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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Transmission of Electricitx.

1t was long ago established that the
distance to which electricity can be
sent economically depends mainly up
on the voltage or pressure employed.
The higher the voltage is the further
the current will go, and the smaller
will be the Zine losses" with a con-
ductor of given size. At present
there are in America two transmits
sion lines on which $1,000 volts are
used successfully. One of these lines.
Go miles in length. is in Canada. Some
of the great transmission lines in Cal
ifornia are equipped with three sets
of transformers, one capable of raising
the pressure to $4,000 volts, and the
others working at lower voltage. 1t
is said that Mexican line 101 miles
long has begun to work at 10000 volts.
Any greater progress in this direction
is rendered difficult by the problems OF
insulation, but further advances in the
future are probable, and European
electricians are already dreaming of a
line to transmit electricity from the
Alps to Paris, distance of 800 miles
The feat may yet be attempted, when
pressures that may be described as
within the bounds of reason can be
safely handled.-Zion's Herald.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
When Stanley Worked in a Cincinnati
Cellar.

He sometimes, but not often. spoke
to me of his life as a boy. l remem-
Der, in 1890, when we were staying
in Cincinnati together, his asking me
one afternoon to go for a walk with
him He took me through obscure
back streets al down dirty alleys
until we reached a wharf on the
banks of the Ohio River. He stopped
at the bottom of a street, which ran
steeply down to the river and pointed
out a lad who was rolling large cnsk
of tallow from a cellar down to the
wharf He said: 81 have brought you
here because | wanted to show you
this place. 1t was in this street that
| worked as boy. | was doing exact
ly the same work as that lad, and, if
| mistake not, that is the same cellar
in which l worked. A j. Mounteney-
Jephson in Scribner's
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

since that day. said Mr.. Lee. "The
growth and development of the city
during the time intervening is not
only interesting to note, but it is sim
ply marvellous. do not wonder that
Minneapolis persons, wherever one
meets Up with them, are always so
loyalty enthuastic. The stranger is at
once impressed, not only with the
city's wonderful greatness, but with
the almost unlimited possibilities for
the future. | have visited many large
American cities. and Minneapolis is
among the most beautiful and most
impressive of all.
Il am promised another surprise in
Winnipeg, | understand. About 5000
persons claimed or acknowledged that
city as their home nineteen years ago;
now, i understand, about $4,000 are
proud to claim their residence there.
am told that Manitoba and the valleys
in the northwest will surprise me with
their wonderful crops, but if they offer
any better inducements for agricultur-
al purposes than Iowa and Minnesota
do, 1 don't blame so many of the
American people for fiocking there"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
A SECOND HONEYMOON.
A. w. Lee and Family Making Seven
Thousand Mile Trip.

Minneapolis Tribune:- take a
second honeymoon trip nineteen years
after the original one, and over exact
" the same route, making a total tour
of some 1000 miles, is the unique ex-
perience that Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Lee
of Ottu1nwa, Iowa, are now having.
Mr.. Lee is a well known newspaper
publisher in Iowa, he being president
of the Lee syndicate of the Iowa even
ing newspapers, his properties being
the Davenport Times, Muscatine Jour
nal and Ottumwa Courier. Mr.. Lee
arrived at the West hotel during the
morning with his family, en- route to
the northwestern coast, by way of
Winnipeg and Banff.
Nineteen years ago today the regis
ter of the West hotel showed that Mr.
and Mrs. A. w. Lee of Iowa had ar
rived in town. The couple were just
making their debut in the matrimonial
world. and the West was just making
its debut in the hotel world. So Mr..
and Mrs. Lee were assigned to the
star bridal chamber.
After brief visit in Minneapolis at
that time the young couple wended
heir way to Winnepeg on their honey
moon, went on out to Banff and to the
Pacific coast. They will go over the
same road this time and stop at the
same points, at the same hotels, II
there are no new ones better. and con
sumo exactly the same time making
the entire trip.
There were just two in the little
party that time. and although neither
looks to be more than few years old
err now than then, the party of two is
increased to three, this time by the
presence OF a daughter a charming
young woman.
81 have not been in Minneapolis
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Greatest i'm the World.

When you talk about being the world,
leader in any one thing you have estab.
hshed wonderful standard of compari.
son. Nothing could be greater and in
TINS day of tremendous competition il
means more than you can really grasu
without study to say the greatest i'm the
world" Particularly is this true of a
medicine and it is such strong testi-
monial of great merit that we cannot
help but express our satisfaction to learn
that CASCARETS has, to-day, the larg.
est sale of any similar medicines in the
world. In obtaining this, judicious news.
paper advertising has played very i'm.
portant part, but all the advertising and
push and energy would have counted fol
naught unless CASCARETS had the
merit and would do all that's claimed for
them. Nothing has ever attained such
a large sale in the history of medicine
over ten million boxes year and the
demand is growing rapidly. because the
people take. them. like them, they are
cured and they recommend them to theii
friends.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
FRANCE FEARS THE EVIL EVE
Strange Story Is Told at a Trial for
Murder in Europe.

Inc superstitious belief in witch
craft and sorcery is still moro nrevoI
ent IN rural France than would be gen.
orally thought. A bricklayer named
Merot living in the village of Saint
George-sur-M oulons, was so firmly
convinced That a neighbor had the
EVIL eye and had cast a speT over
MIN that one day in April last, goaded
into state of terror, he could hear II
no longer and beat the presumed sor-
cerer to death. Merot was put on
trial for murder today.
The accused told the court that
what exasperated him most was the
nerve SCATTERING influence the deceas-
ca possessed. The dead man was con-
stantly predicting misfortunes that in
Varlably befell him as foretold. Sever.
al tunes the prisoner declared the par
lsh priest had tried to exercise the
evil spirit from his neighbor, but with
out avail One day, when Meret met
his victim, the latter said. ''Hullo not
dead yet? You have only one more
week to live" Flesh and blood. declar-
ed the accused, could stand these pre-
dictions no longer and he there and
then, it is said, dispatched his neigh
kor.
TO show his belief in the reputed
sorcerer's power was not due to mere
imagination Merot related a number
OF Instances which he declared afford
ed proof of the dead mans uncanny
gifts. Thus one night, while in bed,
Merot said, he was about to expecto-
rate on the floor, when the voice of
the evil genius, who could not see.
was heard to say, Spit on the right
side of the bed" "How them asked
the accused, could he have known
| was about to spit?" On several oc-
casions, asserted the prisoner, the sor-
cerer had given him stomach aches.
and twice he had brought on partial
paralysis. He afterward came and
revelled in his (Merot's) sufferings.
Several villagers of Saint George-sur-
Moulons were called as witnesses, and
In response to the judges questions
as to their opinion of the deceased.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
TELEPHONE IN THE JUNGLE.

Abyssinia is being wired" Some
one thousand miles of telephone line
have been put up, and as much more
is being laid. The work is no joke,
according to Everybody's Magazine.
The rains ard the poles fell. The
white ants ate up large collection of
wooden poles. Then iron ones were
put up. which the simple native liked
so well that he took them home to
use in his business. The Negus stop
ped this amusement by proclaiming
death to the pole-pilferers.
But his royal mandate cannot pre-
vent the Bandarlog, the monkey peo-
pie, from swinging in the wires or
what is much more delightful-the
elephant from scratching himself
against the poles. The telephone-pole
is scratching-post for elephants.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
BOY SWALLOWED LIGHTNING.
He Sucks a Flash Powder Down His
Throat

iHTOdls
Wells Hawks, who is something of
magazine writer as well as Charles
trohman's press agent, relates a num-
Der of incidents arising from behind
the-scene perplexities He tells how
an extravaganza company carrying an
elaborate scenic equipment found one
Gay that the waterfall, a principal
effect, had been lost in the shuttle of
transportation. Everybody was the
responsible person, and he dismissed
the worriers with the reassuring re-
mark that he would be able to meet
the situation. Then he went to work.
From a neighborhood grocery he OBJ
tanned half a dozen empty soap boxes.
These he put together in the center
OF the stage between set rocks. Next
he searched the cellar. and, finding a
lot OF old tin that had been torn by
storm, he brought to the stage. Deft-
ly he covered the soap boxes with the
tin, twisting and jamming it in and
cut to give it rugged effect. Then
the property man arrived with some
green boughs and laid them about the
tin-plated boxes, while the engineer
connected the hose with a fire-line
pipe so the water world play over the
rocks. At night they turned the water
on. 1t dashed over the tin. calcium
was aimed at the homemade cascade,
and the result was a waterfall effect
that brought forth an instantaneous
burst of applause from the admiring
and delighted spectators.
From the days of footlight candles,
through the gas stage to the present
flood of electricity is a far cry, and
it now appears that electrician is one
of the most important factors in the
problem of stage management. A
well-lnown producer is reported to
!, have once said to a local manager:
81 do not care about the size of your
stage; let me see your switchboard"
Today little can be done without cleo
tricity. The electrician must make
the lights as we'll as the shadows,
dnu uOluS ILLS I'll ILt StdS6 lie
must also control the lights in the
audience-room. Everything is control
ed from his board, and here he works
his lights, following the lines and cues
as closely as the orchestra leader or
the actors. In many theaters the
traditional title "gasman" still clings
to the electrician, and one wonders
now how they ever accomplished
anything like adequate effects with
gas.
There is tradition about boy who
was the work the Dawn of Creation
effect in a spectacle that was famous
when the old appliances were still in
use. The scene, a clumsily- painted
drop, represented the world hurting in
to space. The stage was in semi
darkness. At the cue, "And the Lord
said, let there be light the boy was
to fash a track of white light across
the stage. But it happened to be a
new boy. He stood in the wings hold
ing the end of the lycopodium pipe in
his lips. At the cue he was to blow
the powder through the blazing alco-
hol to make the flash. The line was
spoken Darkness continued upon the
| face of the deep. The actor gave the
cure again. Then from the wings came
mighty coughing. The boy had
! sucked the powder down his throat
! The gas man, in rage, rushed to the
stage manager and exclaimed, "The
fool has swallowed the lightning"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
$S5. 800 in Gold Coin

Will be paid in prizes to those COM
ing nearest at estimating the paid at
tendance at the St Louis Worlds
Fair.
The above amount is deposited with
the Missouri Trust Company, as per
the official receipt of the treasurer of
that financial institution and publish
ed in the schedule of prizes announced
elsewhere in this paper. The Worlds
Fair Contest Company. Delmar and
Adelaide avenues. st. Louis, Mo-, are
Offering these prizes and there is no
doubt of the cash being i'm bank to pay
the lucky winners. The contest closes
October 18th.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
COSTLY SMOKE IN HAY NOW.
Two Brothers Badly Burned and a
Third Perishes.

Indianola. Neb., Sept. 10.-rhree
sons of Jacob Korb. farmer near
here, slept in the hay NOW OF the
barn Thursday night. Two of them
awoke with the flames all around
them and though badly burned es-
capped through a window. Yesterday
the charred remains of the third
brother were found in the ruins. Elev-
en- horses We're also burned to death.
The boys had been smoking.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Society Girl Secretly Wed.

Racine, Sept. 10.-Much surprise
was occasioned in this city yester-
day by the announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Elizabeth Pearce, the
only daughter of J. P. Pearce, the
procurator of Racine college. to Ed
win D. Floyd of Chicago. The cere-
mony took place at the home of the
groom's mother in Chicago. Miss
Pearce is one of the most popular of
Raclne's younger society women.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

declared that while they had not ssab-
solute" belief in the dead mans power
OF evil, they were none too sure that
he had not the evil eye
The jury was so greatly impressed
by the evident sincerity of both the
prisoner and his peasant witnesses
that. they eventually brought in a YER
dict of accuital.-London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Better Than Spanking.

Spanking does not cure children of
urine difficulties. If it did there would
be few children that would do it. There
is a constitutional cause for this. Mrs.
M. Summers, Box 420. Notre Dame, Ind.
will send her home treatment to any
mother. She asks no money. Write her
to-day if your children trouble you in this
way. Don't blame the child. The
chances are il can't help it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
STRIKING MINERS LOSE
FIGHT OF SIX MONTHS

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 10.--Two
thousand miners in district No. 6, after
being on a strike nearly six months,
have decided to accept a reduction of
wages and return to work. The miners
have lost $4,000 in wages and the
operators about $2,000,000 income
since the suspension of work.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
KILLED IN A WRECK

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 10.-An en-
gineer and fireman were killed and an.
other fireman was seriously injured in
wreck on the Southern railway near
Dogwood yesterday afternoon
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
To Rid County of Saloons.

Independence, Iowa, Sept. 1O.-Rev.
Abrams of the State Anti-saloon
league began more than 20 Injunction
suits against saloonkeepers of Bucha-
nan county yesterday. He intends
to close every saloon in the county.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

SVou lCputd tlOii
and s ia n d | n z,
w r | t e s: "F | v e
years ago l was
suffering so with
my back and kid
neys that l often
had to lay off. The
kidney secretions
were unnatural,
my legs and stom-
ach were swollen,
and | had no APP
petite. When doc
tors failed to help
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

me l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and improved until my back was
strong and my appetite returned. Dur
ing the four years since | stopped u.s.
ing them | have enjoyed excellent
health. The cure was permanent"
(Signed) GEORGE w. REMOTE.
A FREE TRIAL.-Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y. Sold by all
dealers: price so cents per box.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

Mrs. Delancey-"Men are so apt
to jump at conclusions. Last night
my husband acted awfully because he
imagined he had stepped on a tack"
Mrs. Mackenzie-"What was it,
Mrs. Delancey-"Only a hat-pin. -
Woman's Home Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Very Low Rates Sonth and Southwest

The Wabash Railroad will sell spe-
cial homeseekers excursion tickets from
Chicago via st. Louis to a large num-
Der of points in the Sou a and South
west at the very low rate of 5000
for the round trip, Dates OF sale, Sept.
Is and 81. Write for time cards and
full particulars.
+. A. PALMER, A. G. P. A.,
81 Marquette Bldg, Chicago.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

can recommend Pisos Cure for Consump-
ton for Asthma 1t has given me great re-
lief w. l.. Wood, Farmersburg, Ind,
Sept, s. 1901,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
As a Preliminary.

do you believe in platonic lover"
he asked.
WELL" she replied, Il wouldn't
mind trying 1t as starter"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

Mrs. winslow's SooratNG SYRUP for children
teething softens the gains, reduces innamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. % cents a
bottle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

The statue of Liberty, erected on
Bedloe's island, off New York harbor.
In 1886, is to be repaired
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

The Wood Mosaic Flooring COM
pany's plant at New Albany, Ind,
burned loss, $4,000.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

David Greenburn, junk dealer of
Fricedale, Pa, was found dead with his
skull crushed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appeal
ing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help:

AADNOlD lONIOI\O SOAALDs
Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appeal
ing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il have been
under Boston doctors treatment for
long time without any relief. They
tell me l have fibroid tumor. l cam
not sit down without great pain, and
the soreness extends up my spine. l
have bearing-down pains both back
and front. My abdomen is swollen,
and have had flowing spells for three
years. My appetite is not good. cam
not walk or be on my feet for any
length of time.
The symptoms OF Fibroid Tumor
given in your little book accurately
describe my case, SO l write to you for
advice. - Sigped) Mrs. E. f. HAYES,
25s Dudley st. Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Hayes Second Letter:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - Sometime
ago wrote to you describing my symp-
toms and asked your advice. You re-
piled, and l followed all your direc-
lions carefully, and to-day am a well
woman.
1.-THE use of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound entirely ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system. | can walk miles now.
"Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is worth five dol
lars drop. l advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give It faithful
trial" - (Signed) MRS. E. F. HAYES,
e52 Dudley st. (Roxbury). Boston, Mass.
$4,000 forfeit if original of aboue letters proving
esnuineness cannot be produced
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
HAD TO GIVE UP.

Suffered Agonies from Kidney Disor-
ders Until Cured by Doan's Kidney
Pills.
George w. Renoff, of 1853 North
18th street, Philadelphia, Pa, a man of
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
Just One Minute.

One Minute Cough Care gives relief
il one Minute, because it kills the mi
crobe which tickles the mucous mem
brane, causing the cough, and at the
same time clears the phlegm, draws out
the inflammation and healsand soothes
the effected parts. One Minute Cough
Cure strengthens the lungs, wards of
pneumonia and is a harmless and never
failing cure in all durable cases of
coughs, colds and Group. One Minute
Cough Cure is pleasant to take, harm
less and good alike for young and old.
Sold at Godard's drugstore.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
What's In a Name 7
I')eriaD.

Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salye. Z G De
Witt u Co. Of Chicago discovered som"
years ago how salve from witch haz' !
that is specific for piles. For blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding piles,
eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all
skin diseases DeWitts Salye has 10
equal. This has given rise to numerous
worthless counterSeits. Ask for De-
Witt's-the genuine. Sold by GODDARD.
The Democratic boat is too broad
ID the beam to be rocked.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
ABBEVILLE. LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1904
NO 5.

lbe Center Champion tells of ws,S
that ale dark and tricks that are yai,,
IN prohibitions Texas: Zone of t,s
iheaneSt 'llcks mao can be guilty OF
1t Is to Try to blacken the character Of
another. Last week man started
The report that Rev. j. nj. Perry had
received TWO jugs Of whiskey through
the express Office at this place. A
friend told Bro. Perry the report
that was being circulated, and he
went to The age0t TO see if anv juoa
haa been received by him in his
(Farry's) name. The agent told
MIN That no such jugs had ever been
received at his office. II is said to
be common pratice among the sa-
loon men to ship jugs to fictitious
names, and any one ean call and get
them by paying the C. 0. d. charges
but we are glad TO state that it can't
be done at this Office, as our agent
won't let a C. o. d. jug leave his
Office On an order even. The man
who orders ii has TO go 10 person and
geV it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
M. I. GORDY, JR., Secretary.

Will NJ. Hearne, an ex-attache Of
The but of recent years resident of
Jernings and connected with the
Daily Ti,nes-Record OF that growing
city, has been promoted and now
officiates in the capacity of city editor
of that always Interesting Journal.
Success to you, Will, in your new
position and may "'You live long and
prosper
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06

WANTED-FAITHFUL Persons TO CALL
on retail trade aud agents for man
ufacturiDg house having well estab-
lished business; local territory !;
straight salary $40 paid weekly ana
expense money advanced; previous
experience unnecessary position per-
manent; business successful. En-
close self-addressed envelope. Super
intendent Travles, COS Monon Bldg,
Chicago. 45~l21
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
Rev.. Carlisle P Il Martin: LID.

OfWaAerly, Texas, writes; "Of NOM
ing. when first arising, | often find a
troublesome collection of phlegm, which
produces cough and is very hard to
dislodge: but a small quantity OF Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup will at once
dlslodge it, and the trouble is over.
knowapf no medicine that is equal to it
and lEis so pleasant to take / can mos
cordi@ly recommend it to all person
neediHg medicine for throat or lun
trouGe" 25c, SOC and ST. at Godard's
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
Special Notice.

ABBEvILLE, LA, Dec. 5. :903.
= having disposed of my livery stable to
,alefy Leblanc, all persons having
siaims against said business will please
present them to me for settlement. All
pOisons indebted to the stable Will please
ssae forward and settle without delay.
4. j. G0DABD. +
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-02-06
Saved From Terrible Death.

The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt of
BarSerton, Tenn, saw her dying and
were powerless to save her, The most
skillful physicians and every remedy
used, failed; while consumption was
slowly but surely taking her life. In
this terrible hour DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption turned despair
into joy. The first bottle brought i'm
mediate relief and its continued use
completely cured her. It's the most
certain cure in the world for all throat
and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles
50c and 81. Trial bottle free at Cod
ards drugtore.