The buoy was swept adrift by
a large field of ice, and was carried
out into the bay SO quickly that all at
tempts to recover it were unavailing.
The iron ice buoys are made Of boiler
iron, and the first-class buoys of this
class cost about $500. They are so feet
in length and stand % feet out of
water.
The whistling buoy consists Of an
iron, ~pear-shaped bulb about IL feet
across at the widest part and floating
about IL feet out of the water. Inside
the bulb is a tube 33 inches across, ex-
tending from the top through the bot
tom to a depth of 30 feet into water
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

When the lightships that are scat
tered along the Massachusetts, coast
and are anchored away out on Nan
tucket shoals break adrift, It is the
men in the lighthouse tender Azalea
who are sent out to search for the
wandering ships, and they must find
them IL possible and bring them back
and place them on the identical spot
from which they have been torn away.
The crew Of the Azalea never know
There are certain days when they are
where night will overtake them.
There are certain days when they are
supposed to 30 out and take a peep at
the different lightships along the. coast,
and other times when they are expect
ed to run alongside the lightships and
put supplies aboard, but this work is
governed by the weather conditions,
and 1t cannot be carried out with any
degree Of regularity.
The breaking adrift of the lightships
ID not likely to occur however, except
during very stormy weather, and fol-
lowing these storms, the Azalea
makes a cruise Of the sound, looking
for them. Often the ships are found
to be still riding at anchor, but at
some considerable distance from the
place where they ought to be station
ed, having unawares to those on board,
dragged their mudhooks during the
gale.
The Azalea in a case like this marks
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15
FORCE IN A YEARS wiNks.
How the Life Of the Ordinary Man IL
. ~avfd>A Tin

How the Life Of the Ordinary Man II
Divided Up.
A man with a mania for figuring ano
not enough to do to keep him out OF
mischief, has been making calculations
regarding the manner in which the life
of the ordinary man, who both works
and plays, is divided up.
When such a man has reached the
age Of 60 he will have spent his time as
follows, according to the statistician:
Twenty years in sleep, three years and
nine months In eating; seventeen years
six months in working; seven years
and six months in the pursuit Of pleas
ure; six years and three months in
walking and other exercise; two years
and six months in making his toilet,
and six months in doing absolutely
nothing. The item for toilet he sub
divides into seven months shaving,
eleven months washing and n year
1ressing.
Persons automatically inclined a
find flaws in these figures-if there are
any-most people will be content to
I0no CuClu OA 1dlLu. Ibid lCu1dl hdUAC
dissecter Of human life by the mathe-
NAUTICAL process has also discovered, he
says, that the average man speaks H.
300, 900 words a year and shakes hands
1000 times, thereby using up energy
enough in fifty years to lift $500 tons.
The amount of force a man uses up
In winking Is truly appalling. Dur
statistician calculates that the average
man in a single year opens and shuts
his eyes no less than IS, ZOO, 900 times,
and in doing this uses force enough al
together to raise an electric car filled
with passengers. Consequently in 60
years he develops enough force to wink
sixty trolley cars off the track. This
Is the moderate, average, sober, re-
spectacle man mind you, not the friv-
olous person who winks at all the pref
'ty girls he sees. The "wink-power'
developed by a firtatious man probably
is enough to run the new subway sys-
tem.-New York Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15
a Londo. P~abaishsrs conf.ssIen.

One gets confessions now and again
which are distinctly interesting,
though It may not be possible to turn
them to any practical use.i Here Is an
example, Yesterday . publisher was
talking of twenty years ago. Then"
he said, II could publish any novel
that came along, II It were not hope
lessly bad, and be SURE Of . profit:
which / could generally estimate.
pretty accurately before the Ms. went
TO the press. The only possibility 81
error lay In the fact that the book
might by chance achieve m unexpect-
ed success. and 30 bring an unexpected
profit He went on to explain that
conditions ara changed, and OF course
they are. or he would not have talked
with such frankness-admitting an
that was v~ehs1nsnhy contradictsdl
only : few years m. when Sir Walter
Besant spoke q the ethics q publish
nE-LondQn (QfnirE Ella
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

an Englishman's head with q surgical
operation declared Mark Twain.
The .questioner remained In solemn
thought for a moment. Then he broke
into q hearty laugh.
Quite q delicious joke!" he Ok.
claimed! Though. Of course. II you
were to open the Englishman's skull,
you would kill him, would you not?''
Mark Twain turned to the second
E~nglishman. What did / tell you?
He wants to know whether It wouldn't
kill him!"
The countenance of the second Eng.
ylishman was like blank wall.
Wouldn't it," he queried.-New York
Times HI
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

and are found to be Of untold value
in marking sunken wrecks along tbs
coast. Z.
These buoys, from the peculiar ray.
Of light which they give at night, car
readily be distinguished from any othe,
kind of light on the water, and it IL
rarely that they are mistaken for any
other kind. When exhausted they are
taken up by the Azalea and sent to be
retilled, another being placed in posi-
ton to do duty.
II not engaged in cruising for miss
ing buoys or looking for a wandering
lightship or carrying supplies to the
lighthouses along the coast the Azalea
is steaming along the sound or work
ing her way among the ice fields along
the cape, eve ready to give assistance
to vessels in distress.
Their work is never done and upon
the faithful performance of these serv.
ants of the government depends in a
large measure the safety Of all the
coastwise shipping around the danger
GUS shore Of Cape Cod.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15
Enrlish Obtuseness,

r. English ObtuSenes8.
Two Englishmen we're discussing
with Mark Twain the old topic of Am
erican humor as not appreciated by for.
eigners.
But are the English really so OBJ.
tuse?" asked one of them.
"Obtuse! You can't get an idea into
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15

Good credit has sSruined many aswell.
intsnhonsd man. 1t n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-15
LAPSE OF MEMORY.
Elementary Forgetfulness That Broke
Upon an Orator.

Upon an Orator.
Some Westerners were telling stories
of political campaigns in the lobby OF
the Hoffman House.
II heard a good one on Senator Will.
fam H. Stewart of my state" said a
Nevada a you know, Mr.. Stewart
doesn't spend much of his time at
home-he only goes out there once in
every six years, when 1t comes time to
have himself elected back to the sem.
ate.
I'm the course of his last campaign
he presided owe a mass meeting in
Virginia City, and as chairman he had
to introduce each speaker in turn. With
complimentary praises he presented to
the audience the first three, and then
he o to introduce the fourth.
Gentlemen said the senator, y
have the distinguished honor of pre-
senting to you my boyhood's friend,
a man I have always known as a
stanch follower of our national prin-
ciples and as a speaker of c%onspicu-
GUS ability. Rarely has it been my
pleasure to sit on the same platform
with him in recent years, but 1 know
of old the ringing notes of his voice
and the sterling sense of his words. ]
introduce to you the Honorable-the
Honorable-the Honorable
1.-THE senator paused. His memory
had forsaken him, and 1t was not a sit
uation in which quick wit was an ef-
fective asset. Finally, after a painful
pause, he turned to the chairman OF
the campaign committee and whis-
pered:
"'What did you say the feller's name
was, Bill?'"
Foraker's Long Memory.
What is the temperature at Fargo,
North Dakota?"
The question was asked of the
weather clerk in the marble room OF
the senate yesterday by a stoutly built,
smooth-faced man. At the sound OF
the voice Senator Foraker, who was
also standing in front Of the weather
map, turned around.
II know you," he said, addressing
the stout man. "Your name is Ed.
wards"
EYES," was the reply; "but 1 am sol.
ry to say that l do not remember
YOU"
Il am not surprised" remarked Sen
ator Foraker, smiling. I'VE have not
seen each other for thirty-eight years.
Don't you remember down in Marietta,
Ca, in 1864, when you were in the
army Of the Tennessee, you used to
argue with q young soldier in the army
of the Cumberland? I am the soldier.
Ny name is Foraker"
Joe Foraker, by heaven!" exclaimed
the Dan. "Of course l remember. But,
say, haven't you grown gray and amt
you bald?"
Senator Foraker admitted the indict
ment, and then the two men, who had
not seen each other in thirty-eight
years, went OF and talked over old
times.-Washington Post.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
" NO HURRY.

From Tuc Philadelphia Press.
Poor man." said the inluiSitive old man, I
guess yuu'u De glad when your time is -g. Wont
you"'
No ura am. not p3rtickvrIy.' replied the QriS-
vI-r. I'm Up fur life
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
UORYH THE PRiCE.

From The Chicago News
y certain pompous and otiirous judge i'm a West
town had just iuv "a young lawyer $40 for CON
tempt OF court. After il had been paid grave old
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-11
WAS IN BUSINESS HERE.
Arrested as Result of Disastrous
SanatOrium Fire-Hfs Pre-
vious Troubles. =

DR.. o. E. Miller, who was arrested yes
terdayein Chicago as a result Of the dis
astrous fire, which visited the st. Luke's
society sanatorium for inebrlates and
caused the death of SO many patients, was
at one time interested in business in this
city. About twelve years ago he opened
an Office in the Guaranty Loan building
for the O.. E. Miller Hernia Cure COM
pany, of which he was president for two
years At that time he was living in
Denver but visited the Office here occa-
sionaliy, as he did twenty five other
Offices located in various cities through
out the country.
Shortly after closing the office in Min
reapolis, DR.. Miller became involved in
some difficulties in connection with a
bank in Denver, of which he was large
stakeholder. The bank failed, and the
president cashier and several of the dl-
,rectors were arrested and convicted of
fraudulent banking, but secured new
trial and were acquitted Dr.. Miller lost
much in, the failure. He then went to
Chicago where he organized the St. Luke's
society for the cure of inebriates, and
opened a hospital in the old Woodruff
hotel Wabash avenue and Twenty first
street, which was burned yesterday. DR..
Miller had connected with him in this
work several prominent men, among
whom is Rev. Dr.. Pleasant Hunter, one OF
the directors of the society. The society
recently purchased the Lincoln homestead
at Springfield, Ill, and intended opening
a. large sanatorium at that place. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-11
THE CITY
JDWN TALK

Those leather watch fo5s at Barnum's are
the right thing. 7l5 Nicolle.
Welch, Hayne & Hubachek have removed
their law Offices to the Phoenix building
The Title Insurance and Trust Company
pays 2 per cent on deposits subject to check.
Our spccia'ties, surety bonds, burglary and
employers liability insurance. Fred L. Gray
company, Guaranty Loan building.
Rev. William Wilkinson will speak to-night
from the gospel wagon and at the Christian
Workers Mission, 20 Washington avenue S.
Everybody invited
Up to the present time forty-two wheels
have been reported missing this season. and
not an arrest for stealing bicycles has been
made this, month. .s-. .z- : .
Rev. w. w. Dawley D. D., Of the Central
Baptist church, is to preach the baccalaureate
sermon at the state university Of South Da-
kota next Sunday. s..., ~ =
The regular monthly meeting Of the Sixth
Ward Republican club will be held this even
ing at DANA hall This will be the last meet
ing before the state convention. :.
Domingo Lopez was arrested to-day by
Officer Copeland on warrant sworn out by
Rosa Nyerjes, charging him With being the
having come to this country from Manila with
the Thirteenth regiment. ~ ~S5' :: - -
A love of nature and things beautiful got
John, starahl into serious trouble and ne
charged with stealing four hydrangea plants
from Theresa Anderson. He pleaded not
guilty and the case was continued until to-
morrow. = ..s. = =. g." ~ --..
Mrs, Nellie Daley of Leavenworth, Kan,
was was injured in a runaway accident on
Washington avenue Saturday night, is still
at St. Mary's hospital and has not regained
consciousness. Her condition is said to be
dangerous and the physicians fear that sht
will not recover. Her skull was fractured.
The Rryn Mawr and Eighth street Sc car
line will be run as separate lines until the
completion of paving operations on HennepiIn
avenue. Cars coming from the East Side Will
turn at Washington avenue and make the cir
cult of the loop, thence continuing PACK to
the East Side. The Bryn Mawr line will start
at Thirteenth street
Thieves worked the combination of the safe
in I.inehans saloon, PSI Hennepin avenue,
strong box. The proprietor and several young
fellows were drinking in the office where the
safe was located. He was called out for a
few minutes and after the crowd had sepa-
rated he found the safe had been opened and
the money taken.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-11
CALLED AN ASSN GOV. THEIR GUEST
Organization Of States Independent
phone Companies.
J. H. JAMES. MANKATo. PRIEST
Members Say Companies Will Not
Merge Into One Big
Concern.

The Minnesota Independent Telephone
association is the name agreed upon by
the fifty representatives Of the $50 indie
pendent companies of the state who com
bined interests against the Bell Telephone
company's branch In this territory In an
organization effected, to-day at the Hotel
Nicollet. - Esg..
= Officers were elected and CONSTITUTE ion
and bylaws adopted at the concluding
session of the convention this morning.
The officers are: President, ]. H. James,
Mankato; first vice president, Congress
man James A. Tawpey. Winona; second
vice president, ]. ]. Greaves, Glencoe;
third vice president, e. l.. Bradley, Du-
luth; secretary. w. Howard Meirs, West
Concord; treasurer, Joseph Jockey, st.
Paul. - :sSSs,,l - - a.5.-
The members of the executive commit
tee are DR.. J. H. James, James A. Taw-
ney, j. J. Greaves; E. L. Bradley, W. How
ard Meirs, E. E. Webster, E. H. Moulton
and C. H. Judson of the Twin City Tele-
Buckle, St. Paul; Joseph Jockey, St. Paul !;
H. A. Patterson. Mankato. c. G. Kritzer.
Duluth, w. S. Clay, hutchinson; and G.
J. Smallwood. .~ ..,. ...-e T. 4
The constitution contains such pro-
visions as will permit the making OF i'm
mediate Connections between the different
companies of the association, whose lines
ran,ify Minnesota in all directions. -
The stockholders Of the different COM
panies represented deny that there is any
pooling Of stock which might bear out any
assumption that the different companies
have been merged into one large corpora
ton. While some Of the delegates admit
that such consolidation of interests may
be the final outcome of the friendly asso-
citation Of interests, they insist that for
the present the companies will simply CO.
operate with each other, while maintain
ing their independent organizations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-11
THE KANSAS WHEAT
H. V. Jones Estimates Yield of
Only $4,000, 900 Bushels
AGAINST 90, 900, 900 BU.LAsT YEAR
Nearly 100000 Acres Abandoned
Yield 60 Blu. Per Acre Against =:
10 Blu. in 1901.

H. " Jones. who has been travelling through
Kansas for some time investigating crop con-
ditions, has sent the Commercial West a re-
yield for that state of 80, 900 bushels,
against 100000 900 bushels last year This loss
is due to the large acreage abandoned, nearly
100000 acres of the original seeding having
been subsequently olowed up. - g..
The report says the average yield promises
to be 90 bushels, against IS bushels last year,
strong one-half the yield per acre of last
year. The estimated acreage on which this
statement OF. prospective yield Is based is
ALP, 900, against an acreage last year, close
to 5,56O,0o0, and 100000 soWn this year, Of
the. latter total about 100000 acres was
abandoned for wheat account of drought
and first damage following the fall seeding
and over the winter. -.... .~..r ..'
Kansas had no rainfall for one year ending
last April. Since then the rainfall has been
heavy, resulting in foods in several parts of
the state and some water damage in most
parts. .'.
AS the spring advanced into April 1t became
apparent that there would he a considerable
loss of the seeded wheat area regardless of
moisture conditions. A shortage Of feed In
western counties resulting from the drought
last year. led to the pasturage in April of a
large wheat acreage. Much of this was so
trampled out that It did not revive under, the
early May rains, and it was listed with corn,
thus saving large part of it to production
/, The loss Of wheat acreage was heaviest in
the counties in the wheat belt" The state
bureau of agriculture estimates the wheat
acreage abandoned in principal counties as
follows: ..... =: 3 ..f-'.:5-j 3. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-11
MARKET
,arEet at Central av store
THE WEATHER


Minnesota-Generally fair tonight and
Thursday; slightly cooler tonight and in
the southeast Thursday; variable winds
Upper chigan-Showers tonight with cool
er in the northwest portion; Thursday, part
ly cloudy: northwest winds. Wisconsin,
Partly cloudy, whit showers and thunder
storms in east and south tonight and in
southeast Thursday; variable winds. Iowa
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, with
probably showers and thuuderstorms cooler
Thursday and in north tonight; variable
winds. North Dakota and Montana-Fair to-
night and Thursday: variable winds South
Dakota-Fair night and Thursday; cooler
Tonight; northerly winds.