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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
Distribution Of Russian Forces.

London, Sept. 10-The Express
claims to have trustworthy informa-
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IL Is evident that the current re.
sources of a church must be sufficient
TO enable minister TO devote his
time and strength TO his charge. re.
marks the Church Economist. There
is, in addition. tho expense or build.
ing and maintaining a house OF wor.
ship, including light. fuel and care
Some expense is involved in any sort
OF satisfactory music. Other items
will suggest themselves. II may be
assumed that to meet these various
demands at least $1,000 a year 5 neces
sary. save perhaps in the most rural
communities and under mission con.
dItions. Now. a study os denomin
ational year books VIII show that the
average American church member
spends about s12 a year on bis church
So. II we could trust to the fairness
OF a broad generalization. we might
divide $1,000 by twelve. and say that
400 was the minimum OF safety In
church membership.
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An Alabama Ernnriennn-

OF the 1900 or 1900 miles of country
roads in Jefferson County. about 23C
miles are macadamized, and the com
mon dirt roads are kept in fairly good
repair. Twelve miles of new macadam
roads have been completed this year
and the amount Of betterment, includ
ing the repair and construction Of
bridges. during the past summer and
fall has been more extensive than in
any previous year.
The poorest dirt road in Jefferson
County is better than the best road in
some parts Of the country, while Bir.
mingham has few streets equal to the
best roads of the county. The facts
speak well for county administration.
No money that the board Of revenue
expends annually Is so profitably ap.
piled as that which is paid out for the
Improvement Of the highways. County
values are greatly enhanced by om
good roads work and~every year will
mark an increased ratio OF progress.
BY 1910 Jefferson will have 400 OF
500 miles of macadam roads and II
will then be more than ever "a garden
spot" The great development Of truck
farming and the dairy industry in the
county has been made possible by the
excellent roads. and in FIVE or six years
the few stretches Of land not covered
by industrial plants or suburban town
houses viii be cultivated to the highest
degree Of productive capacity. y.-Bir.
mingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
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THE HuMus SUPPLIES.

Except on soils nearly or quite vir
gin, there are few farms where humus
can not be used by the soil to great
advantage. In many sections where
commercial fertilizers have been used
for years, to the exclusion OF stable
manures, 1t has been found necessary
to grow green crops for plowing un.
der. Where the green crops are used
as part Of the rotation, so to speak,
the exclusive use Of commercial fer
tilizers can probably be safely con-
tinued.
The writer has found the best re
suits to come from the combined use
Of stable manures and commercial
manures, using the former for plow.
ing under in the spring and the lat.
ter for top dressing or working in
just under the surface as the crop
grows. In this manner the humus re-
quired by the soil is supplied and the
fertilizing value Of the manure as
we'll. Don't overlook the humus ques-
ton II you would keep the farm up to
the highest standard.-Indianapolis
News.
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who never gave this matter thought,
but there are hundreds who have, and
some Of these may have literally spent
sleepless nights in contemplation OF
the question.
In the first place. whensa PERSONS
muscles have relaxed after lie assumes
reclining position he is much longer
than he was tall as he stood on his
feet, and this discrepancy has been
more than responsible for the failure
Of a purchaser to properly judge the
size Of bed, so that when he comes
to use Ii his head butts into the head
board and his feet are securely
wedged against the footboard. In this
way he is deprived Of the true rest
fulness OF repose, as a contracted po-
sition is not only uncomfortable. but
unhygienic.
The new adjustable bed can be
heightened or shortened within a given
range, and all such difficulties as have
been described eliminated.
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RAISE PURE BRED POULTRY.

RAISE PURE BRED POULTRY.
The farmer himself will admit that
he has the best place Of all places for
the rearing Of fine stock Of any kind,
especially poultry. and the city fancier
looks forward to the time when he can
move his flock out on a farm and
have unlimited range. While 1t is
true every farm should be stocked
with pure bred poultry or the breed
liked best by the proprietor, 1t is also
true that not one farm in ten has any
thing better than scrubs, and we have
often wondered why the up-to-date
farmer, who has blooded cattle and
hogs and knows they are the best is
still content with his scrub poultry
which Is more often than not or the
scrubbiest kind.
On the farm we have unlimited
range If we want 1t, plenty of room
for houses and yards-an abundance
of feed Of different varieties at the
lowest possible prices; indeed, much
OF 1t being waste grain worth nothing
at all on the market. Eggs and young
chickens are here produced at a price
lower than city fanciers ever dreamed
Of, yet the farmer thinks his scrub
hens are good enough"
We must get this wrong idea re-
moved from the farmers mind, and
let him know that he can have the
finest OF pure bred poultry on the
farm, give them unlimited range Just
as he does mis- scrubs, and he will not
have to buy any fresh meat nor patent
chick food. His fine fowls can make
their own living and buy all the gro.
ceries," just as well as his scrubs.
They will be much handsomer. health.
ier-if not inbred-and will lay nearly
twice as many eggs. His young chicks
will grow faster and reach a market.
able size sooner with less feed. pro-
vided he does not feed wet cornmeal.
The flock young and old can occupy
the same houses and coops that his
scrubs now live in. his hens will DO
Just as fat, his cockrels more vigor-
Gus and the eggs more fertile.-Mrs.
NJ. c. Downing, In Commercial Poul. |
try.
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tacks bis enemy. At close quarters,
the Ainu dlscards his bow and arrow,
awaiting one lnai onslaught. The
wounded ind enraged beast stands
upon hls launches, ready to pounce
upon his assailant. If the Ainu be A
brave and experienced hunter, he
watches bis chance to make the final
and fatal thrust. At the right time
he rushes into the animals embrace.
and plunges bis knifc Into his body
But he does hot always escape With
out a reminder Of the encounter
Some of the less yeaturesome hunters
employ another method. Armed with
long. sharp-pointed spear, they nwaii
the charge. and keep the points Of
their weapons we'll hidden ana covered
by piece Of cloth under the arm. The
animal seeing the hunter evidently
without a weapon, makes a wild dash
for him: quick as n fash. the hunter
merely steps aside and the beast falls
upon tue Spear. which penetratcs far
Into bis body.
A great diversity OF opinion exists
among anthrepUioSists as to the origin
and relationship Of the Anus to other
peoples. They have no linguistic
affinity TO any helghborlng or distant
nations. Baelz, a foreign investigator.
owing TO their rather white skin and
non-sdyage appearance, advances the
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Natural History, Obtained by Dr. Ber
thole Lauffer. an Asiatie explorer, and
partly by gift Of Arthur Curtis James,
Esq.
The Anus dress, religion and mode
OF life are almost the same ms those
existing hundreds of years ago. The
PEOPLE are subjects Of Japan, but have
no voice in government. and are simp-
~ left 70 themselves. They have no
ambition. and have not introduced into
their industrial life any OF the pro-
gressive methods Of their near neigh
bors, the Japanese. They number
about 10000. a mere remnant Of n
once numerous aud barbarous race.
They subsist chiefly by hunting and
fishing. The bear Is still pursued and
shot by means Of The primitive bow
and poisoned arrow. though tile Ja-
panese are endeavoring TO enforce a
law against this method.
An Ainu house consists OF n frame
work of poles having the roof and
sides thatched with reeds. with a
small hole left in the roof for the
smoke TO escape The completion Of
one of these huts Is considered n gala
occasion, and marked by a house
warming feast. at which all the rela-
tives and others who helped to build
tho same are invited. Cakes OF miilct
are passed around. and n BIG tub Of
sake or rice wine is placed IN the CEN
ire of the room.
One Of the odd objects used by Ainu
men are long wooden sticks extensive
iy ornamented. called mus.ache liftcrs
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Here's a comparison between con
ditions IN England and America that
ought TO attract the attention OF the
masses IN this country: In the United
Kingdom 37,J000O0 people out OF no..
100000 receive less than 500 a month
for each family; 100000 are In daily
receipt OF poor law relief; s0O0,OOC
have only a weeks wages between
them and starvation; 800 hereditary
peers own one-fourth of England, and
they and their dependents speLd every
year s1.s5O.0OO.O0O.
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by the Japanese for wives. They
practice, however, the custom Of tat
tooing their lips so as TO initiate mus
taches, thus producing a strange effect
70 their features. The tattooing is said
TO be somewhat painful 1t is done
+ by degrees, requiring about a year to
/ put the finishing touches OH. The
tattoo Is obtained from the bark of the
birch. pile of which is burnt under a
kettle, until the bottom IS well black
ened with a thick coating. With a
knife the woman makes 4 few in
cisions on the part TO be tattooed. after
which she takes some of the SCOT upon
her finger, and rubs it well In the the
gashes she has made Several appli-
cations result in two dark-bue bands.
which will last for five or six months
before being renewed.
One Of the most curious and sacred
Of all the Ainu belongings Is the
'inao," or wooden prayer sticks. which
hold the most important place in
their religion. The people believe in
great many gods and deities. good
and bad. who reside in and control the
forces Of nature. The inao are pieces
Of whitfield willow wood. with the
shavings left attached to the top. They
are symbolic offerings in prayer. pre-
sented to the distant gods. Some arc
shaved upward. and others backward.
They are hung up in the windows.
do0rways. and locked upon MS charms.
safeguards. aud evils. They are also
placed near springs. river-banks, store
houses, by the freside. and in fact in
every domain where the particular god
is supposed to dwell. Near each hut is
q small plot. which might be called
the Ainu church or temple, for 1t is
lis special place Of worship. This
consists Of number of inaos or poles,
upon which are placed the skulls of
animals, which have betn killed in a
hunt or sacrifice, especially the bear
The men. old and young, with solemn
faces. sit before these weird-l0oking
objects and offer sacrifices, pour out
llbations Of wine, and utter prayers
TO the gods. and implore them TO re
ward the supphcant with success in
hunting.
The material for the garments Of
both sexes Is made from the inner bark
OF the elm tree. which Is put into
water to soak and to soften. after
which 1t is taken out, and the fibre
divided into threads and balls. 1t
is then woven into narrow rolls of
cloth on a primitive loom. The gar
ments are quite rough. and have a
faded brown color. The women are |
somewhat expert in executing fancy /
needle-wOrk, and in their arrangement /
Of patterns and designs. the embroid-
cry and decoration is done with ia
pGnese colOred thread, upon the /
groundwork Of their own elm-bark
fabric In winter the women sew
bear, deer and wolf skins over the
elm fibre for greater warmth. The
Ainu bear hunters undoubtedly out
class the best civilized .sportsmen in
bravery and courage. The latter con-
slider one hundred yards off with a
modern Winchester n safe distance
for a shot for such an animal. The
tinu method. on the contrary. is as
unique as it is thrilling and danger
BUS. To rout them out, long poles are
pushed inside; if one shows himself In
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PRnMpTNEss

Many people do not appreciate the
importance Of being on time accord.
ing to agreement particularly In
small affairs. The fact Is that If we
are not prompt In small matters It is
more difficult for us to be prompt
when important occasions arise. We
are creatures OF habit. If we form the
habit of being promptly on time, or
a few moments ahead of time, we will
not only secure a reputation that will
be Of value to us but we will make
ourselves more agreeable to our com.
panions and friends, and reap numer.
Gus business gains that we would not
otherwise have secured. There are
men and women who are never on
time. These people are left by the
train. They come into the depot ten
or fifteen minutes after the train has
left. II you have any work to do. do
II today. II Is bad habit 20 put of
important work until tomorrow.
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there. The Japanese conquered and
drove them northward 10 the cold and
less hospitable regions. They now
dwell OIL the island Of Yezzo. Just
north Of Japan. A few own the kur-
lies. while portion have emigrated
across TO the Russian penal settlement
II Saghalien. The men are noted for
the extraordinary growth OF hair.
which covers their bodies, as well as
for their long boards. Owing to their
primitive ways. and peculiar religious
and ceremoni0us observances. they af-
ford an excellent subject for study.
An extensive and picturesque collec-
tlon Of AInu dress aud ceremonial
objects has recently been received and
installed at the American Museum Of
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solved knotty puzzle for the rest OF
humanity who may have suffered III
the same way.
His idea consists Of the making OF
an axe whose handle may be length
ened or shortened by means OF a teles
copic arrangement Of a very Ingenious
nature.
This affair, as shown in the accom-.
panying picture, can be easily adjusted
to the wants Of the User. and as the
axe is held firns3y In whatever posi-.
ton it Is placed, there Is really in the
possession Of the owner of one Of these
new contrivances not one but half
dozen sizes Of cutting and hammerins
tools.
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COLD STORAGE

A powerful factor in developing the
poultry industry is cold storage. Ap.
piled in transportation 1t has worked
great change in business methods.
The first attempts at preservation OF
perishable products we're made by the
agency OF ice and snoS. Cellars. caves
and Ice chambers were utilized to pre-
vent decay Resort was also had to
water-glass, silicate Of soda. vase
line, lime water and numerous other
chemicals with varying degrees OF
success. While several of these
agencies have been successful in re-
tarding decay, they are not practicable
for preserving eggs in large quanti-
ties. To the farmer they are OF more
or less value, enabling him to hold
his eggs for better prices, but for COM
mercial purposes they do not answer.
Ice and snow were long considered
the best means for preservation in
large quantities. but a constant diff
Guilty in their use was the inability to
maintain fixed temperature and to
control the humidity. Experiments,
costly and tedious, led to the general
adoption by all large dealers of me-
cnanical refrigeration. The product
to be preserved is thus cooled to
definite temperature, which is main
tanned with as little variation as pos
sible.
In the early application OF cold stor.
age, eggs were stored only as a last
resort There was no selection with
cold storage in view, and inferior
goods we're too often stored, bringing
the method under suspicion. Losses
followed. and 1t was seen that the
primary consideration in successful
cold storage was a judicious selection
of products. With this lesson thor.
oughly learned, cold storage began to
play an important part in the poultry
and egg industry.-American Cultl-
Yator.
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To milk a COW II help is short or
work progressing.
TO harness a horse and drive Il
anywhere.
Fe write a letter and sign her name
to II So that no matter who receives
It ne may have no doubt who bis cor.
respondent is.
To keep her own room in order.
To tell q man when she sees him
and waste no time with those who are
net worthy the name.
To make a good home for some
man.
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THE PROFITABLE HORSE.


Which IA the most profitable horse
Tor the farmer to breed? This is a
question which interests every farmer
when first equipping his farm and
when replacing his teams.
The first point Is to have the type
suited to the heavy labor OF the farm;
and next. the one which will bring the
most profit on the market. Now in
what horse may you find this combl.
natlong TO the average farmer we
will say. breed the best quality Of
draft horse, and be sure to breed them
for size and quality, selecting your
mares OF the highest quality possible,
not less than 1900 to 1000 pound. and
keep quality, soundness, bone. color
and disposition in mind when select
ing your breeding stock.
On stiff, heavy soils, and likewise
on hilly farms, where considerable
areas are annually titled, the horse
labor requires weight to increase mo-
mentum. In such eases the heavy
draft horse acts as ! a balance-wheei
on machinery keeping the load mov-
ing when an obstruction or inequality
Is encountered. The farm machinery
must be drawn over the hills. the
crops transported to market over
these same hills. and often a mud
road, at the time of the year when
they are simply wretched, as in the
case OF spring. Ten the draft ami
mails are much more even in tempera-
ment and more reliable as workers,
which makes 1t possible to employ
help that would be unsafe and useless
for handling the higher mettled light
er horses.
Now, perhaps 1t would not be out
Of the way IL we would tell you what
we think is a good type Of draft horse
In the first place, you want intelli-
gence in a horse as much as you do
anything else. Then you want
good, broad forehead, prominent clip
tical eye, with ears of medium size,
well set, not wide apart, not too close
together, but set so they look active;
with a good, large, open nostril What
does that indicate? The nostril is
just an extension Of the lungs, and If
the animal has large nostrils, with
Just thin membrane, il shows the
horse has good lungs. Lips not too
thick; a muscular neck. surmounted
by a heavy name. The shoulders
should be more nearly upright than
those OF a horse for speed. Fore legs
should be wide apart. fiat, short. |
well under body, standing
square and firm: foot should be Of
good size, hoof large. round and |
smooth, and frog sound ard large.
The back should be straight, short and /
broad, and what is often spoken of as
being doubled with muscles. The
chest should be deep, wide and low;
girth large, and ribs long and round.
Good action Is essential. as indicated
by the length Of the stride, quickness
of step, and straight-away movement.
Commercial Poultry.
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Wars OF the last 5000 yea-s are sup.
posed TO have cost sC0O.O00. 900, 600
They say that each man who falls on
the battlefield costs s2740 10 klIl, and
that the countries OF Europe to-day are
paying TO maintain an armed neutral.
ity' the small sum OF $50 per second.
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A FARMER GIRL .

A FARMER GIRL SHOULD KNOW
To make good bread.
To cook all kinds OF meats. veget.
ables and fruits.
To make the incest buckwneat
cakes in the world.
To cut and make her own dresses.
To care for milk and make good
butter
To sweep room and never neglect
the corner or the spaces behind the
doors.
TO make the beds fit for a king to
sleep In.
To read and enjoy the papers. of the
week, especially those published for
farmers.
To get ready for company II mother
Is away from home or unable for
any reason to do 1t herself.
To read and speak in public II called
upon.
To be we'll enough posted in the
everyday doings of the world to talk
or write about .hom whenever neces-
sary.
TO read good books and to know
them when she sees them.
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Whether 1904 shall prove rs success.
ful as was 1908. anyhow she is war.
ranted to run twelve months. always
provided that earthquakes. floods and
other natural interyentions 60 not wind
up the old world.
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A man up in Maine was suowballed
nearly to death by a mob FOR writing
a topical song entitled In Tie Good
Old Winter Time" As the thermom.
eter was too low TO register n the time,
his assallants exhibited great forbear.
nnce I'm sDaring the fellows life.
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SPECIAL FAT7

SPECIAL FATTENING OF GEESE
The premises in which French geese
are fattened are, in many cases, nor
very presentable. But when we con
slider the houses and farm buildings
generally In France, and compare
with them such as are to be met with
at home, 1t 10 scarcely to be wondered
that this should be so. AS a rule, old
sheds Of any sort or kind are turned
into fattening places for the geese:
and even open pens are employed,
though with them are rough sheds
into which they can go at night. or
course, geese are by nature dirty, and
the places where they are kept are by
no means attractive. That a dirty
state like this is desirable. much less
essential, to poultry rearing and fat.
tening. cannot be conceded for a sin.
gle moment
To produce the finest geese, the
birds are divided into fiocks OF TWEEN.
ty, each Of which has a separate pen,
and are fed upon stepped buckwheat
The food is placed in long troughs,
which are filed with water, and upon
it they are fed three times a day. No
milk is used. yet the flesh is beauti-
fully white. without any trace Of fat,
and has a firmness which Is most de.
sirable. It Is said that meal. even
buckwheat meal, does not produce the.
same quality as when the whole grain
is employed. The process Of fatten.
ing occupies three to four weeks
American Cultivator.
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The work OF miners In the lower pii
levels Is evidently an extra hazardous
risk unless the tunnels and galleries
are free from gas. Eternal vigilance
there. as elsewhere. is the price OF ex.
cmption from disasters.
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! w. !. Buchanan, the Minister to the
newly created Republic OF Panama.
was formerly resident OF L elnhi. Ind.
where be worked as a blacksmith
week days and sang in the Methodist
Church choir Sundays.
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Is man from Panama 4 Panama.
nian, Panamaian, a PaDaman, or n
Panamese? Precedent wOuld seem to
favor the latter. as time cut OF mind
the people OF China have beea called
Chinese. and besides, it's tie easiest.
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Sir Edward fry. the u. .cd English
geologist, declares Gin "Tle Age Of
the world'g that 4JO.CO0.O01 years
must have elapsed since tie existence
Of life on the globe. or course he may
be a million or two on. or the way.
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theory that they were formerly allied
to a branch of a European Caucasian
race. which became divided and sep
arated by encroachments of Mongol-
Turkish invasions. Prof. Franz Boas.
however, considered the foremost
American authority. disagrees with
this statement. and is Of the belief
that they probably belonged to the
East Siberian and Asiatic tribes
Scientific American.
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a dairyman In New York State mllks
cows hS electricity. But no device
Aas been invented that will get good
mlik from q COW that ha. been visit.
ing the onions.
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With a population OF n little more
than 1900, Hubbardston, Mass. has
twenty-five persons each over eighty
years old, and whose average age is
slghty-fye years. all in excellent health
save two.
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FOR THE LONG
AND SHORT

Probably 1t Is not the most serious
problem of life. but it is at least one
OF the little worries OF a great many
people TO get a bed that will fit.
Doubtless there are tens Of thousands