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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-01-21
SPENCER ON THE UNAVOIDABLE.
The Best Short Statement of His Doc
trine.

trine.
New York Christian Advoeate-A
critic says: I'm spite of his encyclo-
pedic grasp of details, he was less
capable of abstract thought than al
most any man of high Intellectual
powers in ancient or modern times"
Some have drawn parallel between
him and Socrates, expressed in this
way: "As Socrates persisted in his
questions until his opponent was
brought to confess that what he sup
posed he knew he did not know, so
Spencer demanded that every thought
should be subjected to bringing out
process" The following is probably
the best short statement of his doc
trine of the Unknowable:-
After no matter how great a pro-
gress in the obligation of facts and
the establishment of generalizations
ever wider and wider-after the merg-
ing of limited and derivative truths in
truths that are larger and deeper has
been carried no matter how far, the
fundamental truth remains as much
beyond reach as ever. The explain
alton of that which is applicable does
but bring out into greater clearness
the inexplicableness of that which re-
mains behind. Alike in the external
and internal worlds, the man of science
sees himself in the midst of perpetual
changes of which he can discover
neither the beginning nor the end. II
tracing back the evolution of things,
he allows himself to entertain the
hypothesis that the universe once
existed in diffused form, he finds it
utterly impossible to conceive how
this came to be so; and equally. if he
Ispeculates on the future, he can assign.
no limit to the grand succession of
phenomena ever unfolding themselves
before him. In like manner, if he
looks inward, he perceives that both
ends of the thread of consciousness
are beyond his grasp; nay, beyond
his power to think of as having existed
or as existing in time to come
When again he turns from the sue
cession of phenomena, external or in
ternal, to their intrinsic nature, he is
just as much at fault Supposing
him in every case able to resolve the
appearances, properties and movement
OF things into manifestations of force
in space and time, he still finds that
force, space and time pass all under
standing. Similarly, though the
analysis of mental actions may finally
bring him down to sensations. as the
original materials out of which all
thought is woven, yet he is little for
warder; for he can give no account
either of sensations themselves or of
that something which is conscious of
sensations. Objective and subjective
things he thus ascertains to be alike
inscrutable in their substance and
genesis
In all directions his investigations
eventually bring him face to face with
an insoluble enigma; he learns at oncs
the greatness and the littleness of tk
human intellect-its power in dealH
with all that comes within the ran
OF experience; its impotence in dea
ing with all that transcends exper
ence. He realizes with a specia
vividness the utter incomprehensibl(
ness of the simplest fact considered
itself. He, more than any other. tru9
knows that in its ultimate essen
nothing can be known.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
Hc.cs for Tree Settina.

The mere digging of q hole for
tree is small matter, but often the
question of the hole in which the tree
is to be set determines whether the
tree is to be a valuable producer OF
fruit or not. In this work it is not
safe to take the example of another
man. On loamy prairie soils, where
the subsoil is OF such texture that
the water will readily drain away, the
digging of hole about Is inches deep
is the principal thing necessary in the
correct setting OF an apple tree. But
most OF our orchards are planted on
clay soil and frequently on hillsides,
where the soil is so retentive of mois-
ture that the water does not drain off
readily after storm. In such a case,
to dig a deep hole in land that has
not been plowed for a great many
years, il ever, is to make a puddle for
the tree. II there is gentle slope to-
ward this hole the adjacent land will
pour its water into it, and the hole
will become more OF pool than any
thing else. A tree set in such a place
simply remains from year to year
without making much growth, seem
ing to be engaged in q great struggle
with nature for existence. In a clay
soil the whole land is so clayey that
water does not seep through it. Some
orchardists run a subsoil plow the
length OF the rows that are to receive
the trees, so that the water will seer
| from the soil around the tree into the
adjacent soil. We know of orchards
that are set on sandy hillsides. 1t is
evident that in such a location the
preparation of the hole in which the
tree is to be set is OF no moment, a:
the subsoil is of such composition
that the water cannot remain t
drown out the trees.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08

dom and fortune. Say that yoG viii
hold your tongue. sweet lad. sna ! wiil
make boot with anything you Ike"
He vas very deliberate about IT,
the page. purEiag bis rosy mouth into
ary number Of judicial pucEers; hut
at last Re conceded. IF / 90 promise.
will you make q bargain 10 put an end
70 your silly behavior toward ny
lore? VIII you undertake TO deliver
bis dishes into my hands. and leave
il for me 70 pass his cup?"
Yes. in truth; By Father InSui9h's
book" tie maid cried. vrirg.ng her
hands.
The page made her a nagnali-svds
gesture. In that case ! will rot be
50 mean az to refuse you" be cor
sented. And he sat smiling TO him.
self In sly content after she rad hur.
ried away.
Followed by old Morcard aad Tic
fat monk, the Etheling descended
from the doorway and stood or the
broad step. shading his eyes from the
glare Of brilliant light while he looSec
about him with evident pleasure In the
fairness Of the day.
IF the question may be pc nitted
me. whittier DO you betake yourself
my lord7" the old cniht asked.
With the light wand he carried. tbs
young man made gesture quite
around the horizon. Everywhere arc
nowhere. After | have been TO ses
what they are doing with that portion
Of the palisade which | bade them re
pair as soon as they had finished th'
! barrier, | am"
That is something that had clear
fallen out OF my mind TO tell you. Lorl
Sebert." Morcard spoke up hastily
Yesterday. before you had got Il
from hunting. Kendred of Hazleforr
came. as spokesman for the rest. Il
say that inasmuch as the Barn Montl
is well begun. 1t will not be possibl
for them to labor more upon the build
ing; and. by your leave. they will pu
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
chAeTEa vIll-con,lnued.

4 have brought the boy home by
reason Of the Kings connsrd that he
Sc held In szfety-snd because Il vas
ny pleasure 70 succor him. I desire
your love all. as Is becoming. re
ceive him kindly and charitably."
he raised his hand as the perteEt Of
the maids would have answered him,
and there followed IN uncomfortable
pause. Then seven gowns swept the
reed d-strevn nccr es seven courtesies
fell. and the young master walked
quietly 10 the door.
Homesick and hearfsick. the waif In
the pages dress was left facing the
unfriencly glances. Even IL her bray.
est days, she had never known what
IL was to be disllked. and now, Sud
denly she limped after her friend and
caught az bis cloak
Let me 80 with yol. she cried. Il
bcseech II OF you, want not their
service"
After a moment. the Etheling threw
his arm protectingly around the boy.
ish figure.
Il do not blame you. poor young
ling" he said. Il was wrong TO treat
you as a child when you were bred
up as a man. You shall have bed in
the closet Of my chamber. and they
shall not enter except as you will IL
And you shall eat OF my plate and
drink from ny cup. Comet"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
WHERE THE ORATOR WAS.
witty Stencgrspher's Graphic Des-
cripticn of Position.

j. S. Willison. a Canadian editor,
in a recent speech told a story Of the
Hon. Edward Blake. now NJ. p. for
Longford in the British House Of
Commons. NJ. Wilson was of the
press gallery force at Ottawa when
the Canadian Pacific railroad con-
struction was up for discussion. Mr..
Blake was then leader of the Liberal
Isrty in Canada, and was opposing
tse building OF the transcontinental
railway in speeches that were noto-
rious for their length. Mr.. Blake was
an orator who required little notice
TO make a telling speech, but at this
time he had fallen into the habit OF
writing out his speeches and reading
them off at a tremendous rate. He
had been speaking for six hour when
one stenographer, in relieving his fel-
low. asked: Where is he now?"
Quick as flash came the answer
from the man who had been rushed TO
keep up with the orator:
Hes on the south bank Of the sas.
katchewar, on the down grade, and
going like --."-New Ycrk Times
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
Proved e,yend a Rouht.

Middlesex, y. Y, July 25.--tSre-
cial l)-TL at rheumatism can be cured
has been proved beyond a doubt by
Yrs. Betsey A. Clawson, well known
here. That Mrs. Clawson had Rheu-
matism and had it bad. all her ac-
uuain.ances know. They also know
size is nov cured. Dodd's Kidney Pills
did IT. Mrs. Clawsqn tells tie story OF
her cure as follows:
81 was an invalid for most five
years caused by Infiammatory Rheu-
matism, helpless two-thirds OF the
time. The first year could not do
as much as a baby could do; then
rallied little bit and then relapse.
Then a year ago the gout set in my
hands and feet. l suffered untold
agony and in August. 1903. when my
husband died | could not ride TO the
grave.
Il only took two boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and in two weeks |
could wait on myself and saw ray own
wood. | dug my own potatoes and
gathered my own garden last fall.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid
in the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills pnt
the Kidneys in shape to take all the
uric acid cut Of he blood.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
RACE ooNE7
Not a Bit Of Il.

A man who thought his race was
run made a food find that brought
him back to perfect health.
"One year ago | was unable TO per-
form any labor and in fact was told
by my physicians that they could do,
nothing further for me. | was fast
sinking away, for an attack of grip
had left my stomach so weak 1t could
not digest any food sufficient to keep
me alive.
There was just wasting away,
growing thinner every day and weak
er, really being snuffed out simply be-
cause could not get any nourishmeat.
from food
Then my sister got after me to
try Grape-Nuts food which had done
much good for her and she finally per-
suaded be and although no other food
had done me the least bit of good my
stomach handled the Grape-Nuts from
the first and this food supplied the,
nourishment | had needed. In three
months was SO strong moved from
Albany to San Francisco and now ca
my three meals OF Grape-Nuts and
cream every day am strong and Wig
orous and do fifteen hours work.
Il believe the sickest person in the,
world could do as | do, eat three
meals of nothing but Grape-Nuts and
cream and soon be on their feet again
in the flush Of best health like me.
"Not only am ] in perfect physical
health again but my brain is stronger
and clearer than Il ever was on the
old diet | hope you will write to tho
names | send you about Grape-Nuts
for want to see my friends well and
| strong.
Just think that year ego | was
dying but to-day. although | am over
So years OF age most people take me
to be less than 40. and | feel just as
young as | look" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
| There's a reason.
Look for the little book, THE Road
to Wellyiile," In each pkg.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
The corner-i-I Orchard.

Commercial orchards are being
planted On large scale In many sec
tons Of the apple regions. Large
contiguous blocks reaching one 10
three thousand acres. are being
handled successfully, yet we believe
that the same number OF trees plant
ed IN ten to twenty-acre plots would
give better results. IL has occurred
70 US in our observations covering a
nuinbe. OF years that Il would be bet
ter in plartirg forty or eighty acres.
IS the case may be, to plant in blocks,
leaving avenues at least one hundred
yards wide, which could be cultivated
In small fruits Cr other crops. Our
reasons fer this is that in our expert
ence in packing apples We have found
that after the trees have become large
the limbs almost IL not reaching eIch
other, that the fruit Is not so perfect
in the large orchards as 1t is in the
smaller ones, and have come to the
conclusion that it is easier to combat
the ravages Of insects and fungi In the
smaller plots than it is in very large
plantations. AS the extended and un-
frequented forest is the habitation of
wild animals and birds, so may the
extensive orchards after becoming
thickly grown become TO a greater ex.
teEt the habitation and harbor for in
sects and fungi, than the smaller and
more frequented blocks. AS a large
| percent of the growth in the develop
ment OF trees, fruits and plants is sup
/ piled by light and air. we perhaps give
too little consideration to this feature
Of fruit culture, and have suffered by
| doing so. We know of no vocation
that requires the application of good
| judgment and common sense more, ol
one that pays any better on the cap
ital invested, when applied, than com
mercial orcharding. The indiyidua
must take the best information he car
get as to soil, varieties, care and cul
ture, and intelligently apply it TO hii
needs, governed by local environment
with which he Is surrounded. Do thi!
and he viii succeed in growing an or
chard. The time Tor gathering ou
commercial crops is also very import
ant Fruit should always be gathered
when at the proper stage of ripening
regardless Of the time OF season.-Geo
I. Tippin, Before Wisconsin Horticul
tural Society.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
Made His Texts Fit.

James Whitcomb Riley tells a story
OF an old fellow who asked for work
at the Riley farm in the poets boy
hood He was set at hoeing potatoes,
but did not prove TO be especially in
dustrious. When taken TO task for
his lack of application he only re-
piled:
wall, the Good Book Gays DO al
things in moderation"
well, It came on dinner time at
last" says the humorist, "and the old
codger did his share nobly. In fact,
he ate enough TO kill two or three or
dinary men. Some one gently limited
that his text didn't seem to apply.
He opened a worn little Bible and i'm
perturbably pointed TO a passage, II
read:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
do, do II with all thy might! New
York Times
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
When Color Is Used.

The Use of color is not a thing that
can be done entirely by rule. as the
COW varies the amount OF color she
puts into the cream. Thus in the win
ter the cream is largely white. while
in the summer months and when
there is an abundance Of grass. the
color is deep yellow. June color has
become proverbial. At this time Of
year the butter is frequently colored
too highly on account OF the rapid
increase of color when the cows go
onto grass. The buttermaker on the
farm continues to put in the same
amount thst was added in the winter
and the butter that goes onto the
market has sometimes so much color
In Il that 1t is regarded by the best
customers as undesirable.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
Mllkinu by Contract.

J. H. Monra6. in New York Produce
Review, tells of contract system OF
milking in vogue on some farms In
Denmark. Women do the milking and
are paid according to the amount or
milk they extract from the cows or
according TO the amount of butter fat
contained in 1t. The latter system
he regards as the better of the two,
as 1t induces the mixers to strip the
cows carefully, knowing that the rich
est milk is in the strippings. The
mixers receive a certain sum Of
money weekly and twice a year are
given what additional amount is COM
ing to them on the basis of the fat
content Of the milk. This system
would probably work better on large
farms than on small ones and better
in Denmark than in the United States.
We imagine that 1t would be just a
little difficult to get American milk
ers to enter into an arrangement of
that kind.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08

true that you owe something 10 ny
race. lord. He had great good sense.
the WifeFzttomeT. TO stretch his
strips Of oxhide around this dale and
turn 4 into az odaL"
-f;ay. noz. II was Alfred who had
se-se 70 take & aSay from him" the
Ethe1irz tcassd.
But the Toy shook back his long
tresses IN AIRY defiance. Then viii
Carute be foremost in wisdom. for
soon he vii get II back. together with
al England. Remember who cot the
yictory last Feek at Breatford. lord"
IN the midst Of kis ezuitirg. a cl011
cane over the young Engiishman's
smile 4 would kew the truth con
csruing that" be said slowly. The
nan who passes 10 day says o-e
t-irE: whose come5 to-ncTrow -slls
-rctser stcTv. X. since Calute is
cree more free TO beset LcndoH--"
ge I'D not faish az5 for q While It
appeared rs thonzh be DID not ses the
Er-lit fields his e~es ve-e resting On
Brt suddenly the boy broke in uuos
Sim with a burst n stifei laughter.
i cob lord. In y1Cer field, behind
tho third haycocki"
The moment that he Lad complied.
i.r-ster bazistei the Ethellng's
me6itet.cns. Cczily enEcorced in the
SOFT side o. a haycock was Father In
gulDh. 2 couple of iovisl harvesters
srrawled beside him. a fat skin Of
ale in his hands on its way to his
mouth.
"Put ! will make him squirm for
/ that the Etheling vowed. y will
/ tell him thG; your psganisn has made
/ spells ever me so that ! cannot tell
! holy relicue from an ale-skin: aud
be6ridden woman looks to me like
two strapping yeonen- I will. swear
/ IT."
But presently sebert's remarks be
gan TO take a new tone. by Sain
SSlthin. lad, think they have mor'
sense than we, that linger a half
| hours ride from food with a noon
day sun standing in the sky! 1t Il
borre in upon me that / am starving.
Backing his horse out of the brush
he was putting him about in grea
/
rups and clapped his hands.
Lord, we need not be halfhou
from food, Yonder, across the stub
Bile. Is farmhouse. II you would cor
sew that might use your name. the
could ride thither and get thei
/ best, and serve it to you here in IN
elves own feast-hall."
The answer was a slap on tn
green shoulders that nearly tumble
their owner from the saddle. Nov
was right to call you elf. for yo
have more than human cleverness.
the Etheling cried gayly. do so. b
all means, dear lad; and | promise
return that | will tell every puffed-u
dolt at home that you are the blithei
comrade who ever fitted himself
mans moods. There. If that content
you. give wings to your heels!"
Ito be continued)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08
Easily Explained.

What did you say was the trouble
with my ole mans stomach" asked
an old colored woman OF the doctor
who had been called in TO prescribe
for her husband.
II said" replied the doctor. that
the most annoying symptom seems tc
be water brash or pyrosis, as we doc
tors call IL. He must be more careful
regarding the food he eats.
Dat am just what am the mattah
with him-pierosis." said she. Hes
the biggest han for pie You eber see
Ee eats most three pieces cherry meal
II surely am pierosis he am suffering
with"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-09-08

In the shade of the wide-spreading
trees as he kept a lazy eye on the
groupings Of two saddled horses. and
an endless chain OF fagot-laden serfs
plodded joylessly across the open. on
one side OF the great entrance arch a
half-dozen of the manor poor gabbled
and basked in the sun while they wait
ed TO receive their daily dole OF food;
on the other, a lark-locked foreign
page sat on the messy step abiding
the coming OF his master.
The page bent to pillow a cheek on
the soft cushion Of the dogs head.
then drew back and Strengthened him
self stifily as a strapplng serving-lass.
hagon-laden, came out OF the door be-
hind him. She saw the motion and
looked down with teasing laugh.
AHA. young Fridtjof, How do you
like being sent 10 cool your heels on
What ! think that the next time
you thrust your foot out to trip me up
as hand my lord his ale, you will at
tend to keeping Il under your stool"
Young Fridtiof regarded her with
a kind OF righteous indignation. "And
| think that the next time you VIII
look where you are going. even II II
happen that 1t is Lord Sebert's ale you
are bearing. silly jades. that cannot
come nigh him without biting your
lips or sparkling your eyes! | Won
der he does not clap masks over your
faces"
"And | wonder he does not clap rods
to your back, the lass retorted with
sudden spite. She iiounced past him
down the step, on her way to the
great leadroofed storehouse that
fianked the forest side Of the Tower.
The boy looked after her steruly. 1T
Is likely that you VIII be less pert of
tongue after | tell what found out
in the corn-bins yesterday" he said.
The maid whirled. what did you
find out, you mischief-full brat?"
He continued TO stroke the dogs
head in dign.fed silence.
IF you mean the-the brown.
cloaked beggar. let me inform you that
that is naught"
Busying himself with pulling burrs
from the hounds ears. the page be
gan TO hum softly.
She came step nearer. and hes
voice wheedled. 1T was only that he
was distressed for drink. poor fellow
and followed me into the storehouse
when he saw me go in to fill the mas
ters iiagon. II was naught but o
swallow. My lord would be the last
TO grudge harmless body"
"Harmless?" the page said sternly
did | not hear him tell you the same
as that he was an English spy"
The girl abandoned the last shred
of her dignity. To come and stand be
fore him, neryously lingering hel
apron. For the dear saints sake. le
no one hear you say that. good Fridt
jofl Alas, how you have got II twist
ed He is an Englishman who ben
80. s..s head head .:o- se1s % the evil days. An'
now they that bought him will not Sc
him loose. so he has cast on thei
yoke and fed TO the Danes to get free