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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
SAVED ELkINS' LIFE.
Cole Younger Finally Breaks Silence
Concerning a War Time Incident.

For the first time Cole Younger,
Snowman and former bandit, told a
reporter for the Chicago Inter-Ocean
while in Chicago recently, the story
of how he saved the life of Senator
st phen B. Elklns OF West Virginia,
who was in the hands of Quantrell's
guerillas in October, 1862. The sena-
tor himself frequently testified to his
gratitude and worked hard for
Younger's pardon, but until now, the
latter could never be induced to dis
cuss the incident, and Elkins never
told the story. Even as probable
press work for Younger's Wild West
show, it makes good reading.
Il didn't lose any time saddling
and getting to Quantrell's camp,
which was two miles away, after ]
heard the news that Elkins was held
as union spy" SAID Younger. There
wasn't much red tape in those days,
AID | went straight to Quantrell 4
hear you have my old friend and
teacher, Steve Elkins, in camp as a
prisoner ! said.
What Do you know him?' asked
Quantrell in surprise.
Well, rather. He was my school
teacher when the war broke out, and
half hundred of his pupils are now
fighting in the southern army I re.
piled. What are the charges against
him?'
"Quantrell asserted that Elkins was
a union spy.
They lie!' shouted, jumping to
my feet. III ram the lie down their
threats with a pistol point
He finally promised to release e.
kins, and as came up to the prisoner
several men were standing about.
Raising my voice, l made the strong
bluff, If any of these hounds make
more false charges against you Steve
it's me he's got to settle with at the
pistol point
Il got him a horse and followed
him for half a mile for fear some
body might return and take a shot at
him. At the time / knew that Elkins'
sympathies were with the north and
had heard that he had Joined the union
army. That mattered nothing to me.
He was my friend.
Two years later one of a party of
union soldiers that we chased into
Pine Bluff, Ark, was the late Senator
Cushman K. Davis. He recognized me
years afterward in prison and worked
for my parole.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
NOBODY KNOWS.

Nobody knows, until nights gloomy
cover
Drops like pail, what the day may
disclose,
And until after the cloud passes over,
What it will bring to us, nobody
knows.
Nobody knows-and the soothsayers
fail us
What will appear ere the coming
year goes;
Whether with sorrow and woes twin
assail us,
Or lightened with pleasuring, nobody
knows.
Nobody knows what lies over the
river
That dark mystic river which end
lessly flows,
Bearing away our beloved ones forever
To an eternity rDbody knows. -.
Nobody knows-and It's well, for che
knowing
Never would tighten our burden 1E
woes; .,e~ --.a~i' /,
But that good fruit springeth out of
good sowing,
Ere the bright season wanes, every
one knows.
The New Yorker
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
A FABLE.

See the Man, How worn he looks!
His broad bullying Brow is wrinkled
like the front side of a dashboard and
his Nose is actually pale with Misery.
Who is he, and has he a terrible Pain
concealed somewhere about his Per
son?
Oh! He is just an average States
man, of the kind we usually send to
the Legislature because we are tired
of having them loafing around. Day
before yesterday he discovered Sell
sible Paragraph in the Fool Bill he is
DESTROYS Of introducing; and he has
been thinking, thinking, thinking
Night and Day ever since, trying to
find Substitute for that one Clean Of
Wisdom that will sound Soronous and
mean absolutely Nothing.
From this we should learn several
Great Truths, but will not learn any
at all. We, you know, are The People
and our Voice is the Vox Del. We al
ready know it all and cannot be
taught anything, either by Painful Ex-
perience or otherwise; thus it is our
invariable Habit to use much less eau
ton in selecting our Lawmakers than
we do in picking out Watermelon or
buying a Calf-Tom p. Morgan in
Puck
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

Developments Due to Electricity.

be used in factory operation, while, on
the other hand, it is mostly used in
electrochemical work, and other water
powers have taken increased value be-
cause of the possibility of utilizing
them in these or other electrical al
.plications.
Our transportation systems are be-
ing revised, and with them have de-
veloped the making of copper and iron
wires, insulating materials and rails.
Large Office buildings have been made
possible by this invaluable aid, The
demands of the dynamo builders have
had a stimulating effect on the iron ill
dustry and have brought about the
manufacture of special kinds OF iron
and steel. These are but few of
the other industries called into ex-
jistence or benefited by electrical de-
Ivelopment.
But though much has been done,
much yet remains to be done. In fac.
tory work electricity is used as yet
only as motive power and for supply
ing light. There can be no doubt that
there are many processes which can
be and will be better carried out by
electricity than is being done today.
Its electroehemical action has been
applied so far only in refining metals
and in producing chemical compounds.
This property of bringing about chemi-
cal action will doubtless be made use
of in many other directions. That
this has not been done to a greater ex-
tent already is doubtless due to the
fact that the electrical engineers do
not know the needs of the various in
dustries, while those who are engaged
in them are not aware of the possibili-
ties which this agent offers them. The
tendency of today seems to be to spe-
cialize; but there should bea better un-
'derstanding of the values of electricity
IL we are to make the most of this
mans newest and best servant.-Elec-
trical Review.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

In looking over the developments
brought about by the use of electricity,
one is apt to be so impressed with the
showing made by the application for
light and power that he is apt to over
look the other industries where cleo
tricity has played an important, al
though less apparent, part.
Statistics are not lacking TO show
the spread of electric lighting, both
arc and incandescent, but it would be
interesting to trace the effect of these
two industries upon the glass industry.
Every incandescent lamp must have a
bulb of glass, and all arc lamps require
a large glass shade, while many of
them have in addition an inner globe
as we'll Then, there is the. important
industry of carbon making, which did
not exist before the invention of the
arc light.
Another important business is the
manufacture OF insulators, both of
glass and porcelain. Thousands of
these are required in every installa-
ton, and for the largest work each
weighs many pounds and consists of
two or more complicated sections. Be
fore the commercial application Of the
dynamo, the only insulators used were
small glass caps placed on wooden
pins.
( Steam engine building owes not a
little to the demands made for prime
movers suitable to drive dynamos,
and the use of the steam turbine to
any extent would be practically i'm
possible were it not for the electric
generator.
! In electrochemistry and electromet-
allurgy work has only been begun, and
as these applications expand, other
dependent industries will grow with
! them. The developments at Niagara
are case in point here. When the
plant was first laid out it was thought
that the power generated there would
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

young man who was rushing out in
such a hurry that he almost knocked
down the accountant. Behind the
counter one of the clerks was laughing
and holding something in his hand.
whats the joker" the accountant
asked him.
Why" answered the clerk, that
fellow who just rushed out wanted $40
on this watch. He said he had bought
it for $40. The watch is worth $3.50,
so | told him to wait a minute until
could call up the police and fini out
where he had got it for that insignia
cant sum. You saw how he waited. :"
Let me see that watch" said the
accountant.
He looked, then clapped his hand on
his watch pocket. The pocket was
empty.
That's my watch" he said, AMI
opening the case, showed to the clerk,
no less surprised than was the ac-
countant, the inscription his father had
had engraved on the inside cover.
The thief had picked his pocket,
probably in the crowded little car, and
had rushed to the pawnbroker's, beat
ing him there by only minute or two.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
DAILY DOTS.

Milking should be done with clean,
dry hands.
Calves should not be compelled to re-
main out in cold rains.
Cows having a steer-like form are
not suited to dairy work
To develop calves the most profit
ably keep them growing well from the
time they are born till they are ma
tured.
Cloths used to strain milk through
should be well washed after using,
then shortly before using thoroughly
rinsed with boiling water
Immediately after milking the milk
should be strained through a brass
wire sieve that has several thickness
es of cheese cloth on it.
If a good flow of milk is desired
next winter, proper feed for cows
should be grown this summer by
those who are doing a general farm
ing.
A fairly safe guide in selecting a
milk COW is by comparing her with
the Jersey type. The nearer she APP
proaches this type, the better mixer
she will be is the rule.
Many believe that care for cows
that will make them comfortable and
contented before the birth of their
calves will give their offspring a good
disposition.
Avoid bitter butter by thoroughly
washing and sterilizing pals, strain
ers, dippers and other dairy utensils.
Rinse them well with boiling water
after they are washed,
Compared with wild hay, alfalfa hay
fed to dairy cows keeps them in better
! condition; makes them produce bet
ter and is more economical, since less
! alfalfa than wild hay is required per
ration.
In most cases the second and third
week of a cows lactation are her best.
A COW will make her highest record
as a butter-producer at an earlier
period than when she gives the great
est milk flow.
The value of sugar beets and CT
corn ensilage as succulent feed for
dairy cows is so nearly equal that the
question to be considered is, which can
be produced the most cheaply. Both
give good results and are relished by
cows.
Do not imagine that all the benefit
derived from cows is getting money
for their meat or dairy products. "
the manure from dairy herd is taken
care Of and judiciously used it is
worth one-half the expense Of feeding
the cows.
The better way to handle manure is
to haul it directly to the land it is to
be used on when possible instead OF
composing it. The failure to do
this often cuts down the profit of
dairy herd. 1t cannot be denied that
something is gained by composing
manure but for the most crops not
enough is gained to pay for the labor
required to do it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
EXPERT AT HIS BUSINESS.
Pickpocket Lost No Time in Securing
and pisposinq of His Booty,


This occurrence, improbable as it
may seem, actually happened in this
city.
A certain large pawnbrokerage houFe
which has number of separate places
of business employs an expert account
ant to examine its accounts once a
month. The accountant has a fine
gold repeater and stop watch which
was given to him by his father and for
that reason is valued by him at even
more than it's intrinsic value. This
accountant, who lives in Brooklyn,
went to the pawnbroker's the other day
from his home. He crossed the Tenth
street ferry and reached the Bowery
on a crosstown car, walking the rest of
the distance to the store.
Instead of passing through the pri-
vate hall to the rear Office, as he does
usually, he entered the section where
the loans are made. AS he passed
through the door he encountered a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
PORK CHOPS.

The much abused pork chops can
readily be cooked so as to form a
delicious breakfast dish. They may
be cooked thoroughly in saucepan
with small tablespoonful of butter,
or they may be broiled over quick
fire. In either case they should be
cooked for six minutes on either side.
The chops should first be carefully
pared and fiattened. Season them
we'll with salt an hour before they are
to be cooked. Take up the chops
which have been Drowned in the pan
as soon as they are done, pour over
them sauce made of the juice of a
lemon squeezed into large table,
spoonful of butter. Add teaspoonful
of minced parsley and serve.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
WRAP OF LACE.

A beautiful wrap is made of Russian
lace. 1t is coat shape of extreme
length and it has a deep shoulder
collar of white cloth Which continues
down in the favorite stole ends in the
front. The white cloth is pierced and
cut out in most intricate variety of
designs, and, under all of these, in
sets of black velvet are effectively ar
ranged. Large ornaments of white
silk cord with tassels and numerous
long lops of silk cord fasten it across
the front.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

like, with half dozen handsome steel
buttons studded with French tur-
quoises, and each of these has several
pendent ornaments of the stones and
finely cut steel beads. Over the
shoulders of this gown is a fringe of
white silk six inches deep, with a
knotted heading to it. This extends
down very low on the arms, and under
it the sleeves are finished with cuffs
of lace, with long points of blue
braided cloth, and the stock has a
binding composed of several inches of
pale blue chiffon close up to the neck.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
NET BEDSPREADS.

Bedspreads of net are especially
dainty and airy for summer bedrooms.
Upholsterers show a heavy variety
of the net for this purpose which is
rather coarse meshed. The spread
should be large enough to fall over
the bed on three sides and just clear
the floor when finished; it should have
an edge of heavy Russian lace four or
five inches wide. If liked, ruffie or
valance of the net may be put around
the bed, the lace-edged. spread to fall
over it. These spreads are often used
over an under piece of colored sateen,
green, rose or yellow.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
DRUGS.

The next to consult the magi was a
man with an invalid wife.
She isn't really sick" said the man.
She ONLY imagines she Is sick. ] be-
gin to doubt if drugs will hep her."
Haze faith" said the magi. GIVE
her calcmel, phosphorus, ipecac, and
strychnine."
But will not that make her sick?"
the man objected.
Certainly. II will make her so
sick that she will never again mistake
health for sickness" replied the magi,
holding up his thin, meager hand in
token that it would cost the man an
even S. bill.-Life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
COMBINATIONS OF MATERIALS.

Insets of cloth are used on frail lace
gowns. or the case is reversed and
lace is employed in every imaginable
fashion on cloth costumes There is
absolutely no limit TO combinations OF
all kinds of materials usually con-
sidered so foreign to one another.
The idea now seems to be the realiy
sensible one, and on every hand Is
evidence that it is popular fancy.
On a princess gown of Russia lace
over a deep cream-tinted lining OF
taffeta which is divided from the
lighter colored lace by an extra slip
of ivory chiffon, are pointed insets o.
white broadcloth around the edge OF
the gown. They are four or nve
inches deep. and are almost covered
in rows of the narrowest pale blue
silk braid. The costume fastens down
one side from the shoulder. Russian
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
A BLACK ETAMINE.

A black etamine has panels of lace
which broaden out as they approach
the end of the skirt, and on these are
appliqued trailing black chiffon roses
with suggestion of white under
some of the petals. 1t is made over a
foundation of white louisine silk.
the waist has a yoke of lace bordered
with chiffon flowers, and the full puffs
at the elbows are of white chiffon
yelled in black tulle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
THEN HE "sWoRE ON" AGAIN.
Temperance Pledge Has the Legal AS.
pect of a Will

"a new kink in the swear-off game
came my way yesterday" said a No
tary public. "On New Years eve a
department clerk of my acquaintance,
who had been carrying a heavy deck
load ever since the beginning of the
holidays, swung into my office to
swear off for the year. He was sure
picked right, and the 105 proof beads
of pure alcohol stood out dewily on
his forehead. He was pretty close to
seeing things at night. and he was the
worst enemy of the Demon Rum when
he came in that I'd seen for a long
while. Nothing in it, said he. Bad
job. Ruinous. Home destroyer.
Breaks the hearts of wimmen folks
Never going to touch another drop as
long as he lived. And so on.
We'll, l filled in the blank space of
the paper and he took good clutch
on the pen and signed it and carried it
away with him. He was duly and
legally off of the booze for term of
$50 days.
Last evening he dropped into my
O &c a little after O'Clock. He look
ed droopy and sort O. pinched from the
cold, but he was sober all right.
'Howdy,' said l. Keeping er, i
suppose?'
"'Oh, I've been sticking, all right
he replied, but say, what's the use?
I'm not having any more fun than
snowbird.'
"'Too bad, jack said l. Yours is
indeed q sad, sad story. Wish ! could
do something for you, but you would
do that swear-off stunt, you know
YES he said, deliberately, 81
would, but now I've come down 20
swear on again.
ITO swear on again!" l gasped.
Why, what are you talking about?
You can't do anything like that.
You've taken the pledge for a year,
and it's signed, sealed and delivered,
with seal, wax and tape. That can't
can't be busted, of course
1.-The dickens you can't" he saio.
I'm going to have ball, and several
of 'em- right this evening, but I'm 60
ing to do it all proper and in order
I'm going to swear on again. Just you
make out the paper, and I'll sign it,
Il tried to argue him out of it. but
here's how he met me:
LOOK a-here, when a man makes
his will, is that the last will he's ever
going to be allowed to make? Not on
your natural, If, on the very next
day, he decides to make another will,
cutting Johnny or Jimmy or Dicky or
Lulu or Minnie or Tootsie altogether
out of it, he just goes TO his lawyer and
has another will drawn up, signs it,
and then the other will, made only the
day before, is as dead as mackerel in
the bottom of the barrel. Same way
with swearing off. Well, I've decided
that was handing it out to myself too
hard when / did that, and now I'm just
swearing on again. See? You draw
up that paper. Bud
Il rugged up a document wherein he
resolved to drink, absorb, consume,
annex and pour down all the hot and
rebellious booze that he could buy,
borrow, beg or steal for the ensuing
year. and he signed it and went away
happy, and an hour later / met him
with a bun on that he wouldn't have
traded for a baby grand piano. The
law is an elastic proposition, sure
enough, but l never saw it toyed with
quite in that way before"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
DISAPPOINTED.

Mistress-Did you tell those ladies
at the door that was out, as | told
you?
New servant-Yis, Mum.
Mistress-Did they seem disappoint-
ed?
New servant-Yis, mum. Wan av
thin sed: How forchunit !"-Chicago
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

Pardon me, but did | understand
you to say you were going to move out
to So"
Yes" replied the other.
Don't go. There's more sickness
there than in any other place in this.
section"
Il know it; I'm doctor"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

Miss Anna NJ. Lang is receiver in
the United States land Office at The
Dalles, Wash. She is said to be the
only woman land official in the
United States.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

also principal OF college in Oxford,
Caio.
The empress of Japan, very clever
and accomplished woman, is quite
European in the practical interest she
displays in industries of her own
country. She is said to be particularly
well informed about cereals and rice
growing, that important feature of
oriental industry. Her majesty has
also certain literary talents. and oc-
casionally writes little poems. some of
which have been printed and dis
tributed among the scholars in
Japanese schools.
OF 10000 women from all parts of
the civilized world a French jury has
selected Miss Maud Fealy O Denver,
Col, as the most beautiful woman in
the world, and has awarded her n
prize of 1000 francs. The jury almost
decided to give the first prize to an
other American beauty, Mrs. Lee
Jordan of Augusta, Ga, prominent
southern society woman and relative
of the Lees of Virginia.
Miss Elizabeth Yeats, a sister of
the Irish poet, has started in Ireland
a Dun Emer Press, in which she is
attempting to rival the Kelmscott
work. Paper made of pure linen has
been procured from the Irish mills,
and Miss Yeats is doing her own
printing, with the help of an ap~
prentice The first volume is TO be a
collection. of poems by w. B. Yeats,
I'm the Seven Woods"
| Mrs. Minnie Ayres Pierce of In
dianapolis is one of the few women in
the United States who knows how to
make violins, says the indianapolis
News. Mrs. Pierce assists her hus-
band regularly, at his factory. AS
Miss Minnie Ayres Burk, she began to
work there ten years ago when a
young girl. At that time she knew
nothing of violins or of music. She
acted at first as clerical assistant,
but soon drifred into the real business
of the factory. The first thing she
learned to DO was to put in the
purf1ing, as the fine ornamental in
laid line of ebony or sycamore on the
edges of violins is called. She now
makes all the hoops or frames, puts in
all purfling, does much of the finish
ing, and can make entire instruments.
During these years in the factory Mrs.
Pierce has learned to play, and she
plays second violin in string quartet.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

Miss Julia Pearce of Kansas has
been appointed analyst of soils in the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
CONCERNING WOMAN.

Sarah G. Bagley of Lowell, Mass,
1916, was the first woman telegrapher.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

Miss Mary A. Pretty man, a type
writer engaged in copying records in
the patent Office at washington, wrote
II. 500 words in six and one-halt
hourse the other day. 1t is believed
she is the worlds champion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

Church--A friend of mine wrote
song entitled Only One Wife in This
World for Me
Gotham-And was it a success?
Church-No; dead failure. He
made the mistake of publishing it in
Chicago Yonkers Statesman. q
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

81 see King Edward planted chest
nut in Paris"
at must have been copy OF Punch"
Houston Post
young Maryland widow has just
won strange law suit. She had 4
number of teeth filed with gold and
after the work was done she said that
it was not satisfactory The dentist
was asked to examine his work and
while doing so pulled out all the teeth
he had filed with gold. He said IL
court that he could not afford to lose
the gold If he was not to get his
money, but the Judge thought he had
been a bit hasty and it cost him
SO 900.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
JUST FOR FUN.

Missis-Don't forget, Kathleen, that
the Muggins are coming to dinner to-
night.
Kathleen-Ah, don't let that bother
We, now-lave it to me. I'll just do
me worst. They'll never trouble ye,
again.-Boston Traveller.