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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS

Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, British
ambassador at Washington, is diploma
tic in ordinary as well as in political
conversation. At a dinner not long
ago lady asked him why there was
such bad blood between the English
and the Irish. Sir Henry affirmed tina,
there was less enmity between them
than most pecole thought and that the
Irish were among his warmest friends.
Then" said the lady, why do the
Irish syGpalh re so warmly with Rus,
Sia? Why do they pray for Gen. Kuro-
patkin's success" That" said Sir
Henry. lis probably because they be
lieve he has Irish blood in his veins.
Diu you ever notice the way he spells
the third syllable of his name?"
Here is story from Scotland: The
last editions of the Edinburgh newspa.
pers, with the result of the great Perth
walk. had been sold out and the news
boys were calculating their earnings.
"Hullo," said Jimmy, in alarm. I'm a
'apenny short!" We'll. what's the
use Of 'arpin' on it9" growled Dick as
he calmly cracked a nut you don't
think I look it, do your" NO. don't
say You ave, said Jimmy. sIowly-.'l
don't say you ace. But there it is. I'm
'apenny short and you're eating nuts,
yer know"
Congressman John Sharp Williams
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
NATURE BOOKS ABSURD.
Naturalist Ridicules Tendency to En-
dow Animals With Human Attributes.

John Burroughs objects to the quasi
veracious nature books" that have
been of late so popular-books written
as though they were true, wherein
quite human qualities are attributed to
the lowest animals.
With the magnanimous rats and
kindly crocodiles of our nature books
said Mr.. Burroughs not long since, Iii
won't be long before we will be reading
and crediting paragraphs like this"
and, with laugh, the aged naturalist
extemporized:
AS We watched the hives, two bees
came forth, bearing a dead comrades
body. They carried it some forty feet
away. We followed them, and were
impressed with their intelligence in Sc.
lecting convenient hole at the side of
a tulip bed. Into this hole they low
cred tenderly the corpse OF their dead
friend, and then, with their wings.
they spaded earth into the tiny grave
until it was quite filed up. Finally
they marked the place with two small
white stones. fingered a moment. look
ing down and quietly weeping, and so
few away"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
OF FEMININE INTEREST.

The Hon. Eleanor Norton, who has
playwright in London, is a 23-year-old
girl with American blood in her veins,
being one of the twin daughters of
Lord Grantley and of his first wife, a
daughter of w. H. McVickar of New
York, commodore at one time of the
New York Yacht club
Although lady barristers have been
so far successfully debarred from of
flee in England, the lady minister has
arrived in the personality of Miss Ger
trude Won Petzold, NJ A., who has had
unanimous call to the pulpit of Mar
boro-road Unitarian church, Leicester,
and who hopes TO take up her duties
there in August next.
In her thirty-five years at sea Mrs.
w. T. Lewis of Oakland. Cal, crossed
the Atlantic about fifty times. She
made the circuit of the globe once. She
visited every country of Europe pos
sessing a seaport from Portugal to
Russia. She visited every harbor of
| Importance in South America and most
of the minor ports. She knows the Pa
cific coast from Cape Horn to Vancou,
YER And she knows, with a technical
accuracy rare in women, the working
of ship and the vagaries of the wind
and weather from Revel to Kobe, from
the Horn to Vancouver.
George w. Curtis of Calcutta says:
'In the number. size and value OF
:he sovereigns of Europe and every
body else, for that matter. One of the
rajahs has the finest collection OF
/ rubies in the world purchased from
| time to time by his ancestors for sew,
eral generations, most of them in Bur
ma. where the most valuable rubies
have been found. Another has the
! finest collection of pearls, accumulated
| in the same way. They represent an
/ investment of about S5,000,000, and in
clude the largest and finest examples
I in the world When he wears them
/ all, as he sometimes does, on great oc
casions, his front from his neck to his
waist is covered with pearls Melted
like a chain armor. His turban is a
cataract of pearls on all sides, and up
on his left shoulder is a knot as large
as your two hands from which de
ponds a braided rope of four strands
reaching to his knee, and every pear
is as large as grape"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
CHAMPAGNE MAKING.

II is to the invention of the cham
payne cork that the world owes cham
payne. according to Court Puryeyor j.
Fromm of Frankfort, Germany.
This wine is said to have been made
successfully by the butler of a monas-
terry near Epinay, in France, in 1913.
Until the early part of the nineteenth
century sparkling wines were made
only in the French province of Cham
payne.
Next to the wine, carbonic acid
forms the most important part of
champagne The picking of the grapes
used requires great care to prevent
discoloration. The grapes should lot
contain too much acid and coloring
matter, but considerable sugar.
In order that the grapes should not
become warm, thereby fermenting
prematurely, picking is done in the
early morning hours. The grapes are
then placed in the press at once, and
the juice squeezed out very gently.
After twelve or twenty-four hours it
is run into watts, where its impurities
are removed. After the first violent
fermentation is over the young wine
is put in cool cellars, into barrels of
from 125 to $50 gallons. Toward the
end of December the young wine is
drawn off in order to separate it COM
nietely from the yeast
The wine is then mixed with wines
of other years and kinds. 1t is then
bottled and the progress of feHmenta-
ton carefully watched, the bottles
being opened to "disgorge" the albu-
men, yeast and other products of fer
mentation which it is necessary to get
rid of. 1t is then sweetened and stored
in cellars to. mature for the market
New York World.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02

tect the true note from that which is
an almost infinitesimal tone on the
true.
For the last 200 years there has
been little or no improvement in the
foundation stops of the organ. Tones
are produced today by the Identical
methods employed by Schmidt, Schnsi-
der and Harris when they built the
first notable organs in England, about
1860. And, by the way, foundation
work put in by these men still exists,
and is the admiration of all organ
builders. In later years great many
so-called fancy stops have been add
ed to the organ, but, substantially,
there mas been no development of the
centuries-old method of tone proiuc-
ton. New York Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02

tells OF a man in Mississippi who is a
hypochondriac of the first order. This
man was one day telling friend OF his
efforts to regain his old-time health.
He ran over the list of doctors whom
he had consulted. Whereupon the
friend remarked: well, | must say
that you have lots of faith in doctors. .
Certainly | have" replied the sick
man; don't you think the doctors
would be foolish to let good custom.
er like me die?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
GREATEST OCEAN DEPTHS.

National Geographic Magazine,
Washipgton.-The deepest sounding
ever made by any vessel was by the U.
S. S. Nero while on the Honolulu Ma
Mia cable survey. with apparatus Dor
rowed from the Albatross. When
near Guam the Nero got 5.26e fathome,
or 1854 feet, only Sc feet less than 8
miles. If Mount Everest, the highess
mountain on earth. were set down in
this hole. it would have above its sum.
NIT depth of 1872 feet, or nearly a
half mile of water If Mt. Everest (29,-
coo feeD were set down in the Nero,
deep (S1.614 feet there would still d
nearly one-half mile CT water abovs
summit
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
JUST FOR FUN.

My idea of wise man." said the
youth who thought he knew things, SIS
one who knows when to stop talking. .
"A man who possesses the genuine
bread of wisdom, rejoined the ven
cradle philosopher, knows when not
to begin. "-Leslie's Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
spain Reduces Wheat

The duty on wheat has be,
from s pesetas to 6 pesetas 4
ograms (S1.544 tc s1.15SJ
pounds. and on wheat fiou
pesetas to 10 pesetas per
(s2.55 to s1.93 per 220
above reduction is to re-
as long as the price Of vi
p pesetas per 100 kiloS
per go pounds) in the nd
tile. taking for the quotaf
kets of Valladolid. Salant
"a, Palencia, and Burgos.
Ieman, Consul at Cadiz, 81
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02

officer Claacy-Why did Casey ar
rest thot felly fer scorchin'?
officer Hogan-Shur. Casey is new
on tn foorce, and wanted { injy tn
sensation of roide to tn station in a
tourin car.-Puck
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02

IT is difficult TO make good vox hu,
mana reeds. and they have to be mani
pulated with the utmost care and
skill to make them effective. Now, tn :
yox eeiestis is another effect. a sort OF
celestial choir. and, strange to say, we
obtain 1t by the use Of two sets OF
pipes. one tuned just one beat sharper
than the other, To be sure. this pro
iuces.discord, but one beat makes only
enough difference in the character oil
the sounds 10 have a soft and not at all
unmusical nor unpleasant throbbing.
The vox hunlana VII probably always
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02

DO you think politics is being ele
vated?"
Il don't know whether politics Il
being elevated or not" answered Sena
tor Sorghum. but votes are getting
higher every year. Washington Star
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To be continued.
Great Future Of Corn.

Corn is the great American crop. Is
it to become the worlds king OF ce-
reals? There is some reason for be-
lieving that corn has entered upon n
career unexampled heretofore in the
history of grain production and con-
sumption. A recent report based on
the latest developments in this direc.
ton notes the significant change that
has come about. Until within a few
years Europe had little use for corn,
but now is buying and eating it freely.
There is so great demand from all
parts of the world that last years crop,
enormous as it was, is likely to he
pretty thoroughly consumed. OF
course this sustains prices, and the
corn grower profits accordingly. The
belief is now expressed that the Ameri-
can farmer can never again raise corn
enough to congest the market, and that
prices are likely to be sustained at a
high level. This must stimulate corn
production, and there is plenty of
ground where it may spread. The
corn belt" is a wide one, extending
across the continent, and new methods
OF cultivation, the utilizing through ir.
risation of millions of acres now un.
titled and the increased yield coming
from more skillful farming can add
enormously to the output.-Troy Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
The Good That Will Come.

The Rev. j. R. Miller, D. D., speaking
of the good which will come to US if we
but accept unquestioningly Gods plans for
our lives, says: There is a work, to be
done in us, in our own hearts and lives,
which is even more important than any
thing assigned to us in the scheme OF the
we can learn much better in the quiet
shaded sick room than outside in the glare
of the streets and amid the clamor of
earth's strifes. Our shut-in days need
never be lost days. Whatever they may
cost us in money or in suffering, we need
not be poorer when they are over than II
we had been busy all the while at the
worlds tasks. We need only to accept
Gods way and 90 as He leads, and at the
end we shall find that in not the smallest
matter have we ever been unwisely led, but
that at every step He has brought Us to
some good"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Proyidcutial Calamities.

Seeming calamities turn out often to be
our greatest blessings. Loss of health
has frequently compelled the overambi.
tious worker to cease work and enabled
them to acquire strength that they other.
wise would not have enjoyed. Loss Of
position and business have often COM
PEELED people to move to new localities
and begin the struggle of life anew under
conditions that proved to be better for
themselves commercially, Intellectually
and spiritually. Such experiences are Of
ten providential. They are like the story
that is told that, during the seige of Sc
bastopol, Russian shell buried itself in
the side of hill without the city, and
opened a spring. A little fountain bub-
bled forth where the cannon shot had fall
len, and during the remainder of the
siege afforded to the thirsty troops, who
were stationed in that vicinity, an abun-
dant supply Of pure cold water. Thus the
missile Of death from an enemy, under the
direction of an overruling providence,
proved an almoner of mercy to the parched
and weary soldery of the allies. Do not
be disheartened if calamity comes. That
may be Gods opportunity to do with you
greater things than you had ever belc7 ed
possible.-N w. Christian I-dvocate.
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The Sum of Human Duty.
TAfsool A. O

The Sum of Human Duty.
Micah 4: 81
BE just in thy dealings with all;
Give to each all the claim is his due,
In thy word, in thy acts, in thy thoughts,
Let justice be first in thy view.
Thou can'st not be honest and hold
The thing that belong to another;
Nor can you thy own virtue increase
BY proc,aiming the faults of brother.
His faults let thy charity hide;
Let justice and mercy combine;
Integrity, honor and truth,
In loves gentle light, brightest shine.
1t is not thy weakness hath need,
That thy heart may be bowed meath 1ti
1t is not that thy sorrows may find
In the mercy of Others relief
But, tits the voice Of thy Fathers coln
mand,
A duty thou can'st but fulfill;
Who loveth not mercy on earth
Proveth false to Fathers win.
What heart can have love for its God,
Whence justice and mercy have fed?
How drear is that path that is trod,
On which loves gentle light is not shed.
No matter how humble the lot,
How rugged or steep be the way;
Who walketh, relying on God,
Hath help which never fails for stay.
May justice and mercy thus blend,
To render our pathway bright?
Gods presence our footsteps attend,
Till we dwell evermore in His sight
From Leaves By the Wayside," by the
Rev. Leonard Cox, A. NJ, Charlotte,
N. c..
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Gun of Thirty Miles Range.

There is being built at Reading, Pa, a
gun which may revolutionize the gun-mak-
ing industry OF the world. 1t is six-ineh
gun, 3l3 inches long, weighs 10000 pounds,
and twenty-one miles of wire are used in
winding it. 1t has a service velocity of
$500 feet per second, and with y batte,ing
charge will attain the velocity of 1900 feet.
The maximum pressure is $1,000 pounds
per square inch. 1t has a range OF thirty
The gun is being built under an appropria-
tion of 81, 900 made by the Board of Ord
nance and Fertilization. Instead of the
solid tube in cannons longitudinal steel
segments are used wound with strips Of
metal layers Of square steel wire subjected
to an enormous tension, and covered with
an external jacket of steel.
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Faithful Sowing and Gracious Reaping.


One Of my acquaintances, in a certain
New England town, was an overseer in a
mandatory, with quite number of men
under his care.
These men were both infdel and pro-
fame. Being q Christian my friend was
deeply panied at the condition of his work.
men. Knowing his religious sentiment the
men seemed to take a wicked delight in
making their superintendent uncomfort
able. Finally he proposed to them to ask
him any questions concerning the Bible
and the Christian life and he would answer
them the following day at the noon hour,
while the men were taking their luncheon.
My friend considered the proposition as
quite serious one for himself, but having
made it with the single purpose to win
these workmen from their wicked life, he
believed that God would help him through.
The questions came in promptly, as one
might easily surmise, and the conflict be-
gan. ut took me two hours each even.
Ing" said the overseers, "to prepare an.
swers for the next day."
But it was not long before this faithful
and self-sacri6cing seed sowing began to
bear fruit. The worst infdel, the ring
leader, the most blasphemous Of them all,
(whom we will call Robert) was wonder.
fully converted. The change that came
into his life was simply marvellous. He be-
came, literally, new creature" He stu:
died the Bible with great faithfuiness and
with increasing delight. He came to use
it with great appropriateness and skill.
His life was blessed, his JOY was full. His
work with others was increasing.
The TRANSFORMATION in his home was
quickly seen, for my friend, visiting that
home by invitation, found most happy
household, wife and boys walking in the
footsteps of husband and father.
One Of that infdel company OF workmen
failed to yield to the persuasions Of the
rest. Later he was prostrated by illness,
which proved a sickness unto death"
During that period of distress there was
none so faithful, so unremitting in his at.
tentions as Robert. The kind interest and
sympathy he extended was deeply appre-
ciated by the sufferer, and he was led to
commit himself fully to the care of the for
giving Saviour, whom he. had so often re.
viled in the past. "O," said he, referring
to the days OF that reviling, Il did not be-
ieve half / said !"
Blessed are they that SOW beside all
waters" The harvest is sure to mature
and be duly gathered Rev. o. w.
Scott, in Rams Horn.
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prayer in Human History.

A vast historical experience lies behind
the practice of prayer. Millions have
lived and died in the belief that God does
hear and answer the prayers of His people.
Men and women to-day are just as sure
that God has heard their prayer as they
are of their existence, and this is not a
new thing in the history of the world. II
it were of no use men would have dis
missed it from their practice. 1t is not
like the phonograph or wireless telegraphy,
something belonging to the present gener-
alton and to that alone; the best and the
noblest of men and women have fully and
which has justified itself for twenty centur.
les or throughout the whole of human his.
tory must have value, and it must have
value in experience, or the best Of man.
kind would not have INDUCED in it long
Rams Horn.
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Favors Newspapers Now.

After trying other mediums in his
business the conclusion has beeI
reached by q railroad advertising man.
ager Of ST. Louis that the newspaper
brings the richest reward from adver-
tising. For two years he worked up
California excursions with the use of
booklets and circulars. Last winter
he abandoned this method and did all
his advertising through the newspa-
pers, the result being that he did a
greater business than he ever dreamed
Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
IYhisliers Eleven Feet Long.

Besides being the home OF Champ Clark,
Pike County glories in the distinction Of
having the most luxurious crop Of whiskers
in the United States. The crop adorns the
fertile chin of Vol. Tapley, farmer, and
is more than eleven feet in length. When
Tapley wants to exhibit his hirsute appen
dage in all it's glory he takes it from his
vest, where he commonly keeps, 1t, at.
taches the loose end of it to the hinge oi
a door, and then backs off until 1t becomes
taut.
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The Ilnnortant Thing.

Whether man can go from place to
place is a less important question than
whether he is able to move from subject
to subject of thought, or from one object
Of affection to another. In other words,
a mans legs are less important to him
than his head or his heart. As the Attic
Philosopher" expresses it concerning the
worn-out body while the inner man is Wig.
orous and active, "lhe fortress is little
damaged, but the garrison is quite hearty" L"
We have reason to be grateful to God
when the spirit truly is willing the flesh
is weak k.-Sunday-School Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
This DOG Lives on Corn.

The greatest curiosity in Union County,
Illinois, is a corn eating dog belonging to
Fred Seeger, of Jonesboro. This freak is
an English bulldog He cares nothing for a
choice bit of beefsteak, but will eat an ear
of corn with the greatest relish.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11
Spoke to the Fish.

a Spanish naturalist, Dr.. ,Ribera, has
proved that fish can hear and distinguish
sounds and words. Concealing himself be-
hind bush he taught tie carp in pond
to come to the surface for food every time
he spoke certain sentence. .x.-II
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Goodness.

The man who is good because he fears
the punishment of being bad is, a. best,
only half good; the man who is good be- be.
cause he hopes to enjoy the rewards OF
goodness is only half good. A man who Is
good because he loves the principles OF
goodness, man who does right because e
he loves right, is all Eood:-fev. II. D.
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Quality of Receptivity.

Keep the soil of life soft, its sympathy
tender, its Imagination free, or else you
may lose the elementary quality Of recep'
be in vain.-F G.. Peabody.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-11

Christ made spiritual character the result
of struggle. That is the one fundamental
principle IN all spheres of life. We call 1t
the survival of the tittest, or call it evolu.
ton, we call it competition, we call 1T
overcoming. What we call 1t amounts TO
very little, but the TACT amounts TO grGess Ga
deal.-Rev. j. B. Clark, Presbyterian, De'
troit, Mich.
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The Length OF Submarine Cable.
The total length of submarine cable laid
in the globe is stated at 222,253 nautical
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Crosses,

Dragged crosses are very heavy, but car.
ried crosses are very light.
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Dean Farrar once said: 'Do your best
1ovalIv and cheerfully, and suffer yourself
TO- feel no anxiety or fear. Your times are
in Gods hands. He will direct your paths.
lie will bless your aims if they be for your
souls good"