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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
The Rockefeiler.Moraan .pivvy.~

Scores of stories are being told In
the financial arena about Morgan and
Rockefeller Many brokers declare
there has been "divvy" between them
rather than a freeze-out of one party
by the other. "That reminds me oF
a pig in partnership" said the head OF
Bread street firm. when killing
time came they wanted to divide the
meat. The Yankee was anxious to ar
range it so he could get both nindquar-
tiers. and persuaded the Frenchman
that the way to divide it was to cut il
across the back The Frenchman
agreed on condition that the Yankees.
would turn his eyes away and take HIS
choice of pieces after the pig was cut
in two. When the knife had done it's
work he called out, 'Veech vii you hzkf.
re piece vid re tail ON or re piece Vid--
out re tail off,? The Yaikee said, Tine
piece with the tail on Den, Big gar,
you can take heem, an take nc oxrer-
one cried the Frenchmar. The Yam
kee, turning round, saw that his paxrE
ner had cut off the tail ana stuck it ins
the pigs mouth" How do you apply
that story to Morgan aud Rockefefs
ler?" the audience wanted to- know
oh" said the narrator, ''it's for ycUl
to make the application. You ought
to know who has the tail end '-Ngsu
York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Facts for Our Farmers.

Mr.. King about three years ago, and
his plans have been adopted by pro-
gressive farmers in many localities in
Missouri, as well as in several other
states, and the best results are re-
ported wherever it has been tried. In
one progressive neighborhood visited
by the writer all the roads were
dragged in accordance with an agree
ment among the farmers living among
them at least once a month.
After rain the man at whose house
the drag was left last hitched to it and
dragged the roads contiguous to his
farm, and then turned the continuance
over TO his neighbor, who did the
same and passed it on until all roads
abutting on the farms of the residents
OF the neighborhood were put in good
shape There are six drags in the
neighborhood, and in their use the
roads in that locality are kept smooth,
level, dry, and free from ruts and
chuck holes, when other highways are
almost assable.-Drovers' Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
THE PRAIRIE DOG PLAGUE.

A party of scientists from the
state university are in western Ne
braska endeavoring to devise some
method of getting rid of the prairie
dog.
The little fellows have been multi
plying at tremendous rate in recent
years. They not only strip the range
of grass, but their holes are constant
source of danger to the cowboys.
Dr. A. T. Peters is in charge of the
expedition of scientists. In previous
years infected animals have been put
in the holes with the hope of spread
ing disease to the inhabitants; poisons
also have been placed on their feeding
grounds, but the result has been more
disastrous to domestic animals than
to the prairie dogs.
Several new plans will be tried
but the one upon which the most re
lance is placed is the use of carbon
bisulphide. Balls Of cotton will be
saturated with the compound, which
gives off deadly gas, and these will
be dropped into the openings.
The dogs are most numerous in the
northern and northwestern parts oil
the state. In some places whole town
ships have been covered by theil
villages. The animals propagate
with amazing rapidity. Ranchmer
have found it impossible to make any
Roadway against them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Spring Roots for Winter Use.

One of the chief causes of rotting
among stored turnips, carrots, and
beets is too much warmth and too lit.
tie ventilation. Root crops keep best
where the temperature is kept as low
as possible without freezing. Root
cell Is are quite generally provided in
basement barns and frequently also
in frame structures where cattle are
kept In such cases the part to be
used for storing roots should always
be partitioned OF tight all the way up
to the ceiling to prevent the warm,
moist air of the stables from coming
IN contact with the roots. II is neces-
sary to have an opening ebove the
roots to permit inc warm ali to escape
should they heat and also an outer
window to aiG III regulating the tenn
pelature and admit fresh al.
Rotting Frequently occurs under the
drop or wind on where the roots were
pnt into the CT liar. This IS due to the
loose dirt collecting at that point
among the firmly packed roots. The
roots should always be handled over
under the drop after fill.DC and the
dirt either remoged or allowed to set
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
THE sERvIAN CROWN

ut is no wonder" said a PhiladeE
phian who knows Servia that King
Peter finds IL hard to discover a. HrrgfeX
for his crown Siace 1874 no ruisr or
Servia has worn one from 1874 to 1SS1s
no Servian bore the title OF kinss.
There is tradition that a ServiaIs
ruler named Michael received rifss
crown and title from the pope so f&r'
back as 1913 but the parsonage, wgisa
ie styled the first crowned II Serv.anr
history, was Stephen Nemansna IN
who was crowned by a napal legatets
n 1917, and in order to pacify his or
thodox subjects, Renowned by his
brother, st. Sava, archbishop of Servia
in 1922. On that occasion the crown
was provided by the Byzantine emper-
or. From that time the Servfan SOW
ereign bore the title Of king, or 'kral,,
TILL in 1916, Stephen DushaaD WIS
crowned at Uskub as emperor of
Macedonia and monarch of slHe Serbs,
Greeks and Bulgarians.' His son was
also styled emperor, but the usuraar-
Vukashin, who murdered the ltEaaeTs
took the name of king. Since sas death
no Serb has been crowned. The king
of Rumania had his crown made erouI
the cannon OF Pievna, but @ltvnitEa
would scarcely be cammemorated m
that way at Belgrade. -Philadelpiria
Press
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24

Tie to the bottom. No matter how ia
how carefully the work may be done,
some earth will adhere to the roots. If
shoveled from the wagon INTO the eel
lar the earth all goes with the roots.
This, however, can be avoided where it
is possible to use an inclined chute
with a slat bottom, either at tho win
dow of the cellar or overhead. as the
case may be- rs the roots roll down
This chute the dirt will dfcr OF an |
sift through to the ground. For
mangles, beets, and carrots the bot
tom of the chute should consist of mar
row strips running lengthwise. For
rutabagas or turnips more dirt will be
removed if the strips are put on cross
wise.
If roots go into the cellar in bad
shape, wet and dirty, and the pile is
to be deep. 1t is a good plan to nail a
few boards together in the form of a
long box or ilue, and standing them
on end fill in around them; this will
admit air and prevent heating. Rot
ting also sometimes occurs from the
roots against the outer wall being re-
peatedly frozen Banking the wall
with coarse manure will avoid this
trouble.
While turnips, rutabagas, carrots,
and sugar beets can be topped with
out injury to their keeping quality
with knife or hoe, mangels will keep
better if the tops are twisted off by
hand. The keeping qualities of these
crops are not seriously impaired by
late frosts except the mangel, which
is so thin skinned that it cannot with.
stand the severe frosts that the Others
may be subjected to, and care should
therefore be taken to prevent injury
from this source. In southern Michi'
gan mangels are not likely to be in
jured by frosts before Oct 20. The
roots crops can be stored successfully
in pits, but there is strong objection
to this method because of the difficulty
in securing them to feed in severe
weather. The most important thing in
storing roots is to keep the temper
allure low and the cellar we'll ven
tilated.-R. S. Shaw in Breeders
Gazette.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Prepare Poultry for Cold Weather.

We cannot be too persistent in call
ing attention to the fact that cold,
damp weather will soon be upon US,
keeplng the chickens dry and COM
Portable. The cold, disagreeable rains
of fall are the cause of great number
Iof diseases that attack poultry through
the winter. They first catch cold,
then comes roup, which in its ag-
gravated form is almost incurable, and
next comes death, Most, if not all, of
this trouble could be avoided if proper
provision were made for the comfort
of the birds.
A good, substantial house, free from
dampness and drafts, is imperatively
demanded if fowls are to be kept
healthy. When the cold rains come
they should be kept indoors until the
weather clears and the ground gets
dry. Chickens can stand lots of colo.
dry weather, but damp grounds ard
surroundings are always a precursor
of disease.
In the house, provision should be
made for feeding without throwing
their feed among the droppings. l
wet food is given it should be fed on
clean, dry boards, and their drinking
water should be in such vessels tina
no contamination of refuse can occur
If fowls can be kept clean, dry, an
free from drafts and fed on pure
food and drinking water there should
be no occasion for disease whatever
Where straw is abundant, it is well to
keep the pens we'll Uttered and the dry
feed thrown among it. The hens viii
then exercise themselves enough to
keep in healthy condition. But it is
essential that the old straw be re-
moved as soon as it gets dirty and
fresh straw put in. Keep the fowl
warm, keep them active, and feed
them well and there will be fresh
eggs through the winter-Kansas Far
mer
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
SEVEN STAGES OF A RAILROAD


First the incorporators,
Striving and pushing for a chartered
right
To enforce the doctrine right means.
might.
Then the wealthy syndicates,
With their glowing bits of facts aud
fancy
Sounding like tales of necromaney-
And then the bankers,
Seeking to sell the bonds, solid as
rock"
Keeping themselves the freely wHter-
ed stock;
A brand-new lot, better than those az
old!
Then the car trusts,
Mortgages on wheels,
"Foreclosed so readily, without APP
peals,"
And then the receivers
No coupons now to pay
All debts deferred, until some other
day!
A Voting Trust, protecting all rhS
stock"
That gruesome bears are sure fnre
try and knock.
The nixth stage shifts
Into the reorganization plan.
Where all the "wreckers" join in 0azG,
great band:
Where innocent experience dearly
bought,
Is daily learned by some, by others
taught.
$500
The last stage Of all, in this evcutfnS
mystery,
Two streaks of rust--a mortgage, and
a-history
w H. Trevis. Broker Poet
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Drauoinu Roads.

In portions of Missouri great benefits
to roads are secured by systematically
dragging them by cooperative neigh
borhood effort. This is the simplest
and easiest method of road improve
ment that has been devised, and those
who travel through localities where
the method has been practiced for
several years win be compelled TO
admit that it does the work as well as
those systems advocated by road ex-
perts which are much more costly
The implement used is called the
King drag" after Mr.. King of Chilli
Gothic Mo-, who originated this man
ner of treating roads, and who sug
gested the manner of making the
drag. The drag is made by splitting
in the middle log about ten to twelve
inches thick and ten feet long, and
placing the two pieces about thirty
inches apart with the fiat sides both
facing the same direction) and boiling
thCm together.
The lower edge of the front is pro-
tectea with iron-an old wagon tire
will do. Fasten a chain or heavy wire
a foot or eighteen inches from each
end. to which the team is to be
hitched. Hitch the team so that the
drag will throw the dirt toward the
middle of the road. The time of year
is of the most Importance in dragging
load. and the manner in which the
team is hitched is next. The best
time to put the drag on the road is
just as it dries after rain in the
summer or when it is thawed on top
in the winter and spring. and TO in
sure good road it should be operated
on every time this occurs during the
season. The plan as outlined above
WIS advocated at public meeting by
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24

South Africa as il is Today.


Of 105 square miles. The men get
s1.10 to s1.35 day. A clergyman, q
school and a hospital are provided
and the women and children live with
the men.
The government railways must be
an obstacle to progress. Mrs. FaW
cett was unable to set timetable
for her trip. They have none. Trains
start when they get ready. The gen.
eral manager confessed his inability
to oblige her, but said that If she
would write out a list Of places she
wished to visit clerk would furnish
written statement of the hours al
which trains started.
And Mrs. Fawcett tells thfs sto~y
Tn Cape Colony the leading inhabi
tants of wellknown place about
twenty-five miles from Cape Tow.
waited on the minister at the head of
the railway administration and plac-
ed before him weighty arguments In
favor of giving their town increased
facilities. The minister listened and
in reply said he had been much i'm
pressed by the facts laid before him
But he added, I have to remember.
gentlemen, that If aecede to your
request / shall have to grapple with
increase of traffic !"
Yet the railroads make money for
the mountaineering like So.
100000 a year.
This story should be taken not as
an argument against public railways,
which are well managed in Belgium
and even in British India, but
against such management as south
Africa has. Even here, however, -
government does furnish its mplo.
ees with supplies at lower than retail
cost and maintains railway sAcols
for their children, carrying the youag.
sters back and forth by trains which
stop at every roadside crossing to
pick up children With their luncheon
baskets
The labor question Is acute In south
Africa. former woman cook for
Mrs. Fawcett gets $44 a month and
found. A hotel in Rhodesia offers
1925 for q man cook Capable women
servants in Johannesburg get from
S95 to $50 per month. But for the
high prices of everything that they
have to buy, south Africa might seem
TO be the paradise of the domestic
servant.
To the great question how the sun.
dered peoples are to live together In
peace Mrs. Faweett has no immediate
answer She finds that the work of
the compensations commission, hu.
name as IL is, causes hard feeling By
the natural disappointment Of those
who pun their claims too high. 1t is
too much to expect full accord at
once. Our Cavaliers and Round
heads did not make up their differ
ences in six months or six years. nor
did north and south after the Ameri.
can civil war. Already in south Africa
the natural kindliness Of both English
and Dutch leads to the interchange of
friendly services in innumerabIe
cases, and out of these small pezin.
nings a great united nation win Il
time arise" {
Will 1t arise If the British govern
ment yields TO the demands of the
mine owners for cheap labor hv i'm
porting Chinese and East Indian
coolies and makes the color question
threefold as puzzllng as It is?
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24

The report of Mr.. Birchenough, the
ish government to investigate the po-
sition of British trade in south Africa,
finds that imports have increased $50
per cent. in ten years. Amazing as it
may seem, south Africa, with its
small white population, is the second
best customer of Great Britain, being
only surpassed by British India, with
it's 300,000,000 Inhabitants.
The American trade is especially
strong in certain specialties, such as
agricultural, mining and electrical ma
chinery, tools, fencing wire, furniture
and wooden articles.
This competition is aided by low
freights for which competing British
steamships carry cargoes from New
,, York to south Africa. Among other
causes of American success is the
presence at the mines of American
engineers, who favor American ma
T, chinery
Upon another side Of south African
progress comes the article by Mrs.
Millicent Garrett Fawcett in the Con-
temporary Review detailing her re-
cent observations of the country in
contrast with what she saw as a men,
Der of the camp commission during
the war.
ut is impossible" says Mrs. Faw-
cett, ito exaggerate the difference be-
tween 1901 and 1908. Within an hour
after landing at Cape Town It was
manifest. The first thing that forced
itself upon even the most casual OBJ
servation was the different look of
the animals In 1901 the teams of
wretched mules did not look as If
they had spirit for one kick between
them; in 1908 they looked as wicked
and cheerful as only mules can look
In 1901 the carcasses of sheep which
we inspected in the concentration
camps often did rot weigh more than
Is pounds each. We thought 25
pounds per sheep rather good. In
1903 sheep, both alive and dead, had
put en- flesh and resumed normal pro-
portions"
The order of the day is rebuilding,
restoring, repairing. Everywh were
signs Of the restored activities of nor
NAL, wholesome iifc-trees t,ine
planted, wells being dug, burrows to
carry water being constructed and
land being ploughed and cultivated.
The government, through the repa-
triatiun department, ploughed 10000
acres of land for the people, and in
replacing 10000 beers upon the land
expended more than s12 300 900 in
setting them up with animals, build
ing material, seeds. vehicles and agri-i
cultural implements
The oncentration-camp schools
have been replaced by free farm
schools. Wherever thirty children
can be promised the government adj
vances the means to make a school.
These are sti11 often held in marques
or in buildings of crude brick which
will not last. but are cool and com.
Portable. BY the end Of June the
number of children in these rural
schools had nearly reached the num-
Der of those in the camp schools at
the end Of their existence. Both !
Dutch and English are taught Prac-
tically all educated beers talk both
languages.
To provide work for the destitute |
the ~cva-nnent has undertaken relief
works At Mushroom Valley Farm
are about 400 boer men working upon
a dam which is to cost $4,000 and
which win impound the water catch
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Easily Located.

Wife, ought to go to bed, for I'm
awfully sleepy, but I'm hungry, too.
Husband-Wait; We'll have some
lunch. | brought home tidbit today
and left it in the back kitchen.
Wife-It's dark out there; you'll
find candle
Husband-Oh, can find it ia the
dark. It's Limburger cheese.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Staying the pespolIer's Hand.

why do you always write your
name 'Slodgers-Barnaby'?" they asked
her.
Because" replied the society lead
er, 81 wish to save that useful characf-
er, the hyphen, from total extinction
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Professions in the Senate.

Of the lightweight United States
senator's, all told, sixty-one are law
yers. OF the rest, one is a civil engi-
neer, two are doctors, three are
journalists, and the others are bank
ers, miners, farmers, business men
and politicians.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
Often the Case.

TO be successful" he remarked
thoughtfully, "all we have to do IL -,
make as much Of a business OF Any
own business as we do of the thfngr
that are none Of our business"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
A Good Mimic.

Harker-And you say that mIru,cs
was good?
BARKER should say so. When hss
made noise like an automobile ever
one jumped.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24

Ten me not In mournful numbers
Ihat all rogues are in the pen.
When we hear Of daily doings
or the brazen "big-mitt" men
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24
''Dabney Las an awfnl attael - i..,r

Dabney Las an awful attack of indt-
gestion"
How did he get it?'
ne tried to eat up all the warmed
oyer turkey at once so it wouTdD-t
come on the table again - Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24

Gen. Rafael Reyes was elected
president of Columbia.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-24

M announced his retirement
M
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literary work
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-02
TINS CUT MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPH OF QUADRILLE no. 2OO

10 acres of oats. but he struck d
horse with his right forearm
and broke the small bone in it.
Joe needs wife to look after
him. He and w II Miles came
to the office together, w IT now
owns map, but hardly think
he will lay out his Is acres of
oats by it, Victor Hagan had
put in 10 acres of oats. Will
Wimsatt was putting in 20 acres
of oats and his friend Clay
Hays the same acreage. F p
Kistner and Frank Bowers had
bought 100 bushels of seed oats
from j M Proctor aud Son and
were going to SOW them on so
acres of North river soil. Char.
les ? King is putting in 20
acres of oats He is another
DEMOCRAT map man. e e
Yates is another oat hustler, he
will SOW 30 acres. Dick Moss
came up from a Shiel with
fine lot of Hillside Navy that
he was selling by the hand to
the lovers of the pipe and
White Burley.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-02
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers And Pertaining
To Farmers.

Uncle Tom Elzea says: Of
all the fine colts foaled on my
farm, the French Coach Horse
colt by the sorrel mare is the
best one, and the man that
tops it will be presented with
a $50 gold piece.
Elery Riley, administrator OF
the Robert Sleight estate has
had sale bills struck at this
office and will sell the personal
estate of the deceased at his
late home Il miles northwest of
the city April Z, Do not for
get date or place.
The following bits of infor.
nation was CLEANED from our
farmer friends Saturday after
noon. Joe Fry has : acres of
corn in field that ought to be in
the crib and he wants to put in
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-02
FOR HORSENIEN.

Of course every man owning
a Stallion thinks his the best
bred and best formed horse in
the four counties. The propo,
sition has been made to have a
horse show in this city the Sec
ond Saturday in April. Now
let every owner of a good horse
and every lover of good horse
flesh be on hand at that date.
Then later on fancy colt show
can be held in the city.
Vint G Spalding thinks that
in Patineir the Black French
Percheon, he is handling the
best sire on earth. Patineir
took the ribbons in the draft
class at the Monroe City fair
last fall. You will find his adj
vertisement elsewhere.
George Hays sold a good
mare to G Lanham for 1925 and
Mr. Lanham sold a horse to Vic
tor Hagan for $40.
W G better known as Bud
Caldwell took a span of fancy
big mules to Fulton, Monday
for Harry McClintic.
Jno L Owen sent Is head of
butcher stuff to the Hannibal
markets. Monday.
John L Owen sold his black
driver to r G Mudd, of Mem.
phis, Mo-, for 5000.
Fine blue grass pasture. l.
will take 100 head of stock
JAMES II. UMSTATTD.
Elias Tooley will put in 20
acres of oats.
Edward Longmire will b.
Al acre oat man this trip.
Yates Bros and Sullivan sold
this week, the Clay Hays 100
acres to Mr. Werner, of Dickin.
son, Iowa. Also Jos H Jett's
2318 acres to P F Demuth, OF
the same place,
Davenport and Co., report
the sale of 274 acres of timber
land Southeast of here in Ra lis
County for Isaac L Owen to
William Richter of Des Moiues
County, Iowa,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-02

W. L, Ely expects to move to
the residence property recently
purchased of Mrs. M. B Carson
at the corner of N. Main and
n. Border Streets the first of
Nav.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-02
Ice For The Season.

l have about 300 tons of fine
ice for sale, enough to run me
through the season. Leave
order at either Meat Shop
Fl. w. JAMES. Ga