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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
Horse BREEDING.

During the '90s horses became a
drug on the market. and the ordinary
run of farm bred horses could not be
sold at the cost of raising them
Farmers stopped breeding their mares
and the supply of horse flesh steadily
decreased. There was a demand all
the time, and there probably always
will be for special purpose animals,
notably for pure bred, heavy draft
horses for city work, and fast, good
actioned roadsters for gentlemen s
driving horses, but such animals are
not raised by the ordinary farmer.
Their breeding is a distinct business,
requiring skill, experience, and CAPT
tai Such animals always command
sood prices, and while the demand Tor
them is comparatively limited the
supply is likely to be equally limited.
Following this period of depression
in the horse business we have had a
Teriod Of rapidly rising values. with
great activity in breeding, and the
country is again full OF colts and
young stock, The boom is not yet
over, but the edge is taken off by the
lumber of and year olds that are
row available There is little likeii-
hood that we shall again see such a
depression as existed a few years ago,
but 1t is certain that the horse supply
is increasing rapidly enough to per.
NIT buyers to exercise discrimination
in their selection of animals. Because
horses we're in demand there has been
a tendency to breed any kind OF
mares, big and little, good, bad, and
Indifferent and the result is a lot OF
Inferior colts that are fitted for no
special purpose AZ that are likely ~
prove a dear product when they are
sold.
. nder these conditions it behooves
the farmer to look carefully to the
class OF colts he is getting. Horses in
these days are wanted for specific
class of animal. The outlet for farm
plugs, small or rough, Is limited, and
the uses to which they can be applied
win not warrant paying price for
them. The substitution Of electricity
for horse power on street railways is
now practically complete, even in the
smallest towns, and this wipes out
what was once great demand for the
Commonest class of horses.
Outside of the demand for draft
L4rses and light roadsters the most
permanent demand of the future will
be for good farm teams. as with the
use of improved farm machinery the
horse becomes more and more the
motive power of the farm Horses
should be bred with this use in view,
and an animal satisfactory for this
work viii fill the bill for general
purpose animal. Such a horse should
weigh about 1900 pounds. be sound,
and with plenty of nervous ener-
gy and action. Such an animal will
DO better service on a farm than a
horse of the heavy draft type.
A good cross for such animal would
be Morgan or some heavier breed.
The Morgan Is an ideal roadster, and
this strain will furnish action and
.e~1rage, The heavier breed Is needed
10 get size and weight for heavy farm
work. At the present time especially
breeders should plan in advance for a
special type of horse. and such horse
for farm purposes will be likely to
command good prices when next
years colts are ready for use.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
A GOVERNORS CLEVER WIFE.
Mrs. Cummins' Part IN Republican
Politics IN Iowa.

Politics IN Iowa.
Making predictions ABOUT where d
politician will land is a good deal like
guessing where fly will alight,'' said
the man from Iowa, who had been
asked about Gov. Cummins OF his
state. 81 believe, however, that Cum
MINIS has more ahead of him than any
other politician in the middle west, il
he doesn't make any bad breaks.
you people in the east can't always
elect the president. l will give you a
pointer for 1908 on Cummins Evel
if he misses it then he will still have
a show in 1912, for he is young man.
I'm addition to his level head and
personal popularity there is another
factor in his possibilities, and that is
his wife. She is about as clever as
any woman | ever knew, and yet she
is never in the foreground
'She is the last woman you would
pick out as political factor. She
never seems to be interested in public
affairs except in the degree that every
intelligent woman is. But she always
carries her point.
"In 1894 her husband was a candi-
date for the nomination for United
States senator. He was less known
then than now. The contest was one
OF the most spirited ever held in an
Iowa legislature.
The candidates were John Henry
Gear, twice governor, a member of
congress three times and assistant
secretary of the treasury in the Har-
rison administration; and John
Fletcher Lacey, John A. T. Hull, Will
lam Peters Hepburn. George ID. Per-
kins, Cummins and two or three
others. John Henry Gear had the
prestige, and. in addition, the backing
OF the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
Railway company. which is about as
potent in politics in Iowa as the Penn
sylvania railroad is in the keystone
state.
"All the candidates opened head
quarters at the same hotel. The
whole machinery of the party was at
Des Moines. As good a political wire
puller as John Henry Gear was. he
was by no means confident, and the
man he dreaded was young Cummins
He told his manager. Jim Blythe,
who was his son-in-law, and the c., B..
& Q.'s western man, to look out for
Cummins
In the heat of the contest, when
a daA ,,loy
shrewdest games and saying hard
things, Mrs. Cummins gave a dinner
at her home. in Des Moines. to all the
candidates. The affair was her own
idea, and every invitation was accept
ed of course. 1t could not have been
otherwise
But it stumped old John Henry
Gear, He said to Jim Blythe:
Politically. | wish Mrs. Cummins
was in Halifax. She has something
up her sleeve. Jimmy" but / don't
know what ii is
The dinner was given in the even
ing. II was home affair Political
headquarters were closed that night
Mrs. Cummins herself was the hostess.
Her husband was as much of q guest
as the other candidates.
After it was over John Henry Gear
lcy-rolled and wire pulled with greater
earnestness than ever. Well. when
the caucus met he got the nomination.
but he didn't have any too much
margin. But that is of no consc-
quence. In 1900 Albert B. Cummins
was elected governor of Iowa. In IsD,
he was reelected.
1T was fixed. the first election. 4
mean. at the dinner given by Mrs
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
Cream to Burn,

Two little girls were engaged in an
animated discussion as to the merits
OF their respective homes.
wen, anyway, said one little
maiden in Triumphant tone. you
may have more bedrooms than We
nave but we have more cream than
you DO. We have enough for our
cereal every single morning"
room. said the other, that's moth.
ing We own Jersey COW, and we
get whole cowful of cream twice
every day"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22

An freshman and a Frenchman we've
parting at the steamer. The Irishman
standing on the wharf waving his hand
to MS friend. shouted: %, reservoir"
Inc Frenchman, politely saluting. re-
pheo. Tanks, Boston Christian
Register.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
How to Handle Bees.

In subduing bees with smoke, do
them for the purpose of removing
honey from the super, do not drive
the smoke in at the entrance; that
win drive the bees from the brood
chamber to the super, says a writer
in the Massachusetts Ploughman. The
fewer bees you have to contend with
il, the super the better. Turn up one
corner of the quilt and smoke the top,
this will drive the bees below. When
you remove the quilt do not hold the
nozzle of the smoker too close to the
bees. Do not drive the smoke in ds
IL you intended to heat smelling
furnace. Always use bee veil in
handling bees. Even then always
have your veil on your hat ready t.
protect your face should the bees sud
manipulating frames of brood Oh
honey, hold them with both hands, SC
that they may hang perpendicularly
otherwise you are liable to break the
combs Should you meet with sucl
an accident with brood comb ii the
parts will hang together return it al
cnce TO the hive; the bees viii very
soon repair the damage. If it be com
pletely severed, or in danger thereof
bring the broken edges together. Sc
that the comb win be in its origina
position, and tie it there with narrow
bits of tape. Return the comb to the
hive. and after about "a hours remove
the tapes: it viii be all right.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
FROM BRITISH COLONIES.

1t is a wellknown fact that, the
labor question is one of the gravest
problems Of the Rand. The British
government has already considered
the ACCESSIBILITY of importing Chinese
coolies IN large numbers and an
English contemporary now suggests
the importation of Tartars from the
Kazan government in Russia.
The Australian colonies have a
greater railway mileage, in proportion
to population, than any other part OF
the world.
The average yield of the wheat
harvest OF South Australia is six
bushels per acre, and the surplus
available for export 13O.53O tons.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
The cHoRLsTEks.

There is a little band of singers
Every evening comes and fingers
| Meath the window of my cottage in
the trees;
And with dark they raise their
| voices,
While the gathering night rejoices,
And the leaves join in the chorus with
the breeze.
Then the twinkling stars come out
To enjoy the merry rout,
And the squirrels range themselves
upon log;
And the firefies furnish light,
That they read their notes Alright
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
All the night hear them singing,
Through my head their tunes are
ringing
Strains of music straight from Mother
Natures heart:
Now the katydid and cricket,
From the deep of yonder thicket,
Then the croacking frog off yonder
drones his part.
By and by the moon apears,
As the midnight hour appears,
And her smiles dispel the low'ring
mist and tOg;
Then the mirth is at its height,
And they glorify the night
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
Philadelphia North American.
TO A cLUMP OF EVERLASTING.
Whence thy life? A downy seed, wind
sown
Upon this sun-browned hillside long
ago,
Full packed with power to grow as
thou hast grown,
Revealeth not the secret l would
know,
Everlasting.
Why thy life? Nor gray-fringed gran
tie rock,
Nor scraggly berry briar ask thy.
grace;
And neither grazing sheep nor sharp
eyed hawk
Would miss thee, shouldst thou leave
thy accustomed place,
Everlasting
Wither thou? That Iightsome co-oaal
Shall be the sport of every wind that
blows;
Thy silver stem shall dry, and break
and fall
And thou shalt rot beneath the melt
ing SHOWS,
Everlasting.
Knowest thou? Thou canst not give
reply,
And yet it is enough that here and
now,
Beneath this afternoons September
sky,
Glad in thy own soft beauty, thou
art thou,
Everlasting.
Eva Augusta Porter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
1T REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.

1t really doesn't matter much
II bank accounts are small:
If we have sunshine in our hearts
We're rich enough for all.
II really doesn't matter much
If beauty knows us not;
If We have tact and intellect
Wen lead the common lot.
Ii really doesn't matter much
If we've no shining fame:
II we plug on, and do the square,
Wen get there just the same.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
Even Then.

How can you dress so extensively
when the city is under siege on your
account demanded the daughter of
Priam-
Because get all my gowns from
Paris ccloiy replied the cause of
the trouhis-Yale Record.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
Facts for Our Farmers:

the requisite conditions that make
termination possible. If these spots
are allowed to remain vacant through
the fall and spring they will harden
in the sun of July and August and
become still harder to reseed.-Farm-
er's Review.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22

Postmaster
pleasant nooety owing to the revelations
grant whch mas praccd
service and investigation congressional
committee is deemed probable
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
PRESENTIMENT OF
IMPENDING EVIL
Indiana Man Went to Work in
Spite of Ii and Was
Hurt.

Muncie, Ind. Aug. 31.-Owen Tur-
ner. aged 20. employed on the Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville railway. said
that he felt that something awful
would befaH him and declared that if
it had been Friday he would not go to
work. Two hours later he fell from
the top of big hoisting crane, alight-
ing in the machinery below. Both legs
were cut off.
Il told you it was coming" he
mOaned. He then implOred the work
men to put him on train and make
a run for this city, eight miles, to save
his life. He was brought as fast as
the train could carry him and an am
bulance that was waiting at tho sta
ton carried him quickly to the hos
pital but he was unable to stand the
shock and died an hour after his ar
rival.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
DYNAMITERS ARE
AT LAST LOCATED
Parties Guilty of Michigan Crime
Run to Earth by De-
tectives.

Marshall. Mich, Aug. 31.-George s,
Cantwell. a private detective from
Battle Creek, has located the persons
who attempted to blow up the resi-
dence of George Brownell in Maren-
go township, on the night of Oct. %
last Fred Mcqueen of DeverauX.
Jackson county. made u sworn confeS@
sion, duplicating himself and Oscar
johnson and Casey Mead, of Rice
Creek. Calhoun county.
Johnson. who is a sOn-in-law of
Brownell, and from whom his wife
obtained divorce last September,
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Gibbs
and arraigned before Justice Merritt of
Battle Creek. There is a $500 reward
offered for the arrest and conviction of
the guilty parties. Five pounds of
dynamite was found. The fuse burned.
but the dynamite failed to explode
Eight persons were in the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31

their regret ana promised to do all in
their powsr to apprehend and punish
the guilty person. In addition the for
eign office has offered the strongest Of
fetal assurances to the same effect"
HAS your excellency heard any ru-
NOR that the Washington governments
programme calls for a seizure of one
or more points in the event that the
sultan refuses the American demands,
and that this in turn would be fol-
lowed by the recall of Minister Leish-
man and possibly your own departure
from the United Statesw
what demands do you refer to? Pa
tience is necessary in international af-
fairs. My sovereign has promised what
you have asked or the most Of your re.
quests and he viii certainly carry oTt
his promises"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
DANVILLE STILL
AFTER THE RIOTERS
Six More of Those Indicted Convict
ed After Jury
Trial.

DanvilIe. ILL.,, Aug. 31.-Six out OF
the eight on trial here were found
guilty 10y the jury in the riot case.
Those convicted are Winfield Baker,
Adam Murray. Thomas Bell, Isaac
Slade. John Walton and John Robert
son. The jury acquitted William Red
wine and Clay Biddle on the ground
that the evidence against them was
insufficient The latter is but 16 years
of age. and his DOyish appearance had
much 20 do with his escaping convic-
tion.
The verdict expresses the prevailing
sentiment of the community that the
law must be upheld. The delay in the
verdict was caused by William Pate,
of Catlin, coal miner, who stood out
against conviction. Several of the de
PENDANTS are miners, and Pate was the
only miner or labOring man on the
Jury. The miners are inclined to pro
tect the prisoners. as it is alleged the
rioters We're urged to attack the Jail by
the Weather classes, who surrounded
the city hall and the jail In their car
riageS and automobiles, but took no
active part in the lynching or storm
ing of the Jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
PROSPECTS ARE
VERY UNCERTAIN
Yield of Crops in Iowa is Entirely
Matter OF SpecuIa-
tion.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 31.-"NO man
on earth can judge Iowa crops this
year until they are harvested and
measured" This is the expressed opin-
ion of J. r. Sage, director of the Iowa
crop service bureau. He believes the
damage by hail and wind will not eX-
ceed l percent. of the entire crop. Dur
ing the state fair he interviewed 100
crop reporters from different counties
and says if frost holds off for thirty
days Iowa will have fair yield. For
twenty-five years the average date of
a killing frost is Oct. 10.
The difficulty arising in estimating
the yield is the fact that every field is
of the "shingle" variety, heavy in spots
and worthless in other places. In sec
tions corn will yield forty bushels TO
the acre and again will not produce
ten. Director Sage says every estimate
is worth little more than guess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
ANOTHER BIG MINING
CASE DECIDED AT BUTTE

Butte. Mont. Aug. 31.-Judge Viii
liam Clancy. in the district court, Sat
urday rendered the most important
mining decision of the year, in which
he granted, point by point, all asked
by the plaintiffs. f. Augustus HeinZe,
ct al, in the suit against the Washoe
Copper company and the Anaconda
Copper company over the Nipper
mine.
The suit involved ore bodies under
the surfaces of the Oden and other
claims owner by the defendants.
Heinz claimed to own ore bodies on
the ground that they were extra lat
eral on the portions of the Nipper
vein. The defendants denied that
there was any NiPper vein at all in
the Nipper mining claim, and at the
trial put in evidence to show that the
only vein in the Nipper claim was the
blue y. fault fissure." and that it
crossed the claim northeast and south
west. They therefore denied that the
plaintiffs had any extra lateral rights,
or had any claim to ore bodies in
volved.
Judge Clancy. in his decision, adop-
ed all of the findings of facts and con-
cIusions of the plaintiffs. The suit
involved mining property to the value
of S1O.OOO.OOO, Exceptions to the judg-
ment of the court were taken by the
defendants and the case will be APP
pealed to the supreme court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
IMPORTANT SUIT
IN BEHALF OF BABY
To Decide Whether Indian Children
Will Receive Land
Allotment.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Aug. 31.-Ora
Cecilia RObtailie, an infant, VS.. the
United States was the title of an ac-
ton which has been begun in the
United States court in this city. The
case is an important one, as it is
brought to decide whether Indian
children are to have land allot'nentS
in the future, the secretary of the in
terror having held that children of an
nuitants born after July 81, 1900.
shall not be given lands as heretofore.
The complaint sets forth that the
plaintiffs mother is a member of the
Mississippi band of Chippewas and
her father a man of mixed Indian
blood. 1t further relates that an ap-
plication for an allotment has been
made in regular form and has been re-
jected by the secretary of the interior,
and asks that his ruling in the prem
iseS be set aside.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
MILLER WILL NOT BE PAID
FOR THE TIME HE LOST

Washington. Aug. 31.--Comptroller
TraceweH. in Il decision to Public
Printer Palmer, has ruled that w. A.
Miller. the assistant foreman in the
bookbindery department of the gov
ernment printing Office whose case has
attracted so much attention, is not en-
titled to pay during the time Of his alb
sence from the printing office.
Miller was absent for siXty-three
DAYS because he was removed at the
instanceof the bookbinders' union, and
if the claim had been valid there
would be due him 1882. The comptrol-
Ter holds that Miller is not an official
of the government, but an employe,
and rules that prerequisite Of his pay
IS that he should be present and act
uaIly perform the labor required or
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
So Thex wooldn,t Get Auar.

st. Paul. Aug. 31.-Charles Lapin,
OF Chicago, and Lena JSffee. of st.
Paul, were married here with the dis
tinct understanding that they were not
70 live together for Il year. They were
TO have been married in September.
1904, but fearing something might pre-
vent they got married to make the en-
gagement binding upon both. The hus-
band has deposited his savings in n st.
Paul bank in his wife's name and she
has deposited hers in his name. none
Of it to be touched until they live to
gether.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
He is NOT AFTER
VICE PRESIDENCY
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, Asks
Friends Not to Urge
His Name.

Chicago. Aug. Ex-Governor A. B.
Cummirs. of Iowa. famous as the
originator of the Iowa idea," which
proposes a tariff remedy for trusts was
at the Auditorium. He talked freely
of politics. He put quietus on his re-
ported boom for the vice presidency L
am not a cadidate for the vice presi-
Dental nomination andam givingallmy
time TO affairs in my own state" said
the governor. Il hope my friends will
not urge me for the position. 1 have
no asperatiOns to it. 1 have all ] can
do at present We have politics in my
own state all the year round, but the
people only turn out once in four years
in a way demonstrating the great pop
ular interest. The Democrats are prac-
ticalIy united on my opponent, Mr.. Sui
livan, and 1 don't expect my majority
viii be as large as before"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
COWARDLY CRIME
Three Street Railway Employees
Shot in HoIdup in
Chicago.
TWO WERE INSTANTLY KILLED
Have No Chance for their Lives
Robbers Got Away With
$4,000.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-Two men were
killed and one injured early yesterday
morning in one of the most murder
Gus and cowardly hold-ups ever per-
petrated in this city, when robbers
entered the offices of the Chicago City
Railway company at SiXty-first and
State streets and after putting all to
fight that they had not killed made
away with $1,000 of the company's
funds.
1t was ,: 10 a. m. when the robbers.
three of them wearing masks. appear
ed in the office where several of the
clerks were on duty. Without warn
ing they opened fire and Frank Stew
ard, who was in front of the window.
fell mortallN wounded. William Ed
man, who was sitting by his side, was
shot in the leg and fell to the floor.
Outside. John II. johnson. Il motor
man, was asleep on a bench waiting
his turn TO go out on the line, and as
he arose awakened by the shots re-
vOlver was placed in his face and the
next instant he went down with bull
let in his brain. The others who were
about escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
she Up Put a Good Fight.

Richmond. Ind. Aug. 31.-Alone. I'M
aided. facing two burglars in her door
ward at midnight and driving them
away by repeated shots from her re
volver. Mrs. J. F. Hawkins. of Liberty,
south of Richmond, finds herself the
subject of much congratulatory COM
ment. Burglars attempted to force an
entrance into the Hawkins home. Mrs.
Hawkins heard them and put up a
fight, that speedily put them to flight.